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No, its still not possible. There is a big difference between dedicating 10 weeks of thought and consideration to plumb the depths of a subject and simply being able to fake that effort in order to pass a test for a grade. You and the OP did the latter. Nothing wrong with it but in the end you're just fooling yourself, your professors, and anyone who puts value in your degree.

My main point is that the author should be proud of his posts and proofread them, especially when choosing to share them this way.

As far as self-posts... I'll defer to the community's choice to upvote whether or not it helps/hurts the community. Personally, I think it adds noise to the signal that is the front page.

And its submitted by the writer. :(

And the reasons for regulation go beyond consumer protection from shady drivers. Cab companies are regulated in many cities so that they, literally, are part of the public transportation infrastructure. NPR had a recent story about the taxi-towncar debate in Portland that lays out why certain regulations exist, and affords some amount of justification in this debate. Simply put; taxis can't discriminate fares/hours while towncar companies can.

Their source claims that law requires they provide a certain level of service 24 hours a day, 365 days per year regardless of demand. This includes a large portion of cabs be equipped to accommodate the disabled. Further, they are not allowed to discriminate based on the distance or size of fare.[1]

1. http://www.npr.org/2012/06/19/155305029/its-taxis-vs-limos-i...

Its pretty clear by now that the language Anon uses is a parody of itself. I can guarantee you that the statement was written and reviewed by committee.

I highly doubt anyone has a hard time identifying it. This goes back years, to early early 4chan days. Representing themselves in the voice of the incompetent yet proving absolute competency is Anonymous's calling card. Getting hacked and having to explain a clearly phrased, embarrassing email bomb is about as bad as it could get for a security contractor. Way worse than the same if it were just a defacement.

You're still making it sound like college dorms. They too are designed exactly to promote 'family-like atmosphere that creates emotional support' and one to 'bounce ideas off each other.' That's why they're such a unique and memorable experience. You are just choosing to list the positive things aspects of dorm living and ignore those brought up in the article.

Have you ever worked somewhere that was perhaps a decent job, but you dreaded coming in to work because of bosses/coworkers/distractions? That's culture, just bad culture. Everyone seems to be able to relate to bad culture. Company culture is a two way street, good culture seems harder to come by than bad. I can't even say I've even been somewhere with 'good' culture but it definitely exists and is really just the inverse of bad culture.

I'd say one of the things that draws people to telecommute most is too much exposure to bad company culture. Arguments in regards to productivity and environment are more responses to 'bad' culture than anything else.

BTW, people aren't downvoting you because of your convictions as you seem to think according to your profile. They're downvoting you for a complete lack of contribution to the comment thread. That's why people downvote on Hacker News.

Again, this is a gross oversimplification that describes only generic version control concepts and none of the powerful features that .

Go ahead and try explaining a rebase without trying to broach the concepts of time travel. How about why having a local copy of all commits/branches/etc related to the repository is helpful, or even at all possible, without relating it to a simpler client/server version control system.

Why in God's name is Node.js at all appropriate for this?!

One can only hope that the extent of litigation allowed against individual companies is appropriately limited and understood in the appropriate contexts. This certainly wasn't the case when the the ADA of 1990 was first passed. In those first years after the passage of the ADA we saw thousands of opportunistic lawsuits that made their filers instant millionaires.

Of course the Act has of course done immense public good. It was passed with the best of intentions, but I've known folks who gloat over the amount of money they made settling out of court simply over suing small businesses who have a single step to get in their door off of the street.

I have to admit that I have little sympathy for developers can't speak to whether or not this specific move makes is a better solution or not, but search optimization is a silly little game to take advantage of inefficient systems in the first place. Damn the marketplace provider if they try to optimize to help users find the right products for their needs, rather than those who can throw the most resources behind gaming the system.

This reads more like a pardodied ad for all tablet devices than anything else, even more once you remove the plugs for your favorite apps... but boy do you sure sound like hip cool guy on the go.

US imprisonment has very little to do with this. The man faces rape and sexual assault charges, one of the most serious offenses a person can commit.

Though I back his politics 100% and consider him a hero to be remembered, he has every responsibility to face his accusers in a fair trial. Shame on Sweden if they hand him over to the Americans after his trial has concluded.

I'm shocked that this isn't a parody; considering your service, choice of color, and even your URL are already a blatant ripoff of Dropbox.

Shameless indeed...

When a job listing says ninja/rockstar/badass coder, its really just a codeword for someone they can force to do anything at all costs. They act like they want a 10x'er but really just want someone who they can get to do 10x much work.

It should definitely get better over time, but the latency issue is pretty tough to get around. Bouncing between a half dozen nodes, surely back and forth across an ocean once or twice between each request and piecing everything back together, is a pretty tough problem to solve. Especially when a disproportionate number of nodes seem to be located in Central Europe.

Its also an issue that most exit nodes restrict their outbound speed and ports they route outward. Without restricting the speed in my tor configuration my exit node holds a constant 10/MBs all day even with only common ports open. Once you stop restricting ports you'll be getting multiple cease-and-desist notices within a matter of days since all your traffic will be absorbed by torrents.

Someone will likely come up with an equally/more secure option before Tor gets all that close to your average user's connection speed.

... and, another 'X for Y' me-too startup gets me-too money!

Key word is 'basically.' The funge factor adds up.

Ubuntu has a huge community that makes any question you have easily Googlable, as well as a much more mature ecosystem in general. Even if they're built on the same foundation, these little things really make a difference and ease headaches.

And really, you can't write off the simple fact that its been around and strong for so many years. You can rest assured that it will continue to be.

Do any employees know whether or not the new MacBooks are available at retail locations today?

edit: Apple Store Berkeley says no.

Linkbait titles combined with the lack of ability to downvote stories. Even though I think restricting the downvote is a good idea, it contributes to this problem quite a bit.

And don't even get me started on the lack of ability to vote or comment on YC companies job posting spam (the reason for which I also understand)... I've spoken with a handful of these companies that end up listing multiple times, and even they have expressed interest in votes/comments simply to get feedback as to why their listings don't seem to work.

True, its easy to go this grasp for this argument in the abstract. Hell, maybe the way they do things in NY is corrupt. But in reality you're grossly oversimplifying a century of progress in public policy.

Labor laws protect the needy and powerless, taxes pay for schools and city services, permits keep us safe and hold businesses accountable if they fuck customers over or violate things like heath codes...

Thanks, I really appreciate the context; didn't expect it. Though he still has other options... like approaching his roommate about the financial hardship suddenly imposed upon him, leveling with his landlord to get out of the lease, or finding a new (real) roommate.

Yes, though if the landlord had a hand in the operation I'd imagine it would have to be a legal business. This means taxes, insurance, wages, administration costs, permits that probably make it more trouble than its worth.

Again and again, people who use Airbnb to 'hack' the rental market get little sympathy from me when the chickens come to roost. If your landlord was interested in running a tenement home/boarding house/hotel, they wouldn't sign you into a year-long lease. Also, and I know this has been hashed out before on these comment threads but he's grossing $30k a year on the back of his landlord. The landlord has every right to be upset and take action.

The author of the post seems shocked that he's in violation of anything. Perhaps he'd like to share excerpts of his lease before he feigns such shock.

Come on, the guy lives alone in a 3+ bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. We all know he signed that lease specifically to run a pseudo-hotel business under the guise of an Airbnb profile. He whines that he can't afford to live in the New York rental market without roommates; so get roommates or move somewhere cheaper.

BTW, the author is a professional writer who (gasp!) has a brand new startup to plug.

edit: It sounds like this guy has a sincere love for the experiences and newfound social life he's found when acting as an ambassador for his city. His heart is in the right place. He would make a great Couchsurfing host and probably make even greater, long-lasting relationships.

Kids should be building rockets and robots, not making iPhone apps.

Unfortunately tons of firms put a huge value in this. Try getting a high level rockstar-ninja-badass (lol) engineer job, especially at a bay area startup, without some sort of pedigree from a named institution. Its bullshit, but reality.

Google used to, might still, place a degree from a top-tier institution as the first requirement in upper level job postings.

Yeah, but I fired the last guy who billed me for that time he needed to re-discover the quadratic equation.

An interview should evaluate the skills one needs for the job, not puzzles that make you feel smart. Were I interviewing someone, I would happily accept an answer something along the lines of "that's been solved already, I would use an existing library so I can move on and solve my real problem" with regard to bitwise operators.

NB to all interviewers: this girl has knows how to solve problems efficiently, effectively, and in a manner appropriate to their role. I would not be pleased if my employee always tried to re-write what has been solved and perfected decades prior by someone smarter than her.