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> I'm really sick of "investors" thinking that trimming every little cost here and there is going to somehow fix things.

Giving such control to investors is the least bad compromise for running companies. On the spectrum of: "let company survive because it should" to "let company survive because it is giving us as much in returns as we expect", Yahoo is towards the latter. People think they will lose money on Yahoo because they don't see a path for its growth. The end of the spectrum with "let company survive because it should" is terrible, just ask current and former socialist countries where many industries are/were government owned. An example is Air India, which is propped up the government as a showcase national carrier in spite of being massively loss making and a shitty carrier in the modern era of race-to-the-air-travel-experience-bottom.
Articles reporting negatively on antidepressants should come with a huge disclaimer to those taking them that they should continue to do so unless their doctor / psychiatrist recommends otherwise.

It seems obvious, but after being mostly depression / anxiety free for four years and reading an influx of articles claiming that they do nothing or very little based on new research, I decided to quit. Huge mistake that very nearly ruined my life.

It turned out that despite all the lifestyle changes I made as well as therapy I received to mitigate depression and anxiety, the pills were almost solely responsible for my recovery. Restarting the SSRI of course did the trick, but they don't work fast and I lost nearly a year of my life. I currently regard this as the worst decision I have ever made.
Not just register, but register every single one of them.

I've got 4 or 5 rc gliders in my garage and half a dozen or more kits or collections of parts to build more, as well as 5 quad copters that'd all fall under these rules.

At the height of my slope combat phase, I was probably averaging building 2 or 3 new slope soaring gliders every weekend. And I had friends who were _way_ more prolific than I was.

I wonder just how scalable their new "drone registry" is? It's easy enough to keep track of 747s and A380s, but whatever system they use for that was unlikely to be designed/specced for "webscale" type growth (and given their "$5 is the same price as we charge airliners!" comment, I wouldn't bet against this being exactly the same system/database)
I think there is a case to be made for doing both. The one advantage of randint is that it makes for a convenient migration path for those relying on std::rand() and friends.

I honestly am a bit at a loss though in terms of understanding how this proposal makes things significantly easier for programmers.

Absent this proposal, you would write:

std::default_random_engine e(std::random_device{});
std::uniform_int_distribution<int> uniform_dist(1, 6);
const int random_value = uniform_dist(e);

The new process basically cuts the first two lines down to one, and uses a method call for a uniform distribution instead of creating an object for it. Is that really easier?

If so, then yeah, go with the idea of an empty constructor version of engines that will smartly seed from a random device, and add a mixin that does the magic of mapping all the different distributions in to methods.

I'm just wondering if that is somehow missing what is actually making life difficult for developers.
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Looks like it's a standalone cli tool but I imagine you could get it to work with something like kdiff
As long as your are still under warranty you should be good.
Usually you will be asked to do some troubleshooting first over the phone and if needed can then be setup for service.
You can go to http://getsupport.apple.com or just call 1-800-MY-APPLE to contact AppleCare.
That would have messed with C++'s goal of providing compatibility for C code.

Let's assume things had proceeded as you suggest though. We'd still not have a good solution for random number generation until the C++11 standard came out, and so we'd still have all the forces in place that gave rise to it and to the current mess.
It's funny how in today's corporations it is in manager's best interest to make decisions that are profitable short-term but bad for the company long-term - the manager will be there for a reward, but long gone by the time consequences come.
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Market sizing is a Fermi problem - that doesn't mean it's not quantitative or even that you don't need to think about it, it just means a back of a napkin calculation will do (to a first approximation). It's more important how you think through the problem of market sizing than how precise the end number is.

The thought exercise will reveal weaknesses in your strategy.
I've seen people and have caught myself too, trying to swipe and enlarge stuff on paper, and also to click and tap. And when writing with pen 'n paper, I often want to undo and look for the C-\ for a moment.
2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10723992
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I'd think the autoseed proposal in this post addresses that problem.
If you think what they do is evil then explain why. Don't pretend that everyone thinks that way so much so that it doesn't even need an explanation.
> Last.FM was so ahead of the game it's mind boggling how they just seem to have fizzled out while Grooveshark, and Spotify came in.

I used to think that same thing, but I've come to realize that most people don't care that much about music. It's just pleasant background noise to them.
Yeah, but it's billed in kilowatt hours, because you buy power. Power is energy supplied over a time.

But, you're right, i should have used better units, and the x/y/z is right but confusing. your quote from the article is the right way to explain it.
Gotta agree with Jerf - what happened seems obvious. Someone else got there first - and we know pretty much when - and by now their algorithm includes sophisticated filters and refinements. They're pulling in only the best low hanging fruit now and competing for it, too - by buys near the end of the day, say. Margins are much lower now and the stated crude algorithm can no longer compete.

My first paper-and-pencil investment strategy in stocks was precisely this momentum one, when I was about 14, around 1970. So, this wasn't an opportunity that was going to persist forever. (What made it non-viable in the past was the high cost of broker fees.)
Vex!

Vex is definitely the highest quality stuff, you can program in C, and they have tons of competitions using this gear to get involved in.

http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexedr
Yeah, I remember the sinking. That was crazy.

The Bulge was well-known to eat cars:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/bellevue-pi/2011/05/18/looking-bac...
Being pedantic, you can actually get iOS Dev machines hosted in the cloud, so technically you wouldn't have to own a mac.
You misunderstand me. I think random(3) should have been omitted from the C standard.
And there's the combination to be considered[1][2].

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHrTtvFFIs

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU
It's about the only renaming that the FSF has ever got to catch on. It's more accurate than the original and doesn't sound like a playground taunt.
IBM made several pretty serious mistakes that lead to Microsoft's dominance on software licensing. But even on the hardware side they could have seen huge success but instead wasted time and mindshare creating the failed Microchannel architecture in order to regain control over the PC platform.
LIFX. $60/bulb, just like the Hues, but they connect via wi-fi so there's no hub needed. Better blues and greens than the Hues, as well.

I've tried them and the Hues. I gave the Hues away to my ex. I've got eight LIFX bulbs in my apartment, and would happily buy more if I was in a bigger place that needed more lighting.
> The science of developing robust software is great and pretty consistent going back decades varying mostly in specific tools and tactics

Nope (since uh-huh/nuh-uh is the starting point you've taken). Most science is BAD SCIENCE and I have doubts about the claims made by either the author or the topics you reference. Almost all formal studies are about specific tools and tactics in small sample sizes. This isn't proven science as much as they are test results. - https://vimeo.com/9270320 + http://quorumlanguage.com/evidence.php should orient you toward what proof is and how we can reference it in a reasonable manner. There will be plenty of bias to argue about how the tests are conducted or what the data demonstrates.
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Many of the new TLDs are prohibitively expensive for individuals or SMEs. For example .club is nearly €6000 per year through Gandi versus €20 for a .org or €7 for .org.uk

The prices may drop in future to try to stimulate demand but right now they're mostly hilarious.
Why does anyone part attention to your review anyway? Reputation. No one's going to trust a review from someone that doesn't have a track record. If you want to get a sock puppet identity with that much reputation by making useful contributions through it, well, go ahead. :) xkcd.com/810/
I totally agree, and a runout is probably higher in expected npv than their current strategy.

It's just weird, however, given they hired Marissa Mayer. She is, or at least is perceived to be, a product specialist; nothing about her, professionally or temperamentally, seems like she'd be good at being a ruthless cost cutter who operates run-outs.
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There is no RSU but there was some talk to stock options. C level does not want to disclose what the value of those stock options will be after future funding rounds though.

My job is to design and build part of the platform, but am also involved heavily in defining the direction in which company is moving. In addition to normal 45-55 hrs of development work, I am also sort of project manager, product manager and support.
the point is that

(1) the reviews are biased. even if the reviewer tries to be truthful, the fact that they received the item for free may impact their rating. the fact that at the few samples i checked, every rating was 5 stars, suggests as much to me. this is uncontroversial (cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funding_bias).

this is separate from the issue that the reviewers themselves are "selected" (is this algorithm totally transparent? is it purely based on their helpfulness rating?) creating a biased pool of reviews as well

(2) the reviews, despite having a subtitle indicating that they are part of the vine program, look and read in every other way like a normal review. it was not until i had read several reviews before i noticed the vine program disclaimer.

also the star rating includes these vine reviews, which generally serve as an at-a-glance rating for an item. no doubt the intent is to make the origin of these reviews non-obvious to the casual observer.

in other words, it is misleading. it may not be a new phenomenon, and surely it happens in other domains as well, but it is discouraging. it would be nice to see amazon set higher standards, perhaps separating paid from unpaid reviews more clearly. im glad at least that some people are benefiting from the free stuff ;)
Glad to hear it.
Really happy I moved out of the Seattle area. From what I understand most of Seattle-proper is built on sandstone and the fault line running through Seattle seems like a huge liability.

Difference between earthquake insurance in Seattle and just over 100mi south is incredible(~1.5k/mo if I remember correctly).
I don't know if that idea was ever true. Maybe it worked back in the times when customers and sellers knew each other personally, but that must have been way before we first invented cities. The idea is certainly being taught to kids though, and it's also used to argue that the market can solve everything in a nice way.
Always amazed that the folks who buy military gear don't get that when you build entirely new systems they break in ways you didn't know they could break. Often they compare them to the current reliability of 20 - 30 year old technology.
An interesting case where huge "mental and business damages" could easily be justifiable for what amounts to, in essence, minor cockup that had unfortunately wide ranging impact
Suicide is the leading cause of death of mothers in the perinatal period, so I'm glad they said that talking therapies are important.

They present this increased risk as a percentage. No-one understands what that means. People can't translate that increase in risk into actual numbers of people with autism.
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Because they can spend less money on medicine?
Well, others get singled out too, like John Paulson here http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/23/philanthrop...
Actual title: In Defense of Philanthrocapitalism, by James Surowiecki
If these two activities are incompatible, it's going to be because drone pilots refuse to be bound by regulations that pilots observe.

We live in an open society. If we need to choose between these two activities, we can have a referendum or plebiscite. The general public can decide. Some people will vote in favour of a small, entitled minority who want to play with a dangerous toy without responsibility. Others will vote in favour of the continuation of general air transportation, which we have had for about 100 years. We'll see how that goes.
This is a device using an open standard though. Philips could conceivably do the same thing over http by checking MAC addresses.
I can only recommend you not to buy LIFX bulbs.

I have one and it has been widely unreliable from day one.

It does not default to on when you use the light switch, so you always have to use the app to interact with it.
Half the time, the app fails to detect it. The rest of the time, it can take random amounts of time for it to respond.

It also likes to randomly light up red in the middle of the night or to flicker very rapidly (absolutely unbearable).

I have just removed it and replaced with a dumb light.
Around 100 people a year die in the US falling off ladders, with another ~35,000 requiring Emergency Department treatment.

(from the table about halfway thru http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6316a2.htm )

Drones are no doubt an emerging area of possible concern, but this heavy handed regulation is pure and simple control via hysteria.
I think this is a fair, clear-headed way to start the discussion, fwiw.
I find it an ongoing mystery how many of these tools and services pop up that aren't based on Couch/PouchDB, don't reference Couch/PouchDB, aren't compatible with the Couch sync protocol, and don't even seem aware the Couch/PouchDB exist.

I'm 100% waiting to be sold on "here's a new tool that does what CouchDB does, but is better in these specific ways", but if your sales pitch is just "we're working on writing an exact clone of CouchDB because we didn't realise CouchDB existed" it doesn't really sell me.

(Nothing wrong with a dose of Not Invented Here Syndrome; a lot of progress comes from reinventing the wheel. What gets me is the No Idea What's Been Invented Syndrome.)
Can we decouple this relationship without breaking both parts? Capital is useful as a reward because it is useful as a way to direct the labor of others.
Just don't mention anything about a new JavaScript framework in any of your private communications, or they might spot it and make a new one of those too.
I have been consistently disappointed by Philips Hue ever since I purchased the $200 starter kit a year and a half ago.
Numerous iOS app updates have rendered the system useless (lack of basic QA), slow to adopt HomeKit and price gouging for it (they want users to buy an entirely new Hub for $60).
No good deed goes unpunished ;-)
Do you have a source for the "less CO2" part?
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Or anyone under 18 years old.

I learned so much on the internet, forum, learning website, etc... theses were living out of ads, they still do and in fact there multiple one that I was using when I was young that are now real enterprise and make quite a bit of money from theses ads.

Now that I'm an adult, I'm happy to pay for content but that wasn't possible for me younger.
I find the "truck sold in Texas, reappears in Syria in the hands of extremists" thing much more interesting to say the least. People in the west always wonder where these nuts get their gear... well, at the market like everyone else...
In case of renting an apartment, you risk getting in trouble with your landlord. Given how hostile landlord-tenant relationships can be, non-invasive solutions may be desirable to some.
I'll throw in an article that I wrote about building an open source Firebase clone: http://procbits.com/2014/01/06/poor-mans-firebase-leveldb-re... / https://github.com/jprichardson/iceden. Written in Node.js.
The link to Rand's blog is 404'ing. It appears to have been moved to the Moz site:

https://moz.com/rand/misadventures-venture-capital-funding/
Wow, what a sprawling article. At first it seems

Yes. I HATE reporting like this. I've got things to do with my life. I'd much rather they just get on with the information. If they feel there's some human interest necessary to understand the point, at least give me a summary up front, so I can decide if it's going to be interesting and worth the investment of time.
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Eh, chat can be time shifted as well. My team regularly posts chat messages to Flowdock even when I'm not online (and I do the same). It doesn't get overloaded because the # of users are limited to a small team.
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It's a total dick move on Philips's part to "update" incompatibility into existing products that people already own and have spend money and effort to integrate. These people bought product with the expectation of compatibility, now they're out their investment because of Philips's selfish business decision.

Even they have elevated support costs, Philips's made their bed by offering compatibility in the first place for many years. If they want to remove it, they really should introduce a new model ("Introducing Hue 2.0: Now with less bulb compatibility!") and leave the existing customers unaffected.
Breaking the EULA is not the same thing as doing something illegal.
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Honestly, I hope he wins.

The Ford dealership that he sold his vehicle to cannot reasonably claim innocence, and has put this man's, and his family's, life in danger.

Now, whether if the Ford dealership is legally liable, I don't know. However, they're basically screwed: they'll forever be remembered as the dealership that sold a vehicle to terrorists (no matter if that is technically true or not; they immediately unloaded it at a car auction like all dealerships do if they don't have a local buyer already lined up).

I'd like to see an investigation, however, why a perfectly working truck was shipped overseas and left the American market. I know working computers are "recycled" (ie, dumped in a hole in the ground somewhere in China, India, or Africa), but I wasn't aware we did the same to vehicles.
i agree the reviews left to just the angry people would be unbalanced, but an actual solution needs to be unbiased.

perhaps rather than just "purchasing good reviews" a vendor could encourage [more] reviews by including a voucher or something on amazon that could only be redeemed after leaving a review. then you're soliciting feedback from hopefully more users, good or bad.

obv amazon and the vendors want less negative reviews in general because $$, so perhaps a genuine solution isnt really in anybodys interest except the end user/consumer (who might get annoyed to a point they go somewhere else, as i have done since i now consider amazon's reviews to be worthless)
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It's an open standard, which Philips hypocritically helped write, so there shouldn't be any patent issues other than the normal ones. You can even get it online from http://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-for-developers/applicationstand... . It's clickwrapped, but rather extant.
A while ago, Internet was about people sharing things, freely. And it was an interesting place!

Not all the content has to be written by professional writers and a lot of code is actually written for free by volunteers...
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Creating a new compatible hub now sounds like an ideal Kickstarter project, no?

Also, I can't help but wonder if UL issues may have influenced the decision too...just look at the current hoverboard fire issues with cheap Chinese manufacturing and I can at least speculate that they might be.
In my opinion this is the biggest fallout of an economy that doesn't reward loyalty.

If the company looks at the employee like a tissue to be used and thrown, why is it so surprising to receive the same treatment back.
The corollary of that of course is that if a potential investor keeps asking the question it means they have a nagging feeling there is a weakness in your strategy.

To quote Robert De Niro from Ronin; "If there's doubt then there is no doubt."
It's not so much a desire as a work-around for the fact that smart bulbs need a trickle of power 24-7 so they can respond to external messages from timers/sensors/etc. The wall switch has to stay on, so you need to kludge up some other way to control it.

These kludges are slowly getting better: maybe you can get a menu bar app so you can control your lights from the computer, maybe your phone/tablet light app can stick some buttons in an Android widget or in the iOS notifications pulldown, there are even people trying to make switches that you can stick over the normal switches and hit to trigger light changes without having to hire/be an electrician who can replace the switches.
I was a mentor (mostly doing software) for a couple high schools, and I can also recommend this. Even as a mentor, I learned a lot from helping high school students program their robot.

They provide a nice platform to get you started, but you still have to do a lot of thinking and clever engineering to get it all built.

The teams I was with did welding and created parts on CNC machines, but that's not necessary. Many teams build their robots out of purchased pre-fabricated parts. That's a much better way of doing things when your team is new.

You get the task the robot is supposed to perform and the rules it needs to follow in January, and you have to build a working robot in about six weeks. Everyone is very busy, and there's a lot of things that go wrong as the thing gets built. Everyone learns a lot from the experience.
Had anyone ever tried to challenge this in a court?

Some jurisdictions have customer protection laws that say it's illegal to require purchase of some goods (or services) as a condition for purchase of other goods (or services). Don't know English legal terms for this, sorry.
It's also interesting to read the counterpoint arguments of Florian Mueller on his FOSS patents blog.

http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/01/api-copyrightability-to-b...

The crucial point being that code written for Dalvik is actually not compatible with Java runtime. So how can you argue that borrowing code without consent is good for interoperability... when the product you deliver just break it?
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