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If you don't mind answering: How usable is Tomoyo for you overall? How much extra time does it consume? Are there things that just don't run? Are there many bugs in applications that do run? (Also, which distro are you using?) Thanks!
There are some real issues with ACA that you don't see unless you're affected by one of the provisions that starts funneling all of the costs for the legislative generosity your way.

For example, one of my good friends is a lawyer with a very simple single-member law practice. He has no employees and is self-employed.

As I understand it, BY LAW, he cannot apply for coverage or subsidies for himself or his family (wife and single child) and the only way they can provide for their health care is to purchase it via the New York exchange.

Every year, their chosen coverage provider has closed up shop to be replaced by a new provider with worse insurance terms involving premium increases and higher deductibles.

The plan they had before ACA (essentially catastrophic coverage) was deemed illegal by NY state and is no longer offered as it didn't meet the guidelines for suitable coverage for a family.

SO...by his words:

"I had a hospitalization plan I liked that was $175/month. Covered only catastrophic shit. I loved that since I do a lot to be healthy and no deductible. ACA banned that. First ACA plan was 300 a month or so - w 2500 deductible. Then that company went out of business. New company HealthConnect - price 350 a month - but 6500 deductible for bronze plan. They went bankrupt. Now i have CareConnect - 450 a month - 10,000 deductible $80 co-pay"

So, if your good coverage went from $175/month to $450/month and covered less and less with each passing year and you had no choice to go elsewhere because as a "business owner" you were deemed ineligible for any subsidies or other assistance from the government that was pushing these changes down your throat, you'd probably think it was a shitty deal.

The part that people don't seem to get is that these deductibles are HUGE for the kinds of people that ACA is supposed to help.

If you're paying $450/month and don't even get a single dollar of benefit until your family needs more than $10K of healthcare, would you feel like the government made your situation better or worse?
An error in judgment (naiveté) and integrity are not mutually exclusive.
I've actually got the game in-box, that's how I remembered it. The only web-version I know of is the one based on the novelization, which is only available on internet archive now:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020424235218/http://portal.sto...
I think VR is still too focused on mainly males who are young and tech-savy. It can only grow so much while focusing on this demographic.

I got involved in social media, and many smart-phone enabled technologies or apps (and many other things now that I think about it), because the popular kids at school were using them. I personally haven't seen this adoption by social trend setters happen with VR yet.
This is so different from my experience with the HTC Vive: while I obviously perceived the poor resolution, screen door effect, etc., after the first minute I started feeling more and more immersed, and then something in my brain clicked, pretty much like when you are falling asleep. That's when everything started feeling almost like a lucid dream. My heartbeat was noticeable faster and I felt strangely happy/exited, like if my brain was pumping serotonin. It was so weird and fantastic. The only reason why I still didn't buy one is because it currently is a relatively big investment (ie gaming desktop+vive) for an entertainment technology.
My wife works for a very small business -- five people, to be exact. They get group insurance through the company providing their payroll processing. Not by going directly to the exchange. It seems like that should be an option any founder of a small business could take advantage of?
it's clean, fast, easy, and secure. where do you store the temporary downloaded file though? or does it store any temps file?
cheers man, looking forward to many improvements ahead.
or just buy the broad sector ETF and write options on that, but the volatility premiums are substantially larger on tech companies (because people going long are greedy)

especially decent since this entire scenario doesn't really account for possible appreciation in price of the shares, and just capital preservation with decent annual gains and lower tax
> Asymmetric cryptography transforms key distribution problems into key management problems.

That's a very nice way to put it, I'm going to reuse that !
People are spending every waking hour looking at screens up close and our eyes are adjusting.

This isn't new, nor is it surprising. Many optometrists know this.
Pre-existing conditions were covered before the ACA?
The pitch I'd do is basically this:

"OK, how many times do you send your designers away to have a meeting with their colleagues in other offices? And how much do the flights and hotel cost?

Well, you could eliminate 9/10 of those flights, hotel, travel time costs, and the rest by buying this one headset and upgrading their PCs - oh, and buying my proprietory design app..."

By the looks of it, Autodesk have had much the same thought.
Sometimes I wonder, what if earth is really flat? What if we thought we were right but instead we were the flat-earthers?

What is truth??

EDIT: Well if Trump takes us to war, we will see a lot of fireworks /s.
But what problem can it actually solve?
> relatively small and unstable difference in average test performance between populations

I'm glad that you at least acknowledge that group differences exist. I think you'd be surprised at the magnitude of the group differences: US white and black populations differ by a full standard deviation as measured by contemporary IQ tests; this difference has been stable since at least the 1970s --- the Flynn effect changes the absolute scores, but not the difference. This difference is stable even when we subtract the effect of environment (e.g., adoption studies).

No, it's not stereotype threat either: stereotype threat is one of those convenient social science theories of recent years that rests on experiments that happen not to reproduce. That is, it's bullshit.

> attributing more significance to observed similarities than observed difference

Significance depends on our purpose. For example, take technology: tech is a high-IQ field. We want people on the right side of the standard distribution. Some population groups (usually identified with races) are under-represented in tech, and many people have called this situation a "problem". The standard narrative is that prejudice and discrimination cause differences in representation and that the appropriate remedy is to take extra, unfair-to-individual steps to bring representation in line with the general population. This line of thinking inevitably leads us to the concept of "privilege", "unconscious bias", and in the end, because none of these measures actually work, we're left with brute-force quotas, unfairness, and resentment.

The problem with the standard narrative is that it's built on the assumption that all groups have equal IQ distributions. If we relax this constraint, a simpler theory emerges: tail effects matter; the current system treats individuals fairly; differences in representation reflect real population differences.

I'd prefer to look at individuals as, well, individuals, but some people have made racial representation an issue. These people picked a scientific fight, not people like me. It so happens that science is not on the side of the endless discrimination narrative. It's only to defend against charges of racism that we need to study racial IQ distributions at all.
What background did you have before you went into VR? Anywhere you would point beginners who want to get started?
> Again, I can understand that such a statement incites fear, but saying anything else would be a lie.

Thanks for the honesty. It's very much appreciated. I'd hate for somebody to somehow miss critical facts like these, and make a dangerous decision for themselves.

> If your intention is to incite rage and hatred

What a mystifying insinuation, especially toward somebody who actually took the time to try and write a clear explanation of the vulnerability and what KCI is and how resistance to it is an expectation of any modern AKE, etc. Such subtle jabs and hostility toward well-intentioned bug reporters doesn't inspire much faith.
This has got to be one of the best analogies I've seen in a while. Thank you for that!
No, I don't have to vent my private life on the Internet.
Start developing now and by the time your app/game is fleshed out you'll be well positioned for when the cost comes down.
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Here's my anecdote:

Before ACA, as a full-time worker at decent companies I paid maybe $50 a month for my insurance, my employer picked up the rest. When I went to the doctor, filled a prescription, or anything else routine, it was $10-$20 max. In the one year where I had a lot of care (broken wrist), I think I paid my out-of-pocket max of about $750 and that was it.

After ACA:

Catastrophic plan at pretty much every company I work for now (same for many of my friends in non government jobs). Minimum deductible of $1500-$2000 as a single guy. Probably 5x that for someone with a child and wife. When I go to the doctor, I pay for everything out of pocket at full price: $300 for a prescription (in the US they push up the drug prices to astronomical levels - we cannot buy from foreign sources), $200 for a simple doctor's visit. I have never hit my deductible which would then pay 80% of my costs.

Oh and I can't actually just go and get things like a hearing test or sleep study - I first need a referral from my primary physician at $200 / visit. In exchange, I get to put $100 away each month tax-free into a 'FSA' account. It is mostly use-it-or-lost-it by the end of the year, and will go back to my employer (i.e. a perk for them, not for me). At the end of this year, it basically turned into a $200 gift from me to my employer.
Big Oil companies fund climate skeptics and hire public affairs companies who pay people to promote those views online. It may or not be happening here, but it's definitely a thing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-money-funds-...

and: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-...

and: https://thinkprogress.org/denier-bots-live-why-are-online-co...

and: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2485252/social-media/ar...
I can't wait to see the first ssh client for VR.
I went to the VR Expo in downtown LA recently where I had to wait in line for over an hour to play for 2 minutes on the vive with the full setup. It was 'kinda cool', I suppose. On the way out they mistook me for the next in line and offered to have me play another 2 minutes on another game but it just wasn't cool enough for me to waste any more time.
Probably not in the way you'd expect.

My optometrist is very enthusiastic about VR - apparently the way focusing works in VR puts a lot less strain on your eye muscles than staring at a screen.
> If Obamacare is repelled at the Federal level, could a state just implement its local ACA?

No, because the Constitution mandates that states engage in a "race to the bottom." California could create their own healthcare program, but they couldn't preclude neighboring states from free-riding on their system by not having their own healthcare and enjoying lower taxes, and simply driving across the border when they needed care.
Well, I can really only go on by what I read in the press. All that killing he's doing to squash dissent. Doesn't sounds like spends much time listening to any rational argument beyond he who can kill people makes the rules.

And, to be fair, that argument seems to work for a lot of people (looking at you, Putin, Assad, etc).
Plus it's not like Lynchburg is some tiny unheard of town. It's actually a decent sized city, and it's fairly well known for being home to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. Not to mention the history both in Lynchburg and the surrounding area from Revolutionary times to the Civil War.

It's like being surprised that there's a city called Reading in England. "Must be a bunch of libraries there".
I agree with this sentiment. I can't speak for the Vive, but I did get to try an Oculus headset (but not the new Touch controllers) over the holidays for an extended period of time.

The head/motion tracking was spot on and I didn't notice much lag at all. The problem was more with the resolution of the screen, FOV, and light leaks. I constantly had to trick myself in order to feel immersed. Also, if you don't have near perfect vision, the display will look even worse and its quite uncomfortable to wear the headset with glasses.

I think we're on the path, but the first generation headsets out there now are more in line with an expensive tech demo than anything else. I suppose that it is to be expected though. I look forward to future iterations.
Seems to me, the GOP's entire point for letting insurers sell across state lines is precisely to force a state like California to allow substandard plans to be sold to their citizens
Never heard of it
Instant Domain Search did. People visiting the site tend to be ready to buy a domain, and Go Daddy does an amazing job of converting that intent into an actual sale.

Most if Snipshot's users tended to use the tool to crop and apply filters to photos they posted to social networks. Whoops.
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Thanks O'Beirne!
That was really interesting.
It's screwed together, so probably one unit. According to Anandtech, the screws that normally hold up the bottom plate of the laptop are removed (though there's no need to disassemble the device entirely) and this would then include longer screws to hold the assembly together.

As far as charging goes, my Asus Transformer tablet has a potentially similar charge mechanism. The tablet plugs into the keyboard base using the charge port, and then plugging the charger into the keyboard base charges both the tablet and the keyboard. It uses the keyboard base battery before using the tablet battery.

You'd just charge this unit only; no complicated charge information software necessary. If it's plugged in, charge it and the Macbook, if it's not, charge the Macbook with the onboard battery, or if it's discharged, stop charging and use the Macbook battery. I imagine that removal of the bridge dongle would help convince the TSA that it's two batteries.
I think I'd focus on the education/simulation training and medical market; there's already a bit in there, but nothing crazy big that I am aware of. Think:

Welding/training simulators (or tool training period)

Job training (perhaps heavy equipment simulation?)

Psychological/medical treatment (for instance, treating fear of heights - which has already been experimented with)

Virtual Design (VR CAD/CAM, interior decorating, real estate, etc)

I'm sure there are ton of these kinds of apps just waiting to be built or expanded on. Some of these could even enter into the home or consumer use areas.
This is great advice. I'd like to add emphasis to the importance of creating something that is tangible and complete. The extra effort it takes to actually host and launch a web application or to release an app to the app store will go a long way to greatly improve the weight and impact of your project to your next potential employer.
Just to clarify this point: by "soon", we mean in this context "a few months".

TP-Link has one coming very soon indeed, I believe: http://vrscout.com/news/htc-tether-less-vive-upgrade/
I completely agree! My wife and I are very interested in VR, we keep wanting it to be something though we can't quite figure out what. What I want for sure is a multiplayer experience. PS4 Pro w/ 2 headsets exploring a VR world for instance. I want to look to my right and see her there. With just one of us playing at a time it isn't fun.

Maybe this is already the case and I just haven't figure out how to search for it correctly.
I recall reading in most places that you are not supposed to get the HTC default foam pads wet and that it causes them to degrade quicker. Anecdotally, my wide face cushion has way less definition and is squishier than my narrow face cushion. This is definitely in part because the narrow one gets used less often, but I figured sweat was definitely a factor
See also Portal Prelude for the TI-83: http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/4/3726536/portal-prelude-gam...
I can't believe some people are saying VR is a fad, that it's not going to work, etc, etc. Are you kidding me?

The only real question is how long it's going to take before it's fully integrated into our daily lives, there is absolutely no doubt this will happen (unless we somehow go backwards technologically, due to world war or some other unforeseen event).

It may not happen for another 10-15 years, but it WILL happen.

The term "virtual reality" is actually selling the technology short. Virtual reality does not merely replicate reality, it allows you to defy the laws of physics and expand into new dimensions and "realities". Replicating "reality" is only a small part of what it's capable of.
This comment from the creator summons such mixed emotions:

"13 January 2017 (continued)
For those of you suggesting I should make an assembly language version of this: I'd love to. But I'm up for tenure this coming year, so unless you have a plan for how I can either get a peer-reviewed academic paper from the work, or else some sort of federal grant, then I should probably be working on less fun projects :("
> I can't wait until contact lenses are VR enabled.

I doubt this will happen, simply because physics and optics won't allow it (unfortunately - because I'd love VR contact lenses myself!)...
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I'm a little bothered by the "fulfill their economic roles quietly and efficiently" part. I don't know if it was your intention, but from my point of view this seems like you're saying to effectively shut up and get on with the job.

I do not agree with this line of thinking; often people have valid problems with what they're doing. I think that if there is injustice, one should speak up about it, rather than "fulfilling their economic roles quietly".

I don't know what's so unnerving about this statement. It's so enforcing the status quo, I'd guess. I say that if you're a Communist, or a Nazi, or whatever persuasion, and you feel something is unjust - speak up about it. Many people would rightly think there's something wrong with the current state of affairs.

A step back from that, should those sweatshop workers in Bangladesh fulfill their economic roles quietly and efficiently? I'd say it matters a great deal what's on their hearts and minds. And if it matters to them, if they have problems, why wouldn't it matter to us? Because our labour isn't being exploited as much?

I'm sorry if this comments comes accross as attackative, I just took issue with the statement. Please correct me if you didn't mean this at all. It unnerved me.
Question: if it's written in C, why does it require Chalk, a JS lib?
I'd like to see more acceptance of the science, and discussion within that framework, rather than jumping straight to "all those stupid scientists are frauds, I know better than they do" every time climate change comes up. It's weird because that doesn't happen for other scientific topics.

The group of scientists who spend their careers studying this stuff is not "some arbitrarily selected group." If you think it is, well, that's a problem.
I love this! And so interesting to be able to view the source code.
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I didn't say it was a good plan, just one I heard suggested. I'm in the opinion that the US should just combine to have one giant risk pool, and include everyone in it (aka single payer)
> I'm skeptical that AMD would implement the API and driver for a console. That's sounds like platform work, and I think that would make it the console manufacturer's job.

AMD make GPUs for both Xbox and PlayStation. It's very probable, that they are writing drivers for them, as well as supporting APIs implementatinos. They follow requirements from Sony and MS naturally, but they do the heavy lifting.

And if you are right, and someone like AMD don't do anything besides providing the documentation, Nintendo are actually being smart there. Instead of wasting time and money on reinventing the wheel, they use existing high quality driver and API implementation from Nvidia. It's a win win for everyone.
It also has a Jupyter Notebook service piece currently in preview.

https://notebooks.azure.com/

(full disclosure: employee here)
This is a big benefit of Meteor's build system - it has several improvements that make debugging more straightforward than with Webpack and default Babel import compilation.
Even before reading his tweet, it seemed pretty clear it was speculation from the quote!

> "Eventually I know that can really wear people down."

That doesn't say s/he knows it wore Chris down, just that it could have.
Indeed, I think AR glasses will replace at least the display portion of smartphones. If I had to guess, the progression would go something like this: Initially, it will be glasses connected to the smartphone. Then, glasses connected to a watch-like device. Finally, just the glasses.

I touched on this before https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12104656. Imagine waiting in an airport and browsing instagram or watching videos on a relatively large, private display via glasses. The tiny, visible-by-others smartphone display would look very primitive in comparison.
He's probably not smart enough to realize that a sick person won't be turned away by the hospital, and that the care they receive will end up going into collections when they fail to pay. The people who pay for medical care at the hospital will end up eating the cost of people who can't afford it, regardless, and you get all the administrative costs associated with the collection effort as the cherry on top.
React-redux-universal-boilerplate 2.0.0 released
Some new features:

- react-helmet
- webpack 2
- sass or cssnext
- react hot loader 3
- webpack backend bundling
- and more...

https://github.com/kiki-le-singe/react-redux-universal-boilerplate
Synfig 1.2.0 released
Not VR (yet?) but have you ever played Hawken? A wonderful mech game.
I've been making Machinima films using game engines for the past 20 years or so, including working with people like EA, the BBC, et al.

(I'm actually the guy who coined the word "Machinima", with a colleague, because we needed a better way to describe what we did than "Quake Movie".)

So I had a lot of game engine experience before I jumped in.

As for beginners getting started: Unity, Unity, Unity. Grab Unity and start learning - you can get a simple VR experience going in a fairly minimal timeframe.
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