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> Since money is fungible (a dollar is a dollar no matter from which hand it comes from or pocket it goes into), it doesn't matter.

It does matter, not because those recipients will necessarily receive more money as a result, but because they will become beneficiaries of Amendment 64 and the (legal) marijuana trade.

In the case of the schools, this was intentional - in ten years, if someone wants to repeal Amendment 64, they either (1) have to come up with $40MM elsewhere in the budget, or (2) have to face criticism that they are "cutting the public school budget"[0].

The intent of the tax (alongside the stipulation that it be spent on education) was not to raise money for schools; it was to make opposition to the measure less palatable.

[0] Don't underestimate the power of PTAs - in fact, it's the PTAs in rich areas that originally lobbied in the late 1970s to repeal just one part of the Rockefeller drug laws in New York (possession of marijuana under 27 grams). Their children were being convicted of minor possession, and due to the mandatory minimum sentences, judges were powerless to do anything but sentence them to prison.

Of course, these same rich parents did not view (e.g.) the crack cocaine vs. power cocaine sentencing disparity as a problem, so those laws remained in effect.
The key question posed by the author is presented as an either/or scenario, it omits a (IMO most likely) third possibility. Alcohol consumption stays the same, as does pot consumption, the only large effect is the revenue stream from pot sales shifts from illegal growers/cartels, to taxable entities. This is not a new drug, it's always been fairly easily attainable.
yeoman seems to be involved very little, in this tutorial. It seems more like a bower/grunt tutorial. I was expecting to see yeoman used to generate models, views, and controllers. It's a shame because, I think this is where yeoman could really shine.
Years ago when Ubuntu Netbook Edition remix first came out I actually liked Unity on a netbook and put it on a desktop PC but then realized I hated it on a full size desktop PC.

It's the same with Win 8 Metro I thought it looked great on mobile phones and on a desktop PC or laptop PC but looks versus using are two different things!
You confuse criticism of design for pessimism.

I don't think it's for consoles; if it is intended for them, who's going to let them on their platform? What console manufacturers are going to let them into the hooks that PSN/Xbox Live reserve for themselves? It is in consoles' best interest not to allow cross-anything that they don't have to, and if it isn't in the system they're playing games on, its reason for existence is murky.
Why is that hilarious? The article isn't advocating against legalization (no Slate article ever would). It's suggesting that you can't simply look at one revenue stream in isolation, because a regulatory change that boosts one revenue stream might suppress another. Which is obviously true.
I've been in the vapor scene for a while, I'm starting to hear a few horror stories about liquid build up in the lungs. My guess is over use but its something to watch for.

Regarding pot not causing lung cancer I can't really argue, emphasima on the other hand is a very real thing. While this is anecdotal, my mother is a nurse in a country town where there are a lot of weed only life long smokers and most of the old boys are starting to show up in hospital with emphasima.

My understanding was that there is about 10 cigarettes worth of tar in a similarly sized joint.

I have heard the old wives story about weed doesn't cause cancer many times. Never have I found any study pertaining to it. Or have I been shown any proof. The idea that there is no carcinogens created from burning plant material of any kind is laughable to me. The amount is questionable only maybe.

As from personal experience, heavy daily usage is certainly detrimental to health and breathing capacity.

There is a lot of misinformation out there take my views and others with a grain of salt.

Disclosure, ive always been a staunch legalisation supporter. Never been a fan of decriminalization.

Edit, and no I dont smoke anymore.
They wouldn't take it down without a prior notice.

To buy something for 16bil, they wouldn't be so quick to do anything, but monetize from it.
I don't see minecraft mentioned here often, but sweet jesus the mods that have come out of that game are mindbendingly cool.

You can spend weeks strip mining randomly generated alternate universes and pumping their oceans of lava/oil through liquid tesseracts to power your base while you gather enough uranium and other resources to eventually put together a full scale nuclear reactor.

There are fully featured computers in the game with embedded lua interpreters and wireless networking so you can do stuff like build distributed power station monitoring software. There are also programmable drones called turtles, that can even be built to be self replicating.

There are blocks that mimic quantum properties that you can even use to do quantum teleportation between multiple servers.
I think that you would have to make the scoffold command yourself, there is a guide on there website that teach you how to make your own yoeman scaffold, to fits your needs.
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Textsecure has obviously problem with 'how to use this thing' and 'we don't want another SMS app'.
Absolutely agree! I would like to know how to get rid of the horizontal bar all-together.
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you mean like enjin?
Aaand WhatsApp is down... on Saturday night (GMT+1). Chaos looms over Spain as we can't remember when was the last time we used anything else to send plans for tonight.
The Pirate Bay down, again.
Why aren't we password free yet?
Agree, i already jumped to the gulp + broweserify wagon and i love it.
How much is it going to save in legal expenses to charge people for posessing/distributing pot?
> Well it presumably helps the donor and his family.

Only in some ways. Folks definitely know they are legacy admits, and it wasn't clear to me that the resulting college experience helped either the donor or the family compared to more sensible placement.

As for the university, it might help in the short run financing, but eventually the admissions committees might notice that the legacy folks are taking up spaces from future donors of higher caliber.
http://baymirror.com/browse/ - looks to be working
I just want to emphasize the trick you outlined because it is the most effective for me. Have something to do? Just get started on it and do a little bit. I don't mean get started on it with the intention to finish it. This is what stops you – fear of actually doing it. So, really, start with the intention to just do a little bit. Tell yourself you're just taking some notes, you'll stop after 10 minutes. Then, do one of two things: (1) stop and do something else or (2) if you find yourself wrapped up in the work, consider allowing yourself to continue. But you must not think of option (2) when you begin. It's not an option.

Zizek once said that in order to get himself to write, he needs to to tell himself that he's just going to take some notes. One of the most productive critical theorists in the world has procrastination problems too, and he gets over them with self-deception. He also schedules every moment of his life though, so don't think one trick is all that's required to be at the top of your field.

Ultimately, I think finding a way to dodge your anxiety entirely is very important. I don't believe in "muscling through".
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I don't know if beer has any special rules regarding it's taxation, but assuming it doesn't and knowing the beer craziness here in Colorado, I'm not too concerned.

Furthermore, if we finally killed our remaining blue laws (Only one location of any chain store can have alcohol in the state) I'd imagine the alcohol revenue would bump back up.
Might is the key word.

Lots of things "Might" happen. But it's all just speculation without any sort of insight or evidence.

If he had cited reports, studies etc. in other states, or even countries that showed ANYTHING it would be helpful.

Instead he links to another Slate article (his own) with the same speculation, again with no sources or citation.

It'd be like if I wrote this:

"WhatsApp might be the worst thing that happened to Facebook. Imagine if everyone stops using WhatsApp because they hate facebook. That would be disastrous. Or what if they all use facebook and then stop using WhatsApp, that could be good or bad too.

Regardless, Facebook has a lot on its hands now."
Problem is kids are are built differently - the whole nurture vs nature. I'll see some kids that are just naturally wanting to excel, and others given the option would do nothing - my kids being in the middle. I could let them fail, and maybe that's the right choice, but in today's competitive college admissions, failure isn't really an option that I would wish on them.
(Caveat: I haven't tried this myself!)
Here's the analysis and an experimental patch from @i0n1c for the 64bit version of Mavericks' Security.framework (32-bit remains unpatched):
http://sektioneins.de/blog/14-02-22-Apple-SSL-BUG.html
Nice! That reminds me of...
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If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again;" - W. E. Hickson
One killer feature which would persuade me to sign up for a gaming website would be a way to set up online games with other people who like rare games. I recently bought "code of princess" on the 3ds and I do not know anyone else who owns it, and whenever I try to join a game, there is never anyone else trying to join a random game at the same time.
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No. You're not. See Nokia Meego or Samsung Tizen.

I was quite supportive of Meego, although my enthusiasm has dampered quite a lot with Tizen. There are only so many failures that one can put up with...
Russia is not averse to strategic exclaves; cf. Kaliningrad (and Transnistria, unofficially).
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University and school is very different. I was a B~C (even D & F) student in high school because I hated what I was taught in school. I enjoy Math but somehow was not motivated as well.

I went to the okay university afterwards but things started to change. Everything what I learn there somehow made sense and was not boring anymore. It might be just the fact that university have better teacher but it was more motivating. Somehow I turned my self from B~C student to a A dean list student. I went to CMU for grad school after graduation.

The point i want to make is that university is different from school and you can always climb up the ladder as long as you try hard at some point.
Scientific research at elite Universities is largely funded by grants. Research grants even subsidize education at some places.

So reducing donations to the University is not likely to have a huge impact on research (at least in my field - biomedicine). If you want to donate to research, a better bet is to donate to one of the research foundations that disseminate grants to universities, and even better, to a foundation that restricts the amount of the funding that can be applied to administrative costs (which are often as much as 40% of the amount funded).
Great idea! I think it can be very helpful to navigate blind people.
I'm not sure I see the difference between this and Playfire [1]?

My cofounders and I had the same idea a few years back when we started Evolve [2]. We just took things a step further and actually provide a client that tracks games independently of the gaming platforms (e.g. Steam, Origin, Uplay). We currently track 9.5 years (!) of playtime every single day. Gamers are crazy... :)

[1] https://www.playfire.com
[2] https://evolvehq.com
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Yes, removing one line would fix it.
Is this the "next batch" that sama will be presiding over? Or is the batch after this one? http://blog.ycombinator.com/sam-altman-for-president
In some ways it does resemble a bribe in exchange for freedom. There's also an exchange of power, where they introduce various permits and licenses associated with regulating the industry.
It became widely known outside of Apple due to the iOS patch.
I've found this fear to be my greatest motivator, but it has also lead me down false paths. Truth is, your dichotomy is a fiction. There are plenty of people who live fulfilling lives without ever having consciously focused on learning skills and meeting qualifications wanted by employers. However, nobody gets anywhere by being lazy – one then needs to find another motivator. One I have in mind is: repulsion toward injustices in the world. Rather than fearing drudgery, you can hold yourself personally accountable for evils and optimize for effecting change. Of course this is also a fiction. An individual is most likely incapable of effecting significant change in the world.

All motivations are irrational, but you still must have one. If you haven't found one, keep looking. Watch documentaries, travel, read books. You will find things to care about.
Sounds a lot like an onsetting depression. Seeking medication now might save you a lot of time and suffering.

It's very important to recognize that your judgement about what interests you is probably distorted, currently. So think twice about making any rash decisions that relate to emotions or relationships....
And it gets completely confused if the Google Account Chrome is logged into is different than the primary account you're logged into on the web.

Or at least that's my experience with it so far.
This is pretty cool -- I like how you show exactly what the email will look like, and this actually is something I would sign up for -- I often wonder how the price of bitcoin is doing from day to day.

I'm assuming you're managin the price of bitcoin over various averages throughout the day -- it would be nice if I could set alert-points (ex. Email me if Bitcoin drops below $500), and if you covered other coins
And so what?

Votes are not a blank check for a person to commit any atrocity and get away with it.
Most people I know in the Netherlands switched to Telegram within 48 hours after the announcement.

Which currently appears to be dead, BTW.
Mozilla and Google offer update browsers for XP. Why can't MS do that with their own codebase?
I have to imagine these revenues are inflated by the lack of competition. It will be interesting to see how revenues go when pot tourism isn't a thing anymore.
Come on Apple. This makes the whole blunder even more embarrassing.

Code Reviews? Static Analysis?

/sigh
Our 14% acceptance rate makes the most appropriate title "How not to get into Y Combinator."

But yeah, if you get an interview (you're already doing pretty well!), the 42Floors founders practice interview is the best training you can get for it.
I think in everyone's rush for "convergence" they just forgot about the desktop.

Exactly. "Desktops are dead" has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. For most users a new desktop computer wouldn't give them any significant benefits over the 5 year old one that they already have, so of course they're not going to buy one. Meanwhile, if hardware and software manufacturers had actually come up with ways to take advantage of their massive CPU and GPU power, we could have 50" displays at 8000x5000 pixels, eye tracking, gesture control, and who knows what else. Basically what this guy says: http://tiamat.tsotech.com/displays-are-the-key
It should be noted, though, that this does not mean Caltech is unconcerned with a "well-rounded student body". They just do not use that as a factor when they are actually processing applications. If they want to change the demographics of the student body, they do so by trying to change the demographics of the applicant pool.

For instance, when I was a student there (class of '82), the biggest demographic problem within the student body was the severe imbalance between men and women. The undergraduates were only around 15% women. That's frustrating for pretty much everyone.

Caltech addressed this by trying hard to (1) get more qualified women to apply, and (2) convincing more of those who were accepted to choose Caltech over the other schools that accepted them. Essentially, they would treat a bright high school girl with a talent for math, science, or engineering the way schools with effective sports programs treated outstanding high school athletes.

Nowadays, around 40% of undergraduates there are women.
Installing those NSA back doors can be tricky.
Also a G-Ear user. Developer is extremely responsive, and supports enough of All Access to fit my needs.
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I'm not checking for Safari vs OS X. I'm not sure what else to say to vulnerable OS X users - there is not really any effective mitigation besides turning the computer off.
I always upvote unnecessary snarkiness :)
it's ironic I was just reading their papers about how they scaled their app

http://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/558/efsf2...

Strangely, there have no status update so far regarding the issue:

https://twitter.com/WhatsApp
Parent is not debating DE options. Parent is talking about specific options for a specific DE.
Whatsapp tweeted this from 1hr: "sorry we currently experiencing server issues. we hope to be back up and recovered shortly."
https://twitter.com/wa_status/status/437319926605680640
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It's also likely you inherit the connections your parents make - provided you maintain a good relationship with them. Everyone once in a while, I'll heard about a guy by mum knows who needs some work done on his website. Since my mum is an assistant in Tesco, these are not stupendous opportunities (though not to discredit, I can use the money).

If my mum or dad was an investment banker and I was still a web developer, I imagine they would still send leads my way. There just may be more in quantity or monetary value or both.
https://twitter.com/wa_status/status/437319926605680640
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If only their messages were secured end-to-end by default. Then it wouldn't be just another insecure Whatsapp clone I have no interest in.
The amount of funding that the University supplies directly is obviously dependent on the field, and it's own traditions. However, in biomedicine, when a new prof has "startup" funds, these are often linked to their contributions to teaching and "service", i.e. admin, pastoral care, etc; they can later "buy-out" their service obligation by raising grants equal to their salary and costs, or more. So the "startup" funds are usually not entirely paying for research.
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You forgot your sarcasm tag, I hope.
What are the alternate approaches that have worked?
Thanks! This was actually my motivation to build it, Bitcoin sometimes can be very volatile and within a short time its value can change substantially.

Currently I'm making use of the data provided by BitcoinAverage, because the market is shared between a few exchanges.

In the future I may implement custom alerts, but I don't see them as a very interesting feature. What I'm working on is on a system that actually detects itself when there's the chance of a substantial decrease in value.
True, but in languages with operator overloading you (may) end up with other issues. Unless you look at the source you have no idea what the '==' operator will do.
I'm not sure it's advisable to encourage somebody not to do well on their A-levels. It's not like the US where you can get low marks in secondary school and be fine. He won't be able to attend a decent university, ever. Correct me if I'm wrong.
It's unfortunate that the skills they claim to value are ones that can't be measured, especially in the limited time of an interview: "leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability and loving to learn and re-learn." While these are great qualities, I wonder what they actually base their decisions on in lieu of the above information.
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For more info on this search for "defensive programming", "Immunity-aware programming" and "preventitive programming". Several hardware companies have manuals/rules for programming in harsh environments.

Even if you're not into hardware it's worth a look, lots of cool tips.
Indeed it is, and their requirements for all students go a fair amount beyond MIT's, including rigor. E.g. the last time I checked a few years ago you must show up on campus knowing single variable calculus and they start you on Apostol, although there's a later more practical track.
Porting all chats to your public wall takes up some load.
Cool story but I read the date was added afterwards and was removed from wikipedia in 2005 when this was realized:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ABlack_Monday_(1987)#Link...
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I would re-phrase it a bit: good things happen to generous people who are willing to give before taking.
Maintaining a conceptual separation between "VC" and "hedge fund" is probably unhelpful.
> but I can't continue doing this if I want to get the A-levels I need to enter a half-decent university.

Not sure where you're from, but in Canada you don't need all A's to get into a half-decent university. However, if you want to get into a top university, you'll need good grades and more (e.g. extracurricular activities).

I'm sure any university you will get into will be just fine. During your time at uni, you get out what you put in. Don't stress about getting into your dream university. You'll do fine wherever as long you like what you do and you get involved with stuff happening around you. Grades are just a means to an end, don't focus on them too much.
It hasn't, because I haven't yet needed to buy a new computer. But if we can only call out moral wrongs when they personally affect us, we may as well stop calling it morality at all. If you're saying it is, in fact, not prohibitively difficult to securely install an arbitrary operating system, then I would honestly be delighted to see some proof. But all I heard was that the signing keys couldn't be changed, and it was difficult to get things signed so they could be booted, and that's enough to make me angry.
This isn't snarky, it's the right answer! Mavericks prevents opening unsigned apps when you double-click, but Right-Click -> Open will launch a pop-up asking "Are you sure you want to open this?", allowing you to bypass the protection. It's a real thing.
Having read quite a bit of Dan, I'd have to say this is terribly tongue-in-cheek. I hope I'm not wrong...
Good code is more than how it looks. Is it fault tolerant? Does it handle edge cases? Does it scale? Does it lend itself to being tested? Does it lend itself to being extended? Is it legible by other coders for when they inevitably need to fix bugs and/or refactor / extend it?

"it works" is actually a very small part of good code, since implementation is usually dwarfed by maintenance and extension.

Note, none of what I mentioned is about clever or "purty" code.
I identify the most with community clusters. You get to connect with like-minded people and developer meaningful connections that can be carried over into other channels including meeting in person.
In reply to you and yajoe, obviously it doesn't hurt to be the child of an alum. But first MIT has to decide if you can do the work, e.g. the calculus and calculus based physics all students must take.

That sets a pretty high bar. The last time I checked, which was before the Great Recession changed the game and increased applicants, MIT was getting 13,000 applications a year despite the extreme amount of self-selection, of which they judged 3,000 could do the work. From that they construct a class of around 1,100 students.