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Microsoft, if you open source Windows plus whatever SDK du jour (Win32, Win64, et al) you want me to code against such that I can build from source where all your telemetry and other "advertisers, advertisers, advertisers, advertisers" nonsense are ripped the F--- out, THEN you'll get juuuust enough dispensation from me that when you die you won't go to hell, just purgatory.

Forgiveness? Dream on.
As far as I know that only happens with trusted partners of your mobile provider.
I think it's hilarious that you assume we who are criticizing the article haven't fully read it.

To be fair - if these questions were asked to a male engineer, I would criticize the article too.

The funny thing is that these questions are not asked to male engineers.
You don't teach kids I assume.
I do. I am a judo coach of kids.

I think the point is : It is not really up to the parents to be so critical of their kids. They should be supportive and positive.

It is really up to the coach to provide the technical feedback and it is more beneficial to assess performance at the next practice when the kids are back in a learning mode.

At that point they are mentally ready to practice over their problem areas straight away.

Parents can set their kids back by berating them at the wrong time.
The last iOS UI I did prototyping work on was done using PowerPoint using a set of sketch-styled components (from this[1] guy, although I can't find the particular set that I used on his site right now).

Mostly worked out pretty nicely and avoided the inevitable digressions into "what shade of puce should the title bar be", but there is no way to adequately express on Hacker News the facepalm I made when someone complained that the sketch/wireframe style wasn't going to work too well for the finished app.

[1] http://keynotopia.com/
Agreed, http://cr.yp.to/ is a triumph of minimalism, and the best trailing argument to `wget --mirror` you'll probably ever find.
Technically that would be a subset of 1. :)
Enlightenment Scholarship by the Numbers (2014) [pdf]
> Considering that Servo is an embeddable engine, why not keep the scope of Servo focused in building a standards-compliant engine?

So far, we are (as far as I know)! We try very hard to avoid nonstandard behavior, and if we can't avoid it, try to push for its inclusion in the standard. Given that there are no users that rely on Servo, we can even wait for the standard to be changed before implementing it.

We often try to implement the standard to the word, with code that closely matches up to the standard. This has helped find tons of bugs in the standard (or in the tests). Nonstandard behavior in components shared with Gecko are off in Servo mode.

But if Servo is to be a product we probably will have to change our stance here eventually.
A bit of both :)

I was hired based on knowledge gained from dealing with the projects, implementing features in said projects, or literally just deploying the software in large challenging environments. And this was for stuff I contributed to in my free time for fun! OSS <3
It's the only thing that makes me hesitate replacing my current MBP. Seriously, I can live with whatever ports the put on it, remove a headphone jack, I don't care, but don't take my MagSafe. It's not often that the MagSafe earns it's keep, but when you've got 70kg of dogs wrestling in the living room, sometimes MagSafe alone is worth the price of admission.
>Even non weighted keys are despised by any musician.

Not exactly. Jazz and classically trained musicians, yes. Rock, pop, electronica, etc gigging keyboardists play non-weighted keyboards all the time.

>Even non weighted keys are despised by any musician. Your mind and body have lots of subtle cue sensors to perceive and react accordingly. Anything that contradicts this will fail for refined/industry use.

We have already been over this when the smartphones came out without actual keys.
No.

The wing throws air down, causing lift. The action causes an equal and opposite reaction. Of course.

It also causes vortices and ground effect, which are explained perfectly and only by the wing throwing air downwards.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's more accessible. I would think it has voice over like the iPhone which is supposedly one of the smart phones for visually impaired people.
I'm in no way defending Apple's decision here - I think having no standard USB ports is stupid - but this is kind of Apple's thing.

Apple knows you'll use the standard ports if they give them to you. And that's exactly why they've taken them away. Because it forces users to actually make the switch to something (they think is) better.
Ask HN: What machine will you use next for development?
The 2014 Macbook Air was my development dream machine - powerful enough with upgrades to drive my setup at work, and small enough that I didn't need a second machine to carry around. OSX is conveniently Unix-based for dev work, but unlike Linux it's homogenous enough that software is broadly available and trivial to install/maintain.

I don't want to leave, but after today's updates I'm left without a clue where to look for a system that's powerful, portable, and Unix.

What are other developers planning to do?
Good point, if the top of the wing diverts air downward via reduced air pressure above the wing, then it would be the higher pressure air underneath (pushing) that creates the lift. Yeah, I can see how terms like "push" and "pull" get pretty confusing.
I agree that society and the government should take care of it, but I disagree on the methods.

I'm all for laws giving parents leeway to have extra time off to take care of kids, job protections for maternity/paternity leave, even the government chipping in for the extra days. Of course, I think everyone should be entitled to sick days - jsut parents have more.

You know, because they have more responsibility than I do - which actually makes parents more productive overall than someone like me it. It just doesn't all show at work.
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It's called Red Bull. It gives you wings. Nature is now selling native advertising.
Taking us back to my original point: comparing an MVP or a pure research project to the Apollo program is silly.
Whoa, whoa... explain your magic wizard. I've had caps lock mapped to control for years (i don't use the actual control keys for anything, don't like the weird pinky motion), but having a quick esc like that sounds great.
Hyperloop Expected to Cost Far More Than Originally Stated
How well does that work in practice? I've heard so-so things.
DHH: Microsoft, I forgive you
Every time you write an 'if' and do not stop for a moment to consider it, a kitten dies.
A plug for my own! http://nikhilsrivastava.com/

Would love any comments/critiques!
The touchbar has the same problem the iWatch had - too small and too few users for developers to care about.
Do they have details about Google Fiber?
It's really not that hard. I am forced to use Mac at work, while using Linux at home (also with very different keyboards), and getting use of making a mental switch when needed is matter of months. It is not much different than learning to use more than a single keyboard layout.
Because kids do better when their parents take care of them, and "programs" can't replace this.

Companies have to help out because they're part of society. In exchange they get to do things like limit their liability and collectively enter into contracts.
There are many third party solutions, like the Griffin Breaksafe. It eats a port, but that's better than the MacBook flying onto the ground. :-\
Oh god you're so right. And that was a brilliant episode. Well played.
I don't know about Microsoft, but Apple now has two product launches in a row that failed to introduce anything really new. Especially when it comes to MacBooks, Apple's chief competition isn't even Microsoft. It's their own 1-3 year old products. Why should I upgrade do this new MacBook? It doesn't levitate or make me coffee.

With phones it's a little less clear cut because phones getting faster is still worth paying for, but that will slow down at some point.

It seems to me that Apple has finally hit their post-Jobs point where the radical innovation is outpaced by the comfort of not changing much and just printing money. Of course it's quite possible that iPhone 7S will in fact hover and make coffee, and they are just having an off year, but somehow I am pessimistic about it.
That's not sufficient because a hostile actor could have three phones with three accounts.
Okay, so let me get this straight. . .

- The program starts in 1981.

- One of the executives that was there from 85-94 noted right away the customers were costing them money.

- They raised the cost in 1991

- They raised the cost again in 1994

- And finally terminated the program in 2004.

The company ran this for 20 years knowing full well since its inception that it was costing the company money and did nothing about it? I have absolutely ZERO remorse for what the customers got away with, none. The fact they had to play dirty pool to revoke them just shows how incompetent the executives were that were running the company.

It's staggering to think they let a handful of customers practically bleed the company dry, while continuing to sell these in a sad attempt to generate revenue for the company.
The speech that is illegal in Germany is the type that encourages genocide of particular ethnic/religious groups.

I, for one, believe that we should throw all members of your ethnic group into gas chambers and incinerate your bodies. I'm legally allowed to say this because I live in the USA.
Personally, I always have trouble sleeping while flying.
This is not the answer you're looking for, but technically it is a valid answer to your question.

I'm a software engineer at Google, where I've contributed to Google Servlet Engine, Omaha (https://github.com/google/omaha), Firefox, Chromium, and Android, among other open-source projects.

Some of these are closed-source projects that were later open-sourced, some are developed in the open, and some are run as a hybrid between the two. I also develop random crap on the weekends, and Google gives us wide latitude to open-source that work if we want.

I recognize you're asking whether one can start with open-source contributions and eventually receive compensation for it. I'm answering that in my case I am compensated for a job that happens to involve lots of open-source contributions, which is the same end result but starting from a different place.
> multiple monitor support vacillates between barely working and a dumpster fire

This. Earlier this month, I tweeted that "I threw out my hardware RNG, since #macOS's window placement behavior turned out to produce better randomness."
Hyperloop One looking for funding as costs rise over expectations
Yes, but the switch is a one time inconvenience. If it's stressful, they can ease that with a $1,500 vacation with the price difference.
I am a lawyer. I used Legalzoom to form a 50/50 California LLC in which I am one of the 50% people. The stakes were low, would always be low, and Legalzoom is cheap.

If you can say to yourself "I will light this investment of my time and money on fire and I don't care" then Legalzoom is a good choice.

If the stakes are high enough, you'd be batshit insane to is an "out of the box" solution until you know what they put in the box. Maybe the documents are fine. Maybe they're not. Care to bet your new business that everything is gonna be ok?

Filing an LLC-1 in California is a commodity service.

People think the LLC's operating agreement is a commodity. They couldn't be more wrong.

Similar conclusions apply to corporations.
Makes sense. Ok, you changed my mind.

I did read once that humans basically evolved to handle childcare as a society. Apparently villages used to raise all the kids together. So I am probably arguing against biology here.

I'm still not sure assuming that people with kids have less time left over is discrimination, but I am probably projecting my own lack of desire to have kids onto the separate issue of how society should be run.
Yes! Just like biological weapons!

It's crazy how people misunderstand technology, innit.
Pentax, I'm afraid, doesn't really have anything comparable right now.

Splitting hairs, but I don't think that's quite right. The medium-format 645D is a step above those you've cited (yet with a comparable price). And the recent K-1 (not to be confused with the K-01, nice job marketing guys) should be on par with the D810, etc. (see [1] and [2]). However, I'll grant that whatever else it might be doing with image quality, Pentax's autofocus systems have always been sub-par. They're improving, but so is the competition.

I'll defer to your experience with birds; I admit to being crappy with that. But I think in your example of capturing the ultimate instant, autofocus does not enter the picture (so to speak). If you're worried about the EVF delay, the (lack of) speed of autofocus will put you right out of the ballpark. If you want that decisive moment, you're going to need to be pre-focused. Or are you tracking the subject continuously? I have particularly bad results trying that.

The point I was attempt to make was that DSLRs are masters of flexibility ... if you can live with the size, weight and cost

And indeed, those latter issues are a big tradeoff, as the OP notes and I've found myself - since I got the Olympus I've hardly used the Pentax at all. You can't just wave them off as caveats, they really are important. If I'm willing to use the kit zoom lens, I can actually fit the thing into a pocket, which is a big part of why I bought it. As the saying goes, "the best camera is the one you have with you".

But it's not just availability, it's also handling and agility. The weight of, say, a 300mm equivalent lens on a m43 body is a small fraction of the same for full frame. That translates into better stability when forced to hand-hold, or ability to move faster onto target even when on a tripod, which is important when acquiring and tracking a moving subject.

On the other hand, that same thing is a detriment for portrait photography with a m43. The same geometry that works well for long lenses means that it's difficult to impossible to achieve the short depth of field that you can get with a bigger-sensor camera. I think Sony may have that covered, but for reasons we needn't get into here, Sony products aren't allowed in my house.

[1] DXO scores: K-1 is 96, D810 is 97 (https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Pentax-... )

[2] "Image Quality is where the K-1 definitely outshines the majority of its competition at this price point, with the camera giving one of the best Raw dynamic range results we've ever seen, falling just short of the industry-leading Nikon D810. Low light Raw image quality is a match for just about anything on the market, falling just short of the class-leading Sony a7R II." (https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax-k-1/10 )
Empty Promises on Privacy for Foreigners Abroad in PPD-28
Well the problem of our world is that such article's actually support the gender/race/whatever split. I mean they basically want to solve it, but they create a paradoxon by treating these special.
if people would just stop caring about differences we might start to actually have a better world, but I guess we are far far away from it.

well I mean when I search people for a job I mostly look at their performance and if they actually can't meet my requirements I need to say no.
Well now guess what happens if I have 20 canidates and I now pick the canidate with the highest performance, the chance is pretty high that I also indirectly support the split, it's just because a minority will sometimes stay a minority which doesn't actually happen because you treat them differently, but because they either don't have the chance to get better or because some jobs are just not attractive for them.
So the only way to solve the problem is just to stop treating people differently.
Discussion is good, but overly discuss it is not, yeah there was a problem in the past, but I think it actually got better, while the last years somehow made it worse by unnecessary discussions or by people who actually seeked attention and actually put even more salt into the wounds. And the internet made it worse since it makes it hard to differentiate between attention seekers and truly suppressed people.
"What's wrong with HN community?"

I'm going to go kinda meta here. Feel free to dismiss if that's not your bag. "wrong" implies good/bad, which also implies a purpose: good or bad for what? Consider the question "what kind of community should HN be?" From here, let's move on to your statement:

"In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online."

It sounds like in your opinion HN should be an open community. Is it as open as it should be? Is the "most open community [you've] seen online" as open as it could be? should be? As you want it to be? Given that there are people that don't feel as welcome as they want to, what does that imply about the community's openness?

I don't have the answers to this. I think it's human nature to tend to group, and not every group is for every body. I have seen behavior here that I think is unwelcoming, uncivil, and uncalled for. Maybe that's not the same as open, but I think they're closely related. Does that mean people should toughen up? Be more considerate? Leave if they don't like it? This doesn't match what I would like the HN community to be, but I know I'm relatively new, and that reflects me.

Like I said, I don't have the answers.
I'm buying 1-2 refurbished current gen Macbook Pros, and just hoping those and my current one will last me the next decade or so (its all solid state, so hopefully it will).
When you look at the equation of what you do with your life it starts to become more of an imperative to work on ending aging because if that is solved it gives you an infinite or at least much longer time to work on whatever else you want. I am now also starting to get pangs to work on climate damage mitigation because it won't be fun to live in a super hot or flooded world.
I had an account closed with about 2k in it and no amount of pestering them made a difference. Then suddenly, about a year afterwards (I think), they sent me a cheque with the balance. Also, I was able to create a new account after fixing what they didn't like and haven't had issues with it.
Agreed, we just moved back to the Ireland from UK and it's been painful currency wise. The UK used to be such a stable place for business but now definitely not...
The design of the Zcash trusted setup ceremony
Trying it out now. I hope I'm hooked enough to pay you at the end of the trial. Not really satisfied with my current solution, which I also pay for. Thanks.
I'm assuming people haven't read it because the comment (and a several others in the thread) starts complaining that the series "starts" by asking stereotypical questions to women. The first line in the article is talking about this is a series and that it's not the first post (it links to the first one). So I'm making this assumption because people are making a claim directly disproved in the first line of the article.

I do agree that every question in this article is just as relevant to men.
Apple is really struggling to innovate and its playing it safe with these updates. It would seem like they fear launching semi-failed products like the MS Surface RT, Google Glass, Amazon Fire Stuff, etc. What would happened if they did?. I guess they would become like any other tech company, not so special anymore. Was Steve Jobs really what this company had on their secret bag of tricks? or why are they going through this bland face. I would hope to be proven wrong.
Yeah, it works on a variety of models with variable levels of tinkering required. Compatibility should substantially improve in the coming months with these new Skylake Mac laptops.

For a better SNR than browsing Tonymacx86 forums, try https://reddit.com/r/hackintosh
While I feel a lot about the Touch Bar is wrong, one interesting thing is that Xcode now has a “Touch Bar simulator” similar to other iOS simulators. That should go a long way toward making sure that applications support this technology.
Thanks for your response, sorry it took me so long to respond! Personally the cluster pattern is more intuitive for me and the problems I solve. I had thought that there was a sense that using multiple dbs in one redis instances was a bit of an anti-pattern. Are there any docs on some examples of the building block configurations you're talking about?
>Every single shortcut shown in the cringe-worthy demos today is already mapped to a well-known keyboard shortcut in the app. And pro users can use those shortcuts without ever having to look down at the keyboard.

I'm a pro user (of NLEs) and I don't "use those shortcuts without having to look down at the keyboard". Only a few of them.

And it's not because I don't do shortcuts in general (I've used Vim for over 20 years in all its glory).

Profesionals use external interfaces all the time, e.g. for color correction, editing etc. While this doesn't fully replace this, it's more than adequate for a lot of what those do, and perfect for editing on the field.

It's also not about those "keyboard shortcuts". Flipping through movie frames with variable speed is not a shortcut. Applying filter resonance on a DAW is not done with a shortcut. Heck, this can even change several items together at the same time (e.g. 2 virtual sliders etc). There are literally tons of other things we now use sliders, dials, etc for in Pro programs, and which arbitrary speed and "jump to place" (not just "one click at a time" as shortcuts offer) will be great.

>What the hell is touchbar if not a totally useless gimmick for actual pro users of pro apps?

It also has no wifi and less space than a Nomad from what I heard. Lame.

Anyway, let's give it a year and we'll see how many pro's swear by it.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you think you'll make use of power to the 4 sockets?

Is it just for the convenience of swapping sides or is there another use case I'm missing?
Shoot, I supplied an HTTPS link when I should have given HTTP.
Permission like an android app
Probably not - you're supposed to hone your craft through practice before you perform in the way that was described.

If the overall performance was poor, and something so basic was clearly an issue, then maybe they don't realise?

This is like a development candidate being poor at simple interview problems - it simply is the case that often you don't know what you're doing wrong until you've developed skill, but people around you saying you're doing great can suppress your desire to work on that skill in favor of rushing ahead to interview where you fall flat on your face.
Kaggle’s Data Science Community to Solve Public Problems with Commerce Open Data
I wish I could get all my old horrible homepages back. There was time you'd have to torture me to admit I had anything to do with that, but now I would probably be proud of them again. It's history now.
Even if we cure aging the median life expectancy might not surpass 1,000 – that is a long time to not get in a car accident, fall off a cliff, be struck by lightning, etc.

But yeah, I'd take it too.
The motivation is to make a smaller change to their operations and infrastructure. Right now they are running application services on linux machines using puppet to make the machine environment work. Switching to a container gives them reproducible environments that work on a developer workstation and a server. It also gives some operational benefits for how you run a process I think. You can do this without buying into the docker daemon, network overlay, orchestration. If you are currently able to deploy services on linux to production then you can do that, but with containers. This is an incremental win.
How is the concurrency illusionary?
You could say they're counting on iCloud instead of people directly plugging their devices into one another.