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Facebook login seems to be broken. I get 'application error'.
This is sad to hear. It was a really cool product.
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If you use VLC, you can skip a lot of the "unskippable" garbage.
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Is there any way to get a Pebble 2 instead of a refund on my Time 2 pledge?
Sounds like a good option.

>Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects.

Why three main functions? IMHO I'd be way more interested if it just did one thing well.
This is what can happen when, unlike most tech startups, cost of goods sold is a business consideration.
Exactly. Scales are great if you want to learn to improvise and understand how to play in Dorian or Mixolydian etc, but even for that it's not actually necessary.

Your ear is the only thing thats really needed.
> Warranty support is no longer available for Pebble watches.

That's not very nice.
I don't really get the reasoning behind the downvotes. Still on topic enough to have a discussion about. Someone care to elaborate ?
I mean, I understand what he is saying... but if you join a startup (even as an employee), you should be aware that your risk of your job going away is higher.

If you want a really safe job for 20 years you would join the government or a fortune 100 type company. Does the 2nd and 3rd employee ever think his job is as secure as working for a fortune 100?
Good lord this is so much easier than it was 6 months ago. Really glad to see the barrier of entry going down to get these clusters built. Kubernetes has been paramount to our engineering growth at FarmLogs.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdx bs=1024 count=(size of drive in K)

Do it for as many times as you want.
The product looks really good. Is the design yours as well?
I basically agree with you here. However, JavaScript is a better language than most people think. Ignorance and trying to treat it like something it isn't is responsible for much of the hate. Obviously it being the only choice in the browser is part of it. However it's a better language than many of the ones that people (or at least groups) use by choice.

The frameworks and build systems are largely necessary because the web platform is rather weak, and of course to add language features.

A type system would help a lot, as will modules once they are universally used. Typescript, Flow, etc will probably settle on something useful. Evolution is generally better than revolution in language design. It's a bit slower for JS because of the nature of the web.
Devil's advocate says that this is the most effective way to target this bad policy. Use it to ruin the accounts of a few very big sellers, and have them do the publicity work for you.
Well I can't answer for other projects, but libcloud specifically is in Python, and kops is in golang. But you raise a valid question: why not use a cloud abstraction library like libcloud - for example embedding terraform. It would definitely short-cut things, but the trickier piece IMO is figuring out what cloud resources to create, rather than making the API calls. Embedding terraform might save a little time up front, but would also make it harder where terraform didn't work quite the way we wanted it to (the state store), or even if we hit any bugs. The Kubernetes experience with Salt was not overly positive in this regard (though this was likely more because of how we were using it than Salt itself).

It is possible to build a kops cloud implementation that doesn't do direct-to-cloud-API-calls, but instead just outputs terraform - that would be faster - but you would still have to figure out the right way to run Kubernetes on cloud X. Most of the work is in doing that!
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Another good one here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwad1cWMcC0
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https://antrix.net/static/pages/python-for-java/online/ seemed quite good, but I didn't go into it in any depth because I already know Python.
Why do you think they failed? Didn't FitBit just buy them?
The cheque is usually a novelty item. They usually do large transfers digitally or via wire, probably divided to each of the winners. It would have been bigger news if they didn't.
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I backed the Time 2 and the Core. I was way more excited about the Core. I have a 1st-gen Apple Watch and am perfectly happy with that. I was going to give the Time 2 to my father-in-law for Christmas. It's really disappointing. I'm really looking forward to someone explaining the what and whys of this. Based on Fitbit's stock price over the last year I can't imagine this acquisition will turn out good for either party, the developers going to Fitbit, or the wearable community in general.
Not just personal data, some recruiters even add skill sets to the resume without checking with the candidate
Domain knowledge.
> Kickstarter backers who have not received their rewards will receive a full refund within 4-8 weeks as a chargeback to their credit cards. No further action is needed.
I'd rather pay a lawyer
When much younger and a much more naive about recruiting practices, this happened to me. I went to an interview, the interviewer started asking me a bunch of Novell server question, and I got confused saying I didn't really know that. They indicated it was on my resume, I asked to see it, pointed out that it wasn't my resume (and showed a bunch of subtle formatting changes) and the interview was quickly over. I angrily called the recruiter on my way out and that was my last dealing with them.

(TEKsystems in Southfield, MI, for what it's worth. But this was also 1999-ish.)

I've since found out that it's a pretty common practice and usually the candidates play along just to get the job.
That's exactly why many companies offer support in multiple languages (with a phone menu or separate numbers) and hire people who are fluent in those languages specifically for phone support. I can say this with certainty because it's one of the services my current employer provides.
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A debate of 'go away', probably, not a complete ignore.
FitBit bought them for the equivalent of pennies because they were, it seems, deep in debt.
Totally agree. And python->java might be a pretty big challenge in that space, especially if you aren't using an IDE that can autocomplete the crazy long/verbose (this.that.wow.foo.bar.argh) java libraries.
So it looks like Fitbit acquihired the team from Pebble. Here's hoping Fitbit releases a product like the Pebbles, as it was much more safe and less attention-consuming to check a text message on my watch while driving than bringing out my phone, or asking a passenger to do this.

Are there any other things like it that we can migrate to, or will the world never see their like again?
Depending on the device, I would say. Maybe if it were phrased, "Do you regularly see annoying popups that ask you to update your software?"

Shoot, I guess even that is a poor wording. I do know, however, that every time Apple pushes an iOS update, I get a text from my mom to see if she should accept the update. (She got an iphone last summer for the first time, and does not know how to install apps.)
Pebble have entered insolvency:

http://www.proofofclaims.com/PebbleTech/documents/
I don't use GN, but I agree with this from a UX side.
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No, Fitbit are buying the assets of Pebble, the company is closing.
How long does it take to do this, and what is the impact on battery life? I'd like to know for a high end device like the S7 or Pixel, but also the low end $99-$199 phones.
Still taking orders on kickstarter right now...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-2-time...
Oh, forgot to mention, checkout Day-5 -- it's PowerPC-based.
>The process is fine, but sometimes shit is broken and you need to fix it now and clean up the existing mess later.

Because "later" might end up actually being in the middle of the night, or later might not ever come. And then the mess might be magnitudes bigger than what you were facing before. Just wait, now. You have the time. Always. Unless your platform/software is continually crashing, your business always has time. Changing code like that without review is begging for you to "not have time" and cause an undue amount of stress for everyone involved.

Be an engineer, not a monkey. We're all only human and mistakes will be made.
> One thing that is painfully missing from iOS is multiuser support.
It is unbelievable that, so many years later, I can't hand my iPhone or iPad to a friend, co-worker, my kids or someone at a meeting and have them be in "guest" mode or some mode where I can exercise complete access control to information and apps. Today, if you hand your unlocked iOS device to someone they have full access to anything that isn't locked out specifically by an app. And, even at that, your entire device is exposed.

I've been looking forward to a multi-user iOS ever since the first iPad came out. I consider iPhones as more personal, where each person (or young adult/adult) in a house/family would likely have one of their own. But iPad is a different story altogether, and is more likely to be shared among people in a house/family. It's frustrating that it's still not possible to create user accounts and quickly switch between them on iOS devices.

A few months ago I watched one of the WWDC videos about a feature called "Shared iPad" [1] that allows schools to provide shared iPads to students and what developers would have to do to support it (and what comes out of the box and avoids work for developers too). Each student has their preferences and work saved on device and on iCloud and the switching process would download the appropriate bits for the next student who logs in (if/when necessary). My understanding of this, and the reason why user switching is still not around, is that this needs more flash memory in the device (to cache things and avoid going to iCloud as much as possible), a good amount of RAM on the device to support reasonably good performance for user switching (so all apps don't necessarily have to be killed or off loaded from RAM when possible), and certain other considerations that others may know better about.

But I'm still waiting for this feature to be open to everyone so we can have "Shared iPad" at home or at work.

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/303/
No, I know that I'll be getting a refund, I just wonder why the kickstarter money wasn't enough to fulfill the kickstarter rewards.
Me too, I had to actually cover the moving memes with my hand to be able to read the text.
I am sorry. Noting the negative sentiment here, I now understand HN is a "safe-space" for a lot of you. I won't do it again. Promise.
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Why is Johnson and Johnson getting into startups?
Why is WhatsApp trusted? Isn't it proprietary and controlled by Zuckerberg? What am I missing here?
A less labor intensive approach might be a youtube channel, I really liked this Python one:

https://www.youtube.com/user/sentdex
Well, it was a acquihire, which is kind of sad. Not a failure for investors, perhaps, but certainly for their customers.
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Maybe you don't realize it but you're coming across as bossy and confrontational:

"I (and others) would kindly appreciate it if you'd stop"

"If you'd like to find a place to help, I'd suggest"

"engineering teams need to do a better job of integrating community PRs "

"Finally, I'd like to see deadlines and decision-makers appointed"

"What facts do you think I don't possess?"
Bought because they likely could not survive on their own, cancelling their product lines & support for them, and for ~ 5 % of the highest buyout offer they received before. There are worse ways to fail, but it's not really success.
I felt that, overall, Sneakers holds up fairly well for the technology of the time and nowhere near as silly as Hackers. The article's only complaint on Sneakers is the universal key that breaks crypto, just American crypto per the movie and not all crypto by the way, which was just the macguffin.
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Hmm. Sounds a lot like a data format people were using a while back. What was it called? X.... Xm... XML!
Do you have an example? I don't read the BBC regularly.
I've tried all ad blockers from Safari extensions gallery - Adguard is the clear winner. Most powerful and customisable, yet uses Safari content block API.
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Another option I have thought about is combining the old Netlfix model with the Redbox model- have kiosks all over the place, let customers pay for a subscription, then they could select what they want to watch and have it sent to a kiosk near them... I don't know why Redbox hasn't offered an unlimited subscription service.
That's an excellent way to go about it. Also similar, and effective, is to write a formal letter on actual paper, outlining the issue clearly, and send it Fedex overnight to the executive in question. That'll usually get some kind of response. Sending it to the attention of the General Counsel of the company can be particularly effective, since it can generate the kind of attention that an attorney letter would get, even though you haven't had to pay an attorney.
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Kickstarter probably mostly covers production of the rewards, not the product development.
Right - the idea that a QA person would happily jeopardize people's livelihoods over a box-ticking exercise is why that profession gets a bad reputation...
It's an extra click to get to a video/screenshots [1].

I remember playing turn based RPGs and really enjoyed them. It was really hard for me to adjust to the frenetic pace of RTS when they arrived.

This video looks a bit faster paced than the turn-based games that I recall, but it's been a long time.

[1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2020043306/jupiter-hell...
"Many social scientists — not to say left-leaning politicians — would like to believe that there are ways to push back: higher minimum wages, perhaps a universal basic income to help curb poverty; sharply higher income tax rates for the rich along with a wealth tax; a weakening of intellectual property rules, curbs on monopolies and coordination of labor standards around the world; maybe a dollop of capital given to each citizen so all can benefit from the high returns on investment."

I hope there can be some interesting discussion here.
Excel has pivot table feature but not sure if it works with SQL database.

For analysts or business users you need just drag and drop feature but it is always good to know what SQL is generated by the actions like you can see that with
http://infocaptor.com/

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When my son was that age he pushed his way into the front window at a toy store and I picked him up, tucked him under my arm, and carried him sideways out of the store.

We sat down and talked about it just a few steps outside. Somebody called the police on us because an officer showed up; the three of us had a good conversation and he left.
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Ducks not quite in a straight line yet.

From text of announcement:

Pebble is no longer promoting, manufacturing, or selling any devices.

From header of getpebble.com:

Buy Now $99

Also, the store promoting Pebble has no prominent announcement that they aren't promoting Pebble anymore (the one watch I checked did say out of stock, so they aren't selling it at the moment).
In addition, phone support almost always involves waiting for ~5-10 min, with a good chance you'll be transferred 3 times and have your call dropped increases to ~50% odds the longer you're on the call. Each time you start over from the beginning.

Email and chat support doesn't have this UX issue.
> check a text message on my watch while drivin

Please don't do this. Traffic fatalities--particularly those involving vulnerable road users have spiked in the last couple years. There is nothing you can communicate that is worth the grave risk to others that you pose.
Though fairly old and a bit outdated (on both sides), PJE's "Python is not Java" remains an interesting resource for the deep ideological differences between the languages: http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html
How could this experience be improved? The "funny" behaviour of sneaking up behind it and covering its eyes is just inexperience with the rules that come with new tech perhaps. Some of it might improve by just upping the number of telemachines on the streets.

* How visual is your head? Do you see someone's head also from behind?

* Do people know it's a person or do they think it's an AI?

* Do people know you're a visitor or do they think you're a researcher?

* It's small. Would making it bigger already help?

* I say excuse me when I want to pass through. How good is the audio to convey that intent?

* Do you see your surroundings good enough? People are smart in finding their way, so might see a different route you can take and don't step aside because of that.

And probably a 100 other things to research and improve!
I have an OG pebble steel and it does everything I currently want in a smartwatch. I don't expect it will stop working for some time, and I plan on using it as long as possible.
It's slightly different with Netflix and its recommendation engine.

To extend your analogy the grocery store would need to be telling you "Hey shopper, based on your personalized history of buying milk we think you'd like to buy cereal." But instead of giving you all of the cereal in the same aisle the store brand cereal is up front and costs the same as the brand names, and all the cereal the store doesn't get a cut on is in the farthest corner.
"means other companies of a similar scale will feel pressure to move" - Not sure if that pressure is real, especially with a new president not really committed to renewable and sustainable energy adoption.
I guess their latest Pebble version didn't get the sales they expected.

Definitely surprising that they weren't able to sell the company - they had the brand and a loyal customer base. As an owner of a Pebble Time, I was impressed by the integrations, simplicity of design, and battery life.

I wonder went wrong - hopefully, there will be some type of post-mortem on these "various factors" over the next few weeks.
That does not really work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence#Data_on_solid-s...
What is success?

The product they named their company after is never going to be manufactured again. People who paid them for that product but haven't received it yet never will. Their company is dead.

Or do you mean the fact that their founders and owners probably got some cash back for selling the whole thing? Well, how much do you get back for an acquihire? Fitbit didn't buy them for their tech, or they'd still be selling it.
Take the refund and pick up a P2 from Best Buy or Target (or regional equivalent) for a fraction of the cost.

They no longer appear to be sending anything at all out.
If FactoryFactories are so bad, why do Java and C# devs (even "smart" ones) still use them? Harder to decompose = more job security?
I'm not accusing you of trying to silence folks, just noting that's the MO of so-called 'cry-bullies,' who use forum admins, school administrators and other similar mechanisms to silence speech they disagree with rather than rebut it head-on.
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I am so sad about this. I had told myself that at least I'd get a Time 2 and a Core, and stave myself off before the sadness hits again that Pebble is gone.

Pebble's products were an excellent example of lateral technology. No need for high DPI on your watch, because they made something that looks good with few pixels. Making battery life a priority in a world of WiFi-enabled pressure cookers.

Even when the battery ran out you still got 24 hours of a watch that would at least tell the time!

I have no idea if it is possible to produce something like Pebbles at low quantities, but I would love to see an open design with similar specs. I think these watches are better than anything else out there, and it's sad the design is going to disappear.
Blog posts like that might be interesting. I'm not really looking to port any existing code over. Just kind of wanting to get my mind thinking in Python-esque concepts coming from a Java background. Thanks for the link though I'll browse through your project.
The rumors about leaving was for Jawbone I think
Wow this is even worse than expected from the previous news articles... If they're winding down all support and warranties, PLEASE release as much of the watch operating system code as possible! I know some of the IP was sold, but if Fitbit won't be continuing support please help those of us who love our current watches keep them going!
Also not super legal, probably. I'm sure if you have a problem, you could argue that Fitbit needs to handle it.
Disappointed, i love my time and was looking forward to a time 2.
For some situations a discussion can actually make explaining a complex problem much easier.

But for the most part I think phone support is a less efficient way to work and actually waste a lot of time both for the customer (waiting in line) and support side. It's expensive for the company but because it's expensive and cumbersome it works as a form of escalation. And given that they are wasting time & money keeping someone on phone might mean they provide some form of support. At least thats what I think.

So it really isn't the best way to support for the most part. But depending on the issue after its triaged, tracked through a issue tracker sometimes a proper phone/conference call might actually be helpful.
Has anybody managed to make a nice dissection of the device to see if it's possible to reimplement it ?
Yeah, it's really more of an extortion than a bribe..
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That's a real shame. The search for a small Spotify-enabled device continues.
"Last week, Fitbit reportedly sent job offers to about 40% of Pebble’s employees, most of them software engineers." https://bgr.com/2016/12/07/pebble-kickstarter-refund-time-2/ Apparently they're not that interested in hardware.
What makes this a fallacy? Because it's encouraging low expectations? I've heard this reasoning before and it's always seemed optimistic to me.
Ah missed this comment. I think I just explained this above much less elegantly.
That's Fitbit's call. Would be a great way to retain some product/brand loyalty among its supporters though!
So why not keep the house and just give what they would have payed directly to the builders, potters and glass makers?

They would probably pay much less because the builders, potters and glass makers time would not be taken up building, potting and glassmaking. And they wouldn't have had to to destroy their house.

Or, are you simply saying they just wanted a new house? Who else would they pay to make it for them?
> Definitely surprising that they weren't able to sell the company

They sold their liabilities to Fitbit . Wasn't Pebble valuated billions of dollars a few years ago? Something went terribly wrong.
It is important that in a system where you have an interaction between groups with differing opinions that neither side has more influence over the rating (score?,metric?) in question. If I agree with a post I can perform the single action of upvoting; however, if I disagree I can downvote _and_ report. This leaves more power in the hands of those who disagree, and would almost certainly be abused.
Could you toss it in the microwave for a bit before sending it back?