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You post listed exact counts, not upper bounds.
I don't see an add-on for long-polling. I kid, I kid.
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Walmart is not a safe place to park. My memory may be off, but as for retail locations; it is one of the worse places in terms of crime.
I've always thought that a world where English was every country's sole official language would be better for preserving small minority languages. Typically, if you're a minority Kneebonian in Elbonia, you have a "triple burden":

1. You want to learn English or some other regional "useful language" to get a good job in an international company

2. You may want to learn/maintain your command of Kneebonese --- a "useless language" economically, but it gives you ethnic pride and access to Kneebonian community "social capital"

3. Your government forces you to learn equally-useless Elbonese in the name of "national unity", e.g. by making it mandatory for high school exams. But learning it won't actually give you access to Elbonian "social capital", because of discrimination.

In practise, a significant proportion of Kneebonian parents relieve their kids of the "triple burden" by speaking Elbonese to them. Then 10-20 years later, you get a lot of Kneebonian kids who feel they have no other means to "prove" their ethnic identity, except demonstrating fierce "Kneebonian PrYDe4LyFe bro!" at every opportunity --- usually in the form of anti-Elbonian prejudice.

So losing the language doesn't necessarily kill the culture, but it does mean that it'll get twisted it increasingly ugly shapes by kids trying to overcompensate for the loss of a big part of their heritage.
An effective way to deal with corruption is to make it clear that you don't participate in it.

It only takes for you to fail once and then everybody will know that you are ready to de "business" with them.

Whereas if you make a name for yourself as a clean contractor, you will also attract other kind of customers.
Even inside government itself, but from other branches. Government is such a big beast, that there is plenty of honest people inside of it too.
Isn't it Dr. Jha ?
But see also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289020

and http://www.infoq.com/interviews/katz-merb

In particular, "It's just a bunch of things in Merb that we don't do. For instance, is like the classic one of Symbol#to_proc, which Rails does. Actually, Rails recently took out a bunch of use of it, because is 10 times slower on Ruby 1.86, so it's just the things that we don't do in Merb that give us a lot of performance right out the box."
Not being honest is not, and has never been, an option I would consider.
I already thought "zenith" was a fun word, and this just makes me like it even more. Yay!
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I'd explain it here, but that could lose us valuable blank-slate first impressions. Just click and tell us what you think! Every bit of feedback is appreciated.

This is a site by Match Strike, or as we go by on HN, rriepe and TheThomas.
You are wrong, and don't understand math. Numbers are a human construct and exist due to axioms. They are not intrinsically part of the Universe.
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Glad to hear that.

Sometimes these situations are ambiguous, and confusing. In some cultures, this would be a normal part of doing business and it's commonly accepted. In some places, you can even claim these 'bribes' against tax...!

Generally it comes down to being comfortable with your choices, and ensuring that everything you do is completely legal.

If you need to invest $1,000-$2,000 for a lawyer to write a legal opinion, and this will make it likely to safely get a deal worth $15,000, it may be the right decision.

Good luck!
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You know the missing mathematical background isn't actually that hard to learn. And once you learn it, you may notice important details you're currently missing.

For instance the lecture you got annoyed with was covering how to correctly model a second degree differential equation. So you know that d^2x/dx^2 = f(x, u). This is a different and more complicated problem than a first order differential equation. They handled it by turning it into a system of first order differential equations. And then demonstrated how the obvious way to do it lead to numerical instability, creating a physically incorrect result. And then they had to do more complex stuff to avoid the numerical instability.

The underlying concepts share a lot with a simple first order equation. But the generality is letting you tackle and deal with issues that a simple model can't. Plus the technique described can be expanded in a straightforward way to model a combination of interacting things.

But you froze up at the idea of linear algebra and didn't even realize that they were dealing with a much more complicated problem than you thought.
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This is a specific facet of a more general rule of public speaking: don't apologize. It has nothing to do with your presentation, and it's likely the audience wouldn't have noticed, anyway--so why point it out?

There is an exception to this rule, though: if the condition is A) painfully obvious, and B) out of your control, you can apologize. Examples: air conditioners in room broken, or jackhammers next door. But don't apologize for your own stuff; that's just tacky.
point in fact, I was intentionally linking to that particular comment. It does a wonderful job of spelling out a lot of ideas which are not ordinarily articulated very well, if at all!
Most of these obscure short names are chosen because #1 the domain is available and #2 they're hoping they can somehow brand them.

Name does play a role in the success of your company. However if your product sucks then a good name isn't going to fix that. If people can't remember or spell your name, that can kill your word of mouth marketing.

When a startup begins seeing success and can afford to buy a better name then in many cases re-branding is seriously considered.
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umm...amidst of all these no-doubt informative discussion, I found no one here appreciated how cool Hardware Hacking can be. And when it is done with something as minimalist as a Calculator(while these have more power than the first PDPs at MIT labs),there is just one word for it MIND BLOWING. I mean...look at them, they are making fcking GAMES for these. DUDE even FPS?A FPS on a calculator,in your face X-Box.
I do. "Don't apply if you're 'old'". Ageism much?
At first I was like... madlibs on twitter? But its really pretty fun and super easy to use/understand. Much impressed.
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Some people might take the easy route and use madlibs to compliment the site. I will do no such thing.....

I'll just say the site had a good look and feel and was straight forward. The rest of the internet could learn a thing or two from it.
Most Wal-Marts will allow RVs to park overnight for several days as long as you don't setup camp and park far out in the lot away from the store. A lot of RVers stay at Wal-Mart on their travels.

But some cities have ordinances forbidding overnight camping, even in private lots if it's against zoning rules. These towns are usually located near tourist attractions that have pay campgrounds nearby.

You can google "wal-mart rv parking" and learn more than you ever wanted to know on the subject...
If the issue with blogging is feeling obliged to write longer posts, don't. Keep them as short as they need to be, or as time permits, and just make the font bigger.
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I've lived in 'some culture' for years and I can say that 1) yes, there are situations where you can account for bribes in your taxes but 2) it's still never normal or accepted.

I've never been in the situation where there was the illusion that what was talking place was ok. It's dirty, cloak and dagger (making gifts or payments is always an exercise in creativity) and heads generally roll if it's exposed.
It's a great read, I'm glad we were able to salvage it from Geocities.

This quote from yosefk.com sums up the article more or less:

One of the key traits of good code is the ease at which it can be modified. One of the key traits of bad code is the high cost of modifying it. So good code is likely to deteriorate until it’s bad enough to become hard to change, and bad code is likely to stay bad. In short, code has a strong tendency to end up bad.
The fake balloons would be to trick your competitors into giving up early.
Second example was handled perfectly. Well done.
This guy is possibly a future lobbyist. Best to put his type down and out before he gets some place where he could do more damage.
I ended up getting married and starting a family.

Financially, it didn't make much sense to keep the boat if I wasn't going to use it often, and I was ready try some new things, so I ended up selling it.
Add the prefix "Ask HN:" to your question, otherwise it will not get the visibility and attention you want.

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Here are my two cents on the issue:

Imagine the country going to vote without Identity/SSN verification (registration) and only asked to put down address (IP), how many times a fraudulent person would vote? once?

Even online registration is not fool proof 'coz one can register many times using many emails, but it does create a filter to keep the spam low.

By looking at your site's name 'BuyersVote' I was reminded about a controversy associated with ebay once (not sure of now), some of the the sellers were creating bogus buyer accounts on ebay and creating fraudulent positive feedback for themselves and this was a 'with-registration' system.

So I guess voting systems today are open to abuse, registration just creates a filter and keep the abuse rate low. This will remain the status-quo till the web gets a universal, neutral online identity provider.
(OpenID is there but doesn't seem to be catching enough attention and is not an ideal system in my opinion)
Pretty impressive.

I tried searching on "Droid" and was getting updates posted within several seconds of my search.. Seems pretty real time to me..!

Google should definitely keep an eye on this.
You need to withdraw your product/service from consideration by this customer. In other words, refuse to sell to them. Come up with any reason. This guy sounds like your typical corrupt politician or organized criminal.

They typically do you a "favour" that you didn't even ask for, one that is executed in such a way as to break some rules/laws however petty. Having preemptively performed a favour for you, they have you on their books for when they want to call on you for a return favour. Even though you don't think you owe them one, the shady nature of that first favour is always a dark cloud hanging over your head. They're master manipulators and blackmailers with a balance sheet of favours. It's simply warped.

You shouldn't be afraid that he'll sabotage your bid. You should be afraid that he'll give you the bid anyway, then call you up later saying, "look I did this favour for you, now I need you to do X for me." From there it's a slippery slope. The only way I've found to deal with these folks is not to deal with them at all and deny any favours from them. I wouldn't accept a glass of water from them if I were dying of thirst.
Can you point to any bug reports indicating this?
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I guess they think words somehow include numbers
because it is so hard to come up with 140 coherent characters of thought.

seriously, if you can twitter and be coherent, what does that say about you?
I wonder if anyone will use this set of words for constrained writing.
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It makes me sad to realize I read the OP and thought "Isn't this normal?"

Then I read all your comments and realized just how different the US is from India and how far we still have to go.

Sigh
Where can I get this penelope system? It sounds interesting and I am an Ada programmer. Anything that can make software more reliable is a good thing, imho.

Incidentally I've used cweb before and can second their comments about it. It's a fantastic idea, that needs a bit of a refresh. Particularly getting away from simple commenting of how things are done to the why/data structure/higher level arena.
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From the looks of things, no leetspeak was included in the list, thankfully.
I love following this guy, there is a huge community of digital nomads blogging/etc about how they pulled it off, a common term is "location independent professional." I've been on the road for 2 years now and I'm always trying to convince the constrained!
That's funny, I didn't know Verdana was optimized for that type of rendering.

I use Ubuntu configured to use Windows style hinting without sub-pixel smoothing, and I have absolutely every font forced to Verdana. I'm glad that there is accidentally a little bit of logic behind my choice.
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Do not put yourself into a position in where you are susceptible to blackmail. This is a big risk when dealing with dubious stuff.
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Thanks.. The article was thought provoking.

For me, thinking about tweeting something new every hour tires my brain.. yet I like to blog.. You can blog once a week or even once a month and still be considered an 'active' blogger.. but who could say the same about tweeting.. I also feel so much more productive when blogging.

I will have to give in someday I'm sure but for now I'm resisting the twitter borg.. Everyone is so social in this brave new world. Doesn't anyone want to be alone with their thoughts anymore?
The highlighted response was bullseye hit of what I noticed going through college. The couple classes I remember it being most evident in were the very low level programming classes: Intro to Java/Javascript and a PHP class. These were the classes that pretty much everyone in the business school had to take.

People would work through problems assigned out of the book, but if they ever ran into an issue not specifically outlined for them, they were usually stuck. I spent many nights in the computer lab helping classmates through problems which just required stepping back and taking it one small step at a time. And even if they couldn't work through it on their own, they had no idea where to start on researching a solution -- they didn't know how to ask questions, etc. (Disclaimer: I nearly failed every damn accounting class I had to take, 5 in total I believe.)

I find myself being the exact opposite of what the linked reply states as being the 'norm'. I can't remember simple facts to save my life. I love playing guitar, but I can't memorize notes/chords. To this day I can't honestly tell you what a noun/pronoun/verb/adverb, etc are. Forget about people's names, it ain't happening. I find no real joy in reading fiction, I forget it all anyways. I couldn't ever remember the bajillion accounting terms I had to deal with in business school, but I loves me some calculus.

Also, he seems to point out "America" quite a bit in his response. I have a hard time believing this trend only applies to Americans. I'd like to hear either a non-American or someone with a little international time chime in on this.
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Restriction? Henceforth, demonstration. You'd thought, "what person couldn't workup contrived composition?"
Oh, I can imagine how the author is going to love this. Look at the phrase "... may not significantly alter the meaning of the excerpt ...".

Tell the author that all the time spent on finding the exact turn of phrase was wasted; don't bother with a thesaurus to find which word you want, because Amazon can just replace it to anything that approximately matches.

To be or not to have presence, that is the controversy.

Yuck!
Something else you could think about in a rating system like this would to instead of using generic faces, you could associate each with a common tea that most tea lovers have tried.

The notches kind of do this but theres always the risk of someone rating there first tea 80, then deciding subsequent teas after are better so they need to be rated higher, when the first one should have been more around 60.
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I believe the word you want is "yonic."
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My personal favourite:

PRIMETEST

But the list is surprisingly long, so not that surpring that something concerning primes would be in there.
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I'm surprised that the author doesn't mention Diamond even once, given the extensive bibliography at the end and that Collapse was published before he wrote this paper.
Your talks were my favorite parts of both SS08 and SS09. I think many other "unprepared" talks are given by other speakers simply trying to imitate your style (with both less humor and less content).
Hey guys,

That's my site. Thanks for checking it out! You may also want to see my most recent post, and HD video of the interior of the RV showing some of the customizations I've done.

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I'll also go through the thread and answer some of the questions.
I agree. I think that's Paul's shtick.
That was exactly what facebook's initial appeal to me was. But then after a I discovered all those long lost people, we realized there wasn't much to talk about.
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Downsides:

1. It's VERY difficult to air condition.

2. When the "car" needs repairs, you don't have a house.

Sever/water is a easy... takes about 15-45 minutes (including driving) every 10-14 days.

Laundromat is no big deal. You park in front and hang out while your clothes are washed. I also have a tiny hand powered portable washing machine that washes my four shirts, one pair of pants, and two pairs of underwear very quickly.

I have friends over almost every day, but more than four (including me) is difficult. Then again, I have a very small RV.

Winter isn't a big deal as long as your tanks are heated or the weather doesn't stay below 32f. Heating is easy and cheap.

Cost is pretty minimal. Older RVs don't depreciate much (new ones do).

It is somewhat expensive to drive at 15mpg, but I don't pay rent so it offsets somewhat. I also tend to stay in a general area for a long time so for me it's not a big deal.
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It's true that it's somewhat hard to find places that work on them, but there are independent shops in pretty much every city that will do it.
Haha. If it makes you feel any better my sheets are Frette and I cook organic meals from scratch in All Clad Copper Core pots. :)

Leftovers from my previous habits, really.
Sorry about that. I will look into it. It's a tough balance to spend a lot of time creating a site and to optimize it to keep visitors.
Do it! It's really a great lifestyle. You get one life... live it for yourself, not for other people (family excluded).
It's not really a big deal. I've spent a total of two years in downtown Austin, LA, and SF. I've had two visits from police, both of which were basically formalities because of complaints by nearby residents. In each case they were polite and implied that I could keep doing what I was doing unofficially.
I'm part of the first class of Facebook. Facebook was widely released during my first semester of college. I don't know what life would have been like without Facebook, but for a lot of people my age Facebook has become an integral part of our social life. For many people my age, it's more than TIVO for friendships, but I don't have a comparably snappy metaphor.
Interesting. Could be fun to combine this with distributions on word length, etc... and compare the number of primes we see to the expected number of primes (using the prime number theorem).

Would be funny if we had a tendency towards prime words :)
Umm... Your sample quote, is, in fact, almost exactly what he communicated during his talk. Am I missing something?
I could have elaborated more. When you don't have AC you get used to it. I spent a summer in Austin in the RV and was rarely uncomfortable because I was there in the spring so I adjusted as the seasons changed.

This year I got there in the middle of summer. It was too hot so I moved to SF.
I have an unlimited plan because I got in before the caps. I use about 25gb/mo.

If I didn't have that situation I would probably get two cards and set up a directional wifi antenna on the roof. I also work a lot in coffee shops.

The upside of limited/slow internet is that I waste less time online.
>How long does it take you to write 140 characters or less?

The proper question would be "how much does the context switching costs?", and the answer would be "a lot".
Some estimate it can take 30 minutes to get back into working mode.
Like he said, it's no big deal at all. It's sanitary and quick... the worst part is that in some cities you have to drive a 15 miles to find somewhere to dump.
The best heaters are Olympian Wave heaters. I had the smallest one and it heated the RV to 20 degrees higher than outside. The largest model puts out 2.5 times the heat. They use no batteries, just propane.

Heat is easy, cooling is hard.
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It seems fitting that 'zen' is prime.
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This seems to be a somewhat unfair comparison you are drawing. Video games use dedicated hardware to achieve their drawing throughput, and frequently for their sound and physics throughput. 4.32ms/rec in a high-level garbage collected language based around a data structure like the cons cell is something that is an impressive testament.

As has been said, though, this is all speculation.