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"You can just reload propellant and fly again."

While I am sure this has some exaggeration, I wonder what the actual expected turnaround time is.
> A more fitting question would be why ADT hasn't also been penalized.

Because Google is not competing with ADT, YET?

I wonder if we will ever see ATT style, govt forced, split up of Google sometime within this generation...
A good free alternative is Comodo (8.26.56.26), I trust them slightly more than Google and they have security features such as malware detection.

http://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/
This has to be addressed at the middle school and high school level. Could Google do a better job, probably, but they are picking from a tiny pool of black CS grads.
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Spoiler alert: it doesn't taste like much.

As for the rest, it's the usual Soylent article being rehashed. If you're looking for a bland, cheap alternative to journalism, this is for you.
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While it's a bit sleazy, I'd say that comparing it to sex trafficking is pushing it. Yeah, if you changed a few things one way, it'd be disturbingly exploitative. And if you changed a few things the other way, it'd be a perfectly ordinary vacation. It is what it is.
As I understand it, it was actually a point of contention whether a NASA astronaut or a SpaceX astronaut would fly first. I think they decided on a NASA astronaut in the end, but it seems like SpaceX definitely has plans in that direction...
Upon skimming, it looks like it still retains some clauses like: "The name of Your Product (or of Your modified version of This Product) must not contain the name TrueCrypt [...] nor any other names confusingly similar to the name TrueCrypt" and "All graphics contained in This Product (logos, icons, etc.) must be removed from Your Product (or from Your modified version of This Product) and from any associated materials."

...but that actually doesn't seem all that insurmountable. Hm...
TrueCrypt 7.1a - the one with the actual functionality - wasn't released under this license. It was released under the earlier one. And I don't think it allows for this version or later ala GPL. I'm not sure of this, though.
"chronic flatulence" was an awful analogy and an easy out for you.

what if your acquaintance was verbally and physically abusive? what if they threatened to kill you or, worse, tried to because of schizophrenia? do you bear the abuse because they can't help it?

i'm struggling to understand what point you are trying to make. we should unconditionally forgive the mentally ill when they offend us? that we have the responsibility to provide them a public forum?
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those races that are left alone, and not made into an issue, do quite well.

Consider an alternative: those non-white races who predominantly arrived here as a result of passing modern immigration requirements, often having secondary education and a drive to succeed, tend to be more successful.

I technically agree with your statement, though. If we had never pushed out the people who were here before us, and never enslaved blacks, both populations would probably be doing much better.
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Do you have a source or proof for these points? Last I checked a serving of Ensure was a good bit cheaper than Soylent.

Shipping with the liquid/water mixed can often be a convenience, and at least Ensure also offers it's product in a powdered form: http://ensure.com/products/ensure-powder
oh my b. Totally agree with your comment without the underlying point I (wrongly) assumed it was making.
> This thing looks so...empty! I imagine it will be a welcome change to the incredibly cramped Soyuz.

I agree, though I wonder what it'll look like when it's full of cargo too!
Also, it appears someone finally got a hold of a Truecrypt dev. The project was just shut down from lack of interest. No drama about auditing or, crazy NSA conspiracies after all:
https://twitter.com/stevebarnhart/status/472203503478509568

Edit: That tweet was deleted for some reason, but the rest of the thread is still there:
https://twitter.com/stevebarnhart/status/472192457145597952
I think you're on the wrong forum. Try this one: http://highdeas.com/
Indeed, this is referenced explicitly in the piece that he quotes:

As with the experience of the American Irish, Italians, Jews, and many other groups, the Asian experience shows that racial divisions and hostilities can subside over time.

But regarding that piece, I found the following passage problematic:

And it’s evidence of the essential fairness of the American capitalist system, which has rewarded this hard work even though many people, including many government officials, tried to penalize it.

I submit that the phenomenon in question describes the essential unfairness of the American system, capitalist or otherwise. If people can be "rewarded" for their "hard work" in spite of their race only when that racial identity is subsumed by whiteness, it only reinforces the existing power structure. Or, the author might argue, it was this success and recognition that led to the change in racial perception. Either way, it's not what I call fair.
A likely explanation is that ADT has also been penalised, but the organic references to ADT counterbalance it enough to not affect them as much.
Or you could read the article...
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The term white male needs to stop being used as an epithet. Of course there is going to be a backlash from X when you say there are too many of X. Saying we need more Y, Z, etc makes the same point without needless turning X against the goal of a more balances company, school, gov't etc.
Mmmm, yeah...

I see that you have a lot of coping saw experience, and that's great, but... well... we're looking for someone who's a better culture fit. You understand, right? I thought you might. Well, thanks so much!
The more interesting thing to me is the rapidly escalating list of conflicts of interest. Even if Google tries to remain squeaky clean for all eternity, they'll have a harder time of ensuring that they are, with staff tweaking a growing number of signals to their ranking algorithm while being to various extents aware of what is part of Google.

I too, don't think Google is in the wrong in this case. But the wider issue of having what is likely the largest gatekeeper of internet traffic own a growing list of other properties is likely to sooner or later become a major problem.
So. How far along is that thing? I assume they never really tested it as a whole (since that would kind of imply showing it to the world), so there’s lots of potential for reality crashing into this. Hard. Right now it’s basically vapourware, right? I mean, I guess they have to show it off, but this feels more like a concept study than an actual thing.
Here's a high-res image of the control panel:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bo0_-6iCMAAmCL8.jpg:orig

Very retro chic with some 2001 vibes. Some interesting speculation on the touch screens and vibration damping over on reddit too:

http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/26tb6o/dragon_v2_con...
DNSCrypt meets this need and is based on the same crypto from DJB. If you're running a full-blown resolver, I'm not sure if DNSCurve works if you forward to us... I'd have to find out.
Excellent question. I was wondering the same thing.

It seems like it must be two engines that aren't in the same pair. If two engines in the same pair went, you'd have to cut off the opposite two to maintain symmetry, and then you're down four. If it could handle losing four engines, you'd think he would have said that....

On the other hand, maybe they can lose four engines as long as their opposite each other, and he didn't say that because it's not any four. It's not completely implausible. If each engine runs at 50% normally, then increasing the remaining four to 100% would give you the same thrust. Attitude control would be the big challenge, but perhaps smaller thrusters are able to handle it.

Edit: I just realized that the landing thrusters double as the launch escape system. The LES needs really high thrust to get the fragile meaty cargo as far away from the exploding rocket as quickly as possible. The Soyuz LES produces accelerations of well over 10 gees, for example. If these engines are capable of that, then they must have huge margins, as far as thrust goes, for landing. Looking over reports, I must have missed it in the stream, but Musk said that each one generates 16,000lbs of thrust. While the capsule as a whole weighs well under that... and it has eight engines. It also looks like the engine pairs are angled apart somewhat, which should allow for some control even on only two opposite pairs. I'm going to go ahead and guess that it can tolerate losing any two engines, and up to four if it's lucky about which ones it loses.
I more surprised at the fact that people are touting the high number of Asians at Google as some sort of success story about us Asians and our culture. Google hires people from around the world, not just the US.

I'm more inclined to believe that there are high number of Asians simply because there are more Asians in the world, period.
You not understanding me is not ironic. He's not a member of a primitive tribe, he's an anthropologist.

If I visit a country and they tell me I should hate homosexuals, knowing what I know about homosexuality means that doing it would make me an awful human being. Even if I respect their different opinions on the matter, it doesn't mean that they are being good, because we know that homosexuality isn't a choice more than they know it is a choice.

Vultures eating dead flesh is not inherently wrong, it's just distasteful to some. This very obvious example of child sexual abuse that actually harms someone who is alive is not even close, and it's weird that you're making that comparison. Do I really need to cite the negative effects of sexual abuse on children to justify my position here?
I am bothered by the last line in this comment; I think would agree if we all grew up in the exact same conditions with the exact same stigma against each one of us and exact same social, educational, and capital resources at our disposal, but we do not. Here's a dissenting opinion, or at least something to think about.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/201...

It's worth considering that a workforce might be 90% "white male" because 90% of the time, the environment we live in nurtures "white males" to fit there better, not because intrinsically, 90% of the time "white males" are just better at it.

That's not to say I disagree with the first part. Google isn't going to make people that don't fit in the job suddenly magical at it; however, I think it's important to recognize racial disparity as a problem that --will not fix itself if left alone--, instead of calling disgusting those who might consider an equalizing force somewhere in society to be important.

These numbers clearly aren't so disparate because "no reason at all" or because "whites are just better," so why do you think they are? And also, how can we even have a discussion or make changes without paying specific attention to race?
All of the files available here: http://truecrypt.ch/ have the same hashes as provided by this person.
The image there shows the physical controls he mentioned that act (if I understood correctly) as failsafes if the touchscreen breaks down.
Bold choice on the touch screens. If there's any time you'd think you'd want unambiguous, tactile buttons it'd be when you have spine-wrenching vibrations coursing through your entire body and have 3 Gs pulling your arm back towards your body.

But I guess pretty much the only thing astronauts are potentially required to do during launch is abort, and they have the physical buttons for that. So maybe it's not actually an issue.
I agree it "white males" has to stop being used as an epithet. It needless turns off people who would help normally make things better.
The idea is to make sure everyone has a fair shot at a job not to hire by race. Many jobs are never advertised and the go to people who know people in power. Those people are more likely to be white or Asian then Hispanic or black.
I wouldn't say that was brown exactly, but I know exactly what you mean with big ecommerce platforms and all kinds of other vertical-market software. It can take months or even years to learn all of the tricks.

That being said, it is always a gamble. A great programmer might pay off in the long run more than a mediocre programmer who already knows the platform... or not!
If there is any truth to this article, then things are going to get really bad for Google. This with other recent complaints may prove that Google may be stepping beyond the gray areas of a monopoly. A good lobbying may delay the process but it is inevitable.

OT: I don't usually complain about votes but the amount of downvotes in this thread is appalling. Anything critical of Google has been downvoted. Ironically, if asked, most people here would be against censorship of any kind, however for many that is valid as long as the opinion stays within their perception. Under the same argument, I can "predict" that this post like other similar ones before is going to flagged off the frontpage. Its starting to get repetitive enough to be no longer ignored. Not sure how the situation can be improved because in reality its very hard to built a community with diverse opinions.
I guess I need to starting coding in brown.
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Doubtless they will take their time in the beginning, and learn exactly what it does take to relaunch. (They'll have plenty of time, as their current sole customer probably won't want more than four a year for at least a few years.) The Shuttle was originally also intended to be quickly reused, but it failed spectacularly at doing so. However, the Dragon is not the STS, and SpaceX is not NASA. It's a much simpler and less compromised vehicle, and when they discover pain points during recycle, I expect they will be engineered away, and quickly too. I wouldn't bet against it being "gas-and-go" in 2-3 years (by which I mean requiring no more than the usual pre-flight checks.)
I remember the case he mentioned well enough. As I remember, 2 male developers were making some perhaps tasteless jokes to each other, not referencing anyone in particular. A woman seated nearby, whose job is outreach to developers like them, overheard, and decided that it would be a good idea to take a picture of them, without their permission, of course, and call them out on the internet about it. A standard gender in tech scandal ensued.

Sounds a lot more like an interest police out to get guys than anything to do with respect for women to me.
I think "vapourware" is a bit harsh. They have a roadmap, and so far they've done pretty well with it. This is the next step.

Tests of the landing mechanism are planned:

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/elon-musks-spacex-plans...

But considering how well their first-stage landing tests have gone so far, it's not unreasonable to think they'll manage this too.
As does an awful lot of spam.
> If there were black privilege in the NBA

> most quarterbacks are white

The NBA is the National Basketball Association. The football one is the NFL. Not that this directly addresses your point or anything but that was bugging me haha sorry...

> But even if we leave out the debate around privilege

Oh thank god you said this. I haven't yet been able to figure out how the common usage of privilege [1] in such discussions is nothing more than people trying to justify the use of classical racism and sexism in the rhetorical service of those who aren't typically the beneficiaries of such disgusting tactics. And far more often than not, any attempt to think critically about these tactics is met with "you just don't get it, probably a white male" [wrong].

> Being in a minority leads to a lot of shared experiences. A creative woman interested in CS, but not in the field has more in common with other women than she has with a guy interested in exploring CS.

This is a really good point, consider me pretty much convinced. As much as we might not _want_ one's gender or race to define one's experiences, the fact remains that it still does, upstream. My assumption was that "shared love of CS" was enough of an experience to relate to someone on a non-stereotype basis, but I can totally see how that could not be true in many cases.

[1] Note that I'm not talking about the concept of privilege per se; it's been YEARS that I've been baffled by the fact that so many people are just completely unaware of the fact that success (and many other things) is (partially) a function of many many external factors that are easy to dismiss for those who aren't handicapped by them (poverty, certain sexualities, being in certain racial minorities, being female (in some contexts), being male (in others)).
Really no one thinks "I got shipped to California to date tech guys" affects women's view of the male dominated tech industry in a negative way? Weird.
It says derived programs shouldn't be called "TrueCrypt" and shouldn't be ascribed to the original publishers, which honestly seem like pretty mild requirements.

https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt/blob/33c0b8457051796fa...
A random ranking? Of all results? Are you kidding? The vast, vast majority of results for a typical query are tangentially relevant at best.
The point is that no one wants to fund a team who won't produce a final working product for the system they're running.

Linux Foundation wants things which run on Linux. Trying to figure out how you fund the BSD version + porting effort leads to a weird incentive scheme.
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It's Pando. What did you expect? I don't know why Pando links so show up on HN.
> Majority of Asians chose to pursue personal development over fighting for social justice.

That might be technically true, but I'm pretty sure a majority of all ethnic groups spend most of their time engaged in things other than civil rights activism.

Nor would I suggest that Asian civil rights activism is somehow less active than that of other ethnic groups. There's a pretty rich history of Asian-American civil rights activism dating back to the 1860s (e.g. Yick Wo v. Hopkins was a landmark civil rights case decided in the 1886) and dealing with issues ranging from internment in the 1940s (look up Fred Korematsu), hate crimes (look up Vincent Chin), and general xenophobia (the whole debacle around Wen Ho Lee). If Asian Americans seem less prevalent than, e.g., African Americans, I'd suggest it has more to do with making up a smaller portion of the population than any cultural distinction.
You used a partial path in cron? Wha...?

Always, always use fully qualified filenames in cron, never rely on environment variables, ever.

And what are you doing editing your crontab directly?

% crontab -l > file
% vi file
% crontab < file

That's the proper incantation. Let the tool do what it is supposed to do.

Whipper snappers.
You have a right to make yourself heard, not be shielded from criticism and other's exercising the right to free association.
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is this real? seems a little... "over-share-y" for an interview?
Yea I think that's true for musicians. I saw a Jimmi Hendrix interview about singing the blues when you are no longer poor. He said that sometimes the more money you have, the more blues you can sing! I thought that was pretty interesting.
I take your general point (and between you and groby_b, I feel like a lot of my concerns were actually addressed), but for the life of me I really don't understand the fact that people keep replacing "someone" in my hypotheticals with "White people". I didn't say anything about a white person staying out of jazz due to black people: the person in my example could've been white or non-white hispanic or east asian or middle eastern or native american or aboriginal or south asian or...
Enforcing racial hiring quotas is probably the worst way to address inequalities amongst minority groups. It enforces the stereotype that minorities are inferior and don't deserve the jobs their appearance has given them.

If you look at, for example, blacks in the U.S., two things stand out rather starkly: Poverty and incarceration rates. On average, kids in wealthy, stable, two-parent families do better than kids in poor single-parent households. Poverty and incarceration rates for blacks in the U.S. are significantly higher than for whites or asians. To compound matters, schools/teachers in poor areas are often of poorer quality than schools in rich areas.

The U.S. has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world. The for-profit prison system and complicit judges/politicians have created this sad state of affairs. This needs to change. One way to accomplish this might be for state and federal governments to take control of the prison system. More public funding needs to be directed towards schools and youth programs in poor areas. More money needs to be focused on easing poverty. Give these kids back their parents, reduce the desperation of extreme poverty their families experience, and give them quality education. Do all this, and we won't still be talking about race-based hiring practices a generation from now.

In general, children are an investment in the future and the U.S. has not been investing in all children equally.

Edit: Note that I am Canadian. Disproportionate incarceration, poverty, and inferior schooling are all problems faced by (many) first nations communities up here, only with the added difficulty that acting to change any of these is guaranteed to turn into a political fecal-storm. The feds recently tried to improve the education system, but it basically blew up in their faces and undermined the AFN (assembly of first nations) in the process.
Pretty far along. They have an in process application with the FAA for running tests on a "DragonFly" vehicle which is basically a Dragon 2 capsule designed for testing the landing system (which, according to the permit) they plan to do a lot of tests on.

Also, they will test the in flight abort system in two separate unmanned tests this year. One on the launch pad and another with a full scale launch with the escape system activating at Max-Q (maximum dynamic pressure on the rocket, the most extreme test possible for the system).

Many of the components share engineering heritage with the unmanned cargo Dragon such as the pressure hull, heat shield, RCS thrusters, and so on. Nobody outside SpaceX would know how far along they are in terms of every single component and with integration but every indication is that they are quite far along indeed and most of what they need to do at this point is validate their design through testing and eventually operational flights.
When rocket scientists say "any two" they usually mean it. It can probably tolerate more, if they fail just right, but you can't assume that.

And it seems plausible. The layout of the SuperDraco clusters is not equidistant; it's more of an "X". If you lose one cluster, the other nearby one can provide the makeup thrust without being too unbalanced, and there's still X and Y control authority from the other pair.
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They've been testing the superdraco rockets for a while, and there was a pad abort test scheduled for December 2013, I don't know whether that actually happened.

There was an in-flight abort test scheduled for April 2014, again I don't know if that actually happened.
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