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Of course, to screw up is to err (by definition), but I meant it's OK in the sense of it not being the end of the world. Your humour is an illustration of this. It's possible to get hung up on avoiding mistakes at all costs - indeed, at greater expense than the mistakes themselves.
I'm a fan of the skip button. It made my user experience a more comfortable one, and in the long run made me want to vote more often. I felt like I had a certain degree of freedom, which made this a refreshing break from the sort of pushy UI that tries to force you to act in its own interest. As a consequence, I felt a stronger impulse to contribute by voting.
Read Ken MacLeod. In particular, The Sky Road. (Though I guess the transhumanists are kind of libertarians in that one.)
You're free to fork it:-)

Quick answers aside, those guys work hard to try and make everyone happy with the resources they have available, and it's not an easy job.
What a lame post :(
I highly doubt that the dutch police would seize an entire datacenter on some trumped up charges. Such cowboy actions are very rare here, in fact I don't recall a single instance of such a thing.

An employee of mine once did some very stupid stuff from our corporate network and premises and the police was very reasonable about it.

The quote you give is about some log files from a server in Italy (and fails to detail whether or not they were handed over), we're talking about seizing an entire datacenter here including all the customers machines (plenty of which were government boxes). Hundreds of businesses were ruined on the say so of some junkie.

Disproportional doesn't even begin to describe it.
Here's a specific technology that's going to be a huge boon to robotics in the next 5-10 years: Flash LIDAR cameras. This is the technology behind the XBox 360's "Project Natal", but it's a lot more than a game controller. A Flash LIDAR camera directly senses the distance to every object seen by the camera by measuring the time-of-flight of a reflected laser pulse. With accurate distance data for every pixel a lot of really hard computer vision problems suddenly become much, much eaiser.
Must have an age filter. Only show me people OVER 18.
I'm just gonna have a seat right over there.
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Earlier today I wrote a post about "security problems that C causes" and neglected to mention the use of null-terminated strings instead of a proper data structure that encapsulates length along with the string.

Well, this is what happens when you assume some sort of special data is valid, when it isn't actually. (\0 can appear in a string, it's a perfectly valid character, so it's not safe to use it to terminate the string. But people do anyway.)
I know people that are never wrong. They also don't accomplish much, in fact they are so 'safe' I doubt they'll ever do something in the first place.

If you do a lot chances are that you'll be wrong plenty of times. Given the average score of hits:misses Dean Kamen is comfortably outperforming pretty much any poster on HN, on top of that he seems to be a half decent human being trying to solve problems that really matter. His success rate is only part of the picture. Sure he's got an ego and there seems to be a disconnect with respect to how some 'ordinary' people perceive his products. But I guess that once you reach that level you have to be a very balanced person not to let it get to you in some way.

There is some correlation between having a billion dollars in excess income and being out of touch.
In single table inhertance, any leaf node from the inheritance graph cannot solely contain a relation to another object. It has to be on the abstract base or the ORM dies when building inserts for other leaf nodes. That leaves you to implement any business constraints on the model, but there is no model validation so it gets shifted into the controllers (or views as they call them).

Not overly good.
Thanks for that read. I just upvoted you multiple times across multiple submissions for this one article.

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Plenty of that hype was media speculation and did not come from DK. 'IT' and 'Ginger' and a veil of secrecy were just about the only pre-release things that came from there, the hype blew it up way beyond reasonably expectations. The segway - which is innovative in many ways and has done a lot for robotics - could only dissapoint by the time it was released, no matter what it really was.
Watching people (girls) read their monitors. Creepy.
I feel kind of creepy on this site, but its definitely a cool idea.
Thanks for your comment. I think a lot of those people broadcast during the day and it just happens to be the evening right now. Every app seems to have its own social atmosphere and community; I used to have a shareware app for users of eBay, and was even a PowerSeller for a short time; the user base of my app was closer to age 50 than 20. Do you have suggestions on features that could be useful to this userbase? I've noticed that almost everybody has pop music playing in the background, for example. Maybe something related to music and fashion? Thanks.
In ye olden days, before google, yahoo was the search that returned the best results ordered by relevance. They had to create their index manually to do so, but it kind of worked for a while.
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I don't think his post is that bad. Not nice, but sometimes you need to fire your bad customers.
It sounds like you haven't actually tried to obtain affordable private medical insurance. I have. A few years ago, I spent almost two years working sans paycheck on a startup and found it easy to satisfy one of my prerequisites, which was an affordable high-deductible medical insurance policy.

The notion that medical insurance has to be expensive is a myth. The notion that medical insurance has to cover every bout of the sniffles is a myth. My policy had a $1000 deductible, which meant I was on the hook for routine medical visits (I didn't have any in two years), but that policy relieved me from worries about financial ruin due to any potential major medical problems. The high-deductible policy that I purchased was less than half the cost of my former employer's COBRA plan. It was well within the realm of ramen profitability. It doesn't take much effort to be an informed consumer in the medical insurance marketplace, but many people (it seems) can't be bothered to try.
This is the typical example where Linux suffers from lack of true engineering. The kernel API and libs should be stable, predictable and well documented. There should be no hacks to support odd behaviour because odd behaviour should not be specified. Isn't that why we have POSIX?

What with recent issues with egotistical libc maintainers, people throwing their pacifiers over having to support junk, people moaning about ext4 (even though it works fine and is poor app behaviour), it doesn't give people much confidence.

Confidence is key.
I think the problem is the lack of accountability on the govenrment's part. If the leaders of FBI field offices routinely went to jail for raiding data centers unnecessarily (etc.), you can bet that they'd be more careful. But since there is no punishment for ruining someone's life, they are just going to continue to ruin lives. The false negative rate doesn't matter, as long as they occasionally stop a real crime, everyone gets promotions.

(That's my understanding anyway.)

Also, it is unacceptable that nobody will represent this guy in court. As far as I know, the Constitution guarantees a trial and representation at that trial. If he can't get either, then his civil rights are being illegally violated. (Judges may not understand the Internet, but they do understand the Constitution. Well, except for a few people on the SCOTUS that really need to learn how to read...)
Does Justin.tv have an age limit? Do you guys enforce it? I'm not familiar with the product. Is there a lot of live porn on it?

For this app, what search settings did you use? "Women/under 20/personal" or something like that?
Mozilla's propensity for adding yet another database to your user profile with each new feature they add is really starting to grate on me.

Though now that they're planning to keep knownhosts-like data around for https, perhaps they could be persuaded to use a more SSH-style system for self-signed certificates instead of the intentionally user-hostile asshattery they implemented in FF3.
While null-terminated strings aren't helping matters, the meat of the problem is much worse:

Effectively, they're using strcmp with memcpy on the same data -- it's just ridiculously stupid.
Yeah, gotta be careful with respect to maintenance. I crashed earlier this summer because I shifted my chain into the spokes, locking the rear wheel in a turn. I knew the limit screw was set improperly, but I figured it was not enough to cause any problems. Well, I was wrong. I landed on my leg, though, and unclipped quickly enough that I didn't even scratch myself too badly. (Threadlock is your friend, BTW, so the limit screws don't unscrew themselves. I still pull the derailer cable before each ride to make sure the chain can't be shifted off the cogs, though.)

Also, did you use your front brake? I tend to see my rear brakes as a backup; I use it if the front brake fails, if the front wheel has poor traction, or if I'm descending and just want to slow the acceleration. The front brake can develop about 5x more stopping force, since the front wheel can't skid. And, if you are used to using it, you won't go over the handlebars in an emergency. http://sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html
Justin.tv is not a porn site. We have admins watching for anything inappropriate at all times of day using a variety of admin tools; we also have flags a user can trigger in case they feel they should bring a channel to their attention.

Justin was about 20 when he started the lifecasting genre, and that's still about the age group that seems to want to share their life online the most. I get the list of live streams in the "social" category once a minute, and show those channels that have viewers (at least 5.) I don't think the age of the broadcaster is available in the API, but that sounds like a good addition.
I hit a concrete block in the road once, and I think I went over the handlebars. I hit my face, though, not the helmet :(

Hey, I even have a picture:
http://rants.jrock.us/post/55729583/good-idea-riding-your-bi...
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Hey everybody.

I run Iconfinder and I'm trying hard not to add proprietary icons, but sometimes icons slip through in the large icon sets with 1,000s of icons.
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Super idea, now to get all papers online in a free form.

The big name publications reject more than they can publish for several reasons:

- lack of space
(there are only so many pages each month in their usually dead-tree format publications)

- overexposure of a subject
(they usually try to keep some variety in what they publish)

- some papers are just plain wrong.

The article makes the case that two very important papers were rejected (without giving reasons why) that rejected papers should find a home. I'm all for that but I think that the safeguards to keep bad science out of the larger body of knowledge should be preserved. The good stuff has a way to get through eventually, witness the fact that those two papers eventually did get published.

With a name of 'rejecta mathematica' my guess would be that this will publish papers in the subfield of math that were not accepted elsewhere, so both papers listed in the article would have been rejected by 'rejecta mathematica' with an 'off topic' anyway, the 'card counting' example is a much better one for their subject.

Here is an article about an interesting side effect of being available online for free, it seems that just by having your paper online and freely accessible the chances of it being picked up and cited are substantially better than being published in some paper periodical:

http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/lawre...

(funny that it should be on 'nature's site)
You're right. The cases that are brought up in this article aren't baseless, as you say, it's just that the real reasons are camouflaged as other more generic reasons.

But there have been other cases where the "reasons" given have been completely without explanation.

I'm a huge Apple fan. But I'm no fanboy — their behavior here is unacceptable and it makes me outright ashamed (as I'm usually the one to praise them).
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Good suggestion. Age isn't in the API yet but I will ask.
The "build one" link towards the end of the posted article is much more interesting....

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Your point is well taken. However, we do have lots of talent already here (many are ones already here on various student and work visas). YC is limited to a narrow set of people that can "afford" the process. I do not buy the argument that this implies we need to increase the pool of eligible applicants with a special visa. Perhaps YC will simply reach its limits. Thats ok, there is no reason that something has to keep growing in size to continue to be a success; it could just reach a natural equilibrium.

Is there any evidence that the U.S. does not already have the talent? Or is it only that there is not enough talent that can afford to work at such low entry rates? Please keep in mind that our visa programs that already exist are to fill positions where there is proven lack of skills. They do not exist so the investor or business owners can find cheaper labor.
Love the idea but it's asking for trouble. Live girls getting instant feedback...
Maybe I'll finally get some closure.
Thanks. The app favors broadcasters it has never seen live before, so often it's just a couple of users who are "new" that minute, and therefore the app favors those users far and above of anybody else because there are only a few that fit that criteria, when it "hits". However, I like that algorithm. It's just missing the next piece: specifically ignoring the channels the viewer has just seen, which I will work on tomorrow.
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I don't watch or own a tv either, and I know several people like that.
What is it about additional database files in the user profile that bothers you?

Regarding the untrusted TLS certificate warnings, it seems to benefit the users who need the most help: http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/312438/security_cert...
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I agree, a visa for what you are doing should be available. From what I have read about pg's founder visa, I don't see how that includes your situation.

It does seem reasonable that the U.S. should be tripping over themselves to provide a visa to anyone that can create jobs or be an overwhelming contributor to taxes.

From the government's view, how would they make such a decision? In your case, your already here and already have a going concern which seems an easy thing to write regulations for. What about for those just starting with no employees and no revenue? What about for those that just show up at the airport and say "I'm gonna give it my best shot, where's my visa?". Is it ok to show up and say, "Hey Paul Graham gave me and my friend $15k, let me in."

I like the idea, but I don't see how the rules get written and managed.
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A couple of months ago I asked if anyone wanted to help build a simple home inventory tracker. The response was...umm...disappointing. So I went ahead and built it anyway. :)

Let me know what you think.
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I've submitted 210 stories to News.YC in 2.5 years and this is only the 5th or so that was killed... and it was #1 with 20 comments, too! And I created the app, and people thought it was worth voting up and commenting on, and I don't think I've asked for feedback on other apps before. What the heck? Thanks.
I think the U.S. should try to keep the best and brightest at all costs. HN is too focused on programming, but I am thinking of electronics, photonics, semiconductor, nanotech, biotech people, etc. It takes so long to train experts on these fields, and since many of them were funded via NSF as graduate students, it would be wise to create incentives for them to stay in the U.S. and be productive.

Does that mean that a founder visa is necessary? Unfortunately I don't have the data to be able to offer any insightful comment on that...
Ironically enough, I was unable to search for bands with a dash in their names (at least putting the name in quotes didn't help).
"It is like BMW switching to Toyota engines and putting a little sticker on the dashboard that says Powered by Lexus. How long will BMW last when that happens?"

Unfortunately, that analogy just doesn't work in the car industry. People will still buy the BMW because it is a BMW.

To back it up, I'll give you a two real world examples, both to do with another car Manufacturer - Porsche.

When Dr Ferdinand Porsche first created his company, his Porsche 64 was created using many parts from the VW Beetle.

From my personal experience, back in 2002, I was helping my brother strip down his 1986 Porsche 944 turbo to be raced in 03.

While pulling the car down, I noticed that many of the parts were manufactured by Audi and VW (which admittedly owns Audi). Even while we were stripping the sound proofing material off the body, I found out that the body of the car was manufactured by Audi, which to me was very surprising (given the body was one of the main selling points of the car at the time, even Mazda ripped off the design for the RX7).

If I had to give a rough breakdown in parts, I would have said that particular model was a 3-way split when it came to who's parts were in the car.

As for Porsche's company performance, they are one of the strongest car brands worldwide and definitely one of the most profitable, in 07 having made 5.8 Billion Euro profit off of 7.3 Billion Euro in revenue.

Currently, the only thing that is causing them headaches is their financial acrobatics, not the fact that their cars are made out of other manufacturer's parts.

So unfortunately, your analogy just doesn't hold up.
Statements like "traditional X does Y but..."

The "traditional" (and I don't know how you could call the latest version of any of the major databases "traditional", this is a brutally competitive market) databases don't lock just for the fun of it, but to enable features that users want. Anyone can come up with a product that doesn't do Y if it can't do X either. So what're we missing here?
Erlang is a quirky DSL for a seasoned actor system. That's my impression 10 years ago. It still makes sense now despite all the recent hypes.
your threads seem to have a high fatality rate today.

Maybe it has something to do with the underage content on that site ?

I suggest you put in an age filter pdq or you'll be attracting every pedophile on the planet. Also make sure that your users know that their stuff is rebroadcasted elsewhere, and that you have their permission to do so.

Ww.com has a similar element called 'the component' that allows you to plug your livestream into your website elsewhere, I'd be very wary of opening up all the livestreams for rebroadcasting on 3rd party sites. It's asking for trouble.
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Sort of. It's still in the reflog.

But anyway, if you are only squashing to make reverts easier, get comfortable with the reflog. You can do your operations normally and revert them with the help of "git reflog" and the usual "git reset" invocation.
Guess you didn't know about my http://DecentURL.com -- which does more or less the same thing. Though that was inspired by a comment on reddit, not so much by a real need. :-)

DecentURL gives even more context -- it inserts the domain like yours, but also grabs the page <title> and uses a short form of that as the link part (or you can type in your own, shorter one).
Maintaining ABI compatibility is crucially important, and the kernel development community understands that.

History suggests otherwise.

Compare that to Sun's attitude, which is if your old binary doesn't run on the latest Solaris then it's a bug in our code and we'll fix it.
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That isn't true and that's easy to prove: old ladies don't care what anyone thinks about those upright cloth shopping carts with the little wheels they use, I don't even know what the right name for them is. The Segway could be a motorized one of them.

Hip urban web 2.0 Ruby rockstar ninjas are not the only market for tech.
Your right, we do need to figure this out. I never have understood why we make it so hard for someone to stay after they've completed an education here.
This could be a DNS SRV record, too?

I'm not sure I understand the motivation.
That means that there's one nuts named Hazel and Filbert.
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It'd be nice to see the "other side" of the story first. Perhaps that is just the cynic in me :)

It does seem an extreme approach!
> One can be quantified, the other cannot.

I've just described a method for quantifying probability. How hard is this to understand? Neither really exist. The measure of X is some exact amount just as a clearly defined proposition is either true or false.

You can actually simplify the confidence interval case to a boolean proposition (e.g. is X greater than 7).
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If Linux had its API frozen in 1991 there would be very little use for it now. Sometimes you have to change things to move on.