skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just because someone has a different opinion doesn't mean you have to strawman them. I don't think he was saying that at all, it read like he was just trying to understand the engineering decisions by trying to understand what the design constraints were that drove them. Engineering is fundamentally about picking and choosing what to compromise in order meet some set of design goals.

Not that I necessarily agree with what appear to be the core design goals for these systems (quite the opposite). But many interesting discussions can be had about what those design or marketing goals might be, whether or not those are good goals for this product line, and whether or not the engineering approaches to those goals were well-implemented. If what you wrote is the only thing you took from the article, then...OK? You get out of the world what you put into it.
Every new release of (mac)OS( X), I rush to see whether the Grab.app creepy eye camera[0] has been replaced, and every time I breathe a sigh of relief. Sadly though, a few versions ago it stopped following the mouse cursor.

0. https://imgur.com/a/xT3Od
Reddit is owned by a mass media conglomerate. A significant portion of everything on the site is native advertising. Self promotion would interfere with what they are really pushing and undermine their influence. The smaller communities exist as goodwill to make the high traffic portions seem more authentic.

Using sponsored headlines makes you look even worse than posting unfortunately. You have to be an insider to get the native placement I guess.

Just watch for the next big hollywood movie to come out and random disguised content x to magically bubble up and plaster the front page.
They weren't given any government requirements, with the the possible exception of the FHMVSS rule that you can't remove the rear-view mirror of the car. The NHTSA Special Order asked only for documentation of extremely basic test plan stuff (road, speed, weather, and traffic limits for the device, along with user documentation).
Use NETGEAR business products? Get a trip (buried in their community forums)
> Most of Trump's HIGH ENERGY comes from him and his supporters saying over-exaggerated things.

Imagine that you're older, let's say 40, and no longer a college kid. Do you think you will be more likely to describe Trump's statements as "HIGH ENERGY" (all caps) or "childish"?
From a popular perspective - you are maybe right - they 'sexified' something not quite so sexy.

However - I suggest this won't work out like the iPhone.

Why?

Because --> 'new roofs' are not built that often, by that I mean new homes and roofing replacements. And the construction industry has totally different dynamics.

Putting on a 'regular' new roof is expensive. Most people won't consider this tech unless their home is up for a new roof. The other market would be new homes.

So there's a growth/market limit.

Second is price. This kind of technology exists already in many forms. It hasn't been adopted because it's very expensive, and requires some other ugly equipment that has put a drag on PV installation like the conversion technology required to connect to the grid.

The choice to purchase an iPhone is mostly emotional.

The choice in roofing is not. It's definitely mostly a calculation. They are very expensive, and people will look into the long-term conversion value etc.

I'll wager that this new Tesla roof will not be price competitive for current solar/roofing situations, moreover, even if it were - it still might not make sense from a dollars perspective, as the current solar/roof installations basically don't work out economically. It's for wealthier types and/or those with 'green aspirations'.

Finally - these are not things you can buy from wallmart and install yourself. You can't even get your local roofer to do it. Typically, roofers have to be trained on the materials, installation etc.. There is the issue of warranty and distribution for 'new tech' in building - which is slow to adoption. Builders etc. are not 'magpies' like techies. They are averse to new gear, and typically wait for others to figure it out before buying in. Also - they simply tend not to be ver progressive.

Go and ask your local builder if he wants to send his crew to California for 'Training on Tesla's new roof' and his mental calculation will be 'how many of my current customers are asking for it'? And of course the answer will be none.

The fundamental issue with all of this solar tech is that it simply does not generate enough electricity to quite warrant the cost unless all the conditions are right.

+ If it's really sunny a lot
+ Major government subsidies
+ A new subdivision was created with 'all solar roofing' thereby keeping the costs down to economies of scale
+ High electricity prices in the region
+ The grid is fundamentally designed for renewables

etc. etc.

It takes a lot of the right ingredients.
He's pitching it as being basically break even, when electricity costs are factored in. My guess is an awful lot of people can afford this, especially for new construction. Certainly enough to keep up with ability to ramp up manufacturing and training of installers.

And then the economies of scale (and hopefully competition) will kick in and it should reach a point where nearly every new house, and nearly every replacement roof, will be solar by default. At least in climates friendly to solar.

IPhone got a lot of attention when it was released, but it was a while before they became common with more than just the early adopter crowd. This might take a while longer for various reasons, but still, this is a big deal.

This has an interesting twist. While it is subtle, people can tell you have it. People like to impress their neighbors. But this one isn't just "look how much money I have" but "look how I am using my money to be a responsible citizen of the planet." If you are going to try to enter the "keep up with the Jones's" race, this isn't a bad way to go about it.
Thanks for making Bioshock 2, i actually enjoyed playing that game since it felt (to me at least) that it was more story-rich than the original game.
I don't really mind criticism if it's from somebody who's been there and done it, or even has a small amount of experience in the area.

The problem is that most of the time it seems that the early commenters who speak with so much certainty about the prospects for success about what somebody else is trying to build have zero experience in the given field and whose opinions are basically worthless. I've seen this more here than anywhere else. A specific theme I've seen come up time and time again is "X won't work because EVERYONE knows you can accomplish the same goal by doing A, B, C, and D."

It's "let me look at this product and think of reasons why it could potentially fail" without reflecting on whether or not they really know what they are talking about. For example if you are shooting down a job board for older developers because you've tried to launch a job board and failed and know the specific challenges involved and see them present in that product, go ahead and shoot it down- your advice is likely very insightful and helpful.

However if all you've done is sit at home and tinker around building "side projects" while occasionally commenting on discussion forums and haven't publicly launched a similar product, your opinion probably sucks.
With the current MacBook Pro you already need dongles for the "VGA" and Ethernet, so not much of a change.
> if no one looks at it, is dismissive of it, or even becomes inflammatory of you sharing your own creation, ... people stealing an idea

Far more likely than people stealing an idea is attacks by the people with vested interests in something else threatened by the idea. If someone's inflammatory of you, perhaps they're "useful idiots" being prodded by other parties trying to kill off what you're doing by discouraging you.
There are a lot of different degradation mechanisms that affect silicon based PV modules.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/pvrw2010_wohlgemuth_s...

Most typical failures are thermomechanical fatigue and chemical breakdown of encapsulant and backsheet materials. Musk said that these are made of quartz (vitreous silica?) which has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion and should reduce thermomechanical fatigue on connections. By all appearances these are glass on both sides, no backsheet polymer layer, hence no backsheet breakdown possible. These small modules are going to be more robust against mechanical damage than modules with larger surface areas.

Both Silevo and Panasonic* base their cell technology on n-type monocrystalline silicon, which exhibits negligible light induced degradation over time (an optoelectronic effect which can gradually reduce efficiency of more common p-type cells). The glass-all-around design also eliminates the chances of potential induced degradation. The median degradation rate for crystalline silicon PV modules as a group is only 0.5% per year (meaning 86% of original rated output after 30 years) and these modules look like they can achieve significantly lower degradation rates than that. Poor execution can ruin any concept, of course, but these really look like they could work for several decades.

*SolarCity acquired PV startup Silevo and originally intended to ramp the technology up to gigawatt manufacturing scale in a new factory in Buffalo, NY. More recently they've stated that Panasonic will run the Buffalo factory and the cell tech will be some kind of blend between Panasonic and Silevo; both companies' cell technology are based on heterojunction cell designs on n-type monocrystalline silicon substrates.
Ten years ago? More like 30 years, what can you do now that you couldn't do on an Amiga in 1985? Same stuff faster and in higher resolution that's all...
> Okay, so, what will this link do?

> https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/786254141182074880

> Will it go to a page that says deleted? Is that what "no tweets on the timeline" means? Will each tweet link redirect to the copy?

I think the only important part of the URL is the ID number at the end. So, no matter what the username is changed to, as long as you have that unique numeric ID, it will go to the correct place. You can check this by changing the "POTUS" string to anything else you like, and sending your browser to that modified URL:

https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/786254141182074880

Presently, the above URL redirects to the POTUS one you posted, but that just goes to show that the numeric ID is the important identifier.
Here at Coveralls.io we can't recommend Replicated enough. We were able to migrate our internally-developed, Github Enterprise style packaged VM delivery approach over to their system in a couple weeks.

But I'd say the real value is in not needing to support an additional deployment platform -- their Docker based approach is like Heroku for on-prem, it abstracts the infrastructure details and just works.
I would expect something like triple the price of a normal roof, payable over the course of many months.

I believe Mr Musk argues that, with the greatly lowered electric bill and more durable roof, the solar roof is a cheaper proposition after 20 years.
3M+ in investment and Atlas over here would rather shrug than hire a lawyer and someone to put together quality management systems?

Bulllllllshiiiiit.
Call it overhyped or whatever, it is a nice pattern ('ve never used Redux but still use the pattern) for separating the data from the actual presentation logic. This provides great convenience when debugging and is a great solution to the mobile lifecycle problem.

If your article was just about saying "it isn't a silver bullet", I don't think anyone with any experience actually working with it would think it's a great idea for simple applications.
I would guess that there will be a 'workstation' hub that occupies one laptop port which will have monitor, power, and multiple usb-a ports. Just walk up and plug in one plug and you should be set.

There are already thunderbolt docks:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/Dock/OWC/Thunder...

It's just a matter of time for it to be adapted to usb-c/thunderbolt.
How do you know it's crap without seeing it?
Project update:
http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2016/10/blind-dev-wo...

Posted to HN here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12841156
Why Facebook users are ‘checking in’ at Standing Rock
The way I remember the first iPhone, it was hilariously expensive, yet lacked appeal to business users who at the time were the key demographic for such expensive widgets.

Relative to the benchmark of "People who can afford to buy a home in the US," perhaps a solar roof is not so unattainable. It just has to look great, convey social status, and be durable.

Most US home owners don't pay for their house (or car) outright. The putative purchase price of photovoltaic panels may not be prohibitive even for plebs.
The Hacker News frontpage protects itself
"That kind of reminds me of Ballmer's "FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS?" moment."

$500 is not that much more expensive than a Nokia device at the time, and well within the surplus that a good chunk of people have to pay - especially when subsidized by carriers.

$30 000 - $100 000 - is another ballpark entirely in terms of cost. And it has to work out economically or it won't get anywhere, many ingredients are needed to make it work right.
Yes, one is game theoretically stable, and one isn't.

(the one that isn't is individuals voluntarily giving money to things where the benefit is shared by all)
It appears to be the same strategy as Tesla...

High end models few can afford at first, then slowly moving into the "regular guy" market once the R&D is done and mass production bottlenecks are solved.
I expect for the odd sized they would have border shingles that match and are easily cut. Wiring seems like one of the hardest things to get right with these, especially given the environmental conditions!
Not to mention the millions of existing devices that use USB-A style cables.

I very much doubt that over the next couple years you'll see a mass migration to USB-C cabling. Every device you buy for this thing (printer, hard drive, usb stick, card reader....), you'll now have to buy an adapter.

Maybe in 3 years it won't be a problem, but I doubt it.

I think part of the issue is we're being told this is one connector "To Rule them All" to this machine. There are only 2 types of ports and one is a headphone jack. I think most of us would love that in an ideal world, but this world isn't.
Thoughtful debate about the size of government is nice and all. But it's also important to have at least of basic grasp of major world events. Per WP:

On September 8, Johnson drew widespread attention, much of it negative, when he appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe and was asked by panelist Mike Barnicle, "As president, what would you do about Aleppo?" Johnson responded, "And what is Aleppo?" After a clarification from Barnicle, Johnson answered that he favored greater diplomacy with Russia and criticized U.S. support for the Free Syrian Army and Kurdish forces as well as U.S.-supported "regime change." Johnson's "what is Aleppo?" question prompted widespread criticism.[106][108] In response to charges that he was uninformed, Johnson said that he had "blanked," that he did "understand the dynamics of the Syrian conflict," and that he had thought that Barnicle's reference to "Aleppo" was in relation to "an acronym, not the Syrian conflict."
Machines That Learn to Code and Take Your Job
Pity. I was going to post that my regret was not getting a PhD.
Oh yeah? It worked for the taxi industry in Austin. They tricked people into banning Uber and Lyft, so the taxi industry can continue to operate their monopoly.

Look at the actual text of what is on the ballot here:

>> This amendment establishes a right under Florida's constitution for consumers to own or lease solar equipment installed on their property to generate electricity for their own use. State and local governments shall retain their abilities to protect consumer rights and public health, safety and welfare, and to ensure that consumers who do not choose to install solar are not required to subsidize the costs of backup power and electric grid access to those who do.

It's pretty tricky. Tell me you honestly don't think that a huge amount of people are going to vote yes on that thing.
"Service Guarantees Citizenship."
more fundamentals on the issue: http://ithipster.com/47.html
Sheriff Arpaio’s Cyber Crimes Unit Makes Quick Arrest
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37821862
https://staging.mcso.org/Multimedia/PressRelease/911%20Cyber%20Attack.pdf

Since this comes from Arpaio’s office and involves a person from foreign descent, I highly doubt the impartiality of this case.

contradiction 1
The link indicated there were 1,849 clicks on that particular link. The
Surprise Police Department received the over (100) hang up 911 phone calls
within a matter of minutes due to this cyber-attack and were in immediate danger
of losing service to their switches.

>Are you saying that the 911 system is so weak that 100 calls in minutes will shut it down?

lack of evidence
The Peoria Police Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office also received a large volume of these repeated 911 hang up calls and had the potential danger of losing service throughout Maricopa County. (define large volume?)

'Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai DOB 04/08/1998 (18) has been arrested and booked
into the 4th Avenue Jail on (3) counts of Computer Tampering a class 2 felony.'
Assuming the charges are right and he did err.
I honestly think this overreach by the justice system, and slapping Computer Tampering case is going to cause Aaron Swartz 2.0 and many more.

A felony charge for 18 yr old for 100 calls to 911 seems motivated considering Arpaio’s illegal targeting of immigrants.

See more -
https://goo.gl/0aMqf2
https://goo.gl/xIZDC0
Cold-calling America – my 12 year-old son tries polling
In my experience, people hardly ever connect their phones to their computer. Unless they absolutely have to (operator unlock or restore).
Want more startups? Build a better safety net
Agreed, look at Google. Monopoly on search, and has definitely built some cool stuff.
Maybe, but one important factor is that having a patent-protected lock-in on a market that has a great deal of potential will certainly make his investors happier.
That was their request for information, yes. But I have trouble believing that the NHTSA would allow you to market some half-baked crap that takes over control of your vehicle.

Maybe that's legal, though. Not great if it is. Anything short of full, reliable automation seems incredibly dangerous.
What techniques are available to transform point clouds like these into closed polygonal meshes (like the ones you see in Google Earth where 3D imagery is available)?
In the video they demonstrated the tile by dropping kettle bells on them. They've definitely thought of hail.
Developers do plenty of awful design. Some designers do too.
Really, that's all possible now using emscripten and it still doesn't sound productive.
How do you know that it's not developers doing bad design? Because that tends to be my experience with it, at least these days.
In that case, the tl;dr of most criticism of the touch bar is "100% of 'pro' users are touch typists who can never ever under any circumstances or for any reason ever learn anything new or develop muscle memory for anything they haven't already been doing for thirty years and so they will abandon the platform in droves to run Linux on machines that only look equivalent on paper and on which the key software they use and care about will never run".
A new power plant could devastate the world’s largest mangrove forest
But perception is reality. Both homes and cars are largely purchased on appearance.
I think it got cancelled because it is a real startup now.

Let me explain! Put yourself in CEO's shoes: you have employees who love working for you but you need to get them a paycheck. From that perspective, it is easy to see that it is kind of crazy to enter into these lengthy government discussions that could possibly ruin your business and delay the entire industry! No thanks!!

If they're all really engineers who just love doin' the work, they will be a valuable contracting outfit doin' the exact same work for a steadier paycheck.
Isn't there a significant difference between a kettle bell and golf ball sized hail?
Ok, I figured it out...瓦 = qRre
Side topic, but I wonder if there's a pivot point coming where household appliances could be offered in DC versions. It would be great to avoid the inverter efficiency loss / point of failure. Could there be a standard DC interior wiring system with line voltage for the fridge / dishwasher / laundry machines and let's say LED lights, phone chargers, etc? The need for AC power is just an artifact of long transmission distances, right?
Just to address the tunnels issue, Waze is beginning to install beacons to improve guidance while underground.
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2016/09/23/waze-sets-out-to-elim...

Disclaimer: I work for Google but not in the Waze team
Intel, TSMC and other chipmakers weigh extreme ultraviolet lithography
I definitely understand the inclination to avoid doing this sort of citation-finding work, but I think the approach you've chosen is a worse one than you think. You say comments that only ask for citation are low value, and that may be true, but I think comments that are of the form, "the studies I have seen say (insert very debatable thing)", without providing any support, are even lower value. By this logic, you can say anything you want, while implying that it has been studied by experts, when in fact you just made it up. I wish this were a straw-man hypothetical, but this sort of discourse is actually so common now that whenever I see someone vaguely cite "something I have seen in studies", I assume it actually means "something I heard someone say they saw in studies", and that it is totally fabricated.

It's also pretty rich to have the position that you won't put in the work to back up your statements, but that those who call you out on that should be willing to do the work to disprove you. Just replying to you with "I have seen studies that say the opposite" is equally as (un)convincing as what you've said.
For a moment I thought you were talking about these nanotech mirrors.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/radiative-coolin...
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1447/.
It is a mark of how this election is gripping ... everyone, and it's sweet. And kudos to the kids, experimentalists both of them and good luck to them on the paper round tonpay the phone bill !
Just got an email from Norton saying they have resolved the issue.

Email: http://imgur.com/a/2WwXf
I loved his folders and icons. For a number of years I used the NeXT icons on my windows box at work. RIP good sir.
That has to be the geekiest explanation of a tree I've seen in awhile.
Here is a link to my project, Todo.taskpaper

Source code: https://github.com/Leftium/todo.taskpaper

Live Demo: https://leftium.github.io/Todo.taskpaper/
Many of us have already spend $100 (?) on cables / dongles that work with our current rMBP (VGA confs, network, miniDP to DP for office) and we're being asked to throw those away and buy yet more ones!
Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?
Per HN's guidelines, there's no reason this post should be flagged. Anything (of genuine public interest) to do with YC's accidental poster boy -- Peter Thiel -- is definitely fair game as conversation material.
There are some other things you can't do from the browser in addition to sockets. Full screen, camera, and microphone. But most games don't use that stuff.