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I think the crowd is more unnerving than Elon's presentation style... really cringy whoops and whistles and "YES!".
It's equal opportunity, it's a platform for anti-privacy zealots and apathetic people as well!
Depending on where you are and mode of transportation, the current location near Moffatt is... non-ideal.

I only remember the prior location as a member for a couple of years (while working near by).
You could have hooked a Mac up to Visual Studio for building and Deploying Xamarin apps. I used to have a Mac mini on my desk for this.

Here's the instructions btw.
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/ins...
The difference is not really big and if that's the only thing, I think I will stay on Linux/Mac.
We don’t see many side projects that have turned into companies anymore
Holy cow, heart attack at 40? Can you elaborate on how that happened?
Ask HN: Npm slow?
Just trying to find out if npm is just slow for me. Npm install is taking forever .... but all other sites including HN works fine.
They've been running some "sponsored question" type things recently. Interesting idea, not sure how scalable.
He's usually like that. It kind of of makes you appreciate the Steve Jobs product unveils a bit more. Can't remember the last "product" that was hyped this much.
Their personalised email digest is outstanding so I would expect this to drive a lot of return visits.
Maybe, but I am coming to believe more and more that battling climate change will require a fundamental reexamination of core principles, up to and including privacy.

I am aware that this is an unpopular opinion.
> The whole implication is that "girly = bad" which is sexist, and then you have guys who are going to be emasculated if they enjoy a "girly" thing which is also sexist.

Cars are designed with specific genders in mind.[0][1][2]

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it is. The linked articles come to some conclusions as to why.

Also please note that no one made the 'girly=bad' assertion but you.

[0]: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-02-02/hormones-f...

[1]: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/womens/chap6.pdf

[2]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10077069/Designing-cars-...
Wow, is that Transformers music?
At least the current location is close to light rail (closer than the prior location).
The experience is less than obvious when browsing from a phone.

Swiping left is not my default when visiting a website.
Too old to code?
Appreciate aome advice. Ive been a software product manager with fortune 500 companies for 20 years. But with each downsizing it gets harder, brutally so, to even get an interview, and when i do its with someone half my age. So even though o have manage many products to succesd and my technical chops are much better than most pm's (i can even write code, but not production quality, you can see ine projecg here at www. Widgetlabs.us) its just about impossible to get a new gig at 55. Was thinking about a code bootcamp, but have seen the sentiment that its tough for old but qualified devs to get a job as well. Dont want to waste my time if i'm just too damn old for a decent tech job in this new economy - thoughts?

Muchos gracias :-)
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I do not believe that a canary can be a reasonable defense for "Oh I didn't say anything"

There's two situations here: Either the gov't doesn't care that you say you got an NSL (without specifics on time/subject), or they do care.

If they do care, discussion with judge:

- Did you say you got an NSL, despite there being a gag order?

- Well I didn't not say anything

- You had previously had a communication strategy set up to communicate when you would get an NSL

- ...

- So you did say it.

Case where the gov't doesn't care that you mention you got one (given you hide the time/subject through delays):

- Why did you do all the crazy stuff to tell people instead of just telling people?

- It was funner this way

Is the canary really a legal defence? I can only imagine that no, it isn't. At best it lets you imply that you got an NSL even if you didn't (oops we removed it from the template). At worst you're facing the same legal issues as before
What does this have to do with climate change?
Pretty smart looking car. Doesn't ape the Model S' look too much, clearly looks a little more compact, and the roofline makes it look both roomy and a little space-agey. From the front it almost has a Porsche Panamera look going on... Nice looking car. I wish Tesla good luck, though I don't think they'll need it.
By implementing another toll gates, they might actually worsen the traffic jam. When I cross the Bay Bridge, i see lines upto the toll booths, and after them, it's usually clear.
OK, then, sounds like you've got it figured out. Give it a shot. Let us know how it turns out.
People see NSA everywhere they want to. Yet, domesric authority here is FBI which compels SIGINT-enabling for NSA per leaks. Court order, NSL, or backdoor are all FBI if coerced.
Wow it looks really nice. The front is completely sealed.
I think there is a dynamic being left out of the conversation here (and do please correct me if this has been brought already). There is certainly a story in that "yet another Google service is being shut down." But, let's rewind a bit.

All these services that Google has or will eventually shut down were at one time at the "go/no go" stage. When Google was still a start-up that "go/no go" decision might be based off of resources or a particular group of programmers passion. Now a mature company, this decision is generally made based on calculations as to how a particular project will fit into the overall portfolio and impact the bottom line.

Some projects, no matter how much a passionate group of programmers might lobby, may never get off the ground because there isn't a sufficient argument in terms of the larger picture. But, and here I finally get to my point, some projects are surely proposed purely to protect the bottom line from competitors or to hedge against changes in the marketplace; i.e. Google+ was purely to protect against the trend of Facebook becoming a growing percentage of a user's on-line experience and walling off content to Google's search engine.

Another example, still unfolding, is that of their Nest acquisition. And this is where the real damage gets done. Google sees the growth of the IOT market, and so acquires Nest so as to get a foothold into that market.

Now both Google+ and Nest are dying horrible, slow, shot in the stomach movie deaths, and everyone is forced to watch. What could have been accomplished by the engineers working on these projects if their primary goal was to serve a remote master, the bottom line of Alphabet? Perhaps, if these two products where not born out of a proxy war to buttress the revenue of Google Search, perhaps we all could have seen great things born out of their endeavors.

Instead, having served their purpose, the fiscal responsibility due to the shareholders of Alphabet having been fulfilled, the Alphabet PR machine gently asks that we look away, and look to their next amazing product.
Tesla just sold $4B worth of Model 3's in 24 hours
This was announced at the end of the Model 3 event by Elon himself. Wow.
The paper on the economics of this is The Problem of Social Cost by Ronald Coase. It's dense but readable, and a masterpiece of economic reasoning.
It felt a bit more "IronMan-esque" to me, personally :)
Tesla unveils the Model 3, its mass-market electric car
Looks like a Chrysler 200 http://cdcssl.ibsrv.net/autodata/images/?IMG=CAC50CRC211D013...
over 100000 orders... so they just made $100M in less than a day in just reservations. nice.
I am trying really hard to approach Perl 6 with an open mind, but my gut reaction to most of the code I see is negative.

It seems like the guiding principle was to create a language that gives you incredible freedom in terms of how you do things. While that is great in theory, in practice mentally modelling that expressiveness reduces the amount of attention I can devote to the specific problems being addressed by the code. Maybe if I put a lot of time in that would change; I don't see a big potential payout though, so I'm not going to bother.

With that being said, grammars look well designed. If all I was doing was parsing/transforming text, I would definitely consider using Perl 6.
Over 115k reservations in 24hours! This is going to put serious pressure on other auto makers to step up their game.
I can see a good opportunity to start designing an after market replacement nose..... Looks a little uninspired, where as the rest of the design looks amazing.
I assume that the value of metrics acquired can help a lot when determining efficiency in driving habits.
Yeah, I was thinking Panamera.
Looks nice. I'm not completely sold on the nose but have no complaints about the rest. I am happy to see 115k+ preorders. Congrats Tesla!
This is Tesla's Model 3
I was hoping he was referring to something other than the snacks that were served to the people camping overnight outside stores to order the Model 3 with this tweet:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/715566236822671360

"Incredibly inspired by the interest in Model 3. You won't be disappointed. Also, small token of appreciation coming for those who lined up."
I'm talking about time-sharing. It doesn't mater if it's smaller instances sharing a single GPU instance or many instances sharing many GPU instances. Essentially N:M sharing (with some scheduling).

Since the GPU client is now abstracted from the GPU devices by placing the GPUs across the network. It seams like time-sharing should be next logical step.
I have never totally understood the difference between redhat server, desktop and workstation. This program grants access to redhat server. Does this mean that you can not use this to develop something for Gnome? The way I understand the differences between the variants in order to do Gnome development you would need to use Workstation, which is Desktop plus development tools.
Yeah, I understand that's a bold "see, I'm electric" statement, but still feels a bit awkward.
That's actually just the way he talks according to every interview/presentation/video I've seen of him, albeit maybe with some added nerves.
Tesla Model 3 Announced
I remember thinking the advanced pattern matching was nothing short of amazing when I read about it a while ago.
Again, this company needs to die off. It's one thing to attempt to innovate, it's another to be outright fraudulent.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/31/government-report-details-t...
He announced 115,000 reservations before the stream began. That's $115m spent on a product no one had seen. Crazy.
He does seem like a pretty genuine guy. Just a big kid living out his childhood fantasies.
For a live stream that was yet to start.
That is a very good looking 35K car! Job well done.
I believe most modern cars you buy today (even low-end ones) have a GSM modem connected to a phone carrier which is probably active regardless of your payment for the "connected" features, so not much better unless you figure out a way to pull its power.
Wow, I don't really know how bmw or mercedes are going to compete with model 3. Tesla does not look worse than 3 series and C class, is faster and is almost free to run. And the base bmw 3 series starts at $33,200 and it is almost empty inside...It will be an interesting couple years for auto industry for sure.
Elon noted that they got more than 115,000 orders so far.
He's a good reminder that it's not necessary to be the best speaker to be an amazing and inspiring leader. You could imagine another universe where Elon interviews at a tech company and doesn't get hired, just based on his presentation style.
I have a theory that this service is to allure drivers more than consumers. Given that consumers had an option of using Lyft Line or Uber Pool for their daily commute anyways, Lyft Carpool don't add that much value other than perhaps cheaper fare. On the other hand, for the single drivers, this sounds like a good opportunity to make a side income without a huge impact on their lifestyle. Probably another 10 minutes of their lives picking up and dropping off a passenger, and they get paid a few hundred extra bucks a month.

I have never thought about being a Lyft/Uber driver, but I am seriously considering registering for Lyft Carpool, and who knows? If I like it, I might become a Lyft driver as a side gig.
I'm guessing the refund button is safe.
I saw in a forum that a Tesla staff member said it would be mailed out to the in store pre-orders.
Very clean looks also:

215 Miles Range

with 0-60 in 6secs,

Seats 5 will have autodrive tech

all for $35,000

Deliveries begin end of 2017 (Hopefully)

This is truly a mass market full electric car.
We may be seeing something on the lines of the iPhone - a category busting product.
More like game over for some auto makers. You have to think for $35,000 would most people rather get a Tesla, a BMW, a Lexus, a Mercedes, or an Audi? Tesla is going to grab many of these guys customers. I for one, can't wait for my lease to be over.
Edit - wow that is a better looking car than I expected. You can be as awkward serving as you like if that's the main course!

I mean, I'll reserve judgement until I see some more photos, but when he revealed the car it felt like a huge let down in the room. And I think we all know the car will be a success, but I got the impression that the people in the room were let down a bit by the design. I was surprised Elon didn't showcase the design at all.
Might have been the low angle shot that made it look weird. Before that, I didn't even notice the nose.
From earlier today, Virgin America's New Logo, parodying AirBnB: http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagini...
I rather like his presentation style. For some reason it strikes me as genuine, like he's someone I can relate with and look up to. He doesn't need to be a flashy salesman because his projects will sell themselves.
Can the government compel you to lie? (I don't know). If they can't, then the canary is a legal defense, unless of course the gov't prohibits those of us who haven't got an NSL from confirming that we haven't got one. But even that could not be retroactive.
Wow. The interior is absolutely jaw dropping. It looks so fucking good.
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The people in the audience were also viewing the car from below stage level. They really had to rely on the video and pictures to see it.
He mentioned it has autopilot hardware standard (like the current Model S), which makes me suspect you have to pay a few thousand dollars more to unlock it in software.
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They announced during the livestream that they already have 115k preorders. Pretty crazy considering that they were all made site-unseen (I guess barring Tesla employees that placed their preorder and knew what the car looked like).
> Also please note that no one made the 'girly=bad' assertion but you.

It was implicitly made. They dislike the Bolt's look so described it as "girly" (using the term as a negative). So unless you're claiming that they meant "girly" as a compliment, my point stands.

If they didn't mean "girly=bad" then their entire statement makes no sense. It only makes sense if they meant it negatively.
115k reservations in 24 hours. $115m. That is an excellent first day. Assuming there aren't many cancelations, ~$4B+ total by 4Q 2016. Very nice. However, I don't think the hype matched the presentation.
I was curious too, but it looks like the USPS reimbursement rates [1] for rural personal vehicles are decent, and are no doubt geared toward gas cars that have much higher operating and maintenance costs. Depending on how far a mail carrier drives, it could plausibly cover the cost of the Model S. Not a bad gig.

In the video, the postal carrier mentions the Tesla being better than spending $30 on gas per day. At $2.50/gallon, that's 12 gallons of gas. Assuming 20mpg (all of the stop and go), that's about 250 miles per day, or ~5000 miles per month assuming five-day delivery.

1. https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22340/html/inf...
>Don't neglect mobility work. It's boring, but it'll save you in the long run.

Dude, yeah. Been lifting on and off for about five years and made a little progress. Just started working with a trainer and realized that I've never done a proper dead lift because I lack flexibility in my hamstrings. I always kind of blew off mobility as not being related to strength. A real eye opener.
Pretty solid specs for the base model. I'm very interested to see how much those numbers go up (or down, in the case of 0-60) as the options are revealed.
Eh, I see where you are coming from, but I wouldn't use it myself. The constant bidding and sequential worrying of whether I paid the "right" amount for the service would be too much stress for me. I would rather pay an extra couple of more bucks instead of stressing over the bidding itself.
Felt the presentation ended half way. Wanted him to show the inside of the car and all the features.

Caught the glimpse the new horizontal screen, but no details on that in the presentation or on the side....

Wonder if they are not ready with all those yet.
Or maybe I am used to Apple keynotes
1. get drunk

2. http://dumb.domains/

3. wake up with stupid domains
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The car looks comparable to a Honda CRZ or a Toyota Prius (or a Subaru BRZ). They should have gone with the small-sedan form factor, but I think they believe it will cannibalize Model S sales.
Can someone explain to me what tesla 3 is? Why all the hype?
Lol :)

What's with this non-sense rant? Where did you get that girly=bad?

Sexist? I don't even bother...

I'm free to share my opinion, or not? Simply, it's a car I would buy for my daughter, not me. This is not the case for Tesla designs.
Ah, I was '13 MArch, during the later part of Wigley's reign. Sounds like you were right there during the paperless studios?

(Somehow I feel like the intersection of GSAP(P) MArchs and Hacker News is a very small set. Any chance you'd be willing to say hello over email?)
It sure makes for pretty code. And, it's gotten easy to use Unicode under Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X over the past few years.

I posted an example of hyper operators a little while back, and used the Texas variants because I thought it might be intimidating to show them with Unicode...and, they were just so darned clunky looking, I had to change them back, and included a little note that there was a non-Unicode way to use the feature, as well
Of course, but then it's much harder to secretly hack a machine when there are paper records to back it up. You need to tamper with the paper records, or be careful to only hack the machine in such a way that the paper records would not obviously prove fraud.
He is always like this. I think his words are generally quite precise and economical even if his delivery seems all over the place. I like it. It seems genuine. And I tend to drift off when things are too smooth and scripted.

He might have some sort of speech impediment and it would be a shit of a world if he were judged on that instead of his achievements.
Canaries are vague enough that I doubt it's of much concern to the government, especially if they're site wide and once a year like this. That combined with the fact that it's harder for the government to compel speech vs a simple gag means they're fairly safe probably. Really until it's tested in court they're always going to be a little dangerous.
Who are these people that go to these events and do the high pitch "woo"ing? Seriously stop.
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The presentation definitely felt short. I wanted to understand more of the specifications, get to know the car a little bit. Especially if 115K people just pre-ordered something they know so little about.
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True. But based on previous models which are all pretty smart-looking, I'd say it was a safe enough bet that this model would be as well.

It's funny too, I never thought about the price point they're actually selling it for. I can afford one, and might just get one for my wife (my car is still new-ish, and efficient enough).
Is it realistic? Yes and no.

"Jack of all trades, master of none" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_...

These people DO exist! As an organization grows, sometimes they end up being a "bad fit" and get pushed out or leave (for good or for bad).

I think that the way we compensate engineers with equity is poor reflection of how businesses grow, and what they need to do to function.

I know a lot of early and mid stage players who, by their nature provide value that is outsized for their direct compensation, but have a limited shelf life. The options game is rigged against this sort of specialization.
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It turns out lots of things make sense to parse using grammar like constructs: various binary formats, JSON, CSV, etc. I have a feeling that community writing decent parsers for once will make perl's parsing ability across the board pretty amazing and less fussy than just about anywhere else.
OK, $35K, 115,000 pre-orders, delivery early 2018. (Yeah, he said "next year", and then the projection said "late next year", and then he waffled, so 2018 is realistic.)

Tesla's current production rate is about 70,000 units a year. Yes, the NUMMI plant once produced 500K vehicles a year on that site, but that just means Tesla has lots of empty building shell into which they can expand.

The real problem is profitability. Bloomberg is skeptical.[1] Tesla isn't profitable, and they have a high price point now. Cutting the price means they have to produce at a far lower cost while expanding factory capacity. That will be very tough. Jason Wheeler, Tesla's CFO, is going to have to come up with some creative financial strategies. But with near-zero interest rates, and lots of pre-orders, they can probably borrow heavily for plant at very low cost.

[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-03-31/tesla-double...
> "for a luxury car"

Since when is a car under 35K is considered luxury?
Ruby 2.1.10 Released. It includes compatibility tests with two-digit version numbers.

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-rel...
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Okay, I'll say it. I don't like the hatchback-esque look. I would have much preferred a normal sedan design.

Yes the car is amazing in a ton of other ways, and yes the look will probably grow on me over time, but I don't want to "learn to love it". I want to innately find it beautiful at first glance. And my initial, instinctual reaction to the unveil was...a feeling of slight letdown.
It is not Java, but Python. What a surprise!
There is a dead simple solution to this which we've known about forever. Require companies that drill for oil to carry adequate insurance.
That sounds like a good possible solution. Online backups are not an option for me, due to internet limitations, but paid app with open source restore tool is an acceptable solution. At least that way I am not going to be stuck with no way to retrieve my files in case the company ever goes out of business or something like that. I wish there was a way to make it run in powernap, like Time Machine does. I was even considering using TM with a network drive. It's not terribly difficult to setup, you just need to setup AFS I believe , and set a few flags. I have done this before. But TM is annoyingly not configurable and insists on "backing" things up locally until it can offload the backup to the server.
I want to know how they plan for self-driving cars to work in snow.