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What the Founders did a lot was line through the word "God" and substitute "the People". This is true to the extent that Thomas Paine ( I think that's the right person ) was followed. There certainly was a design intent - that is very true. And to an extent, Canada has had a parallel model that's worked extremely well for them. Becuase the Canadian system evolved over longer spans of time, it "feels" more empirical and less ... design-ey than the US.

The US model hasn't really been all that replicated - the Parlimentary model has proved to be more common ( possibly because of the extent of the British Empire ) . The US has advanced the idea of democracy but it's done differently. I would say we do not really know why the US has worked out as well as it has.

I just think Maslow is too reductive. There are some really happy poor people out there. To my eye, a lot of outcomes for especially, say African Americans in the US depends on much more ephemeral factors - like strong family ties - than Maslow would predict.

Meanwhile, wealthy people can be quite anomic and neurotic. I've done medium well, and I spend my time as if I were a student and trying to connect with family. The people I know who have done better seem more isolated and feel more trapped than I do.

Happiness is as much a chosen thing as a matter of resources.
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I have yet to read all of it, but I have liked what I have read of the following overview article:

Why did the Industrial Revolution Start in Britain?

https://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/188592/1/Why%20Did%20t...

It actually discusses several diverging schools of thought.
Then, how do you know they can indeed answer questions like that?
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That's what I've always been asked to do, and what I always ask to do. I don't want someone stumbling over "is it toLowerCase() or toLower()?" while they're thinking.
I can confirm that Bluetooth can be a bit buggy using MATE DE/WM on Debian. Mostly I've used it for headphones, which require an unreasonable amount of resyncing. But there are multiple possible reasons for this – reasons I haven't discovered.
Riiiight. I don't want to spend hours tweaking my desktop. It's hard enough to pick a decent wallpaper, and since I've been using X desktops since the SunOS era, believe me when I tell you that I have no interest in wrestling with multiple X toolkits to achieve the kiddie look of the day...
Yes, that's the allusion!

The implication was that rather systems composed of functional programs but non-functional databases are not functional (i.e. the functional components are dwarfed by the imperative nature of mainstream databases)
>I think Tim Cook has ignored the Mac in favour of his favourite projects but in the meantime Schiller and Federighi have been making sure the Mac is in his periphery and fighting for resources.

Ah yes you heard the latest episode of ATP as well. Maybe if Marco repeats it enough everyone will believe it, which is kind of funny since this story [1] is on the front page right now.

I basically feel like I'm being gaslighted after reading all these hot takes about Apple and Macs.

[1] http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161026-how-liars-create-th...
The Roman Empire was only stable on the parts bordering the Mediterranean, where you could quickly and (fairly safely) sail. Gaul, the Balkans, Brittania, etc were constantly rebelling or getting invaded.

Lots of modern europe was never touched by the Roman Empire because it was too far from the water.
Minor tweaking?

/r/unixporn crowd is always interested in posts that customize their Linux setups to the max: use Window Managers almost exclusively, have a unified color scheme all over the system etc. That's not minor tweaking.
The guidelines ask us specifically not to do this (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):

> Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them.

In this case not only have you said nothing new about the topic, but you've said nothing at all. That's not what this site is for.
> I anal but why would it restrict recipient's exercise of the rights? I believe as of iOS 10, you can compile your own apps on your iPhone without paying an Apple tax and I imagine the apps have source code publicly available in summer git repository probably on GitHub anyway?

In order to download apps from the App Store, I have to agree to the App Store terms of service. Those terms say that I will not redistribute anything I download from the App Store. That is a "further restriction" that makes distributing on the App Store incompatible with GPL.

That I might be able to get a redistributable copy via some other mechanism, such as compiling the source code from the developer's GitHub repository, is completely irrelevant.

It is worth noting that this is different from the case where GPL software is included in physical goods. For instance, if some membership discount store sold you a router that contained GPL code, and part of your membership agreement with the discount store was that you could not resell items purchased there for three years, there would be no GPL problem (assuming that the membership store is just buying the routers from the manufacturer and passing them on).

The difference is that when you distribute your app on the App Store, you only upload one copy to Apple, and then Apple makes a copy of that every time someone downloads. Since Apple is making copies, Apple needs permission of the copyright owner, and so GPL is relevant.

The membership store is not making copies. They are just receiving the copies from the manufacturer and passing those on, one to one, to their customers. The first sale doctrine applies, and so the membership store does not need the copyright owner's permission, and so the license terms are irrelevant.
Supposedly, the animals available in South America aren't great candidates for domestication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmjnioNulo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk
Nuclear plants don't kill anyone outside of a couple of accidents, so "infinitely more" would even be correct.

However, I'm not very excited about China's nuclear power program, I don't have confidence that they aren't going to cut corners in ways that would cause a huge disaster down the line.
You see the same with immigrants in Europe. (descendants of) Turkish and Moroccan immigrants are more fundamentalist and repressive than in those countries. This is because a lot of people are explicitly trying to not fit in with Western values that are frowned upon, while in their native countries nobody feels that pressure.

"We" always assumed they would eventually adapt to our lifestyle within a few generations but the opposite is actually happening.

There is no clear reason why this is specifically happening with them and not to earlier waves of immigrants like Spanish, Italians or Greeks.

But also the Islamic world as a whole was much more modern 40 years ago. Photos of pretty girls in mini skirts in Kabul or Teheran really look alien now.
On this chromebook, it's OK. I get 6-8 hours coding, same as under Lubuntu.

But I intend to use this on a beefy desktop crammed with VMs and Docker containers, so that's not a problem for me.
For " The Industry Doesn't Really Encourage Innovation" please replace the word "Industry" with "Audience". There are a vocal group of people who want something new, but a larger, less vocal group of people who want something familiar, or don't know what they want so they pick something familiar.

This is true of all media and true of consumer tastes in general. People like TV shows and movies that are like ones that have been done before. There is certainly an audience for things that are original, but a much a larger audience for things that are familiar. And in movies and TV, like games, your chances of achieving a viable product are better if you tweak an existing formula rather than innovate.

Lots of people make games because they love them, and then are disappointed that they don't make money. But in almost all other media there is an understanding that the "best" (most smart, most original) will not be the most popular because of the tastes of the audience.

I know this, the first game I designed was very innovative and I took my lumps for it.
China isn't a huge consumer of diesel outside of trucks.
Just like everything in the AUR I presume. It probably works, but when it stops doing that you're never going to get it working again.
linux works perfectly well in all these scenarios and is actually better than Windows.

hangouts works brilliantly. skype (even the old version) works great with both audio and video. in fact i have switched over to the skype web version which works on the chrome browser (no video call for now.. but audio works brilliantly).

i use fedora 24..which just works and is pretty cutting edge. i switched over from Ubuntu pretty recently and have been very happy.

im on a xps 13. previously i was on a thinkpad. there is no dearth of cool laptops on Linux.
Probably because event-sourcing is beginning to trend.

The article is not that interesting in itself, but the conclusion is a good starting point for a conversation that may be.

> Systems are largely not functional. But they can be.

So, how?
Then don't read it. Surely there will be a summary blog post written for those that don't like long form. I personally enjoy the meandering sometimes. It's the difference between reading a book and reading the cliff notes, they each have their place.
No matter what this informal poll shows, there will be more problems than with macOS, over the long term. I know lots of people that use Linux and they very often have problems with audio apps. As for sleep-on-closing-the-lid, I think that's gotten better, but I don't think it will ever approach the stability of it on macOS. In 5 years, I think I've had a very small number of problems with this on macOS, and it always involved undocking from a physical keyboard, mouse and multiple monitors. My friends on Windows and Linux are always having problems with this.
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Another crazy dream I have for a real developer laptop would be to have like a port with real gpio pins. Since parallel ports went the way of the dodo, there is no simple way to interface with home built electronics anymore. I got a raspberry pi 3 recently and have been having a lot of fun with it. Also a built in fpga would be cool. You would be able to do a lot of prototyping that way, basically make computers fun again instead of a locked down albeit polished appliance.
The discussion here is about Linux not Windows.
It's a cool idea, but why are the keys so flat and smooth and untextured?

How can you type if you can't feel the keys under your hand, or if your fingers slide around instead of being centered on each key?
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Calling another user a rambling fool is not OK on Hacker News, and even if it were true we would prefer it to such uncivil comments as this. Please stop.
I certainly didn't like the shallow keyboard on the Macbook. I don't even particularly like the keyboard on the Macbook Air I'm typing this on because of the short key travel. But I'm curious as to whether I could get used to the new butterly keyboards. Also, would be interesting what an ergonimcs expert would have to say about them.
Mac has the Option key for that. It lies between Control and Command.
It's dangerous to recommend that instead of the github mirror because the gentoo.org git server is not made to scale to the number of users of gentoo.

That's the whole reason the rsync infrastructure exists in the first place.
they got a interesting full sized keyboard (that has dying appeal) and added the most obnoxious software 'features' they could think of. Everything from Das is really dysfunctional and sad. And i really wanted to like them.
That does seem to be the closest equivalent, and I guess people who like Compose could usefully map it there!
I have personally never had any issues with audio on linux the past 5 years. ALSA and pulseaudio have become pretty mature now. Only thing i needed for hangouts to work was to install Chrome instead of Chromium and then it worked. Webcam, audio and mic worked out of the box. I have however heard that there are some issues with the iSight camera on Macs under Linux, I have not tried this myself though.
Interesting. This is my first time learning about ZEV credits. That's actually pretty cool.
I have a MacBook air 13", the basic one with 4GB of ram and a small SSD. It works fine. I can't really see why it would need to get a whole lot better honestly. If I need a "big" computer then I use my desktop, and if I just want to read then I use my tablet or my phone. I would buy another apple laptop sure but not because of the specs really. They are just good computers in a world where there are lots and lots of good computers. I think apple is right to just keep on keeping on with these machines anyway because there isn't much innovation in terms of parts happening now. Touchscreens are a gimmick to me and newer cpus are only a little better and not worth the price of the upgrade. New computer specs are basically about as exciting as reading about innovations in Refrigerators or other durable goods.
Or the Site Optimization product I maintained from about 2008-2011.

The concept's old as dirt. Our script had to work on IE 5.5, though, so suck it kiddies. ;)
sometimes i talk about things that haven't happened yet as if they've already happened because i'm so certain they will happen. i think this throws people off sometimes.

as an example, instead of saying "people will move away from the coasts once the sea levels rise due to climate change" i'll just start with "once everyone has moved away from the coasts etc"

usually people need some clarification.
Death rate in China is 7.7 deaths/1,000. So 1/1,000 caused by pollution would be closer to 13% of all deaths.
Mobile DDR4 == LPDDR4.

Apple went with LPDDR3 which those chipsets do support to increase battery life. I would have rather they'd gone the other way.
The West had divine right and the Catholic Church. The pope literally crowned kings in the Holy Roman Empire for hundreds of years.
Yeah, to me it's kind of the broken-windows theory. When I see something that tasteless upfront, it makes me question the quality of the thing from the top down. It's like if you went to buy a used car and it had flame stickers all over it. Sure, it's just surface level tacky, but it would lead you to question how well the owner took care of it. When I see a bad macOS knockoff, all I can think is, if the best their ux design can do is rip off apple, then I'm not sure I want to commit long term to the thing (especially since I think that many of apple's UX decisions have actually been really bad form-over-function calls)
Really nice! I wish it could hook up to for example an Nginx as a command line tool.
Those only refer to `emerge-webrsync`. That tool is typically used exactly once the first time a user installs gentoo. Every subsequent `emerge --sync` does not use that codepath, and so still needs a separate fix.
I think most people who study causal inference would say that Pearl's writing is seldom as clear as a person unfamiliar with his ideas would like it to be. These days, I suspect most people would benefit from starting with Morgan and Winship instead: https://www.amazon.com/Counterfactuals-Causal-Inference-Prin...

In addition to presenting Pearl's ideas more clearly than Pearl himself tends to do, Morgan and Winship also describe Rubin's work more fairly than Pearl does. (On the other hand, Rubin also tends to disparage Pearl's work more than is necessary.)
It's hard to put a straight number on it, other than that "it will most likely reduce the negative effects".

A standardized HEPA filter removes 99.97% of particles down to PM0.3. How much it cleans the air in the room in the end depends on many factors, but in a small room and a decent filter you can expect a significant reduction in pollution.

So yes, if you want less pollution, a HEPA filter will deliver it in a theoretical range of zero to 99.97% purification, depending on the variable factors of room size, air circulation, purifier air flow and so forth.

A properly sized purifier will circulate all air in a room several times per hour, so in practice you can expect a good cleanup of particulates (perhaps around 80%) in a fairly short period of time (less than an hour).
I permit others some rope when it comes to labeling themselves. I mean self-labeled libertarians, and it's pretty much all of them that believe completely in IP being literal property to be treated every bit as much, if not more than, real property. Even a couple anarcho-capitalist friend strongly believe in it. They'll all say they don't like the government's involvement, they'll say the Ip owner's insurance company should sure my insurance company if I violate a patent. So it ends up being the same thing in the end.

And I'm aware a sizeable chunk of anarcho-capitalists think IP as a concept is bullcrap.
I've only used MBPs and Thinkpads for the last 5-10 years or so, so I can't really comment on extensive use of other laptops. I know a number of people with XPS 13s and honestly haven't heard any complaints.

I'm EXTREMELY wary of Razer products as I hear nothing but complaints about their mice/keyboards breaking and the fact that they put out a laptop that gets such rave reviews and seems very well received really kind of blows my mind. Maybe someone else manufacturers it. Normally I'd say stay away from Razer, but I've watched review after review and know people with the Stealth and they love them.

Thinkpads are great but their screens were abysmal for the longest time. The newer ones I believe have really upped the game but it was years and years of them offing 1368x720 or so resolution on their 12-13s with low quality TN panels. They're the ultimate "Pro" machines in my mind. They're super customizable, from docks to adding on extra battery packs, etc.

With that said, I use my laptop as a desktop. I never, ever use the trackpad unless I'm on a flight or laying in bed or something so the trackpad isn't a deal breaker to me. I don't ever use gestures or anything like that. I get serious hand cramps when I'm forced to use a trackpad for more than simple quick things.

Take a look at that Youtube channel I posted (MobileTechReviews) she does fantastic reviews on ultrabooks. She's a MBP user herself so she's fantastic at comparing the various competitors to it. She sounds very unhappy with Apple in that specific video I posted, though.

Unfortunately I'm in the USA so I can't speak on affordability/access to the devices in Holland. I saw a breakdown of the EU prices on the new MBP + vat and it was terrible. Something like a $200-300 mark up when the pound is $1.09 to a dollar plus +$300 VAT.

The guy who I watched break down the pricing is Irish and was pretty livid about Apple using them as a tax haven then arbitrarily marking up (beyond EU/$ difference) the prices for him in Ireland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtrmjubfEo

My last laptop was running Linux Mint and I had zero problems with anything other than a couple of useful (Popclip) small OSX apps missing and 1password has to be run in Wine but their Chrome plugin can't find the main app because it's running in Wine (there's an old fix on github but it hasn't been updated in a year or two and I don't believe works anymore).

I'm actually testing running OSX in a VM now to see if it's viable for day to day development. Evidently a fix for the screen lag caused by vsync was made (it's called beam on osx).
Like EVE Online.
Obviously there is a need for profanity or the entire concept would never have been invented. It's actually quite perfect for this situation to emphasize that the function keys you're complaining no longer exist? They do still exist. So... yeah, you're whining about nothing. Oooh, they changed the kind of key, so what? They're still there. You can still use them. They didn't take them away, so your entire point is completely gone.

I'm not even sure where this idea of "the function keys are gone" even came from. Apple showed them on stage for crying out loud! They're still fucking there. How do you step through code? THE SAME WAY YOU DID ON THE OLD ONE.
I never heard of a Compose key before. "Because Microsoft Windows and OS X do not support a compose key by default, the key does not exist on most keyboards designed for modern PC hardware." [0]

How did you know to type [Compose]dh to get the desired character?

Guess what? Google Translate gives the same translation for "A rettri leid" even though 'ð' is apparently not a 'd' with a diacritic but its own letter, "eth." [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth
My idea that I think would work but never came around to before Windows became usable for me was to keep a linux workstation or decent developer laptop and then have an iPad (or some good Android pad) for Skype etc.

That I think would be the best of both worlds for me.
Wouldn't a variety of crops also encourage trade? Get your winter yams here, in exchange for summer squash (or whatever.)

I recall there being a mention made of the fact that South America doesn't have very many domesticatable animals.
Well, there is plenty of room for exploration even with "information overload", which is more limited than it seems. It just advances to the next level.
Real life examples:

- Half the record and book stores in your web search results do not exist any more, but go on with your carefully plotted shopping expedition: you are going to see many interesting other places.

- The most recommended restaurants? According to Tripadvisor, inconveniently located and sold out unless you are able to make a reservation unreasonably early. Drifting through restaurant-rich neighbourhoods looking for a good one with empty seats is more instructive, more fun and more efficient.

- Selecting a good hotel location using good databases means gaining an enormous amount of time. For example a peripheral, affordable hotel in Amsterdam with superb bus service to the train station at all hours (validated on incredibly irritating interactive maps and timetables) or a decent hotel in the centre of Madrid close to many monuments of interest, close to two underground stations covering most important lines and (as seen on Google Street View) in a nice neighbourhood.

- The hotel you found, booked and paid is actually out of business and it was listed by mistake. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find another one in a completely unfamiliar country village at ten o'clock in the night. (I succeeded with help from natives.)
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We detached this flagged subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12827276.
I don't want it, I am pretty fine with the latest models and find amazing the amount of vocal UNIX users against it.
Right. Or mineral extraction rights, and so on.
I don't think that Canonical necessarily needs to design the perfect developer laptop (hardware is hard, expensive and time consuming) rather they could do a deal with one of the current top tier non-apple manufacturers (Dell, Thinkpads or maybe Asus) and then provide complete support for that machine with a complete focus on the out the box polish.

I'm running Xubuntu on an old(ish) Vostro 3750 and with the exception of it's somewhat mediocre touchpad (Alps sucks) literally everything works exactly as you'd expect but that wasn't the case when this was a new machine (certain bits where flaky but got fixed over the following year), if they could provide the experience I have now on a 3 year old machine on a brand new machine with top of the line hardware then they'd be onto a bit of a winner, it would certainly top any list I'd look at for a while since my primary requirement for any hardware is does this work properly on Linux already.