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lakethunon 5 Million Lines of Obfuscation

I found it to be the opposite - no new information, no explanation. While the author certainly know more about programming than a NYT reporter he is simply guessing about the facts (actual LOC, leaker qualifications, employer and motives) and his explanation that comments and trailing brackets explain, even partially, the huge line count is ridiculous.

Perhaps he (or someone else) should contact the NYT reporter to see if this mystery can be cleared up.

lakethunon Signs of a Stranger, Deeper Side to Nature’s Building Blocks

This seems very, very strange but seems to be at least tolerated in the Physics world. It was published in a serious journal and has been presented at seminars and meetings. I could not find any discussion - everyone may think it is crazy or wrong or untestable but I just couldn't find anything in writing.

lakethunon Pandora and Royalties

Did you read yesterday's post linked in the article [1]?

  WHO PAYS FOR:            Pandora   AM/FM
  Songwriting/Publishing     YES      YES
  Performance                YES      NO

And those performance royalties Pandora pays are 13 times songwriting/publishing! Not to mention your royalties are capped at 1.5% of revenue. You are paying less than 1/10 what Pandora pays for each listener hearing an artist's song. Please enlighten us if this is incorrect or how this is fair?

[1] http://theunderstatement.com/post/53867665082/pandora-pays-f...

lakethunon My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89

Be aware that this blog post only tells part of the story. See the discussion and linked blog post a couple days later.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947584

lakethunon San Francisco

They are not incompatible only if by "tons" you mean "half as many". I would expect some areas of San Francisco to have more kids than others but overall the number is very low.

lakethunon San Francisco

Your impressions are incorrect. From a comment above:

   Persons under 18 (2010 Census)
   US 23.7% [2]
   SF 13.5% [3]

[2] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

[3] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06075.html

lakethunon Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order

In Switzerland we rarely have unattributed statements from the government. It would be considered unethical.

Unlike the US with private news providers most Swiss news (television and radio but not print) are mostly funded by the government with fees like in the UK. Government views are well represented but directly.