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Hacker News is not turning into Digg. Plus, this is relavent and interesting. :)
Hey, that's weird. I've used them a lot and never saw that, did you file a bug report with them ?
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I am not sure that is going to fly though. Apple is the conduit in this case. The developer is still the distributor and has chosen to do so through the store.
Doing primarily CSS, HTML or Javascript in my editor, my requirements are less about code navigation and more about just being quick and simple.

On OSX I use TextMate, but on Windows I use Intype -- www.intype.info

Intype is a very, very useful text editor similar to TextMate in that it supports three key points:

1. Bundles / snippets
2. Intelligent selections and editing (multiple, rectangle, etc.)
3. Fuzzy search in quick open

Anyone using TextMate knows how important bundles are to one's work flow.

By far the biggest downside of Intype is its pace of development. It's incredibly slow and right now the best version they have is an 'unstable' release: http://intype.info/download/download.php?intype-0.3.1.734.ex...

It's still a very basic editor. As such, they're looking really good project management tools, file watching (refresh on external changes), integration with source control systems, etc.

They have been working on 0.3.5 for such a long time and I doubt we'll see a release of it before the end of the year. Nonetheless, the upsides outdo the downsides by far for me personally.
That's specific to programmers that have to deal with websites :)

You might be able to mak the case that falls under "other programmers" :)
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sure you can live on $13,900 a year in some third world hell hole, but in that third world hell hole, your $13,900 would actually be $2,900/yr.

Sure a solid meal would cost only $1 to $2...all we need to remove is the part that doesn't allow companies to sell you contaminated beef, or the part that states that a company needs to state nutritional information on the back of the package.

You can't compare a salary, without taking cost of living into the equation.

Ok let's take that $1,160 a month..and cut off a 1/3 for taxes, unemlpoyment insurance, social security etc. You are stuck with $765 a month.

Please tell me how you'd live on $765 a month. And remember to live, you need to pay rent, pay for utilities, pay for food, pay for gas/bus tickets.

Sure you lived on less than that...but I bet at the time, you stayed with your mommy and daddy...or you lived on campus where your loans or once again mommy and daddy paid for rent.

Yes most of the world would kill to live on $13,900 a year....but most of the world, doesn't have the same high cost of living as we do in US.
Top of the table in a bar. Dance floor. Wearable.
Those are saccades. They keep the area of interest on the most sensitive part of the retina. Trying to understand how the brain produces stable vision from such a sequence of unstable "snapshots" is an area of active research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccade#Saccades_and_vision
Interesting. Like I said I'm not dead set against earbuds, especially if they come alongside a great recommendation. I'll look at these, thanks!
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The one thing that really gets me is that no matter how useful an invention is sooner or later someone will come along and plaster it full of ads.
On the larger scale, how about a projector screen that doesn't require a projector.
Meetings. stabs self
I know a guy who bought oled.com and a few other oled-related domains a few years back on a gamble that they would one day take off. I imagine he's pretty happy with that purchase right about now...
I started using a stand up desk full time roughly a month ago. It takes some adjusting after many years of sitting for eight hours a day, but I'm starting to reap the benefits. I've suffered from lower back and neck pain for years, and those issues are gone. There's a perceivable increase in my overall energy level, and oddly enough, I just feel happier on a day to day basis. Looking through my git logs, it also seems I've been more productive, but it's hard to quantatively prove that without a real analysis. One thing I can measure for sure though is the fact that I've lost a little weight. Apparently standing for eight hours a day burns roughly 10,000 calories per month, so that's another perk.
Why does it come with a proprietary apple connector?
Real root cause: you were born.
Really, I don't care to spend even more time rehashing bugs. The bug cost enough already. Move on.
POP doesn't work well when you have multiple limited-bandwidth clients accessing the same mailbox. I'm surprised they took the effort to make it work at all.
The author states that a difference between Realie and Etherpad is that he users Web Sockets for client/server comm. I'm fairly certain that Etherpad uses Web Sockets too. Am I mistaken?
You're right, the 0 is required. Now I think about it a little more, if you want to delete all the characters on the line, but not remove the line, then 0shift-D might is good. I tend to do ddO for the same operation.
I like my Sennheiser HD595
I would have said 'little-known' or 'not as well-known as they deserve to be', but it's a fair point.

Many of them are not really hidden so much as underused. (As I recall all of the "Hidden features of language X" questions on SO tended to drift that way pretty quickly.
Etymotic ER-6i will hit your price exactly, but you can find them for less if you look hard enough.

They are earbuds, but they are amazing. They don't noise cancel, they noise isloate. I wear them in NYC, and whether it's a loud subway, a bus, or a jackhammer, I can keep the volume way low, and still hear the music. It's also great for your long term hearing health since you will keep the volume way low. Before I got them my iPod was at 75% volume. With them, anything over 25% is too loud. Perfect for mowing the lawn, though.

There is one con with these and that is they are fragile. The buds themselves will never have a problem, it's the cord and TRS conenctor. They will break at some point, but Etymotic is very good about giving you an RMA repair/replacement even after warranty is expired. I got tired of that, though, and I soldered on my own connector that was far more durable.
I should add that these are non-noise canceling and aren't great with lots of noise. Look for closed headphones if you want noise blocking (but not noise canceling).
+1 for quality earbuds.

The noise isolation alone an in-ear headphone can provide gives them a major leg up.

There are some great ones out there (like the Shure.)
Meetings can be exceedingly fruitful when done well. The other day I found myself chasing a solution for a good hour or so. Realizing the inanity of this, I called together the interested parties, explained my issue, and together we worked out a feasible solution and corrected some of my misunderstandings. Total time commitment of the meeting? Thirty minutes.

The next time you find yourself in a fruitless meeting, consider the things you could do to ensure future meetings are more valuable in the future, and work with management to get your ideas in motion. Hopefully you'll improve your situation, and you'll show initiative that'll look great when your next review comes up.
Nature is inventing new bugs every day. Humans genetically craft new plants and animals all the time, the old-fashioned way, by crossbreeding. Now we can do it without random side-effects. It can actually be safer.
From a quick price check, these sit around $150.
Has nobody read Diamond Age, seriously?
Sennheiser HD280pro. Nice sound, and completely sealed. A dream to use on planes. -32dB isolation is more than what Bose promises with noise cancellation. I've seen them around 80 on sale.
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Ahahahahaha! Yeah, right.

I can't speak for most financial systems (I only am familiar with one, but it's a big one), but I know plain text passwords happen. Lets call the system IET.

IET doesn't encrypt the passwords used for internet banking. To obscure the passwords, they're stored in the DB using EBCDIC. No joke.

Sure, in theory, encryption of data at rest doesn't matter if the system is secure; however, with a security posture like this, the data is bound to leak.

In this case, I found out about the unencrypted passwords because they were in the files going to the "print & statement" vendor: there is a default letter in the system that says "Hey your password changed to foo99!". Despite suppressing this letter, the data was still transmitted to the vendor: it is simply ignored.
Hm. It would seem that similar logic would apply to, say, an ISP which "distributes" GPL produces over its pipes and applies additional restrictions via its EULA.

This sort of "if you touch GPL in any way" reading isn't a very positive one for copyright in general, and I think it'd be a pretty bad faith argument to make. I think, then, that the FSF's argument must be a more nuanced one; but like pierrefar I can't quite suss out what, exactly, they object to.

The App Store obvious violates the spirit of the GPL in about a dozen ways, but it's unclear to me how the app store violates the letter of the GPL.
Open source projects are often dominated by alpha-male chestbeating nerds. Really. Its easier to be a newb in an online game, than to try to contribute to an open-source project. I'm sure open-source selects for something. I'm also sure its nothing I want in a co-founder.
What makes you so sure "just giving the money to the school and getting them to hire local tradesmen to do the job" would work? aren't they just as corruptible as anyone? I think so, but I cannot imagine a foolproof way to just turn money into valuable structures without parasitism
I got Senneiser HD 202 over the ear headphones and they sound phenominal and block outside really well. I was skeptical b/c they are only $30 at Amazon, but have 4.5/5 stars with 1000+ reviews. You could get three pairs!
Dalvik is all that is wrong with android. If they removed Dalvik, the app store for android would suddenly go from zero to hero. I don't understand why google made such a horrendous and really obvious mistake in using dalvik. It doesn't make any sense at all.
I went to an audiologist and paid $100 to have molds of my ears taken. A week later, I had a set of ear plugs with filters in them to block out most frequencies. I bought them for flying, and now that I have them, I would rather miss my flight than fly without them. If you're just looking for the noise silencing aspect of headphones, I'd highly recommend a custom plug.

For music, I have a pair of Shure E2Cs. They not only block out sound really well, but in my opinion produce very good sound. One big advantage of in-ear design like this is that you can significantly lower the volume of your sound source, which will keep your ears happy and healthy. But not everyone feels comfortable with the in-ear style. When I bought the Shures they were @100; today the Shure SE210s are available for $100, but I don't know their product line very well, so I don't know the difference, say, between the SE210s and the cheaper SE110s.

Also note that with most of the in-ear headphones, you can take them to an audiologist and get custom plugs made, as well. It's probably not worth it to buy a $100 set of headphones and then pay an extra $100 to get custom molds, but if I were purchasing a higher end set of Shures (or a similar product from Westone or Etymotic), I'd get the molds.
I'm sure that you know this, but "open" and "patented" are not mutually exclusive. Lots of codecs are "open source" but you can't use them commercially without paying money to someone (e.g. MPEG-LA).
These are my personal favorite. The only thing I don't like about them is the curly cord.
Anyone have a crowdfunding app they would be willing to white label to me?
I am working on a crowdfuning idea that focuses on a niche and instead of inventing the wheel, i thought i would see if anyone has a platform they would be willing to white label. Thanks!
You could easily put a small "sign up" link in the header and/or footer that are not part of your "pitch" to the customers. Most "savvy" users I know are likely to search the page for something like "sign up" if they're looking to the point.
Yes, you are. Web Sockets have only been available in Firefox and Chrome in the last few months. Etherpad is written with Comet: http://ejohn.org/blog/etherpad-real-time-editing-with-javasc...
The user can join the developer program and modify and run the software that way.

Nothing is preventing that.

That's what a lot of GPL advocates are missing here. The GPL doesn't specify how things are supposed to get done, only that they do get done.

The GPL boils down to a couple of things: Make the source available and allow others to modify and redistribute it (as long as they follow the GPL).

Nothing about bundling the source with the app or having access to the same avenues of distribution as the original author or even the same tools.
Low blood pressure also causes dizziness: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/low-blood-pressure/ds00590

Drinking sugared soda will apparently fix both problems :oD
Did you read the root post in this thread? Apple is distributing GPL code, and therefore Apple is responsible for providing source. Cut and dry, cannot get any simpler. If you distribute binaries compiled from GPL source, you are required to distribute source. Apple is not distributing source, case closed.

Furthermore, the App store license forbids end-users from redistributing binaries, which again, is a cut and dry violation of the GPL, since it not only says the opposite, but that you must allow them to distribute binaries and source. This isn't an "if you touch GPL in any way" problem. It's a "if you give someone something under the GPL, you must follow the GPL."

Apple is not a dumb pipe. They are hosting the software.
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I wore one of these yesterday while working. It uses an infrared led/camera setup to film your eye. The presence of the reflectors makes your eyes hurt though.
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Seconded, I've owned both SR-60 and SR-80 headphones and love them. They are open-backed so would not work well for mowing, but they're fine if you're in a lab or airport.

I'd suggest earplugs over headphones for mowing, unless you're trying to lose your hearing (or have a really quiet mower). =)
I have a pair HDR 65s that I have had for about 3 or 4 years. Amazing headphones. +1 for Sennheiser.
What's wrong with it? Are you saying that because if they had a more standard JVM they could run all those "great" J2ME apps? No thanks.
There's an image and note on Amazon UK about the fragility of the connection: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B0...
Farmer : producer.
Walmart : distributor.

Car manufacturer : producer.
Car dealership : distributor.

Software developer : producer.
Apple App Store : distributor.
The other thing is that suicides are non-Poissonian -- they occur somewhat more clumpily in time than you'd expect from pure randomness. A high-profile suicide tends to inspire other borderline-suicidal people to go through with it. A high-profile rash of suicides, then, could really gain some momentum.

If suicides at the factory are getting a lot of attention then they're right to act against it even if it isn't a higher-than-usual rate.
In fact, it appears they may be granted at a rate exceeding submissions. (But, there is a publication & grant timelag, so it's not as clear as that.) See also:

* Article: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/05/patent-grants-2010.h...

* Charts (top left): http://news.priorsmart.com/
I bought a pair of Shure SRH440 over the ear headphones six months ago, and have been extremely happy with them. I bought them based primarily on the Amazon reviews which frequently said they sounded as good as headphones costing 3 times as much. They're studio headphones, block sound really well (though they're not noise cancelling) and the sound quality is amazing for the price. They were $95 when I bought them (list is $125), but when I just checked Amazon, they're down to under $70.

http://www.shure.com/americas/products/earphones-headphones/...
+1 for Shure SE110's. I prefer to listen to music from speakers, but late at night when I'm getting into a project I use the SE110's and really enjoy them. My ears don't really get 'fatigued' from wearing them for long periods of time like some other headphones I've used.
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Wouldn't a variant of this works internationally also? First, you lobby your government to hand out huge loans to a poor country with the stipulation that the money should be used for something good, say providing drinking water. Then you go around and win the contract for providing the pipes. After a while you escalate costs as mentioned in the OP. The net result is that, officials in both countries can make great speeches, but the citizens of the poorer country are now saddled with a huge debt.
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For a moment I thought OLED was trademarked and that the domains would be effectively forced over to the trademark owner. I did a quick US trademark search and couldn't find the OLED mark registered. His gamble will probably pay off.
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I recently got a pair of MetroFit 220 by LE which can be found for around 80$. (http://www.ultimateears.com/_ultimateears/store/products/met...) Which I like alot. They are buds, put they come with 3 plastic ear pieces of different sizes so you should be able to make them fit. I got these over an active noise canceling one since all the noise canceling ones I have used (and it could just be the ones I used) seem to let out alot of noise when noise canceling.
Do the scripts have the ability to change the weight of features on the fly? For example, sender becomes the most important feature when the sender is, for example, my boss or particular end users. Otherwise, other features may be more dominant.
Not bad... it's a bit lengthy though.

I'd suggest to cut it to 10 - 15 minutes, and also to distill the core of the discussions on HN instead of chatting about your own opinions. Also cut out the first 70 seconds where you apologize and rather explain what you are going to talk about.

And you might consider to record the audio of both persons on separate tracks and to balance them properly. In this video one speaker is twice as loud as the other.

Good luck and enjoy working on your next ones!
I love usesthis.com. I guess you know that you are a geek when you enjoy reading about people and their computers.
Actually that's what /usr/local is for.
If you use Visual Studio, you can setup a sound to play when the build is finished.
Shure SRH750DJ headphones. They are a little more expensive than you are looking for, but they are over the ear and provide great isolation (Just as good as in ear headphones for sure). The sound quality, especially bass response, just absolutely destroys in ear buds (and I had more expensive Shure in ear buds before that).

Stay away from anything by Sennheiser or Bose. Bose is crap, and Sennheisers are nice, but just overpriced. For comparison, my Shures plugged directly into iPod (shitty built in preamp) vs. Sennheiser HD650s ($500 headphones) WITH a $275 preamp (so my $140 setup vs an $800 setup), my Shures won by a slight margin.

If not these, anything Shure.
A bit more substance to your complaint would be great. What are you arguing for? A normal JVM? Native code? A WebOS style environment?

There are trade-offs to all decisions. Dalvik performance has been tolerable and now it looks like it has progressed to being quite reasonable.

I'm just waiting for a chance to use a nicer language to produce Dalvik byte-code. I don't think it's very friendly to dynamic languages but I'd settle for almost anything other than Java.
Random side-effects are a part of reality. It's dangerous to assume that corporations deploying GM technology: a) have accounted for dangerous side-effects, b) are concerned about anything beyond the bottom line.

For example, Monsanto's Roundup Ready GM technology leaks into the wild via pollen such that Monsanto brings charges against farmers who didn't plant GM grain because they are using Monsanto technology without paying fees to Monsanto (http://www.percyschmeiser.com/conflict.htm).

And, for further consideration, Monsanto has had plans to develop seedless technology so that the farmer would always have to buy their seeds from Monsanto - what if that got into the wild?

This is one corporation. I don't see how we can monitor them all adequately to prevent a colossal problem. And all it will take is one big mistake (see BP and the Gulf of Mexico).

Still think the gain is worth the risk?
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Etherpad had 3 modes of transport between client and server: short-polling, long-polling, and streaming, each with varying support for different browser/OS/proxy settings. The client starts the connection with the most widely supported method (short-polling), and then attempts to "upgrade" the connection by testing out faster connection types.

I think the messages from client to server always had to do an HTTP post, so we did incur the overhead of all the HTTP headers with each post from client to server, which happened at most twice per second.

You can view the client-side JS code for handling these 3 connection types here:

http://code.google.com/p/etherpad/source/browse/trunk/infras...

I didn't write this, but that's my understanding of how it works.

You can also get around the overhead of HTTP headers by using a Flash shim, but we never got that to work well through weird proxy configurations and misbehaving ISPs.
How about this alternative headline: "Netbooks killing netbooks".

I was an independent consultant in my last life, so I get to work with a lot of companies on their technology strategies, and like most geeks, I'm the go-to guy when someone is ready to buy. In my view, what is killing netbooks is the growing sentiment that they suck. The only people I know who really like their netbook are geeks. They like them because they're able to manage the software on their netbook in the way that is necessary to extract performance from netbook-class hardware. Your normal user who runs Windows 7 with anti-virus and their usual suite of software is miserable. I've worked on plenty of netbooks ranging from the Dell Mini series to Asus Eee, and anything with an Atom processor running a full Windows stack (AV included) is painfully slow, even for basic tasks.

I just don't see where netbooks and iPads compete. The people who buy netbooks aren't willing to give up the things that the iPad lacks, and iPad purchasers aren't willing to put up with the lackluster performance of a netbook. There is some inevitable overlap, but any impact will be felt quickly, then taper off.

The netbook's future must include an operating system that is dedicated to the netbook hardware. It needs to work well on a small screen, and much like iPhone OS or Android, it must include design considerations for the hardware that it runs on. Companies like Google and Canonical are in a great position to capitalize on the growth prospects in the netbook market. The primary question is whether anyone will rise to the occasion and build a netbook that works as well as an iPad, but includes features that non-iPad buying folks consider important.