mike_herrera

That's the idea behind the classic dutch auction, my friend.

While I'm also unlikely to patiently pinch a few dollars, I find it mildly interesting.

> Compilations are things like phone books, or a street directory.

What about books of driving directions? Before ubiquitous access to navigation applications, I would have AAA assemble a book of directions for long trips. Each page represented instructions on which decisions I were to make AND when to make them.

I would argue that code represents an equivalent level of abstraction to the book of directions. The language's grammar being equivalent to the available choices on the road system.

> Judges would look at that and think "wait no, that breaks everything"

Is that not how new precedent is set?

Aaaand it's a Roslyn member who replies-- just my luck. :) I'll cede this one.

Let's try a concrete example:

Jane was hired as a contractor to deliver a business process application in C#. The contract to hire Jane was a work-for-hire contract without the explicit copyright transferring language... /end of example.

I would presume that Jane's final work product is an arrangement of previous work by Anders Hejlsberg (who lead the original C# development team) and other employees of Microsoft. Is this not a sound line of reasoning?

Can anyone explain why written code couldn't be considered "a compilation (an original manner of selecting or arranging preexisting works)?" I would think common sense would define most software as an arrangement of preexisting works.

e.g. If I'm contracted to develop a web app it's an original arrangement of an existing programming language.

I would assume that by using "Obama administration" in this context it was meant to be purposefully vague. The Executive Branch is massive. This could be anyone from the Pentagon, CIA, DHS, to many others who just happen to eventually report to the President. Many of these organizations have the motivation to maintain their current legal powers.

According to the EFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/eff-dismayed-houses-gu...):

"Many members of Congress, the President's own review group on NSA activities, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board all agree that the use of Section 215 to collect Americans' calling records must stop."

It could be possible that the President overruled his own policy review group. But I find it unlikely given his propensity for consensus.

This reminds me of, what I was taught to be, the proper method of counting back change at the cash register.

http://brightbacon.com/blog/work/how-count-back-change-begin...

> And you think it's morally wrong even if it leads to better functioning markets with lower costs and better prices for everyone else.

Citation?

SF's neighbor to-the-east, The San Joaquin Valley, is "the nation's salad bowl." Which also happens to be home to many cattle and sheep operations.

Access for foreign imports are important for the gourmet scene, but not necessary.

I dislike this solution.

Draper's concerns mainly reference representation and regulation. Both of which can be achieved by (1) amending the CA and US Constitutions, and (2) delegating more power to the existing counties.

The waste inherent to operating five additional state governments, just to circumvent the status quo, does not seem appropriate.

I see. Do you believe a form of a guaranteed-money-back policy, for the fee, would make it more palatable?

Thanks for looking! I can't argue that 10% is the correct fee - it's more of a starting point.

For that fee we guarantee users are promptly paid (net 10 or less, no excuses), absorb all of the usual transaction fees, host and archive the project workspace, and generate/distribute all 1099 and W9's.

I'd love to drink their milkshake.

My friend and I are mid-redesign on a new service marketplace called reBaked. Our innovation is collaboration with many freelancers and paying them proportionally to what they actually deliver. There's also a negotiated minimum payment for freelancers so it's not overly risky for them.

...it's not quite ready for a Show HN, but the gist can be seen at (https://rbkd-staging.heroku.com). I'd love to get your first reaction.

That's a great question. I would hope no company would voluntarily put themselves in that situation.

Biometrics are useful for authentication, but I struggle with a safe use for authorization, per se. Just for the reason you identified.

As a layer of security this is great addition. But I would like to see an option to also employ a biometric for identification.

Passwords and keys are great, but their weakness is that they can be shared.

> In a further crackdown on what Mr Cameron referred to as ‘the darkest corners of the internet’, Downing Street will tomorrow announce that a national database will be created to give every illegal image a label.

Cameron is laying the foundation to implement his censorship system.

Heroku will still be my go-to for quick tests and experiments. But for larger projects it would be foolish to not consider PostgresRDS + Docker on AWS. *assuming they both leave beta.

> Personally, high capital gains tax gives me a lot of hesitation, as you actually want to encourage people to invest and not dissuade them from doing it.

Interesting. I hold the opposite position as I would rather make company re-investments more attractive.

> ...Switzerland appears to be taxing total networth.

This is a wonderful idea! Though I could imagine the games that could be played with valuations.

> Two words: public unions.

Citation needed.

My wife's close friend was only able to purchase a house when she had (1) enough to offer a cash purchase, and (2) the emotional ability to put in an offer sight-unseen.

Ugh.

Why must the basic income payout be held constant?

I would advocate adjusting the payout on a regular basis. Ensure that the program neither massively hoards assets or runs more than minor deficits.

Aspartame, the artificial sweetener in many diet soda products, is a controversial topic. For many years it was thought that it may cause insulin spikes or even increase the risk of cancer. But studies have shown that the folk-lore links between aspartame and cancer have been unmerited.

The most convincing argument to avoid aspartame has been a behavioral reason. Sweets beget sweets. By enjoying an artificially-sweet diet soda it will be easier to choose a conventional sweet treat if you wander back into the kitchen.

Also, as anyone who has abstained from sweets can attest, after a few days the idea of sweet candies just don't sound appealing.

To a large extent, this is what we currently have...

A company needs an OSS feature so they hire one of the devs to work on the software, full-time.

Sounds nearly identical to the Vudu / Ultraviolet model for DVDs.

Interesting.

So self-serving Congressional insider-trading on privileged information is kosher, but performing the People's business with information which is now public is not.

False equivalencies, my friend.

Also, you seemed to have missed the indiscriminate nature of the intelligence gathering. There were no divisions being targeted-- it was all of us.

> And so, every few weeks it seems, we get these posts from some techie who believes that his (it's always a man) experiences with social media are universal. ... > And as usual for these rants, there's no evidence this research has been done. This piece of writing, therefore, does not contribute meaningfully to the discussion around Facebook.

Too harsh. I agree that there is not enough rigor to speculate on the universal experience, but this absolutely has value in the larger Facebook discussion.

The increasing frequency of these anecdotal experiences is a hint that there exists a segment of frustrated users. It would be a mistake to summarily ignore their frustration due to the presentation of the argument.

IIRC, HSBC signed a deferred prosecution agreement and paid a sizable fine. That's not justice.

Consumable subjective experiences (fine art, wine, food, music) are not always naturally pleasing on the first-go. Learning of the nuances, and being taught to identify the existence/lack of those nuances, aid in development of an opinion.

While I happen to agree that people should just "buy what they like," the path to forming an opinion is usually a guided one.

Not in the slightest. As a counter-example, challenging food and music comes to mind.