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"Organic" can mean different things in different jurisdictions and different certification regimes. When I worked at a Whole Foods predecessor years ago I understood it to mean that produce was raised without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. This entailed being free from genetic modification (beyond breeding and cross-breeding), too. I would guess that the "and pesticide-free" bit is for marketing purposes, or the term "organic" was being inappropriately used.

And as applied to non-produce foods the term can mean something else entirely.

The instructions in the docs cover how to migrate an existing Django project. What's more interesting to me is whether it'll be possible to have a reusable app with migrations that is Django 1.7 and Django 1.6-1.4 compatible. Sounds like not.

Syntastic is great for flagging syntax errors, but I don't think it provides for type checking like DannoHung is after.

Sounds like you're redacting, not highlighting.

Effective communication hinges on empathy. We're taught to write well (maybe) in terms of style and coherence, but effective writing, which persuades or fully informs, depends upon being able to anticipate the concerns and questions of the reader and then address them for the reader. Good writing goes a long way to making your work more comprehensible, but ultimately effective writing anticipates the reader.

Easier on eyes, more powerful? Surely. But can you just drop .erb files into a directory and turn on mod_ruby? That's the allure of PHP for so many.

There are seemingly obvious things that are classified for valid reasons, too. Sometimes the motivation is not to shield the information itself or propaganda-driven feigned ignorance, rather what matters is protecting the classified source from which the information was obtained.

This still only applies to a small portion of classified material, much of which is simply subject to classification inflation.

It was down for the past few months (at least).

It's not a core service for them. It might be running on its own now but at some point it's going to need some attention which means distraction.

This is not the first time I've heard this argument from a "cloud services provider", and surely it won't be the last.

I've found you can get very far on those four points (minimal configuration, accessible, collaborative, and minimal production-development gap) using shared virtual images, specifically using Vagrant. It's probably not a good solution if you require massive amounts of test data in development, but unless that's the case I just don't see the benefits of using SaaS components for development's sake.

If I'm not mistaken they provide the merchant account implicitly.

The article probably should be titled "World's tiniest steam engine uses a laser as a piston".

That's the part that's interesting. The source of the energy - the laser's ultimate power source might be a coal burning power plant - is not at issue. Otherwise we'd have to hope it's "lasers all the way down".

I am not a breast implant expert, but if I recall, silicone fell out of favor due to fears connecting the implants to mysterious immune-related diseases. However no connection between silicone breast implants and these diseases was ever borne out.

I'm surprised every time I hear Python users claiming unfamiliarity with pip. Until it's as familiar to folks as indoor plumbing, the more pip publicity and tutorials the better.

It's classic consulting/finance style, typically meant to be read as a document (a "leave behind") rather than presented on a screen.

This does not stop consultants from presenting such decks. And yes, those presentations will make you want to tear your eyes out.

What makes Basecamp "cloud"? There's a material difference between software delivered as a service and ephemeral IT infrastructure (cloud computing).

Indeed, the author notes in another post (http://startuplawyer.com/incorporation/accountants-heart-llc...) that the LLC is a fine choice except in situations when you expect to "(i) raise capital, and/or (ii) issue incentive equity compensation". Most posters here are probably thinking about that kind of start up, but not every new venture needs to worry about raising outside capital.

There is a memorial for those who died on the Pentagon's western boundary http://www.whs.mil/memorial/

If you really want a book I would recommend "Data Analysis and Graphics Using R" by Maindonald and Braun, http://books.google.com/books?id=d7OeVD6SKBsC.

Strictly comparing the bottom left quadrant (the "lovable fools") to the upper right quadrant (the "competent jerks"). Everyone would rather work with someone who is likable and competent.

In a large company, dabent's "BigCo", as long as you're getting your paycheck, an easy-to-along-with but less competent coworker may be less of an impediment to your ability to do your job than a competent jerk. It may also be that the article's authors were not using the same concept of "difficult" as Fred Wilson was.

This is a question asked out of ignorant curiousity: what, if any, are the intellectual property implications of releasing genomic information into the public domain? Does doing so preclude the patenting yet un-patented genetic sequences published in that genome?

Reminded me of an article from Harvard Business Review (http://hbr.org/product/competent-jerks-lovable-fools-and-the..., accessible excerpt http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4916.html) about the same matrix. The authors found that team members tend to prefer "lovable fools" over "competent jerks" due simply to the difficulty of working with the latter. Of course, employees working on a team don't have the same interests that investors do.

In a nutshell, yes. And the earlier comment about DARPA's marketing is spot on. Their poor response did not temper the response from Capitol Hill.

This is an unhelpful comment.

The Policy Analysis Market was designed to allow registered traders (it was going to start as a market open only to select analysts, experts) to make money-backed predictions. That is, putting your money where you mouth is. It's a tool to filter noise and focus analysis, not fuel hedge funds.