jdimov

What's really irritating is that supposedly smart folks (Hawking, Musk) are really vocal about this doomsday crap and their fear CLEARLY comes from a place of ignorance as opposed to insight.

So why are you asking?

No, you would not. You'll have more money when you become financially literate. Until then, no amount of "justice" is going to put more money in your pocket.

Seems like 'regular citizens' have a problem then...

Do you really think your life will be better if they stop doing things like that?

Yes, this is correct. Thank you for the clarification.

Ok, agreed. Got confused.

"Currently, if a UK VAT-registered business sells anything overseas but within the EU, it must charge VAT at the UK rate of 20 per cent under the 'place of supply' rules. "

This is simply not true. In fact, the exact opposite is true. A UK VAT-registered business must NOT charge VAT when selling to customers within the EU.

Which leads me to believe that the author doesn't know what he's talking about.

Does this mean we probably need a new, more minimalistic concept for a modern kernel?

Google GLASS might finally become useful. Image -> text -> speech. Hugely beneficial to the visually impaired. I can also see applications in physical security and law enforcement.

It's not the ability to predict the future that defines life. It is the ability to create it.

EU "delegates" don't have what it takes to pressure the US on anything. It's usually the other way around. EU regularly bends to US demands, not vice-versa. E.g. providing the NSA with personal data for all airline passengers flying in or out of Europe...

There's the EU-funded FI-WARE cloud platform. Completely free to use for European start-ups and comes with 80 million euros in EU grants for start-ups using it. http://www.fi-ware.org/

What's obvious about it? And what exactly do you mean by "cognitive communication"?

This may be far wiser than almost anything that has ever been posted on HN, but you can't feed this shit to people who are not ready for it. It is a lesson which can not be taught. The real truths in life are not something you can read about. Real knowledge can only ever come from within. You can never lead someone to knowledge, but you CAN inspire them to seek their own - and you've done a pretty good job at that. Thank you.

There is only one correct solution - abolish all taxation based on profits.

What (if anything) is this saying about the quality of the OCR process? Especially since none of these seem human readable.

That's exactly the point.

"Just" being a "not Google" just might make you a trillionaire.

And why should any government official care about your civil liberties? Because otherwise.... what?

Not sure why this is suddenly trending on HN... Perhaps many people have never heard of it.

If you're in the UK and want to see a real Jaquard Loom, there's currently one on display at the Science Museum in London.

This is an awesome tool with a lot of potential and I can't wait to see it evolve. Even though all the hard work is actually done by the 3rd party checkers, THIS ties all these other tools together and makes them an order of magnitude more accessible. Well done!

You shouldn't be afraid of the Gates and Buffetts of the world. These guys have found their place, they know their value and their worth and they know how to create wealth for themselves and for others. They are secure, confident, valuable human beings.

You should be FAR more afraid of all the incompetent "big shot" politicians who somehow have access to power but, due to their insecurity and low IQ, only use it to benefit by taking from others. These are the plutocrats that rule America, Russia, Europe, regardless of your illusion of democracy. These are the people you should be worried about.

What's wrong with being an asshole? The fact that you can't handle it is your problem, not the asshole's. An asshole is simply someone who won't allow themselves to be swayed by anyone else's ignorant opinions.

There's a more general and more interesting pattern at work here. As humanity, we have grown too fond of our safety and comfort over the past 50 years to the point of being unwilling to take the risks that are necessary for us to grow further. The levels of risk-aversion we have reached, especially in developed countries is actually akin to a terminal disease that is already ensuring the demise of most "western powers". It's paradoxical in a very beautiful way.. that will eventually serve to remind us that life isn't really about being safe and secure. Safety, security and privacy are unnatural values that have been drilled into us, quite elaborately, over generations. They are fake values that only serve to hold us back and inhibit our innate greatness.

Not a great year for Glaxo... first the China bribes, now this. I'm sure they'll manage, though.

Trust me, your description is orders of magnitude more confusing to the layman.

All the explanations of why this is bad seem to involve CGI. Didn't the CGI interface die in the 90's? Who uses that nowadays?

It's not about the second mover advantage anymore (and certainly not about the first mover advantage). It's all about the LAST mover these days. Doesn't matter how many others have tried something before your or how successful those somethings are. Can you create an app / a business which will be the LAST to dominate its space?

Fuck those 8 jillion blabbing places. WE are the only ones who can do something about it! WE, the hackers, the creators of our reality, the readers of this site. Those discussions belong HERE.

Frankly, I am appalled by the LACK of discussion of these topics on this hacker site. Why is there a taboo on politics? Why is it out of reach?

400 innocent children were killed indiscriminately in the span of 6 weeks in Gaza. But your vim configuration is more worthy of discussion here? Idk...