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by jfarmer 16y ago
Do not, do not, do not use floating-point arithmetic for money.
872.
by jfarmer 16y ago
The 2/3 requirement for raising taxes also comes from Prop. 13. Best proposition ever!
873.
by jfarmer 16y ago
This also happened to a friend of mine, and he thought Facebook pulled Questions until I showed him they were still up for me.
874.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Translation: I wish they would have built something I like.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
RethinkDB thinks so.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
See NY Times vs. USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_St...
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by jfarmer 16y ago
Beyond that, the conditions in some prisoner (esp. California's) can lead to mental illness. Talk to someone who has been in AdSeg, as an example.
878.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Nobody is talking about teachers. But in California the Prison Guard Union holds immense sway.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
MailDrop doesn't work quite the same way. In fact, MailDrop is rather strange. This is my understanding from reading that link -- I hadn't heard about it before. First, I have to download an executable, so it's Windows-only. Second, it n
880.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Huh? His comment was critical of Howard Dean's campaign. Here's what he said: "No organization like Wikileaks can survive a cult of personality, or one person’s delusions of grandeur. Trust me — I worked on Howard Dean’s presidential campa
881.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Sales sales sales. And maybe acquisitions.
882.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Because he worked on a political campaign?
883.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Do you know anyone who works at Zynga? From this comment, I'd bet you don't. Wovon man nicht sprechen kann...
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by jfarmer 16y ago
Better to have people using it and cheating, than nobody using it at all.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
It's not that thinking about amounts adds friction, it's that it changes the psychology. Your doctor friend might give you health advice for free, but wouldn't give it for $1. Although there is still money involved, it's not at the forefron
886.
by jfarmer 16y ago
For teens I think the iPhone is more aspirational than actual, which in many ways is worse because you'll never stack up against people's hopes.
887.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Definitely not true. Just looking at the list of sites they scan, I've visited plenty that have a male/female ratio greater than 1.
888.
by jfarmer 16y ago
The probability of me being female is 100%. Not sure what to make of that!
889.
by jfarmer 16y ago
It should be serious. http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-pathio-the-stealth-start...
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by jfarmer 16y ago
Of all the credit/charge cards out there, Amex is the most consumer friendly in large part because they typically side with the complainant (their larger vendor fees are the other). I've never had Amex side with the business when I disputed
891.
by jfarmer 16y ago
You won't go to jail. Copyright infringement isn't a criminal matter, as a rule.
892.
by jfarmer 16y ago
You might be able to do this with decorators in Python, but in Ruby (1.9 or 1.8 w/ the fibers patch) there are libraries that make these calls asynchronous with minimal or no changes to your code, e.g., neverblock. http://www.espace.com.eg
893.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Beyond that, Tap Tap is itself a platform for selling music. I'm surprised they don't allow people to buy albums within the app, honestly, because I've purchased at least three albums because I first heard the song on Tap Tap (the iPad ver
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by jfarmer 16y ago
CEOs, VCs, etc.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
Density density density. You need to identify a core set of densely connected, ~1,000 people to get your social network started. MySpace had the LA music scene. Facebook had Harvard. LinkedIn had the Silicon Valley hotentots, thanks to R
896.
by jfarmer 16y ago
You go, girl.
897.
by jfarmer 16y ago
Given some of the (independent) people I know who did hit a home run, I'd say you're selling yourself short, though perhaps that depends on your definition of "home run."
898.
by jfarmer 16y ago
It's reasonable if the engineer in question was actually abandoning his duties, which he wasn't. The OP was deluded as to the nature of the conversation -- it was clear from email #1 it was all very non-committal.
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by jfarmer 16y ago
I didn't say it was out of line, just acerbic. "shitty" "can't believe" "pathetic" Strong words. HN will generally downvote strong displays of negative emotions, especially if it's something purely subjective. It was also slightly accusato
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by jfarmer 16y ago
People are downvoting you because your response was so acerbic. This reply isn't helping.

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