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t0rb3non Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed

You're wrong in agreeing that it does not, democracy is a perverted form of government (see Aristotle). That's why most countries implement a constitutional republic or something similar instead.

t0rb3non Atom text editor 1.7.0 released

I recently used enscript [1] to create pdf's from code, can recommend.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/

t0rb3non Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not robots

You mean increasing life expectancy with unparalleled standard of living? Why would anyone want to prevent/change that?

t0rb3non Show HN: I'm a professor who has developed an interactive Powerpoint alternative

I'm not 100% sure, but since you're using a de domain, you probably have to include legal information in your about page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressum

t0rb3non Plan to throw one away

Awesome read btw :>

t0rb3non Plan to throw one away

This is precisely not what Brooks meant by 'plan to throw one away'. Brooks point is, that you gather information while writing your prototype and incorporate the new-found knowledge into your second, hopefully sound, design.

Rees never learned anything new from the first system (what could he learn anyway, what he described sounds like a nightmare), but proceeded to implement it from scratch.

Funny thing, I'm reading 'The Mythical Man-Month' right now :D

t0rb3non Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and a place to stay

Also there is no language barrier in the US.

t0rb3non Socialism, American-Style

The GDR was socialist and arguably a tyranny.

Edit: As was The Third Reich.

t0rb3non H4sh – Exposing the Haskell List library as a set of shell utilities

woah, that's a lot of shells ^^

t0rb3non H4sh – Exposing the Haskell List library as a set of shell utilities

How can you not name this 'hashell'?

t0rb3non Ask HN: What is the most mind blowing book you've ever read?

Doug Hoyte - Let Over Lambda

t0rb3non Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

You're right.

Also, the absurdity of expecting facts from a comedy show has been brought to my attention just recently. All in all, what a great first comment on this site ; )

Anyway, I'd argue there is an obvious atmosphere of disgust. The voice-over before the first interview segment states her philosophy amounts to being a selfish asshole. See the relevant part of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFy9A7WEzPA#t=104 from 1:45 to around 3:40.

The net result is the impression that everything she's saying is basically bullshit. It seems to me that it's considered unacceptable to refer to her ideas.

t0rb3non Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

Last Week Tonight is a great show, but this piece made me think about it... if he misrepresents Ayn Rand so blatantly, how accurate is he on other topics?

edit: fixed name of the show

t0rb3non Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

I haven't read Atlas Shrugged, instead opting for her non-fictional works. I'd recommend Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal as a reasonably concise introduction to her philosophy.