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We've only been doing programming languages for what, 50 years? It's not surprising we don't really know what we're doing yet.

If you want a language that "moves slower and focus on non-visible or backwards compatible improvements", you know where to find Java. But it seems to me that most python/ruby users would never have adopted python/ruby if they'd moved that slowly (remember both of those started around the same time Java did - but they've evolved a lot faster).
We don't expect, need or want them to go anywhere near as far as they do. This was not done with our mandate and in a democratic society it damn well needs it.

They are there to keep an eye on suspected bad guys, not to watch us all constantly.

What they can do is fire 75% of their staff and stick to the rules.
ASK HN : Why does YC Avoid African Startups ?
By African Startups I mean those started by Africans and whose main target is the African Market
More-specific investigations to uncover actual threats, real court oversight, and making sure that protections written into law are enforced during data collection.
Fraud apart, while the price guarantee helps solve the network effect, I'm wondering if it is absolutely necessary for the business model to work.
but can you trust what's in it after it's gone through airport security?
But why are the deals only for San Francisco. Are there deals for other cities too?
How Techies Are Transforming San Francisco
Not my experience at all, although I could see that being true for older movies.
Show HN: Fig - Vagrant meets Foreman, on Docker
I was talking about situations when a single crash on in a particular place of the road causes the speed limit to be dropped. I have no problem with lowering speed limits or doing other changes to the road when there is a history of incidents. E.g. I think police & other agencies did a fantastic job on hwy 17 a few years back to make it much safer and more pleasant to drive.
Smart glasses you have to see to believe
> It gives no indication that the efforts are intended only to improve the situation for American citizens.

It gives no indication for foreigners either. Actually the letter is very fuzzy about the demands to the government(s). It should list action points and criteriae so governments/crowds know when the movement will be dissolved and don't get afraid of the limits.

Moreover the way we leverage politics in France is quite different from the US ;) So we may need to adapt the mode of action to local traditions.

> The recent revelations would suggest otherwise.

The recent revelations suggest the law was broken, so at least you had some rights. But we foreigners have no law about not being spied by the US intelligence.
How the Internet Changed PR Forever
Command-C — Copy & Paste between iOS & Mac
Maybe the problem is that money can't buy what he's really wanting, but he doesn't realize that that's the problem.
Are you seriously saying that it is the FSF's fault? It's Apple's fault. They didn't have to make the iPhone a closed platform.
Vesting almost 3000 GSU's per year - possible if he joined early enough and is really good.
You forgot Ken Thompson, inventor of Unix.
live workshop/meetup/hack day would be really fun!
You said twice that children with great education are one of the biggest wealth. I'd have loved if you had given an example of how exactly. I'm curious to listen
UK Student Hack offers free tickets to females... Diversity Done Wrong?
LoginBox Debuts a New Kind Of Password Manager That Actually Records Your...
One thing I can't figure out is why they need to be cloact/atoms and not just regular atoms. Is it because cloact/atoms are observable?
This is a broader movement. We're pushing for principles that extend beyond the US border, as best outlined here: https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/text
It might take a while to find a good therapist- so some support there with encouragement to keep trying if the first one doesn't work out can be helpful.

Focusing on mindfulness, and also healthy habits like regular exercise also might help. To aid with getting into a meditation practice, I ended up going to a workshop at a local Zen center, but Yoga works also. There are also an increasing number of meditation groups that are based on mindfulness meditation that's not based on any traditional practice, but rather based on the recent understanding we've arrived at with how meditation actually effects the body- look for "mindfulness based stress reduction".

I don't have nearly that sort of income but have been fighting a similar battle for a long time. It can take a little while to get through. At least the subject hasn't been completely paralyzed by lack of fulfillment, and made things work in the mean time.
Headroom.js - React to the user's scroll, hide your header until you need it
> A single stock market crash or economic crisis may not matter over the long term, but I'm sure you're not suggesting there will be only one such occasion: it seems more likely that there will be several, which may or may not be timed in my favour.

Certainly, there should be several cycles expected in the economy and stock market every decade, but this is not entirely negative.

1) You are not investing all at once. Instead, you are dollar cost averaging - each paycheck, some of you money goes into the market, at either a high, or a low.

2) You are not divesting all at once. While taxable accounts have minimum distributions, no tax accountant is going to suggest that you take out all of your money at once. If you have 'enough' 1-3 years of divesting in a down market will leave you with a principle that will restore in a 1-3 year up market.

===== Other Note ======
> Whereas, people who remain in traditional jobs have some danger of being obsoleted

You are going to be in much more risk of obsolescence if you don't improve your skills as an entrepreneur than if you don't at a traditional job.
Tim Harford: How can we outwit our lazier selves?
FFmpeg and a thousand fixes
I'm pretty sure EFF, DemandProgress and the like are doing exactly that.

Or are you saying they should form a Super PAC? But in that case, it won't exactly be "traditional lobbying", would it? It would be just paying politicians to do what they're asking them. I don't know whether that would be good or bad given the current corrupt lobbying system that the government has gotten accustomed to, but at least we should call it what it is before we dive in.
> spending = inflation.

Spending does not equal inflation.

Increased money available to the consumers who have non-zero demand for a set of goods can reasonably be expected, under most circumstances, to increase the market clearing unit price for the goods -- but with most reasonable sets of assumptions the relative increase in unit price will be less than the relative increase in available funds to consumers, and redistributing money from one group of people to another will increase the latter groups purchasing power, decrease the former groups purchasing power, and increase the number of units sold of goods and services which the latter group has a greater marginal propensity to purchase than the former.
Google announces deeper integration between gmail and Google+
It's a valid question: DO we still need things left over from the Cold War? BAOR no longer exists for example. Pretty soon we'll have no tank regiments.

And in the US, as posted on here the other day, the FBI is responsible for national security now.
Nintendo battles patent troll and wins … a patent portfolio
'A spokesperson for the website said, "Facebook's terms require advertisers of weight loss and other adult products to limit the audience of their ads to people aged 18 and over."
Because McKenna paid Facebook to "promote" her photo, and according to the site, it advertised weight loss, she had to restrict her audience.
McKenna said she is not trying to sell anything.
"I'm not promoting anything," she said, "I'm talking about the weight loss journey I've been on."'

However it seems "Eat Like It Matters", her book, is on its way.
It looks like the north-west part is the actual town and to the east and south is where it expanded as a camp. Of course, now there is more town than (what I assume was the original) town.
In case anyone is feeling nostalgic, almost all of the episodes are available for free streaming on IMDb, including this one s2e3 "Moffett's Ghost"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086662/episodes?season=2
Probably not, because cubicles and open-floor plans are really about saving money, not about providing workers with the best environment.

I interviewed at Fog Creek once and probably the coolest thing about the company is every developer gets a private office. Notably, these offices (as best as I can remember) are not particularly big. They may not be much bigger than a cubicle. The main distinction is they have glass walls extending all the way to the ceiling together with a door that closes.

Do they take up extra space compared to normal cubicles? Probably, but not significantly more space--certainly not nearly as much space as traditional "this is 5x as much space as I actually need" offices, with unused couches sitting around just to fill the room.

But this sort of construction is expensive, so it's almost never done.
Was not expecting a comments from someone at GoDaddy here, appreciate the response.
I use it a lot. I wish i could add multiples to go backfurther....

i.e.:

cd /var/log

cd /etc/ssh

cd /home/samstave/Downloads

cd -- (takes me back to /var/log/)
Overall, it's a sinking ship. People don't go checking out someone's profile looking to buy car insurance, people don't check the news status looking to read more about plumbing in the local hood. Hardly on Google's level imho. Facebook is used like a yearbook you check everyday but only a couple of pages in your interest. Unless they start watermarking profiles with ads it's hardly going to even get most people's attention even if it was plastered all over the page.

It's only a matter of time before they realize they can't beat google and the sad reality hits, they can't monetize. There's no way to monetize hundred millions of people around the world who don't have wallet or credit card. Likes is a good example of this. Even if people who use facebook have a credit card they are probably not in the buying mood. Friend tells me a product is good, one still uses Google to verify, unless he's a real bro and I trust his tastes. Likes is a good example of people 'paying' their useless attention which has no price. It's free anyone can give out 'likes' as many or as senselessly as they want. Instead of credit card, you get people's clicking action that supposedly builds you street cred but like this article highlights, it's mostly comprised of no significant value to the advertiser.
The mistakes that FB are making have more to do with them going back on their word and constantly moving the goalposts.

First, you could easily get likes and share with them.
Then, you had to essentially buy likes to speak to everyone.
Now, you have to buy likes and then buy the right to speak to everyone.

It's not right, and it's a horrible experience, both as a user and an advertiser. When I like a page, it means I want to see everything they send me unless I click to hide it or content like it.

As an advertiser, the double taxation is brutally distasteful. Stock might be up, but I'm with the OP.
We are already working on few more cities. London and/or New York will be there soon.
^This. It's easy to see this when you look at the numbers that show productivity rising while lower income wages stagnate. Higher income earnings have gone up an extreme amount. We've built a society where gains in productivity are not shared and that's not an accident.
Everyone is Successful, Except for You
The about page is hilarious: http://www.fobo.net/about/

Not sure, however, it will help build trust in the brand :)
Look at this way: pages using Vibrate won't necessarily obnoxiously vibrate for no determinable reason.

But all of them will pop up the permission prompt.
One obvious trick is that people could list items in poor condition to get the "fair condition" price from FOBO when it doesn't sell.
Invention and Timing.
If you're trying to find a good build tool, also look at Bud: http://github.com/azer/bud
https://medium.com/p/6a4c74b4bd90
That's an interesting question, but I think the problem of bootstrapping enough users pales in comparison to dealing with fraud. As an aside, I read that Amazon itself buys items from their used marketplace if it believes they are underpriced.
Show HN: YuJa
It's interesting that he defines the three most important pillars of wealth to be health, education, and intelligence -- with the exception of intelligence (which is effectively fixed), these are commonly provided as public services in most countries so that everyone has equal access to them. Taken through this lens, it's clear how social services lay the groundwork for the wealth of a nation.
You're wrong about the lack of groups who lobby. An abbreviated list of groups who do that: EFF, Public Knowledge, Demand Progress, Engine Advocacy, CDT, OTI, Free Press. Many of these have multiple registered lobbyists walking the halls of Congress and taking meetings. I've actually done this myself too, on my pet issue of cell phone unlocking, with the help of a lobbyist from D.C. Unfortunately, most of these groups, bar the EFF, are almost completely known in silicon valley and the tech community. There are likely many reasons for that, but two that often get called out are the distance between San Francisco and DC (culturally and physically), and a libertarian bent amongst many technology.

The goal of this is campaign is to drive calls to Congress on 02/11, making clever memes is simply the vector by which we spread word of the campaign. Calls do very much have an effect on how representatives vote. For evidence of this I highly recommend reading the Communicating with Congress series of studies by the Congressional Management Foundation [1]. Alternatively, ask who has worked as a staffer: calls make a big difference.

It's so very, very easy to be cynical about this kind of thing, but it's a trap. It's weird to quote Plato, but he sums it up pretty well: "The chief penalty [of good people who refuse to lead] is to be governed by someone worse."

[1] http://www.congressfoundation.org/projects/communicating-wit...
Bud: Another New Build System
"Like he hasn't accomplished what he was called to do in life. He's always working on some startup trying to become the next millionaire but continues to fail."

Is the calling to be the next millionaire or is being the next millionaire a substitute for what he thinks might be his calling?
Until you application is tens or hundreds of thousands lines of JavaScript.

And when you have gone and reimplemented every single operation from some "bloated" library.

Then you will be enlightened.
I used to say that too until I read http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt...
Actually I get the smug satisfaction of not wasting my time.

This is not doing anything, but damn if you don't feel like it.
Cloact: unfortunate name.
No, no death to open plan. Cube farms are desolate places, offices isolate. Open plan fosters good communication. Need solo time? Put your headphones on.
They seem to be hosted on Github too.
A Map of the Internet
Every time I see an excessive use of acronyms I think of bullsh*$. The article would probably be a lot better if written on a more conversational style rather than this coaching style (I can almost hear the cheerleaders screaming" "Give an U! Another U!").
heh - wait until Zuck moves his 3,800 engineers into that one, giant, single room at the MPK-West campus building.

Only his circle of 5 get private offices.

That building will be amazing - but it is the pinnacle of the open office idea... that's OK for them though because everyone at FB drinks the kool-aid.
I think everyone should know some basic macroeconomics, which elaborates some of these points. I just finished [1] and it fundamentally changed how I think of wealth. I used to think only of current value, but the key insight is that assets derive value as claims on future output. Money is not only a medium of exchange, it's also a (temporary!) store of value, and a unit of account as well. It is a tool, but certainly not an end in itself.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Concise-Guide-Macroeconomics-Managers-...
Fascinating! Yes, indeed, that's a valid workaround!

Not exactly pretty, still, but better that that weird setTimeout mess.

Thanks for the pointer!
I know this doesn't need saying ... But I can guarantee you that there are ~25 year old bankers at the investment bank who are making more a lot more than $100k. Technology roles are discounted at investment banks, since they perceive technology as a cost centre, not a profit centre. But at Google/Apple/etc, it's the opposite - technology is a profit centre, and finance roles are a cost centre.
Another reason some mathematicians like to start them with 1 is because then you can write 1/n for some natural number n without needing to handle the possibility of a division by 0. As far as I've seen in classes so far, we tend to use |N = 0,1,2,... in algebra and |N = 1,2,3,... in analysis, where one uses 1/n a lot.
This project is hopefully laying the foundation for a decent laptop with Cherry MX switches! [1]

Yes, current design is using ThinkPad chiclet but we can still hope, right?

[1] There's also Cherry ML for laptops but I haven't seen those switches myself nor heard about a laptop using it...
Only in SanFran and only on Apple. Couldn't even test it if I wanted to :(
No. Why is achievement in our culture positioned to always be this 3-act epic like we have to slay the bad guy? try rethinking your approach here and accept that it is actually totally fine to walk home at the end of the day and celebrate a small victory.

There are indeed technology consultants that inform these govt policy: they're called lobbyists and their influence is often proportional to how much their self-interest will prosper. this is why the system doesn't work and Hacker's like Aaron need to step in. None of us believe we'll walk away from this having fixed anything, it is an ongoing process to keep the system in check. The point, however, is to simply concentrate our anger and focus over a month into, as a hacker, doing SOMETHING proactive against this.
> what are some useful ways to use cash to build wealth if not buying stocks and other investments?

This article lacks the humility to recognize that a large collection of publicly traded companies are going to have much more time, experience, and resources (wealth and leverage of it) to properly manage a company toward profitability.
Agree.

It seems noteworthy to point out in the GP in how he expresses class warfare. When this is invoked (here and elsewhere) it's always the poor who are committing "class warfare" against the rich. When in reality, with evidence abound throughout history it is the rich who actually commit class warfare on a continuous basis against everyone else. Even HN is not immune to this propaganda.
This is excellent victory to the honest. Also, it is nice to see that big companies are fighting for them instead of just accepting the defeat due to the upfront legal lawsuit cost which is high. Many times it is less costly (non-lawsuit route) to pay these patent trolls just to go away.
Not only are you a smart ass, but you are just flat out wrong. Nobody said anything about them having a BTC wallet. It was always clearly stated that they were using Coinbase. We are clearly stating that from a consumer perspective, they now accept bitcoin. Just look at their checkout page: Bitcoin Accepted Here.

http://i.imgur.com/ALRdAAj.png
I thought so too, but the big banner has a way to find and call your political representative about the issue. I'm just worried that the American populace isn't sufficiently interested in the issue to do anything about it.

Now if the top 100 sites in the US shut down for a day in protest ...
The stock market has historically never dropped in value over a 15 year period. If you continually invest through a crash, you will make insane amounts of money.

Lets say you started investing in 2006 (before the crash), specifically in SPY. Lets say you put $10,000 / year into SPY.

You'd have spent $80,000 over those years, and today, your SPY holdings would be worth $118,176.92. You'd make a 47% profit because you invested through a crash.

Crashes are the most amazing thing for your investment portfolio. Investing THROUGH a market crash makes insane amounts of money.

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The risk however, is the day you retire. If you retire during a market crash, you will lose a lot of money. But a crash during your 40 year investment period? That's the best possible scenario. Every crash will lead to insane gains in your portfolio. As others have noted, you can mitigate this risk by simply moving your money away from stocks as you near retirement age.

Bonds don't make as much money, but they're a lot more reliable.
New shiny thing
Yes officer I was making sure to travel at 44 MPH unfortunately that meant I missed that kid running out into the road.
Yes, Anaconda is completely self-contained (you can actually install it anywhere you like, for example, your home directory) and does not interfere with the rest of your system at all. You can also run virtualenv from Anaconda too, if you want to have isolated Anaconda environments without installing it multiple times (which you could also do, if you wanted..)

I like using it to make sure I have a very easy to install consistent environment between the various computers I use (including EC2 instances).
I shouldn't have to drown myself in noise to drown out the rest of you. Your choices are not just 'open plan or cube farm'.
Way to go Nintendo. Hopefully others will follow suit when faced with patent trolls.
Is the espresso machine doing something better than a nespresso machine? I don't think so.

Why not? Why is it so hard to believe that an hand-made machine that costs an order of magnitude more can actually produce a better result?

For example, the size allows the La Marzocco to have two different water heating chambers at different temperatures, which is impossible with the size of a Nespresso.

Even if these is some small advantage that the barista can have, does that weigh against the advantages that Nespresso has, namely being able to perfectly tune the whole process with taste testers?

It can't perfectly tune the process, because the machine itself isn't perfectly tuned. It's designed to be cheap, small and easy to mass-produce.

They do a great job, but the constraints are simply different.

Why? What is the difference between a coffee particle sitting "inside" a bean, and sitting tightly packed in a vacuum?

Because the exposure to some air has already happened, and the process doesn't stop after you closed it in vaccum (which itself is never perfect).

Do you know of any blind taste tests showing the opposite?

A simple search links to http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/food-and-health/f...

By the way, from your link:

The key descriptors for Nespresso were ‘smooth’ and ‘easy to drink’. And from the point of view of restaurateurs who use it, the key word is ‘consistency’. It was far from bland, but it was not challenging or distinctive either. It’s a coffee everyone can really like but few will love: the highest common denominator, if you like

Sounds right.