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It only appears to pull data for UK/US services right now. So while it does seem to separate out the content according to region, us Canadians will have to make due without.

The game is a bit of a wild ride. More depth to this clicker than you'd expect.

As with many investigations. See, for example, the 9/11 investigation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/25/911-fbi...

> I often have thoughts that can't be phrased in language

Is it that they can't be phrased or that you can't phrase them? I often have thoughts that I can't express through drawing, but that doesn't mean it is an impossibility. I think that we often ignore that the act of putting ideas or thoughts to words is a skill that can be made easier through training.

Haven't been on reddit much lately, have you? If that's an example of controlling the conversation in a Hillary-favorable manner, their operation is... astoundingly incompetent.

> Happiness in slavery?

That's an absurd statement. Maybe your argument has merit, maybe it doesn't, but let's not suggest that our smartphones browsers are anything akin to slavery.

> unless moderators take serious action

And even then, when moderators do take serious action, there is often an accompanying backlash against them. As if the very degradation of quality is a feature rather than a bug.

I don't particular disagree, but I also don't think Apple is going after either "billionaires" or "watch collectors". Not that they would turn away sales from either category, but the Apple Watch Edition seems to be pointed at those that use Apple products already but also happen to have a boatload of cash. I guess I am saying that I see the target market as celebrities.

> Insultingly low.

Oy.

Not that I am going to pretend that I know what the dollar value of Sclafani's time/effort should be, but I have a hard time believing that $20,000 is an insult. Just because he could get more money by exploiting the bug -- or showing others how to exploit it -- doesn't necessarily suggest to me that he should get paid more than he did.

Nobody ever means that, but some days I wonder what the hell I'm doing. I'm not a genius, by any standard, and I likely wouldn't be the one to come up with the cure for cancer, but why the hell am I not dedicating my life to that project and helping those people there might find a way to eradicate cancer? Or HIV/AIDS? Or child poverty? Some days I think that would not be a bad idea, to drop everything and dedicate my life to something greater than myself.

Nothing to see here. Just your usual existential crisis brought on by a comment about a kid dressed up as Batman.

This is one of those use cases that I'd be interested in seeing some research on. Personally, it depends a great deal on what I am doing, but I often use my thumbs to do minor navigations when within a document. Particularly because I have some RSI issues and using my thumb seems to less of an aggravation. Milage, I'm sure, varies, but I suspect that there is a subset of folks that at least use their thumbs a bit.

I'd disagree with the notion that McJobs necessarily prepare people for future employment. Particularly when there is little in the way of responsibility or consequences. This is not to say that there is nothing to be learned from the fast food grind, but I think we give too much credit to the idea of "early work experience" without sufficient concern for the nature of that experience.

I am dangerously close to writing an MA thesis on just that question...

We _know_ of one instance and that instance alone is bad enough that we should be alarmed, but "smart money" doesn't legitimize the claim that it has happened on multiple occasions.

As someone who played far too much emulator Harvest Moon, I think you are selling short the prospect of such a game + occasional killer fish.

Sadly, no. While there are numerous different attempts at LPs and stories within DF, nothing manages to both capture the game itself while being laugh out loud funny. It really is one of those rarely replicated gems.

Edit: Although I will say that Tim Denee's attempts come closest (see jayrobin's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5983250).

For those interested, the Dribbble pages linked in the post contain actual conversations about what works and what does not (as well as justifications for both that go beyond "because I said so"). I tend to favour that over the style of the blog post which seems to be saying, "these are better than Apple's icons, because I like them more".

You seem earnest, so I am going to try not to be frustrated, but depression is not a gift that results in creative genius. People who manage to struggle through it and create art are doing it despite their disease and not because of it. The romanticism that is attached to the suffering artist is incredibly frustrating and, I think, dangerous. It leads people to believe that it is okay or worthwhile or noble to let this illness rule over you. We don't celebrate cancer or dementia or schizophrenia as "gifts". Sometimes people suffering from those illnesses are able to create beautiful works, but we don't romanticize their diseases because of it. Why would/should we do that with depression?

Edit: doh. Posted this without realizing that you'd made an edit, dobbsbob. Oh well. I think the point is still valid, just not as a response to you :)

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While I tend to agree about overzealous prosecutions when it comes to computer crimes, let's not pretend that there aren't individuals being hurt by some of these crimes. I am a bit fuzzy on the exact nature of the fraud, but I get the impression that it was either small businesses or individuals that were hit. Dealing with fraudulent charges is neither easy nor stress free, even when it is clearly the case that fraud occurred. Sure, most eventually get it resolved, but as someone who has had to navigate those bureaucracies before I know how unpleasant it is.

This is not to say that business owners facing high stress and uncertainty about their financial future is sufficient justification for the magnitude of the punishment, but it isn't always just the major corporation that suffers.

I think that Tim Cook's response is more akin to "respect the complexity of what we're doing here". And could further be taken to speak to the complexity of what any tech company is doing. It's probably hard enough for someone in Tim Cook's position to know the consequences of bumps in the supply chain, let alone some random commenter on HN...

Care to elaborate? I think that's a misrepresentation of critical gender and race studies, because I happen to be in one of those very programs. I won't deny that it's a "mushy social science", but I think you're radically simplifying the field.

Not having the necessary background in physics, I'm not quite sure what this means. I'm sure some pop-science site will break it down later, but is the gist that this has implications on our understanding of the way that black holes expand?

The problem, of course, is convincing us "old hat" Scrabble fanatics to change our minds on the point values. "Only 5 points for an 'X'? Nonsense!". Then again, competitive Scrabble and the original foundation of the game have little in common, methinks. Rather frequently I think about the Scrabble-likes (Words with Friends, Literati, etc) and the boards themselves. I am more curious about the designs and placements of the premium squares than the value of the tiles.

Interesting analysis though.

Thank you for your translation -- the project of personal translations of great words is one of my favourites, despite the risks of misrepresenting. It is not enough to be accurate, one should seek also to be a poet.

Those of us that got heavily into EverQuest "back in the day" recall raids that involved these kinds of numbers (50+) and took place over 8-10 hour periods. It was possible to achieve with sufficient planning, a dedicated guild, and a compulsion overwhelmed the need to sleep, eat, or view the sun.

I'm not proud of those days, but it did help me realize the key to managing any large group of people: make it feel like work, make everyone believe that it is a job and not a leisure activity so that you feel obligated to stay despite a complete lack of anything resembling fun.

So, yeah, I can imagine this actually happening. If you could do it with EverQuest, you can probably manage to achieve it with Minecraft.

TL;DR: one of your favorite twitter clients doesn't see most of this being a problem for a couple years --- and even then, they imagine there will possible routes for them to take when that time comes. Granted, they may be misunderstanding their relationship with twitter, but they really do sound optimistic.

It doesn't acknowledge the worry of newcomer developers to the twitter ecosystem, but I feel that we've been doing a good enough job of speaking to the doom and gloom here on HN. (Edit: See lukifer's comment. Excellent example of one of the difficulties that new apps will face)

Out of sheer curiousity, does anyone know the options available to Canadians? I know that we have a Privacy Act that is designed to get information out of governmental institutions, but how would a Canadian citizen go about finding what FaceBook has on them?

As far as I can tell, you can't. But Blizzard has announced that they will be putting something in place for users to do that in the next few days. Keep an eye on your B.Net email.

I had the same problem with Chrome on Mac (Version 20.0.1132.57), but found that if I changed the color (in any way) the logo appeared. So it is rendering the image eventually. No idea if that helps with finding a solution.

TL;DR version: an after-the-fact account of how a man counterfeited millions all in the pursuit of "art". It makes for a romantic story, if nothing else -- although it certainly is not as sexy as the Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks Catch Me If You Can version.