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"but for the absence of solid developer tools, I'd have stayed forever."

Are you saying that Arch or Ubuntu and everything that runs on them aren't enough for you? Or that crouton hadn't evolved far enough at the time?

These days you can run crouton in a window or a tab within ChromeOS. Launch an xterm or IntelliJ or whatever each into their own windows, displaying within ChromeOS.

I'd say that the 2015 Pixel (plus crouton) is one of the best ultrabooks for devs.
Take control of your keyboard. At least Windows and Linux let you remap pretty freely. You probably have more than enough keys to do everything you want already, start remapping! A common path in is to remap Caps Lock to do something useful. (I favor Backspace, one of the keys that never shows up on the list of keystrokes if you just analyze text, but YMMV.)

However, it is still the case that even programmers will likely have the symbols off the beaten path a bit. Programmers still do a lot of not-programming, so it's hard for a symbol to displace even unpopular letters from the most convenient spaces. Your local written language will still end up dominating the keyspace.
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The one maglev costs $656,729,196, if I did the conversation right. That's 9 miles of track. Is that expensive for a major city? The Second Avenue subway cost a lot more, for example:

"The first phase will be within budget, at $4.45 billion. The total cost of the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) line is expected to exceed $17 billion.'

This article says that low-speed maglevs are competitive:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/06/c_135339867.htm

"The line costs between 150 million yuan and 250 million yuan per kilometer, making it highly economical compared to subways and light rail, which cost up to 800 million yuan and 300 million yuan per km respectively"

Do you have any facts to back up your "white elephant" claims?
So land in Detroit and San Francisco, which have similar populations, should be valued about the same. (Yes, there are probably more people in the Bay area overall, but to a first approximation.) And coastal property on the southern Maine coast should have a low value.

Ultimately, it's market value. You can subtract the value of the building but it's actually hard to separate the two.
The original was nice, but this one is definitely a big step up from the one that came before, which (while still heavy and monstrous) was one of the worst keyboards I've ever used, with complete lack of feedback. This one is actually quite decent, better than most desktop keyboards.
I think this is consistent with an institutional interest in going through the motions of diagnostic tests, but not caring about accuracy.
The fact of standard templates needn't prevent the possibility of novel templates. But it ought make the prospect slightly more user-controllable. Design-by-committee isn't the alternative to design-by-fuckwits, the present mode.

Github and Gmail are both tools which now face the dilemma of gratuitous changes -- many of the recent innovations haven't done much for usability, for numerous reasons (familiarity itself is a key factor, GUI offers limited capacity for improved functionality, jwz has commented on this from his Mozilla experiences).

But most changes to default styles are pants.

Hell, much the problem is that default styles are pants. If browsers had a set of presentation styles that did work well (see the "readability" modes offered by Safari, Firefox, Readability, Pocket, Instapaper, etc.), then we'd have slightly less a problem.

Github, Gmail, Google Maps, etc., are largely the exception to long-form informational content pages. I'm OK with an explicit "app mode" for such sites. But 99.999999% of what I read would do vastly better with uniform presentation.

More attention to content and semantic construction. Less to layout frippery.

Something tells me you'll not be convinced.
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I like the change. I keep all my online coursework (Coursera and the like) in Github. This is code and work that cannot be public because it would violate the class code of conduct. It always made me a little sad to see big barren streaks in my contribution graph. Especially when I knew I had been coding more than usual and working on really interesting stuff.
Just upvoted you, you will be happy to know.
Yup. Be it government or business, no difference there. Of course, in both cases a cleanup is possible- and occasionally happens. But then you need a proper market for business or a working democracy for government and those are frequently missing.
I agree the $1800 price tag is a bit much. Not only that, if it truly were a 'commuter solution', it wouldn't need new wheels so often. I don't think this company is thinking about long-term and sustainability enough. Why not rubber tires? I wish these companies would stop the incremental long board design and just think different.

Why don't we have cheap, semi-durable, electric long boards? Or Tesla's patents in use for long boards? bikes? Motorcycles? I wish I had the skills, I'd do it. Sure, R/D is a high cost but...there are better models to disrupt an industry than this snail-pace innovation.

If boosted boards could merge with E-glide [1], we'd have a bad ass true commuter solution. Then maybe pool resources to improve the battery and we'd have a product that disrupts things.

EDITED: Since I'm getting down votes, let me clarify. Replacement wheels cost $105[2], motor belt $25 [3]. On their website, they say [4] that the belts should be replaced every 200-400 miles. I doubt the wheels will last that long with normal use but let's be generous. 800 miles on the wheels.

If this were to be truly disruptive and would replace local commuting, it would need to do about 5,000 miles per year based on 20 miles a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. (this would be 250-500 charges per year).

Adding up the entire maintenance costs (735 yr in wheels, 300 in belts = 1,000 year in maintenance), I feel electric long boarding is only after hobbyists and not disruptive enough.

[1] https://e-glide.com/electric-skateboard-store/electric-skate...

[2] http://shop.boostedboards.com/products/replacement-wheels?va...

[3] http://shop.boostedboards.com/products/motor-belt-service-ki...

[4] http://boostedboards.com/faq/
Everything is performance art from some perspective.
Only if you remove your work email from your account. I still have green boxes for things I don't have access to. But I made sure to leave my work email in my account settings, if you remove it, then you lose all the green boxes.
Just that they don't happen as often.

Again, have you read the spam online about different frontend frameworks?
"As long as I can bisect, I don't much care about the details."

If I can't bisect, I don't approve. So, by simple logic based on the premise you supply, I also disapprove of large commits.

My point may not be what you expected prior to reading.
Not at all, though I think many more can (and do) than are given credit for being able to. But I'm enough to disprove the overheated "get a college degree or you'll die!" stuff that's flying around right now.
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I assume you are suggesting you want to work on a tablet, or run pure Android on a laptop/desktop.

The other interpretation of your words, given the topic of this article, is that you'd like IntelliJ on a Chromebook, so that: IntelliJ on Android + Android apps on Chromebooks brings IntelliJ to Chromebooks.
Rust can piggyback on almost any C tooling (emits DWARF debug info), and has very strong C interoperability, if C can talk to it, rust probably can too.
Interesting.

As I understand the anxiolytic effects, it is all about a proper balance between glutamate and GABA [1].

Some people get really stressed out when they eat too much glutamate-containing foods. So, perhaps probiotics can help address the glutamate too (?)

Note: some warnings here: [2] (some bacteria produce glutamate!)

[1] http://www.holistichelp.net/blog/how-to-increase-gaba-and-ba...

[2] http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/why-probiot...
Adopted by ASF as Apache Guano(tm).
https://www.google.com/search?q=gamergate+swat&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

Full disclosure: I was a gamer (never swatted, but said a few inappropriate things in my day).
I don't feel strongly either way about this. It isn't worth getting into an argument about.
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The uber comparison is more fair than your comparisons. Ok, yes the bike. But the bike isn't something that you can take with you everywhere, it's not nearly as easy to bring it on the train or grab a bus or if someone is picking you up somewhere you'd need them to be able to pick up your bike. An uber solves all above mentioned issues, however it's exepensive. A skateboard does solve as well, but using a skateboard as a means to get from point a to point b is less than ideal and the lack of brakes and numerous other options make it a non-option for a lot of people and why skateboarding is a culture instead of any everyman type situation. Enter the boosted board now you have a relatively easy way to get around on a skateboard and people that were turned off by the inconvenience have now a much more convenient and even more convenient way of doing things that is extremely portable you can pick it up and carry it with you don't have to worry about finding a spot to lock it up. The original comparison is not exactly fair you are right, but your comparison relative that isn't even remotely fair or showing of an understanding of why there is a market for electric skateboards.
Also cheaper and faster, a good way to save tax resources maybe?
I think a more interesting way to do streaks would have been to acknowledge and even encourage occasional time off. Treat them a bit like roller coasters.

For instance: the first contribution in a vacuum is 1 point; contributions for X days in a row are worth 3 points each; if you then “miss” only a day or two, you still get 2 points for the next contribution (unless you wait like a month, in which case it becomes 1 again). And to discourage absurd amounts of continuous work and burnout, contributions could also fall to 2 points after something like 14 consecutive days, where they might return to 3 if you take just 1 day off.
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HN has changed over the years, too. For example, each comment used to show its point count to every user, but it was eventually changed to be hidden to everyone but the user who made the comment.
And vice-versa. "You should've seen the other guy."

Yeah, it don't scale. One or two smart-asses in a small group, it's a good time. Couple dozen firing at will in a forum for hundreds or thousands, it's poison in the well.

Someone get sociologists on it, to earn their stipends.
That doesn't stop them from announcing all sorts of things that have rough edges. Some of them keep their rough edges for years.
I used to wonder this as well, but the problem is then you have to trust whoever submitted it set the rules up properly.
No, it's stagnating because of a growing income inequality and a hollowing-out of the middle class. Innovation isn't enough to fix this, and eventually it's going to bite us in the ass. But infrastructure is also important for the economy, and US infrastructure is in a shambles and getting worse. Big infrastructure projects (which actually work) are desperately needed, especially ones which make transport more efficient and less polluting. I'm not entirely sold Hyperloop is really the answer BTW, I think SkyTran would be a lot more useful overall and a lot more technically feasible not to mention cheap to build, but I see the same naysaying for any new transportation technology that comes along.
Hi, good point. I'll try that. Thanks!
Yeah, bigger, softer wheels + higher speeds + 2000 watt motors doesn't compare to a regular skateboard with small, hard wheels.

That said, it also doesn't compare to bicycles with ~26" air-filled tires. You definitely have to pay close attention to the road surface.
Very interesting game
LAX/SFO is the second busiest air route in the US.

http://cahsr.blogspot.com/2009/10/la-sf-nations-second-busie...

6.3 million people fly it every year.
So you do chemo to prolong or for a chance to fix or both ?

Have you tried marijuana to easen the pain?
You are a hero!

> In my case, the TWC guys replaced every piece of coax and splitter from my cable modem and TVs to the pole.

I am surprised by the coax inside the house. Usually they'll help if they can, but your house wiring is your problem. (Unless their solution is stapling a coax cable to your baseboard.)
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this has always been my largest gripe about ruby, i like to understand the magic. frustrating when i cant.
I was thinking
{
"business": "Jim's Hat Shop",
"date_visited": #2016-05-03#
}
because the parsing would be simple while the other would work.
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Damn, they haven't tweeted since Jan [1]. And their last FB post is the same time/related [2]. Seems like they went AWOL.

[1] https://twitter.com/RideMarbel/status/693081497264373760

[2] https://www.facebook.com/ridemarbel/videos/vb.75887281080344...
The first time I've attempted putting content of this sort out there.

If anyone on HN is interested in the topic of getting into VR (or AR or MR) from a background in web, I'd love to hear what questions you want answered or any feedback at all. Thanks!
Add mandatory auto-fill in the omnibar to the list of grievances.

If you do a search for "JavaScript" and then later perform a search for Java by typing "Java[Enter]", it will do a search for "JavaScript" instead, possibly before you have time to react. To prevent this, you have to stop before pressing [Enter] for each search to make sure it doesn't auto-fill, then press backspace if it did.

This feature cannot be turned off, and the faster you are at typing, the more aggravating it is.
I doesn't appear on this list: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6401474
Has anyone figured out why Linux devs seem to really dig Google+?
It depends. The admissions committee at Caltech might care if a PhD candidate from another country won the contest.

However, Caltech itself doesn't care that much about its team's performance.
The technique goes quite a way back--it was used extensively in the urban fighting in WW II, and I believe that the US troops used it in Buena Vista during the Mexican War.
If I want to cherry-pick a feature, I want less commits to search for, ideally one big coherent one with maybe a few smaller fixes later on.
The original Pixel has a touchscreen.
I've used my Android tablet exclusively with a mouse for more than a month, it works fine. With a multitouch touchpad, it should be even better.
I'm not sure why it'd be hard. "If there's a dom element that's an input of any time, and the user has focused it at any point, ask for confirmation on page exit" would work fine. The only case where I can see it being an issue would be a site that uses a select element as a menu, but I've not seen any do that in years.
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So, you put the sensors on municipal vehicles. Then what? Who pays for the data upload and storage? Who pays for sensor maintenance? Who looks at it and interprets it? Who gets the benefit?

From the POV of a local government official, I'll bet this looks like a way to throw money down a rat hole and be voted out for doing so.
I really really like this change - just general proof even if weak as hell that I've been constantly working and coding is a big deal if I don't have a ton of personal projects.
That could be true but consider that on the desktop we have had “files” and “applications” for years without much of a problem. In fact, any time a document tried to do too much (ahem Adobe Reader) it turned into a bloated mess and we preferred simpler formats.
Nothing boils my blood more than someone referring to all short term loans as "payday loans". Lendup is a fantastic company offering completely reasonable loans to customers with a strong need.

There was an article bashing Uber for helping to advance pay for their drivers with Clearbanc in Pando this week too. Ridiculous.
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" Why? Why does this happen with religion and not with Javascript or baking or other topics people talk about on forums?"

I do not believe this author had much experience discussing JS on forums.
When the author say "we have no problem with you distributing our software through the app store", then I would just get that in some more official writing that include you, apple, and more detailed description on what permission is exactly given. The primary purpose of any software license is to shield the downstream distributor against being charged under copyright infringement, but a personal permission is equally fine in a legal sense so long you don't intend that downstream from you should also be able to distribute your version.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/the-play-store-comes-...

"The new model dumps the native-client based implementation for an unmodified copy of the Android Framework running in a container."

Will you run chrome as root on your other platforms so it can start a container?
I'm really glad to see this change, for similar reasons expressed elsewhere in this thread.

Next up, GitHub, is doing a better job of determining what is a "contribution". Specifically, issue triage doesn't count as contribution. If I open an issue, I get a contribution, but if I close an issue, I don't. I do a lot of issue triage, and the lack of symmetry always bugged me: if someone opens up an invalid bug report, and I do the triage work, determine that bug was already fixed on master, and close it, they get a contribution, but I don't!

In other words, once you start quantifying what is and isn't a contribution, you also start to quantify what kind of labor is valued and not valued. I'd like to see some kind of revision to these rules that makes sure people who do valuable work are getting recognized for it.
So exempt primary residences from large tax hikes. The original promise of Prop 13 was to protect grandma from having to sell her home due to rising property values. But there have been some pretty bad side effects and a lot of the benefits are going to the commercial property owners and wealthy individuals and landlords.
> Why are Russians so historically good at these competitions?

Memorization of algorithms.

In addition, programming competitions always seems to have an overabundance of Computational Geometry problems which are really hard if you have never seen them before but relatively straightforward if you know the correct algorithm off the top of your head.

I prefer to see the "head-to-head" competitions over some competitive task than these. Sometimes, a simple but clever hack does better than advanced algorithmic programming (and sometimes not).
FWIW, I was forced to reset when I tried to log in (although prior to that one of my active sessions was still working)
+1 on Diamond Age - awesome book.
I mostly agree.

Ideally I'd like to have a minimal OS and file set on my local machine (for offline and poor connectivity scenarios), that automatically syncs with my own, encrypted cloud system, such that I can (at my own discretion) update the OS from controlled sources (e.g. git). But I don't think there is enough interest from others for such a system, and I'm occupied with enough other projects that I won't be able to set up such a system.
My thoughts exactly.

The usual standard for automation, I believe, is 18-24 months salary - if the capital cost can be recouped in two years automation is worthwhile. For hundreds of well-paid truckers that's a relatively generous target, but automating a reliable gas pumping system just to save on one minimum-wage gas pumper looks like a much lower ROI.
> The Second Avenue subway cost a lot more.

This is an apples and oranges comparison. Big construction projects will always cost a lot more in the United States because of high labor costs, getting a plan that is acceptable to all levels of government and other stakeholders, environmental impact studies/minimization, and all those other pesky things that China doesn't have to worry about. You would have to do a comparison with a Chinese rail project to get useful results.
There's a lot of outsourcing. In 2013, Rhythm and Hues both won an Academy Award and went bankrupt.

Simply providing a clipping path which separates the foreground from a background is widely outsourced. Effects movies use this heavily. It's manual green screen. Some outsourcing companies for this job:

clippingpathindia.com
offshoreclippingpath.com
clippingpathasia.com

This ought to be automated by now, but apparently the automated approaches are not good enough yet.
What game is this changing, really?
that works both ways; you hire self taught because you are self taught, just like CS grads tend to prefer hiring other CS grads.

me, i have no preference when i interview a candidate... can you code? and can you solve complex problems? other then that i dont care about how you got your skills.
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notice different direction - "today's rich families were rich 700 years ago" vs. "rich 700 years ago are still rich today"
As soon as the odds approach 40-50% that the traits I select would be expressed, I'm willing to start spending tens of thousands of dollars. Its an investment in the future, with probably the biggest return I could provide my child(ren).
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Solid find. I haven't seen them yet. They may interest me for my personal needs. Thanks!!

I'm looking for a rubber tire long board, looks like they have a decent model. Woot! :)
No 1. which is missing everywhere:

Everything should return a value, there shouldn't be any statements.
As somebody who enjoyed having the streak to self-motivate, I started reading this post super-excited: a common complaint I've heard about streaks was the requirement to open-source, and I know lots of people who like to code but wanted the freedom to experiment without their code being scrutinized.

Then I got to the loss of the commit streak counter. The main impact there is that it's now not reasonably possible for me to track my streak anymore, since GitHub only serves up 366 squares. So what they've effectively done for me is remove that little bit of excitement that can help motivate me to improve my skills when I'd otherwise slack off.

I'm going to see what I need to do to get the calculation for longer streaks, but it seems likely it'll have to be something custom that relies on my local filesystem for git data, which is annoying.
They run out of time apparently.
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I'm most curious to see what the stats are deeper into the funnel, specifically:

- At what rate do bootcamp grads vs new grads get offers (intro --> offer at portfolio companies)?

- Is the above metric significantly different for different classes of companies (either segmented by company size, field, or "CRUD-eyness" of company?

As a former hiring manager at a "much harder than CRUD" company, I remember looking at some bootcampers and saying "I wish we could interview these people, but the knowledge gap is just too significant".
Jeez if stellaris is considered deep what'd be your opinion on distant world: universe?

Mind you I'm enjoying it but many parts fall extremely flat. Like corvette balance and topped war scores.
To be fair, the JS world has changed considerably since 2009.
binary translation.
This is definitely part of it - humans are great at flexible-requirement tasks. Gas the truck, kick the tires, squeegee off the sensors, make sure nothing is obviously falling apart. Rather than paying one human per truck, you pay one human per ~200 trucks to do all of the minor, unpredictable service tasks needed.