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The author mentions that SVN is going to have branching. Users have had the ability to use branches in SVN via SVK for over a decade. Thats not the reason we switched to git.

We switched to git because it made more sense and worked better, because every operation was faster in git, and because the development of the project was sure to progress. Github became popular years after git was already spreading.

I asked a serious non-gender related question and never got an answer. A significant portion of MIT is the R&D extension of the pentagon. If an MIT researcher brings up an ethical issue related to the application of their research, does it spark a discussion or are they ignored as someone who is not focusing on the problem at hand? Or, are people who ask thoses sorts of questions already filtered out by this point?

It is not gender related but probably the most important question you could ask an MIT academic. Its too bad they chose not to answer.

Perl is still used in bioinformatics daily. People can write for days about why to use x instead of Perl, but at the end of the day, people can use modern perl 5 to do anything anyone can do in any other technical community.

The only serious downside to Perl (which is a pretty serious one I'll admit) is that it might be harder to lure in good programmers. I have met plenty of Perl programmers who advocate Perl because they are afraid to learn anything else. Still, I know a lot of Perl programmers who are so good they are not insecure and simply enjoy using it.

At this point, I only use Perl for ad-hoc data munging-- things that I could just as easily use python for.

Imagine if someone learned how to legally print money and their first action was to tell the world-- then I would be extremely skeptical.

Las Vegas is not his hometown. He moved Zappos to Las Vegas from SF for a more favorable tax environment, cheaper cost of living, etc.

And, about the comment about water shortage-- doesnt a significant portion of California's water flow through Nevada from the Colorado river? If so, Nevada is not lacking in water as much as in political power.

Speaking of Nexus 5... It is the only phone I've ever owned that has shattered. It was in the LG QuickCover case and fell from a height of about 15 inches. As it fell the case opened (as if it was designed to do this) and it appeared to hit the bottom right corner (which is covered by the case) followed by the front glass (uncovered). The crack started in the bottom left corner and covers about 1/3 of the phone.

The world needs fewer Peter Thiels and more Elon Musks; Fewer Steve Jobs and more Woz's; Fewer Rupert Murdochs and more Pierre Omidyars. Fewer Bill Gates and more __someone_who_just_gives_their_wealth_in_cash_to_the_poor_and_in_the_end_probably_does_more_for_them_then_pushing_their_own_beliefs_regarding_educational_philosophy__. More one term presidents, fewer wall street guys, oh and at least one less Kanye West. Please.

These are probably staged photos taken for use as propaganda. The probably train far from this location. This is just where they stopped on the side of the road to take pictures.

> Which is possibly (probably?) correct in this case, and many other issues we as tech people care about.

There are plenty of issues that average 'tech people' dont care about that other professions might. I have not seen any evidence that as a whole technical people care more about whats going on in the world.

When voter turn out is low, it is not because people dont care about the issues. It is because they dont believe their vote is being counted, cant distinguish between candidates, or simply dont think any candidate can lead to the kind of governance they would prefer.

No, the war on drugs is not the root cause. If there was no war on drugs there would be a war on alcohol or gambling or sex or homelessness...

- Who benefits from a war on drugs?

1. prison industrial complex - guard unions, vendors for food, uniforms

2. drug cartels - controlling supply like DeBeers does with diamonds

3. drug enforcement agencies (see above)

4. fear mongers - anyone who uses fear as an argument in debate over immigration, gun rights/control, war

- Why does this work?

Some citizens do not recognize that it is happening, some don't know how change it, some are too busy trying to survive.

- Why dont people know that stuff?

Lack of critical thinking skills, logic, applied math.

- Why?

Our schools are segregated by race and wealth. Our curriculum is geared towards testing instead of teaching. Our teachers are poor. Our students are hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and always tired and hungry.

Conclusion: The root cause is that our system of governance has been allowed to become corrupt due to a largely uneducated and poor citizenry.

We are one of the most prosperous nations in the history of humanity.

Why are we poor and uneducated?

Yeah, I think I agree with you. Here is how I score it.

* Is the company good for workers? Some fulfillment center workers say "no". From what I know of the company and people who work there I'm going to say a solid "probably yes" it is good for workers.

* Is the company good for the owners? I'm saying "no" on this one because the average amazon stockholder has only made money from Amazon by speculating the price would continue to rise as it always has and sold it off at some point.

* Is the company good for the customers? It probably does squash out some competition (and thus choice), but overall I'm going to say "yes" it is good for the customers because people generally seem happy with Amazon.

* Is the company good for suppliers / producers of content/goods? I honestly cant answer this one.

* Is the company good for society? I think I'll say "yes" to this one because they offer competition to other industry giants with AWS, new phone, etc. I am not a fan of kindle or their work in that industry.

By the way I like the phrase "unusually unethical".

I have mixed feelings about using Amazon as our model of success.

On the one hand, Amazon monopolizes some product categories. It has had almost no net margin for two decades. In those 20 years it has failed to pay a single penny in dividends to stockholders. All of this is not to mention kindle and Amazon's relationship with literary world.

On the other hand, people are generally happy with Amazon. Customers like everything funneled into one interface and they eat prime shipping up like candy. I do too. Yum.

Its execs and white collar employees generally seem well fed and happy. There are some questions about the conditions of its fulfillment center workers but honestly I think they will all be replaced by robots in the next 10-20 years as robot prices come down.

Amazon is a giant corporation governed by an non-democratically elected board operating in very opaque ways.

But, Amazon is also essentially a not-for-profit organization that agrees not to get nonprofit tax protection in return for being allowed to operate with less oversight.

EDIT: Oh. I just looked it up, it turns out Amazon doesnt pay much tax...

Yes, I understand. But sounds of goofy to refer to them as FOIA. If you say "FOIA" people assume you are referring specifically to the federal law called Freedom of Information Act and that you are probably trying to request a record from a federal agency.

My state also has laws to help the public access public records. We just dont call them FOIA because they have a different name as they do in other states.

I understand its probably nitpicking. :>

I'm under the impression that FOIA does not apply to records at state or local level. Am I wrong?

Is there a website that has information like this listed so that it can be updated over time? And perhaps where items could be discussed?

For example, is the suggested key size still the same as 2010?

Thank you.

Why do you have to keep selling a secret from employees?

How is it better than Solr?

I havent looked at Elastic Search in a long time, so I really do want to know. Not trying to pick a fight. ;)

This "end to end" encryption happens in the browser. Google is the browser. Google dont need your keys, they have the plain text.

Airbnb was not just the website. The original network of hosts WERE airbnb people and friends. That is a huge asset for bootstrapping. And now they have real customer service- which I think is going to be the one thing (within their control) that is going to make them a success or not.

I agree a laundry startup should definitely be on top of quality control. Also, doing the laundry makes for a much better story. :> Imagine local news footage of thin dudes with sarcastic mustaches and tight jeans moving stuff from washer to dryer. That's gold.

Its been a long time since I've built a basic HTML/CSS site. Is it easy to make it look good across devices? This is one of the original reasons to use a framework.

Yeah, I dont want smart people driving innovation. I want everyone to have the freedom to create and live their lives free and unhindered by the threat of violence, the encroachment of propaganda, or economic bullying- even if the bully is able to rationalize his actions.

This idea of giving all the smartest people the money is interesting- in the way that eugenics was interesting.

Sorry to interrupt you but I was about to say the exact same thing.

"It seems as if he's making a larger point, which is that the right company run by the right person can have a major effect."

Benevolent dictatorship is an excellent form of governance. The problem is it doesnt scale well and is hard to extend beyond the life of the dictator.

Instead of going to mars, Page could just buy houses for 1 million poor families in the U.S. That would probably have a greater effect.

Great now spotify is going to want my heart rate information to figure out if I am asleep or awake while listening.

My two favorite bits are:

-- You sent an “XXX Freak Fest” into my home By which joshmn means "I invited an XXX Freak Fest into my home in exchange for money."

-- As such, I’m going to be evicted. Its subtle enough that you miss it the first time you read it until later when you get to 'my landlord is certainly going to make me move after an “XXX Freak Fest”'. Yup, joshmn has in fact not been evicted.

So, lets summarize. You went on a website, found a stranger, accepted money in exchange for your keys. Then they messed with your furniture. Now you want $87k. Oh, and you have trouble looking at people in the eyes.

I am checking with my attorney to see if there is any legal recourse I can take to recover the last five minutes of my life.

This is the most elaborate scheme to raise one's relative global uptime I have ever seen.

How about a coop of home brewers- everyone agrees to brew a certain recipe of beer that month; All the beer gets blended together and redistributed. What does that taste like?

I visited a village once that did this with their wine and distilled liquor.

Your point is well taken but I think it illustrates mine as well.

There are serious problems with allowing a small non-elected group of people to represent the interests of all humans regarding agriculture.

But anytime anyone tries to bring this up the discussion very quickly falls back into the realm of science- is it safe? Is it better for the environment?

There is a set of separate (and in my opinion more important) social issues that should be discussed and decisions that should be made but it isnt happening because of the diversion of the science. People who love science have an obligation not just to decision making based on evidence but also in considering the ethics of those decisions and the resulting consequences.

Yeah, there are two main groups that oppose GMOs. One group is founded on fear of new technology- and this is what NdGT means.

But others oppose not the science of GMOs but the way they are used as a tool to control food and the business around food.

I think NdGT does a disservice to people by trying to lump both groups of advocates into the same camp. Some people in the social-concerns group have thoughtful, logical perspectives. Some are even scientists themselves.

I think huherto is suggesting beer concurrency. That is, instead of having a 20 gallon setup, having four 5 gallon setups. It will take longer because you will have to do whatever mixing,testing, etc four times but if the longest part of the process is waiting- you win in that aspect.

The question is- would this make it easier to be more consistent?