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We've been hearing security folks and constitutionalists make this argument at least since the Patriot Act. "What happens if one day, we don't have a sensible person as president and they still have these extraordinary (and usually extra-constitutional) powers?"

Like most sensible things, the criticism was brushed aside so here we are.

That is really awesome to see such a great project be rewarded by the community.

You literally made the best argument against your point. It was only when the GOP base got extreme, did they get a "winning candidate."

In case I feel like it's time to get out of the country.

I've already started applying for citizenship in my mother's country. Just in case.

Interesting idea. Small thing, maybe use another word or phrase in place of "context?" That's word programmers see a lot and understand, but moat people don't.

setting alarms in the morning without having to wake myself all the way up with that bright screen is the best. While it's plugged in, I can wake it up using just my voice.

In the car, I use it to open my music player, I just wish I could tell it to play too. I set reminders and calendar all the time, so I basically never forget stuff anymore.

Also weather, sports scores, looking up facts while talking to someone (so I don't have to get out of the convo and stare at the screen).

I guess that depends on a person's background. I'm almost certain a kernel hacker would feel that way. People with more experience in dynamic languages probably not so much.

I am one of those folks that specialize in JS and admittedly, the freedom of the syntax can lead to some pretty poor code. I suppose that's why most "serious" projects have resorted to bolting on type checking systems.

In all depends on where you stand.

>let's not immediately jump to conclusions.

I did no such thing. Everything I pointed out is the truth. The README is incomplete (being diplomatic) and lots of people have port forwarding turned on for various reasons making boxes publicly available.

I question the dev's priorities and judgement if authentication wasn't the first thing on the list before putting it out there.

>It is what it is

you're correct, it's a poorly thought out application that allows for remote control of people's computers.

Why would anyone upvote this? the README is worthless, the repo was started yesterday and it has absolutely no authentication before allowing control of your computer via a publicly available webpage.

Common' HN, smh.

got it. thanks!

Could you explain "lack of upstreaming?" I get, via context, and know what upstream is, I context of OSs, I've never read a "lack of."

>Having said that, everyone also knows there are things you put in email and things you only discuss face to face, or over the phone.

A lot of people don't know this. One of my favorite classes in business school was "Business Communications." a lot of the stuff seemed really basic, but I'm amazed how much of it is disregarded in the wild.

The author is alluding to taking a person home after a bar.

In a way I don't disagree. It depends on the person though. For a person that struggles with the abstractions, drilling is necessary because it forces one to spend enough time with the subject until it "clicks."

I concur with this. I have to fight the urge to do it myself.

I just got it lol. I'm slow.

This is very exciting! Question for the experts out there, do you think this has the potential to do away with using the JNI in new projects for the speed boost?

The open office revolution needs to die. I don't like wearing headphones all day, but I also don't like hearing 30 people's conversations either.

I had a (old) guy that used to sit in my area who would argue with his manager in person and argue (loudly) with everyone he was on the phone with (including his wife).

He got moved a couple of months ago and there were no tears shed.

Sketch Factor[1] is that you?

[1]: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-to-do-when-y...

Weed makes people far more cautious, analytical and contemplative, which is not good for businesses that depend on poor impulse control.

Edit: Folks are reading my comment as "weed makes you too smart to gamble" instead of "weed changes your personality in ways that aren't conducive to gambling (relative to alcohol)."

Usually I don't like these kinds of pieces, but this one had lots of good examples that anyone could apply. Congrats on your success!

Am I wrong in saying the appeal of this tool is it allows you to process your React app (with little or no changes to accommodate it) on the server?

I've been reading a lot about SSR lately. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the points of thick clients to offload processing to the client?

Most states have a income tax [1]. Our federal tax is progressive so you pay 15% of the first $X. Anything you make over that is taxed at 25% and on and on.

We get a standard deduction, which varies depending on whether you are single, married, and/or have children. Deductions reduce your taxable income. For example a single person making $35,000 would get a standard deduction of $6,300 making their taxable income $28,700.

You are entitled to a dependent deduction, so if the hypothetical single person above has a kid he can knock another $4,050 [2] off of his taxable income making it $24,650.

The other ways to reduce your taxable income for working people are retirement plan and health saving (HSA) contributions. every dollar you take out of you paycheck and contribute to either of those is not counted towards your taxable income. There are maximum amounts to both. Typically a person making $35,000 won't have much income available to put away in this way so working people don't usually get to take advantage of those [3]. There's also flexible spending accounts which work the same as HSAs except if you don't spend the money input in a set amount of time you lose it. These accounts make sense for sunk costs like daycare.

Lastly there are tax credits. Credits reduce the amount of tax owed (as opposed to the amount of taxable income). For example, if my taxable income $10,000 and I was taxed at 15%, I would have a tax bill of $1,500. If I also got a $500 tax credit, my tax bill would be reduced to $1,000. Parents get a $1,000 for each child[4]. There's also a childcare credit which is a pain to calculate so I won't do it here.

There are of course other exemptions and credits but for most people, what I've listed sums up how our tax code works.

[1]: http://www.money-zine.com/financial-planning/tax-shelter/sta... [2]: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Family/Tax-Ex... [3]: http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/09/23/survey-... [4]: https://www.irs.gov/uac/ten-facts-about-the-child-tax-credit

http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page has a LOT of great info on OS theory and practice as well.

Edit: added "as well." I don't want to give the impression that the OP is an inferior source.

They probably set that LLC up themselves. It would have cost them at least a couple Grand to have a lawyer go over everything and make sure that the LLC is air tight, and they probably didn't figure the expense was worth it considering mixcrate didn't make him any money.

While there is a chain of command that could potentially stop a rogue president from unilaterally ordering a nuclear strike, at the end of the day the POTUS has an immense power in his ability to order a nuclear strike.

While there are elements of Trump's desire to burn the system to ground that appeal to folks even on the left (like myself), I cannot dissociate the ideas from the man - the very disgusting man.The very thin skinned man who can be easily goaded into self-destructive behavior.

The POTUS can literally end humanity with a few words. That's not an exaggeration. I want change as much as the next guy, but not if it means handing the power to start the apocalypse to a man like Donald Trump.

I agree with your assessment. HRC represents the "devil you know" to many people vs. "the one you don't" (Trump). A lot of how people feel is fueled by our hyperbolic, news-as-entertainment industry, but not all of it.

It's not irrational paranoia to believe your government operates as a separate entity, one that is not subject to the rule of law. From the Iraq war, to torture, to retroactively legal bulk collection, to immunity granted to telecoms for doing illegal surveillance, to no one going to jail in response to 2008, the list goes on and on.

We have a government all too happy to throw millions of us in jail for the most minor of offenses, yet the same rules don't appear to apply to the people constantly on our TV screens or ones that aren't with enough connections.

HRC is not the devil, but she represents something deeply unsavory to a lot of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum.

Trump is an obvious mad man. The fact that so many people are willing to give such a man the ability to unilaterally destroy humanity speaks volumes about where western civilization is at right now.