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This brings to mind the story of John Coster-Mullen - the first person to build an accurate historical replica of Little Boy. I'd recommend reading the New Yorker article on it. It's a pretty fascinating read.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/12/15/atomic-john

The downvote button and flag button are separate buttons.

I believe the downvote button is unlocked at 500 karma.

Even then, there is no downvote button for submissions - only for comments.

The jailer chooses which is the "magic" square.

The most heinous thing about opiate overdoses is that there exists a drug (Naloxone/Narcan) that if administered in a comfortable window of time will completely negate the effects of the overdose and there are still states in the US that don't condone or approve of its use among drug addicts.

Here's a link to a Vice documentary talking about it: http://www.vice.com/video/back-from-the-brink-heroins-antido...

The problem isn't inherently that it's a dissenting opinion, but it's a comment that provides no added information aside from the fact that they disagree.

Had they actually provided an argument, statistics, or a new insight on the problem, I doubt they would be so downvoted.

I personally would love to have him host an AMA-style thread where we could ask him things about TempleOS and his illness.

I'm tentative as to how that would turn out though.

The first thing I thought of after reading this article was the Centennial Light which has reportedly been continuously burning since 1901.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

Why shouldn't he stream? notch is a famous and well-known developer that many people look up to and want to learn from. What is the problem with letting people see his workflow when experimenting with something new?

Previous discussion on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7242377

To make this poll more indicative of what each "like" and "dislike" means, there should honestly be an additional field that says the level of proficiency one has in each programming language. As in for each "like", it should be divided into "like: well-versed", "like: proficient", "like: passing knowledge", "like: have not used" and the same for each "dislike".

Of course, that does lend a large amount of bloat to the poll, but at least that information is more useful and useful data is what we should care about. This is not to say that this information is not useful, but I more interpret this data in a vague sense of what languages are used the most commonly and the pathos surrounding each language.

As an aside, I'd also like to point out that once one gets to know a language sufficiently well, they usually end up finding things that they dislike about the language and things that they like, further making this poll slightly more noisy. Ah well, I guess that's why new programming languages are born.

[edit: fixed a typo]

Previous discussion on this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6199446

I am tempted at this time to post the source from where I personally learned the word "saudade."

Dinosaur Comics: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2129

The alt-text for the comic is particularly fascinating as well. To know that Brazil celebrates a National Saudade Day is reassuring and romantic.

It seemed to me like it was mainly just "forth". Thordarson seemed like he really wanted to be in contact with the FBI, but the FBI agent he emailed didn't seem too interested in what he had to offer. Particularly since it seemed like the FBI could get the data that they wanted without having to deal with people like Thordarson (this citing the seizure of the contents of Snorrason's Gmail account).

But I have to say, Thordarson sending those short emails consisting of semi-trite messages to an FBI agent wererather amusing. "ok doki" "Merry Christmas :-)" "Happy New Year:-)" Seems rather unserious and informal on Thordarson's part. Not the sort of behavior you'd except from a spy, eh.

Given that his startup is named Figma, does this not conflict with the Japanese figma brand toy line?

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figma

The attitude of the Atlantis CEO seems much different from the founder of SilkRoad, Dread Pirate Roberts.

Whereas the Atlantis CEO seems very into this business for the money and fame, DPR seems more interested in the ideological standpoint of it all (libertarian ideals and all that jazz).

Quotation from Dread Pirate Roberts:

All that being said, my primary motivation is not personal wealth, but making a difference. As corny as it sounds, I just want to look back on my life and know that I did something worthwhile that helped people. It’s fulfilling to me.

Source:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/29/collect...

EDIT: some formatting mistakes

I actually laughed after reading that line. Sometimes you really have to wonder how ridiculous this whole debacle is getting.

This may be off-topic, but it was rather fascinating watching that hit counter jump up by hundreds after just one refresh.

Out of curiosity, where could one actually obtain this source code?