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Do you really think a code drop from an obscurely named github repo qualifies as open development? Because it can just as easily be interpreted as hiding in the noise, particularly when the eventual asm.js unveiling was done as a giant PR blitz. Of course, you can argue that the secrecy was unintentional, but you can't really argue that it wasn't taken advantage of.

To your argument that Chromium is not developed fully openly, you must understand that Blink and Chromium contributors dwarf the v8 team by orders of magnitude, right (even the security team is a bigger)? And you understand that the difference in code size is even larger, right? I get that you're focused on JS because it's your area, but in the grand scheme it's only one of many, many important pieces. And if we're going to dig into it like this, do you really believe every part of Firefox would hold up to the same level of scrutiny? after all, Richard Stallman has made similar arguments about Firefox not being truly free.

Now for Dart. I just don't see Chromium approaching Dart the same way Mozilla approached asm.js. On the contrary, I strongly expect that dart.js will need to prove the viability and popularity of the language before Chromium includes any specific optimizations or support for it. As for the "leaks," I suggest you read the doc people are referencing and consider the timelines involved. Because, the content paints a very different picture, and the timelines don't at all align with what you're claiming.

As for why the Dart team follows their particular development practice, I don't know. They spun out of the original v8 team and aren't a part of Chrome team. However, I do know both Dart and v8 have some non-negligible testing and workflows tied to Google infrastructure. So, it may just be hard for them to switch, or maybe no one has ever made the case to do so. Honestly, have you tried just asking nicely rather than making accusations? I mean, you say you can't understand it, but your behavior seems to assume and voice the worst motivations for anything related to Google.
Node.js package to access serial ports for reading and writing
what is it about that slice of the startup world that they need a scoble?
In the start up world, what comes around, goes around. Ethics, trustworthiness, honesty...these are all important factors. All of the angels and VC's I've been around would very likely walk away from people like this. Maybe it was an oversight, maybe it was intentional...but most investors will suss out douchebaggery pretty quickly and ask very direct questions. If you lie at this point, you're not getting funded. If you somehow manage to get funded and the lie remains uncovered, that's highly unusual.

There's really not much you can do though. Maybe politely request the start-up acknowledge the work you did.

But if it were me, I'd just let it go and move on. If you're sensitive about this sort of thing, you probably shouldn't release your code open source.

By the way, I'm familiar with the feelings. I had a private commercial library for years. The second I open-sourced it, at least two companies started using it in their commercial endeavors.
And it is exactly unscripted moments like that which can provide interesting fodder for conversation. It is all too easy (as a poster below points out) for people to let their moral beliefs exist unchallenged, but when dealing with young people we need them to ask and answer tough questions. Even becoming comfortable with 'not knowing' is a huge task.
I work on small projects (from $5k to $50k) and have no formal contracts. My thinking is that:

- the client can afford more expensive lawyers than I can, so regardless of the truth they would be able to wipe me out

- if the client has to read the detail of the contract, it's probably too late to save the relationship anyway

- maintaining the relationship is everything, being honest and open and striving to maintain a service that is genuinely useful to the client, even if you're not always perfect.

I do have a contract with one client but any questions about it have been about the 'spirit' of it, not the detail.

Pricing is everything: if you're too cheap, you'll struggle to deliver and will not meet expectations. Too much, and you'll lose out to your competitors.
I could provide one if you like but it looks like any other *nix system running X11...
Thanks! I figured changing the UA would do the trick, but that link is even better :)

It works beautifully.
OT: This is a throwaway comment in a caption near the end:

> Samus’ underwear are a reference to what Ellen Ripley wears at the end of Alien, but Alien had a reason for it.

A little OT, but I believe Alien and Aliens may be the only popular movies we'll ever get in which the heroine whose gender isn't treated as anything more than a matter of fact. In both movies, she has nearly zero amount of dialogue relating to romantic interest, and acts and is treated as just someone, not specifically a woman, on the crew...which makes sense given that the character was originally written for a man. Even her climactic victories arise organically from her character background, not in a cartoonish let's-see-women-kick-some-ass, as with the Bride in the Kill Bill series...Early on in Aliens, she is shown proficiently operating a Power Loader because of her past work experience, which foreshadows the final confrontation...in fact, it's funny that Ripley is sometimes referred to as a kickass gunslinger, when it is her inept use of flamethrowers and grenades that inadvertently lead to the final fight.

Anyway, this is just a long way of saying that Alien and Aliens are still not only two of the best action/sci-fi movies out there, but perhaps the only times in a major movie in which the woman is so asexual (the closest comparison I can think of is Marge Gunderson in Fargo)...So when that she does appear in her underwear at the end of both movies...it feels logical (she's getting into the cyrochamber), and not as a contrived way to capitalize off the sexiness of the actress. I guess it was "cool" that Samus was revealed to be a woman at the end, but the race to beat the game to see more of her underwear was an unnecessary bit of game design, IMO.
Whether this is "Strong AI" or not is a discussion that might make a good paper in a philosophy journal. Computer science alone probably can't tell you if this method can truly "understand" the text.

Science works by separating out the disciplines. Frankly I think "defense against the terminator scenario" could and should be a scientific field on its own at this point on the level of solutions to global warming.

This is interpreted as a side effect for now. That is, until you tell the computer to do something based on the topics.
Sanctions can be a bitch. But they're better than people shooting at each other. Sorry that you are on the receiving end of it.

The Android documentation has always been a point of consternation for me. As far as I'm aware, it is not open source. It might be licensed as such, but I haven't been able to find a repo to clone that has all of the docs in it, or more importantly a place to submit back patches. You an open issues against the docs on AOSP, but it would be nice if they would just take gerritt changes for it. That would help everyone, and then in your case you could just clone it and have a local copy.
No one "is" an introvert. Some people suffer from social impairment to such a degree that they need professional help, but most introverts are just shy and uncomfortable because they don't easily read social cues and situations. Rather than calling yourself an introvert and reinforcing the behavior, practice conversation and acting "not shy" until it becomes natural.

When I was young my teachers told my parents that I was autistic. My mother, to her credit, refused to medicate me and figured I would grow out of it. Some years later, when I was an awkward shy teen, my grandfather, a psychiatrist, told me that I could try acting "not shy" and I would get better at meeting people and handling social situations. He was right, I tried, and it worked. That short talk in my grandfather's car was the equivalent of thousands of dollars of therapy.

Years later when my younger daughter was about five she was too shy to go trick-or-treating or sell cookies door-to-door. She told me how anxious she was talking to people. I told her to try acting "not shy" -- smile big, look people in the eye, talk a little louder than usual, and listen and acknowledge what people say. She did that, it worked, she sold lots of cookies, and she started making friends and feeling more confident. Today, at 21, she says she still feels shy on the inside but no one else knows that, and she comes across as outgoing and charming.

Socializing and conversation are learned behaviors, and almost everyone can improve. Like any other skill it takes determination and practice. Remember that if you try to meet someone or make a friend or professional connection and you fail you are almost always no worse off than if you didn't try at all.

Put yourself into social situations, often. Introduce yourself, talk a little more confidently than you are used to, look people in the eye, smile. Listen when people talk to you and acknowledge what they said, even if it's just a smile or a nod. If you listen and can add something to what was said, great. Listening with interest will get you most of the way there -- don't feel like you have to respond to everything or say something fascinating. Listen and add to the converation when you have something to say. Eye contact and tone of voice are important; people who mumble and avert their eyes come across as shy or even antisocial, and that makes other people uncomfortable.

Try Toastmasters or some other safe venue to overcome shyness and social anxiety. If you can get comfortable speaking to a group you will feel more confident in casual conversation. I once worked with a professional salesman who told me he used to suffer from crippling shyness. I was surprised to hear that, because he was an Alabama good old boy with a bellowing voice, big smile, and vice-grip handshake. He told me he had overcome his anxiety through Toastmasters and practiced his smile, voice, and handshake until those were second nature. I practiced the same things and stopped calling myself "shy" and "introverted" because I learned I could behave any way I chose.
Your response is utter nonsense. If you had any legitimate argument to make here you'd be citing something to support these wild accusations, but you have nothing of the sort.
> When copyright is 14 years again, and when content will be available on a buy-once-for-ever, lend-to-friends, inheritable, anywhere-in-the-world basis

In the U.S., all but the first thing is true today for the vast majority of media. Some is encumbered in objectionable ways. And you have the option of buying almost any media in a way that makes it not really yours. But nobody is making you do any of these things.

If you want to buy a movie or album, you can go buy it on a disk. Problem solved.

(I see that you also say "anywhere in the world" but I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you were happy with copyright law in your country, why would objectionable copyright laws abroad justify disregarding fair laws at home?)
Okay then, in that case I'd say sports aren't the focus for conflict, they're a convenient excuse for it. Fighting is always its own domain, other surrounding factors are just window dressing.

That's my opinion anyhow.
Google is not OPEN technology. Tor is.
Well... don't give up. Ask for an appeal. Show up in person, network, try to pull strings, don't take no for an answer. Meet with admissions and ask them about transferring in as a junior. (Acceptance rates are often much higher for transfer-students than freshman, so you might have a better chance 2 years from now).

But all in all, if you try and fail...that's life! Sad but true. You win some, you lose some. It's how you react to the losses that really counts. Pick yourself up off the floor and find something new to fight for.
Monty Oum, Lead Animator for Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue, Is Hospitalized
If you have a Wii u, all three are on sale for $10 in the EStore. They're great games, though I can't say the wiimote control scheme holds up.
Measuring Brainwaves to Make a New Kind of Bike Map for NYC
You are correct. I use a literary device known as humor.
What's dancesport? I've never heard of it.
What sort of validation? Either you provide a valid email address that exists and it works, or not.
X gets some scrutiny - it now runs with no user-to-hardware access on lots of hardware, and with restricted user-to-hardware access on most everything (for more information, look at machdep.allowaperture.)

Window managers aren't common sources of vulnerabilities, but there are two in base (an older fvwm, and cwm [EDIT: and twm]).

The real problem, of course, is that you probably want a browser. Even with OpenBSD's hardening and secure defaults (-current takes some steps towards not hooking up gstreamer-plugins[-good] to the internet), browsers are plenty scary.
ONLY 2 months? =) oh brother, this guy's so self important.
A simple todo list is still the best way to get things done. Writing things down helps you commit, and crossing them off is unusually rewarding.

Try making a list today before psychoanalyzing yourself.
Justice should not be about cost.
Most insightfull, thank you. What is the 'proper analytics' approach to website user tracking if google analytics does not cut it?
Strong AI usually refers to artificial general intelligence. It should be capable of pretty much solving new kinds of problems the way humans can. It's safe to conclude this is not it - no philosophy journal paper is needed.
>On the other, whenever you make a system that open, inevitably malicious strong programmers will find a way to take advantage of naive weak ones.

Can you explain this and give an example? I've been around for a while and don't see, or perhaps don't recognize, this pattern. If anything, I observe the opposite: very strong programmers help the weaker ones by creating new languages, libraries, and tools.
The death of Google Glass must have made him question his worldview.
I don't own a Wii U and I don't unfortunately have any plans to get one. That sale is popping up all over the Internet though, so I guess this is the first time it's been offered on the Wii U as a bundle?
So just go set upload speed to 0 and enjoy the 4k game of thrones?
That's an interesting angle that I hadn't heard before. I'd still rather have a contract, just to avoid confusion about the terms of the deal.
Wiki suggests measles has 1 in 100000 mortality rate. It's really not a terrible prognosis, especially in the first world where the vast majority are not immunocompromised. More serious than a common cold, but I personally can't blame people for accepting that risk and using vaccine injuries as justification. I haven't found a way to present a convincing argument against them. Can you?

The best I have is that they're helping society. But putting kids at risk for the safety of others is not something many families are tempted to do. Think about the FDA recommendation against fish for pregnant woman. So many people took it too seriously that the FDA now has a minimum recommendation for fish.

What's really interesting is that several of these families, in addition to avoiding the vaccine, take any step possible to bolster their immune systems, thus trying to further reduce the chance of fatal prognosis. It's a totally non-western approach to medicine, and probably a Steve Jobs-level poor decision, but these people are fully conscious of the decision they're making, and are arguably acting rational given that decision.

So you're right, people are acting stupid. But I can't get too mad about it because it's predictable. We need to find a solution instead of just calling them stupid.

Yes I'm old enough. I don't think that really matters for this argument.
Thanks for the video! I find this submission and the video you linked talking about being in an "open" or "closed" state ironic for me, because I just made a relevant comment on the football thread yesterday [1].

My argument was that rather than focusing so much on the reasons why people are or aren't interested in football, we should be concerned about the amount of time that debate and following football itself consume and how it is hardly beneficial to our long term growth. Having fun is important and people should spend time doing whatever makes them happy, but it would be better if we weren't so consumed by these pass-times and allowed ourselves to be disciplined. At the same time though we shouldn't completely shut everything else out. I used the term "open minded", and my intention behind the use of that term really vibes with the "open" state that Cleese talks about.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8974997
It's not common practice, and it's not ethical, what they're doing.

That said, it's more good for you than it is bad. The investor reached out to you. Use this as an opportunity to get face time. Get him to know you. He wants something from you (probably, not to sue the company and to give them a license on fair terms). Get as much in the way of social currency (introductions to other investors, face time with important people) as you can out of this. But, over all, see it as an opportunity to make friends rather than enemies.

The investors, if they're any good at their jobs, aren't going to let someone just steal your idea and claim credit. They're supposed to catch that in due diligence. Your job, at this point, is to be firm in negotiations and get all the social capital you can, but ultimately (unless it's unethical or against what you stand for) to try to make sure that the investors get what they want out of the process, and know you in a positive way in the future. As repulsive as The Wire's Stan Valchek may be, I take from him a choice quote: "kid, careers have been launched on a helluva lot less". You have leverage; use to it get introductions and social proof and to make friends, rather than making enemies.
@everyone asking for a sample. I have no intention of spamming you. There aren't any examples because it's a new newsletter. There is nothing to show yet. I'll add an archive section to the site and post old newsletters a few days after I send them out.

Those that have signed up, thank you! You should see the first newsletter later next week.
I think it might be harder than you think to capture non-conversions - I am personally wary of PDF/eBook/non-software downloads that want my email address as a primary capture. But I may be wrong.

There's also a weird thread that runs through most products that actually sell - if it sold, people must be willing to pay more. You'll have to balance 5 people at $5 vs 1 person at $25, and what that's worth to you. So often people tell other entrepreneurs to raise their prices! Raise them again! But there is a sweet spot, and good sales don't mean the price was too low.

I bought Non-app Calendar. I liked what I saw, but I doubt I would have paid more for it. It's a nicely constructed PDF, not a book or game or SaaS or web hosting or any number of other things that cost around or below what I paid for NAC. (Write a companion book on project planning with a fresh take and maybe it would be worth more.)

That's not to say I don't like the product. I really do. I've recommended it to friends and we use it as an exercise tool for planning at the office. So, thanks for the good work, I'm just not sure I'd listen to every opinion that comes your way. :)
I'm sorry you cant access udacity. use vpn or get hola (a free chrome plugin)
It doesn't have to track dependencies at all, but it is certainly still incremental. Maybe you should study it before judging it.
Ask HN: How do you analyze logs?
Analyzing logs is huge part of a software problem solver's job. What kind of tools and techniques do you use to be more effective in your job?
User Authentication with Passport and Express 4
Hey! Thanks for the kind words. GA can do the job, but if you take time to set up a goal etc. If you just include the snippet, you're missing some precious information.
VHDL Beautifier, Formatter
No need, honestly. Clicking a link on TPB isn't against any laws that I'm aware of. If you want to nail someone for infringement, you watch them on the swarm, not the site.
> I’d like to conclude by mentioning that RabbitMQ does documentation right. Most of the distributed systems I research say nothing about failure modes–but Rabbit’s docs have an entire section devoted to partition tolerance, reliable delivery, and truly comprehensive descriptions of the various failure modes in the API and distribution layer. I wish more distributed systems shared Rabbit’s integrity and attention to detail.

I would love to see someone build out a system using RabbitMQ's suggestions and see how resilient it is.
I have spoken to some professional writers who didn't know what TK was. What a fantastico way to keep the pace in fiction!

I'm also quite delighted by the use of wordpress as a popular fiction platform. New chapter releases for Worm got me pretty excited, no way to beat that level of reader engagement.

Important note: if facts are irrelevant in your nonfiction, discard them. The explanation will be clearer without all those facts that can possibly be deleted.
it is sad that he is in AA, this video from him is probably one of the 12 steps he has to go thru
I have no compsci - I would recommend you do some interviewing to find out what you don't know and fill in the gaps on coursera. Mostly the stanford algorithms 1 course will ensure you have what you need to interview IMO. Apart from that, I don't see much else you miss compared to your compsci peers that isn't directly obtained by work experience and effort.
In this particular case, he's also talking about a simple storage format.

In popular languages, switching between simple formats like JSON/YAML should be a two-line change (the line where you serialize and the line where you unserialize). XML may be more tricky, but XML sucks and no one should be using it anyway.
> To correctly and properly classify texts you need to understand them.

Who needs to understand them? The algorithm? What does that even mean? And if you mean the authors need to understand how the algorithm works: Wrong again. They probably do, but even if they wouldn't their algorithm might still classify correctly.
Is there any background to this?
Incidentally, I am reading Cal Newport's "So Good ..." and the thoughts in this article resonate with some of those expressed in Cal's book. Half way through the book right now, and I can say that it is an unusual advice made to a society that harps the passion hypothesis. An interesting thing is on Amazon, the book that allegedly started/fueled the passion hypothesis (What Color is your Parachute?) gets 5 stars from 62% of the reviews, whereas "So Good ..." gets 5 stars from 56% of the reviews!

If you are born and brought up in a setup where passion hypothesis is predominant, the advice "passion is rare and is a side-effect of mastery/hard-work" and "skill trumps passion" comes as an eye-opener.