As a freshly minted middle-class American, I disagree with Mr. Buffet's argument here. Though his eagerness to share the tax-burden is laudable, I hope that tax rates stay low for him. I would pay higher taxes to keep it that way.
Simply put, I don't trust the government with that money.
It's as if wealth is zero-sum, and Mr. Buffet believes he and his ilk have taken some of it from the rest of the population. But he's not going to go without his generous slice of the pie if his friends aren't forced to go without theirs. But he and some of his friends are voluntarily giving their pie to worthwhile causes... as we speak! no force necessary!
I would pay higher taxes to keep it that way.
The sad reality is that the government is going to have to raise revenue somehow, and if that's the case, I'd prefer to raise it on those with a lot of passive income, who are less likely to move their assets out of the country. How you achieve that objective is beyond me.
> Simply put, I don't trust the government with that money.
The only logical conclusion there would be moving out to a different country that offers equal or better living standards because the longer you stay, the more money you give to that government you do not trust.
Linux will win the desktop when everything moves to the browser. Programmers want only a good terminal and a good browser. Non-programmers want only a good browser. Linux has a best kernel and will win on that fact alone in the next ~20 years.
Though likely, when Linux wins the desktop, no one will notice the difference.
Everything is moving to the browser but the browser now requires a lot of capabilities from the hardware and drivers: 3D acceleration, sound, printing, power management, etc. Effectively all the problem areas for Linux outside of custom hardware (like phones).
I've never had problems with any of those on Linux. YMMV, of course, and I may just have been lucky.
While you might have problems if you build a custom machine or use extremely recent hardware (which doesn't have good drivers), the general implication of browser-as-OS is that people wouldn't be installing this new system on old computers, but instead would buy new computers with it already baked in. Manufacturers, if they wanted to succeed, would be forced to make sure that all the drivers and the system in general worked well.
Which covers most/all of those things. Reasonably new and innovative hardware (like GPU switching in laptops) just doesn't work, period. There are plenty more examples. The browser makes Linux worse since the only thing you need from your underlying platform is really good driver and power management support.
The only issue on the driver list I've ever encountered is wireless failing after suspending. Oddly, that issue only showed up after my latest kernel upgrade (and is a reason that I'm not using my netbook much until I figure out a fix). I suppose that I've just been very lucky with the hardware I've installed Linux on.
(I've also removed the FUD comment from my earlier post).
I would still list programming projects. It depends on the company culture though whether they value that geek-cred.
I know as a developer I would feel more comfortable with a boss who can appreciate abstract concepts like code-quality or stressful working conditions.
The site is basically just an RSS reader + voting system. These are sites that constantly show up on HN front page and in other community news sites: the idea is that you can repost from this site for instant karma.
The number of sites that I am pulling from is still kind of low. As I add more sites, the story quantity will get higher and then I will look at ways to increase story quality too.
The facebook auth is required to vote, which I need to add a prompt if you try to vote before logging in.
Simply put, I don't trust the government with that money.