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I went to Georgia Tech, majored in Architecture, and even I somehow ended up in tech.

Famine? Switching to freelance farming in rural Indiana could be your meal ticket!

No more having to clear parking cookies, at least.

"The group’s Nashville victory followed a roller-coaster political campaign, including a sex-and-spending scandal that led to the mayor’s resignation."

Oct 2017 - Unveils $5.2bil plan Mar 2018 - Pleads guilty to felony and resigns; interim mayor (vice mayor appointed) May 01 2018 - Vote on plan May 24 2018 - Vote for new mayor (vice mayor wins with 55% of vote)

Yeah, sounds roller-coastery.

"This proposal does not seek to change how Mozilla is governed, only how we talk about how Mozilla is governed, which may be reasonably be regarded as contentious."

...said another way?...

"It is reasonable to expect a few questions after we emphasize the importance of changing how we talk about x while we also emphasize that changing x is not the objective."

The reasoning in this part of the email is pretty good.

IIS, AppFabric, Windows Workflow Foundation services (WF). Leverage there for orchestration, persistence, error handling, etc. Considering the demise of AppFabric, do you mind if I Ask HN: How would you handle these long-running workflows in the long-run (and keep IIS and WF)?

@jack, 0.693?

There is an interesting interview with Robert Reich on foundations and philanthropy here:

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/09/rob_reich_on_fo.htm...

Transcript at the bottom. Coincidentally, Reich offers anecdote regarding Soros and taxes at about 30 minutes into interview. However, I'm posting this for its general coverage of the topic. (edited to clarify)

Rather, nowadays, the search engine has a basic understanding of you and obliges you with what you think you want.

Thanks, PM, for trying to tackle a hard problem. I've been a happy customer.

I've also been a happy customer of your VPN product, but I'd be happy to retire the OpenVPN app on my iPhone. Any word on an iOS app soon?

"If Facebook were suddenly gone tomorrow, I would feel devastated (so many memories of my kids, deceased father, mom, all would be gone). The only other sites that would provoke a similar emotional response from me would probably be Google and maybe Github."

Hey! What are the odds you and some other user commenting here both have such similar experiences?! You should connect with them on Facebook! Maybe Github?

I do get a result for lyrics at number 10. I meant to imply Lionel was wearing a hat and dark sunglasses to sneak by the Duck with only one entry of the first 40 results. Not so bad compared to the original query! If only he had removed the fake mustache...

Interesting. Yes, number 10 for me (All regions; Browser preferred lang.) The Instant Answer (IA) is lyrics to "Inside Out" by Eve 6.

Obscuring "I've" sneaks Lionel past the Duck.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eyeve+bien+aloune+whyth+jou+eensid...

With Easter just around the corner, I thought he would've at least mentioned Day 3.

Will you tell me your story? I’d love to know how you came to this point of view.

If this article is accurate, the Master Plan, Part Un narrative is a bit more nuanced.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/05/tesl...

I certainly thought it was misinterpreted, too. Although it is reasonable to interpret the statement both ways, why do we often assume the least charitable interpretation? Maybe it is best to ascertain a comment's intent first.

Could've been trolling. Seems like responding with "do you mean x or y?" would've been more constructive, though.

It seems more like a project to explore the philosophy of tech. What's in the box?

Edit: Perhaps the box is the art and the outputs are commentary on Art as a Commodity?

I think what the writer is trying to say is that the musical is leaving money on the table by not charging the market rate. The wording make it sound like it's the scalpers' fault, but they've helped to reveal the price buyers value the tickets. So, they could up their premiums.

"It’s become such a problem that the show’s producers are considering almost doubling premium-priced "Hamilton” tickets to $995 to keep more of the profit for themselves, according to the New York Post."

When I clicked on the link, I thought the article was going to be about a dispute about an app highlighting all of the digital junk on Instagram/Facebook feeds.

It occurs to me that my brain now readily connects these brands to trash. There was a time when that wasn't the case.

Your comment is rude, unnecessary, and funny.

Is there any transparent accounting on how much the Obamacare website ended up costing? I think it was originally supposed to cost ~$94mil.

From 2014: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-09-24/obamacare-...

Unimportant but confounding - They have one of the oddest logos I have ever seen. What is it? Please help.

A couple of other fun quotes:

"And what we realized was that we could potentially build a SWAT team, a world-class technology office inside of the government that was helping across agencies. We’ve dubbed that the U.S. Digital Services."

Yes, that's a great analogy! Go with that!

"And this was a little embarrassing for me because I was the cool, early adaptor President."

Cooler and adepter!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/03/11/transcrip...

My concern is then the composition of the rich content when Google offers itself as the platform. "Welcome, to our podium, Canditate A. We've already constructed the stage and backdrop, too, with these accompanying articles, images, and layout."

It sounds, initially, like Google's role is very passive, but I think control over what surrounds the podium has the potential to be very active. "Hey, Candidate B has better lighting!"

Google as active medium becomes the active message? Thoughts?

Ha! Well, I stand corrected. :D

HN seems to be gravitating away from the guidelines (maybe it's the pull of the election season?) What do you think? Personally, I'm not a big fan of political stories on HN unless they concern technology. I feel like I'm already drowning in political news and opinion.

What to Submit

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

I was wondering why the headline refers specifically to "tech worker".

It seems like the motivation for the article is to call attention to a stereotypical "tech bro". Is "tech bro" in common usage?

I guess I didn't realize that appending "bro" to create a pejorative term has become so common.

If what the campaign says is true, then it sounds to me like a technicality. It seems to me implausible that 22 emails containing intel of the most secret sort had that intel classified after the fact (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/20/hillary-clint...).

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FROM: Important Official TO: Hillary Clinton

MESSAGE: Info you requested - JFK is still alive. He wants to meet you soon. Also, aliens. Lots of them.

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In that ridiculous example, it seems like the Sec of State isn't thinking to herself, "I hope they don't classify this info later."

It's the official's responsibility to know what is and what isn't classified whether it is "marked". As a lawyer (and a Clinton!), she would certainly be parsing her words carefully.