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The phone finger print scanner is sweet. Can't live without it now. Can single handedly unlock the phone and browse HN. :-)
Dave Winer: WTF Is Twitter Doing with Vine?
FreeBSD gotta check that privilege.
Well, you could argue that Apple hasn't done a tablet PC. They've done a tablet-sized phone. Of course, where you draw the line between those is probably different for different people.
HN just loves to be anti-Apple so they can say they aren't sheeple. Every keynote thread here has had comments about how Apple stopped innovating after Steve Jobs. And yet every year they still somehow innovate. Comments like that show how deep HN has fallen into the cult of personality, that they actually believed it was Steve who was coming up with all of these ideas. So much for not being sheeple ;).
I have the shift key for when I want to type caps. I don't think I have EVER used caps lock to type in all caps.
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If you're interested in academia or scientific research, there is scope to work on open source projects there.
My full time job is working on a particle physics data analysis program, which is entirely open sourced.
You won't necessarily have to do a scientific project either - other people who work at the same research facility work on configuration management systems, or databases.

Note that this doesn't have to involve doing a PhD or actually being an academic - it's more a providing the tools that enable academics to do successful research kind of thing.
Disappointing, almost boring event.

Almost, because it made me laugh when I heard someone saying "incredible" again and app called "TV" :)
> We should've expected this the moment Twitter acquire Vine

Twitter acquired Vine before the Vine app/service initially launched. So I don't think that sentiment makes sense in this specific case :)
Vim user here... hence why it is mapped to Esc.
Except that you are paying for it. If it costs money (which is does) and you pay (which you do) then you are very much paying for it. And that's the problem. Not only are the 9 series GPUs a generation behind, the shift to the Pascal architecture delivers previous gen. performance for literally half the price (see GTX 970 vs. 1060).

Maybe the thing you want to pay for is the screen, but there's no avoiding the outdated GPU tax that you have to pay to get it.
I did a little googling, and it appears that countries like China, India, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, France, and Germany all have the concept of statutory rape, even if you aren't familiar with that particular wording in English.
Hear hear. The anecdata being thrown around in these comments is ridiculous. Like the above, and also the people saying "everyone i know has a desktop". So what? I need a powerful laptop, and i don't need to justify it to you. End of story. Apple's insistence on limitations are ridiculous and just as offensive as Bill Gates'.
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I love my 7510 and I'd definitely recommend it, but the keyboards are a bit of a lottery (this probably applies to all current Latitudes and Precisions, as they all look to use the same boards).

There are two different designs that I've encountered, with one of them being massively inferior (noticeably mushier feel, and a weak point on the arrow key clips that gets worse over time, until the clip starts 'expanding' under pressure, causing it to get stuck or pop off of the board).
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Man it feels weird reading 3), its not often I come across a text that is so coarsely generalizing about me solely on the basis of my gender. I frequently see people complain about how they feel uncomfortable with generalizing descriptions about them, and you gave me a glimpse of that experience!

Though thinking about it, I've seen that sort of blunt, obtuse language about "how men think" before, it just didn't occur to me that the "men" being refereed to was intended to include me!

Of course, since I don't identify with the behaviour described (or indeed think many non-assholes would), I rather confidently exclude myself from the set of "men" being refereed to.

In any case, here's to the idea that men tend to treat women differently from men will one day not be such a contentious issue!
If they would start to use ECC memory, it would be interesting for a lot of reasons. But without it, it's too much of a gamble for critical things.
Pick a criteria, any meaningful criteria. Now line a room full of people up in order of that criteria. What do you see? I see a mixed line of races, genders, heights, skin colours, etc.

Why am I pointing this out? Because while this article sounds wise, it's not. It's also a shallow thought pattern of generalising.

A woman's view is somehow different from a man's. Really? Someone who has cancer (as an example) might want to work from home (even IF they're male). The mindset of this article is baffling (especially when the article isn't pushing gender discrimination, unlike many similar articles).

Nobody should be penalised for taking slabs of time off work. True! Just penalise the ones that don't take time off (ie. by ignoring those consistently available as providing no extra value), or better yet, put everyone on part time! In reality, a smart boss/business will promote someone who is there when needed!

The author of this article started with a prejudiced premise (ie. sees the world as genders). Considering that starting point, the article was unusually inclusive for an article that thinks in genders. However, I don't really care about a person's gender. So, articles like this stand out as demonstrating shallow and flawed thinking.

As I once said to my wife "why don't people ask about redheads in engineering?"
> why did they not use the USB-C for charging is beyond me.

I believe it is able to be charged through usb-c but they provided the normal power adapter also.
Agree, DTrace on OS X is supper powerful.

I once try to debug the open source libusb app in Mac OS, with DTrace I can trace the App, Kernel USB API call, libusb internal thread in user space, etc.

Much better visibility to system activities compare to simple strace.

Absolutely love the power of what it can do.

BTW, Can a DTrace script to use to monitor a system with potential "Dirty COW" type privilege escalation issue?
I was able to find an answer to at least part of this question in the FCC fact sheet[0] on the decision.

> The Order prohibits “take-it-or-leave-it” offers, meaning that an ISP can’t refuse to serve customers who
don’t consent to the use and sharing of their information for commercial purposes.

So at least they can't cut you off entirely if you don't consent/opt-in.

[0] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016...

Edit: source
I also have a 2008 unibody aluminum MacBook - just an FYI you can still get new batteries for it:

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/MacBo...
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What kind of art are you talking about? I've done much graphic design (yes, paid) and used Photoshop and Illustrator for nearly a decade (though I now use Affinity, as of last year), and I have never been in a situation where I was running out of resources.

Up until this year, I have never owned a machine with more than 8GB of RAM, and never a video card with more than 1GB of RAM until now either.

Are you perhaps talking about video editing or CGI rendering?
Apple is killing off MagSafe, one of the MacBook’s best features
I'm currently reading Where Song Began[1] which discusses this, and is super-interesting besides. Has an anecdote of WW1 pilots encountering flocks of dozing swallows at night.

1. https://www.amazon.com.au/Where-Song-Began-Australias-Change...
If that's your opinion of Apple I wonder what you think of others then.

Apple products usually have top notch latest specs and are most powerful products out there. Both in laptops and in smartphones. So definitely not last gen crap.

Overpriced? Expensive maybe, but probably one of the least overpriced actually. Unlike most manufacturers who just throw in Windows or Android on top of their generic hardware, Apple design a lot of HW and SW and their integrations in-house and they actually have costs to cover. (I heard Silicon Valley engineers aren't exactly free)

I don't know what is "much that's innovative". I guess it's subjective. If we look at the last few years: 3D Touch, TouchID. That's not so bad.

If we look at the whole history of Android...eh...well...hmmm...Samsung Edge...maybe?

I agree that Apple isn't innovating as well as they used to back in the days of Jobs, but nobody else really didn't innovate back then and they sure as hell don't innovate now unless you see putting unnecessarily high specs on a smartphone as an innovation.
I'm an American and my 10 yr old son is in an organized band that includes a weekly private lesson and a public performance. I agree with skywhopper that there's a time and place for criticism and right after the show, especially at that age, is not it.

Also, part of the objective of having the public performance is to simply get kids comfortable performing publicly. My kid was practically shitting himself before the show, he was so nervous about playing in front of a crowd. So, a healthy part of the applause is recognition that they simply performed publicly. It's likely that greeting them with criticism of their playing as they walk off the stage won't do much to encourage them to try it again.
Unrelated, but as a 21 year old (male!) who knows little about society, human psychology, etc., can I ask with sincerity what is probably a really dumb question?

Why do companies/society need to accommodate people who have kids? Why are maternity/paternity leave a thing? How come we don't expect people to price the fact that having a kid is a lot of work that will inherently set their life back into their decision of whether to have one?

Is it really so "evil" when one makes the assumption that someone with kids is on balance less dedicated, more tired, more preoccupied, etc. than someone without? Can't we rephrase that as, someone who has a matter in their life they need to spend hours a day on will have less time for other things? Is that discrimination?
Another point in support of this is that buildings tend to get away with more minor bugs than software does. Walls usually have a subtle bow to them, toilets don't have to fail gracefully if the sewage network gets backed up, doors get installed the wrong direction, there are gaps behind the cabinets, light switches get wired around odd corners, etc.
So long as the building can stand up in an earthquake and looks good enough to sell, that's usually the end of it.
Software, on the other hand, has an air of imperative perfection. If it is even slightly wrong or ugly, it must be entirely wrong. I feel that way myself, and I must sometimes throttle my impulse to fix it indefinitely so that I can meet a business need in time.
I wouldn't call it stack, really. It's just a little bit jQuery flavored JavaScript that loads the DB via ajax and adds all entries to the DOM. Under 30 LOC: https://github.com/pyupio/safety-db/blob/master/docs/index.h...

It's a bit dirty, but was the right tool for the job. If you are working on a larger project, I'd probably use some template language like mustache to render the elements.
Folks at Harvard support labor unions… everywhere except at Harvard
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no if you go with the laptop most are already configured for you and nvidia and ati support is much improved. You can do everything with the gui.
I haven't said they were, they are however the most important ones since everything else is pretty bog standard.
Oh God, I miss Steve so much. I remember the time when Apple conference was a real event, everybody would watch, and second it was done we would call and talk for hours about it. Now after 10+ years at Apple camp, I am afraid that this machine I bought 9 months ago might be my last if something doesn't change in next few years. And I fear nothing will change, because Cook is leading this company by profit and numbers, and he is doing great! But that is what killed Apple many, many years ago. And worst of all, I do not see anyone who can fill the shoes Apple had 5-10 years ago.
You're god damn right it's insulting. Same boat as you. It's really annoying. I'm trying to work here. It's not like software's getting any less bloated.
lots of power for an entity of unelected officials....
You have to opt in and there can't be a penalty for opting out, the fact sheet says. That said, there may be a bonus for opting in — perks or whatnot. That will have to be settled separately, probably.
I purchased surface pro 3 for drawing. so disappointed. I don't want to try again.

if they are serious about art creation, they should only use wacom technology and nobody else.
HN is a positive example. See my comments here: http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2016/01/before-hn.ht...

Perhaps you should go and actually read some of the stuff on my website that I have given you several links to already before continuing to argue here. I have written probably thousands of words already on my blog about the situation on HN and I am pretty even-handed and not all man-hating or man-bashing. I strongly suspect that the fact that I fundamentally like and respect men generally is germaine to my ability to a) get upvotes here and b) critique the forum without just being thrown out on my ear.

But your behavior here is really problematic. And it is this kind of behavior that discourages a lot of women from participating.

I am a woman. You refuse to take my word for it that women experience things differently. I didn't even expect you to take my word for it. I gave you links to supporting data. You do not appear to have done me the courtesy of reading any of that before jumping back in to continue to assert that I must simply be wrong because people on HN are so nice or something.

This is really, really frustrating behavior for a woman to deal with and we face it constantly at every turn.

Please do read the links you were given and, if you still have questions after that, come back and ask more informed questions later.

Thanks.
New Method Could Store Massive Amounts of Data in Diamond Defects
The FCC has spent years fighting for net neutrality.
Or worse, they will structure it like AT&T's project Hemisphere and find a way to provide the same insights without sharing the data specifically. And they will do it without any forms or notifications at all.
Is weird because this was almost good.

The price is too high, obviously, but even ignoring that:

1- The TouchBar seem useful. BUT, why remove the F-Keys? Consider that is not because space, is obvious exist plenty of it.

2- The touch pad is gigantic, but, Why not make instead the keyboard larger? Is already great, is the keyboard that need love. I even dream about a mechanical version, but not, Apple HATE functional input hardware. let it at the normal size make possible to move TouchBar above it and below the keyboard (Not sure about this..)

3- All new ports good. But removing useful ports BAD. Is a PRO machine.

4- Let it at the same thinness AND increase the battery life. No brainier.

And not let us guess if mac mini, mac pro, imac are alive or not...

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Also, what is the show about the MAC and tell about TV shows?
So are their users.
There are pithier descriptions.
Actual graphics and design pros (as opposed to Apple 'Pros') absolutely care about specs. Come hang out in VR developer land for a while, where interest in specs extends to system architecture choices.
That was my thought. There'll just be a clause in the TOS that says "By accepting you give us the right to share your data" and that'll be that.
"The scammers have "done their research" using publicly available information, including sites like Facebook, he said. They identify vulnerabilities to exploit."

Stop posting personal info on Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin. Best way to keep in touch is Whatsapp and any other personal messenger app.
I want to buy new macbook pro 15 retina...
But don't know go to the new one with touch bar or take the chance and buy old one with good price ?
and lack of ethernet port was never an "awesome feature", but reason for jokes about adapters for "just $99".
It only took Greenspun's commentariat three comments to get to talking about child support.
I don't personally operate docker in production, but googling "docker stability" or perusing their github issues should lead to the same anecdotes I'm referring to.

If you'll indulge me putting on my corporate hat for a minute: we've had some customers very happy scheduling a high volume of containers at a high rate on nomad:

- https://www.hashicorp.com/c1m.html (mentions a docker bug even)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRtRwhL5lwM

If at all possible I'd recommend using our Java or exec drivers as they use builtin containerization and avoid the overhead of docker or rkt.
The answer in one word: margins.

Adding expensive hardware (or as you call it, more powerful hardware) to your BOM will cut into your margins.
I don't think it's that bad. I can definitely see the benefits for different applications.

However, watching the presentation at times the touch bar felt like an elaborate workaround for a full-blown touchscreen. Especially during the dj demo.

And with the Microsoft Puck for the Surface Studio still in the back of your head, the touch bar for Photoshop or video editing looked a bit outdated.
I have a old Chromebook that I am using as my primary dev machine (at home). Was hoping to upgrade it to a MBP, but now i'm not sure. I know they are two different classes of machines, but what really struck me in that I can literally buy 10 Chromebooks for 1 MBP.
I think they are talking about the USB-C connector detaching at the wall, not the power plug detaching.
Isn't everybody adopting pets instead? Probably they won't notice.

("Humans extinct due to lack of interest. 3D-Go tournament and frisbee toss news at 11h.")
Get a USB-C to USB A adapter for the keyboard ($19 from Apple, less than $10 from others). My stuff is all plugged into a relatively new Thunderbolt dock, I'll get a $49 Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.

USB-C is a better connector that can sweep away all the USB connector types that have come before. Products can't switch fast enough. I wish the iPhone 7 used it instead of Lightning but Lightning is thinner so they probably never will.
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It's a small fraction of the tech community that has a problem with banning people for threatening others with violence. And the tech community is a small fraction of Twitter's userbase.

Not catering to the libertariat has never really harmed a mainstream-targeting business.
This. In addition, the readability is straight-up bad on many of these.
Gnome extension for quickly switching applications
>guitar lesions

I'm changing the name of my band to this. ;-)
Alt-Tab sucks if you have tone of windows open. Switcher is a useful extension that save me many key strokes for switching applications.
Nope. Very happy with my 2014 Macbook pro (15"). Won't be replacing it until it starts crapping out on me. I love the touch bar, but that's not a feature important for me to upgrade.
He's saying that fewer people will form relationships if that policy is in place. Anyone with management experience knows that prohibitions are never followed 100%. It doesn't mean that they're useless. They minimize the incidence of the undesirable activity.

Believe it or not, there are some people with discipline and emotional control out there. Romance is not an unstoppable force (despite what Hollywood wants you to believe). In the presence of a prohibition on office romance, parties who take their job seriously will employ personal restraint and refrain from engaging in office romance.

"Telling people they're not allowed to do something just makes them hide it" is a tired and frankly juvenile argument. Yes, it's true that in some cases, which, generally speaking, are fairly rare (depending on what you're prohibiting), people will continue to break the rules and hide it. But many people will choose to avoid the risk altogether and follow the rules.
Or VMWare for that matter.
It's been less than 6 months I first heard about Redux. Looking at its issues, it seems to be a little more than 1 year old. Now everyone is talking about MobX. Why not improving Redux in first place? If it's verbose, why not writing more abstractions on top of it to make it easier to use? IMHO we should think more about those questions before writing another framework-of-the-day.
Where do you see yourself in about 30 years? Would you like to have a healthy society, innovation in arts and sciences, a strong economy, a strong national defense, etc.?

Well, the kids who are babies today will be providing that for you--even if you don't have kids yourself. That's one reason childrearing gets special treatment in policy.

Another more practical reason is that quite a lot of people have kids, and so families make up a large block of votes in our democracy.
This is a strong argument for prototyping the workflow with index cards and pen; deliberately rough to deter people discussing whether it should be cornflower blue.

(I think there was a tool that offered this, XKCD style, but I've no idea what it was called)
Pffft... you're using a libc, or something? Direct Syscalls[1] are where it's at.

[1] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/Interfacing_with_...
Eh, things happen.

Policies are neat because they let you impose limits to human behavior in a very binary and arbitrary fashion. But humans are complex beings. People fall in and out of love all of the time. It needn't be exploitative.

To mandate whom I can or cannot fall in love with is something I will never accept. Nor should anyone.
Maybe. On the other hand, most people lurk and read a lot before signing up for forums, and they're more than likely going to come across one of the many political discussions on here, which are... slightly less meritocratic. They could keep to just discussing tech here and pretend the politics don't exist, or they could go find other communities where they're more likely to get along with people.

(Or they could, on occasion, be like me and try to communicate with people who won't listen and occasionally burn out.)
Rautavarra's Case by PKD is similar. After an accident, an alien race resuscitates one of the [EDIT: human] victims, leading to some interesting consequences related to differing conceptions of the afterlife.

Text: http://www.philipkdickfans.com/literary-criticism/rautaavara...

Synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case

Probably not the one you're thinking of, but somewhat related.
I'd say the weapons completely out matched anyone's ability to cope with them until quite late in the war. By that light, I'd say nobody alive had experience fighting a modern army.

The US has always had a charming dread of standing armies.
To be fair, I think most people's interaction with "graphics arts" is Lightroom, which is a pretty darn slow piece of software. Not the complicated stuff, where they reused code from Photoshop, but the simple stuff like opening the file import dialog.

I think people are imagining that a better computer will improve its performance, but it won't. There's a sleep statement in there or something. (Their blog post says something like "a cloud industry-leading innovation in picking-your-camera-out-of-a-list user experience story flow." Really? Just suck the files off my memory card in the background as soon as you detect one.)
There is this concept called "threads" which can be found in most operating systems.
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