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"Cement" is so out there it reads like a farce.

My grandmother had one of the first editions and it was clearly meant for people that were limited to the entry level school education, if that much. The book was basically printed in large letters, the sentences was generally short and the storyline was as flat as it was obvious. It's a "working man" novel about "working man" subjects written in a "working man" language. Propaganda all the way. It's certainly worth a read to get an idea of what the early Soviet literature was like.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_%28novel%29
I'm curious too. Vladimir Nabokov's family came to America in 1940. They were fleeing the the advancing German troops.

"In June 1953 Nabokov and his family went to Ashland, Oregon. There he finished Lolita and began writing the novel Pnin."

I guess he's considered a Russian and American author?
Still doesn't sound right, but I'm definitely not the one to ask.
After reading your comment, I asked myself, "Oh, whoa, is difficulty detecting sarcasm a characteristic of Aspergers?"

I did not know this (I know quite little about Aspergers, in fact). Can you tell me more?

A cursory google search brings a bunch of trollish-seeming forum posts and one decent looking article whose database server is down: http://faaas.org/research-materials/brochures-factsheets/asp...
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Yes, the longer a player sits on the bench / stares at code the better they are.

If it takes me 2 hours to do a project and someone else 4, by doing that project they have 2 more hours of experience than me. This is especially important when people do the exact same task every day instead of developing a wide range of skills.

It's really essential to find that great talent that has 15 years of experience in ASP.NET/J2EE.
Before and after sightglass.
Probably the biggest reasons are that Russia doesn't have as much appeal to American college students (unlike say France or Germany) because the country is seen as dysfunctional. And unlike Chinese or Arabic, Americans don't see much financial opportunity in learning to speak Russian.
Same thing with MacOS/Safari.
I don't know how you're missing it but apps on phones are like desktop software vs the web. Mozilla wants to win that battle and make it possible to use the open web on multiple devices. You won't be limited to a particular OS and APIs, you can just use FireFox OS or the browser and you're good to go. Using JavaScript is an alright decision especially when you have asm.js and you have TypeScript and flow if you want static typing or type annotations.

The flaw in the plan is that no one has tried to get something like Google Docs working on Firefox OS/Mobile and then tried to tune and optimize performance until it worked properly.

If they focused on getting heavy websites to load in under a second come hell or high water, they would have made the web browser king on the phone. Instead we have Facebook cutting out the browser by caching the content of news sites.
It is? When was South Korea under commercial embargo? I agree that the piece is extremely biased, but it's pretty clear that the US were about as keen on helping post-war Vietnam developing its economy as they have been with Cuba.
This is a welcome change from Mozilla, but I think they should take it a step further and ditch Firefox OS completely. The original reason d'etre of Firefox OS was that it would run on lower spec'ed and cheaper hardware than Android could, but that's not an efficient use of their limited resources for a couple reasons:
1) Mozilla could contribute to Android to improve it's performance on cheaper hardware.
2) Moore's law is making powerful hardware more affordable for the world's poorest people, faster than Mozilla can get Firefox OS and an attractive app ecosystem off the ground.

Mozilla should instead focus on freeing Android from it's dependency on Google. Everyday, apps become more and more dependent on Google Play services, the proprietary set of libraries that Google controls on Android devices. Developers need an open version of Google Play Services (Mozilla Mobile Services?) and even a competitive app store (10% commission instead of 30%?). The natural next step would be to create their own distribution of Android and release it on quality hardware. Not only would they be furthering the cause of free software and open computing, but they would have a revenue stream to continue their mission.
Bad things happen when the "competition knob" is turned to 0 (everyone free-rides) and 11 (everyone cheats).

> you have to be super careful about what you measure.

Do you really think you can design metrics so perfect that they won't be gamed? Even if it were possible (I'm pretty sure it isn't), could you do it without undermining cooperative team dynamics that create organizational value? I'm not saying all metrics are bad, but I am saying that turning up the heat with up-or-out is the equivalent of turning the "competition knob" to 11 and that it has a large number of obvious failure modes which make me puzzle over your declaration of its efficacy (unless you meant it in the tautological sense, but that would be silly?).

I'm further puzzled that you brought Enron up as an example of incentives done correctly. Most people think of them as a case-study in runaway incentives and how turning the competition knob to 11 inevitably causes, well, exactly what happened to Enron. When the choices are "cheat or get fired," your company will inevitably fill itself with cheaters. Unless your metrics are perfect, of course, but are you willing to bet your company on it?
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With so much effort going into life extension, I feel this is the wrong perspective on the problem. It's not about making technology more accessible to the elderly, but more about making the elderly fit for the modern and ever changing world.

As brutal as it might sound, making technology accessible to the current "state of the art" in terms of what it means to be old is a long term solution to a short term problem... I hope.
Ask HN: Are there any wrist watches which expose the raw accelerometer data?
I'm interested to see if it's possible to harvest any interesting data when playing racket sports (e.g. infer speed of shots from the watch).
Does it contain the same content as this: https://github.com/mislav/poignant-guide
I don't think the flaws in phone gap and other tools are things that Mozilla can fix, at least not without support from Google/Apple, who really have no incentive to help.
Phys.org is a science news aggregator website. I don't think there's any great advantage in linking to a PR service instead.
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Unless it's cached.

And yes, more stuff to download to make your experience nicer to have design and heterogeneity in our lives.
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YEP:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_ViewModel

apart from agile manifestos and talking about stuff, do you know what programs has he actually worked on?

other ones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93pres...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93adap...
If this is _why then there's no need for that and we should, in fact, be supportive of someone who gave to much to the community and buy the book.
Futurama's re-work of the 'happy birthday' lyrics, seemingly because they've changed in the future, dodges this nicely:

What day is today?
It's X's Birthday,
What a day for a birthday,
let's all have some cake!
> we're small enough that it's not an issue (6 people)

That's not an open office. In the discussion of alternatives to open offices, having each team (3-8 people all doing the same thing) in their own office is frequently brought up. This isn't considered an open plan; it's just a sensible design for collaboration.

Let me boil down what people are really talking about when they talk about an open office: picture a space where the people doing creative work, the people talking on phones, and the people taking a coffee break are stuck being physically proximate for eight hours per day. Picture all their desks faced so a manager (also sat in the same room) can see their screens, though they can't see his.
Oh yeah! That part sucks. I should have done more name research first. I always tell people to search "photo find hiking" (quotes not necessary) because that's easier to spell than my last name and it's the only app that comes up.
I was speaking in TI-85 and you were reading in TI-83 :)
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This doesn't take into account available volume. For that you need to solve a min-cost flow algorithm, using for instance the Ford–Fulkerson algorithm.
Yeah! Awesome to hear! I was already thinking about adding that because sometimes some driving or public transit is needed to get within walking range haha
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The Tufte book is a pleasure but hard to tote to the beach. If you try to carry it on a plane they might charge you extra. :-) Some other ideas:

Managing the Professional Service Firm by David Maister. I can't keep this one on my shelf because I keep giving it away.

Cryptography Engineering by Bruce Schneier. Very accessible. Probably not very practical if you're not building a cryptosystem, but it's a nice way to get a lay understanding---and scare you enough about how many pitfalls there are. When you finish read this loving criticism also: http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2013/07/22/applied-practical-cryp...

Forever Undecided by Raymond Smullyan. Fun "puzzle guide to Gödel". Out of print but Amazon has used copies.

Quantum Computing since Democritus by Scott Aaronson. Fun survey but requires some familiarity with P/NP, quantum mechanics, linear algebra.

Programmers at Work by Susan Lammers. Interviews with computer pioneers. Interesting to see how they think and what they have in common.

Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas Limoncelli. Short, easy read with lots of practical advice for all of us.

The Mac is Not a Typewriter by Robin Williams. Very slim. Learn the difference between hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes.

If you do product design you might enjoy a slow musing read through Apple's original Human Interface Guidelines.

Those last three combined probably weigh half of the Tufte book.

Have a nice vacation! :-)
I do wonder if the cable guys are going to go the way of the telephone landline via mobile. I can already get better speeds on my phone than most cable packages. They just need to increase the amount of traffic I can get and I'd drop the hardline service.
By sharing this story and adding your experience, you have allowed his influence to grow that much more. Thank you for the moving words.
Since they are providing installation instructions on their website, does this mean they will also do phone / email support for Linux related installation issues?
That seems pretty counter-productive. Learning the language without learning any of the literary/cultural component means missing out on the idiomatic dimension of written communication and falling into the (apparently fairly common) error of assuming one's strategic opponents think the same way as oneself, tsuj a ni tnereffid egaugnal.
It tends to make a wider range of teams competitive which is good for fans and the sport as a whole. Arguably this might be better for players as they get more money from endorsements when the sport is more popular.

As to developers, it's really just a question of what the baseline is. If company X pays mid level developers 200k / year then they will have little issue attracting or retaining talent.
It sure seems to have worked out well for TWC shareholders to have this merger take 18 - 24 months longer. Those are some big increases in valuation/price.
> I've never seen it before

Yeah, it's new :-) I'm recruiting beta testers.
"Nu, Pogodi" is "Tom and Jerry" on steroids ;)
A cover is just a new performance of an existing released song. It's only legal to perform if you have a license. In fact, a restaurant has been sued just last year for having a band perform "Freebird" without a license.
Indeed. It's more interesting that an explanation (top comment) was posted one hour before this objection to the "feature."
That's great. However, it still looks like it's just a sales office based on sc's job board.

I'd be curious to know if he got residency but I know you probably can't answer that. Without residency he can only spend 90 days in ch every 6 months.
Writng gbc games in smallc and z80 assembler was one of the funnest, most formative things i did in my early years. Would be ultra cool to have rom hacking tools on the page with the emu, big fat load and go button.
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Very educational and entertaining speaker. I highly recommend his lectures. Go for a walk and listen to one of them and you'll come back better informed and with a smile on your face.
Things I would have done differently:

1. I should have started earlier. I didn't start working towards financial independence till my second job.
2. I should have bought more rental properties.

Regarding startups:

For hardware products, startups involve a lot of effort. You usually have regulatory things to deal with and that is a big burden. Also the capital requirements are more than a pure software startup.
Whereas Stack Ranking uses greed to estimulate achievement on projects, Lockstep uses greed to solely achieve a job title.

Therefore, Lockstep salaries are more vulnerable to office politics and employees pretending to achieve, in order to 'look good' and get a better salary.
A few favourites of mine I read recently. Rushkoff's book is my favourite and there is lots of insight in Rushkoff's book. The others are mandatory reading for technologists IMHO

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, by Ray Kurzweil

http://amazon.decenturl.com/make-a-mind

Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age, by Douglas Rushkoff

http://amazon.decenturl.com/ten-commands

Cool Tools, by Kevin Kelly

http://amazon.decenturl.com/cool-tools

(Yes, those are affiliate links)
I built a hackintosh a few months ago because I really prefer OSX for development compared to working in Windows or Linux. I spent around $700ish on desktop parts, (i7 cpu, 16gb ram, no video card but using the intel HD default graphics) I've been using it as my every day machine and it runs great. Including running windows VM's in virtualbox etc. Only thing that doesn't really work is the USB ports, which in the grand scheme of things is kind of minor.
“No one ever handed me anything on a plate”
Get another offer from another firm ASAP, and then ask them to match it (unless you like the other job better).

Don't be a sucker, man
> It completely eliminates office politics

Can't tell if you are being sarcastic.
Like Microsoft in 2000s, has Google already peaked?
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Love seeing all these CSS replacements for Javascript. This is actually something I could see implemented on a website. Question is: is it actually faster / more efficient?

I see that there is about 900 some odd lines of CSS involved, which is quite a bit. I know some of this is normalize, which may be part of a normal website CSS infrastructure but could this be done in 100 lines of Javascript? Devils advocate question.
What's the best way to get an Ubuntu/Debian-compatible linux distro on my Mac laptop without destroying my data? The slowness of Yosemite seriously amps my cortisol.
The year of the Linux desktop was brought about by Android, at a growth rate and scale far beyond what Linux any enthusiast dreamed about 15+ years ago. And it came at Microsoft's expense, which means prophecy has been fulfilled and the world righted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents#Documents_I...
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"Cement" looks like an odd choice to me, it's not even in a school program in Russia itself. Perhaps, they limited by the books translated into English..
Fair enough, I meant Python uses += in lieu of ++, since it doesn't have the latter.
Portable Apps is an interesting idea, thanks!

On the matter of open offices being a pre-declared success, I think they are also a bit of a j-curve or "google brain" phenomenon where leaving the open office environment becomes a stressful proposition. Junior workers stay more dependent and become afraid of not having a source of immediate answers that really holds them back from proper growth and self confidence.
This article has at least one thing right, the practical incentives in much of science run counter to what we might reasonably agree are the right outcomes to target.
How official are publications in Dell's "Knowledge Base"? This one looks like it was written by a non-native English speaker, and doesn't seem to provide much Dell-specific information.
You are strictly correct. If you found a company, don't give a shit about technical debt, then sell it to a larger company and leave... you don't have to worry about technical debt.

See: The last startup I left, and the last bosses I had (who were the founders).

For EVERYONE else at the company who actually cares about the product, though... THEY will have to deal with the tech debt. And it will suck.
Is this really a complete post when it's just a link to buy a book off Amazon.
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> the ecommerce startup launched by Marc Lore, which uses a form of the lockstep model. Lore described his company’s system in an interview. “Everyone at the same level makes the same comp. Everyone knows that no one is getting paid more at a similar level,”

revealing this could easily lead to having staff hired away once the levels are figured out.
I live in NYC, and moving to Seattle or California is not an option for me right now.
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Right at #1:

"Note: If you install an operating system other than the one that shipped with your system, then you do so at your own risk. Dell can't certify that the hardware will be compatible and we may not be able to support the system in that configuration."
As far as I know they are directly coming from Dell. That's the "breaking" part of this manual, that a retailer as big as them are trying to explain how to get rid of Windows and just install a Linux distro.
I'm not sure there'd have many corporations and, if so, buying local officials would be useless, as they'd have limited power in the first place.
Ask HN: Do you prefer applying to jobs via forms or email?
I'd love to hear the HN community's feedback: when applying for jobs (especially at startups) do you prefer to see a structured application form, an auto-apply method such as LinkedIn, or simply an email address?

Is an email address a negative for anyone?
I applied to Fog Creek/Stackoverflow, and didn't even get a phone interview.

They're the only example I know about, a business that has private offices and publishes articles about how awesome it is.

I'm starting to think that the only way I'll ever get my own office is to bootstrap my own business.
If companies actually thought in terms of optimizing for ROI per invested employee-salary-dollar, there's so many things they could do. As it is, most companies (big or small) work to a model that feels more like they want to have valuable highly-skilled employees (and so they go to a lot of trouble to acquire them), but they don't actually need anything accomplished that requires 100% output (even for a short period) from said highly-skilled employees. Instead, everyone gets stuck doing lowest-common-denominator tasks.

Really, I'm beginning to hold the belief that, for most companies, their highest possible ROI savings would be to just replace their entire programmer workforce with recent college grads, interns, low-bid contracts, or outsourced labor. They don't need anyone with higher skills than that for their junky glue-FOSS-to-do-CRUD problems; they just think they do.
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Do you have a separate partition for your data? If so, then just install the distro normally. If not, then I don't see a way you can do it without losing your data since they're two completely different operating systems.
I tried that for a year; still not a morning person. I do my best work at night no matter how I try to move to office hours. The morning exercise will indeed wake me right up... /during/ the exercise that is only... so after the exercise I go right back to sleep... I just do not like mornings at all and I guess there are many people with those same feelings. Which actually serves me well as I can wake up in the EU when the US wakes.
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I was born in China but grew up in Australia until I was 21 when I moved to the US. What I found that surprised me was all of the white people I kept meeting in the US who were totally conversationally fluent in Mandarin. Australia as a culture always felt like it had much closer ties to China and Chinese culture was much more integrated into mainstream Australia culture than when I lived in Seattle or SF.

Still, I maybe met 2 people my entire time growing up that were had any proficiency in Mandarin vs over a dozen in my time in the US who were conversationally fluent (and who didn't have Chinese wives or girlfriends or any other exogenous reason for learning it). In contrast, for white people in Australia, conversational fluency in Thai or Indonesian seemed abnormally common.

There are some things about the US that are hard to realize if you've grown up here. America is a much more business focused and entrepreneurial/private market minded kind of place and it's a dominant lens through which to view the world. It's hard to put into words exactly what it is but the last time I had that "only in America" feeling was seeing this sign on a coin op telescope on the top of Twin Peaks: http://imgur.com/AaD1mk5
Great to hear that Steve!

We're actually moving towards the JSON API ~standard~ format and hope it becomes the standard that gets widely used.
(And really my point is that I perceive there is an ambient pressure toward copying function parameters in general in order to minimize refactoring ... which is what I mean by there being an overall performance impact).
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I am sure there is a better way. The most frustrating aspect of applying for jobs is that each one often has its own requirements (apply online, vs email, cover letters, etc)
Both of them can boot from removable media (USB, CD, floppies)...

You could just boot forever from a USB, using the same USB as temporary storage until the day when you're ready to partition your drive and install the free OS to your hard drive.
Have a look at this: https://gilscvblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/a-short-introduc... . I found it very helpful!
In theory, this is copyright law working as designed, because there's a bajillion "Not-Actually-Happy-Birthday Happy Birthday" songs, in TV shows and restaurant chains. Creativity has nominally bloomed.

In practice it's a powerful demonstration of how copyright can make something that is really part of our cultural canon now something that somebody owns. We wouldn't be having this discussion if copyright terms were limited to something resembling sanity.
This for instace sort of agrees that just tests isn't good documentation http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/154615/are-un...
The Smiths should sue these bastards for copyright infringement!

(https://youtu.be/-VjbuM4i--A for those who missed OP's reference and downvoted)
Microsoft's Halloween documents (1998)
I love the line,

"Let's right the balance and tell ASCAP about every one of these violations!"

That's where I realized it wasn't a serious enforcement piece, and something encouraging malicious compliance.
Microsoft's "Embrace, extend and extinguish" strategy
if it's really him, than we should support him