Benferhat

"Interpretation against the party that supplied the term

Where, after the interpretation of a contract term that has been supplied by one party, doubts remain as to the meaning of that term, an interpretation against that party is to be preferred ("contra proferentem")."

[0] http://www.trans-lex.org/926000

That's why Google increased the price of GAE [0], so it would be profitable [1], which allows them to provide an SLA[2] that I can live with. Even deprecated GAE features work for at least a year before they're terminated [3].

[0] https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=gae+price+increase

[1] http://gigaom.com/2011/09/07/whats-better-pricier-google-app...

[2] https://developers.google.com/appengine/sla

[3] http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2012/04/app-engine-and-g...

How much does Microsoft actually pay in corporate taxes to the US?

[0] https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=microsoft+tax+avoidanc...

The article fails to explain why the base MacBook Airs are (shockingly) fairly-priced.

Is this Reddit?

+1, give up on analytics.js and pick a brand name for the script. It's a good idea, seems well implemented and supported -- we will use it! You're obviously interested in marketing, and using the name analytics.js over segmentio.js seems to serve solely as a thin veil over SEO blog posts. Funny thing is, we like your script and we'll upvote you either way. Change the name!

The Federal government has no right to criminalize intrastate medical marijuana operations. Their constitutional argument is that it falls under their power to 'regulate interstate commerce'. Even if the flowers never leave California. Weak. [0]

On top of that, marijuana is incorrectly scheduled as having "no currently accepted medical use in treatment" [1], which is like spitting in our faces and telling us it's raining.

[0] https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=interstate+commerce+me...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Sched...

I don't understand the relevance of the link.

The prosecutor's job is to charge you with the violation of every statute that the evidence indicates you violated, and use that breadth of charges as leverage in a plea negotiation. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Who was Alan Watts? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts

His TV show also did an episode on Death [27:09]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGUpYD_Ze_E

> There is a good reason for leap seconds though

Isn't that the only reason for them?

Yes thanks, someone linked me to the relevant Meteor docs page below. I'd expect most users to enable multiple OAuth providers, too.

> potential evidence

That's the most forceful language you can really use in this situation.

Yes, fuck transaction costs! I understand why we have them, though.

> If such incidents become common enough, nobody will be willing to buy bitcoins

No, that would only be true if people were forced to store their bitcoins on vulnerable bitcoin exchanges, which they're not.

What made you stop caring?

They probably had a decent chunk in cold storage, which is why they can afford to 'cover the losses': "Before the wild speculations beginn, the service will be recovered and we pay the losses out of our own pockets." [0]

[0] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135919.msg1448056#ms...

Ah, I see, Meteor supports Twitter OAuth natively. Well it looks like Twitter is the least invasive OAuth provider they could have chosen because "Twitter, Weibo: requestPermissions currently not supported".

Looks good, very snappy thanks to Meteor, no doubt. How come you went with Twitter OAuth instead of something less invasive, like BrowserID?

What's the point of owning the company if you can't fire the guy who cuckolded you? Come on! If you were into it, it'd be another story.

So how do you differentiate your service from Least Authority [0]?

[0] https://leastauthority.com/

+1, does UVA do any kind of OpenCourseWare[0]?

[0] http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

That's why its being open source is relevant. Paranoid folks like us set up a private network locally or on any number of our own physically secure servers.

It's also an interesting question:

How comfortable do we feel relying upon the "principle of least authority" long-term in a mixed-trust environment? i.e., a p2p-style Tahoe-LAFS grid, or deploying it privately using a commercial vendor like Amazon S3 (either directly or through Dropbox for free), on our own servers, and everything in between.

You might not trust companies from certain countries with your data, and you shouldn't be forced to in order to store it* in the cloud*.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_Least_Authority

If you absolutely need server stuff, Tahoe-LAFS [0] looks good. The mailing list is great[1-2]. An interesting service uses it, Least Authority[3] offers Tahoe-LAFS-on-S3[4]. It runs for free on Dropbox, too[5].

"Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to function correctly, including preservation of your privacy and security."[0]

TL,DR: Storage nodes can't decrypt your data, so you don't have to trust them.

[0] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

[1] https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev

[2] https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2012-December/thr...

[3] https://leastauthority.com/

[4] https://leastauthority.com/howtoconfigure/

[5] https://tahoe-lafs.org/~marlowe/TWN27.html (mid-page)

(no affil.)

The people in Chelsea Houses [0] might appreciate it.

[0] http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/developments/manchelseael...

See also:

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4995060

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5011974

He might get a letter like this [0]:

We are intellectual property counsel to PayPal, Inc. of Palo Alto, California. As you are well aware, PayPal provides financial services under the PAYPAL name and service mark and owns and operates the website at . Our client's name, service mark and website are among its most valuable assets.

We have recently been made aware of your operation of two websites, and , that infringe our client's service mark rights in the PAYPAL mark. Printouts of your websites are attached to the confirmation copy of this letter. We further understand that these websites provide a forum to criticize PayPal, Inc. Our client respects your right to do so--provided your websites do not contain any false, disparaging or defamatory statements. We must remind you that any such statements contained on your websites are actionable and can subject you to liability.

Regardless of your purported mission, your use of our client's PAYPAL mark in connection with the operation of websites and in domain names constitutes trademark infringement. Quite simply, use of the PAYPAL mark in a commercial manner is not protected free speech. It is quite evident from your websites that you are profiting off of the PAYPAL mark by selling banner advertisements, offering competing financial services, and using your site to attract PayPal's customers for your own commercial gain. For such infringement, you can be held liable for monetary damages (tripled), an injunction and our client's attorneys' fees.

On behalf of our client, we must insist that you immediately cease all further use of the PAYPAL mark and transfer the domain names to our client. We further demand that you provide an accounting of the profits that you have received in connection with your operation of these websites.

Your swift and full cooperation would enable us to resolve this matter quickly and on an amicable basis. Please contact me as soon as possible, and no later than June 7, 2002, so that we may facilitate a prompt resolution of this matter.

Very truly yours,

Anthony J. Malutta TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3834 Tel: 415.576.0200 Fax: 415.576.0300

[0] http://www.paypalsucks.com/domain-name-disputes.shtml

Infinite scroll + History API is sexy, I'd encourage them to give it another shot, this time without breaking the back button.

Exclusive content: turning fans into pirates, one movie at a time.

+1, Hirvesh has become a blatant link spammer. He's careful to always combine the spam with some value (i.e., nice icons), but, still.