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jonallanharperon Mind the Gap (2016) [video]

Anyone know the name of that sax melody?

jonallanharperon Native UIs using Vue.js and NativeScript

Yea... that's was my sentiment as well. Build a React Native app from scratch and observe your tune changing.

jonallanharperon Network Neutrality

"Why Net Neutrality Regulation is the Path to Ending Net Neutrality"

http://hustlebear.com/2011/01/05/why-net-neutrality-regulati...

Article is from 2011, but still pertinent.

jonallanharperon 23andMe hit with class action over “misleading” genetic ads

The FDA’s letter to 23andMe calls “particularly concerning” the information the tests would provide about the gene linked to breast cancer (BRCA) “because of the potential health consequences that could result from false positive or false negative assessments.”

According to 23andMe's site: "You should not change your health behaviors solely on the basis of information from 23andMe. Make sure to discuss your Genetic Information with a physician or other health care provider before you act upon the Genetic Information resulting from 23andMe Services. For most common diseases, the genes we know about are only responsible for a small fraction of the risk. There may be unknown genes, environmental factors, or lifestyle choices that are far more important predictors. If your data indicate that you are not at elevated genetic risk for a particular disease or condition, you should not feel that you are protected. The opposite is also true; if your data indicate you are at an elevated genetic risk for a particular disease or condition, it does not mean you will definitively develop the disease or condition. In either case, if you have concerns or questions about what you learn through 23andMe, you should contact your physician or other health care provider."

(Paraphrased from Harry Binswanger's article: http://onforb.es/1iQEN4U)

jonallanharperon Ask HN: What unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

favr.it

jonallanharperon Diversity in tech: still an issue in 2013?

Identifying yourself by your skin color means you perceive the color of your skin to imply something about you.

Anyone who asserts that the color of an individual's skin implies something about that individual is a quintessential racist. It implies nothing about you as an individual. Anyone who says it does (including you), accepts the premises that every racist accepts: that a color somehow defines the identity or nature of that individual.

"Offensively ignorant" #1) I can't control what offends you, that's your choice. If you are offended, then choose not to be. #2) Ignorance means lack of knowledge or information. What specific information am I lacking in this context?

"I've been around a good long while." Again, no (rational) person in this forum cares how long you've been around. What does that have to do with my argument?

jonallanharperon Diversity in tech: still an issue in 2013?

No one cares what color or age you are raganwald. That's the entire point. If you identify yourself by your skin color, then you are in fact racist.

jonallanharperon The Inequality Speech That TED Won't Show You

"Nobody mentions that an economy has a hypothetical failure mode (like the game of Monopoly) where all of the money ends up in one person's hands -- and then trading stops."

Stunning level of ignorance.

jonallanharperon Why Los Angeles Should Have a Startup Fund

Or, they could do something towards actually solving the state budget problems and just fire themselves.

jonallanharperon Why Los Angeles Should Have a Startup Fund

Another terrible idea from a state bankrupt from terrible ideas.

jonallanharperon North Carolina House passes bill banning community fiber infrastructure

"if a town wants to pool their money and pay to build out infrastructure that should be legal"

If people want to pool their own money together, they can. The only thing this bill prevents is the government from forcing an individual to pay for something.

Even if every individual was morally obligated to pay for something that the town wants (which is not the case), providing services is not the proper role of government.

jonallanharperon How ~75% of PirateBay traffic is seeded by 100 people driven by profit

Profit is a form of value. Big surprise that people are deriving value in different ways. Anyone that uses PirateBay without deriving some sort of value is either irrational or has blindly accepted the irrational premises of altruism.

jonallanharperon Oxford announces new degree in Computer Science and Philosophy

Rand's theory of concepts is the explicit cognitive framework of induction and abstraction - both vital to comp sci endeavors. To overlook her work is a tremendous oversight, a detriment to this congruency.

jonallanharperon HN Domain Exchange: Add your unused domains

favr.it

(email is in my profile)

jonallanharperon Greg Mankiw: I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They’ll Make Me Work Less.

You seem to think that $10 out of $10 in taxes goes directly towards roads, schools, or whatever. In reality, about $2 out of the $10 is actually spent for the those purposes.

$6 out of the $10 is a dead weight loss... completely consumed by government waste and inefficiency. The remaining $2 of the $10 is effectively transferred to bank accounts of politicians & friends via bribes, political donations, and outright theft.

jonallanharperon Ask PG: Why do you think Africa cannot produce global scale start ups?

A lack of objective rule of law defending property rights.

jonallanharperon [dead]

It codifies a new premise of society: If you do not labor to maintain your own existence or your offspring's existence, another individual will be force to -- creating a queue of needy people demanding the sacrifice of others.

The end game is exemplified in aid given to rid hunger in Africa, which is an increase in the population that suffers from hunger.

jonallanharperon [dead]

Long term result: A net increase in the quantity of individuals demanding the new basic "right", ultimately making the problem worse.

jonallanharperon Hayek's Road to Serfdom #1 on Amazon Today

You might demonstrate how arrogant you are by voicing that assertion as if everyone here is as elitist as you.

jonallanharperon Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Sink as the FCC Goes ’Nuclear’

clammer, would you mind emailing me sometime? I was just reading some of your other comments on HN, and I really enjoy hearing your thoughts. My email is jon at atlaswebdev dot com. Thanks!

jonallanharperon Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Sink as the FCC Goes ’Nuclear’

Absolutely.

jonallanharperon Net Neutrality: Toward a Stupid Internet

Many countries gradually cannibalize themselves in the name of the "public good" as well.

USA has been the only experiment in capitalism so far (and a raving success until the income tax was instituted)... why re-model on failed socialist principles?

jonallanharperon Ask HN: please review my app - html to pdf API

Have not. I will definitely look into. Thanks!

jonallanharperon Ask HN: please review my app - html to pdf API

I have exhausted myself trying to persuade prince xml to not blur my images. That's the biggest hurdle for me.

If PDFCrowd can effectively handle images, I'll brand their logo into my bicep.

jonallanharperon Ask HN: What's the YC startup that detects motion changes in video?

That's it. Thank you!

jonallanharperon Ask HN: What's the YC startup that detects motion changes in video?

I remember seeing a YC startup a while back that allows a user to analyze a long video recording and find the points in the movie where motion was detected. Does anybody recall the name of that startup? Thanks in advance.

jonallanharperon [dead]

That's great!

jonallanharperon Now IPCC hurricane data is questioned

In 2005, the National Hurricane Center's chief scientist Chris Landsea resigned his post in protest at the treatment of the subject by Trenberth.

"I personally cannot in good faith continue to contribute to a process that I view as both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound. As the IPCC leadership has seen no wrong in Dr. Trenberth’s actions and have retained him as a Lead Author for the AR4, I have decided to no longer participate in the IPCC AR4."

Do you think that's absolutely trivial as well?

jonallanharperon Microsoft's chief research officer wants web licenses to end bloggers' anonymity

Where did you spend your childhood? (just curious)

jonallanharperon Microsoft's chief research officer wants web licenses to end bloggers' anonymity

Cold chance in hell this will pass in the U.S.

I'd actually like to see it formally proposed in some fashion, just to see which congressmen would advocate it... and then observe them promptly voted home the following election season.