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Could you expand on the advantages of Estonia over Latvia?

Does RapGenius index nerdcore lyrics?

I interpreted that comment as lamenting the evolution of rap (i.e., how the rise of gangsta rap made it a very different genre from what it started as in the late 1970s and the 1980s), not comparing it unfavorably to other popular music genres.

It isn't proper English. A proper version of this sentence could be "I'd prefer clipping my toenails to paying any more attention to this movie" but even then the "paying any more attention" part would probably cause a human sentiment analyser to do a double take at it.

Wouldn't this count as a voting ring?

Going a step further, you have to wonder if the genetic correlates of IQ (or g) affect survival and health in feral children.

Your analogy was helpful. Thanks.

Would using the expression "guys and girls" in a job ad be sexist? Joblint would catch it.

This is also an argument against using a standardized module like this, at least once it gains wider adoption.

I wonder if the co-founders actually being a married couple makes these problems better or worse.

Do you also submit your links at the same time of the day each day (when the same part of the globe is awake, the rate of new stories is similar, etc.) or do you vary the time? There have been several examinations of HN story performance vs. timing (e.g., http://nathanael.hevenet.com/the-best-time-to-post-on-hacker...).

Are there uses for number theory in trading?

>APC Paper, APC Rock, APC 8750

These guys have a broken naming scheme.

How do their devices compare to the $45 BeagleBone Black?

Opera Mini still uses Presto. It is quite popular still, especially where people can't get 3G or better coverage.

Or haptics?

From your link:

>Additionally, experience indicates there will be a noticeable improvement in the protective characteristic of helmets over a five- year period due to advances in materials, designs, production methods and the standards.

As a person who doesn't know a lot about motorcycling I found that surprising. Helmets seemed to me like an item the quality of which must have had plateaued a long time ago. But then again, you might naively think that about swimsuits.

Everyone in this comments thread seems to be comparing LASIK to contact lenses and glasses but what about orthokeratology (overnight lenses)? Does anyone here have experience with it? The idea sounds appealing but there's comparatively little information about it.

So, how long does it take to learn enough French to be dangerous :-) if you don't speak any Romance language?

> You pretty much have gotta read all the code you move from the old (compromised) system to the new system.

If they don't have a know-good local copy of the code to upgrade the stock components of and redeploy on a fresh VM that just sounds like asking for trouble.

What do you do with such customers? If you "fire" the repeat offenders would you say it's been worth the forum backlash from them (which this story seems like an attempt at so far)?

Interesting story. Did your grandfather make the money to pay off his creditors through entrepreneurship? How did his career go once he had paid off the debt?

>More than half the time, within 24 hours, they are compromised again.

Is that because they don't upgrade their software in response to being compromised?

I have.

The majority of developers (in Europe or elsewhere) work for large companies and are not the kind to go to software conferences. Note that this doesn't mean they write CRUD; I know people who do amazing GPGPU stuff that will never see the light of day outside their BigCo's internal use. They are the ones Nvidia should be targeting with their drivers.

I'm yet to meet one such developer who'd use a Mac for work. It's my anecdote vs. yours at this point, though, so I might be wrong about Mac users being a vanishingly small minority in this group (but likely not by a huge margin given how the corporate world is).

Edit: It is also quite possible that not all of the developers who present at conferences with Macs use those at work if their workplace isn't BYOD.

>the reality is that most software engineers are starting to get tired of Windows and OSX

I agree with you about Windows but note that outside of the U.S. very few software engineers ever even get to work with OS X.

Sounds like a great tool for programming numerical algorithms. You get the code and a flowchart for your paper all at once.

I agree with you about feedback in the academia but what common kind of adversity in the corporate world puts you out of work in a few days as opposed to the next layoff at least months down the line?

> Stallman did a massive disservice to his friends and the entire computing community. We are still paying for his sabotage today.

I don't think I understand your argument here. Are you saying that free software in general hurts hackers because it provides free alternative implementations of their ideas that the original author has no control over? If so, why is it a bad thing? As patio11 would surely confirm, you can successfully compete with free and open source software.

>There are plenty of reality TV shows about this sort of thing too.

Despite my general aversion to the genre a reality show about someone fixing other people's businesses sounds interesting to me. If it isn't staged you can probably gain something from watching it and looking for common trends.

OTOH, with Xeons you could sell virtual private server hosting to compensate for the heating expenses. Anyone care to make and ROI calculation here vs. resistive heating?

This makes me wonder, are there any decent (military grade?) web frameworks for Ada?

Were interactive torture games ever a thing?