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Advocacy is the road to violence. Sure, saying “I wish you and everyone like you were dead” is not the same thing as killing them. But in a public sphere, or a private conversation, words matter. Arguing against the humanity of others like you’re talking about your favorite kind of cheese is appalling: “I do like cheddar and I don’t like Jews.” It isn’t physical violence, but I don’t know a distinct word to define that changing of the tone, the introduction or affirmation or just open acceptance of hate within a community. And given the natural, possibly even biological predilection toward in-group/out-group bias and groupthink in humans, suggesting dehumanization has real consequences. Here in the US, there is one group of people who are almost entirely impervious to the dehumanizing power of that kind of speech. That group is white cis hetero men. And they make the laws that form the legal consequences of saying hateful things. To no one's surprise, the legal consequences are basically nil. Historically, the social consequences were also light or non-existent. It was no one’s business who was or wasn’t a member of the Klan. But now, the most powerful group, while still making most of the laws, no longer holds complete control over social consequences. The people whose ancestors or contemporaries were hung from trees or tied to fences in the Wyoming cold or shot down in a walmart have more social power. We listen to them and respect them and create consequences for expressing hate toward them. We're starting to insist that everyone be respected, not just white guys. To me, this is progress, not oppression and in no way restricts the flow of good ideas.

John Kennedy Toole doesn't really belong on this list. His most successful novel was published after his suicide.

The plan here is to use the existing above-ground rail line that runs parallel to Ditmars from the park, then along the BQE and into Brooklyn. It is the line that literally has a bridge over the Astoria-Ditmars stop with all the Greek murals.

IANAL, but it seems like if you have to have secrecy for some reason, it's a solid strategy. But chances are good you'd need a local lawyer in whichever country you want to begin your filing in, and need to pay that lawyer to manage all national correspondence. You'd also have WIPO fees and fees in the US on top of the fees in the origin country. So it's really just cost-benefits.

That's a fantastic question. This is probably the right place to ask if there is pattern that can be detected from the wrist. It also makes sense to line the pool edge with lights that can change color, so the bracelet distinctively lights up the grid square of the pool where the drowning is happening, alerting the lifeguard or a strong swimmer nearby.

Former NYT columnist Richard Bernstein laid down several research failures in Nir's original piece. I haven't read enough to agree with the assertion that it is duplicitous, but the refutation is compelling. http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/jul/25/nail-salons...

It is certainly reasonable! The two hour commute and the craptastic deployment process are all you need to explain why you bailed after just a little while.

If there are financial reasons against quitting, or you don't have enough cushion to quit right now, then reset expectations. Focus on sleep. Eat healthy and hearty, exercise, and if you aren't well-rested, call in sick. Put your physical and mental health first, always.

It sounds like isolation, drudgery, and disappointment are ruling your life. A reset could help that. That said, the depression and the impostor syndrome are things you should be talking to a therapist about.

So 6 lakh views is 600,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh

I suggested Parse because I'm personally using it right now, so I know it well. That's obviously a bias, so take it as such. Firebase looks very similar. If you are going to lean on the greater community, Parse seems slightly better, because of the fact its a fork of Backbone-more people should understand pretty easily what's up with models.

Also, Parse is owned by Facebook and has pretty solid, simple login and integration with social sites.

I have to +1 the parse.com suggestion. Their API has an Angular wrapper if you really know it well. Or, if you haven't hit the 'Angular Wall' (meaning you haven't built something of real-world complexity with it), you can use their JS SDK, which is a backbone fork.

I suggest you open source all of it, and keep HN up to date on progress. List out what the product should do, and how you want to design your models. You'll get some solid feedback.

Web iterates fast, so I'd use web rather than jumping right into native. You'll be able to show your code to coders, and show your product to social workers and those who support at-risk people.

I said in other comments that I certainly can't see this working. If it did work, why not just make a policy that says We'll keep a badge on your profile every day that we don't have an order that affects your records, but should we ever get such an order, of course we would take your badge away? I think Apple is just rightfully pissed, and maybe wants to be pushed into clearly lying to shareholders, or even put themselves in a position to be granted immunity for such an action.

The normal IANAL applies, but I think that once the gag order has been granted, the rest is just details, and is left to FISA as the presiding court. If the argument that the court has agreed with thusfar is: "saying that this action exists harms national security", then why would a judge tell them that when asked directly, they must lie, but then permit them to not lie by omitting a key line in a filing? To answer your specific point, I just don't think there is another court to take this to.

I'm pretty sure the government can, and would, even go a step further and order that the language be left in the next filing, and even arrange written (and of course sealed) immunity for doing so. I certainly can't imagine that SEC reporting will ever be an effective roadblock to what the government considers national security.

or right click and open in an incognito window (in Chrome)

Why not just do the same for physical locations? You walk around a parking lot checking car doors, or maybe all the doors in an apartment building. If you find one unlocked, you text the owner and some local thieves so they can bid on the vulnerability...

Usually, behavior that would be shitty if done offline is just as shitty online. There is a fine line between freelance security research for bug bounties, which is basically crowdsourcing security testing, and rank extortion.

No doubt. Not to mention, NASA is subject to the shutdown right now. Their website isn't even available.

A need that I can see is for a class (or at least a few videos) for native English speakers to effectively communicate with non-native speakers, and a way to practice.

The crux of the issue is that by repeating themselves a little louder and at the same speed, a native speaker is treating the (non-native) listener as a linguistic equal. If my brother doesn't understand what I said, it is almost certainly due to the volume of my speech relative to our listening environment, not my content. To assume otherwise would insult his intelligence. If I'm speaking to a non-native speaker, my natural instinct is to extend the same courtesy. It isn't laziness or a lack of empathy. (You could argue it was lazy to speak that way in the first place, but to rephrase it after the fact would be condescending)

I used to work for a company based in Tokyo and, through practice and frustration, learned how to modulate my idiom-laden, Missouri-accented, high-speed, low-volume drawl into something at least partially intelligible to my Japanese colleagues. It required a lot of effort and still sounds strange out of context. If I spoke to my father the same way, he'd laugh at me.

As an American, I think it would be really helpful if part of our education included speaking (and listening to) English as it is spoken by non-natives. We should have to practice listening to and understanding various common accents (South Asian, Chinese, Nigerian, etc), practice making ourselves understood, and learn how to graciously ask for (or give) re-phrasing or clarification.

Even though I said it wasn't absurd, this does seem contradictory since they seem to allow face-to-face tobacco sales, which are certainly age restricted.

It's an old link, but human hair and very realistic extensions are super valuable, and nearly impossible to trace once stolen. Governments are trying to de-incentivize theft by regulating the secondary market. http://business.time.com/2011/09/13/now-people-are-stealing-...

What is absurd about this? This seems to be a list of things where the law is inconsistent across the various states in the US. Accepting these things would likely place a severe state-by-state oversight and compliance burden on Stripe, for very little actual value. It seems pretty smart to me.

This is basically like Seamless, but for getting your clothes washed instead of getting yourself fed. It organizes and simplifies a very chaotic market and presents it with a nice brand, and what sounds like great customer service. Also, you send them a picture of your key and they'll come in and get your laundry. That's both innovative and awesome.

Thanks for the link. That is definitely the kind of thing I have kept in mind as I have created this product. I've spent enough years in software development that as a UX guy, I have been approached with far too many harebrained schemes that turn out to be "do free work for me to see if my idea is any good." I personally hate that crap and I'm doing what I can to not come off that way.

At the same time, I feel like I have to walk a delicate line between being open and forthcoming enough to attract potential partners and just opening my kimono and having a public discussion on the minutiae of my product, designs, market research, and business projections. Don't get me wrong, I certainly think the product concept is mature, viable, and worth building. I'll open the kimono willingly, it just has to be in private and with a potential long-term partner :)