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Thanks for the rename, whoever did that. Couldn't figure out how to properly phrase it without being super link-baity.

I think the interesting thing is how it is literally impossible to judge his sincerity.

For all we know, he could have given us a 100% spot-on description of psychopathy, or he could be lying through his teeth - without experiencing his life, we have no way of knowing the difference.

I suppose this is possible for /any/ self-description of the internal state of a human mind, but this particular condition obviously muddies the water to an extreme degree.

Drivers are usually kernel-tied more than anything else.

I wouldn't expect too much improvement from the FOSS drivers like Nouveau (I suspect the performance required of modern games is still out of their reach), but the binary X drivers from should see some big improvements - any distributions that currently can leverage those would benefit.

I plan on using this next time I have to do some quick and dirty python hacks at work.

Sometimes the effort involved in "properly" initializing someone's module far outweighs whatever potential benefit you get out of the module - this seems to subvert that quite nicely.

That particular outcome had happened less than 5 other times in the history of the modern NCAA. 99/100 times that game ends with either an Alabama win or O.T.

He hardly made a controversial decision.

Cite them then.

What does Wisconsin have to do with this at all? I can't find a single reference to the state on the site.

I can't help but wonder how the physical location of a social-networking start-up could possibly affect that start-up's product.

I would call it a sensationalist title, but the article itself is far from sensational.

I actually found the writing to be pleasantly balanced and scientifically detailed, without jumping to unreasonable conclusions.

I don't think this is a problem with G+ per se, just a bad sorting algorithm.

What would a good comment sorting algorithm even look like for Youtube? Something like HN/Reddit votes would be worth a try but I wouldn't be surprised to see the trolls float to the top there either.

At 2000 kIPS you may have a few generations of javascript engines to go before we get there.

That's not meant to take away from this project - it truly is amazing what can be interpreted in the browser now.

Failing to figure out how to send an email to an individual when they sign up may be a problem.

In the case of validation I tend to look at it as "What is the minimum I can check for to ensure that I can get the data that I need out of this form?"

Too much and it becomes arduous to sign up, too little and the app ends up trying to send an order confirmation to "Matt Swanson" instead of "matt@mdswanson.com"

I think it could be usable for an FPS but it needs something ... more.

This article hit the nail on the head when he stated that the Rift is already a perfect fit for simulator games.

If they could port this to Kindle somehow (or partner with a physical, non-backlit reader manufacturer) I would be in in a heartbeat.

Until then I wish them luck and sincerely hope this sort of business model takes off.

As a practical matter this would most likely be a total non-starter - losing all that licensing revenue in one fell swoop would probably not be palatable to shareholders.

As a thought experiment, however, it is plenty enticing.

Vulnerabilities would be easier to find (at least at the outset), but with such a huge and slow-moving install base would probably be more serious.

I would imagine "translation" projects such as WINE and Mono would either massively accelerate development, or drastically drop off depending on how many *nix users would move to the new platform.

Open-source BT sync doesn't sound like it is completely out of the realm of possibility.

http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/8816-will-syncapp-be-open-...

http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/21048-defensive-open-sourc...

To anyone not familiar with this, jlgreco is referring to open-source drivers - both AMD and nVidia provide closed-source driver binaries that tend to outperform their open-source counterparts.

nVidia and AMD's closed-source drivers have advanced noticeably since Valve released the Steam for Linux client.

Spin is one of my favorite books of all time; I had been intending to purchase an eBook edition soon.

Would they really put the NSA director's email in the PGP key? Something smells fishy about this.

What zpool version is it at?

This is shitty by Etsy. However, AFAIK it is well within their rights.

When you use a service like this, you are essentially paying someone else to manage parts of your business - the convenience/risk trade-off here happened to come out against this particular person.

Is Steam actually using BitTorrent? I thought they were using something proprietary.

If they are not using BitTorrent then Sync would provide a new, plausible way to stop ISPs from blocking that specific protocol.

Again, the fact that enough people cared enough about his project to get it to the front page is enough for me to say "This is relevant to HN". He's an entrepreneur, it is a project well within the demographic for this site's purview, and he didn't do anything except submit it for people to look at and approve/disapprove of.

More power to you if you can get people to up-vote your ad for a 1992 Toyota Corolla without people flagging it into submission.

Is it really any different than the YC job postings and constant posts from TechCrunch and the like?

Why wouldn't you make a post on HN to try to get some extra eyeballs? It isn't like you can pay to have posts on the front page - you still need support from viewers to move it up top.

Changelog:

http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tmux-code/ci/1b083aa0fd2d8ac00...

Well, yes, if you put 'Sex-Crazed' in the title of your blog entry I will read it. I won't feel great about it, but I'll read it.

Haha, Mark Zuckerberg (and Randi too) have a couple on there as well.

I wish I could sit down and talk with him for an hour or so.

I'm a Unix programmer but I suspect I could learn as much from him about software design as from weeks of talking with just about anyone else.

It seems to result in quite a bit of an improvement on my CM7 phone (Motorola Triumph) which would fit with what Elliot Hughes said.

Also enjoyable is building and designing a board game from the ground up.

Similar to software development in that you need constant iteration, much different in that it takes forever to implement and test those iterations.

Dealing with someone close to death's door is one of the most painful things that I have ever gone through. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who knew Mark.