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I believe that people that want to avoid a question do best to answer it using terminology which can be interpreted in many ways. Politicians have been known to do this.

That being said, he probably answered the question as well as he can or wants to. It's pointless to nitpick.

Many developers have a bad LIFE / WORK balance. For the long run, I decided not to work beyond working hours.

I try to enjoy the little time I do have with friends and family.

I believe he answered the question in the original comment.

I would like to mention that the details of this project seem a little sparse. For a truly secure solution, this system will need to (1) define a secure standard and (2) allow domain owners to personally host this system which can connect to legacy mail servers as well as the "new" secure standard. This way, when persons communicate within the same email domain and between secure systems, the communication can be considered secure.

Just my 2 cents I guess.

A system like this can succeed, but I think it's too early to judge.

It seems like Microsoft and Google have switched places. I tend to trust Microsoft more these days.

I disagree with the hungry part (if you are referring to someone that needs the money). Being "hungry" just means that they will be stuck with a company but will not love what they do.

That's how you get the best talent. There is no secret question you can ask to find great talent.

I've interviewed persons that did very very well during the interview process, but failed miserably on a day-to-day basis.

Is it true that many nations could afford to provide unlimited renewable energy, but choose not to?

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/24/cost-of-war-spent-on-sol...

I agree and we do this too on our site. We target our marketing efforts, we don't just throw money out without thinking about it.

Too many shoes? There's no such thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJcw4yoIseo

This is just one example. The problem is that different sites / products attract different types of persons. In our ecommerce site, we noticed almost no difference in conversions.

We use coupon codes to track our marketing efforts.

I agree. Anyone that is serious about a website should get a real host.

You could always make it open-source and allow users to "download" and "upload" their mailbox. This way, when one service provider is shutdown, you can find a host and install the email system and upload your mailbox.

I had a similar idea, but I have no time to execute it.

Well, the article mentions a "tipster" that described the event. This seems like important information that should have been included if it was said.

Ignorance is not bliss. You can't claim not to have knowledge of something and not suffer the consequences...

I have a bad feeling that one of these days we will lock ourselves out of our own accounts...

This is substantial when you consider that a few years ago GM has been losing money on each car they sold. I believe it was something like $200 per car...

I think you are taking this personally when you really shouldn't. I love Top Gear, and I watch it purely for entertainment value.

I doubt anyone purchased any car based upon their recommendations or takes them seriously when they "review" cars.

This is largely due to the manufacturers. "Americans" don't decide that a 5-series is luxury, it's the manufacturers. You can't buy a BMW or Mercedes without all of the bells an whistles. You can't even buy many of the cheaper cars (i.e. A-Class) from those manufacturers in the US.

I've read many complaints by EV owners that state the range really isn't nailed down... it's usually "it depends". Something as simple as temperature changes can cause the car to lose many miles range.

That being said, the problem is that EV battery technology is still young: Most manufacturers state the upper-limit instead or something realistic. For an example: smartphones nowadays usually go past their claimed battery life despite that before it was hard for them to stay on for an entire day.

I think this is true for most new tech. Being an early adopter means that you will encounter SOME problems that will be fixed later on.

I see nothing wrong with preventing the publication of the exploits UNTIL they are resolved. If the company responsible for the security system does not want to resolve the security vulnerability, then they should be published.

Even though this scientist first discovered the vulnerability, it doesn't mean that someone else won't do so in the near future.

I feel like if we were to implement this on our ecommerce site, we would loose millions. That said, it does have potential for displaying saved credit card information in a nice layout.

As for the input, the standard forms that we grew used to are probably here to stay for a little longer.

The problem is that most researchers are employed. The inventions are thus property of their employer.

Volvo is not the only auto manufacturer to do this. I believe that Mercedes and Bosch do this too when their technology can considerably help the safety of the cars on the road.

Fearing someone for organizational reasons is different than the fear I believe he is referring to. People may fear him due to the power he holds on changing people's lives with the information he controls and has access to.

There was a similar discussion on HN a few weeks ago regarding a similar issue about ISPs buffering the CDN (I think).

I dug up a link that I saved:

http://mitchribar.com/2013/02/time-warner-cable-sucks-for-yo...

Here is the fix:

  sudo ipfw add reject src-ip 173.194.55.0/24 in
  sudo ipfw add reject src-ip 206.111.0.0/16 in

Well, you're paying for the middle man. They setup and main the infrastructure for persons that are not technically inclined and for whom it's not feasible to hire a coder to do it for them.

There is a lot of truth to this statement. I've seen so many jobs that are looking for .NET coders that pay so much more than most other languages...

One thing that a friend in management (on the technical side) said that he felt least secure in that position as it meant that he would most likely be fired first if something happened at the company.

Also: Because he was a manager for a few years, that means that his technical skills were almost zero. So he wouldn't be able to be as agile in finding another position as he was as a developer.