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At one job, I caused some annoyance by implicitly following a rule: if you don't turn off the radio when you leave the room, we weren't listening to it; ergo, I may turn it off. My wife will turn a radio on, and leave the room for varying periods. I do not, usually, turn the radio off in those cases.

I find that I don't count ambient but indistinguishable sounds as noise: a kid yelling on the next block may be audible, but doesn't really register. Traffic two blocks away, without sirens, doesn't particularly.
The growth potential for Tim Hortons seems limited in my opinion -- it will continue to fill each corner of Canada, but we already know that and this is priced into its existing valuation. It dominantes Canada but that is because it is seen as part of Canadiana. It's attempts to expand into the US have generally not succeeded.[1]

Both are already large enough to have economies of scale in terms of purchasing power, thus I do not see the reason for this outside of tax savings.

Strangely, a lot of Tim Hortons in Canada share buildings with Wendy's. Thus there is some cross pollination there between these two, maybe the strategy is to take this to the extreme and have nearly each Tim Horton's location be paired with a Burger King.

BTW some of the richest people I know (10,000 sq ft homes) own Tim Horton franchises (usually in central locations in major cities.) A boring business compared to startups, but damn it can be crazy profitable. Might be the time to snap those locations up if they are going to do some major US expansion.

[1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons#Northeastern_US_de... But another commenter disputes that and he may have more recent information.
I'd like to see some more details/post mortem.. I guess it's some form of cache/index poisoning.
Honestly I hope they will finally have to label them correctly.

When I booked flights to Dublin recently, I felt being cheated on even though I checked everything twice and googled some. The insurance trick is among the worst practices I had to encounter personally.

I'd prefer to have the official prices being hones even if they are somewhat higher. Their business model of offering only the minimal thing should work nevertheless and laws like that does not forbid them to offer extras which many people would choose nevertheless.
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Huh? There are loads. I can think of several companies that I buy things from because I know I won't get messed with even if the headline price might appear a little higher than their competitors (think EasyJet v.s. RyanAir).
What I'm advocating is not analogous to the ArchLinux model, partly because I don't think we should stop supporting old versions and I don't think upgrades should be essentially required the moment something is release.

I'm fine with having the odd out of date version of something, I'm just saying: be incremental about keeping your stuff up to date.
Completely misses the real fundamental problem: people make assumptions about their target. Almost all of this discussion is centered around Linux systems. What about Windows? What about Solaris? HPUX? AIX? VMS? Tru64? Plan9? BeOS? Android?

Package management itself is not a solved problem, so you can't very well expect programming languages to be any different. The existing systems work quite well and make total sense: your package manager is tailored to your specific use case. Centralized/decentralized is a red herring. First figure out how to package every single thing for every single system and use case in the world, and then come back to me about organizational systems.
I believe Burger King wants to move it's head quarters to canada for lower taxes.
Back when Dylan was being developed, C and C++ compilers produced bloated slow code on home computers. Assembly was the only path for real performance.

We were blessed with choice of having compilers for systems programing for Pascal dialects, Modula-2, Oberon, Basic dialects, Forth...

Somehow along the way the UNIXification of the enterprise brought the wrath of C into these other ecosystems.
It's a problem with the people who make that assumption. Not everyone does.

Just because you have examples of code that wasn't reviewed properly doesn't mean it applies to all open source software. I personally have my eyes on open source quite often, and I know many others who do. I also know we wouldn't have our eyes on it if it weren't for the source.

Really, software being open source doesn't make it secure. It's just a precondition that allows us to find out if it is secure (and fix it when it isn't). If it isn't open source, then we should assume the worst, as we likely have no other way of knowing whether it's reasonably secure.
Not really: LWN is about Linux. Linux/Unix users care more about content than form (usually)..
Is that even what's being described? I don't see any reason why it would be bad to let the DEA search an NSA database of intelligence about foreign suspects.

The problem is (as it's always been) that they aren't just criminal suspects and they aren't all foreign. But that was the problem whether or not the NSA built a "Google."
A lot of extras are sold on the plane or at checkin (like 60EUR for a boarding pass)

That's why I never fly with them. Too much BS to waddle through.
its already dominating Western New York and growing in NYS in general. There is one in Penn Station in Manhattan now.
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The author is actually working on implementing a solution to that in ghc/cabal as well!
Because that could create a situation where the seller can put a burden on you. (arcane rules on how to return goods, trying to get shipment expenses from you, etc.)
The pipe between the two land masses is even less subtle. Very interesting message there, I definitely noticed it too.
"with the battery mounted oh-so-low in the floor"

This reads like the marketer for Tesla wrote it and this is coming from a fanboy.
The worst one I had was Vistaprint. I bought some business cards then found a mysterious £9.99/month charge disappearing from my credit card which turned out to be for some discount club they'd signed my up for in the small print without me being aware. Bastards! I never did get that back. Hopefully the new laws should help stop that.
Oy. That was legal? It seems that I have been cross-border shopping a bit too carelessly.

I know that the English Newspapers will manage to put an anti-EU spin on this, but cross-border e-commerce has to become easier. From regulation to shipping cost, there are a lot of things that need to be harmonized.
> "It's attempts to expand into the US have generally not succeeded."

[curious] What parts of the US has it tried expanding in, before? I live in northern midwest US, and have never seen any around here. Was it more towards the east or west coast, do you know?
It really depends what you're doing. For me, meetings don't result in nearly the same mental fatigue as coding does.
>> so could C <<

For example: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t...

"Erlang FAQ 1.4 What sort of problems is Erlang not particularly suitable for?

The most common class of 'less suitable' problems is characterised by performance being a prime requirement and constant-factors having a large effect on performance.
…
Most (all?) large systems developed using Erlang make heavy use of C for low-level code, leaving Erlang to manage the parts which tend to be complex in other languages…"

http://www.erlang.org/faq/introduction.html#idp27238416
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"It's attempts to expand into the US have generally not succeeded."

Looks like someone's never been to Western NY.
The semantics of Elixir are a superset of the semantics of Erlang, so by learning the former, you're learning the latter anyway. Plus, you'll be calling a lot of Erlang libraries from Elixir, so understanding how Erlang works is extremely beneficial to using Elixir.
Just for some context, Burger King had $233 million of net income in 2013 and paid $88 million in income taxes.

http://investor.bk.com/download_arquivos.asp?id_arquivo=C0B7...
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> As a part of that, retailer fees and surcharges must be brought out into the open and explained. Retailers can no longer charge “processing fees” in excess of what it actually costs them.

Does that mean charging me to print out my own ticket is now illegal?

Because it certainly doesn't cost 2 quid to generate a pdf.
It seems to me that the high levels of trust necessary for this to work also imply a high level of social cohesion (possibly homogeneity). In a society with less internal agreement, I don't see how you could get this much alignment over what is the right management strategy, let alone trust that it's being followed.
You see them in the same real estate because Wendys purchased Tim Hortons in 1995, but subsequently sold it off.

The Tim Hortons business isn't attractive except for the tax inversion benefits, which make it plenty attractive indeed.
> its already dominating Western New York and growing in NYS in general.

Really? Maybe things changed. Because a few years ago, I had read that some of its US expansion plans hadn't worked out, see here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons#Northeastern_US_de...
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Would love to see this turn into a podcast or a youtube series!
and just the opposite for me! One meeting can depress me for half a day. But I can get in a coding thrall and go 4 or 5 hours without noticing time pass.
First, I've never seen Marxism implemented in the real world. At the time of its writing, only the UK, Germany and perhaps Holland fit the required industrialization level. Attempting to implement it in an agrarian society was doomed from the being by the theory. Now I know that many (myself included) take issue with what we now call a living wage, but so far it is the only humane response to dealing with poor people and their growing population due to industrialization. A living wage is essentially Marxism.

Think about the present situation. Technology is making more and more jobs unnecessary. Soon trucking will probably go the way of the buggy whip. That entire industry will shrink. Capitalist will own the trucks, and pay a select few to manage a fleet. The drivers and some of the mechanics are no longer needed to maintain routes. That's a lost of many good jobs.

Now, not to disrespect every trucker, but many are average intelligence or below average. If jobs that survive technology require above average intelligence, the aforementioned truckers won't have a job, even with retraining. Now what should we do with them? Pure capitalism would either have the poor die of starvation/exposure, private charities, poor jails or extermination. Private charities haven't scaled in the past. Poor jails didn't work either. I don't see anyone killing the poor either. I also don't think you'll get mass extinction in a modern society. Thus you're pretty much left with a Marxist endgame. Eventually enough of the means of production is owned by the government, either directly or taxation on the producers, that you have a Marxist state.
If I, as a consumer from continental Europe, can't be subject to what is essentially a rippoff by UK online shops any more, then it is a win. It even makes it easier for UK online shops to be compliant with consumer protection laws within the rest of Europe.

I fail to see the downside.
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It's made headlines for my country's biggest newspaper

http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/busqueda-fotos-google-a...

and I can confirm it affects Uruguay (and it looks like all of South America as well).
I don't claim to know for sure, but it seems to me like the reason for that is because all of these laws are restrictions are companies trying to do shady stuff to sell you more then what you wanted. Allowing the person purchasing the goods to keep them as well as get money back encourages companies to not break these laws since they don't want to lose their stuff. If they got their goods back then there really wouldn't be any repercussions toward the company for breaking these laws since the transactions would (presumably) be cancel-able within a specific time-frame already.
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Here's hoping this means TH goes national (if not worldwide). We need a TH in Atlanta; good coffee, donuts better than Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts.

Recalls my notion of a "Franchise In A Box": in a shipping container, pack up all the necessities for installing/opening a retail store/restaurant overnight in a typical retail space, and rapid removal if needed. Good for short-use venue events such as major conventions, or for jumpstarting a business by opening a functional (albeit minimal) store in available short-lease space while a more elaborate/complete/larger implementation is being installed.

I mention this as an eager would-be customer, wishing that BK (having more interest in "lower 48" USA expansion than pre-merger TH) could now just arrange some short-term leases, rent a "Tim Hortons In A Box", and open a few test/introductory locations within a few days. I want my Tim's! Moreso, my Canadian wife wants a Tim's in Atlanta ASAP, and ya gotta realize that to Canadians, Tim Hortons is like Starbucks deified.
maybe you ahould discuss with the guy from klooff this subject he has wide experience in the pets market, im pretty sure someone from startup chile can give u his contact information
Well, it is easy to dismiss people saying kind of stuff as 'crackpots' or 'tin-foil-hatters'.

I personally keep to a simple rule. If something is technologically feasible[0], economically viable and someone has an incentive for it, it will happen, period. This rule of thumb successfully filters out weather control crackpottery while correctly identifying surveillance capabilities (and no, it's not hindsight bias; the only thing I was surprised about Snowden revelations was that it was underwhelming).

[0] - and keep in mind that pretty much anything is.
attempts to expand not successful? Not sure about that. Sure the first attempts (incl the Wendy's deal) weren't...but the current era of expansion in NY/NorthEast 'Cafe & Bake Shop' seems to have gone better...with Tim's learning/more financial power/proper ad marketing. It's become one of the small players in your everytown corner coffee shops. Just in a relatively small region. I mean, something helped attract BK to it other than the tax inversion.
While we're at it, I would love to see the "scandal-gate" terminology disappear as well.

According to Wikipedia[1], the "war on crime" was used by Hoover in the '30s.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_as_metaphor
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Probably a little irrational, but I think of Tim Horton's as significantly more palatable than Burger King. Might be because I'm from the US and only have good memories of getting 30 cent donuts when I was visiting.
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Goes further than that, never mind the types. When in doubt I read the ASM code, check the math by hand to make sure the right opcodes got used etc. Probably for the reason you said, in C its terribly hard to tell when its going to promote a type and whether an intermediate result will be signed or not.
Driving across the US west, you can’t help but notice how every bit of land is cordoned off with barbed wire or fences. Doesn’t matter if it’s in the middle of emply plains or uninhabited mountains. "Private property" and "no trespassing" signs abound.
All over Rochester NY. I think the coffee is better in Canada though- based on my single experience trying it on the Canadian side of Niagara falls.
when will the US adopt a similar law? Ticketmaster will be first one to go bonkers if this law ever makes it to the US
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Every professor or teacher I have spoken with loves the idea of them being able to help and reach more individuals now with platforms like Coursera, Khan Academy, and SchoolKeep. My guess is a lot of them do it because they love teaching. However, for some it may help them get recognition and grants too for their research or school. I wouldn't doubt if some are being asked to speak at conferences and getting paid that way because of their reach & influence through MOOCs platforms either.
Ask HN: Startup stole our software, and raised $2MM with it. What should we do?
About 2 years ago, my firm developed software under contract. About 4 months later, after falling behind on payments, the customer "charged back" all his previous payments (via PayPal), and kept the software (it was not yet finished, but functional enough to charge customers).

We recouped about half the money through PayPal's dispute process. We let the rest go, deciding it wasn't worth trying to squeeze blood from a turnip.

Fast forward to today, the very same company is on the front page of HackerNews:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8225738

The business' name is Pigeon.ly / fotopigeon.com (when we worked on it it was called pichurz.com / picturgram.com). The owners names are Fredrick Hutson and Alfonzo Brooks.

So, HN, what should we do? We have a signed contract with them which states that the software becomes our property in the event of non-payment. Should we assert ownership of the software? Of their business? Should we sue them? Should we reach out to their investors (Kapor Capital and Base Ventures)? Should we include Kapor Capital and Base Ventures in the suit?

I would really appreciate any advice HN can offer. We will of course rely on our attorney's advice primarily, but I am optimistic that someone here has dealt with a similar situation before.

Thank you for your time!
Do your check ins in the morning - 7, 8, 9 am. You will build a body of work that no one can dispute.

Though it doesn't sound like this place is for you, so perhaps that is just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
Works for me just fine.

Why do people say something was "hacked" every time a technical issues arises? Did something actually happen or is it just a bug somewhere?
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Two companies...one mediocre...one I don't believe large enough to pull the deadweight of the other...trying to mitigate tax burden and safe face.......Where I went to University there was a Burger King that was right by my old apartment and it just so happened to sit on a huge piece of property...and property there wasn't cheap (relatively speaking) and we prayed for 5 years that'd they sell it and put in a Panera Bread.
Easier is relative here. If you have means to bootstrap or access to capital then yes it is but that's not always the case. Furthermore if you don't have any business connections relationships in the business getting into many industries (outside of software) can be quite the challenge.
The WNY presence has been strong for 30 or 40 years (I think Michigan as well, not positive), that paragraph basically just says they failed to establish a beachhead in New England, which is DnD country, through and through.
I already deal with a large library of functions like that, and it's totally mind-numbing. I had to create tools just to try to group the functions in different ways so I could figure out if there was anything like what I wanted to use, what it was called, and how to use it.

Modules and sub-module hierarchy offers a greater, simpler organizational methodology.
been dealing with this for a long long time. Until I learned how to fudge a resume or CV correctly(doesn't take much effort), I really struggled and lost out to what I called the, "certified stupid", or "the Educated/indoctrinated incompetents". Take a google search through people busted for fake CV's, many of whom held VERY high positions at prestigious Universities yet it took decades and decades to catch the few who've been caught. And we have a commander in chief who's 'cv' is either false, or the biggest joke in history. So my friend, plan ahead, purchase a number of throwaway cellphones(TracPhones are less than $5!) and label each with a name, company, gender, etc. and use those for your 'references'. Depending on what kind of work you seek you may also want to research what people who left jobs under a NDA have to do when trying to list previous work experience.
Thanks for the feedback! Looking at each point individually:

1. We went with a map over a series of pie charts as we'd like to create something a bit more engaging for the user.

2. Agreed: The blur is causing me several issues, and is something I'm absolutely still working on.

3. Obviously these "votes" won't be counted, we're just trying to get a sense of how people in different part of the world feel about it.

Thanks for taking a look at our site! Attraction parks are a use-case we're absolutely something we're looking into.

We're currently based in a tech incubator called CodeBase (http://www.thisiscodebase.com/). Quarter Mile is a beautiful building, but you can't beat being surrounded by other startups!
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This is super slick. SQLite is so elegant, and this should stop people from reinventing the wheel over and over again.
Unfortunately the Tomcat log files don't contain any other information. I still have to check and see what exactly gets logged when the script is used. As of now I don't see any other calls logged, so my hope is that the timeouts prevented worse from happening.
An official statement by Google would be great
Ohio & Western NY primarily
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Inability to install multiple versions of the same package can be a feature. It encourages the creation of stable, backwards-compatible packages.
This is a fantastic argument for strong states' rights and less-overbearing / centralized policy from Washington.

Let the states be compared against one another and measure the results: if heroin abuse skyrockets in Vermont, then other states could avoid their policy mistakes. If something works incredibly well in a couple states, then it would be appropriate to implement broad, federal rules codifying the success in those states for the whole union.

As it stands, the federal government piles an increasing amount of legislation and regulation down on the states, leaving less room for this type of innovation and experimentation.
Do email daemons validate certificates now? I thought they didn't - which would make encryption fairly pointless
When your livelihood is based entirely on your security clearance and your ability to keep working in the security industry you make it a very big point to not talk about this stuff outside of work. I had a friend who went to work for a 3-letter agency and started consistently avoiding bars/drinking because he was afraid he'd say something. This is exactly why whistleblowing is a problem in the intelligence community - they'll sue you to oblivion and/or imprison you for saying anything at all.
Java vs. Lisp/OCaml/etc.

It is thought that these niche languages are more productive in the hands of an expert, but then, you need an expert, which is scary for the corporate bottom line. Hence the mass adoption of Java to keep workers interchangeable.

Thankfully a few companies have realized what Jane Street did: niche languages actually make hiring easier if you are looking for top talent, and of course, the productivity is better too.

Related: http://flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html

"The management world has tried to develop software engineering processes that allow people to be plugged into them like interchangeable components."
Does anyone have an example of making a CV like this? It sounds like something I could benefit from.
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Brazil here. Affecting us here too.