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I'm a bit disappointed that people are willing to make public criticisms of Docker when it's their builds that are failing. They made the decision to depend on a resource that could be unavailable for a large number of reasons entirely unrelated to Docker or their infrastructure.

Just like the node builds that failed this should cause you to rethink how you mirror or cache remote resources not prompt you to complain about your broken builds on a github issue page. There may be things you'll never be able to fully mirror or cache (or could just be entirely impractical) but an apt repository is definitely not one of them.
Elon Musk: 1 in billions that this is base reality
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The Pebble watch can communicate with a smartphone, and uses voice-to-text for SMS responses. I imagine a similar implementation could be used for Alexa. The bigger hurtle may be the lack of speakers on the watch.
Especially when you compare them to Samsung's plethora of devices.
Chomsky shrugs that human consciousness - or at least language; good luck separating those - is an emergent property.

So yeah.
I don't doubt that. I am sure priorities can be set by one man. But the article talks about he is the main driver for simplicity in the products. Which is an design/engineering outcome. I think the simplicity of apple products is the work of lots of people and not one man.
> On that note: I certainly hope that Alexa can be disabled on the Pebble Core..

It should be. a) Pebble Core is described as a pure Android device (i.e. easily rootable, no permanent preloaded crap), and b) they answered on Reddit that Alexa requires you to authenticate with your Amazon account, which you don't have to do - and then Alexa won't be enabled.
What gets us is the rules for when you can log onto different iTunes accounts on the same device we have quite a bit of content my mom bought for our daughter that's sitting in her account unusable.
If Company A hires lots of juniors while Company B only hires seniors, Company A is going to need a lot more people to achieve the same level of 'success'. So using this as a 'rough heuristic' would suggest Company A is doing much better than Company B, even though their wage bills may be about the same. What's more, we know nothing about the performance of either company.

In another scenario, Company C has outsourced most of its operations work, while Company D does it in-house, so Company D has more employees. Again, this tells us nothing about performance.

What's wrong with using net income as a single number?
Filecoin is one of several proposed approaches for encouraging seeding ("pinning") in the IPFS network. In our network (Mediachain), we will probably start out by using tit-for-tat pinning between peers for this purpose.
I'm a/was fan of Maciej and the 'fight' he's fighting, and signed up for the full-archiving solution (that indexes saved pages) in part because of this. So far I'm rather disappointed in the whole thing. For some reason I get an error message when I try to do a full-text search, and I've 1) approached the pinboard twitter account, 2) sent two emails to support spaced > 1 week apart, and 3) asked multiple times in the IRC channel.

Honestly it actually affects the support I had for the the anti-startup 'I can run a business on my own and grow it myself' narrative that pinboard represents.

Basically, don't use pinboard if you expect any kind of support.

EDIT: plus, for some bizarre reason the full-text search doesn't work on pinboard's own notes features, which was something I just assumed would be the case. Big letdown.
I have a Bluetooth headset bought specifically for the purpose of playing with voice assistants. Pebble Core will support Bluetooth, so I look forward to pairing them this way.
I have used http://fuckingblocksyntax.com a lot.
If the whole ecosystem of our planet would be a sentient entity, thinking slowly over the eons, then the human species would be a thought in its head.
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*Note - I'm not endorsing droning ransomware dirtbags

Wars have and will be fought over economic sabotage, with "non-violent offenders" inciting them. At some point it is possible that cybercrime could become enough of a problem that it would have dramatic effects on a nation's economy, then it's only a small step away from said country taking matters in to it's own hands.
Amazon (and other sellers) should allow reviews from only those users who have actually purchased the item instead of allowing anyone and simply adding "verified purchase" tag.

Another thing that is super annoying are reviews like this "the product is awesome and I loved it, but I gave it one star because it came 3 days late" - how is this the product's fault if USPS or someone delays the delivery for whatever reason?
Payments is an especially interesting example to take in emerging markets. The delta between developed and emerging is often especially huge in payments and banking.

I was part of the founding team of a mobile payments startup SnapScan (http://www.snapscan.co.za/) in South Africa. We had to flip the "US" models around completely. Informal merchants often had no bank accounts and only feature phones, but many consumers had credit cards and smartphones.

We ended up giving QR stickers to merchants, notifying of payment success via SMS and depositing payments in an "instant" bank account that they could withdraw cash from ATMs without a card (just their feature phone).

Looking at how people pay in the US, I would think that our approach wouldn't have made any sense to someone who hadn't seen South Africa (or a similar country) first hand.
While I agree, and manage to live comfortably without TV in my life, i find the sugar addiction for me is still very real (despite a conscious effort to avoid it). Having said this, I don't believe it is directly related to childhood as much as it is just a fact of the food that is readily available to us as adults.
You could swap the gender and career with just about any field in either end of this list[0] and have the same argument, but there is a razor focus on this one specific field/gender combination.

[0]: https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/chal...
Sell them to other people.

You're not surprised that a bar manager manages to find something to do with more alcohol than he could possibly drink, right?
Ugh... replacing one vague and undefined word with three vague and undefined words (I'm including "having" because that's a hard one to nail down in context).

function i_am_conscious(x) { return x + Math.random(); }

This function has a subjective experience.

To avoid any discussion of consciousness becoming a discussion of the meaning of the word "consciousness" we have to accept that consciousness (like everything else in the real world) is not a boolean property, but rather a subjective "I know it when I see it" sort of thing. Or in Bayesian terms, it's a weighted evaluation of evidence against a vast array of mostly unknown priors.

That's why I think it will sneak up on us; there will be systems that some very small group of people (mostly crazy) think are conscious, then systems that a slightly larger group of people (maybe more crazy, maybe less) think are conscious, until one day You wake up and realize that You are one of the crazy people.

But directed attempts to satisfy some definition of "consciousness" in a system will just result in a counterexample to that definition.
IMHO it's a weird cross between Python and C.
This person worked for two years to get a poet's work online
Yes, it certainly seems elegant, but with biology (and science in general), you always have to keep in mind that the (apparent) elegance of an approach is predicated on the assumption that we have an accurate understanding of how the system in question works, which frequently turns out not to be the case.
As another fan of apple(Having converted with the first Intel MBP in 2005, and having bought the original iPhone on launch day), I think your arguments all have some validity, however claiming it has something to do with Jobs being gone is just remembering with rose colored glasses.

Apple Watch: This is the only case I might agree we've lost simplicity. I don't think it's a bad product, however removing apps and only leaving glances and complications would've been much simpler and met 90% of the use cases for people. I do think with Jobs there's a chance we would've got less functionality and features, which would've left people less confused about how to use it or what it's for. I don't think it's entirely because Jobs is a visionary, but he was very good at saying no to frivolous things, and creating a story for a product.

Force Touch: This is nothing new. Look at the squeeze feature on the mighty mouse, hot corners, multi touch gestures on the magic mouse and the trackpad. All these things existed in the Jobs era. Power user features are good, so long as they aren't necessary. Considering it's been added to the apple watch and pretty much all the new trackpads, I don't think it's going away. I do agree however it's not discoverable, and possibly not that useful, but I don't think jobs would've killed it.

MBA: The complaints with the MacBook are the same ones people made about the MBA when it launched. If you need more than what the future of portable computers offer, get a rMBP. Same way when the MBA came out they still offered a Pro line. The only argument for the MBA is to hit an entry level price point, which ironically was almost never a focus during the Jobs era.

5SE: The launch of the 6 showed a huge increase in sales, which seems to indicate pent up demand. I think the majority of people will buy the larger form factors, but I'm glad they're offering more size options. Again this is nothing new for large product categories. The iPod had a Nano, Mini, and Classic. The powerbook had a 12, 15, and 17. The iMac was once offered in 17, 20, and 24. I actually think this is a good concise strategy. You first decide what size phone you want, then how much storage you want.
The story seems to be repeated around a lot, but it does appear in this book attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr: https://books.google.com/books?id=YDIMGv5mBvEC&pg=PA101&lpg=...
Even worse if everyone does it. Sometimes I wish that some wearable companies get slapped in EU courts for violating the now-defunct safe harbour with personal health data.
Thinking about thinking might be a bit over demanding - we still tend to consider people conscious when they are reading HN for example. People definitely can think about thinking though so a system wouldn't be human level if it couldn't so that.
>Many couples just do it that way because that's "how it's done" without really thinking about it

My hunch is that you don't actually know any women in tech who have decided to take a leave from their careers (either temporarily or permanently) in order to raise their children, and your handle + the fact that you just made that account makes me think you're a troll.

Many (most?) mothers suffer if they can't be around their young children. That's not to say that fathers don't either, but who do you think typically wins out in an argument if it comes down to deciding which parent keeps working and which handles childrearing?

You're pushing a narrative that suggests that being responsible for childrearing is a burden and a sacrifice, and that the argument is "who gets to keep their career" and not "who gets to raise the kid(s)". Most parents/couples absolutely do not see it that way, and I really do believe that, if given the choice, both fathers and mothers would overwhelmingly choose to be the stay-at-home parent. The ones that actually wanted kids, that is.
There are plenty of people panicking about climate change... Perhaps other people are allowed to think about other things. Or would you replace ALL of scientific study with the single topic you consider most important?

In 20 years or so, if it turns out that all of the dire predictions were significantly overblown, would you at least have the courtesy to blush in embarrassment for the current alarmism?
I spend a lot of my time and personal money to encourage high school students to pursue a field in STEM (specifically robotics), however, lately I've been having trouble convincing myself to continue due to the long term prospects of a career in STEM. As a professional software engineer at a well known software company, I can only see it as a dead end job with low status and a small shelf life due to age discrimination.

I'd be interested to hear from others who are interested in inclusion how they feel about potentially painting too rosey of a picture.
>we see Pebble trying to define themselves with something other than just "you have mail!"

In fairness with the Pebble Core, we have just that. I love the idea and I can't think of anybody that's tried anything like it. A cross between a iPod shuffle, a wireless modem and a keyfob. I really like the concept as a personal area network focus besides my phone.

Oh, and as regards "just" being a notifications device - bear in mind Pebble were the first, it's simple, and they're cheap. Three areas the Apple Watch just can't compete on. They've gone all wrong - it wasn't glamour that made Apple - it was solid quality engineering-led product development.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11822302
> Women Who Code is an international 501c3 non-profit organization that works to empower career-aged women to excel in their technology careers.

Is there any relationship with the Girls Who Code organization? Because of the similarity of names it sounds as if it's a similar concept targeted at an older female audience.
The appification of the web is what went "wrong". For non-app sites, a bloated DOM-grid is probably a bad choice (though there was a lot of interesting experimentation with Compass/Blueprint like a decade ago). For webapps, it may be a good choice.
Is the distinction roughly "causally determined" vs "logically determined" ?

If we are talking about an abstract computing device, and whether it is deterministic, we mean whether its next state is always uniquely logically determined by the current state, correct?

Hmm, if an abstract machine behaves in a way that is uniquely logically determined, but which is not computable, do we consider such machines to be deterministic? I would think so, but I am not sure. We would be unable to predict it, does that make it not deterministic(computing) ?
I work on mechanical watches. Rolex watches, along with most high end watch manufactures, is they were built to be worked on. They are designed to be taken apart, cleaned, and oiled.
I love working on any Rolex. The parts just fall into place.
Rolex made a great product. They really don't need "the next big thing". They made a good product, and didn't muck it up.

That said, since the average owner of a Rolex knows nothing about Watch Repair/Servicing; Rolex decided to make getting parts a pain. Essentially, Rolex wants you to send the watch to the factory for service, and repair. At factory prices.

They claim it's for quality assurance, but I feel it's just a money grab.

I wish these better watch companies didn't decide to do this. A lot of you will be buying your first nice watch. Remember, since you can't call the factory and even order a gasket; Do you really own the watch?

This will mean nothing to a lot of you. It's just a trend I don't like. I guess being American, I'm not comfortable being told what to do?

(Seiko sells parts to the public. And I'm not claiming a Rolex is not overpriced. I would never buy a new one. I'm just claiming they made a good product. A product that doesn't need an upgrade.)
There are biological reasons favoring dad as well. As the father of a toddler, I count physical strength as a huge asset. Example use case is carrying my sleeping infant holding with a single arm while the other hand unlocks the door.
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http://pastebin.com/zahgmVnk

http://octave-online.net/

I put sample code in a pastebin and a link to octave-online if you want to verify how I'm thinking about this.
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What ever happened to community over code?
Also, we raised an entire generation of Americans on bottles (75% of children born in 1971 were never breastfed, even in the hospital) and everyone turned it fine.
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I have rarely seen an instance of open source project forking which immediately causes loss of employment of eight members of original team.

I have seen such forks degenerate hugely into "they said / we promised / they suck / we're awesome", so I understand the need to delicately balance press releases between the need to inform and need to keep it civil/diplomatic, but I wish I understood more why the act of forking has caused their credit to disappear.

Unfortunately, the announcement has consequences for ownCloud, Inc. based in Lexington, MA.
Our main lenders in the US have cancelled our credit.
Following American law, we are forced to close the doors of ownCloud, Inc.
with immediate effect and terminate the contracts of 8 employees."
I tried Owncloud a year or two ago, the feature set is pretty remarkable for an open source project. But between user error, software upgrades, or bugs, relying on it is just not viable. There's been too many horror stories of data loss and corruption to trust it.
Give it time, why wouldn't ARM start offering server building blocks? There is obviously a market for it. ARM went to 64 bit, and it has just gone to advanced GPU designs. It supports extreme number of cores now too. Server-centric designs can not be far off.
Computers won't become conscious anymore than the person in Searles chinese room understand chinese or the individual neuron in my brain understand the thoughts it's passing along.

But the system which the computer is a part of though might create consciousness.

I think a lot of our problems with thinking about consciousness is that we think of it as a thing that exist some specific place rather than as a component in a feedback loop.

What we fundamentally are, are pattern recognizing feedback loops, on top of pattern recognizing feedback loops.
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I think the journey of a Lisper inevitably ends up with realizing that Common Lisp is not an acceptable Lisp. Then you start searching for an acceptable Lisp. You look at Tcl, at Prolog, Io, Rebol, and Icon; you learn Shen, try Scheme and Racket, appreciate Smalltalk and Self and Slate, wrap your head around Forth and Joy and Factor… and the whole time you write Common Lisp. Because there is no acceptable Lisp.
Sovereign Citizen / Freemen on the Land pseudolegal arguments (2012)
In the US, the purpose of a resume is to get an interview and the standard is short and to the point. That's where I am coming from.

Think of how much work the website generates for the person treating it as a resume. There's processing the navigation, clicking links, trying to figure out what is relevant.

The site is more of a work sample than a resume and those serve different purposes.

Of course other cultures may have different standards.
I'm in the same boat. I switched to data science / ml.
> for one, the fact that there are fewer women than men in any field, computing or otherwise, is neither good nor bad. the disproportionate number of women in nursing is not seen as a problem, but somehow it has become one in tech.

I don't agree. I think the gender disparity in nursing is just as much a problem. I think it's a significantly less tractable problem though, because I don't think the monetary incentives are there for men to enter nursing.

As for your economic arguments, I think they're oversimplified. We really don't know what the job market is going to look like long-term. We do know that the computing job market has quadrupled in size over the past 20 years, and it is a good bet that the job market can quadruple again over the next 20 years, without any loss in median salary.

Back to monetary incentives. The median salary for software engineers could be reduced by 25% and it would still be a good career choice. So there's no real reason not to encourage more people to enter the field. Nursing has a substantially lower median salary.
Oh, I've done this, let me tell you why:

1) People in tech are assholes to women. I don't think most of them realize they're doing it. Sending images of swimsuit models over slack or otherwise sexualizing your work environment is an awful idea, and you shouldn't do it even if you don't have women on your team. My partner gets asked out by coworkers regularly, even while pregnant.

2) No really, people in tech are assholes to women. I've heard women give presentations where people talk over them the whole time, and then critique them for not being prepared afterwords. Nah pal, you literally stopped her from presenting information. People do not take suggestions of women as seriously wrt technical problems.

3) Kids. State of paternity leave in the U.S...

4) Being pushed into management. Women are pushed into management at a disproportional rate -- while some see this as a success metric, it can also be seen as an extension of point 2.

5) HR problems. Using HR sucks when you're the only woman on the team. Having someone else call HR sucks when you're the only woman on the team because everyone assumes it was you.

6) Culture, combination of all of the above, lack of a critical mass of women to make actual change, etc.
That's only a portion of the statement. The full quote was:

> Extremely wealthy people are just like any other group of people in that they come in all shapes and sizes.
> It's not difficult to imagine a calendar component that needs to visually display vastly differently depending on how much space it's parent gives it. Currently there is no generic way to solve this.

Maybe I'm being naive here, but isn't this solved really by getting the width of a block level element rendered by the Calendar component?

Yeah it does mean you need to get the width and then render everything else, but it's doable.
The carefully crafted (non-random) sequence above tries to fake out the script and succeeds every time. It reveals the script's own predictability, and why you shouldn't rely on it too much as a yardstick for testing your brain's psuedo-randomness.
What a terrible article. This article has no substance to it at all. The author rehashes the line about how Apple is doomed b/c Steve Jobs is irreplaceable. It's more nonsense from there.

Simplicity in product lines: "Apple now sells three different iPhones, four different iPads and three different MacBooks." This is "endless choices"? Is the argument here really that Apple Watch has too many band options, and this constitutes a violation of simplicity in product lines?

Simplicity in software: literally the only argument the author provides here is Apple Music. There is actually a case to be made here, but the author doesn't make it (iTunes has been a disaster for years).

Simplicity in product naming: Apple is retiring iThings in favor of Apple Things, and consumers understand far too well that "S" releases are off-year/internal changes only. If customers understand something as esoteric as that, how is the product naming too complex?

Simplicity in marketing: The author's argument here is just that the internal Apple marketing process is more complex, because Steve Jobs doesn't just keep it between himself and the ad agency anymore.

Even if you took this seriously, is there any PC hardware company with product lines/software/naming/marketing as simple as Apple's?
> I still feel very strongly that he shouldn't have to

As nice as that idea is, I don't think we have the tech yet to fully trust someone else with your data. You have to test it out that your backups work. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling snake-oil at best.