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  1. Re:These kinds of laws exist all over.. New York. on SF Evictions Surging From Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals · · Score: 2
  2. Arbnb collecting hotel tax from owner-renters on SF Evictions Surging From Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals · · Score: 1

    Herre. Different case than renter-subletters.

  3. Airbnb to collect hotel tax in some markets on SF Evictions Surging From Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals · · Score: 2

    S.F. is one of those markets.

    I wonder of the IRS will get into the game too. Rentals more then 14 days are taxable income (minus expenses).

  4. 2nd best "flagship mssion" for 2010s on NASA Laying Foundation For Jupiter Moon Space Mission · · Score: 1

    NASAs most expensive mission over $3B. The highest ranked was a Mars sample return, which would likely involve three rockets. No flagship missions are funded for 2010s.

  5. repeated this strategy with IBM PC on Fifty Years Ago IBM 'Bet the Company' On the 360 Series Mainframe · · Score: 1

    Given its was not the best standard - 86x with BIOS. But it was a standard countless competing companies did optimaize until the profit level dropped below IBMs tolerance and they sold it to Lenevo.

  6. HFT algorithms already manage this on Australia May 'Pause' Trades To Tackle High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    According to last years ACM issue on HFT algorithms, trades already presented in time-tic goups. Just currently much shorter than you propose. The ACM articles discussed tricks to jump to the head of a group/queue.

    HFT also manages the randomness in order presentation. At millisecond resolution TCp/IP collisions cancelations become a serious issue. The smae ACM issues discusses how to game this.

    Evey constraint you popose algorthmically will probably be beaten by another clever computer executed algorithm.

  7. there are probably better simpler examples on Should Microsoft Give Kids Programmable Versions of Office? · · Score: 1

    Office is a avery intricate application. Many mobile apps ae more self-contained. Plus a gaming type app might capture more attention of teens than a dull business application.

  8. MIT debating a computer science requirement on Should Microsoft Give Kids Programmable Versions of Office? · · Score: 1

    MIT has been debating to add a computer science requirement for over 30 years. Interesting Idaho schools has beaten them. MIT came pretty close a few years ago proposing to replace the 2nd required physics course with an engineering choice, one which could be computer science.

    The arguments AGAINST this new requirment include that (1) MIT already specifies 7(*) of the 16 year long courses the average undergraduate takes. Another would start to eat in the requirments of intensive majors like engineering. (2) Most MIT stiudents know some computer programming before they enter MIT, although it is not of software engineering quality.


    (*) Year of calculus, year of physics, year of chemistry/biology, four years of humanities. Even if you are a music major.

  9. cell and wireless spotty at BM on Algorithm Challenge: Burning Man Vehicle Exodus · · Score: 1

    So I've heard. The BM guidebook/FAQ says dont count on it. It is in the middle of a desert after all.

  10. no boulderites protesting "radioactive" clock? on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: 1

    The NIST lab is just south of the UC Bouder campus. People in Boulder get worked up about progressive causes sometimes.

  11. shut off during war on Russian GLONASS Down For 12 Hours · · Score: 1

    So no one else could it. Might have been something to do with Ukraine issue.

  12. get rich success rate always been single digits on App Developers, It's Time For a Reality Check · · Score: 1

    Where it was the PC rush of the 1980s, dot.com 1.0 or the current mobile App era. You just try over and over. I've known people who have joined a half dozen startups before doing well.

  13. agreed - Social Network Movie too soft on FWD.us Wants More H-1B Visas, But 50% Go To Offshore Firms · · Score: 1

    The movie made AMrk look like a better person than he is.

  14. only immature companies do this on State Colleges May Offer Best ROI On Comp Sci Degrees · · Score: 1

    Run for 20-somethings by 20-somethings. Plenty of alternatives.

  15. ACM issue on HFT on Adaptation From Flash Boys Offers Inside Look at High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last August the ACM had a whole issue on detailed technical aspects of all parts of trading. I dont recall talk a part on front-trading. But how to shave off yet another few microseconds. Fascinating.

  16. MIT more sensistive to student legal problems on Aaron Swartz and MIT: The Inside Story · · Score: 1

    I forget the exact details. but the feds were pursuing a a student startup company related to bitcoin. MIT decided to give some legal help to them and to future such problems. I think the Swartz case increased their sensitivity.

  17. The adjectve "restless" captures it on Aaron Swartz and MIT: The Inside Story · · Score: 1

    I could not help thinking of 16-year old freshmen in my MIT class who committed suicide some decades ago. Before MIT he was the center of attention in his hometown for his brilliance. At MIT he was just another "average" genius hacker and not the center of attention.

    I'm guessing when Aaron mastered some new project he got bored and moved on. Couldnt really complete a degree or product then. I am not sure to parent or manage these these kind of geniuses.

  18. "gravy" in my last accident claim on More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use · · Score: 1

    Once it was party out the other party was on the phone at the time of the fender bender, I never saw tehht wo insurance companies pay off my claim so fast. Before the police report came out, the other party had made bogus claims about my guilt.

  19. "I believe everything I hear out of North Korea" on North Korea: Male University Students Required To Get Kim Jong-un Haircuts · · Score: 1

    The amount of disinformation is astounding.

  20. Re:Where are the online Computer Science degrees? on Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? · · Score: 1

    I thought Georgia Tech was stringing together a bunch of MOOCs for a discount online degee. CS is one of the few majors where there is a sufficient coverage of MOOCs for a whole degree.

  21. does IPCC include "optimistic scenerios"? on IPCC's "Darkest Yet" Climate Report Warns of Food, Water Shortages · · Score: 2

    I sort of like the way the Social Security Trustees do their 75 year projections: they do it for three scenerios- likely, optimistic and pessimistic. Any organization that veers to one side is not very competent.

  22. Oracle probably has better lawyers than Oregon on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 1

    They'll twist their disaster into a tort victory.

  23. potential evolution experiement on First Automatic Identification of Flying Insects Allows Hi-Tech Bug Zapping · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It will select against all species members with characteristic audio signature allowing the non-charcteristic to breed. Kind of like the explosion of silent rattlesnakes. Hunters have killed the noisy ones.

  24. too close to electroschock therapy on Is DIY Brainhacking Safe? · · Score: 2

    I remember depictions of George Nash in the Beautiful Mind movie. He never did great math after that.

  25. I find user group meetups useful on Ask Slashdot: Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? · · Score: 1

    We have about dozen in my city on Java, html5, mobile apps, etc. Sometimes its people demonstrating work projects with the approval of their management. other times its personal projects, often open source. We have several professional teachers inthe area who write the OReilley books and give company in house courses. I dont use much of what I hear about myself due to lack of time. But I try to keep informed about trends in technology.

    A side effect is due to extreme recruiter demand we have free pizza, beer, books, etc. at these user meetings. There are often ten times as many open jobs and peole looking during the job session.

    My first user group was the Homebrew Computer Club meeting at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in the mid 1970s. I learned a lot there and still learning things 40 years later. I've been to other groups on Amiga, UNIX, Mac, NeXT, SIGGRAPH, etc over the decades.