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I don't know but my guess is to add compatibility for RS232 voltage levels would add significant cost and complexity to the USB PHY, the thing that actually drives and measures voltages on the wire. USB was specifically designed to have a simple and cheap PHY so that it could be used in very cheap peripherals.

To expand a bit, the typical fully compliant RS232 setup has a special level translation IC (for example the MAX232) to deal with the huge voltage range and convert it to something more low voltage digital logic friendly. And that IC usually requires power supply levels that the typical cheap USB device would not have, which means it would have to add more circuits to generate them, adding even more cost to the hardware.

And the USB committee probably figured to be not fully compliant with RS232 would just confuse people, and damage hardware, so it was better to be not compliant at all.
The fact that the learning curve is mostly climbed at the beginning.

You will come across many very competent people with only a few years of experience, who are still at the bottom of the ladder due to how organisations are structured rather than a lack of ability.

Understanding this is key to overcoming impostor syndrome.
I see... Could someone buy 200k for $100?
I come from such a country and your complaints are hyperbolic. I was in hospital a lot of a child and if we didn't have public healthcare it would probably have bankrupted my family. Public health systems are far from perfect, but they're still pretty damn good.
Is this a 15" laptop?

I recently realized that a modern 15" can be much more ergonomic yet almost as small and light as a 13" from a couple of years back.
> There _are_ options for people like me. Angular 2, EmberJS, big hunking frameworks like those.

The biggest problem isn't just that, it's that those big frameworks change fairly frequently too.

I've witnessed web projects go from backbone to angular to react in the span of a year.

I'm mainly a Qt dev, however I needed to add a Cesium component to the application I'm working on. What a mess. Everything about the javascript ecosystem seems to be in a constant state a flux. I tried to make it better with Typescript, but after trying that for ages I realized I was only complicating things for myself, many of my libraries didn't ship typescript definitions, the main one I was working with needed to be generated based on the documentation and once that was done was severely lacking in much of its functionality.

From crashing editors that wipe your files to dependencies that have breaking updates every few days. And there's a dozen options for everything, at least 5 different module loading systems, of which I had to use several in order to get something compatible with both Cesium and node since both use different module formats and I needed a loader that would support both.

Then there's the packing tools which didn't support what I wanted to do at all without a lot of manual hacks.

Eugh, I don't want to touch it again, the whole thing just made me feel incompetent and thrown around.

But I know I have to, and now I'm sitting here asking myself if React or Backbone would help clean up some messy UI code...
Are you sure? It says "The first early data results from a group of patients in this study will become available on September 14, 2016."
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> I think this is pretty neat and love all things whiteboard but the one annoyance is that I now need to carry around a whiteboard marker and eraser (if you don't want crap all over your fingers from erasing). Note: I don't think you can solve that problem.

I wish laptops had laptop-sized e-ink displays on the back of their normal displays. I mostly want that for reading, but since I'm wishing for things, I'll also now wish that these hypothetical displays are pressure sensitive, for writin' on.
If you are going to downvote me, possibly give a reason.

At any rate, whatever. I am not going to be silenced by your keyboard
Unit tests fail when they are out of sync.
Guess what? An out of sync comment will never fail.
Can you buy retweets from accounts with human followers?
Looks like they owe you some commission: every size of both models is sold out! ;)
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I don't think starting a comment off with "No" is an effective tactic to convey your point or change someone else' mind.

It seems clear to me, as an impartial third party, that there are merits and drawbacks to both of your school's of thought on comments. "No" attempts to shutdown the discussion and makes it hard to discuss these.
Ask HN: How do I understand Rust?
Serious question. I've been trying to learn Rust for a month now and I keep end up fighting the compiler with borrowing errors.

I'm really not sure where to turn for help. It seems like everything I know about structuring a program goes out the window when borrowing comes into the picture.

Thanks.
Programmers, writers, and other artists do their best work when they are a notch above pure depression, wracking their brain for desperate means of survival, not when they're in a joyous flow state.

Right? :)
"I'll take a bigger phone for large battery life."

Apple did that starting with the iPhone 6 Plus.
I'm a lefty because I believe in single payer health care, paid parental leave, cheap day care, cheap post-secondary education, and representative, pluralist parliamentary democracies. Those views have nothing to do with regulation.
Google reports a 75% increase in searches on the terms "how to get dry erase marker out of clothing"
At JustWatch, we've started aggregating the streaming market, and at the beginning the market looked like a lot of consolidation (harmonized prices for rent/buy offers, Netflix/Amazon Prime going for global deals...) - but by now, it looks nothing like we'll be out of business anytime soon.
Movie rights and distribution are still very strategically fragmented into various differently sized individual deals and packages - and none of the established movie studios and new digital players particularly like each other. All of it creates a situation that makes a universal legal streaming service with a broad offering and flatrate pricing (like Spotify) highly unlikely. Bad for the user, good for us.
The question this sort of thing leaves me with is "Why does {Twitter/Facebook/Google} permit this? What are they getting out of it?"

Its pretty clear what the bot guys get out of it, pay to promote services, pay for followers, etc. They can monetize "fame" through the robotic horde. But as this article and ones before it point out, these networks are generally quite easy to spot. So why not take them out?

It probably isn't because they can pad 'subscriber growth' or 'MAU' numbers, they appear to be only small components of that number. And while I could imagine it may be hard to purge them at the moment, its been a problem long enough that someone in engineering must have figured out a system for taking down large numbers of accounts.

The only thing I can come up with, and it is way too tin-hattish to really count, is that it creates an "observable" for the underside of the Internet. By watching what people are asking the twitter bots to do you can observe other objectives that are perhaps less observable. There are some obvious customers for that but I don't think they actually pay for that (except perhaps by buying access to the Firehose)
The OP asked what features we were missing from our system and I answered. I assumed he is looking to make a new system and asked us what we would like.

While not security, obscuritiy is another layer of defence hence why I am reluctant to say what we use exactly.
And to erase it you could... shake your laptop?
Yes, purchased anonymously on craigslist for cash. And with a changed MAC address just in case.
And besides, if Signal was shut down, who knows what solutions might crop up, that are even harder to strong-arm.
I find it disingenuous to compare Google vertically integrating the Internet with systemd, a FLOSS product that objectively solves many of problems init systems had.
Jesus dude. I can't even make legitimate accounts that don't get banned... Impressive!
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Yeah, I was about to say that the GP is overly pessimistic on the technology, since you could always detect metered ISPs and do something different for those (no upstream but lower priority downstream in exchange, for example). In the end, consumers of this CDN also don't want to be known as "that website which caused a 4x internet bill".
Yeah, seriously the Apple circlejerk is here a bit too much? People seriously think its good that a PC is slow? Why not buy a 6 year old netbook thatll be even slower!
It's the NYT. They had to find a way.
Your reply to my quotation of Wikipedia's claim "the Catholic Church opposes all forms of abortion procedures whose direct purpose is to destroy an embryo, blastocyst, zygote or fetus..." at that point was:

"you are correct for the modern church, but there is a history..."

which I understood that you mean that there was a time in history when the Church didn't "oppose all forms of abortion procedures whose direct purpose is to destroy an embryo, blastocyst, zygote or fetus," contrary to what it does as "the modern church." But going with you through the names you gave, there is no proof for such a claim. The Church always opposed and considered it "illicit" (which supports Vatican claims in its 1974 text).

If you agreed with my citations then I don't understand why you replied in a manner like I had used some wrong information?

If you agree that the Church did oppose (or considered "illicit") abortion from the conception through all the time of its existence (independently of different opinions on the infusion of the spiritual soul) which is what Vatican claims and I quoted here more times, then we both agree. Moreover, my reply was to refute the statement "'life begins at conception' is primarily a political construct" with the proof that the Church was always against abortion starting from conception, that is, it can't be seen differently than other Church decisions like "what should constitute the Bible" and "is Jesus both of human and god nature." Which was never considered politics but religion. Thank you.
I had the original Motorola Droid and the Droid Bionic, both with no case, and the iPhone 6 Plus with a case is certainly thinner than either of those phones with no case. Since I put it in my pocket, I certainly don't want it to be any thicker. Yeah the Droid fit in my pocket too but I would not go back to a phone of that thickness even if the battery lasted for days.
I cannot continue working on my add-ons
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Not that it is normally allowed to have underlings spilling data and opinions everywhere, but scientists are special. Conservatives with equal skill go into engineering because that is a more reliable path to a comfortable income. That leaves science with a bias, and that bias is now in conflict with the leadership.

Allowing people to have unfiltered communication might be nice, but it doesn't count for much when you already know they mostly agree with you.

In case I missed it, was the Obama administration fine with employees expressing opinions that conflicted with Obama's views? That would count for something. For example: coast guard employees endorsing off-shore oil drilling, health and human services employees taking pro-life positions, border patrol agents supporting a wall, military generals opposing non-traditional gender in the military, department of education employees opposing evolution, department of labor employees praising right-to-work laws...
The qualities you are listing affect your emotional health. The article focuses on the physical health of the body. One does affect the other but that's not the point of the article.
What would happen if the vendors got together as an organizational body (or their employees as a union/guild) and decided to just not provide the enterprise market with even one locked-down-and-supported option?
You might not even be able to open an emergency department or maternity ward if there is one "close enough" according to the state regulators.
In a Verizon-Charter Deal, Analysts See One Massive Pile of Debt
Bosch, Cisco, BNY Mellon, Others Launch New Blockchain Consortium
Memo: New York Called for Face Recognition Cameras at Bridges, Tunnels
IMO the big mistake was to give Jony Ive that much power. Should have put Scott Forstall there instead, the man who made their most important product work, but they got rid of him for being too opinionated and against the grain. Well, that's probably exactly what you need in a product developer. (S)He doesn't need to be a good designer, just recognize good design. Ive is just way out of touch with their customer base.
You will never just be given something based on merit even if you feel you've earned it. You need to ask for it, then if you've earned it you will be given it. People can't read your mind and it's surprising how what you want is not what they think you want. A simple 5min convo on what you actually want and tracking the steps outlined to get you there will push you faster along than anything else.
I agree that people, regardless of race, can end up ranking pretty high on the ladder of Western society.

However, it's pretty disingenuous to suggest that everyone starts out in the same position on that ladder.
Part of WebRTC's requirements [1] is to be fair on competing TCP connections.
This is a very good point, because I agree with you that in general parallel connections cause each connection to have less throughput, but if those connections have a mutual goal to download the same content it can actually increase the overall throughput than downloading that content via a single TCP connection. That's especially true when those connections are to different sources which can workaround specific network issues you might have in a single connection.

Actually the value proposition for our customers is to improve the QoS. And we've shown that's the case in customer case studies.

[1] https://wiki.tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-chan...
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I have no regrets about my Dell XPS13.
You are one of the reasons why we don't have nice things. Read the ToS and respect them, please.

Thank you.
Apart me considering Buzzfeed not a news source but a pile of disgusting clickbait shit from hell. I don't consider any one this claimed "credible" news sources I know worth of my leaks, except maybe the intercept.

I don't know Pro Publica and The Globe and Mail but I would rather leak directly to wikileaks, I don't trust the MSM for good reasons, why should I let them make money and risk them spinning or not publishing my leaks?

Wikileaks has a reputation none of those will ever even come close to.
haha this was a super legitimate concern before November.
When did I suggest that?
That's pretty much what I came here to say. I do like their original content, BUT...

I want that "last year's movies" that I used to be able to get from them, and now seems to be going to crap.

The quality of their original stuff is very good. And they've got good coverage of non-original TV, too (e.g., reruns of "Friends"). But when you get to movies-from-theatres, they're just not there at all anymore.

I think this is intentional on their part, but they need to be careful, because Amazon also seems to be doing well with a similar strategy (e.g., "Man in the High Castle"). Netflix's original mission of movies could be what sets them apart but it seems to be all but abandoned.
> when disinformation campaigns can be funded by the highest bidder, and actual individual voices get drained out.

Isn't that the normal state of things since Gilgamesh?
Yeah was just going to say, this is what the Surface Book was built for.
if only there was a service that "bundled" all the "channels" you like into some sort of "package" and provided a unified interface to stream them all into your TV through a "cable" like device
Look at pictures of recent presidents when they enter office and when they leave office:

https://newsandfroyo.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/why-the-draft-...

(Ignore the article, I just picked it because they've already collected before & after photos of each of the last 4 presidents.)
So add comments to your code review process. This really isn't hard.

For example: python functions shall have a docstring unless trivial. For external api functions on a class, there must be at least one example. etc etc. Plus, this makes working in ipython really nice!
... your own."
What about provisioning other, non-securedrop stuff on that subdomain, and not calling it "securedrop"? Seems like that's better than nothing:

misc.mydomain.com/securedrop
misc.mydomain.com/pacman-game
misc.mydomain.com/portraits-of-frieda-kahlo

Ideally you'd leave it at the top level since obviously whatever other random junk you put on the subdomain will be lower-traffic than the main domain, but at least here there's plausible deniability (I was just clicking on an easter egg that played pac-man!)
I'll get it adjusted. Article release was bad timing for editing sake because I had to be in a meeting all day today. Should have it updated soon though.

One of the links around that section does include a link to a conference talk on Dialyzer, for what it's worth.
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Sierra 10.12.3 appears to be running OpenSSH_7.3p1, LibreSSL 2.4.1

i.e. if you run latest macOS & wondering if this exploit affects you, you're all clear.
I'm a developer myself, but I do have non developer reasons for not liking the new MacBook.

* No SD reader: not ubiquitous in the age of smartphones, but I take pics with my DSLR on vacations and not having an internal card reader makes me unhappy. I could add a card reader, which leads me to my next point

* USB-C only: USB C is the future. However, that future hasn't fully arrived yet and migrating would be pricey all in one go. My external drive, external card reader, and thumb drive are all USB A. Sure I could buy the adapter but with MacBook > Adapter > External Card Reader > SD card, I lose the portability I have with my current MacBook. Same goes for my always inserted 64 GB tiny thumb drive full of movies.

* MagSafe: I'm clumsy, and MagSafe is a big deal for me. I understand the appeal of USB C and being able to replace a single cable versus the whole charger, but I'd rather have the clumsy-proof nature of MagSafe

* Keyboard: highly subjective and personal opinion, but I prefer more travel on my keyboard. I've used the new butterfly on the new MBP, but I still like my old keyboard.

* Price: on top of the aforementioned adapters and new accessories, the MBP itself has a higher base model price.

Obviously my thoughts are personal and not universal, but my reasons for not wanting the new MBP for non developer reasons.

Honestly as a developer the only thing that would bug me with software development specifically would be the lack of FN keys.
Software like Anonymouth [1] can be used to counter attempts to perform stylometric analysis.

[1]: https://github.com/psal/anonymouth
I'm not sure if you're being serious, but a random bit flip can easily put a process in an incorrect state rather than make it crash (say charge a user $1000000 instead of $1), or affect a pointer (of which Erlang uses a ton internally - imagine for a second how lists, maps, and code loading work) and make the whole VM crash when it tries to access it. Or it could just kill the OS itself. You would have to be incredibly lucky to get a nice, clean process crash.
There has got to be a bias here. Of course people who've subscribed to netflix like their original content.
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Thanks, I came here to try to say this, probably in a confused way.
Show HN: Mr. Potato - Couchpotato slackbot
I would really love to love Apple. But at this point, my eco conscience kicks in. Buying a laptop that cannot be upgraded in any way, be it RAM, SSD, or WIFI card... that's just too much. I have no idea how big the ecological footprint of a laptop is, but it has to be huge. Once my 2012 Macbook Air kicks the dust, I'll look at Lenovo laptops.
If for some reason this doesn't work out, look at doing the same thing for publications. It'd be nice to have one place to pay (and manage subscriptions for) the WSJ and other paywalled sites.
I started with this slackbot to make it easier for my girlfriend to add movies to couchpotato. Then i made it even better to add some more features and evantuelly it become a pretty decent bot :)
At the moment the couchpotato bot has the following features:
- Search movie
- Download movie by title
- Download movie by imdb id

I learned allot while developing this and if you check the overall progress from the first commit to the end you really see the project evolving.

If you have any questions or feedback let me know! And if you like it please share/star it!

Thanks!
"YouTube comments = garbage" is basically a meme now but I certainly find most general usage public internet comments, especially relating to politics, to be largely unreadable. That may come off as sounding elitist, but low effort opinion spamming is really not my cup of tea.
What is the average amount for seed funding in the UK/EU?
I've been approached by a potential investor who is looking to provide seed funding for my startup (https://brandfox.io).

I'm new to the funding scene and wondered what the usual range is for a seed investment? Obviously I'm wanting to get a decent chunk to get me going but am cautious around the valuation etc.

Any advice is welcome!
Then the one company that either bucks the trend or decides to enter the market after them with a locked down and supported option wins the market by default.
Thanks, that does work. Though I still feel a little funny about jumping through a bunch of weird hoops to read news articles.
I wonder why people want to use/abuse signals and slots in QML, when it's perfectly possible to just use good old plain functions in a language binding, like it is done here (for ECL/Common Lisp):

https://gitlab.com/eql/EQL5/blob/master/examples/M-modules/q...
Kind of ironic, since I'm a Canadian living in the US and and every time it comes up, people tell me about who they know that lives in Canada. I realize they are just being polite, they don't expect me to know these people, but I can't help but feel that it's a little ridiculous. How the hell would I know Frank?
My key insight was "humans do not read".

I say it jokingly but early on -- I gained quite a reputation among people far smarter than I am, for being able to solve the most difficult problems.

But I never really did anything other than read. And most of the time I never had to go beyond the documentation.

The trick I guess, is to slow down and really read. There is no shortcut to understanding. And there is no solution without understanding.

- RTFM

- Slow is smooth, smooth is fast
I already have that bookmark, and it doesn't work for WSJ anymore.
He has found a way to keep his question alive, at the known cost of generating what is likely going to be garbage for posterity (I am exaggerating here, but bottom line is that if a question is being closed, it probably is not useful to posterity).

He realizes his question is not good, yet instead of spending extra time to make it better, he votes on it from multiple accounts.
Keyword: Should