skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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What do you do if you need to charge your phone but also want to listen to some music at the same time? Another special adapter that allows you to plug in both?
I look forward to more people joining me outside the ecosystem of iPhone, so I think we are aligned.

Apple is systematically strangling the ecosystem to force their short-term prosperity. Their price setting, app store review model, NDA on developers (the fearful silence devs are forced into) and their increasingly bad mobile UI are things worth killing.

So I hope Apple continues to isolate their ecosystem, because while the upshot is you can make more money selling the entire ecosystem (or licensing it), the downside is that it gets easier and easier for people to start ignoring you.
Another example is Werner Forssmann, the inventor of cardiac catheterization

"""
In 1929, while working in Eberswalde, he performed the first human cardiac catheterisation. He ignored his department chief and persuaded the operating-room nurse in charge of the sterile supplies, Gerda Ditzen, to assist him. She agreed, but only on the promise that he would do it on her rather than on himself. However, Forssmann tricked her by restraining her to the operating table and pretending to locally anaesthetise and cut her arm whilst actually doing it on himself.[3] He anesthetized his own lower arm in the cubital region and inserted a uretic catheter into his antecubital vein, threading it partly along before releasing Ditzen (who at this point realised the catheter was not in her arm) and telling her to call the X-ray department. They walked some distance to the X-ray department on the floor below where under the guidance of a fluoroscope he advanced the catheter the full 60 cm into his right ventricular cavity. This was then recorded on X-Ray film showing the catheter lying in his right atrium.
"""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Forssmann#Life
If you can make causes conditional to one particular location, how is that a good explanation? Are extremists more likely to be the poorest of society? From what I read, this is not the case.
"... famously killed both optical and floppy drives with no remorse — doing things that upset people in the name of progress isn’t new for the company."

The difference with floppies and optical drives was that many people were using alternative delivery and storage methods already. Many of us welcomed fewer moving parts in our computers. That doesn't apply here.
Because Apple owns a patent on any MagSafe technology. I do hope it expires soon...
It's probably not a change in behavior, but a change in what is acceptable to talk about.
Well, I just meant a recorded video to set tone, but if you get a good idea off of "video game" far be it from me to discourage that.
I can see the reasoning behind the binary blob drivers but what's your reason for not liking userspace programs?
> Apple seems to have come to believe that smaller is better
> when in fact there is an optimal size and any smaller is
> detrimental to usability.

Except when they made the iphone6 bigger?
If only there was evidence that a lot of units of a different kind of phone get sold and that the proportion of the market they carry has grown over the last 5 years...
They already are; they own Beats.
The shrimps on treadmills study didn't cost a fortune, that was ridiculous and dishonest conservative demogogueing over it with fictitious accounting.

It's like when a politician will say "This government project spent $1 billion to build a highway, and only produced 1000 jobs, at a cost of $1 million per job!" without looking at the other thing the project produced: a new highway!

The shrimp treadmill cost only $47 to make.(http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2014/11/13/how-a-47-...) and was trying to figure out a way to determine food safety, you know, like whether the shrimp we're eating are diseased.

I'm pretty sure if you total up the money spent on number theorists over the past several decades, it all looked ridiculous numerical masturbation, up until the point where public key cryptography was invented.

By contrast, military R&D is HIDEOUSLY expensive by several orders of magnitude. The people whining about a $50 shrimp treadmill need to get their fucking head in order and look at the cost of the F-35.
2) is not true. Violence committed because of islam has been pretty steady since the end of WW1 and was much higher before that.
If Apple switches to USB-C for the iPhone and friends, then this would make sense, because with USB-C EarPods they could replace the headphone jack on the MacBook with a second USB-C port.
Apple has billions. Why are they going to pick a fight with everyone to make millions?
That's a bit generalizing. This paper[1] talks about the over-representation of engineers in violent Islamic organizations. Specifically talks about how there are fewer engineers in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia versus Palestine and other countries in the same type of groups. There seems to be /some/ correlation between economic opportunity and sub-segments of the population joining these types of groups.

[1] http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/materials/papers/2007-10.pdf
You know, I have my original iPhone3GS with the original charging cable. This ancient cable is in perfect shape.

Meanwhile, my much younger iPhone5, I've gone through 3 Lightening cables and of the 3, 2 have fully blown out. They are complete crap.

The iPhone5 headphone cables are okay-ish and better quality compared to the Lightening cable.

Get rid of the stupid crappy made Lightening and keep the headphone jack. Figure out why the Lightening cables are such crap and fix them!
Some of us did stop upgrading with Apple products.
It's alright, you can just use an iPod.

...

Oops.
The problem is that the treatment can make the situation worse, like in the case of the woman who survived for a year with the infection. It can be argued that a quicker death would have been better in her case.
They're not the best quality but also not the worst. I feel like they're a little overpriced, but have bundled in a few unique bits which you don't typically find in toolkits (since they aren't technically tools, like the spudger, suction cups, and heat gun). iFixIt tools are one of these things you should buy on sale, the $80 "Pro Tech Toolkit" is a joke (even $50 seems high).

Unfortunately for iFixIt if you look around on Amazon you can find a lot of third parties that have copied various iFixIt sets almost 1:1 and are charging less than half the price for them. Even for more bespoke items like the spudgers.

You're better off buying high quality screwdrivers (e.g. wiha brand) and then adding the unique iFixIt additions, rather than buying the iFixIt set and getting really mediocre screwdrivers.
After the beats acquisition, aren't they already?
Congrats on the release!

@nehanarkhede was there a specific reason the new consumer is written in Java? The previous consumers are all written in Scala.
It is possible for me to walk two miles and still conclude that no I would not purposefully murder dozens of innocent civilians. It's possible I've even thought about this before.

But it's cool that you think there's only one logical outcome and anyone who disagrees is just too unempathetic to see why your view is the only correct view.
> I don't understand why we shouldn't believe what's coming straight out of ISIS' mouth.

Accepting it doesn't really answer much.

> ISIS has said they're killing us because of their interpretation of a book written in the first millennia.

Yes, and if we accept this, we are faced with the question of what makes particular people in particular times and places likely to accept and act on messages like this, and what circumstances enable them to be successful when they do. Daesh isn't the only group to promote an ideology like this based on interpretation of some ancient religious text (nor is the phenomenon of groups trying, or even succeeding, in doing that limited to the Middle East, or the Islamic world, nor are the Quran the only text which has been used in this role.)

Nor, for that matter, was Daesh (though it had a different name!) new to this when they first started achieving real success -- they had similar goals and interpretation of Islam before they became known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, when they were known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, and when they rejected their affiliation with al-Qaeda to style themselves first as "the Islamic State in Iraq", then "the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant", and finally "the Islamic State".

> When someone shoots up a Planned Parenthood, however, he doesn't even have to make a public statement and the same people are quick to blame Christian beliefs or rhetoric and immediately accept the ideological reason for the violence.

Women's health clinic attacks by violent religious extremists with an overt religious motivation are a recurring pattern in the US; assuming that another such attack is part of that pattern rather than breaking with it is not exactly a giant leap. In any case, the ideology behind the attack and the conditions which made the attacker susceptible to adopting that ideology are distinct issues.

> Why don't we say that gunmen attack Planned Parenthoods because of income inequality in the United States?

Actually, lots of people on the left -- the only people who generally acknowledge the overt ideological motivation of violence of Christian religious extremists -- point to social factors like income inequality and persistent poverty as among the factors that make people susceptible to that extremism (as well as pointing to deliberate acts by certain political elites to fan that extremism and channel it for political ends as contributing to the uptake of the extremism.) These positions are complementary, rather than incompatible.
they did acquire beats
The way I see it:

Polygamy:

Some men having a chance at a huge family.
Most women having a chance at a family, but with a shared husband.
Many men having no chance at a family at all.

Monogamy:

Most men having a chance at a family.
Most women having a chance at a family.

Now consider that the more one has to lose, the better behaved one is. When men have a chance for a family, they'll do what is needed to make the attempt for a family (normally being productive members of society), after which they get far more needs met than when alone (consider that loneliness is quite dangerous for a person) and they likely have more to lose (especially if they have children). Thus they are more behaved.

But in a polygamous society, there is far less of a chance. So more men decide to not play by the rules. They will seek out more dangerous means to meet their immediate needs.

All this being said, it isn't the marriage that matters. It is the family that does. A society that only allows monogamy on paper, but which allows a polygamous marriages, and where a divide begins to exist meaning that you have many men without a chance of having a family will have the same issues.

Also, I'm not to sure what happens when many women don't have a chance for a family. While one might think it would work the same, there are a few key differences. A man can be responsible for multiple simultaneous pregnancies, but a woman cannot. A woman has, historically, had a level of assurance of the legitimacy of their children that a man does not, and on average men tend to be more physically powerful than women. Also of note is that those last two factors stop being a significant difference with technology (paternity tests and guns being respective examples), so historic data may not fit what trends we will see in a technologically advanced society. (To say nothing of technology increasingly being able to meet a person's needs, which will increasingly make it harder to plot future events based on past data.)
Killing off the floppy was great because everyone who used to use floppies no longer did.

You're still going to use headphones if you use them currently.
Is it true there's no accelerometer or gyroscope in it? If so I really don't know how I've been balancing.
Probably untrue. My main use case for my smartphone is watching videos while I eat lunch; audio over headphones is a requirement. Floppy discs were only used with computers. 3.5mm cables are presently the ubiquitous way for getting audio out of 'cheaper' electronics to an adapter for more professional audio situations (typically XLR).

There is also a /wide/ array of hardware from other ecosystems (headphones in this case) which interact quite well with that port as they have become standards for interoperability and are dirt cheep.

Wired, for all of it's potential annoyances, also has the benefit of being direct, isolated, and low power (lower than radio anyway) as well as allowing the whole system to operate off of one supply instead of also needing to worry about charging headphones.

The best solution I see is standardizing on a power/data 'hub' that is a generic USB device. It would have the audio line and optionally HDMI/DVI ports that are expected while allowing for device recharging. However even that is seriously annoying.
Rudimentary talk-radio analysis aside...

I find Daesh far scarier than other Islamic fundamentalist movements because their techniques are more sophisticated and their aim is much higher. The "they're killing us!" argument is so silly... terror attacks are to stir western nations into violent action, not to actually significantly injure us. And it works - far too many Americans and Europeans live and act politically in abject terror of very low-impact, unlikely events.

What scares me about Daesh, though, is that I think they're trying to goad outside powers into massive wars with each other! This is why they've attacked everyone - the US, France, Russia, and all the major Arab nations. Everyone is off fighting in Syria, and not as a unified front, but a bunch of independent powers making independent alliances and jockeying for position.

During a recent presidential debate, Rand Paul wisely asked the question, "Are you ready to shoot down Russian planes?" (note: I'm not a Rand Paul supporter. I just thought he was spot-on with this.) If the US creates a no-fly zone while Russia wants to do bombing runs in it, we could have a situation where American and Russian planes are in direct combat. There's a non-zero chance that this could lead to nuclear war and the destruction of the West as we know it. And we've already had the first taste of it, with NATO member Turkey shooting down a Russian plane.

If I wanted to destroy the West, that's exactly what I'd do - provoke a war between the US and Russia with those giant Cold War nuclear arsenals.

And that makes me think Daesh is by far the most sophisticated and dangerous enemy we've seen since the Nazis.
Is hoverboard the leading candidate for their name?
I have their "54 Bit Driver Kit". They are well made and enough for me as I only use then to repair my own home electronics. Not sure they would last much on a pro repair shop.
Because some doctors are fucking arseholes who have no problem exploiting dying people so they can make a quick buck.
Are you against the notion that each gender generally has different characteristics they prefer or just the simplistic nature in which the parent comment expressed that notion?
not gonna happen with every reviewer oo-ing and aah-ing about the phone being 0.1mm thinner and leaving the battery to a back page where it says that it lasted them all day therefore it's fine.

Look at Samsung having to get rid of replaceable batteries (very user friendly and environmental) and move to glued/sealed phone because every single time a new phone came out the reviewers complained about how it didn't feel "premium" enough due to the plastic back (which personally I think is a lot more user-friendly than glass anyways)

If the market continues to reward style over substance, that is what we will get, people will keep grumbling about the too-low battery life but will still upgrade every year or two to the latest-and-greatest.
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Just read the article - the Washington post did quite a bit of editorializing.

> Le tout-sécuritaire ne suffira pas

Translated roughly as "Total security will not suffice" (or the "state security apparatus" will not suffice). His argument isn't that inequality created ISIS. But rather that:

> C’est une évidence   : le terrorisme se nourrit de la poudrière inégalitaire moyen-orientale, que nous avons largement contribuée à créer. Daech, «  Etat islamique en Irak et au Levant  », est directement issu de la décomposition du régime irakien, et plus généralement de l’effondrement du système de frontières établi dans la région en 1920.

He says the evidence shows that terrorism preys on the "powder keg" of middle-eastern inequality, and that the invasion of Iraq (and destruction of the previous regime) lead to the creation of ISIS. Not exactly ground breaking.

Anyhow, I'm not going to translate the whole thing, but near the end this:

> Rien ne peut excuser cette dérive sanguinaire, machiste et pathétique.

"Nothing can excuse this bloodthirsty, masochist and pathetic act"

> Tout juste peut-on noter que le chômage et la discrimination professionnelle à l’embauche (particulièrement massive pour les personnes qui ont coché toutes les bonnes cases en termes de diplôme, expérience, etc., comme l’ont montré des travaux récents; voir également ici) ne doivent pas aider.

"We can only note that unemployment and discrimination don't help"

> C’est par le développement social et équitable que la haine sera vaincue.

"It's through social development and equality that hate will be defeated"

Again, not ground breaking. It took the west several reformations of our culture/religion, and 2 world wars to finally get our heads out of our proverbial asses. Also, social welfare has played a huge part in the rise of a real 'middle class'. We aren't as capitalist as we think, and 'socialism' is part of the reason inequality isn't as bad today as in 1900. But, as the data shows, inequality is on the rise yet again (as conservative politics are also on the rise).
To which someone could respond "But my job isn't public speaking, it is doing X" where X is providing ads, making widgets, etc. No matter how many times you rephrase, you may hit a point where you just say "you sound stupid" or "you're not good at this job".

In my opinion, the whole point of this talk is that giving honest feedback without tact is better than no feedback at all. If someone just doesn't get it when you say it diplomatically, just cut the fluff and say what you need to say.
Can I just be honest for a second?

No one actually cares about the "I want to DJ at a party!" usecase that badly. Those people that do will carry the right cables, like they already probably have to.

Seriously, pretending that's an important use case is what lead Google to invent the Nexus Q and no one cared about that even though it was a stunning device.
My uni offers summer classes, but mostly for intro classes. This means if you transfer in or are a second year student, you have slim pickings in the summer offering.

I would have gladly attended 90% of my classes in the summer had they been offered to students. Especially, those mid-tier classes that are only offered in Spring or Fall. IE: intro1 (Fa, Sp, Sum1, Sum2) -> intro2 (Fa, Sp, Sum1, Sum2) -> mid-tier class (Spring only) -> opens up 10 classes.
The proper way would be to build all parts to fit each other, so you got everything done properly. I imagine that is how Apple does their things anyways.
It's okay to prefer that people wear button up shirts and slacks (or a suit, or whatever), but theres no reason to act as if those clothing items are objectively "nicer".
When I have kids, something like this is going to be their only hardware until they're around 15 or so.
Ideas are not cheap
I think everyone saying "smaller" means thinner. This is reasonably inferred from the article text that we're all discussing.
Apple dropped the Ethernet port from the MacBook Pro because it was too big, and the MacBook Air couldn't have an HDMI port for the same reason. But they replaced both of those with WiFi and Mini DisplayPort (now Thunderbolt).
I purposely take a train instead of driving. I use that time to work on a my side project.
Who writes this kind of reality-free trash? The author talks about reducing administrative costs, but with today's universities you have no choice. You can throw an upper-middle-class kid into university and he will do just fine. But first-generation students, non-traditional students, foreign students, students on athletic scholarships &c need support services, and access has been expanded so much that these things consume a substantial part of the budget. You have no choice but to offer them. Without them a substantial part of the student body would fail out quickly.

And then the author talks about leaving campus open all year. When you ply faculty and teaching support staff at my university with sufficient alcohol they will eventually admit that Summer term is done for the extra tuition income. When you ply them with more they will also admit that soon they will add Winter classes for even more cash - not that anyone can learn anything substantial in these three weeks.

And finally the author recommends to drop research and go back to teaching. In theory that sounds good. In practice, universities have been forced to fish for grant money because state support has been scaled back. Also, in my observation, the worst teaching is done by full professors in their Fifties, who have long checked out and are not keeping up with current practice.

Maybe it's time to get rid of tenure and increase state support.
I figure thinness is secondary. The headphone jack is not controlled by Apple and Apple demands control. It now owns a headphone manufacturer that manufactures devices at very high markups, so why would it continue to permit competition on its devices with other companies? The adapter will cost enough and be inconvenient enough that it will prevent 3rd party manufacturing of headphones.

You say bluetooth, but that requires another battery and is much more expensive to make that a pair of earbuds. Also Apple is now a top tier member of the Bluetooth SIG, which controls the bluetooth standard and trademarks. Expect your Extend phase for bluetooth soon. I personally expect nothing less from the anti-standards anti-interoperability Apple.
Pinterest feels more like visual bookmarking and not lists.
Are acquisitions considered money spent on R&D?
> There could be two lighting ports. After all, there is
> currently a lighting port and a 3.5mm jack, so why would
> replacing the jack with a lightning port be out of the
> question?

My guess would be something more akin to the current hdmi dongle, which has a power input as well as hdmi out. http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD826AM/A/lightning-digita...
Architecting Distributed Databases for Failure
Another key quote:

> I found it particularly difficult to be silent about my concerns while Congress was debating the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2005 and early 2006. If I hadn't been under a gag order, I would have contacted members of Congress to discuss my experiences and to advocate changes in the law. The inspector general's report confirms that Congress lacked a complete picture of the problem during a critical time: Even though the NSL statute requires the director of the FBI to fully inform members of the House and Senate about all requests issued under the statute, the FBI significantly underrepresented the number of NSL requests in 2003, 2004 and 2005, according to the report.