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These new technologies are both impressive and useful in several ways, but I doubt the high-end switch vendors will be losing any sleep over them yet.

People have been talking about SDN and running Linux-based white box switches that cost significantly less than the name brand gear for years now. So far, reviews of actual deployments have been mixed, and the market reaction has been cautious.

Even those platforms are still ultimately running custom ASICs for the actual switching functions, which gives them a natural and very significant advantage over anything running under Linux on a general purpose CPU, so it's hard to see the likes of Snabb disrupting the same market any time soon.

The real value in these new technologies is the extra flexibility they offer precisely because on a general purpose CPU you can do whatever you want with the traffic as long as it fits in your time budget. That opens the door to a level of customisation in network functions that has been hard to achieve in the past, but right now I'd probably be more worried if I sold specialist networking devices with five/six figure price tags than if I sold standard, high-bandwidth switches and routers to the same sort of customer.
Considering the size of AWS, the number of services one service relies on would be too many, even if a single service many layers deep depended on s3, and when s3 goes down, the service as a whole will be affected. Honestly S3, it like a blackhole, everybody stores everything in S3 these days. Its a horizontal component but used in a vertical manner. Weird but true.
>“like our other laptops you can replace most of the parts easily”

>“open hardware warranty” which says you can replace pretty much anything (except the motherboard) and not void the warranty.”

Don't want to come off as a snarky techy, but I'd much prefer having this over having to pay a premium to have Apple's techs do the repair.
Habituation is a powerful thing: a safety-critical program used in the 90s had a similar, hard-coded safety prompt (<10 uppercase ASCII characters). Within a few weeks, all elevated permission users had the combination committed to muscle memory and would bang it out without hesitation, just by reflex: "Warning: please confirm these potentially unsaf-" "IAGREE!"
This article is nonsense, the author says the 4K laptop weighs "under a pound" and then admits in the comments that he doesn't actually know the weight.

SPAM?
I usually use C++ or Python, so I had to look up the others.

From Java: "Returns a double value with a positive sign, greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0."

From Javascript: "Return a random number between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive)"

So yes, all 4 are consistent in not including 1.0 in the range of random real numbers. I'd call that common.

For more on the notation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(mathematics)#Includi...
Ask HN: Tips/advice on quitting a tech job
Its been a while since I've changed jobs and as I prepare to leave my current (tech) company to join another (tech) company I'm wondering what advice, strategies, and "Gee I wish I had done X when I moved on..." others have out there specific to the tech community.

I've read a lot of the general advice out there: "leave on good terms", "make it about you not them", "give a reasonable notice period" etc and appreciate that advice. But I'm wondering what other issues are particular to our sector. For instance I'd like to keep my phone/laptop and I'm sure my company would really appreciate a 4 week notice period, would it be aggressive to do something to the effect of "I'm leaving and would like to give 4 weeks notice, I'd also like to keep my laptop/phone for free or exceptionally cheap..."

I like everybody there, have been well liked myself and have been a long-time valuable engineer to the company; I have already accepted another offer and am uninterested in a counter-offer
Ugh. That's not acceptable. Ok. I asked because I've seen someone make a huge fuss about a pixel that was simply dead (off) and I probably would not have noticed at all.

But a bright green on pixel no matter where on the screen would be a continuous distraction for me.
You mention devops here but I don't see a single job on your careers page for that role?
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I'm not sure what Apple has to do with it exactly, but I thought he was talking about the fact that BlackBerry owns QNX and is marketing it as a vehicle software platform.
Google's Chromebook Pixel lives on, but you can't buy one
It's a reference to Owsley Stanley (Bear), who had an LSD lab in Berkeley (it's mentioned in Tom Perkins's memoir).
http://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/owsley-stanley/
The Grand a Theft Auto series, 3 through San Andreas as well. So much fun and the touch controls are excellent. The gunplay is crap, but that doesn't really matter in GTA; it killed MaxPayne for me though, can't stand shooters that rely on auto-aim.
> I believe, skilled system engineers are still a requirement for any large project, be it in cloud or not.

And that's why cloud will win every single time, forever, on all metrics.

Because the cloud requires less engineers to achieve the same work, as it takes care of the low level hardware work.
So many product lines for such a small company. Laptops, Desktops, Servers.
Not even Apple is able to effectively manage this many different products.

I don't know much about them, but from my first impression it looks like a company with lack of focus. I'm not sure how they will be able to create killer product in any of the segments they're trying to compete in.

Based on my above observation (admittedly superficial), I would never buy anything from them. I would not trust the quality nor their ability to be able to support it.
I've seen businesses move to the cloud and cost themselves millions of dollars in doing so. I'm not sure where you're coming from believing that cloud always offers a massive savings. It's possible that in some circumstances, cloud will be cheaper, but I actually think that more often than not, it's more expensive.

It's ludicrous that you suggest that anyone who is not willing to dive head-first into 100% cloud everything should be fired. The cloud has a place, but there's no reason that cloud should be the only option, as you appear to suggest.
How about ranger? It's FOSS too.
In my observing-from-a-distance experience, going bare metal makes sense once you are a certain size and have predictable baseline load to maintain. Many companies that have their own data centers still use cloud services to auto scale and deal with spikes.
That is the worst intro video ever. Whoever made and allowed it to be the final video needs to be fired.
The Plan 9 FS network protocol, P9, is extremely well regarded and the basis for a number of security projects.
not trying to be smarmy, i genuinely know next to nothing about batteries -- are li-ion batteries not considered solid state?
I just think, unfortunately for you and the project... you took a good boost of traffic by getting a near-top HN story and just let it die. You probably won't get a gift like this again...

Speaking for myself, I won't be using the software. I would have paid for it, as I want a GUI side-by-side, but i couldn't. A nag screen I can't even pay to get rid of is all but insulting, so I won't be loading the software, so the whole "out of sight, out of mind" thing is going to take over, and I probably will never open it again...

Now, seeing your decisions, and I want to stress that I'm not judging you for making them, its your baby, you do what you want with it, and I don't presume to tell you what you should do - just trying to share a perspective that may not be singular... but those decisions make me question the path the software is going to take, because they fly in the face of what I would consider to be reason.
uBlock, NoScript, Self Destructing Cookies. Also DisableWebRTC. Firefox would be Opera, Chrome or Vivaldi without them. No particular reason to use it or a random one among the others. Stylish and Greasemonkey are useful too, when sites insist doing the wrong things. I hope all of them survive the switch. Will they?
Does Apple have a patent on the exact dimensions of the MacBook Pro? I'd love a purpose-built Linux laptop that was compatible with all the hardcases and whatnot for the MBP.
Then I'd be a bad conscript. I don't even own land.
What would be a typical use case for something like this?
Any free software OS can meet his requirements as they all are transparent to anyone with the time to learn, just like the older bikes. The problem with modern bikes is that all the advanced tech is proprietary and you have no way of understanding it or tinkering with it.

IMO you can take any modern distro and strip it down to something understandable. It just takes some time to learn how to strip it down and how what's left works (and this is ongoing, as things are always changing). I'm not saying it's trivial, but neither is learning how to rebuild a motorcycle.
TL, DR:
This tech utilizes solid-glass electrolytes vs today's liquid electrolytes. This apparently brings us:

"at least three times as much energy density as today’s lithium-ion batteries"

"greater number of charging and discharging cycles, which equates to longer-lasting batteries, as well as a faster rate of recharge (minutes rather than hours)."

The team lead is Dr. Goodenough, making things better!

(sorry, couldn't resist. that's really his name)

If true, that first point especially sounds awesome!
I guess my point was more that at some scale, it feels worthless to vote at all. If I disagree with Snap's CEO, my $500 of stock feels about like my vote in the presidential election. I doubt my input changes the course of anything.

There's a good reason to exert control in both cases, but for many, it feels futile to do so.
They assemble machines at a small markup. This is essentially the business model of a bicycle store. The quality is very much related to the quality of the underlying system.
... i.e. a combination of "It's working, so let's not change it" coupled with a lack of the sort of market pressure having your OS compete in a money-changes-hands we-have-customers marketplace brings to the table to have a holistic, easy-to-convey user experience.
If all you need is a linux laptop, desktop or server, what kind of killer app does the company need to provide besides a system with supported components?
But only for the command line.
Yes. I'm pretty sure most of their laptops are just rebranded Clevos. I don't have enough info to track down the Galago, but something like the Gazelle:

https://system76.com/laptops/gazelle

Is almost certainly just a Clevo W650:

http://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1009&lang=en

It's hard to sometimes get the exact model because Clevo refreshes their line very quickly, but it possible to locate it. The easiest way to find the computer is to take the dimensions from System76, convert to mm, possibly round it, and then search for that with Clevo on Google. For example, the Gazelle is 37.39 × 25.20 cm, so I just searched for Clevo 374 x 252 on Google and found the W650 with similar enough specs. Then, the process is just to root around that particular model till you find matching hardware.

In the U.S., I believe Sager is the exclusive wholesaler and anyone can order from them directly. They set the price for the rebranding companies, so the price from Sager will be no different than from someone like XoticPC unless someone is upselling the computer based on some kind of customization.

Now, theoretically, System76 makes sure than the computer works well with Linux. In my experience, Clevos work just fine. Replace the bios with something like prema and they're incredibly capable computers for the price:

https://biosmods.wordpress.com/

So, should someone support System76? Up to you. Clevos can be bought with no branding for less directly from Sager.
Wouldn't it be great if this could get to market. Almost sounds to good to be true. Maybe I missed it but are there any working prototypes out there in a vehicle or some kind of device or is this just in a lab?

You would think there would be folks all over this if it were the case. I wonder what is holding it up?
Apple Music does work moderately well with CarPlay, but mostly with the voice interface. The problem with the voice interface is that there is a huge lag, and it is erratic. Sometimes I will say something like "play jazz radio" and it responds there is no jazz station; later, it works. The strange thing is that it seemed to recognize the command, as it repeats back "I can't find station jazz."

The only hope for it is the voice interface. The touchscreen interface is horrible, because there are no hardware buttons...which may be Honda's fault, as they stripped off all buttons except those on the steering wheel.

I wouldn't be surprised if Android Auto works better, as Apple's voice control has generally been bad. Also Google Maps still beats Apple, and I can't get Google Maps on Carplay.
I'm not an expert, but the article mentions current LiIon using "liquid electrolytes" a few times.
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Yea, almost waited the entire length for a shot around and above the product. Waste of my time. qq
I've used OpenBSD in the past and found it much simpler than Linux. But didn't always support what I needed to do. These days I'm doing less but doing it better.
Complaints of a UNIX refugee on Windows.

For us, Windows pathanmes are just fine.

As for Windows architecture, maybe you should spend some hours reading Windows Internals book series, BUILD and Channel 9 sessions about MinWin, Drawbridge, Picoprocesses, UWP, User Space Drivers, Secure Kernel,....
Based on a reading of the article, apparently li-ion batteries do use liquid electrolytes to move the lithium ions around.
It appears there is already a revolt going on, fwiw.

https://twitter.com/physicsNcoffee/status/834566962998960128
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This is a Gigabyte server, probably one of the following:

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/Rack-Server/R150-T61-rev-110

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/Rack-Server/R150-T62-rev-100

What value-add does System76 provide?
A) Everybody has life outside of work. It's kind of the definition of "life", in that it doesn't stop until they die.

B) They should be able to do this about the job itself. There is no need to pry into their personal life.

C) What if they say, "none of my hobbies are appropriate to discuss in a job interview"? What would your response be? It doesn't mean that it's illegal or immoral, but it has that connotation. Arguably, it might be beneficial to ask if they have any hobbies that relate to the job for which they are being interviewed for (and that does not bother me), but to simply ask about any hobby that the applicant may choose to pursue is, in a word, nosy.
We had a pretty good time with CoreOS ^W Container Linux by CoreOS in that regard. They seem to be really good at providing automatic OS updates and shipping known-to-be-working combinations of kernel and Docker.
Someone forgot a --limit on their ansible playbook ? I did that too.
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Pricing is here:
https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/pricing

As with most services, you pay as you go and only for what you use. The prices are aligned with typical AWS storage, request volume, and data transfer costs.
The Razerblade is a beautiful machine imo (I use a 16' MBP). Can just wipe the window installation and boot your linux distro of choice.
Excellent extension to the original analogy.
I found this [0] when trying to answer the same question myself

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_battery
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Is Snap big enough that indexes tracking the S&P 500 would buy up Snap?

If not, what index funds would?
No, solid-state usually refers to a component that undergoes no mechanical or chemical change while in normal operation; conventional batteries undergo redox reactions while charging and discharging.
It does not fix the thing right below the shell: the terminal.

The terminal is responsible for hacks upon hacks: Colors, ncurses, signals, and whatnot.
Light-hearted or not, this is pretty patronizing. I'm sure this person wants nothing more but to get on with their life.
Ask HN: I'm working on a marketplace app. Which escrow service should I use?
I'm working on a marketplace app that connects buyers and sellers for certain services that may take several days or months to be completed. I'm still working on the process flow of the site (i.e. how the site is structured, how buyers/sellers will interact etc), so I'd like to get a sense of what payment processors I could use. I have very little experience in processing online payments, unfortunately. I'm looking for escrow options that hopefully someone here could provide some insights on.

For example, I see Fiverr allows its users to pay with PayPal...but from what I know, PayPal does not offer escrow services. So I'm assuming a buyer will pay $x to Fiverr's PayPal account, which then pays $y to the seller's PayPal account (after transaction/processing fees). In other words, Fiverr is holding on to the buyer's $x for a few days until the gig is complete. Is my understanding correct? If so, this is a scenario I'm uncomfortable with...I'd rather not hold on to the funds as a middleman.

Alternatively, I understand escrow.com offers escrow services. Would this work for my site? Are there any other escrow options that you use or would recommend (e.g. Stripe, Payoneer etc)?
AFAIK the underwriters typically don't buy and sell the stock themselves - but offer it to their clients, who can buy the shares at the IPO price instead of the opening price. The underwriters then charge a fee based on the size of the IPO.
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What bugs me has to do with the authors claiming their lists are "curated" when really all they've done is collect or list.

Curation indicates that there is a selectivity involved. That is not evident with this list, that or they're using a pretty un-obvious criteria.

(note the original title of the story indicated that this was a "curated list", and the actual repo still contains that language).
IIRC it's pretty likely that AWS runs on Xen, or at least did so at some point in the past. There was some striking correlation between Xen security advisories and mass reboots of AWS nodes.
S-expressions are very nice, and have the unequalled property of being simple enough to serve as a syntax for an entire programming language, but as a data type it is at best on the level of JSON. If one were to design a new data format for pipes, I would hope one would aim a little higher than that. Going from plain text lines to JSON or sexps would simply not be worth the infrastructure retooling.
From $6399USD. That's quite a price-tag, but a lot less than a high-spec Xeon server where the CPUs alone are $3000 each.

It'll be interesting to see benchmarks of how this performs.
The beef over everything is text creating performance issues, use a binary format instead! seems bonkers.

Every time there's a post like this it's all about performance!, performance!

I like UNIX not because of any technical reason, but because it's easy for a human to use.

Linux and UNIX are not meant to be "perfect" from a CS standpoint. They're meant to be easy for people consumption. I can't read a binary format. I can read text.

That is the real point of the UNIX philosophy, IMO. Do one thing, do it well. Trying to solve too many problems at once will bite you.
Not yet released product destroys product available for purchase. Er, potentially destroys.

I expect the rate of technological—no, human—progress to pick up appreciably once everyone breaks free of the ramshackle MacBook Pro's 16GB barbed-wire garden. Praise RMS!
> Windows 10 already sorted out the filename limitations.

Only for new applications. These written for the old ABIs still trip over after the 240th character, even though the FileSystem supports much more.

To put in another words: I belive the inherent unix limitations (process model for terminals, process signalling, lack of structure) are still less limiting than DOS assumptions about the consumer hardware and applications of the 80's.
The seven words in the HN title are not the tweet.

Then it shouldn't have been in quotes (I see that it's since been changed).
I think that's right. We tend to see fragmentation w/ our hybrid approach. Teams doing DevOps type stuff with VMware/vRA on internal hardware and also on AWS/Azure. "Customers" of each environment also tend to be different so priority conflicts arise.

Could be solved by more staffing, I suppose...
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Spam/Clickbait. The Macbook Air (13.3") weighs ~3 lbs. There is essentially 0 chance this weighs a third of the Air.
You guys might appreciate this little how to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0dvLuWna9Q
some people use these for low oxygen training.
I saw pretty easily how Instagram could be worth a billion to FB, who has a social network and wants to expand their user base / stop competition from rising.

I don't understand how these shares that pay no dividend and give no voting power are worth $24 each. They are basically "SnapChat Fun Bucks." Anyone buying it just hoping another person down the line will pay more for it. On top of that, we know there's a large number of people holding it (employees) that are going to start selling their shares over the next year.

I just don't get how this has any value at all.
This belief is the problem. Most cloud services are not automatically redundant.

They have stuff that will allow you to make your stuff redundant if you know how to architect, configure, and deploy it, but you don't get these benefits just by becoming an AWS customer. You have to know how to set up an ELB just the same as you have to know how to set up haproxy on bare metal.

Is it easier to configure an ELB than a haproxy instance? Probably, but it's not that much harder, and configuration is mostly a one-time cost. Pay someone on staff to spend a couple of hours testing and configuring haproxy or pay 3x more than you should every month to rent VMs on Amazon? Which one is cheaper over "the long term"?

All you're doing is renting some space in a server. The configuration is still mostly up to the user. Hardware requires maintenance, yes, but people are really hamming up both the frequency and difficulty of hardware maintenance.
This caused panic and chaos for a bit among my team, which I imagine was replicated across the web.

Moments like these always remind me that a particularly clever or nefarious set of individuals could shut down essential parts of the Internet with a few surgical incisions.
You're presuming that life doesn't evolve to the point where it can escape this planet and move to other ones.

Even if we have a horrible nuclear war that kills all humans it will only take 100-200 million years for another highly intelligent species to come back and take over again. We've got around five kicks at the can before it's too late.
Public university lets 79 IT workers go after they train outsourced replacements
and latency if you're trying to do anything with PS objects over a slow link. (try doing a 'get-childobject' on a SMB share or loading the registry on a host behind a slow connection; i'll wait)
I doubt it. They'll probably just go to London instead of Rome. Looks like a positive for Brexit.
It's taken 25 years for Li-ion batteries to get from the lab to the current level of industrial production. If this technology pans out it will probably take a similar time to do the same - maybe a bit faster given the greater interest in batteries now.
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