The other kind of federal debt is intragovernmental debt; that is, debt which the federal government owes to itself. This category includes the Social Security Trust Fund.
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I don't consider my app "really small", or the prior two I worked on using TextMate.
As for vim, it's nice when you're in a console, but I don't think it's as pleasant to use.
The delay with TextMate has been rather absurd, though. Version 1 goes largely unmaintained (still no full-screen functionality for Lion). The last update was in November of 2010. Before then it was November of 2009.
If you would like to claim they are "effectively" the same thing, then why would you choose a term that is different from, and exaggerates, reality? The answer is because you know there is a difference, but know the exaggerated form is more compelling, and you evidently don't have significant qualms with regard to misleading people using overly-sensationalist headlines in serious political matters.
You accurately point out that this does not incentivize the creation of the works which have already been created. But the way it incentivizes new works is by showing that copyright is now protected and ensured by the government to a greater extent. Considering the impractically weak enforcement of copyright and subsequent rampant piracy of the Internet age, this can be viewed as compensatory. Those who would make copyrighted material now have more to gain from creating said copyrighted works, and they can also logically anticipate further possible improvements to the law in their favor as a result of this precedent. The article assures us so.
But incentive to create works is not the only point of copyright law. Another point is simple justice: that a person who creates something deserves to have it as their intellectual property. Justice still has a place in the legislative decisions of the state, I hope.
Using headphones is a sign you don't want to be disturbed, as well. This isn't a sacrosanct rule, but it should be taken into consideration when you choose to interact with someone, possibly interrupting them. If you think they are focused on something, send them an IM instead.
Working from home a day or two a week, or working in the office before or after everyone else arrives or leaves is another good way to avoid interruption.
We went through the AngelPad incubator during the Winter 2011 class. TechCrunch covered us in a little blurb at the time. Since then we've received VC funding and have built out our team a little bit.
There's no publicly available pricing API for insurance carriers yet, so I'm curious as to how Leaky comes up with their numbers.
But I still like it, and I know the author does too. The em dash is an artistic tool which gives a bit of humanity to the author. It makes it feel a little less calculated and a little more free-form. I respect professionalism, but even professionals like to let loose with their heart from time to time, to reveal their stream of consciousness, and the em dash is a tool in that regard. The real message here isn't that the em dash is evil, just that we should avoid over-using it.