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You're arguing for a separation of customer and admin accounts. These scenarios are both easier if admin and user are rolled together. If administration is tied into your corporate user system, then transferring a product means it's a pain to enable administration in the destination environment.

What you're actually arguing for is keeping app auth separate from corp auth. And that's pretty reasonable, but app admin is app auth, and must move with the app.

More generally, though, anyone buying your app/company will want it integrated with whatever auth they already have anyway, so you can look forward to a big user migration regardless.
No problem!

It is and it isn't; that is, all of this is extracted from Ember, so it has had a lot more maturity and testing than you might think at first. Not _super_ so as it's still relatively new, but deployed in lots of big places.
In fact, they may make money off it, if the only mitigation is to buy a new phone.
From my perspective it looks like somebody actually in industry telling a delusional 'creative' type that they should have done better product research before declaring they had something new.

Here's a hint: Let's say we're both right, hypothetically - no other product does this! However, since there's nothing about the design that's intrinsically yours (IE - it's combining a few undergraduate EE course projects at once) somebody else will go make it in China as soon as you demonstrate that there's a market.

Unless, of course, you really have discovered some new area of AUDIO CIRCUIT DESIGN (just about the simplest shit there is, circuit-design wise). Not...very...likely...
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Can you post a link for someone who has no idea what you're referring to?
Yup, I was there around that time and it sucked. But this is only the seed kernel of the rot that happens.

I think there's a PG essay somewhere about "front of mind" and how it impacts what you do. As a founder if you're thinking all the time about funding it blocks you from thinking about building stuff. The same sort of dynamic exists with job security. If you perceive that it's actually pretty difficult to lose your job, if you perceive that lots of people at various levels know your value to the company and are willing to go to bat for you, that helps a lot. It helps even more to push those issues out of the front of your mind, so that day to day you tend to worry mostly about making stuff and solving problems, things you are intrinsically motivated to do. What happens when the working environment becomes more cutthroat is that those issues bubble up and become more front of mind for more people. People think about how to work the system, people evaluate everything that happens based on how it will advantage or disadvantage them in reviews. People who spend most of their time working or gaming the system find that spending their time that way is fruitful.

Folks who are intrinsically motivated see these changes happen and they perceive the quality of their working environment diminish. The most talented among them often find out that it is easy for them to find work elsewhere, and they do so. And this begins a cascade process of brain drain. One of the prime motivators for intrinsically motivated and talented technical people at a workplace is being able to work alongside other talented and interesting technical people. Every talented person that leaves reduces the quality of the working environment for the remaining folks, and makes them more likely to leave.

Meanwhile, as good folks leave it becomes more and more difficult to execute on challenging projects. The talent pool has been diminished and the people with the most experience have also left. It doesn't take long for the "corporate culture" and working environment to change dramatically from one where people spend most of their efforts on "getting stuff done", people enjoy their work, and lots of big, challenging projects continually get done with a high degree of quality to one where people tend to think about their motivations mostly in terms of a paycheck, are constantly searching for a way out, and there's a downward spiraling level of quality and achievement in terms of projects.
Relevant: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/magazine/what-happened-wh...
Please read the court documents. The lawsuit alleges that Uber's agreement with drivers had them acting solely as a payment collection agency, or at least this was the drivers' understanding. Under this agreement, Uber's job was to accept the payment ("fare") from the passenger including tolls and taxes then pay the driver the fare minus their cut for processing (20% to 25% of the fare "based on delineated factors").

The lawsuit assumes that the driver and the passenger are the two parties to the transaction and Uber is just a processor. This flows directly from Uber's stance on employees vs contractors and on their stance of being a marketplace that merely connects drivers and passengers, although the lawsuit doesn't allege that (in fact it alleges the opposite re: employees).

This idea of "the driver accepted X and the passenger accepted Y and Uber gets the spread" is a red herring. The passenger pays Z, the driver is paid Z, and Uber is paid (0.2 to 0.25)Z by the driver. This is the agreement. This is how the drivers have read and understood their agreement with Uber and whatever hypothetical fantasy you can concoct about how the agreement is or how the transaction should happen in your mind is irrelevant.

Everyone in this thread has it backwards, assuming Uber owes the driver a percentage of the fare. The driver owes Uber a percentage of the fare. Uber is taking more than (0.2 to 0.25)Z is what the lawsuit alleges and is covering it up with a "sophisticated" approach to commit fraud.
True enough, but it's going an awful lot faster since it's aimed for orbital trajectory to inject the 2nd stage. So, it has tremendous horizontal velocity. Shepard, by comparison, just goes straight up (vertical only), so it's total velocity is far lower.

Falcon is in a totally different class of difficulty and complexity. I mean, the grid fins caught on fire and began to melt. That gives you a good idea of what sort of forces are involved in the descent.
You put how I feel about this better than I possibly could have.
I regret buying mine with the touch bar.

I think that the touchpad is a more natural place for a dynamic, modal touch experience. It is about the same size as an iPhone as well.

I also really dislike how the touch id button is also the power button (which, sadly, I have to use due to frequent UI freakouts) but there is no visual indication that this is the case. I only discovered it by muscle memory from my older macs.
oh no. stop. ...said no one.
Thanks, I'm gonna try out Mocha. I think it was briefly mentioned for a coding test I once did.

I have worked for two web agencies (we do mostly CMS re-skins and custom websites for small clients) but TDD isn't really pushed there. Nobody talks about automated testing or writing tests.

Our QA does all the testing, to give us the thumbs up (or down) that it's good to push the code to the master branch.

Managers just expect the developers to finish the tasks given from a certain deadline and lack the technical knowledge to give input on how to improve the development process. If you tell them that we need to write tests, they will ask, how does that increase customer satisfaction? Because of this I believe that the need for TDD, or even just writing tests is a hard sell at many companies.
Ask HN: Has anyone ever been a “shadow employee”?
Every time I have to find work it is an absolute slog. I send resume after resume, do phone interview after phone interview. Each time I get hired, I do everything in my power to keep the job. I try to make friends with everyone at the company, even the people that I would loathe otherwise.

Once I'm hired, I have no problems. 100% of the technical challenges I've been tasked with solving I've been able to solve. I have never been stumped by a technical challenge.

Yet no one will hire me. It'd be one thing if I can't code, but I can. I can do mentoring if thats what a company wants me to do. If the company wants me to just write code I can do that too.

No one will give me a change. I've been programming for 20 years, and professionally since 2008.

Is it possible that even though I think of myself as a productive programmer, that I'm actually not? Is it possible that these companies that have me do phone interviews actually know more about my programming abilities that I do?

Is there anyone else in the same situation as me? Is there anyone who has a programming job but can't keep up want to hire me as a "shadow employee" that does all the work for you while I get a salary that draws from your salary. Has anyone else ever been part of such an arrangement?
This is a common practice among sales organization here in British Columbia, as it was championed by Jimmy Pattison. He started in car sales, and now owns billions in assets here in BC. Having worked in sales, I understand the logic behind it. I disagree with it, but I understand it.

The mantra seems to be "when you have great sales, you can commit many sins". Not exactly the best motivator for an ethical institution.

An alternative, and more effective sales methodology IMHO, is Jim Collin's "Good to Great" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_to_Great

You may agree or disagree with my views, but if you're a company that fires the bottom 10% on a regular schedule, I can promise you this: I will never work for you.
Notice that there is no data presented for the "flop" assertion, merely anecdote. Last quarter, Apple reversed four quarters of declining Mac sales, increasing units shipped slightly despite substantially increasing the price of Macbook Pros: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3164132/apple-mac/mac-e....
> The constructs themselves are grounded in the usual sense of mathematical rigor.

Yes but it doesn't work backwards. Math is routinely used to bring insights in the physical world. Nothing about the Riemann hypothesis is rigorous, it's an unproven proof. Most mathematicians assume it's true but the proof evades them. Physics doesn't lead insights into math. It would be nice but math is just a way to talk about abstraction. The moment you try to 'physical' ideas, you start thinking the earth is the center of the universe. Rigor, in this case, is tremendously hard. The idea that physics "could" lead to insights...is weak and sensational writing. Which brings me back to my original problem/comment I said.
OTOH, you can now use a standard charger that is shared with increasingly many new devices. How many people are actually knocking laptops off tables because of the power cord?
I haven't learned or found a use for writing tests. It seems like it only comes into its own with large code bases, where I don't have much experience in.

It's not really something that was talked about or used at my previous jobs, either. We just had one QA guy doing manual testing whenever we notify him that a ticket has been resolved.
That difference lasts only as long as it takes for federal interests to infiltrate that corporation under the guise of normal employees and board members.
The thing that made it click for me is to think about having multiple trials.

Only one of the three doors has the car. So you have a 1/3 chance of correctly picking it and 2/3 of the time you'll pick a wrong door.

Monty opens a door that he knows doesn't have the car. Since 2/3 of the time, you've picked a goat, knowing where the other goat is means switching will guarantee you get the car in those 2/3 of the trials in which you picked a goat initially.

So if you always stay with your initial pick, you keep a 1/3 success rate over n trials. By always switching, you get a 2/3 success rate over n trials.
The loss of MagSafe is far outweighed by the fact that I can plug the power cable into either side of the laptop and charge my laptop using the same portable battery pack that I use to charge my phone. Literally doubles my time away from a plug.

Also. I like the Touch Bar a lot. This laptop had some real software problems on release, but at this point with 10.12.4, I'm an enormous fan.

I find there are a lot of opinions from people who don't own one. Maybe it's just me.
> When I signed up the sample they took was spit in a vial.

Yes, and? I don't see the significance of the testing medium here. DNA sequencing from hair or blood or saliva will yield identical results.
I was under the impression that the large-scale market with massive commodification, worthy of talking about in terms of a distinct class of bourgeoisie as owners of capital was a phenomenon beginning around the mid 18th century. But I think nevertheless my point remains - it is by no means the 'natural' state of humanity (as if being a natural state would be an excuse for such a societal structure anyway).
I'm truly tempted to claim that I'm the suspect. Thinking if it's worth creating more accounts.
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The problem here isn't the politics, it's the mission creep. Libreboot has clear techno-political goals, to free our hardware from the shackles of BIOS and UEFI.

It wasn't created to serve as a vehicle to protest a case of alleged sexual discrimination against a friend in a different project.

There are many ways to protest at perceived injustice, but I don't think derailing a volunteer project to do that is good for the movement as a whole.
The comment you are replying to didn't even MENTION twitter. They aren't praising Twitter for refusing the order, they are criticizing the government for requesting the order. Why is what Twitter has done in the past relevant to that critique?
> How many people are actually knocking laptops off tables because of the power cord?

I would say I did this at least twice a month.
The news is that they have at least one unit of a promised product that is mature enough in its development cycle to be tested on public streets.
I completely agree. I'm surprised by how many people who know about the ME are so blasé about it - it may have some features useful to some people, some of the time, but as a whole the IME is malware. If there were a comparable chip at twice the price, I would happily buy it.
that sounds awesome - can you put your IvanK.js library on github and link to it? I'd love to use it as well, specifically together with planck.js
What languages do you know?
Today I learned that George Soros learned Esperanto as his first language.
It just got covered in soot from the ablative protection (okay, probably some Al2O3 too, from the subsequently burning grid fin) on the grid fins burning off. GTO/GEO missions come in _really_ hot!
We tried something similar. Automatic adblocker with monthly subscription - block ads and distribute money by time spent per domain. Then bundle it as a simple "content" add-on on your ISP plan.

Issue was getting either publishers or ISPs to pay attention - even though the math came out to it being more profitable for both in most situations.
If only this weren't scam-ware, we'd have a decent solution:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-9-...

The cynical side of me wonders if apple is doing this whole screw the ecosystem up (monitor, mac pro, magsafe, time capsule, etc) so they can rescue it and get another round of upgrades out of it.
I specifically bought a 2015 refurb pro instead of the touch bar model, I have negative interest in the touch bar. Who wants more friction in their deeply ingrained workflow? Why do I want to start looking at keys again? No thanks.
I'm not totally sure how the traffic management works, but what I would like to know is how services like this will be able to scale? What happens when there is a Pub with millions of users? Does it creep to a halt? Is there a need for dedicated Pub machines? If so, Who funds/maintains them? Does this lead to subscriptions?

Decentralized social networks seems like an inevitable progression as internet users become more aware of their privacy and ways they can improve online relationships and ...."social networking"
One thing which really worked well for me is to fire engineers who do not grow. It is true that "growth" is really hard to measure but that is point of being a good and smart manager.
You're right about that. It was my initial response and half-baked.

I should have elaborated but now it is too late.
While I don't doubt that there's an increasing trend to shout "hate speech" in an effort to shut down discussion (and that's obviously dangerous) there is equally a worrying trend of dismissing co-ordinated campaigns or harassment and personal attacks as "free speech".

There's more complexity here than you're acknowledging.
Nah I think it's mostly racist libertarians.
It seems useful, but I can't really tell how. What problem are you solving and who has it?
IMO, the companies that deal with large distributed systems don't always look for experience in the field. The interview focus more on fundamentals (time complexity etc) if you they are hiring for a junior/mid level. So the plan of action would be to button down the basics and apply to these companies.

For experience, you can run your simple client-server setups against a traffic generator e.g. apache bench. Try out different things to achieve maximum throughput.
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The core idea of the Streisand effect is when someone's response to criticism backfires and brings much more publicity to the criticism.

I guess if you truly believe the government was "just asking questions" or honestly investigating a crime without the underlying motive of hushing a pesky critic, then it wouldn't be an example of the Streisand effect.
What would you recommend to read from him?
Nice to hear from a fellow mustang!
I always thought the idea of "coral malware" (made it up, cause it grows and hardens as it goes) was interesting.

Essentially a worm, but one that patches the exploit it uses to infect, and then after X shares, deletes itself except for the patch. Eventually a "reef" of hardened remains covers the platform.

Illegal, because it is still malware, but an interesting avenue that hacktivists could explore.
Looking at some of the comments I can see why. Apparently it's hard to stick to facts when emotional politics get involved.
"Being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets." ~Rick, fictional smart a-hole.

> Maybe I could put it another way. September 1993 ended, just not the way some people would have wanted it to.

You could put it that way, if you wanted to be a patronizing fool. Try to understand that you are evidently one of the people I'm complaining about. You're not disagreeing with me; you're calling me a fool in a passive aggressive format.

> The net has become a medium for everyone...

I think you mean Facebook. Most humans haven't Clue One when it comes to computers, let alone networked computers. Even wordpress users are digital peasants.

> ...just a small enough group that this group could become acclimatized to a dominant discourse style (whatever the virtues might be of the Linus Torvalds "I will call you a fucking moron when you fail" school of discussion for a rarefied group). And given that, it is now necessary to have the standards of discourse for the net be the standards of discussion for society as a whole.

But I'm not talking about the "normals" and their precious discussion, I'm talking about the art, craft, and-- yes --science of computer programming, the thing I've dedicated my life to, and that suffers from a huge influx of fools who think that they know what they're doing when they just don't. It pisses me off.

Getting software right is important. I estimate that about 9 out of 10 people getting paid to write software today shouldn't be. You do realize that today, in 2017, most of the needful software has already been written don't you? Think about it.

So, my premises are: Most new software is unecessary. Most people writing software are not qualified.

If we're talking about software development (not "the standards of discussion for society as a whole") whether FOSS or closed "being nice" is waaaaay down the list of priorities for for what needs to happen globally in the software industry (IMHO).

We should establish strict standards and ensure that pro coders meet them. (like y'know engineers do)

Software is machinery. There's not a lot of scope for touchy-feely in software: you can usually make arguments with math and numbers and these do not care about people's feelings

Certainly I'm not arguing in favor of unbridled assholism, but if someone doesn't have the emotional maturity to deal with, e.g. Linus Torvalds being cranky and calling names (over email!) then that's probably a fine reason for that person to go do something else and quit wasting his time. (I've read some of his ranty responses and generally the folks he's popping off at are being thick and stubborn about it. I've got no sympathy at all for that sort of thing.)
These aren't just estimates, they are minimum bills that are purported to be based on "time and distance of the route"[1] and if they systematically and intentionally padding time and distance that sounds an awful lot like fraud. IANAL and it may not be technical fraud but it is at best a deceptive business practice and again one of the reasons we have taxi regulators.

[1] https://help.uber.com/h/d2d43bbc-f4bb-4882-b8bb-4bd8acf03a9d
Interesting. I would have come to the oppisite conclusion, namely that lsd would increase the response to fearful stimuli. It makes sense. My friends who have had bad trips weren't triggered by fearful, external stimuli. They were caused mostly by repressed emotions or thoughts that lsd or mushrooms brought to the fore.

From my experience and observations, bad trips can be powerful experiences that have a positive effect, forcing you to face that which you have hidden away. Of course, it can be damaging as well.
It's not the addition of the touch bar I don't like. It's the removal of the magsafe and forced "dongle-spaghetti" I need to use the USB Type-C.
This is a fascinating topic. But it would be important to keep it apolitical in nature. Perhaps defending / following the EU's human rights?
A few days ago John Gruber linked to a Twitter poll where like/dislike for the Touch Bar was split 50/50:

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/03/twitter-poll-tou...

If half your userbase likes something, you can't really call it a flop. But I'd argue you can't really call it a success if half your userbase dislikes it either.

While it's not really an Apple thing to do, the results of this poll suggest to me that Apple should make the Touch Bar an option, and not something you are required to get if you want a high-end laptop.
If the false accusation was true then there would be a lawsuit by now. Trial by social media can never provide true justice, only an ugly exchange of accusations that harms all parties involved. That's why we should keep personal matters out of the front page of software projects.
I was also very confused about this -- I am a heavy Uber user and was under the impression that I was paying a flagfall plus minutes & kilometers rate.

There's a hint about my confusion in what I just said above: I'm from Australia, where drivers are considered contractors by the Australian Tax Office and must know the gross amount charged for the purposes of calculating their GST (a 10% VAT) burden.

I suspect that Uber aren't able to bring upfront pricing in here without a considerable fight.
As user if I don't feel defrauded then there is no real fraud. Uber's pricing seems fair and reasonable. The lawsuit is just nitpicking.
An apology full of grandiose but still standing on the previous stubborn point. That is not how apologies work.

The person writing what you quoted isn't apologizing, so I'm not sure what you're on about.
How do you know this is scam-ware? Looks plausible and possible to me. What am I missing?