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cadalacon Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results

Assuming $18T (static) US dept, apple can pay it in 85 years?

cadalacon Ask HN: Should I tell my boss Im looking for other work?

Definitely not. There is a possibility that it will sour your relationship with your boss (why take the risk?). Best to quietly find another job and resign in the appropriate manner and move on.

cadalacon Ask HN: When you think on success, who is the first person that comes to mind?

Aristotle

cadalacon Ask HN: What language should I invest my time into?

I was going to say "learn the universals, not the particulars" but you have said it well.

cadalacon Ask HN: Will Hacker News Get An Official "Show HN" Section?

The "ask HN" section is usually very informative and useful, ie. dealing with problems, finding work, recommending products etc.

I'm not sure a "show HN" section would have the same overall value for the community.

cadalacon The Truth About Google X: A Look Behind The Secretive Lab's Closed Doors

This is what I would try to reach space: I would make a rope ladder system with poles extending at intervals to hold hydrogen balloons. I would space the balloons in a way that they won't affect other balloons or the ladder if they explode.

cadalacon Ask HN: What is the newest hobby you have picked up?

Not sure what you mean. I'm mainly watching 2 Youtube channels for a refresher right now (CrashCourse and Periodic videos). I find it captivating like programming or startups. In fact, if it wasn't for the expensive cost of chemicals, lab equipment etc I bet a chemistry startup would be much more exciting then a web startup. :-)

cadalacon Ask HN: What is the newest hobby you have picked up?

chemistry

cadalacon If Singapore is the most expensive city, then why Redmond costs more?

What about wages and quality of life there? Seems like an interesting place to be...

cadalacon Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

OSs is one of those topics I could never get a handle on. I always felt I needed a better visualization of the whole thing. Maybe this book will help.

cadalacon Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport

What "boatload of fucked up shit" are you referring to? Why do so many negative comments pop up about him all the time? Either I'm missing something or it's just ultra-liberals complaining about the conservatism in the country.

cadalacon Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport

I'm really amazed at how many people complain about Putin. Would you all prefer to live in the Russia of 50 years ago?

cadalacon Google Chrome LOTR easter egg

Two rings to rule 'em all. (One for Larry, one for Sergey.)

All joking aside, I watched a presentation by Ray Kurzweil at Google and it's pretty (what's the word?) what they're up to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihTWh5i2C4

cadalacon Yandex Mail

1. Many countries with good care are on the verge of bankruptcy.

2. Sad to hear.

3. From what I gather, the corruption in the construction industry extremely bad there.

4. Are they really worse than any other country? Starting off of the base of the previous regime, there's obviously going to be a lot of work to do.

cadalacon Poll: Would You Trust a Self-Driving Car?

Please add "I would trust it more than a human driver".

Edit: Under normal conditions, please. We know at this point that it's unreliable in snow and possibly bad rain.

cadalacon Yandex Mail

What about the low taxes you would have had there?

cadalacon WWDC 2013 Keynote

The fact that the stream is live for apple users suggests that they are the targeted audience.

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There's a reason this is blowing up on "Hacker" News ;-).

cadalacon Ask HN: How can a self taught developer learn Computer Science fundamentals?

I'd recommend the Discrete Mathematics course from the NPTEL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlUFkMKSB3Y&list=PL0862D1A947...

Also check out their other CS videos.

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses.php?disciplineId=106

Finally, put Youtube in HTML5 mode so you can increase the play speed if needed.

cadalacon China Builds EU Beachhead With $5 Billion City in Belarus

> Last year, Germany’s openly gay foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, called Belarus “the last dictatorship in Europe,” prompting Lukashenko to quip that he’d “rather be a dictator than gay.”

Probably the first and last time I'll ever agree with a dictator.

cadalacon Ask HN: What to do with a Raspberry PI?

What about trying to make a very basic functioning OS kernel?

cadalacon Ask HN: How to contribute to open source projects?

I personally get more angry with bad design annoyances that will probably never change. Like the way YouTube videos stall and reload when you click back in the video or not begin able to filter out certain news items on Google News etc.

PS. I was kind of teasing. Don't take me to seriously ;-).

cadalacon Ask HN: How to contribute to open source projects?

Step 5: Take a break, maybe look into anger management...

cadalacon PHP Weekly improvements

Oh I see. I'm a beginner programmer and I just started learning PHP with Apache yesterday. I was up until 3AM installing and configuring it all along with MySQL and MyPHPAdmin last night. I thought by your post that I should be learning something else instead ;-).

cadalacon PHP Weekly improvements

>Apache is great at serving content; Apache isn't the best choice anymore for serving applications.

What is?

cadalacon A Hacker News For Ideas

They should add it as a section to their site, similar to how we have the ask section here.

cadalacon Ask HN: What are some good books?

Heaven is real but so is Hell by Vassula Ryden

cadalacon Ask HN: What are some books that changed how you think?

True Life in God

http://www.tlig.org/

cadalacon Ask HN: Thinking of mentoring? looking for a mentor?

I've been learning python from Udacity and earlier from Think Python. I'm in Ottawa, but I would like to learn/work remotely on a project if anyone's interested.