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The legal department usually tries to tell us differently and gives the same kinds of arguments as they would give for the 'non-standard' employment contract. "You are only a small company and every other company accepts these conditions". "Only manager X of small department Y wants to do business with you: we won't change our conditions just for them". "The contract is only for few$, we can't do specials for that". But in the end the wishes of someone in the business are more important and conditions can be changed to satisfy both parties.
The NSH simply states that Linux drivers will be provided and supported by the Vendor or no sale. This is not hard.
Which means any app that respects its users by providing a suitable UI/UX using the best features of the OS running on the device they paid for.
Why all these downvotes? What's wrong with criticizing ambiguous references?
The Debian Med project is working towards packaging software that is useful, including working with proprietary equipment.

https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/
Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream?
In the United States there are a lot of fiber to the home providers that offer gigabit speeds and cable companies are starting to offer gigabit speeds over their hybrid fiber coaxial networks. With these deployments and the incoming fixed wireless/5G era will 2018 be the year of gigabit in the United States?
Being able to filter out and automatically hide stories from the front page by tag would be lovely. There's just so much stuff I don't care about at all that gets pushed up the front page and takes up residence there, and I'm starting to wear out the "hide" link...
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Motu Patlu and Invisible Plane Part 03
Really depends on a case by case basis. In smaller companies or the recently founded megacorps, managers often have a lot of sway since they are responsible for the survival/growth of the company. So if you're a required hire, the manager might ask his/her manager to push your request through.

Much harder to do this in a bureaucratic company that has been around forever since they tend to be pretty inflexible on everything except salary/benefits.
I very much doubt she had no warning. You got two warnings and had to opt out. She probably just clicked through them. Check the event log and scheduler logs. It will have the event in there saying the user consented to it. I had to find this on a machine after a user complained it didn't tell him and it clearly did and he clicked through.

> I don't know what you mean by "this has to be done", there is no obligation to apply updates. What if I want my computer to run a windows without updates ? Am I not entitled to use my own property as I so choose ?

If your machine becomes a botnet node and causes problems for other people, which is a big problem, then you forfeit the right. The same thing if your apartment leaks water into another one. Be a good citizen.

Failed updates, now that's the only valid part of your point. I've had a few and they weren't disruptive but this is just my case.
The "fix" for the issues that the Germanwings tragedy laid bare was a "2-person policy": if one of the pilots has to leave the cockpit, another member of the crew will take their place. But this introduced new problems, e.g. the time that the cockpit door needed to be open increased considerably, creating new opportunities for forcibly entering the cockpit. Many airlines are in the process of rolling back this policy.

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/30/two-person...
The raspberry pi's selling points are:
1. It works nearly out-of-the-box. You only have to prepare an SD card.

2. It is tiny

3. It is quite power efficient

4. It has GPIO pins, which make it usable for experimenting with hardware.

5. It has a great community (you can easily find many projects for it, and there are some great OSes available, which run nice educational software)

6. It is cheap

All of this makes it fantastic for education and as a gadget. The whole point of the raspberry pi is to be unlike other computers. You can set it up as a server, but this is not its main purpose.

The Dell Optiflex FX160 probably outperforms the pi at all measures, but it is just stupid to compare it to a raspberry pi, because it has none of its unique points which make the pi a good choice in the first place.

Now, there are actually some better raspberry pi clones out there. For those products, a title like this might make sense.
A fresh Chrome install with no extensions + uBlock will give you the same performance as Brave as evidenced from every independent test I've seen online. That's what Brave is. Chromium + custom theme + adblocker - extension support. You can get similar performance from Firefox now with a fresh install + uBlock + turning on Electrolysis.
“We can build these models, but we don’t know how they work.”

When talking about the simple loan models, etc, this seemed dubious to me.
Are engineers with no knowledge of ML building the models?

It works by showing a probability of correlation between features and output after careful training, validation, feature selection, and weighting on a lot of data. Sure, you may be surprised sometimes, but it just means there were patterns in the data that you weren't aware of.

I did think the deep learning car that won't listen seemed cool, though.
I never understood the wealth redistribution argument from (USA) Americans. If you make $32,400 a year you are in the top 1% globally. Thus you have the power to fix it, at least on the small scale and yet I haven't heard of a single person who holds these views even attempting to do so. When it comes to most of the western world screaming about income equality won't "help you with medical costs/student loans" in fact it will do very much the opposite unless you chose to implement it in a manner that really doesn't create more equality as much as making a certain class in a certain nation wealthier, but then aren't you just as bad as the capitalists you complain about?
Thanks for the insight. Could you please elaborate on the Stockdale's Paradox.

I researched the topic but couldn't understand the connection with me finding self-discipline techniques harmful.

Should I not lose faith and try to find better ways to get my life in order?
Having just gone through a lengthy review process identifying a suitable license for our soon to be open-source software which has a commercial aspect, and selected AGPLv3, I'm very curious to know what companies have it "categorically banned". We did some research and didn't find that anyone had an issue with it. Whilst AGPL does open up come grey-areas which aren't as well understood as GPL the general reason to use it seems to be as part of a dual licensing scheme where companies with AGPL issues can simply purchase a non-transferrable limited MIT license or similar.

Can you give me any more info on your sources?
You can disable the update service. It works since at least Windows 98 and takes maybe 5 clicks.
Also, military spending of WWII got us out of the depression. We haven't really stopped and no one really knows what would happen to our economy if we did.

I would like to see some of that diverted into more important things like health care. Of course the whole prison concept is very, very expensive. We house more prisoners (total, not per capita) than any other country in the world. How much does that cost us in money and liberty?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2...
That is very interesting. I don't see anyone having a significant motive here.

Only thing I can think of is really, really far-fetched. Someone who know what was about to happen to the NHS inserted a backdoor into this distro, and is now advertising it to them.

Yeah, I know. Probably not.
My planned solution: Use Jekyll instead of WordPress.

I have still not finished that migration.
I'm surprised this is so up-voted, but I guess it's the general opinion here at hackernews.

Is there any real data out there on this? Talking to 10 drivers in one region of the US seems like a far cry from the kind of information you want to have to form an opinion on how the tides are shifting.

At the end of the day, there are still lots of reasons why Uber might not be slipping away as we think, and I think we would all benefit from at least an effort towards breaking out of our bubbles.
Yes, because they're intended for corporate IT to use.
Project Management Within Industries and Sectors
What is the NHS?

Seriously, what is the NHS? Nothing defines the NHS, including the about page.
NHS Digital has a budget of 250M GBP a year. I don't think that's even the full budget however.

Looks like the full budget might be closer to 1B GBP:

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/practice-topics/it...

Is this not enough provide infrastructure to keep maybe 200K PCs up to date? (I don't have number on how many PCs they have...).

I'm not saying it is, or isn't. But I would be useful to explore the issue. Throwing more money at the problem isn't necessarily the solution.
Hi everyone, our browser-based game editor Construct 3 is completely free for the next two weeks for the Newgrounds/Construct gamejam - the theme is "Good things come in threes". Would welcome any feedback on the editor! Links to full announcements:

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I never noticed.
This automated code style review tool checks for java
Creator of The Witness talks about design process and identity crisis
If Microsoft hadn't burned a decade's worth of "leave auto-updates on to keep your system safe!" public goodwill by force-feeding WIN10 BS to a massive number of people who did not want it, it's highly likely that this update would have been nearly unconditionally applied.

The default attitude of most people I've interacted with regarding technology is apathy. If it works, they're happy and they leave it alone.

Do you really think that a significant number of non-tech people would have gone to the trouble of looking up how to turn off updates to their facebook/email/google machine if Microsoft hadn't caused a massive shitstorm with their forced update BS?

The vendor is entirely at fault for making stupid short-sighted decisions that caused users to lose trust in the update process. No amount of handwaving can change that fact.
I'm defining feminist to mean anyone who calls themselves that.

I've read plenty of feminists argue that society needs to solve the problem of women earning less, but never read a feminist argue that society needs to solve the problem of men living shorter.

This is, on the face of it, odd, given that one of these issues is a matter of life and death and the other one is not.
What is your point ? That microsoft should be better at security in the first place ? That Sony should refrain from playing stupid games to prevent winning stupid prizes ? That computer vulnerabilities are a contagious disease ?

Man you're in for an amazing time when you will learn about that stupidity called the Internet of Things.
That's a specific architecture I'm describing, sure. We could go much deeper with workers per route, greenthreaded apps, and many other things. But I still don't think that affects my main question: given a choice between reacting to crossing some threshold and enforcing a threshold you cannot cross - what's the benefit of the first one?
I use iOS and CentOS regularly. It doesn't happen either.

However the former has a different security model and the latter is mainly run by experts. The point is moot.
That's not quite true. Curry-Howard only applies to constructivist mathematics, which is a very tiny subset of mathematics proper.
Sorry, the two years was a reference to Windows XP, of which there were also way too many installs still around (although possibly not on critical devices, but all the more irresponsible to not have upgraded them, then).

> No-one takes an airplane out of service in mid-flight to apply a security update.

No, not mid-air, but close to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_airworthiness_direct...
But what about the billions of pounds worth of existing equipment?
You can't just install security updates in Windows 7 any more. The only option via Windows Update itself is the monthly roll-up that includes everything. You have to jump through hoops or have a centrally administered system where the admin is jumping through hoops to do anything more selective, such as installing only the security updates.
A clean Firefox install with Electrolysis enabled will get similar performance to Chrome for most folks these days. And you're using a browser that's more customizable even without legacy addons than Chrome is.

One advantage non-speed for many people is that it's not written by a company with a vested interest in ensuring you see advertisements and use their search engine. This can turn into technical and user experience advantages, too. As an example, Firefox on Android can use uBlock or AdBlock Plus to block ads. Chrome on Android can't.
So what you're proposing is, in effect, running an OS outside of its support window.
Oh God you're right.

300x300 pixel screen, IE 5.5, tiny tiny processor, 128MB of ram (64MB on the old ones).

The only advantage that thing had was that if you dropped it from a fourth story window, the device would be fine. I was told we had tested this to be sure.
In search for books like these in the past, I found "Understanding Analysis" (Stephen Abbott). I went through the first two chapters and I liked it. It is written in a narrative which is both entertaining and instructive. He explains the problem, why is it relevant, ways of approaching it, etc. "It is designed to capture the intellectual imagination."

From the preface:
"This book is an introductory text. The only prerequisite is a robust understand-
ing of the results from single-variable calculus. The theorems of linear algebra
are not needed, but the exposure to abstract arguments and proof writing that
usually comes with this course would be a valuable asset. Complex numbers are
never used.

The proofs in Understanding Analysis are written with the beginning student
firmly in mind. Brevity and other stylistic concerns are postponed in favor
of including a significant level of detail. Most proofs come with a generous
amount of discussion about the context of the argument. What should the
proof entail? Which definitions are relevant? What is the overall strategy?
Whenever there is a choice, efficiency is traded for an opportunity to reinforce
some previously learned technique. Especially familiar or predictable arguments
are often deferred to the exercises.

The search for recurring ideas exists at the proof-writing level and also on
the larger expository level. I have tried to give the course a narrative tone by
picking up on the unifying themes of approximation and the transition from the
finite to the infinite. Often when we ask a question in analysis the answer is
“sometimes.” Can the order of a double summation be exchanged? Is term-by-
term differentiation of an infinite series allowed? By focusing on this recurring
pattern, each successive topic builds on the intuition of the previous one. The
questions seem more natural, and a coherent story emerges from what might
otherwise appear as a long list of theorems and proofs."
Did Disney Ruin Pixar?
No, it is fun and rewarding because it is genuinely hard to understand. Once you really understand it, it tends to become more obvious in hindsight, but good luck getting your understanding across to someone else who hasn't spent as much time thinking about this as you.
actually its not a bad idea if you don't care about size...
Two days after WCry worm, Microsoft decries exploit stockpiling by governments
This, really this.
Yeah, who can forget that Microsoft update that locked all your files unless you paid a ransom in Bitcoin.
> For the other companies just shipping 10nm, we expect what they call 10nm to have a logic transistor density measured close 50 million transistors per square millimeter, not the 100 million per square millimeter that we offer on our 10nm. It’s almost a full generation difference.

Something to keep in mind. I've read in multiple articles that other foundries have caught up with intel. Apparently not quite. Though it's probably closer than it has been for a while.
Silently installing Win10 from Win7 at this point after the window has long closed would be a massive controversy and utterly unprecedented in the industry.

So was pushing the original Windows 10 update from Windows 7. That didn't stop them.

Once bitten, twice shy.
Yes, the idea that business is any better at not wasting money is a fallacy, particularly large, cash-cow businesses.

But your point is right. The incentives for budgeting, at least at the government institution I worked for years ago is if you don't use it, you lose it, so it leads to completely using the budget every year regardless of if it is actually needed or not.
What? On 2.3, the average device had 250M internal storage for apps.

A Moto G 2015 has only 8GB storage.

Even mid-range devices sold today only come with 8GB storage, of which 6GB are used by the OS.
National Health Service (how most people receive healthcare in the UK). I guess they're context blind because of the recent WanaCrypt infection they're on the minds of the target audience of this joke? buisiness?
how's the capacitor rot on these optiplexes?
Actually, the latest news suggests this thing is a hybrid worm/phishing trojan which can use the SMB exploit where that works best (e.g. once it is inside a local network).
I have a friend who knows next to nothing about different OSs and other various technology thingaroos. He just uses whatever is in front of him. It's not that he can't learn more, he just doesn't care to.

He hates Windows 10.

I rate Microsoft a strong sell.
Yeah, but they would have had to waste several dozen man hours having to redo the work that the British media did for them, for free. Cunts.
National Health Service, which is the public health service of the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service
1st gen iPad Mini owner here. I received it as a Christmas present in 2012, and in the first few months, I couldn't figure out how it was supposed to fit in with a laptop and phone always in tow. I eventually found the sweet spot, and I am a mini tablet evangelist. It's still chugging along fine 4.5 years later in spite of all of the abuse it has received.

I bought a Nexus 7 in lieu of the iPad in 2015. The Nexus 7 is only 2 years old, but it chugs along fine as well. My only complaint is that the standby battery life on the Nexus is abysmal. It's not an age thing - it's always been bad.

There is no need to be on the upgrade wagon for tablets like with phones. This isn't quite the case anymore, but 2 years on the same phone used to be a very long time in terms of hardware/software breakthroughs. A 2010 version of a smartphone was usually markedly different from a 2012 version of a smartphone. Once the 2nd generation of tablets was released (to fix the missteps of the 1st generation), then there was little incentive to upgrade.
These devices don't come with drivers for any OS - they come with builtin Windows or otherwise computers with the software preinstalled and put into autostart.

That's why it is so difficult to update all those machines. They are simply not designed to be updated by anyone. For most of them, updating to Windows 7 or anything as recent is impossible because they have proprietary ISA or PCI cards or similar ancient technology that is used to interface with the actual hardware.
Still, the default settings can be annoying.
Can you spell out what you are implying? Are you saying that the NHSbuntu project is somehow involved with WannaCry, or that they are somehow profiteering?
I'm pretty sure one of Intel's low-power CPUs include a low-power ARM GPU, although I can't remember which one.
I am not the author of the comment, but I can perfectly explain. Feminists and SJWs is a category of people that more often than not want to give power to women at the expense of men and specifically white men.

This organisation helps literally everyone except single men, even when it's obvious that men suffer more often from the problem they're trying to fix, thus this is an organisation that is sexist against men. This fits the feminist/SJW agenda perfectly and one can suspect that this is a feminist effort and supporting it should also be considered the same.
And yet that flies in the face of everything we have learned in the last decades. Is it just wishful thinking? Head-in-the-sand? Is the sky also not blue?

Positions as incredibly implausible as that need extraordinary explanation.
By that definition, pretty much all software has "poor security" regardless of language. I don't think your definition of "poor security" is proportionate or useful.
ChromeOS also does a lot less.
> I fill the gas tank because I monitor the fuel gauge, not because it warns me that it's nearly empty.

You are better than 99% of users which is what this issue is about. You are a power user capable of looking after a machine. The problem the people who aren't.
You know, this kind of reminds me of that seen from Goodfellas where Ray Liotota's character is explaining about protection rackets. The quote goes something like "Having a bad day, fk you pay me. Your loved one is sick, fk you pay me. Business going badly, fk you pay me."

And that's exactly how I feel about all of these proprietary device providers that have all these massive contract with the NHS. It really should be "Want this massive NHS contract, fk you, support our OS"

I'm quadriplegic and rely on the NHS for my life, literally for my life and this kind of shit scares the absolute crap out of me. Yes it will be difficult, yes there are challenges but we are one of the richest countries on earth and we invented the Sinclair C5 for goodness sake. This is not beyond us.

Sorry, this hack and finding out about all those XP machines has terrified and angered me beyond all reason.

Edited to Add: Just to be clear, I agree with the OP!
So what about the small majority ? Do they get a "sorry not sorry, f*ck you" card ?

You should assume that windows users doing batch stuff over night are people who have better things to do with their computers during their day or want their computer to work for them while they're not sitting in front of it.
Try considering the whole instead of splitting to only address the large majority.
I think it depends what book you're looking at. Pedagogy in education is a pretty recent thing IMO.

As of the teaching side, I went through my entire math bachelor without understanding what were the applications of what I was learning. Now that I do cryptography I finally understand some of these. There was also this course by Gilbert Strang on matrices that taught me that they were used in compression. None of my teachers could have told me that...
> You can set it up as a server, but this is not its main purpose.

I thought the article was very clear about that as it's point. If you were thinking of using an RPi as a server, it's not meant for that, here is a better alternative.
I am amazed that there is no mention of airflow in this thread.
This seems like a long-winded way of saying "yes we bomb patients". Do you actually believe this?
The problem with Microsoft updates is that they are so intrusive that the purpose of your computer is to run updates. They interrupt you when you're trying to use your computer, or they cause hour-long startup times.

I've never had such intrusive updates on Mac or Android.

Perhaps Microsoft needs to figure out how to make updates much more seamless. You shouldn't need a 2-hour reboot in the middle of editing a word file just to protect against malware.
Got to love the news! They just love throwing anyone under the bus..