skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
while obviously nobody is planning to have dogfights, one can imagine 2 stealth fighters that no missile can lock onto while pilots can actually see each others planes - times for good old school dogfight :)

(the probably exception for missiles is IR missiles - as long as you can get behind the enemy plane it would probably be able to lock onto it, even on the stealth one, and trying to get behind each other means pretty much dogfight again. Or similarly, say regular missile can lock onto a stealth plane only from much closer distance - from behind would be much more preferable position as stealth planes are less stealthier from that direction and at close distance the target plane has much less chances to shake off the incoming from behind missile)
Did Gates ever speak of this? If not, it's a terrible example.

Plenty of rich people, after spending their lives in business, eventually switch to philanthropy. Presumably because they discover, like the OP, that they value doing something more meaningful than stacking up money. But that's entirely different than somebody who has that realization young and does corporate stuff as a way of extracting cash, which is what alwaysdoit was suggesting.
Samsung Galaxy s3, rooted and running cyanogenmod.
That might be true for the US, but it certainly is not for most of Europe. I guess that difference has at least something to do with differences in fiscal regime.

I dare you to find me real estate with a 10% gross yield in Belgium for example...
It's a sad situation. But if I were in your position, I would simply play hardball:

1. Leave immediately.

2. Don't work on the project alone. Just sit it out. Why? Because you could be accused of taking the IP, or something similar.

BTW 1: I doubt the incubator is being run by moral people if they are letting the other co-founders act like jerks.

BTW 2: How much time, effort, talent and money did the other co-founders contribute? Who came up with the idea?
I've been pondering how you'd break the uber lock on the market. I mean, I use Uber and not Lyft 'cause there are more Uber drivers, so on average, the car is gonna be there faster if I use Uber.

However, if I had an app on my phone to check the nearest uber and the nearest lyft and the nearest whatever else? that would remove the barrier to entry that Uber has set up. in that case (at least when lyft had a nearby car) I'd be happy to take lyft or the local cab company, if they had a similar app.

Of course, you'd end up with an arms race with uber, or whoever the dominant player was, with them trying to break your app.

Interestingly, I bet that the second and third tier ride-sharing companies would cooperate, so if there were enough of them in the area, the idea would work fine even when uber was winning the arms race.
It's not ok to hijack the thread by posting a trollish, unrelated reply to the top comment. I'm going to detach this subthread and mark it off topic now.

In the future, if you want to make this kind of point on HN, please do so more thoughtfully. Slinging insults provokes flamewars and makes the site worse.
there You go: http://shouldireallyworkforfree.com :)
I spent most of my time reading this being annoyed by the title. Why does the best medium for a storyteller have anything to do with how profitable it is or how many consumers access your work? If these are your goals then you aren't going to create anything very good. If you disagree then you probably think that only very popular things are any good.

Here's the future of any story teller: smaller.

The 20th century was about Top 40 radio, blockbuster movies, and the New York Times bestseller list. The 21st century is about variety. The behemoths of the last century are still shaping the marketplace and it will take them a while to die. DRM, region-lock, and vendor-log are symptoms of this disease. The future is about unrestricted sharing, crowd-funding, DRM-free and _low cost_ media. A dollar here and there so everything is an impulse – small communities sharing the things they love instead of national best sellers.

Vimeo does a pretty good job. Netflix is more of an iteration on the last century, it's pretty great, but not the end-all.

The future of creativity is about dealing with the lack of limits. Old microphones, amplifiers, and vinyl meant that with the restrictions of the media, what you had either sounded good or really terrible. New technology makes it really easy to be mediocre and terrible at the same time – being good without the restrictions of old is really hard.

The future of selling is about the slow exit of capitalism – crowd funding, open source, community support ... being creative without worrying about sales or buying your next meal ... this is the future which is hard to get to but the beginning is here. This is not Carl Marx's communism but a different sort of post-scarcity capitalism where automation makes resources cheap enough that the cost of them loses importance. It'll be difficult and weird, but it'll happen one way or the other.

Then again, none of this has a whole lot to do with actually telling stories, something which isn't about money or viewers, but about the act of creation which is still done with words and songs and pictures, new technology is a new playground that doesn't obsolete the old but adds to the new.
Who cares? The mission of the F-35 was to get taxpayer money into the accounts of Lockheed Martin and its merry army of subcontractors. Mission accomplished!
Gather all of your correspondence, particularly anything written that discusses equity and speak to a lawyer. A short consultation won't cost very much and they'll be able to give much better advice that is specific to your situation than a bunch of random people on the internet.
Under that interpretation, COBOL 2014 [1] would qualify.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL#COBOL_2014
You should read this Quora reply. It's a good answer, and is relevant to the background you shared.

http://qr.ae/7Upp1h
It's amazing, with the tens of thousands of Russian millionaires coming to London each year, stealing our houses, that the Russians have any left at all!

Much less amazing: the same xenophobia and racism as always towards immigrants.
Why not cap rents and property valuation? It seems Berlin has done the former [1]. But it's not the first city to do so, Vienna is known to have a large public rent market to counter balance private development greed.

In Spain, Andalucia (an area in the south of Spain), advocated during the political campaign to rent out thousands of flats owned by private banks, which in turn were bailed out with public money. Also Barcelona is going to implement measures to prevent the city to become an empty touristic resort with no much life beyond tourist apartments and hotels.

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/rent-cap-legisl...
You mean something like a Court Martial? I agree.
"“The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft.”"

you can't see behind the F35 - even if you turn your head. there's a rear view camera because of that. The central fan is in the way.

That's odd a pilot says he can't turn his head and see well.
'In the Uber model we'll get paid only during the instants we are directly useful to somebody with money.'

I'm sorry, but that sounds more like the efficiency that capitalism optimizes towards.
After the story of Night School, people are a lot less inclined to think that making nice with the law will work out well. What we've learned is that attempting to work within the law will get you squished by those you are disrupting before you become big enough to be a threat - or defend yourself effectively.

With that in mind, what do you think the right approach is?
Reality is the opposite. Uber is building a commanding, monopoly-like position whereby it can raise and lower prices as necessary. Not only does winning a market require way more than subsidies but Uber is also in the best position to subsidize.
Basically, this is a general system for replacing undesirable traits with desirable ones in binaries. All you have to do is change the local selection criteria for desirable and undesirable.
oddly, there is a growing trend of going userland and skipping native kernel because, well...the kernel is slow. userland can be made fast.

I think seeing Weave implemented in something like say, Snabb Switch, would at the very least be interesting -- from a performance standpoint.
You mean volatile memory?
Also the long tail of air force generals who were originally pilots.

The biggest shift which will happen over the next 15 years is when generals start being minted who were drone flight controllers or managed those operations. They'll have a very different perspective on where they want development funds.
It was predicted back in the 1960's that the price of fighters would rise to the point of the entire military budget would be expended building one fighter. So far, we're right on target.

We have clearly shot past the point where anyone would dare risk employing the F-35 in any combat role.
Fair enough. But do you stand by your assertion that something more abstract than literal header file text can be deserving of copyright but ABIs shouldn't? I'd like to know how near or far your line is from Oracle's, if only to have an example of where else the line could be drawn.
That was the parent's question. If they froze prices with these subsidies, would it continue?
This is sad if we go by what happens on AdSonar. Lots and lots of fake bot traffic. Microsoft seemed serious about tackling the problem and were good about issuing refunds for fraudulent clicks. Not so AOL, Adsonar, Huffpo and all the properties in their network.
If any code you've written (or anything you've produced that constitutes IP) is in their released product, they have to compensate you for it. In startups, the compensation is typically in the form of equity.

As others already alluded, in any case, it does not seem that you want to go forward in business with either the founders or the incubator.
thanks for the reply. Fortunately there's no IP in place. One of my cofounder's came up with the idea but I have been the only one executing and making the product. Other co-founders have been doing "networking" and haven't had any success with it.
All the codebase sits a Github organization which is administrated by me and a license text is attached to every single file saying that I own all rights to that code.
What is a 'Flight Sciences Aircraft' in terms of all aircraft and in regards to the JSF? (honest question)
To add to that I've found OpenBSD in general to be extremely easy to administer. Most configuration is straight forward and no more complex than necessary with very clear documentation.
If we miscompile (or outright delete) something which is marked "undefined behaviour" by the C standard, then lots of old libraries will build without errors, but fail in various fun ways during use, including having severe security issues. I think failing the build is better than giving me a library with deleted NULL checks and whatnot.
".. cost the United States control of the air."

when you think about the current situation in Irak, one might argue that it would not necessarily be a bad thing.
People are also missing the basic fact: with inflation and interest rates on par and both so low ... government bonds aren't profit centers. They store value and gain just enough interest to beat inflation. It's about your savings not evaporating over the years more than big greedy profits.

If you look at the interest payments for the US debt over the last 25 years ... despite the recent debt bubble... the actual interest paid when accounting for inflation is flat.

Adjusting for inflation we paid less interest in 2014 than we did in 1988 or 2000 (these are two random years I checked). America does not have a debt problem. The people who obsess over it or yell about the gold standard almost exclusively have absolutely no idea what's been happening or how it works. That's not to say that we should _aspire_ to borrow endlessly, but when times are down and people have faith in you, there's nothing better than borrowing. With the fed pushing the interest rates so low, (and buyers elsewhere running to the Dollar for security in uncertain times) there's just no reason to be afraid of a little more debt. We're far _far_ away from the territory when it starts being a problem. (and the same people who complain about the debt now want tax cuts instead of paying off debts when times are good – fools)
So they operate illegally, pay no taxes and still make no money. I don't get it.
thanks for the reply, no released product as of yet and there's no IP in place
Some commenters are unclear about the role of the F35, so I figured I'd quote Wikipedia:

The F-35A is expected to match the F-16 in maneuverability and instantaneous and sustained high-g performance, and outperform it in stealth, payload, range on internal fuel, avionics, operational effectiveness, supportability, and survivability. It is expected to match an F-16 that is carrying the usual external fuel tank in acceleration performance.

The A variant is primarily intended to replace the USAF's F-16 Fighting Falcon.
The Java compiler WILL reject this program, because x is not initialised on all code-paths. This is not a valid program.
Already submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9800740
You could break the Uber lock
on the market if supply and demand are not sufficiently random to require Uber's marketplace to coordinate.

That is, if it is usually convenient for Joe to depart from work at a certain hour and this is a time when Maureen typically likes to drive, both Joe and Maureen could potentially disintermediate Uber and split the marginal gain. This solution could look like a simple payments app, ride scheduler, and a local 'I'm here' function.

Another option could be to structure the market to enable 'teams' of drivers (ie like a taxi company brand). Allow these teams to find further operational gains through pooling resources and greater coordination. This solution would re-imagine the Uber market and driver tools for full-time workers.
...which doesn't make it morally right.
Widespread building restrictions limiting supply and huge subsidies for those holding financial assets ("QE") together with low yields caused by near-zero interest rates fueling demand will do that. (How it will end I can't imagine. I'm amazed at how calmly people are taking it, and at the kind of countermeasures they propose (usually rent control or other foot shots.))
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So what? It wasn't meant to be used for dogfight. It is a strike fighter with some A2A capability, to be used in combination with F-22 if the airspace is highly contested. When a small number of F-22s is escorting a large number of F-35s, their advantage of IRST and networking capability together with long-range, LOAL AIM-120D (and with European, and later potentially U.S. users too, even more capable MBDA Meteor), will ensure they will clear our most bandits long before getting to the WVR range, where F-22s will be able to take over the job.
You can already break a lot of programs with -Wall -Werror (I generally compile my code with both, but turn them off for libraries). Just hide the amazing optimisation behind an -foptimise-undefined-behaviour which you can only turn on if you've specified at least a significant portion of -Wall.
"It's better than a taxicab so that excuses literally all of the bogus, often illegal shit Uber is doing."

Riiiiiiight.
Don't Uber drivers do the same by just not choosing fares that go to certain locations?
Hey guys! This is a little project I've been working on and I was hoping to get some feedback. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Extensive prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9799997
dont give them access to your code, try not to share anything include idea, system knowledge etc until they are give the 30% like they promise.

For me, will take option 1 with consider above consideration.
> Resale value would plummet if properties were taxed more, especially if extra onerous taxes were put on foreign investors. This would discourage rich dirty-money investors using central London property as an offshore savings account.

Another idea that just jumped to my mind: why not tax any capital gains on property sales by 100%? Of course, deduct the inflation over the time the property was held by the owner, and in case the value of the property was increased by e.g. upgrading it, also deduct these costs and 5% margin for this investment... that would essentially disallow property investment.

Homes are made for living and profits should be made by living in the property or by renting it out.
And perhaps someday we'll get to meet the great programmer in the sky the developed the simulation we are living in and we will ask him why he designed it that way and he will say something like "oh I just wanted to optimize the code so I simply excluded reality subroutines when there were no beings looking. I just never thought you guys would notice. As soon as I saw that you guys noticed the flaw, I was going to load a patch but then the confusion it was causing with the simulated beings became interesting and so I just left it in as an accidental feature of the game."
Meh, but probably not.
To borrow from a comment on another article, The question you ask is uncomfortably related to a bigger question
"If you don’t really need competitive maneuverability, than why do we need a fighter at all?"

It is a genuine question.
I think the OP is referring to people watching from outside the simulation.
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There is no network effect. As soon as you pay the drivers more, and charge the riders less, they will install your app. What keeps drivers and riders from checking both Uber and SuperDuperUber apps at the same time to make/save some extra money?
Maybe in the 3rd world, but I consistently hear that they are good in Germany: nice cars, show up on time, well trained drivers, overinsured, cheap.
There's a bunker in the UK [1] that I went to. Before they could allow visitors they had to add a fire escape. Apparently it took a couple of days to cut a hole in the wall for this due to how strong it is and that was state of the art diamond cutting equipment.

Good day out though.

[1] http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/
I agree with most of what you said, except your definition of absolute free will. I think the absolute one would mean doing whatever you desire and is in your capacity. Changing shape and such are mere desires that we cannot accomplish due to limitations of our nature. That does not take away from our free will. Free will is the ability to do what we want and can do with our resources. Free will is having the choice to kick you or cat for no reason. It is also the freedom for both of you to retaliate.

So is free will ultimately what we desire or we rarely take time comprehend what it comprises and its repercussions?

Supreme Court example: Marijuana is not legalized by the Supreme Court, but states have individually legalized it. In the same light but in different directions, gay marriage was legalized last week, can a state go ahead and illegalize it?
The F-35 wasn't designed to be a superlative dogfighter and the F-16 is one of the best handling aircraft in history. By no means am I saying that dogfighting is irrelevant -- history has shown that even with long-range missiles there will always be times when aircraft manage to close the distance, but this test is extremely artificial and doesn't by any means make the F-35 a waste of money.

The claim that “The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft" is quite strange. Despite developmental issues, the F-35 Head-Mounted Display has been completed and displays imagery in a complete sphere (4pi steradian) from the aircraft's Distributed Aperture System. Additionally, the F-35 has a somewhat roomier cockpit than the F-16, though rear visibility is more obstructed.

The control systems are still being tuned to some extent as well. The F-35 is fully fly-by-wire, and it tries to make sure the aircraft can't be overstressed or stall, but these limits can be too conservative. I'm not claiming that maneuverability will drastically improve, but this is one of the many objectives of testing.
Yes, the article does fail to acknowledge that but does it matter? Next generation fighter planes should be able out maneuver previous gen fighter planes.

Making strong assumptions like stealth always working (it doesn't), as well as longer range sensors being able to always compensate for the f35's sluggishness is foolhardy. Besides couldn't you retrofit most of the new sensors on previous gen planes? It's been done before. What if the f35 faces an opponent that's as agile as the previous gen with the same sensor range?

imo The F35s aren't truly multi-role. They're improved stealth bombers and not fighters.

my only question is why was the f22 cancelled? EDIT: apparently it was more expensive than the f35.
They solved the "hail a taxi by pressing a button on your smartphone problem". It's not really subsidized, if they weren't setting piles of money on fire trying to grow really fast(and taking moonshots on autonomous cars), they would definitely be profitable.
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After doing government contracting myself that really seems to be the mission of all government projects. Unfortunately.
>That means it doesn't have the full mission systems suite a combat capable F-35 has. This was the equivalent of flying with both hands tied behind your back.

Isn't this the entire problem with this program? The weapons avionics still don't work. The HMDS still doesn't work. The DAS still doesn't work. The reports I've seen recently all suggest that we're still years away from all the high-tech wizbangery we've been promised actually working and being usable in combat.

This airframe will have been in development for over 20 years before it's fully combat capable. Think about that: an entire generation of pilots will conceivably have served and retired in the time it's taken to get this aircraft working. That's unprecedented.
How does that different from a, for lack of better term, combat ready aircraft? More sensors and weight? Does it lack bells and whistles for it to fair better in a dogfight test like this one? I know the prototype Have-Blues were essentially duct tape and Popsicle sticks, would this be a similar comparison?
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Tyler Rogoway is a competent author and critic (and occasional defender) of the F-35 as well, here's his take on the dogfight report from War is Boring;

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-f-35-cant-beat-the-plan...

The highlight for me is the last line:

The fact that the F-35 is maybe not really a good fighter
at all is reminiscent of the question that we’ve been
asking for years — if you don’t really need competitive
maneuverability, than why do we need a fighter at all?

Another line I'll crib from him, but the F-35 was supposed to far exceed all fourth generation fighters in air-to-air combat and they've reduced that threshold so that the F-35 is now 'about as maneuverable' as an F-16? That had external fuel tanks mounted?

Here's what a Eurofighter test pilot had to say about the F-35 kinematics claims:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-f-35-will-never-beat-the-...
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Of course dark matter doesn't exist.

Hello, people. Dark matter is the eflourescent ether theory of the 21st century.

There are things that we don't know how to explain right now.

We have some ideas about how they can be explained. But they are really really bad.

We will be laughing at dark matter theory in a few years.