skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
According to the post, they paid Woodshed a retainer and were supposed to pay Woodshed a small percentage of the total if they hit their goal.

Court is the obvious way to handle it, but I see nothing wrong with going public to warn other people, or shame the company into paying up. The company is still apparently doing business. This goes a bit beyond not being able to pay your vendors, and depending on how exactly it went down, what Woodshed did could be outright illegal.
Blue already has at least three customers for New Glenn:

http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-signs-up-third-customer-for...
And the downward ride starts!
For the benefit of who then?
It's more like already having placed a binding order for that next dinner which is already in progress of being made but then refuse to pay.
Fingerprints is a problem, but a more minor one. Pulling your hand off the more accurate touchpad is another one. Screen weight/balance is another one, you want a really stiff screen for touching, but not so stiff you can't easily move it.

I'd say one of my biggest peeves is tap area sizes. Your fingers need much bigger areas to tap in accurately, so an efficient touch UI needs way more space for tap areas. But that space is wasted when you are using a mouse/touchpad cursor.

I think Apples stance that the additional costs and impediments aren't worth the minor gains has been reasonable. But it's probably close. I wouldn't be shocked if they changed their minds on their next round of laptops.
10 years ago was updating BIOS of my Asus motherboard from my Windows OS, with a .exe program.
According to one document[1]

> The decay heat produced by a reactor shutdown from full power is initially equivalent to about 5 to 6% of the thermal rating of the reactor. This decay heat generation rate diminishes to less than 1% approximately one hour after shutdown. However, even at these low levels, the amount of heat generated requires the continued removal of heat for an appreciable time after shutdown.

At 400 MW it takes about 4 hours to boil the water in an olympic swimming pool[1], so there should be some safety margin for the power to drop. Then once it is down to 1% decay heat it could boil for a couple of weeks before running dry.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110316042315/http://www.hss.do...

[2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(specific+heat+of+vapor...
> mad emperor problem

As a tangent, what is that? Didn't find it on google (thought I wanted the wikipedia on caligula).
That Time the U.S. Navy Had a Close Encounter with a UFO
I realize Reddit comments are not generally citation worthy, but maybe read this one, and rethink what you've just posted?

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2rmf6h/til_t...
And yet, it makes much more than a zero marginal impact for most Americans, including you.

So why don’t you deserve it, if even only just to use to donate it to charity?
You say to your friends, "Let's share the cost of dinner". Then when you decide you don't like the dinner, walk out halfway through, leaving your friends to pick up the bill for what you ordered.

Once word gets round, not only your friends but nobody is going to go out to dinner with you ever again.
> Everyone wants their devs to take ownership, but very few create the right business structure to make it possible.

Totally agree on this point. In most companies, this work is not glorified and ends up being done on "stolen time" from the employee, or not done at all. It's a sad state of the industry.

I'd say this is where the more engineering-focused companies tend to excel a bit more since they are more likely to schedule the time and reward folks for doing it.

If you're evaluating companies for fit, its a good idea to ask questions around how this work gets done (asking for specific examples) to see if you glean if it's valued or not.
If the society provides free medical care then I guess that is fair.
Machine Sentience and Robot Rights
New Year's Resolutions and How to Actually Follow Through on Them
Elon Musk Will Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars on Falcon 9 Heavy
From the title, I somehow thought I was going to get a link to this (Leap Frog, Magic Touch):

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81x3li7Wp%2...
Ok, next move is to remove 3rd party Adblocking software from the Chrome Store.
/s
> I don't understand why this entire field seems so focused on gaming, and not productivity.

Lets look at a similar product that lives on as "productivity", one that did NOT launch with gaming features: google glass.

For most of us, and most companies they aren't going to invest 100's or 1000's of dollars on something unproven. We might do that for "entertainment" purposes but not productivity ones until the tech is proven.

How do you prove out tech? How do you get those consumer grade productivity tools into the hands of end users quickly and efficiently -- lower cost or raise value. There are plenty of folks who gladly spend $1000 on gaming, look at the mobile space and the insane decisions consumers make there.
Submission statement: This article goes into a lot more detail about the encounter than the recent NY Times about the Pentagon's UFO project.
The Marcus Test, a simple test to measure technical leadership
MetroMega – Interface
Assessing the Customer Experience ‘maturity’ of organisations
What I feel is lacking from this postmortem is looking inwards : did you make mistakes and how did it affect the outcome.

Answer : we made a huge mistake to trust people with all our money. This mistake has led to all our problems.

I know it sounds obvious, but still.
To be fair, a large fraction of the public does subscribe to the notion of "I have nothing to hide, so mass surveillance is OK".
Natural doesn't mean good. Climate change is natural in that humans arose naturally and have mostly followed our instincts. What we care about is keeping the environment in a state that works for us, not just letting natural processes play out.
At least it doesn’t look like the Stripe site! /s
Google Books is not public: https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-ever-happen...
There are two reasons why the field is focused on gaming and not productivity: fidelity and familiarity. It's hard to build high-enough fidelity into the hardware at a reasonable price point. And even if you did make VR goggles that were great for giant spreadsheets at $1000, it would be a weird enough idea that it would have to be massively better than $1000 worth of monitors to get people interested.

In gaming, on the other hand, the unfamiliarity of the tech is not a risk but an asset, making the experience more novel. The fidelity doesn't have to be sufficient to overtake an existing process, just to support a fun experience. That's a more scalable business with lower technological barriers to entry, so that's where businesses are focused.

Same reason we had Pong before PCs. You might also see major tech advances in products for specific targets, like military use, medical, or advanced manufacturing, that then trickle down to mainstream productivity applications. But until they get the tech good and cheap enough, expect progressively better games!
"All" is taking things a little far -- the Apollo Saturn V stack was assembled vertically (as were the smaller Saturn IB rockets when launched from LC 39).
Mailspring is neat.

Seems its just SquirrelMail under the hood though plus a web browser to browse the mail? Or was that Nylas N1?

I also thought it was open source?

I remember back in the days Modest running on Nokia N-series running Maemo. That used a frontend and backend architecture. Why can we not adopt such in the e-mail world? That way, we abstract the data from the clients.
There were 1150x900 monitors in 1983: http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/symbolics/3600technic...
Apple just can't let go of copying Microsoft, first with flat UI, now with one-size-runs-all :D

Seems like real innovation is a thing of the past.
> Why can’t the U.K. just leave? Say we are gone, we are not giving you any money, and unilaterally state a position on trade terms?

The UK can just leave—that’s what happens automatically with no deal, it leaves the E.U. and is in the same position as any other non-member country with no trade agreement with the E.U.

A lot of business in the UK has been dependent on its trade position in Europe, and there are even political stability issues tied in with that (the Irish border and it's relation to the situation in Northern Ireland, particularly.) So the UK can't afford to walk away, though they are perfectly free to do so.
They're going to block all the other ad blocking extensions from running on Chrome. Or cripple chromes API so they can't exist. Its only a matter of time.
> I think we have people who try to make sure that we don't contaminate Mars with Earth bacteria any more than we can avoid.

Given Elon Musk's goal is explicitly to colonize Mars, this is probably the least of his worries.
> "Another relevant precedent is the EZ negotiations with the Greek Govt over the sovereign debt crisis."

How is that relevant here? The Greek government wanted to declare bankrupcy, but after some initial resistance their own ministers bottled it. They had the power to walk away if they wished.
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So what happens if the EU and UK don't reach an agreement before the article 50 time limit expires? It doesn't make sense that the UK just gets to do what they like, otherwise they wouldn't need to negotiate at all.
Shared Text and UI controls and libraries could be useful, but we need to consider the "one UI" given the title of the article "Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience". That just screams Marketing Department Overreach to me, and I've arguments about this exact issue with sales and marketing people before.

The "one user experience" idea is a fallacy because the physical interfaces are so much different. There are definitely overlaps with typical phones, computers or TVs, but developers should embrace and accentuate the the differences, not try to force everything to the lowest common denominator.

For example, an iPhone has limited text input because of a small screen where the keyboard takes up almost half the space. However, it does have a great camera and a shit ton of useful sensors that no computer or TV ever will.
I think the smartest thing to do is hold it as a hedge against bcash actually usurping bitcoin as the top currency.
Man... My desktop really hasn't changed much from 2005.
It's slow compared to C++, but for most tasks its ~5x faster than python or Ruby. If the task is parallelizable, it will be quite a bit faster. But yeah, you aren't going to be doing math with Elixir. One of the things you'll get with Elixir/BEAM languages is really low and stable latency. You'll never get that with long running Python or Ruby processes.
How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make Your Commute Miserable
Do you realize the EU was co-created by Britain and many EU laws and regulations were drafted by British politicians as well as voted on by them?
I agree that biodiversity is a source of joy and education for me, and I'd add that it's also because we know something about ourselves--we know of the insatiability, the psychopathy, and the destructive nature that comes hand-in-hand with classical capitalism. Many of us see our conservation efforts as a necessary opposing force and as a way of saving ourselves from ourselves.
I wonder if this is a hint that apple might finally be bringing a touch screen interface to the Mac?
I sure wouldn't hold my breath for any Adobe products to get on board with this, they've put all of one app (Photoshop Elements) on the Mac App Store so far.
Advanced SQL Server Man-In-the-Middle Attacks
There's also the aspect of the separate stores. If a developer wants to, they can today offer a single purchase that gives you an app that works on iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Apple TV — but not Macs.
I personally don't like the "company" part of my work. I wish I could just write code and not have to deal with finding clients and signing contracts. If I could do as the author does and just take direct payments to work on an OSS project, I would. Maybe some day…
I can't agree with this at all because it doesn't reflect reality, in fact, is a projection of how conservatives "feel" so they can continue to ignore reality. Immigration isn't a black and white issue. Maybe if you feel that what liberals are implying has some merit of truth to upset you, then you would look at how to change those signals rather than pretend they're not there.
> Cities began regulating fares, service areas, and the business model. Cities put rules on them for the public good.

The popularity of Uber, Lyft and similar show those two statements are in contradiction. I'm sure they weren't aware at the time, but that's what happens when you regulate business models. The status quo is locked in, and things are worse than they could be with perfect invisibility.
So about the same speed the TGV reaches on a regular basis and 120 MPH slower than its top speed.
Article 50 means that no deal happens without unanimity in the EU. The only way that binds the EU is in limiting the ability to make a deal, not obligating them to accept a unilateral UK demand.
My XPS 13 Developer edition had something similar happen to it shortly after upgrading to 17.10. However I think this was circumstance, and that the real culprit was a bad BIOS update from Dell which removed all entries from the boot list (or something to that effect).
That's not the point. I have no doubt it will be "safe" to use. But if it's going to be used for dumbing down apps, it's only going to be beneficial for enterprise and cross platform developers willing to make usability trade-offs to slash development costs.

As a Mac/iOS developer, I'd only use it if I'm able use the merged classes to cross-develop on both platforms, while still implementing my UI natively on each. If it's just for making iOS widget apps run on MacOS, that's fine for others but it's not going to fly for many commercial applications.

The problem is, as an iOS developer, I spent the majority of my time writing UI code to make our apps work as well as possible for users. Which means large tap areas, eschewing menus, minimizing scrolling areas, etc. Basically the opposite of good desktop design.
I don't know why but it kind of rubs me the wrong way PR agencies for Kickstarter/crowd-funding even exist. I'd rather back something that had someone passionate with a shitty cell phone video over the generic sterile PR videos that everything seems to have now.

https://twitter.com/Woodshedagency The hashtags on their twitter description almost seem like satire.
The restaurant at the end of the universe (ft. Kim Dotcom)
It's in big bold letters.

"We were wrong."
Not going to land or even orbit Mars.

From a response from Elon Musk:

> It’s going near Mars. He said it’ll be placed in “a precessing Earth-Mars elliptical orbit around the sun.” What he means by this is what’s sometimes called a Hohmann transfer orbit, an orbit around the Sun that takes it as close to the Sun as Earth and as far out as Mars. This is a low-energy orbit; that is, it takes the least amount of energy to put something in this orbit from Earth. That makes sense for a first flight.

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-ma...
> Why can’t the U.K. just leave? Say we are gone, we are not giving you any money

They can, but then travel and trade becomes ~illegal between the UK and pretty much everyone else, the powder keg of NI starts heating back up, you've got a bunch of britons illegally present in mainland EU and likewise mainland residents in the UK, …

Oh and the UK becomes known for having no respect for international deals, which makes their positions weaker in every future international agreement.

> and unilaterally state a position on trade terms?

And the EU unilaterally states "no" and then what?
If the tracking protection thing were being created before the sites, I agree.

As things stand, it's a hard sell to have a browser do something that breaks sites that used to work. Most users tend to not be happy about it. This is definitely an area worth pushing on; the question is how best to do it.
Ouch, that's amazingly short-sighted.
https://twitter.com/Woodshedagency/status/943508162002513923
I don't like pirating content. I feel it's akin to stealing even though nothing physical is "stolen". (not trying to impose this on anyone else, this is just a personal belief of mine)

However there is one exception, and it's when a company will not allow me to purchase a tv show or movie.

All too many times I've watched seasons 1-4 of a show on something like Netflix, only to find that the most recent 4 episodes of season 6 are on a cable "on demand" service, and season 5 is only available as a DVD box set purchase, with the first half of season 6 literally 100% unavailable anywhere.

I want to pay for their product, they have the product, in most cases they created the product! But they aren't selling it because of reasons that I honestly don't care about any more. I will happily steal that content without remorse.
Profit on the $80 is much less than profit on a $700+ new phone.
The demos have enough information to see that they can't do opacity. But I agree that YouTube videos can't deliver the entire AR experience.
This does not work ( passionate developer with a failed KS )

edit : and this was not because the project sucked, the project is profitable now.
Besides voting? Money. Anyone in a well paid profession who asks ‘what can I do’ the answer invariably is to donate and fund the action groups and parties who best represent your views.

Donating time is a wonderful thing but unless you’re contributing where you’re a specialist in your field the best thing you can do is to donate your hard earned cash.
10 years ago was 2007

:(
It's the American solution, however.
The species extinction rate is very high at the moment, but large impact events probably produce a higher rate and larger ecosystem disruption. The Chicxulub impact extinction event was a much worse than our current situation.
If you can un-zoom (de-zoom?) the umatrix grid with ctrl/mousewheel does that fix it?
No, you would state that you don't like the fact that you don't like what you're having for dinner before going, like a fucking adult.

If we expand on your analogy a little bit: its more like families going to dinner. The British family agreed with the dinner at first but due to some internal changes in the family, now says they didn't like what they ate before, don't like what they will eat in the future, and want to negotiate a different plan for dinner henceforth.
As I say in other comments, WTO rules automatically apply - to both sides. The EU is fully bound by its own laws. It cannot unilaterally decide to reject WTO rules.
My speedmaster bought in bitcoins is pretty real and beautiful !
They did this while also shoving out Family Plans which are by far best bang for your buck in Spotify subscription plans, amortized over 4 or 5 friends.
2x ditto
You're portraying things a black and white and this is not even remotely the case.
The best is when it has GPS but spotty cell service and you miss a turn because "turn right onto $longname $state $many_syllable_route_number" is actually a yield that doesn't require you to stop and you need to turn left/right onto $other-street before it's done telling you to do what you just did. Then it tries to re-route you but 3g service is too spotty to do that but not to spotty to get so far along in the process that it discards the old route you just made a U-turn and got back onto.
I did switch banks due to their redesign. I settled on Radius, primarily for their interest rates since their UX isn't totally there either. All the functionality I need is there (unlike the redesigned Capital One), just not intuitive to find.

If companies are consistently punished by consumers for these unfriendly changes, maybe they'll stop doing them. At least I can hope, right?
When did India join the EU?
You should swing by https://elixirforum.com/ and see what's going on in the community. There are a lot of ELixir users who come from Java, OCaml, Haskell, Ruby, C#/F#, and further afield. It's a great language with a really sold niche in building systems with low latency, high availability, and good parallel data processing.
Yes, I agree to "share the cost of dinner". But I don't get the food that I ordered, and eat very little of it. And I watch others eat a lot of food without contributing to the tab. I then want to leave the dinner which is only right
Brexit is bad for the UK. We can all agree on that?

But it's also a TRAGEDY for the EU. They've lost one of their principal contributors, as well as prestige and status. This is generally not talked about.

The EU are negotiating HARD. Why? Because they are in a position of weakness. If they were in a position of strength then they would let the UK go easily.

Everyone knows this.

The complications are that the UK political establishment and business community don't actually want to leave the EU. Hence the desperate attempt by UK negotiators to keep as much of the old system as possible, to the anger of the proletariat.
An excellent book, which coincidentally I was reading last night.

I'd also recommend How Apollo Flew to the Moon by W. David Woods. Don't be put off by the slightly cheesy-looking cover - it contains a lot of fascinating technical information.
I think you need to consider the second order effects. If we create a world where people have the power to destroy others with a mere accusation, that will change how people behave. It will create an atmosphere of vindictiveness, fear, and distrust.

Having to deal with people who have wronged you, but who you can't prove have wronged you, is just an unfortunate reality of the world. That's how all people lived before the rise of big cities (if they lived in a society with due process), and it's still how millions of people live today in America. If you live in a small town and you get robbed, or mugged, or raped by someone, but the government can't prove it in court, guess what? You can't do anything about the fact that they frequent the same supermarket and same bar, send their kids to the same school, and so forth. In the social contract, this is the cost we pay for the security of our own rights should we ever be accused of wrongdoing. (And of course, a university is not a government or a town, but for the reasons I lay out in the previous comment, I think they should be treated as almost being such. And the comparison informs our intuition as to which social cost is better; it turns out we've already done such analysis and decided, in one similar sphere.)

For obvious reasons, there's no solid numbers on the false accusation rate, but the FBI has found that 8% of forcible rape reports were found to be false by investigation. And remember, those are the cases that the accusers decided to take to police. If you were the type inclined to make false allegations, you would be further encouraged by the lower burden of proof in university tribunals.

When they opened the East German archives, they found that ordinary people had turned the Stasi into their vehicle for personal vendettas. Got into an argument with your neighbor? Scorned by a lover? Stick the Stasi on them. And this was very widespread. A system created for one purpose, to punish wrongdoers of a certain kind, ended up being used to settle personal feuds. Such is the nature of man. Give people incentives to do bad things, and they will do them.

>But if you apply civil standards of proof, you can't mete out punishments. You can only adjudicate rights: "which one of us gets to stay?"

Potayto potahto. Getting expelled from your university for sexual assault is the end of you. Whether you call it a punishment or 'adjudication of rights' is for the law professors.

(And small point: the way you're framing it is a false dilemma, since there is a third option, 'both', which I discuss above.)