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That being said, I've switched to Cinnamon and haven't looked back: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
I would say that HN readers and contributors are among the smartest people on the web; they are the intellectuals. So please pardon my "rantiness" when I say that it is the responsibility of intellectuals to facilitate growth in their communities. And in this cyber-cosmopolitan age it becomes important to understand where the most efficient contributions to growth are going to take place. After all, life is infinitely finite. When you're 6 feet under the only things that survive are your genetic progeny and your intellectual progeny. Favouring conservative taxation in favour of purported "individualism" is not only selfish, but highly inefficient. Charities and government subsidies do not fill the voids required by collective resource allocation. To be more concrete: you can't build a socioeconomic infrastructure on top of capitalism. You have to do it the other way around. Philanthropy isn't as widespread in Europe as it is in North America. That's because European taxation models are such that there is a "safety net" (one which is akin to our emergency response system, but more robust and covering more edge-cases).
Pardon my frustrated response, but I just don't think HN is on the same page when it comes to the benefits of democratic "socialism".
He electrocuted an elephant (Topsy) in New York just to prove how "unsafe" AC design was.
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Hmm, here's an interesting reddit plea: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/odbwc/why_dont_ot...
I've not only been talking to my target market, but the more I dive into this project, the more I see myself becoming my target market…
I think that I've seen a few collectives run into these sorts of accountability issues, and it would probably be up to the artist with respect to what they'd do for it.
With regards to a TV approach, I already know of two genres with low-hanging fruit: world-wide documentaries/vlogs and talking-head kind of comedy (ala funny or die, parks and recreation, or the office).
I have no idea how to raise money, but I really don't want to raise money until it's already profitable, that way the collective would only be answering to itself.
EDIT: Thinking about it more, a crediting system based on popularity and income could build an incrementally higher fee for making it free, but that money would transparently go into making the production better. Like buying another set for a film, or putting together a music video for a band.
I guess, but I think there would be more to it. It would have an interface that is similar to humble bundle's and would have a "thermometer" widget to show how much money was needed to fund a project (thus making it free). Unlike kickstarter, people are not necessarily buying stock into the product, they are making a contribution (I'm not a lawyer). Perhaps there could be some more incentivizations such as a reward for being the person to "release" the program via your contribution.
RIP, John.
This snippet made me tear up. RIP, Dennis Ritchie.
That was the first time I crossed paths with Orrin Hatch. He was a man always short on time, and when it came time for the photoshoot, he maintained a scowl until seconds before the shot was taken.
Later, one of my classmates ended up working as his aide. From what I was told, Hatch refuses to use his office computer and still hand-writes all of his manuscripts. What's more, he responds to all of his emails by printing them out and writing a response — a lackey will then type in the response.
I don't understand how he's still on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Although this is purported to be Leahy's brain-child, Hatch almost definitely had a hand in the scarier revisions.
I understand your point, but would tend to disagree until AZ gets a new governor. I vainly hope that the international drug war is ended in the next decade.
The "AirBNB"/couchsurfing aspect is already a philosophy of libre/open software practices anyway. By building a site focused around a shared command line, one could easily reach a wide number of hackers who would love to learn programming. They would, in practice, be building skills and a few would be able to improve the application.
Finally, with the assistance of the now-established programming community, the application could be improved and perhaps merged with other online academic endeavours (eg Wolfram Alpha).
I had the exact same feeling when my friend died in a car wreck. The trick to living life to its fullest is to tease out the beauty in every moment.
Many kudos are in order.
Bravo.