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Thomas, thanks for injecting sanity into these discussions.

That's one of those things where the medium is itself the interesting part of the art, not the final product.

It's 'good art' precisely because the artist is so hindered by the iPad.

Any plans for another podcast?

MessagePack is schema-less, whereas protobuf is not.

This is an interesting coincidence. I happened upon this a few days ago for the first time and it worked out really wonderfully.

I needed to transfer data from a python script to a ruby script. Ended up looking like this:

Python script:

    import msgpack
    msg = msgpack.packb(some_data)
    sys.stdout.write(msg)

Ruby script:

    require 'msgpack'
    msg = `python my_script.py`
    some_data = MessagePack.unpack(msg)

I'm not contesting that it's innaccurate. You have no basis to assert that it's for propaganda purposes.

> Reporting these as KIA is better for the IDF

This is the crux of the issue. This a weak opinion. You jump immediately to 'propaganda' as the reason that soldiers who commit suicide are labeled KIA when there are many other possibilities.

1) Do you know if there are in fact different official classifications of active-duty soldiers deaths?

2) Do you know if they're labeled KIA for benefits purposes?

3) Wouldn't this make Israel's enemies look better since it lowers the civilians to combatant death ratio?

You, without qualification, immediately assume this is a propaganda. That's the problem I have and that's why it's a weak comment. It has nothing to do with whether I agree with you or not.

Is there any precedent or evidence at all for this conspiracy theory?

... what does this have to do with propaganda?

This is about the IDF keeping secret/private the details surrounding the deaths of 126 soldiers.

jacquesm, you're quite a valuable asset to this community but this is a reddit-level comment.

So here's something that just happened 5 minutes ago.

A girl I've been snapchatting with texted me and asked why the Poke app is just like snapchat. I asked her if it was better, and she said 'I haven't used it much, but it looks much better', and now we're using it instead of snapchat.

Pretty fascinating. She downloaded the app because they're advertising it on their mobile app.

Yeah when we do have seltzer at home, I'll drink about 2 liters of it per day.

First one took place during the Second Intifada.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada

Well that is an interesting proposal but Israel is occupying the West Bank and blockading Gaza out of security concerns, not out of any sort of program of racial subjugation (remember that there are Arabs and other ethnic groups in Israel that have full rights and representation under Israeli law).

By that I mean to say that if there existed the state of affairs, the political will, where a totally non-violent path was desirable and possible for Palestinians to pursue, there wouldn't be a need for these policies which they would hypothetically be protesting against in the first place.

I appreciate your analysis, but no, the rockets are more fatal and dangerous than script kiddies hitting "Go" on their LOIC application from the comfort of their homes, far away from danger. Taking down websites and leaking passwords is inconsequential juvenility when compared to the hell that Israelis in S'derot have been living in for years and years and what citizens of Tel Aviv are experiencing now.

Hamas is a homophobic, misogynistic, illiberal, theocratic terrorist organization and Anonymous is supporting them.

I disagree but I respect your consistency.

I suppose you also believe the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was murder.

The points thing has been up for months, why outrage now?

Oh right. Probably the same reason there is outrage now and not in the past few months when 600 rockets have been fired at Israeli civilians.

I've been following their updates all day and haven't seen any that have 'glorified murder'.

Unlike in Europe and here in America, a war is happening in Israel and all Israelis under 45 are either active soldiers or reserve soldiers. I have family in Tel Aviv that was forced to run into a bunker earlier today. I have a friend from high school that is stationed at the Gaza border. It's not an abstract, far away event. The tweets are directly relevant to Israeli society.

No. For all you or I know this person is a better, happier, more intelligent person than you or I.

They did their civic duty and will accept the democratic will of the people regardless of the outcome.

Well if you wanna go that route, a loaf of bread for dinner is 'only' trillions and trillions of atoms.

IANAL but isn't this one of those things where you need a lawyer?

Congrats! Would you consider putting the source on github?

> I am on mercy of Motorola for update and they won't give it.

I know that feel bro. That's why I dumped my Samsung Droid Charge and got an iPhone 5.

So frustrated not getting any updates.

I don't know if you've ever stepped foot in an American high school but I can tell you from experience that the things you must do to do very well in an American high school are not things to be proud of.

> Its where everybody under the age of 30 gets the news from.

I hope you're wrong because that's terrifying.

The Daily Show is a comedy show. Jon Stewart frames and simplifies the issues according to his personal views and what the audience wants to hear.

What's wrong with NPR and PBS News Hour?

Learning emacs or vim is worth it if only just so you can use it in a tmux/screen session.

Um is it just me or does the conclusion of the article not match the ultimate conclusion of the video?

In the last 15 seconds of the video they say that it's actually because once you get far enough away from earth, the stars are moving so fast away that they redshift to infrared.

The hourly rate thing has always bothered me. At my internship at Bloomberg the maximum amount of billable hours per week was 40 and usually they'd expect you to put in 8 hours a day. More often than not, I'd finish an assigned task before the day or week was through or I'd be 'direction blocked' where I would be waiting for approval in a design/architecture decision from my mentor or manager while they were busy with something else.

I would find side projects to work on, a form of '20% time', but I always felt really uncomfortable with the whole situation. Was I expected to forgo pay when there wasn't enough work for me? It was a really weird experience. It wasn't like I was a student working part time, I was living alone in NYC over the summer and had rent and food to pay for.

No IF/ELIF/ELSE necessary :)

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