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> As far as I'm concerned, Adria Richards did pretty much zero wrong.

I reread this account: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 and I disagree. It doesn't deserve a death threat, no one does, but it is a sort of reckless, misguided behavior (at least, I think the guy would appreciate an upfront honesty).

It reminds me of another lady, Anita Sarkeesian, who also received death threats. I sympathize with her, but I also watched her videos about Tropes vs. Women in Video Games and I can't escape the conclusion that she is little crazy. I really wonder how she managed to get such a collection of brutality, I have seen lot of things in porn myself, but this was just sickening. I really have to ask, why does she play these games?

It seems to me that behavior these ladies engage in is just an equivalent of climbing a mountain, or similar adrenaline-filled activity. Apparently, there are people out there who misread this as some sort of sexual signal or they are mentally ill or whatever, so whether these women realize it or not, it is very risky.

Just like if you fear heights, don't climb the mountains! It doesn't alleviate the risk of falling entirely, but significantly. Maybe a better comparison would be Charlie Hebdo attack. Sure, no one deserves to get killed over a joke, but still, poking fun at something that millions of people take extremely seriously is a risky proposition.

I think free speech is important. There shouldn't be a social norm that bans (or causes shaming of) feminism, nor there should there be a social norm that bans anti-feminism. Both views can be extreme, but they are still legitimate.
Don't believe the hype. I've been searched more times on busses in Costa Rica and Nicaragua than I have ever been searched in the U.S.

Lived in the U.S. for 29 years and only been patted down or searched by police a handful of times while entering a Govt building or a Concert.

I agree issues need to be addressed but it's not a police state. The media likes to portray it differently.
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Thanks! A straight answer to a straight question. Much appreciated. Sounds like it will be worth the time to read that article.
To be fair, it is ok to the rest of the world, no one cares outside of the UK or even know the difference, I hope you realize that.
> I'd probably enjoy it.

That's not how child abuse works.
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>> I'm pretty sure that this statement makes you a misandrist.

You'd be wrong then.

Misandry would be the hating or disparaging of men as a group, not the hating or disparaging of the MRA movement as it exists right now.

As a man, I do not identify with MRA and neither am I offended if someone criticises them, it is not misandry to do so. As I said - I can see that there could be a mens rights movement that addressed mens issues without resorting to being misogynist and anti-feminist. I do not think this exists in the MRA sphere at present. I do not think feminism (in its more mainstream forms) is the enemy, either, in fact it should be a natural ally.

I'll concede that a lot of outspoken feminists often try to intentionally confuse this issue as well, painting anyone who disagrees with any facet of feminism, no matter how extreme, as being misogynist.
> Vaguely frustrating that this thread had been taken over by MRAs.

What is vaguely frustrating about that? The thesis of many commentators seems to be, "Of course men are going to commit suicide. Society often acts in ways strongly unfavorable towards them.", which may possibly not align with your views. I see no reason for bundling them with the "MRA" label/slur.

I think it is already acceptable for men to seek help when already suicidal. If I told one of my co-workers "I'm feeling suicidal", your statement of "is it the kind of thing you want to talk to me about? Or is it the kind of thing you might want to talk to a doctor about?" is exactly the kind of answer I would get, and this is true about most decent-thinking people. (In fact, your specific statement sounded pretty insincere to me, and would almost suggest "Please don't talk to me about this," in real life.)

The real problem is why so many men are seeking to seriously commit suicide in the first place, which is why those "frustrating MRAs" are probably talking about it.
>> "While users have got past similar Snapchat restrictions by simply taking screenshots of sent messages, Bleep offers some protection against this tactic: when reading messages from a contact, their username is blocked out. If you want to see who you're talking to, you'll need to press an eye icon that in turn blurs the entire message history, ensuring that users can't be easily tied to potentially incriminating screenshots."

Pretty smart way of getting around the screenshot issue.
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>> Having sex with someone without their consent is rape, but that doesn't automatically mean it's a bad thing.

Penal code begs to differ. But it is refreshing to see actual rape apologist in the wild.

>> If a woman "raped" me, didn't get pregnant by it, didn't give me any skanky diseases, and didn't publicly accuse me of being the rapist, then I'd probably enjoy it. At worst, it might be a slight inconvenience for me.

You seems to know little about such cases and their psychological consequences. Difference in reaction of victims of different gender is minuscule. Shattered self evaluation, acute stress disorder, PTSD etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_rape#Myths_regarding_male...
As a student in 1939, the mathematician George Dantzig once arrived late to a lecture. He mistook the unsolved problems on the blackboard for homework, and solved two of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dantzig
Nobody is discussing the fact that the people voted into power on grounds that they would "do something about this" have been in power and re elected on those grounds for * decades*, have done nothing about it but make more exploitable loopholes, and whine about how something must be done and they're the people to do it so must be re elected. Stop voting for the same group of Democrats who keep not solving the problem.
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I was wondering from where this number is coming from...
I'm not sure those figures are in any way relevant to anything, and when I said "People often do!" I wasn't referring to HN in a vacuum.
I m launching new paid screencast series in about a month.

It's for programmers who have always wanted to learn 6502 assembly to create a game or a demo but never had time.

It's going to be a monthly subscription.
I'll be releasing one new episode per week. Along with transcript, show notes and source code.

Something like Ruby Tapas, but about Commodore 64.
EU VAT doesn't work like that, Estonia is in the EU sigle market (and the Euro).

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_value_added_ta...

You may be right in the income and social tax, but I suspect establishing a business in Estonia may require visiting the country at some point.
I have done that occasionally. They complain, but only in jest.
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>What I don't understand is why bother owning the hardware these days, other than personal taste? Surely the reproduction of an ancient hardware drum sequencer in today's software should be perfect.

1) For one, music is about inspiration, and the hardware can be more inspirational -- even if for pure psychological reasons.

2) The tactile feel of the hardware lets you explore it hands on, and is more immediate and rewarding than clicking on a screen (can still be better even from using a modern plasticky MIDI controller with pads, since those are multi-purpose not task specific). With hardware you approach and program stuff differently.

3) Each hardware unit (analog, that is) can have a slightly unique character, from both changes that happened to it over time, and also from slight variations in the production run and compenents (especially in those times). Plugins that try to emulate that that in full (e.g. from self-oscillation to tuning instability to zero-latency filters) exist, but are CPU monsters (e.g. Diva).

4) Hardware also has to be recorded in, which adds another element of coloring to the sound.

5) Beatboxes like this are also nice for live performances (including live programming).

6) Plug-ins are disposable. A hardware unit can go up in price as time goes by.
>> But we do need to make it so men can say "I'm not having a good day" and have someone else say "is it the kind of thing you want to talk to me about?"

And you know what? This is exactly what my most outspoken-feminist female friend does. The MRAs have the wrong of things IMHO, and I'm glad I have good friends.
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Ah, I remember your name cropping up from when I used to do lots of market stuff in eve.
Given their advertising methods, I always figured installing MacKeeper was a good way to hose yourself.
Let's put it this way: modern plugins that try to replicate this as close as possible (zero-latency filters etc) have a huge CPU hit.
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READ THAT LAST AGAIN.

beautiful. and well put. thank you.
Customer service is important especially for tech support. However with some enterprise software, like ERP systems, you achieve the Vendor Lock-In trophy pretty quickly after implementation so you may find this to be something a startup can be very disruptive about: responsive and helpful customer support.

A typical scenario may play out where you have to put a ticket in, wait for a rep to contact you and they ask basic info, log files, etc. then it gets handed off at shift change to another rep, then you need to escalate to a manager who actually knows stuff and can solve your problem quickly.

Not all vendors are like this though. If it is software you have built - a good policy would be to have the software committers rotate into tech support shifts regularly. Can you imagine the joy a frustrated IT admin would have if the customer support person has the right answers quickly? Or utters the phrase "yeah, I helped write that module, let me look at your log files and we'll get to the bottom of this".
I don't know anything about drum machines, but I know that generally, translating analog circuits into transfer functions and then into numerical simulations is an Actually Difficult Problem—especially when you consider the need for such simulations to be more than fast enough for real-time.

Some circuits can be "solved" to perfect accuracy, but when you get into non-linear effects like distortion, you no longer have clean mathematical models to implement.
>Stop voting for the same group of *'two-party system reps-for-rent' who keep not solving the problem.

ftfy
I did something similar thing with Python and Guild Wars 2, probably not as advanced though. It would place buy orders for under priced wood logs which were brought very quickly, and then sold them when the market price fluctuated higher.

Fifa Ultimate Team is easily gameable as well, the web frontend uses a surprisingly well made API which makes it super simple to automate trading of cards. It was interesting to see how the PS3 and XBox economies differed (a lot).

Python is surprisingly awesome for such tasks I find.
I love that video.

The article was also one of the better articles written about Eve.

EDIT: Not as emotive as the "This is Eve" video, but the MoMA exhibition video is also fairly good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGuDUbZIo_o
And, importantly: That incident was way back in 2005 and set a precedent for how the game would be played in future: espionage, counter-espionage, huge complex teams, and battles and sabotages that cause damage to in-game assets with real-world values estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.

edit: see also recent metafilter comment discussing the lengths people go to in espionage/counter espionage in EVE online http://ask.metafilter.com/278002/Are-there-any-hobbyist-espi...
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I once saw a coworker accidentially installing it and it surely is a nasty piece of malware. The problem is that one can never be quite sure whether every piece of the software was removed, which is why we ended up just reinstalling OS X and avoid guessing.

Since then, a few of my friends, who aren't into tech, almost installed MacKeeper. They all had a long history of using Windows and felt that installing some Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware junk was the most natural thing. For normal users it's really hard to distinguish between legitimate applications/websites and shady stuff.
How many commenters here have a deep personal commitment to press their representatives to change this law?

Is this all jaw-jaw and no action?
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With $100M funding in less than a year, this startup could be the next Alibaba
What other business models for written articles are driven off these sort of fine-grain metrics?
Opioids and Benzos need to be much more carefully prescribed. They are addictive and expensive and people build a tolerance to them. Once you have are addicted and have a tolerance the logical decision to make is somethimes to start snorting heroin as it is much cheaper. I hear a lot of people starting on prescribed opioids then moving to heroin because it is more affordable.

That being said, these classes of drugs are not the ones being discussed in the article.
Actually it's even more interesting than "Intel makes a bitcoin mining chip," which really shouldn't be surprising given how much application-specific accelerators have been making noise, and how many of these chips are already on the market. Multibillion dollar companies love to hedge their bets; it'd be somewhat more surprising if nobody at Intel were working on one.

No, the more interesting bit is that it looks like some stealth startup has a close enough relationship to Intel to get them to mint chips. And that's impressive; Intel's silicon manufacturing processes have historically been a black box to outsiders.

It'll be a lot more interesting once more details about this pour out. This could be the start of something huge...
>> that doesn't automatically mean it's a bad thing.

> Penal code begs to differ.

It's well known on the Internet (at least) that legal and illegal aren't the definitions of good and bad.

> Shattered self evaluation, acute stress disorder, PTSD etc.

Of course if you only ask people who found it bad enough that they had to talk to someone about it...

> That's not how child abuse works.

I thought we were talking about a horny male 14 year old.

> The law doesn't care what you think.

> Calling it rape when a male student does it, but not when a female teacher does it is definitely evidence of bias in reporting.

Yes, for the reason that I said:

> Everybody knows this on an instinctive level, which is why we let [women] away with it.
I just signed up because of the tone of your response and because this looks like something we've been in need of for a long time. Looking forward to getting access to the beta!
Cambridge used to do this routinely. Your university may vary.
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This part struck home to me:

'Many developers who try to achieve the retro aesthetic overlook how much magnification is going on, resulting in not one, but several different resolutions at once. Not only can this be unsightly, but it’s “showing its strings,”which defeats the purpose of limiting your resolution in the first place.'

For some reason I find that really jarring.
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Their compani is based in Ukraine so you would probably need russian language to dig a bit in tho publicly available documents, but i found that number somewhere on twitter, and am sure its correct. Another proof how much dumb people are living on this wonderful planet..
Facebook wants to become the internet, and federate access to external material. No doubt that these "instant articles" will be free to access under internet.org and competing news outlets are suddenly put at a massive disadvantage.
Their website[1] looks awesome, I don't own a Mac (Windows user) but if I were to buy one I would definitely consider buying and using it. It's good that this site[2] is the second result on Google for "mac keeper" though.

1. http://mackeeper.com

2. http://www.imore.com/avoid-mackeeper
Wow, I've never see that one, it just makes me feel like playing it right now :D
Just develop & distribute it from outside the US.
Link to the original article: http://www.coindesk.com/21-intel-bitcoin-mining-strategy/

This is presumably from the same source as the recent spate of "mining from toasters" articles started by FT's Alphaville [1]), but with a lot more detail.

The Vimeo clip discussed in the coindesk article shows a live demo from Oct 2014 of a bandwidth auctioning protocol, (the article links to the actual transactions eg [2])

[1] http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/04/30/2127543/meet-the-compa...

[2] https://blockchain.info/address/1M9ZeSUStVHCAUqrCr5XhhYqb4GB...
"Without fair warning"

That's the important part of this - the instructor didn't give it as homework. And yes, I've seen students freak out on their instructor en-masse for far less than a mission impossible homework assignment.
You should never "optimize" JavaScript code, like objects vs arrays or methods vs functions. But instead try to optimize your algorithms, like leaving out square root when comparing witch line is longer.

I did optimize JavaScript in the past, but it always worked different in different JS implementations and could change in different releases of the same JS engine. So I gave up on it, and it actually makes me more productive not having to think about with method is faster.
You've handed out a math assignment that was an open unsolved problem and not told your students what you had done prior to them leaving for the day?
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Here ya go ;)

http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&que...
This is a rather old post. I think last year there was a space battle where 70 titans perished:

http://www.pcgamer.com/eve-onlines-biggest-ever-battle-trill...

I don't playe EVE anymore because of the (80% preparation 20% fun) rule but I did nearly everything in the game (trading, mining, pirating, exploring) and it was fun but I don't have the time to do so anymore.
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the metagame in Eve also happens way outside of the null sec areas, figuring out which character is a new incarnation of an old scammer by many hours of internet digging is an entertaining way to spend time while waiting for your wallet to blink, as well as digging deep to find links between people who are setting up loan and bond offerings.

Not as much impact on the game as the null sec meta-gaming, but nonetheless it is oddly satisfying when you have had a "feeling" about someone, and then after working with a few others with chat log cross-checking, internet digging, and generally being very suspicious of everything you end up finding the final pieces which put it all together, and (hopefully) put paid to their loan/bond/trading scams (until their next alt pops up).....at which point the whole thing starts over again.
This article is unhelpful, typical of the BMJ.

There are so many different classes and types of psychiatric drugs that even attempting to make sweeping comments like this (one way or the other) are ludicrous.
a suggestion to everyone: read that last comment again.

beautiful. and well put. thank you.
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Undergraduates (at least for the first few years) have to be in the "Answer Getting" mentality. I'm fine with curve balls being thrown at graduate students, and maybe, just maybe, fourth year students, depending on the course - but can you imagine what a freshman/sophmore student would do if faced with this situation?
It is not an old post, it was published yesterday.

I do not play eve anymore because I found myself just sitting in the chat channels, and not even bothering to trade anymore, so now I just hang around in the IRC channels instead.
Definitely an interesting thought.
What year of student? Freshmen/Sophmore?
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The GotoMeeting app did this as well, no matter how you tried to get rid of it, it would keep reinstalling itself into your applications folder. Nowadays all the sketchy tools I need for each client get installed in a VM.
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Has anyone seen the film the Kingsmen? [1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service#Pl...

Seventeen years later, Professor James Arnold is kidnapped by unknown assailants, led by Internet billionaire Richmond Valentine and his henchwoman Gazelle. One of Hart's compatriots, "Lancelot," attempts to stage a rescue, but fails as he is cut in half by Gazelle. Valentine, known for his philanthropy, continues to meet with various heads of state and VIPs; some of whom go missing afterwards. He also announces a giveaway of SIM cards, granting free cellular and Internet access.
We've moved away from a society where the police were
there to truly protect and serve the community (think
1950's/60's beat cop walking the blocks during his
shift) to a totalitarian police state (constant erosion
of the 4th amendment, nexus centers, sweeping
overreaches of the third party doctrine, stingrays, and
mass deployment of license plate scanners). Big Brother
would be proud.

Erm... a little bit of revisionist history there.

You do realize that Martin Luther King Jr. was under watch by FBI Plants his entire public life, and warrantlessly spied upon under COINTELPRO?

You do realize that Fred Hampton was drugged by an FBI Plant, before 40+ Police raided his home and shot him dead with automatic weapons as he slept? (also part of COINTELPRO program)

The problems of policing are the same problems that have occurred for years. There were _always_ good cops who did their business correctly, there have _always_ been bad cops who have abused the system. As for the system... obviously it is constantly under flux, but I do think we're making improvements over the long run.

I argue that today's system is superior to the 1950s. Anyone who disagrees with me is welcome to offer the first blow in a debate here and now. But mind you, good luck beating out COINTELPRO... which was not only warrantless spying on innocent Americans... but also was involved in direct assassinations in broad daylight.

Its as if people have _completely_ forgotten about 1950s history. Red Scare? COINTELPRO? Civil Rights? Black Panthers getting assassinated by police? Lynching in the streets? McCarthyism? House Un-American Activities Committee? The Office of Censorship?

These American institutions were shut down as the civil rights movement gained steam in the 1960s.

Good gosh people. Life is better today. Not perfect... but better by all measurements. Learn some history, and stop pretending that the 1950s were a peaceful time. In the 1950s, you'd lose your job if
Don't they mention 2554 for unsigned 64-bit?

Also, wouldn't the kernel keep the original time? Time conversion could be performed in userland, with big integers.
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