owenjones

A slap in the face is an aggressive act from one to another, usually intended to inflict pain.

I think a better comparison for Indian's success abroad but not at home would be a bucket of cold water or a ringing alarm clock.

Well from what I know about SF rent-control-policies, (which is becoming an annoyingly large amount due to the influx of these posts) is that San Fransiscans have been historically hurt more from these policies than helped.

You raise valid problems, which I would again say are the traditional responsibilities, and the reasons why, we have a government. Corporations historically have had TERRIBLE ethical and moral compasses which is why we need things like Child Labor Laws. I completely understand why people are mad at SF tech companies, but I think the rational place to direct their anger is towards the government that is not looking out for their interests.

To think that Twitter is somehow equipped to tackle the SYSTEMIC societal issues the US face is baffling.

Another "What have tech companies done for SF post" huh. I still don't understand when it became the obligation of private companies to do anything other than run their companies to the best of their abilities?

Situations such as this is why people formed a government that is able to tax corporations and people to fund homeless shelters and public housing and drug rehabilitation programs.

Clearly there is a MAJOR societal problem in most of the United States, but I don't see how people can lay it at the doorstep of Twitter.

Regardless the point I was trying to make is that if the author wishes to rail against inequality, they picked a poor target in their new neighbors.

By relatively modest, I was referring to the salaries earned by people in actual places of power.

If the author wanted to bring up the extreme disparity between the really-wealthy and the rest of us, I am all ears, instead they've focused on the harm done to them by the new gentrify-ing population; yet I assume at one point the author was a gentrifier of the same neighborhood they now wish to protect.

People were upset when the hippies moved in to SF too.

Anecdotal story time:

I lived in a rough neighborhood in Philly probably at the beginning of the first wave of gentrification in that area. Our house was a recent rehab, there were several houses next door that were completely vacant. We would frequent a terrible, dirty, cheap hoagie (or sub for you non-Philadelphians) shop owned by an immigrant family. I was always worried that they would get displaced by the incoming 2nd generation of gentrifiers.

Instead they rehabbed their business and now serve expensive sandwiches made with organic ingredients and have a large selection of pricey craft beers. It's still owned by the same family.

Now I'm not saying that the gentrification process isn't destructive to a neighborhoods culture, but I don't think it has to be this way.

Yes, that developer earning a relatively modest, yet maybe comparatively high, six figure salary is the root of all that is wrong in the world.

Also I assume the author is implying their gentrification of Oakland is cool and acceptable but Google employees gentrification is so not.

This vitriol really needs some perspective, although I'm pretty convinced this has to be a troll.

I feel like the problems with the open office plan are, and always have been, pretty evident.

Why they continue is also obvious... You just have to ask yourself who is benefiting.

I think the point is sometimes architects eschew local traditions or materials to make a building to their aesthetic standards, often to the detriment of the buildings inhabitants.

These houses might not be "the best" (how would you even classify that?) but they are "evolved" to be comfortable and efficient in the areas in which you'd find them.

Read A Place of My Own by Michael Pollan for an exploration of this very topic.

Also even if the book '... portrays Bezos as a ruthless tyrant and a "penny-pinching ballbuster,"' would that dissuade anyone who was already planning on it from shopping at Amazon?

To me, regardless of the truth, being "penny-pinching" given Amazon's razor thin margins seems like a good trait for the CEO.

Minus any (totally valid) concerns about DRM, I find eBooks to be completely superior to their dead tree versions. As a heavy reader the benefits are enormous:

My kindle weighs less than a pound making reading large books a snap I haven't purchased a paper book since I got the kindle and I'm always pairing down my collection, yet still moving my paper books to a new apartment is an incredibly heavy task A few people have pointed out that "eReaders can hold thousands of books" is silly, until your on a vacation and you finish your current book

I guess I lack the sentimentality of proudly displaying a full bookshelf of my "trophies" with their creased spines. No one seems to lament the sentimentality of the passing of the VHS...

I see a similar issue, if I type:

  'int'

It outputs:

  'intot|'  <-- | cursor

Otherwise, pretty cool!

Hmm every form I try and evaluate seems to be reduced to a one line function. Is this working as intented?

Even in the example given it's reduced the function to a 1 liner, I assumed because it was short enough that it's still legible. Is this trying to tell me my functions are too long?

Just had his conversation with a coworker, I've never felt comfortable editing any of the my other IDE's including my favorite VIM.

Lighttable's datastructure based configuration makes it so nice.

Thanks Chris & Co. keep up the awesome!

This is awesome, I've been excited about Lighttable since I first heard of it. I wish it was in time to back it.

It get's better with every release, can't wait for the finished product.

I "lived" in Europe for three months and have spent time in almost all the western European countries. Would you guys be interested in my anecdotal stereotypical sweeping generalizations?

It's definitely this, they barely laugh at my Jurassic Park / Jeff Goldblum jokes anymore.

I am a dedicated Vim user, but I would assume people looking for an IDE instead of an editor, with tab-complete, file browsing etc but don't want to install and configure the myriad plugins required to get Vim into this state; would prefer Sublime.

This looks beautiful, do you have to buy specific charts? $0.99 is a lot cheaper than other chart apps I have looked at.

This project is incredible!

What was the talk on? This is the first I've heard of Travis.

I drag the Destination Marker to a possible airport; a weather icon pops up and a line with an airplane appears from Stockholm to wherever.

Thats it.

Is there something I'm missing? I don't think this is going to the be future of Airline websites...

Although the aphorism sounds nice, Design Patterns were created to alleviate the complexity problem. Is the answer functional programming? The author offers no solutions.

Happens all the time here. Only once has a cabbie ever let me pay with card, he was angry at all the other taxi drivers who only accept cash so as to not report the income.

Doesn't the fact the Uber drivers come to the passenger alleviate that fact? Also, anecdotally, from experience living in bad neighborhoods in my city taxi cabs are generally less likely to visit.

The Rails 3/4 Way by Obie Fernandez was really helpful to me. It's more of a cookbook or reference guide that really deep dives into each aspect of Rails.

Definitely not a good choice for 1st Rails book though.

Another recommendation for it below from jherdman & jazearbrooks.

Nothing and I never claimed that it does? I disagree with the whole "information wants to be free" rhetoric in regards to music in this specific context.

Yes an MP3 is literally and pedantically information, however it also has an additional worth to me that I find rewarding to pay for. I believe people who enjoy music but use this argument to acquire it for free are deluding themselves.

I meant it more as a personal question to people who say this. If an artist's music has value to someone, I'm curious what sort of mental gymnastics they perform to believe "All information wants to be free; therefore I will acquire this music for free."

It's always struck me as just a way to absolve yourself of guilt for pirating music.

I think the real phrase should be "Information is just information, people want it to be free."

I'm saying that a recording of a band performing a song IS more than information, there's the added value of someone performing that deserves compensation.

I believe music is more than "information", when I buy an album, I'm not buying the sheet music but the recorded of someone more talented than myself performing that music.

How do you apply "information wants to be free" to music like this?

I agree; four of the five random picks I made took me to this author's website: http://www.theleftroom.co.uk/?page_id=2079.

Ha!

Thanks for the new book fogus, love TJoC 1 and am eagerly awaiting the sequel.