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Checking the head of an empty list is a simple example. (Although see https://wiki.haskell.org/Non-empty_list for an approach to avoiding these runtime errors in Haskell). Here's a…

Last I heard, he had switched from Gmail to Inbox.

Even in this... implausible scenario, the contract would only need to verify the solution to the equation. The party creating the transaction would then be responsible for generati…

It's a term used to refer to applications that run some of the same code client-side and server-side. See: http://isomorphic.net/

Good point and I'll concede that the overReaction had a real positive impact (that wouldn't have been possible if it had only been a few pedantic open source law geeks). It's reall…

Some people do! Check out the top story on HN right now, which is about EFF invalidating a patent held by a patent troll: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9356767 . Nobody was …

I'm a developer as well. And I am politically opposed to software patents and would prefer that software not be patentable. But I'm confused by your statement that you want the lic…

Yes! This isn't legal advice, but, speaking loosely, the license gave you an irrevocable patent license to use React (that's the first sentence). That license only terminated when …

I agree, and that's what I was saying in the second paragraph (I've edited it a bit to try to make that clearer). This is definitely an improvement from that original language. But…

[Lawyer, but not a patent lawyer] I was perplexed by the uproar on HN about the original patent language (in the thread announcing the release of React Native [1]). This kind of op…

If this is just a terminology debate, O'Hagan-style misappropriation theory cases are called "insider trading" cases by nearly everyone, including the SEC[1], the Justice Departmen…

The copyrights are often dispersed, with different publishers owning different rights. It's not a matter of just "arrang[ing] for worldwide licensing." It's dealing with a complete…

He isn't saying that there's a possibility "however remote"; he's saying that we have absolutely no reason to prefer one explanation over another. "So although we have seen evidenc…

Great post. I don't know why you feel so hesitant--it's your design and implementation that made the game a hit. Looking forward to trying your app version.

Under these facts (the prosecution theory was a stretch that they don't want tested; the original conviction was caused in part by the defendant's stupid behavior during the first …

You're almost right, but the judgment was vacated, so the prosecutors could bring it again. They won't, though.

No, because the judgment was vacated. They didn't grant a judgment of acquittal. So the government is still free to bring the case again. Still, the prosecution is really unlikely …