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by jhancock 17y ago
seriously, the whole universe? better than a vulcan or borg baby? A few days ago, an HN article claims "my dog is smarter than my child". I just don't know what to believe anymore.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I probably didn't make myself very clear in the last post. Lets say ChromeOS gets put on netbooks and is a solid option compared to a Windows 7 or Linux netbook. Am I, a hacker, going to use such a device? No, I have more to do than just
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by jhancock 17y ago
I certainly hope your right that modern nuke plants are safer. But the general public responds more to security theater than real security. As to "how many attacks have there been"? Well, it only takes one successful one. How many succes
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by jhancock 17y ago
I'd be interested to know what happens to your credit report if you change your SSN. There are a few loopholes that allow some people to petition for a new SSN. Any idea if you become a new man?
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by jhancock 17y ago
I ask people to use the back of their finger (the fingernail side), instead of the part with all the oil. Its a nice compromise and keeps off most smudges while not taking away people's ability to express themselves. As for a pen, that sim
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by jhancock 17y ago
I say, no. Not because "it's a dangerous infringement on people's rights." but because its not the root problem. The root problem is the complex tax structure, not the tools needed to navigate it. besides, if your going to put in the eff
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by jhancock 17y ago
At the age of 40 now, I have a strong desire to re-learn math. Up until the age of 22 or so, I excelled. Now most of the knowledge is gone. Two days ago I was writing some code that required me to solve an equation. I picked up a pen an
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by jhancock 17y ago
To make it cost effective, the U.S. has to stop making enemies. Do you know how much it will cost to secure a few hundred nuclear power plants from people willing to blow themselves up?
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by jhancock 17y ago
He didn't mention how much it costs to have 200 folks in a sub for 2 years. but yeah, it is embarrassing our transport tech is in the dark ages.
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by jhancock 17y ago
This plan sounds like it rests on the classic answer to how to make a million: "first, get a million page views"
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by jhancock 17y ago
Rails has certainly become loads better. But the source is still cryptic to anyone but a ruby master. Rails 3 is in the works which is turning into mostly a full rewrite as near as I can tell. I expect Rails 3 code base to be much easier
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by jhancock 17y ago
"Rails is the bomb, except"... ...when you need to dig into the Rails source to figure out what's going on. You really need to fully master Ruby to be able to grok Rails source well. I think both languages have easy enough C binding.
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by jhancock 17y ago
As to ruby or python, I think its a matter of taste. Both are powerful enough. Coming from C++, Rails might drive you nuts. I like to be certain of what my code is doing. To achieve this with Rails, you either have to: 1 - write _loads_
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by jhancock 17y ago
nope, wasn't missing the point at all. Imagine if you will, I'm developing a webapp. I want to target ChromeOS users. I could run a separate VM to test on, but no, I want to dev and test on one system for the most part. I want my app fra
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by jhancock 17y ago
If I can't use it as a programmer's workstation as well as a simplified desktop, its of no use to me. I realize their target audience may be thin consumer devices, but if they want good stuff dev'd on it, developers need to work directly o
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by jhancock 17y ago
I assume their purpose is it makes them lots and lots of money. Whether or not they believe some of what they say is probably not what gets them out of bed each day.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I certainly agree J2EE is a travesty. Framework design by committee is wrong wrong wrong. I do not agree that Java is all that great. I classify it as "ok". I don't disparage "ok" but there were languages before Java that were better tha
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by jhancock 17y ago
The question is too open ended if you take that approach and does not allow for concrete answers. The OP does allude to the fact that he wants to build a webapp and does mention ruby and python, both decent choices. A lot of the answers h
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by jhancock 17y ago
I really wanted to use javascript (client and server) for my new webapp. But alas, the various server-side frameworks aren't quite ready for me yet. I think a pure client js + app server js + js db would be fantastic. Even though the var
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by jhancock 17y ago
If your new web app isn't too complex to get bootstrapped, you will learn better if you choose a light framework: ruby - Merb or Sinatra, python - webpy, etc... One of the reasons you see so much disappointment with ruby is people start wit
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by jhancock 17y ago
I've recently been through testing out 4 different noSQL stores for my new app: Tokyo, Redis, CouchDB, and MongoDB. For my needs, here's how I ended up with Mongo. Tokyo - I really wanted this to be the answer as its more mature and fairly
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by jhancock 17y ago
Most of us have heard Cuban pretty much say he duped his investors and acquirers. Perhaps the host knows this too, but he didn't actually say that. He simply referred to "getting out in time" or "knowing when to sell". I think to the mas
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by jhancock 17y ago
Wasn't trying to completely dismiss Cuban on this. I simply do not see enough wealthy not using loophole that are available to them. This is why I say he's living in a dreamworld. Your right, to fix this, you have to legislate out all th
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by jhancock 17y ago
glad to see more options coming about. As to the no equity part, thats cool that they can do that. I think the YC model, if it fits your startup, has an equity basis that I would call a "token". I'm sure there are angels throughout the w
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by jhancock 17y ago
"it certainly isn't about hacking code or electronics" I, for one, like articles which intelligently discuss hacking economic and social issues. To me hacking is hacking. Almost all the software hacking I do is a part of a form of econom
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by jhancock 17y ago
I"m sorry, you still haven't pointed out any laws on this issue. Your references are to corporate and cultural hyperbole, which do sometimes have weight in a courtroom. As to Yahoo or anyone else getting sued by shareholders, sure you can
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by jhancock 17y ago
Have you been keeping up with UBS private banking trial? Many wealthy have access to loopholes or simply hide behind legal and banking confidentiality to illegally hide wealth. Sure, most wealthy pay more on an absolute scale. Not always
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by jhancock 17y ago
"a legal mandate to make as much profit for their shareholders as possible". I have never seen a law that says such a thing. Shareholders get to vote respective to the rights of their share class...That's about it. Other than embezzlement
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by jhancock 17y ago
"Make a boatload of money. Pay your taxes. Lots of taxes. Hire people. Train people. Pay people. Spend money on rent, equipment, services. Pay more taxes." Don't most wealthy people hire lawyers and lobbyists to help them not pay taxes? Do
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by jhancock 17y ago
the page has no links to all the resources (new projects) they reference in the audio stream.

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