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Entanglement isn't magic: it's just correlation. Behind every pair of entangled particles you find a single original causal event that created them and entangled them. Entanglement just seems like magic because the actual reality is a joint distribution over particle states that already obeys the appropriate physics, but you're thinking of it as two separate distributions whose results are "forced" by "magic" to conform to the appropriate correlation after the "sampling".

There's no magic: you're just sampling a joint distribution in the first place.
How old are you and where are you from? What kind of school are you visiting?
I don't really think it is fair to compare Angular and Google closure.

Angular is basically MVVM for the web, which is awesome because MVVM is awesome.

Closure is OOP and "lets move heaven and earth to pretend we are still coding java, but with a weird syntax and lambda functions". It appeals to different needs.
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Yeah, almost certainly this. Same reason Sony locked down the Dash (the Sony branded chumby device) -- it was essentially required by netflix (in turn because it was required by netflix's content partners).

Still, it would have been nice of Google to put in a developer mode for the Chromecast that basically wipes all the proprietary bits and turns it into a generic linux box. Though, granted, at the price they are selling the hardware for that may not be the best business move... and in any case, there are other options for that in the form of all the many linux/Android-on-a-stick devices (like all the Rockchip based ones), but having one you can easily buy at retail in the US would be a nice option.
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I work at a mid stage startup. I got 7 weeks paternity leave and there is no set vacation time but we are encouraged to take at least 3 weeks a year. People often take a month off for summer and a week or two off for christmas.
Management should not be told what kind of tech will be used to build their system, at least not on such a detailed level as that.

And if you want something enterprizy just tell them you will be using Google Closure which looks enough like Java that they are going to leave you alone.
I remember a friend who worked in sales that it was a disciplinary offence for an IBM salesman to be seen eating in McDonalds - this was in the mid 80's
I define art as creation that does not have to do anything but could invoke some feelings in the recipient.

What's important is that you don't have to like art. If it evokes feelings in you that you don't like then just stay away from it. Appreciating art is not a contest. If someone expects you to appreciate same art as them that's their problem with expectations management not yours with performance. I would come to hear you play but if your music would invoke feelings in me that I wouldn't want then I'd leave. Some other person might like the chaos brought by lack of skills crossed with enthusiasm.

The problem starts when people start talking about art ... they say dumbest things and often get away with it.
I've been contracting for about 8 years now. Your client is trying to stiff you. It will only get worse from here.

Get out while you can, but still try and collect on money owing - even if it takes you a year or more.
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It sounds like you're looking for the SVG Crowbar: http://nytimes.github.io/svg-crowbar/
You guys need to have your expectations outlined up front. You shouldn't be hitting them with a bill they don't understand. That is your opportunity to explain (because your the expert they hired) to educate them as to why your hours needed to be more than two on a task.

If you do explain this and you soothe their minds out, they will thank you and respect you even more. If they don't then fire them.

Biggest tip ever you can take away? Stop calling yourself a freelancer. Step up to a tech consultant. People treat freelancers and consultants differently, even if the work is exactly the same. Act accordingly, and use this to your advantage. There is no teacher or boss to tell you must be a freelancer.
Whenever I read about the downsides of social media, for some reason I clearly remember a line from the film To Die For (meant as satire):

"Because what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if nobody's watching? And if people are watching, it makes you a better person."

I feel much the same way about it myself. It seems so many are crazily self obsessed.
If one party refuses to sign the contract that is a bad sign from day 0. What are their reasons for not signing it, out of interest?
It would be nice to be able to see the API without having to install Rust. A small example in the README would also help lazy people like me.

I really like the SMTP api provided by the Java library SubEthaSMTP, it makes writing simple SMTP services really easy. If you haven't seen it, I recommend having a look:

https://code.google.com/p/subethasmtp/wiki/UsingSubEthaSMTP
Start back at the estimation. Who or how do they think its 2 hours?

I suggest to offer to "backlog groom" these estimates so the person that's actually going to do the work is providing the estimate. You can fairly be managed this way.

If they don't like the estimates, welcome input or clarification. Take a collaborative tone here.

Start the conversation of this new approach by saying something like. We seem to be drifting apart on hours and expectations. I have come up with some strategies with my colleagues and would like to propose...

If this doesn't work - time for a new client. If you need the cash and can't just quit. Make sure expectations are clear at all points in writing when you have warned them of the estimate and the actual hours. Keep this in the freelancing platform so you have room for debate if they stuff you on hours. Finally get approves on the tasks after you estimate. They might not have the money - they need to come to terms with this at each 5-7 hour block.

Good luck!
Just in case anyone is wondering; "jugaadu solution" == "duct tape solution"
Don't be a one trick pony. Programming is just one life skill you should learn. Stay in school and learn the rest.
Today my freelancer engineer billed me 180 hours despite not having a deliverable prototype. I was shocked. I paid him. When does work ever get done on schedule or within budget? Rarely.
That's very interesting work. I did a similar thing for Kore for its background task implementation so that page handlers could talk to its tasks it fired off and read its responses accordingly.

See example on https://github.com/jorisvink/kore/tree/master/examples/tasks
So they are going to resuscitate the fellow after freezing him for 50 years?
Notice though, that it doesn't include the aspect of Kaspar's lying nor the gun shot episode.

But I agree, a very nice film.
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I thought it was a red flag too - but they had promptly paid me the week before (for week 1) with no problems. Their reasons for not wanting to sign it were "we have a standard agreement that all "freelancers" sign and we don't sign separate contracts as we have investors"
Probably, as javascript will remain the browser's only supported scripting language forever as it's such a big hurdle to get all the browser makers to implement a new language. I imagine javascript in the browser will eventually be like x86 assembler though in that almost everybody will write in a higher level language like coffeescript, or through layers of libraries like jQuery.
not talking about interviewers but people who applied. 3 people of color. 5 Asian people. and maybe 80 Caucasians the whole day I was there. Also maybe 3-10 women. It was an observation and far from a racist comment.
Related: How to Deconstruct Almost Anything http://www.fudco.com/chip/deconstr.html - basically a detailed explanation of the equivalent of modern art in modern literary theory from a scientific person who went to great lengths to dig into it and understand what these people are talking about.
If you accidentally spilled a fresco then it would be pure luck, not to mention astronomically unlikely.

Skill in anything is just a way to screw probabilities in your favor. I am a computer programmer, not a doctor but it is possible that I might be able to save somebody by doing surgery - it is just more likely I kill them, but a doctor would be able to do it safely.

It would be possible for my grandma to write program to do something useful, by accidentally slamming some keys, but I can do it deliberately, time after time after time.

In your case the problem is that there is no objective definition on art, and as such everybody can consider themselves an artist, which means that skills are meaningless (remember a skill only screws the probability of success in your favor, which is meaningless if there is on definition of success).
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He is talking about using VMs for real arquitectures (SO + apps).
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Is there some term that lies between freelancer and consultant?
""In imaginary, never-to-be-implemented language daydreams I toy..""

Your mockup code sure looks like Lua.
That is very close to what I consider art, with the proviso that it should invoke the feelings the artist intent (or tell the story the artist intent) and that simply being annoyed at what people can waste government subsidies on should not be considered a feeling.
Yours is an interesting image format. How can I get in touch with you?

Do you work with responsive images working group? Are you on the mailing list?
I didn't feel bias at all. The bias is towards companies that fit a model they like and if they can find entrepreneurs who can execute on that model. Has nothing to do with race. But one thing yes the "startup" system isn't really built to accelerate certain communities. the biggest thing is access. It's same in lots of industries and YC/startups aren't the only ones that deal with it.
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There are some painkillers that contain both; which column do those go in?
>> "they had promptly paid me the week before"

You can't judge people that quickly. I had a client I worked with on several projects and they paid fully up front which was fantastic. On the final project I worked with them they still owed me half the bill, deleted our basecamp project (nearly all communications), stopped replying to my emails, and ignored my invoices. It was 6 months before I tracked down their new company and surprised them with a phone call and threat of court. I eventually got the money but needless to say the guy was an asshole about it.

I guess my point is that even when you think you have built a good relationship with someone over a few months, when you're working on the internet people think they can do whatever they like. The internet makes it easy to gain trust and easier to destroy it.

As for how to deal with the client try to work things out without threats. Only resort to threats when necessary as the second you mention court people go on the defensive.
The program did serve as inspiration, no doubt, but the fair question to ask is whether it was a better way to spend money than .. you know, actual science. Was society better from this than for example developing nuclear fusion or cancer treatments, which probably weren't more outlandish ideas at the time than going to the moon?

What truly boggles the mind is that the US at the time was a country of housewives, racial segregation and prosecutions of gays and bisexuals. Yet, or perhaps because of that, they decided that the way forward was to build a moon ship. It says a lot about society at the time.
"I have a standard agreement that all my clients sign. If you aren't willing to sign it, here are some other freelancers I can recommend."
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This is a great point - thanks for this. I think this is 1 of some things I'm still learning - as being primarily "employed" and not "self-employed" as a consultant(freelancer). Thanks!
Ever had a chat with them and change the work arrangements from freelance to contracting?

This way they pay you a fixed sum per day/week, and you can give them updates on the tasks as they go, without having to fight over 1 hour for this, 5 hours for that, 3.5 hours for the meeting where you end up spending 1/2 time talking about your daughters engagement.

As for the contract, depends, some companies have standard contracts that were done by their lawyers that protect the company (read it carefully) and prefer not to have to pay a lawyer again to read and validate yours.
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"generally reporting that the two drugs tend to enhance one another"

Considering they're both CNS depressants this makes sense
Like most people have said, it's a bad client

Also watch this: http://vimeo.com/22053820
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An insider secret for many of us who work for international organizations such as the UN, OSCE etc and are US Citizens, is to go to the British Embassy first! The US Embassy and Consular services are so pathetic (awesome people work there, just their hands are tied by the utterly pathetic broken system imposed above them).

The British system is 1st class worldwide. The US State Department is worthless everywhere.

With the U.S. State Department, EVERY CITIZEN IS LEFT BEHIND.
I do not generally insist that people sign my contracts. This is a bad sign. The logic of "each task should take no more than 2 hours is flawed". You can easily combat this by breaking up tasks further into subcategories. In fact, that is generally a good idea for tasks over 8-16 hours when creating estimates. So there are things you can do on your end.

Having said that, I would give them a call and explain politely that you are a professional and your work is worth what you are billing them. If they are not going to pay you, then you will simply stop working for them (assuming you can afford to do so). You can even say "if you cannot afford to have me work X hours, that is one thing. Let's talk about that. But otherwise initially you agreed to pay X for Y. I delivered the work, and you are not paying. Why should I continue working with you?"
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Most lawyers get to see this movie from time to time with their own clients; the bar has developed some folk wisdom that gets preached at continuing-education conferences and in bar-association publications. (Usual disclaimer: Don't rely on the following as a substitute for legal advice, YMMV, etc.)

1. If you signed the client's contract form, that likely is what governs; it's unsurprising that they don't want to sign yours, because that could lead to confusion if the terms are inconsistent.

2. [EDITED] It's super-important to put task expectations in writing, UP FRONT, even if just in a quick email, in part because:

(a) Putting expectations in writing will help you keep the client happy about your results. Whether or not the client should be happy is of less importance than that the client pretty much always gets to decide:

(i) whether to hire you again, and

(ii) whether to recommend you to others.

(b) If a dispute arises later, it's easier to dissuade the client from behaving badly if you can show them a writing to which (you can argue) they previously agreed, even if only implicitly.

(c) In the (unlikely) event you end up in litigation, courts tend to give more credence -- other things being equal -- to contemporaneous written documentation than to after-the-fact witness testimony. Courts realize that memory is fallible in the best of circumstances, and also that witnesses can have axes to grind, scores to settle, agendas to advance, etc.

3. It's not unreasonable for a client to want to cap what they pay for Task X. It's a different question if they want to do that after you've already finished Task X on an agreed per-hour basis.

4. To get a better "estimate of the situation," you might want to consider whether you're really an independent contractor, or whether instead you're an employee and thus entitled to certain legal protections (which can vary depending on where you are). [1]

5. [ADDED:] I agree with the commenters who suggest having a tactful conversation with the client in a collaborative tone.

6. If you still have problems going forward, you need to think seriously about whether to continue working for this client. Some clients just aren't worth it.

[1] http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employ...
There is direct physical harm from THC. Not for everyone, not always, but it would be naive to assume there isn't.

Indirectly it's a bad idea to manage pain by just one way, be it pills or THC or whatever. The danger is that the conditions change or that the pain is telling you that you need additional medical attention.
Intel is getting disrupted by the book (they keep moving upmarket now). The funny thing is they know it. But they can't stop it at this point. So they just go along with it.
"refer not to have to pay a lawyer again to read and validate yours" I could totally see why this is why they didn't want to sign it.
There is no way an author / project can control when someone is going to use their software 'in production', I would certainly argue that condition is the weakest of indicators as to whether something is 1.0.0 or not.

Aside from that, the other 2 indicators definitely do not apply to Node (API is not stable, there is not a lot of worry about backwards compatibility as you'll see in the upcoming 0.12 release).

So no, Node is not '1.0.0' according to SemVer.
I wonder how the location looks like where they land. Especially when there are so many landing in one place. Must be a really good secured place.
> everyone over 35

Should be 'everyone under 35' of course.
This is mostly true for drugs where there is almost zero public interest. And even then I don't want to overinterpret "evil intentions" when it just might be a case of honest researchers not doing a perfect job in an imperfect world.

When there is public interest, independent studies are conducted.
Your definition is the thing I hear a lot. It makes sense in the abstract, but when you start applying it to actual examples, it breaks down. I will refer you to the "Can you fry that?" skit from The Community: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjse8Opobw.

Basically, unlike what your definition suggests, some art is objectively better than other. Some art takes more skill and invokes more and better feeling than other. Take a look (ideally in person) at Rodin vs Shapiro's work. See which makes you feel more and more intensely. Modern artists substitute enthusiasm for skill way too often for my taste.
There actually is an example in the README. However, since the library itself doesn't yet do a lot, the example is small.

Thanks for the link to SubEthaSMTP. Custom sender, recipient and message handlers are definitely on the roadmap. Connection limits and configuration of "all the things" are too, but I'm not too sure how to implement them yet. I'll have a look at SubEthaSMTP's source to see how it's done there.
How many times in that period did you sit down with him and review the work done to date? How many milestones on the way did you agree with him and how many has he completed?

How much of the prototype is "I have an idea in mind but have never thought it through but know what I want it to look like" and how much is "written / drawn wireframes and explanations that have then been reviewed and planned with the two of us"?

I cannot feel too bad for what is over a months highly paid work that you did not have control over. If you did have control, why did it take 180 hours to kill it?
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Great point, noted for next time for SURE!
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No it's due to a power struggle between the book's publisher and Amazon. Amazon is intentionally delaying shipping the book.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/25/amazon-hac...
I agree!
Maybe, it is because of our tendency as humans to hedonic adaptation (http://goo.gl/4EnTXL)
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Clients having their own paperwork is normal. It will get even more common as you go upmarket.

Clients believing meaningful development work can happen in two hours is not normal. You should stop billing by the hour, change your minimum increment to a day or a week, and assist your clients in making the transition from "micromanaging every hour of wayzz's time" to "letting wayzz handle the specifics of how he delivers the fantastic value promised in his Statements of Work." It is possible this client will not make that transition with you.

Also, charge more.
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I think the irrational paranoia about scientists is that they are too often wrong, long before they should have stepped back from the ledge. By 'wrong', I mean, scientists manage to produce things in the world which get entirely mis-used by the masses, too often. So there is a direct responsibility for the massive amount of mis-control/mis-use of the sciences - in any field, not just drugs/pharmacology - and this responsibility needs to be taken seriously.

Oxy addiction paid for a lot of peoples paychecks. Blaming it all on the 'masses inability to control themselves' is an argument which most scientists must make, properly, before they unleash their products on the world markets. If it is made after the fact of catastrophy, instead of before, then we - who distrust scientists - inherit the problem.
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What httpd would that be?

I thought they replaced their custom Apache with (also custom) Nginx.
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I like the idea. Sounds interesting ! :-)

A few things though:
- I find the title "Get instant knowledge from everything nearby." to not really explain what Round does. Sounds more like a description of an analytic's system than a social app.
- At the bottom of the page, I can "register", but why should I? What will a registration get me?
Whichever one kills you. The Tylenol takes several days to kill you, whereas the opiates would be entirely worn off by then, so it should never be ambiguous.
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>In case they are messing with the weather system, they probably are more reason for recent drastic weather changes than the global warming is!

What strikes me is the alarmist tone this is written in.
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I am unconvinced that social networks are the cause of the correlation here. The proposed mechanism, that social network use engenders a loss of trust, just doesn't make sense to me. Exactly what is it about social networks that would cause trust to erode? More plausible is that people who lack strong social ties with mutual trust use social networks more instead of interacting face to face.