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by hmsimha 13y ago
Is it possible to restrict a poll to users with >1000 karma, since they are clearly the ones who will be inheriting both the power and the burden? edit: additionally, it sounds like they will continue to see all posts to Hacker News (sin
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Good point. I don't know that I favor basic income when the enormity of the funding required is put in perspective. I'd rather see some kind of allotment for bill-pay for lower-income/no-income individuals, whereby things lik
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I'm guessing we would only need to divert a fraction of the money currently being used on weaponry and military to cover the difference.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I'd argue that it becomes a pretty relevant misunderstanding when an innocent man (as far as the accusations go) sits in prison for a year. If someone can't practice law effectively (such as if they erroneously prosecute people fo
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by hmsimha 13y ago
clickable: http://reddit.com/r/2048
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Could you use it BRJS with Meteor?
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I guess this is a point of contention. Javascript is considered by many to be an implementation of ECMAscript that also provides additional features (the additional features, according to the book I cited, being the DOM and BOM).
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I would say that what node.js runs is ecmascript with it's own API that differs from the DOM. It's called javascript for convenience, but then what separates javascript from ecmascript?
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by hmsimha 13y ago
DOM is separate from Ecmascript, but is actually one of the 3 components of Javascript (along with Ecmascript and the BOM). This is at least according to Professional Javascript for Web Developers (you can see it on 'page 3' in
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I stopped reading after the first example. If there are no restrictions on the usage, Google can just use all of OSM's data without having to share anything in return. The real selling point for OSM, in my opinion, is that by crowdsour
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by hmsimha 13y ago
That's extremely common in job postings unfortunately.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
The idea is to prevent Wikipedia being turned into a tool for self-promotion. An example would be if I created a page for my name describing myself as a spelling consultant, then went to every article that mentioned a high-profile spelling
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I'm really interested in Couchdb, and have probably spent about 20-25 hours on tutorials so far (and probably another 10-20 perusing the Apache couchdb-dev mailing list archives). Honestly, I don't feel comfortable using it on any
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by hmsimha 13y ago
It's a browser extension, but the benefit of web apps in general is portability. This one has the advantage (from the looks of it) of solving a very hard problem, that of being able to view and manipulate pdf files. AFAIK there is no o
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by hmsimha 13y ago
That's excellent news! Thanks!
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by hmsimha 13y ago
One of Soylent's marketing points is that it's 100% vegan, IIRC. My criticisms for Soylent aside, I would actually be willing to try it. I'm sure those of us who object to an animal product-based meal replacement are in the m
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Somewhat related to point #2, this article ( http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230454950... ) was shared here a while back that discusses a way in which vacant property is being used to house people
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by hmsimha 13y ago
My take on this: While it's an interesting concept, and I'd love to see discussion on it, $3.50 an hour is a bit higher than what I'd be willing to pay for using wifi in most American cities, unless the coffee is really goo
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by hmsimha 13y ago
You forgot your sarcasm tag, I hope.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I've seen different figures ( http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/WordPress ), but I'd say 1 in 5 doesn't sound too far off, though perhaps it's a little exaggerated.
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Redditor writes to Google in C++ requesting fiber, Google responds in Java(reddit.com)
7 points by hmsimha 13y ago|2 comments
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Browsing google incognito doesn't prevent Google search from receiving your IP address, which they are still able to do tracking and geolocation by.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
What the hell? Semicolons are great and all, but this author completely abuses them. It sounds like they are arguing that it should take the place of the period in text communication, because the period now conveys anger (intentionally or n
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Theoretically maaku is right. With infinite RAM and CPU you would just have to execute every random string of bytes until one of them happens to be strong AI. Of course, there's probably less than 1% chance of it being friendly...
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by hmsimha 13y ago
In Rome, do as the Romans. Simias's post has much more content than the video, and makes a self-contained argument. The link submitted presents a page with a video imploring us to... what.. share the video? Because it will make a diffe
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by hmsimha 13y ago
I've been listed on linkedin as actively looking for a job for 4 months now. Granted, my profile could use some work, but the few replies I've received didn't mention anything listed on my profile other than my name.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Ah, the ole sets-out-to-demonstrate-that-there-is-truly-a-shortage, demonstrates-that-the-shortage-indeed-lies-in-the-number-of-entry-level-jobs.
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by hmsimha 13y ago
Just checked pants-selling tech jobs; none of them (in the bay area, where the majority of them are, at least) have a requirement under 3 years. The majority of them are senior roles. Was your HR person flying by the seat of their pants whe
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by hmsimha 13y ago
All true, but who needs to launder bitcoin to keep a transaction hidden from their significant other, unless their SO is well-versed in the technology behind bitcoin AND really likes to snoop. In that case, an easier and more likely point o
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by hmsimha 13y ago
> Acworth says no one has to worry about personal data getting sold to outside advertisers. "I shouldn't think anyone would really be interested in that. Who would want to buy data pertaining to whether somebody likes bondage o

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