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Agreed. I stopped eating mammals 20+ yrs ago due to this, am down ~50% on dairy, have a local egg guy where I can see the hens running freely at least, try to get cage free poultry and only occasionally, and go light and as eco as I can on fish. Also fair trade chocolate only now (slavery). It's far from perfect, but I feel like I have a tasty and healthful diet, and I'm willing to pay some more for it despite being a cheapo.

It's been proven mathematically that any sentence that begins with, "Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than [X]" has the property that it doesn't matter what X is, the answer will still be "no."

For example:

Q: Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than planet-wide thermonuclear war?

A: No.

But presumably you also don't have the money to buy the advertised goods that they would make their money off of if it were ad-generated revenue (unless it were goods that you had to buy anyway, but I doubt Wikipedia would be making money off ads for ramen and heating oil).

Worst case scenario they sue the company and get all $0 worth of assets from it (assuming no sales).

But worst case has to assume significant sales, or what's the point of the whole discussion? And are you suggesting the OP doesn't defend in court? Because if not, then legal fees will kill OP. If he doesn't defend, then I guess it is cross your fingers and hope the jury in East Texas holds an Opposite Day that day.

Are you thinking of the LLC to hide your identity? I don't think that will work--the LLC is a legal structure that has your name linked to it in the state that is registered in.

It sure sounds like you think the LLC provides more protection against this particular problem than it actually does. Sadly, I don't think it does nearly enough to make your concerns go away. IANAL and AFAIU, the LLC will protect your personal money if you get sued if you are not found by the judge to be personally negligent, and if you are not found by the judge to be merely an alter ego of the LLC (and thus s/he would pierce the corporate veil, i.e., order your personal assets liable), and if you pay your lawyers up to $1 mil in legal fees to defend, etc.

It's really not as protective as any of us would hope.

It will probably take me around 6mo - 1year to make it live(beta).

The rule for estimating project time is to take your estimate, multiple by 2, and then change to the next unit of time. So this means it will actually take you 12 years.

Of course, I'm (only half) joking. I started a project 7 years ago that I began in my spare time and...it's still not done. But I started from zero programming and had bad habits and put it down for months at a time. If you are already a programmer and know what you're doing, yes, it may only take one year.

If you or anyone knows: What's a rough starting salary range for "junior level" (what? programmer, I guess?) in the high cost U.S. cities (like SF, Boston, NY) and the lower cost rest of the country?

I would think having a great piano teacher would be key (pardon the pun). S/he is a coach, a motivator, someone who knows how to spot and correct your form (which is critical), knows which pieces are useful as studies at which points in your development, can help guide you through theory, etc. What's not to love?

A kindly woman in her late 50s with glasses that are attached with decorative chains that loop around her neck is preferable.

Flossing religiously. I used to be Bleeding Gums Murphy, but no more. A dental hygienist showed me the proper way to floss and now I will get up at 4am if I somehow forgot to floss before bedtime, go into the bathroom, and floss. I've only missed once in 7+ years. Bad gums are associated with heart disease, tooth loss, and other nasty effects. No thanks.

Quitting, after 30+ years, saying, "God bless you" (or really, "Gahblessyou") automatically after someone sneezes. If you stop and think about how dumb this is, it feels really good to break this ridiculous cultural habit. I've been "clean" from this for 2+ years now.

No, shampoos are detergents, which is a chemist's way of saying they dissolve oils and therefore the other molecules and stuff that are trapped in the oils (like foodstuffs on a dirty plate). In the case of hair, that other stuff will include pollution from the atmosphere, salt from sweat, skin cells, bacteria, bacterial metabolic products (some of which cause odor), etc. Shampoos allow that stuff to be chemically freed and washed away.

The equivalent would be not using dishwashing liquid for your plates after a greasy meal. Hot water and friction can do a lot, but it is an uphill battle. In the case of hair, your method might just be "good enough", though. But I'm sure your hair won't get the "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific" response.

When in doubt, don't park there. (Even for a second)

Anyone else have a massive P300 wave about the 3rd paragraph?

Oh, if I have to, OK. [pouts while a billion people hope for clean water tomorrow]

But, on the other hand, it's Albany, NY.

I was late to read that when I read it in 1984!

"Copying" and "almost identical": No. Lame.

"Adapting" and "significantly different": Yes. Reasonable.

I don't think your clear statement means anything, legally. What matters is the name similarity. If a soda company was called Pepsee and then stated, "We are not Pepsi, a registered trademark of the Pepsicola Corporation", they would still get sued into oblivion.

IANAL, but it strikes me as at least arguable as "confusing similarity" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity). Do you want to find out the answer in court, or could you just change the name of your app to something obviously different from "plenty of fish"? Like "The Gorton Fisherman of Love". No, don't do that.

(I'm curious if there is any additional concern about making a client for something without permission)

If you no longer have any more problems at all, sounds like you are either the next generation of humankind or you aren't pushing things enough. I suspect it's the latter.

Happy to oblige. I look forward to the Perez Hiltification of the forum...

It's not that my time and reading effort is so valuable (it isn't). It's that news forums are as valuable as they are curated to be on topic. With your argument, everyone could just post anything, such as what Justin B had for lunch, and I could just scroll down, right?

I don't see how general celebrity deaths are hacker news. I would like to read about tech and computer news and ideas; if I wanted this, I would read general news sites.

And 7 and 8[1]. [1]http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721142408.ht...

September 2004 Gateway laptop. 14.1" screen. Have programmed with this and used for every other purpose for the past 9 years and 2 months.

It has very been counterproductive to use such a device for programming, but I can't say I haven't gotten my $240 worth (since I bought it off my job after I'd used it for 4 years).

For a video that is available online at any time, for free, it seems that there can be no distinction between the download and the stream.

But of course there is a big distinction: Google controls the stream; it doesn't control the downloaded video. With control, it can choose to a) force you to watch an ad (as you mentioned), it can b) pull a video for any reason, including copyright infringement, content objection, failure to pay a subscriber fee, etc., c) ask you to be a subscriber, for either a cost or at least registration, etc. None of that is possible if the video goes out into the wild and can be, for example, freely traded among users through file sharing or, worse, alternate video hosting and streaming by a competitor.

The videos trove is their treasure, and they guard it.

Much depends on what the sort of work you want to be doing down the road is. Does it require a bachelor's in engineering? Does it require a masters? Ph.D?

Yes. Like everyone else here, I use clippers ($8 in Wal-Mart) and have for now about 7 years. Wife does the edge by neck, or I can try in a mirror. Key point: take them seriously when they tell you to oil after every use, or they will rust/lock up.

I'm up to about 7 * $15 * 5x/yr = ~$500 savings. Look out, world!

I don't think you should mix "substantial change in personality from high school" with "living on campus". There are probably millions of college students who live on campus for four years and make very little change from high school. And there are millions of commuters who do. And there are many people who don't attend college at all who change. Etc. There is not one path toward personal growth.

I'd say more than anything else, focus on making real friends, and hit that hard. It doesn't matter what the manner is that you encounter them; one of my best friends from one era of my life I met because he got food at the job I worked at. Others were from classes. Reach out to people whenever you can, and see if you can take a genuine interest in them.

I've always been a shy, introvert person

One of my favorite memories from college was when a very shy woman had to recite a piece from Shakespeare and chose King Henry's rousing speech to his troops. She belted it out and by the end we were all about ready to go fight the French army! So, just because you're shy in normal life doesn't mean you might not really find strengths you didn't know you have in front of an audience. Stranger things have happened.

"Just stuck and scared right now."

This just says something about human psychology, that someone can be a wee bit past late adolescence, be making $60k clear for doing nothing, and yet feel "stuck and scared." Thankfully, most of the people in, say, Bolivia or Sierra Leone are unable to easily read Ask Hacker News. Ahh, humanity, you're a gas!

Try varying lots of things, maybe one at a time.

Do you eat within 1-2 hrs before bedtime? Maybe you shouldn't. Or if you don't, maybe you should. Healthy stuff, either way, of course.

Do you do fairly strong aerobic exercise regularly? (25+ min, 3-4x/ week, work up to ~80% max hr, which is 220-age, roughly).

I beat bedtime anxiety by listening to religious audio casts on arcane topics, despite not believing in them. I find it soothing and I fall asleep within the first 10 minutes.