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Somebody seems to have misunderstood what the GPL actually requires. Here's their example:

"the company needs to ship a product so it’d like to keep their core closed source. The GPL outlaws this kind of interaction. Our good citizen, a company wants to release their patches to your library back to the community and yet the GPL is banning them from doing so!"

That last sentence is utterly false, and the exclamation point doesn't make it true. The GPL is absolutely not prohibiting them from distributing their patched version of anyone's library. It merely requires that if they do so then they might have to publish other source as well. MIGHT. I'll get to that in a moment. The point is that GPL is adding a requirement, not a prohibition. Might they find that requirement onerous? Certainly. Nothing wrong with that, but portraying it as a prohibition is dishonest.

Now, about that "might" part. GPL might require that you publish other code only if it meets operative definitions of linkage and derivative works. Those are complex issues which I doubt can be addressed adequately here on HN, but maybe we can set some bounds. At one extreme, if you use a public API to an existing library which is loaded separately from your proprietary code, you're almost certainly OK. At the other extreme, if your proprietary code meddles in the GPL code's internals or vice versa (via your patches) to the extent that either becomes meaningless without the other, then you'd probably be held to have created a derivative work and would be required to publish the interdependent code under GPL.

The way this works out in practice is that the majority of proprietary/GPL combinations actually do not create an obligation to publish anything except your patches to the GPL code involved. When that's not the case, it's by design to prevent the "secret sauce" version of a library from displacing its still-open antecedent. Agree, disagree, but please don't misrepresent.
> This has nothing to do with eyes.

Yeah, it does. You can write a crappy piece of software that nobody uses and because nobody has interest in it, it has no known security issues! Big deal.

I'm not saying that Wordpress has a great code-base or that there's no correlation, but that popularity is a substantial variable in that equation.

> Dozens of other packages have a much larger install base than Wordpress.

Name one web based software suite that's installed more often.
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Arbitrary code execution is pretty damn bad. Anyway he wasn't just counting vulnerabilities. Wordpress is renowned for its terrible security (or plugins with terrible security often).
This might be niche, but if you happen to have access to creative-commons liscenced fiddle and mandolin music, that helps me focus.
They're also near impossible to buy outside of China or NDAs. So it may be open, but I couldn't build one.
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Thanks! Very much so.
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The projectile is moving so fast the friction against the air makes enough heat to create a ball of plasma
This is cool. Any write ups from the last retreat?
Not really, every business with European based customers needs to comply with EU vat https://quaderno.io/blog/is-your-business-ready-for-the-new-...
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Interesting read would be here: http://doc.rust-lang.org/std/thread/

It is also guaranteed by ownership system: in the safe mode (which is default) rust will statically (at compile time) ensures that a value can only be mutated at a single execution point. It is done by moving, instead of copying any value _by default_, unless it is wrapped in some kind of synchronization primitive or implements a _Copy_ trait.

Synchronization primitives themselves are implemented in unsafe mode, thus limiting the unsafe code scope and allowing custom unsafe code which can also be wrapped in safe interface.
Agree (also waiting for someone to recreate Uber as a protocol).

Not sure where Artur is heading with nomadhouse.io , but that might be an option.
Very long to reply, but SpiderOak might suit your needs. It's a Dropbox competitor that uses strong local encryption to ensure that only you can decrypt your data. They have apps - poor performance but for text files should be ok.
Heh. Seriously, this is (at least for me, and presumably for every other tiny indie developer) one of the huge attractions of storefronts like Steam and the iOS App Store: I'll just give you a license to sell my works, and you send me the royalties. I'll gladly give them a 30% cut to avoid all that bullshit.

Incidentally, the Google Play store does not do this. Each developer is the merchant of record. I can only imagine that nearly every smaller business selling through Google has neglected to pay at least some sales taxes that they owe.
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>Actually non of the money goes towards protein folding, its the power of the folders that does. All of the FLDC (money) goes directly to those that fold.

What else could you possible think I meant when I said the money goes towards protein folding?

>Other blockchains require a lot of maintenance and patches, we do not. Almost no overhead

You have the Bitcoin blockchain as overhead and you have the security of the Bitcoin blockchain, however you have created a speculative asset that is Bitcoin plus a mandatory tax for protein folding.
It's utterly broken on mobiles, will fix that hopefully soon, feel free to fork at https://github.com/brunohaid/houseofcards
More than once my friend. And if thing works - why should you care. Buran was a very top tech, superior to US shuttles in so many ways (capable of fully unmanned two-way trip for starters). The whole "Energia" complex is still unmatched by any spacecraft system in the world. The loss of this tech is unrecoverable though.
I'm curious as well.

My first guess was that the explosions are coming from the projectile punching through those walls they put up, or the speed of a projectile superheating the air through which it's travelling to the point of igniting the air around it.

The latter guess seems way off base, but I'd love to learn exactly why!
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Will keep it in mind ;)
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If you think about it, corporations are essentially crowd sourcing machines with sophisticated recruiting, hierarchies, regulations and rewards. One could say that corporations are on the far right of the spectrum while the contest itself with minimal rules, regulations and vetting for participants is at the far left.

Which is more efficient Corporations or crowd sourcing? Perhaps the sweet-spot is somewhere in the middle. Just add some rules and structure for vetting the players or distinguishing the saboteurs and maybe it might work!
Probably from dumping 32 megajoules of energy into the rails/barrel. I wouldn't be surprised if part of it is melting/igniting the actual hardware itself and part of it is due to the friction of the projectile against the air.

Remember that this is still a prototype and one of the big concerns since day one has been lifetime of the system. Essentially, it's probably still melting its own hardware (at least to some degree) every shot.
If all the people which avoid some taxes currently (basically every large corporation) close down operations in the US and move to a country with more favorable conditions, the theft (under your definition) would stop. Do you think the net gain would be positive?

Considering that selling in the US is so profitable and the market for buying stuff in the US is so competitive, that's very unlikely to happen. Most US companies would experience a catastrophic fall in income if they stopped doing business in the US.
I just read your post, and though it may be hard sometimes just remember we are all unique and you shouldn't use autism to define you as a person. A lot of intelligent people experience these symptoms and psychs are always looking for your weaknesses to put labels on and prescribe pills for (I've been diagnosed differently 3 times, once with Aspergers). You are a smart individual, you don't need Aspergers to tell you that. Good read nonetheless, thank you for sharing.

EDIT: changed some wording
When I was 6 I was certain that this was already happening, and that if I just yelled loud enough my friends could hear me over the rest of the laugh track on my favorite shows.
My initial reaction was "obnoxious," too, but he finishes on a high note: Asking for the hiring manager, his title, etc.

Obviously this form could use improvement. For example, without knowing the percentage of shares outstanding and stock classes, having a number of options is meaningless. But it is more in the right direction than not.
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Honestly, PostgreSQL is probably a bit more flexible for most use cases than MS-SQL... and with plv8, even more so... I usually use the database as relatively dumb storage anyways, so very rarely will create a view or proc when needed.

Some bits in MS-SQL are somewhat painful... powerful, but painful.. dealing with XML types is particularly nasty. I can't really compare that on PostgreSQL's side... What gets me with MS-SQL is that I can setup and run with very little need for digging into advanced configuration options. Replication is relatively simple, and easy to do (though expensive).

On the other side, having played with PostgreSQL + plv8, it's NICE ... if I could get a full node environment inside PostgreSQL (node modules as function libries), that would be amazing.
It's most central, so no matter if you want to surf in Uluwatu, have drinks in Canggu or go spearfishing in Amed, you can reach all of Bali quite easily.

I do get the slightly bad esoteric rep Ubud has, but it also got a very vibrant "getiing shit done" community.

Are your doubt more about location or other issues?
> So what you are saying is if I wrote, say, a game for the app store, and wanted to release it under GPLv3, Apple wouldn't approve it? Even if I provide the binaries/src on a seperate website linked from within the app but not dependent on apple in anyway whatsoever?

Well, to clarify. You, as a software author, are quite free to release your software under both the GPL and the Apple App Store. This is fine. In other words, you're distributing your software under multiple licenses.

What you cannot do is distribute someone else's GPL'd code as part of your Apple App Store app, because the GPL does not give you the right to distribute the code under the App Store's conditions.
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Coming to Swift as a Scala developer I really enjoy using the language. While it lacks the functional completeness of other functional languages I like writing it, it's specific set of features is very handy and easy to pick up. I think Apple did a great job building a pragmatic language that gives people good constructs and lets them get their jobs done rather quickly. I'm looking forward to Swift on Xcode stabilize and mature.
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I wrote the AVR code for that!

http://github.com/ali1234/avr-teletext
This can make a projectile move at mach 7, which is a little more than 20% of the Earth's escape velocity.

Are there physical limits that would prevent us from building a bigger one and using it to launch small things into space? Or "just" engineering problems?
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Good question. Hope someone cues in to answer.
I can't understand any situation that you think ownership does apply. You mention land, but "ownership" of land is merely an application of power, intimidation and dominance. I don't see any reason why application of power, intimidation and dominance cannot or must not be applied to books or copying of books.

Ultimately what I'm saying is that it seems very, very easy to admit an actual need to encroach on land rights (precisely due to land's actual utility and scarcity), whereas the need for copying a book (particularly books of mere entertainment value) falls into "nice to have" at best. The justification for copying books for entertainment must always be much stronger than the justification for encroaching items that have actual utility (land, food).

With respect to Hen, you either admit sweat equity or you do not. If you admit sweat equity, you must admit you will have ultimately to admit the existence of intellectual property.
physics

hmmm I am pretty sure it's the other way around.
Mach 7 is ~1.48 miles per second. The escape velocity from the Moon is ~1.47 miles per second [1,2]. (Let's launch stuff from asteroids and from the moon back at Earth (except, let's be sure not to bombard ourselves.))

[1] http://www.idialstars.com/evmc.htm

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity#List_of_escape_...
Yelp, Foursquare, or Google API
Has anyone had any experience working with the API's listed above? I'm looking to pull up restaurants addresses and maybe have the overall review score listed as well in an app. What would you recommend?
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"Patreon is the U.S. and not subject to European laws."

What makes you think this is true?

Why can't Americans play poker online? Why does Amazon have to collect state taxes for states they don't have a physical presence in? Google is forced to censor French and German search results. Facebook is forced to follow EU privacy laws. And on, and on. Having customers in a country means you're doing business in that country in this modern world.

IANAL. But you may want to check with one.
No. I mean it is written on a piece of paper and enforced by sometimes armed men to whom you implicitly grant authority to do, whenever you use the law to protect your own rights. That is the trade off in democracy: We have to obey laws we dont like or agree with, in order to be able to enjoy the benefits of those we do agree with
Quite so - but in reality, it turns out that most people don't want to live in those jurisdictions, but prefer to be close to their largest market, or remain in their home countries for non-financial reasons, like family, cultural, or language ties.
Why, it could be cool to hear yourself too. ;).
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Where did I say I wanted an argument for why it is wrong? I just wanted to point out that "because it's illegal" is a terrible argument.

Should we ignore those laws that codify the opposite of our beliefs? Many people would say yes. Many of our heroes are lionized for doing this.
It would make some sense, perhaps, if employees with no responsibility for the catastrophic losses still received some bonuses -- though the company's ability to pay the full bonus ought to be factored in.

What doesn't make sense is that anyone involved with the losses or in the management chain of anyone who was should still get any bonus at all. That, obviously, includes the CEO. If the CEOs of these companies still received large bonuses -- and my impression is that they did -- that is fucked up.
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I would guess that higher speeds would require exponentially more energy and bigger accelerator.
I think this is a fantastic, important project. Keep up the good work.

That said, the UI is encouraging visitors to prioritize information that isn't important. For example, % equity, $ per %, and average funding.

The equity stuff isn't important because all of them take so little that an early-stage company shouldn't be worrying about it. The mindset that "we're gonna be a $1B company, so 1% is worth $10M to me" is common and insane. New founders need to snap out of that.

I've seen tons of founders quibble over a few percent, and none of them were successful. Successful founders get past those issues and execute.

As for the average funding: the most successful company won't need to raise anything at all after going through an accelerator. So the metric of "how much was raised after leaving the accelerator" is lumping the failures along with the super successful. That makes it a useless metric.

Here's the data that would be ideal, although I'm well aware that it's not necessarily possible:

0. Reviews! Great idea. These will be absolutely vital once you get some traction. You need to have a very strict way of verifying identities though -- maybe force people to show you their certificate of incorporation for the company that went through the accelerator, even if their review is anonymous to the public. Some accelerators will act like a cabal and game the rankings if you don't do this.

1. % funded companies that either exit or survive for 5 years

2. % of mentors who have successfully exited in the past (an accelerator with investor-only mentors is just a shitty angel investment)

3. [x] alumni with highest valuations (3 would probably be enough)

4. Age of accelerator
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Now here's a startup idea if I ever saw one - crowd sourced canned laughter :D.
Not to mention, this is capable accelerating a projectile to Mach 7 within the friction of Earth's atmosphere. Without one, perhaps it would be capable of faster velocities.
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Hey Caser,

Very interested in applying - are you still accepting applications? I saw the first trip starts this month.
The US Navy has a Science and Technology Expo? I wonder what else they showed and how open it is?

"The lack of gunpowder and explosive warheads eliminates some significant safety hazards for Navy crews, officials say." - that's probably an understatement.
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Funny thing is, getting an apprenticeship is almost harder than getting in university here in Germany. At least of you wanna do it in a good company.

Also, I find the talking about how dropping out of school will sound strange to americans funny. I got the impression that dropping out and doing your own thing is more appreciated in the US than in germany where ever job offering requires a degree or two...
Portugal, as of a few years back, allows one to (theoretically) continually renew their 90-day tourist visa. In a few other EU countries (like Denmark), it's possible to stay an extra 90 days per their own non-Shengen laws.

http://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/1e83wv/extra_90_days...
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Can you explain how its visa abuse? I'm not working for a business in that country, I'm working for a business in my home country.

As an accepting country, you're getting all of the benefits of me being there, spending money on services and goods, without having to provide me with employment or unpaid government services.
The projectile has so much kinetic energy that it turns everything it touches into plasma. That includes the air it travels through. At the point of launch there is also very substantial material ablation that feeds a plasma bloom.

In fact, one of the primary engineering challenges in the design of a rail gun is minimizing ablation of the gun itself across firings. Rail guns slowly eat themselves so you want a design where (1) the ablation is slow enough that you can still get many shots off before it is non-functional and (2) the ablation is localized in easily, cheaply, quickly replaceable parts.
Name one web based software suite that's installed more often.

What does "web based" have to do with anything?

Do you think SSH, Postfix, nginx, Apache & Co don't get the same amount of scrutiny? Each of them has a significantly larger install base than Wordpress.
Best answer I could fine. The short answer is no.

http://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-big-gun-railgun...
This video is a bit goofy, but has a good introduction to a lot of the relevant factors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moo5nuLWtHs

The short answer is that it is a plausible mechanism for g-hardened payloads, but probably not for soft payloads (like human beings). The problem is that accelerating up to orbital velocity at the maximum survivable continuous rate (~4 or 5 g) still takes hundreds of miles, which is probably an infeasible length for a barrel. Additionally, if it's not somehow supported so that it rises above the atmosphere, the de-acceleration from drag at the exist of the barrel is also too extreme.
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@klapinat0r - welcome to the club. I was just about to say the same.
I am not sure where you lay on the spectrum but you appear to be very high functioning and possible only have Aspergers, which is rumored to lose specification in the Autism spectrum in the next DSM.
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I agree it's income, but it's also a tip. Like if I sent $5 to your Paypal account directly. You need to declare that, but does Paypal care whether I owed you $5 or it's income?

Good question actually. What's Paypal doing about VAT?
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This is practical. It's something you wish for within a couple hours of Swift.

let x : SomeThing

if condition {

x = foo()

} else {

x = bar()

}

use(x)
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I'm more amazed by that camera tracking shot than by the amazing gun itself.
The more likely limitation is the human body. We can only take so much acceleration until we lose consciousness or worse. This would necessitate a much longer "runway" for people to use safely. No comment on unmanned use.
Heh... at this scale, it's not so much "friction" as it is "those damned atoms that are in the way".
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That's already an option. He can essentially curate his own Netflix using a la carte services like iTunes or Amazon (non-Prime) Instant Video.
ALNP has been used with SPDY for a while now. It one of the nice improvements that fell out of testing/iterating SPDY in public. The NPN approach was a bad idea since the client drove what got picked (With NPN, Server tells the client what other protocols it supports in the ServerHello and the client picks whatever it wants. ALNP reverses that.)
Heh, i may have flipped the scale on that one. Sorry about it.
Elon Musk @elonmusk · Jan 26
Final one: anything launched by a railgun (if you could ever reach ~ Mach 27) would explode upon exiting the barrel in our dense atmosphere
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/559629011983147008
A space railgun is theoretically possible, but you'll still need a rocket to circularize the orbit.

In practice, a rocket goes up (out of most of the atmosphere) before going fast. A projectile fired out of a railgun would be going at its fastest while still in the atmosphere, and would thus be very hot / inefficient at the gun's "muzzle"

Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" discusses such a solution for sending mined material back from the moon, which seems like a more feasible application.

The whole system is indeed possible, though. See this discussion:

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35139/what-is-the...