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I love how quickly they're pushing out these releases. It's awesome to have my applications constantly improving in speed without me having to do much.

Although I'm honestly a bit confused on their explanation of .prop and .attr now... Maybe I should just re-read it slower, or give myself a little more time to wake up. Unless someone would care to explain it in simpler terms for me. ;)
Or the hard drives were actually stolen.
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Did she know the Internet use was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars? It's unclear in the article.
One of the guys on the early team wrote pro git which he then open sourced and gave away free. That book is pretty good at demystifying git.
Gross revenue means nothing, profit is the only thing that matters. Considering they have $360 million[1] in VC, and no mention of actual profitability after 5 years, they're pretty high on the "Most Successful Failures" list still.

1. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter
SQL is quick and easy to write. I never understood why people decided it would be a good idea to add another layer of abstraction on top in various web frameworks.

I don't think it saves dev time at all. It just makes it more difficult to know what queries you're running by looking at the code.
News items like this make me sad. Reading the callous comments here (from people far more privileged than the convict) is even sadder. This and the misguided porn raid that was covered 2 days ago... and these are the ones that appear in HN. How many such injustices happen every day?

I think law schools should have mandatory "Internet Technology & Law" classes. I used to think that the judges in cases like music piracy were just dishonest and in bed with RIAA. Now, I understand the situation is even worse: they are totally clueless about basic technology. And, obviously, they are not intelligent enough to have a health curiosity and learn about these matters (the US Supreme Court judges, for example, have demonstrated that they do this).
> You can use Markdown / LaTeX equations on the cards,

That's not exactly something that will attract the masses.
I run my own mailserver too for private use. I make use of a DNS provider who also provides backup SMTP service.

Basically it adds another address as alternative for delivery for your domain. That server is configured to forward the mail to your primary server or hold it until it comes up again.

Works great, and you could even use it as a spam filtering option, since legitimate servers should only try the first server, but a lot of spammers use the second one thinking that it probably has less spamfiltering or something.
The two best .com domains that I own at the moment are: cyapix.com nearbuyit.com and not a com but still good userna.me
We are a music data and services company with an API as our main product. I guess there would be many ways to refer to that, and I don't know of many analogs in the space.
The metaphor I've often preferred is that meditation is like biking into the woods. You know the path, and you only get so far as you are in shape to go, but you also know that you can get back out and that you're safe. Taking drugs is like hitch-hiking. You can go a lot farther with less effort, and you're probably OK, but you have no idea where the fuck you are or how to get back.
Now if they update the Macbook Air with Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt, that would be a perfect machine.
First bin Laden reports came in tweets, as media scrambled for confirmation
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Stolen Camera Finder promises to find your camera with EXIF data, probably won't
Stop trolling / submitting tired, caustic UX/aesthetics-denialist remarks in Apple threads. And yes, you are trolling because the notion that people are throwing away their computers just because "Apple introduces a new connector" to hook up monitors is unbelievably asinine.

People buy Macs and often spend a lot of money on them because they offer, for them, the best overall package. And believe it or not, that package is not simply about hardware specs and functionality. These people don't care about that grey box PC because it doesn't even begin to approach being a viable substitute. Take it from someone who's been using and building his own grey box PCs for the greater part of his life.

You can disagree that Macs offer an overall package worth their price, but you're not everybody.
Thanks I posted it here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2510150
I love the 27". Best display I've ever had. Move your desk.
...because when you sign the car rental agreement, you agree to pay back any fines. Whoever cashes these fines will get their money from the rental agency, and they will then get it from you (or sue you for breach of contract if you don't pay them).

I was not saying that the dog did anything consciously. The point is that there is a class of liabilities that do no depend on being 'factually responsible' for something. You can have no power whatsoever to prevent something, and still be liable for it. That makes the case for this wireless network even stronger - there is something you can do as an owner. You can take reasonable measures to stop others from using it. It makes perfect sense to hold people responsible for enabling the improper use by others.

(note also that I'm not claiming that somebody who has an open access point will be jailed for child pornography; what I'm saying is that there is a very reasonable case to be made for holding people accountable for not taking proper care of their property (wifi network) that will enable others to use it illicitly).
It seems pretty simple to me. The AP owner is acting as a small ISP and should have all relevant protections.
I'm not sure where you are from, but I've never heard of a driver being held responsible for somebody else speeding in their vehicle. Even with cameras, the court is required to prove it was you in the vehicle if you contest it.

Edit: USA, btw
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There's so much out there, trouble is deciding what you're likely to be interested in. The Philosophy Bites podcast (http://www.philosophybites.com/) may give you some ideas.
> * or simply impossible*

how can anything be possible in one turing complete language but not at all possible in another?
I wasn't entirely sold on the splitting up of attributes and properties at first. After all, a big part of jQuery is adding convenience, and this does remove a certain amount of convenience at the end of the day, even if only a little. Then I got to the performance graphs at the end. Those are some impressive speed ups for almost all the browsers (1). The speed + more logical separation seems totally worth it.

(1) Except, you know, ie 7 and ie 8. So... half the internet.
Telstra Wireless Telemetry Service standard rate card: http://www.mobilitypartner.telstra.com/web/mpp/plans
$1/MB is the highest rate.

Interestingly the some of the sales material states "If a system is using more data than anticipated, Telstra Wireless M2M [Machine2Machine] Control Centre can alert you or automatically message directly to a device installed in the vehicle. Automated alerts and business rules monitor the health of the devices and instantly modify services based on exception activity." Guess Aurora weren't taking advantage of that.
Tethering on T-Mobile is free. I don't have cable/DSL at home. Rather, I tether through my T-Mobile cell phone exclusively. Word on the street (T-Mobile forums) is that there is a 5 GB soft cap on data. Once you hit it, you are dropped to Edge speeds.

Last month I went over 5 GB for the first time (5.5 GB) but speeds were not dropped.
Browsers have two concepts for "data that's attached to an element". There are traditional attributes, for example: <input type="text"/> - doing .getAttribute("type") will get you "text".

Additionally there is the concept of DOM object properties - these are properties that exist solely on the JavaScript implementation of the DOM node. For example .selectedIndex is a property that exists on select elements but isn't actually an attribute.

Previously jQuery conflated properties and attributes (sometimes using one, sometimes using another). Unfortunately, while this creates a result that is perhaps slightly more user friendly, it also creates lots of weird edge cases that are hard to define (such as the cases relating to value, outlined in the blog post). For this reason we've split apart the functionality into two realms: .attr()/.removeAttr() and .prop()/.removeProp().

How does this affect you and your applications? It probably (hopefully) won't. Continuing to use .attr()/.removeAttr() will probably be just fine. Using other jQuery helpers, like .val(), will help to cover over the last remaining bits of weirdness that exist.

In short: Nothing much of serious consequence will likely change, but we're going to actively watch the response from this release and make sure we act appropriately, and swiftly, should major problems come up.
There would be a certain amount of included data allowance per month for a set fee, and data use over that amount would be charged at a very high rate per MB.
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Lol, I know. But I need it too much for myself. :-o
> ...bullshit.

Worse: Lie. Bald-face lie.
Can anyone tell me how the iMac does in terms of noise under heavy load ? I have a QuadCore Macbook Pro 15" and while its immensly powerful it also gets annoyingly noisy as soon as you try to use all that power.
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I imagine that the experiences that you have while taking certain drugs don't just exist in a vacuum and disappear when you re-join earth. They stay with you. It is another experience to add to all of the other experiences that you have had in your life -- experiences that shape you.

Having an overwhelming and profound experience while taking LSD does not trivialize or diminish other experiences in your life. The soul has plenty of room for boarding.

Experiences do not have to be equivalent in order for the end result (i.e. you changing a particular behavior or making a decision to go on a different path in life) to be quite similar.
<soapbox>

I just don't buy it. IMHO, saying that using drugs to get to ideas/inspiration is like saying a wheelchair can help you get from one place to another even though your limbs are perfectly adequate. Maybe it'll help you get here but you could have gotten there without it.

If you like to get high, don't make excuses for it. Just admit to yourself that you like to get high. People who like to go to strip clubs don't say they go there for the lighting and it helps with design. People who watch TV don't say they watch for the education. Why do people who like to get high make up excuses to make their behavior socially acceptable. If you like to do it, own it.

</soapbox>

It's definitely possible that I am completely wrong as I haven't done LSD, Coke, etc.
Thank you! The more I thought about it I couldn't think of a succinct way to communicate it. It is also very great, BTW.
Except for that 1.05 exchange rate...
Ask HN: Where do I buy insurance for Saas translation startup?
I am starting a translation saas company.

I should get insurance in case of "mistranslations" - where does one buy this kind of insurance in Massachusetts?
Wow! Chrome has the best version adoption rate. Is that because the updates are easier and more streamlined?
You are wrong ;-)
The death of your own child even, not just any child.

Just a thought: can you imagine that there may be many completely different ways you could think, all of them "sane"? That the patterns of thought you take for granted are mostly there by chance? Please take a moment and think before you answer.

Because if you can't, that would explain your reaction. GP found out something about himself by using LSD, and that something happened to be important enough that it changed his life. Why is that such a hard thing to imagine?

There are pills and there are pills. For my uncle 40 years ago, "just a pill" saved his life (penicillin). There are many pills that could kill you. And apparently there are pills that can change the way you think, and at least for some people this happens to have major positive consequences. Why is this by default evil?

I share your concern about MDMA use for therapy - but I don't think we should throw away the baby along with the bathwater. Drugs are extremely dangerous, especially for young and/or uneducated people, because they _work_. They have real, consistent effects, and if you manage to align those effects with your goals, good things happen. But if you don't... and this is why you usually have several horror stories for each successful one. Still - I think there is a lot of potential here.

My particular experience is of much smaller scale - a few months ago I found out that occasional melatonin use can fix my sleep schedule long term. Not a big thing, but I see it as one battle I've won with my genetics. And that's a good thing.
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"Security experts know, of course, that there’s nothing magical about Macs when it comes to security."

I suppose a conceptually simpler security model isn't "magical" but in my experience it usually does improve the security of a system.
That's silly. These SIM cards are used for very low monthly transfer. The companies agree to them _because_ the devices won't use much bandwidth. Properly configured devices (i.e., when SIM cards aren't being stolen and used in laptops) will not ever encounter these overages.

There's no "robbery" involved.
Reminds me of some similar predictions:

"This is almost certainly the year of the OS X exploit" (Feb 2006)
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/113758

iPhone to be target of hackers (December 2007)
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/121107-report-iphone-t...

Apple has a few extremely good security engineers (two of which were stolen from FreeBSD and whom I know personally). I've never believed OS X is bullet-proof, but it sure beats anything else I'd recommend to my 60+ year old mom. She's had more security problems with her garage than with her computer.
I call BS on the headline. I don't understand how this applies to the iPad.
Is it just me, or does this author have no understanding of hackerdom? Starting, of course, with the terminology and history, but also in the assumption that a staged model will always produce a better design than rapid iteration and refactoring.
And once you know it, you know it.

Personally I would work the other way around, trying to detach myself for all the mundane pleasures (and failing constantly) and seeing how unimportant some perks are. But that's just me. What I see around is lots of hatred speech when people have been forbidden access to these things. It would be wise of Google or any other company to avoid these situations altogether.
Cloud turns software release cycle on its head
I know, I know what swag I would like cool transformer toys.

The norm is to appeal to 8-10 year old boys. I ain't. But I am a geek at heart. Also those stupid mental rings and stuff like that.

I was thinking useful stuff - but skip that - give something that makes me smile.
None of these are explicitly startup-friendly, but they're all good for doing work at:

http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/restaurants/6328...
It seems likely that it will turn into a more or less standard Android tablet, with some nod to a slightly readable (FFS) screen outdoors.

I wish Qualcomm would get Mirasol manufactured in volume; I have seen it on a 5inch prototype tablet and it looks really lovely, is readable in full sunlight, and has good refresh rates.
To replace the hard drive in my computer I need the essential tech tool, the Phillips screwdriver. I bought one for $14.95 and the UX on it is amazing.
Yes, clearly judges are "not intelligent enough".

Arrogant much?
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I disdain articles that begin by explaining their own "clever" headlines. Like anybody would try to read it on the internet if they didn't know what Jump the shark means.
Wrong title. A more accurate one would be "Big Centralized Services are the Most Appalling Spy Machine".

Unless of course you estimate that the internet is a place where you have to use big centralized services very often. We do use them very often, but as billybob¹ said, we don't actually have to.

[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2510133
Back 25 years ago I worked for the phone company. I was excited to learn that the way fiber works is essentially to carry multiple channels based on divisions of color. Of course, when you stop to think about it, that's precisely analogous to carrying multiple frequencies of radio, or audio (as with a modem). But thinking of this in terms of multiple colors being transmitted simultaneously really brought the point home.
> how can anything be possible in one turing complete language but not at all possible in another?

Rephrase that as 'only possible if you write a Lisp implementation in that language' and you'll have the right idea.
I can't believe this has upvotes.
Telstra are the major Australian telco, and for a number of years (and still in a number of areas) pretty much a monopoly. They're infamous for their price gouging.

So, how could someone ring up $200k data bill? Here's Telstra's current mobile phone plans http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/plans/phone_plan.html
Note, this includes a whopping $5 data/month at the bargain rate of $2/Mb

It wasn't that long ago they were selling 3 year, $29/month adsl plans that included 200Mb (yes, Meg) of data, and then charged $15/Mb for any used over that
Here's the part that alarmed me:

> Justice Tennent said Monks destroyed the card when she realised it did not belong to Mr Freeman.

Yet she still hands down 6 months of jail, 12 months of suspended sentence, and almost $200,000 of fines. What?
Of course it's possible. The question is; how much work is it going to be? Will I have to use my turing complete language to implement Lisp to do it? In that case I would accept "impossible" as shorthand.
She almost certainly knew that she should not be using it. If I stole a priceless Stradivarius would I be punished any differently if in court I claimed to have thought it was just a cheap bit of wood with some strings attached?

The sentence does seem harsh to me too, but generally speaking ignorance is not an acceptable defence espscially when the ignorance is not knowing/caring about the scale of the offence rather than just being ignorant that it is an offence at all.
I believe it is extremely important to start coding as soon as possible, and do several iterations of "learn by reading" and "learn by doing".

The Notepad example in the official documentation is a very good Hello World v2: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/ind.... Immediately after doing this one, I believe you have to start coding for that application you have in mind right away.

When you learn a bit more, you'll come back and maybe create a custom component instead of that copy-pasted layout piece of XML, or replace that ugly thread by an AsyncTask...

As for the article, I really like the selection of material.
I'll assume that if you win a court case your compensation you'll be a truck of soda cans then.
That's a bit like saying a rust-proofed car is worse than a non-treated one.
Telstra almost certainly has a special deal with the power company--extremely low per-device rates for consistent very low bandwidth usage. They have a ton of these power meters out there and they don't exactly need a multi-gigabyte network plan.

Those overages are as high as they are because they're a deterrent from the power company from fielding broken hardware that uses more bandwidth than it should.
I have been warm to the idea of adding the roles "designer" and "finisher" from the art production world to the software world.

1 person hacked demos, in the full knowledge that the code would thrown away.

This is akin to the character designer in the art production world. They produce the initial sketches and ideas.

These works are generally too rough or "out there" to be used in the production and are handed off to a "finisher" who has the technical know-how to flesh out the character to be used by production artists.

In the software world the designer would throw caution to the wind to pursue the big ideas. They would produce software that "works" but would in all likelihood need revision to be useable and maintainable by a team.

The finisher would take this rough code and apply their deep understanding of good software and revise the code to be maintainable, stable, and scalable.

But maybe this is an artificial division of responsibility. In practice I've been on both sides. I start with an idea and get it to a point where it works correctly. Then I switch gears and refine it so that it's stable and most importantly: maintainable. However, that switch is always a big one and elucidates many different feelings (usually one of excitement to one of dread and fear of boredom). The work can be done by one person, but I like to think I could increase my output if I stayed on one side of it.
Political, flagged.
If I understand correctly, .prop reflects the current state of the DOM, .attr reflects the state when loaded or last updated with javascript.

If you have:
<input id="test" type="text" value="initial" />

On load, the page should show for $("#test")
.prop("value") = "initial",
.attr("value") = "initial"

Then, if you type in "current" into the 'test' input box, the page should show:
.prop("value") = "current",
.attr("value") = "initial"
without any other events taking place that would update the value.
Perhaps just an option to only allow audio from the active tab
I agree that celebrating the death of a human being is disturbing. I like to think that the celebration was a celebration of what this means in terms of the warn on terror. We all know that it Al Qaeda wasn't just Bin Laden himself and that absolute victory won't be achieved until all of Al Qaeda is stopped, but removing Bin Laden is a huge step in the process of achieving that goal.
People wonder why "women" find certain fields distasteful. came to HN: Number one topic for comments - about a "Woman".

Why say she is a woman? Depressing. Is it required? No it is just to stress the fact that women are stupid and perhaps deceitful than men. Yet my empirical suggests otherwise. So sad HN.

Edit: Downvote all you want.
Intelligence is hard to define but I think the biggest component is a healthy curiosity for everything. If topic is related to your job this counts as double. Seeing judges not having a grasp of basic knowledge related to the Internet, when there are so many resources they can get information is inexcusable.
And this?: http://news.ycombinator.com/yc
Same here. I recommend the iPad to older folks regularly. You are correct that there is no magic that prevents iOS from being compromised ... but their security model has been working well so far.

I taught a computer class to seniors in a community center a while ago ... I was horrified at the number of toolbars and browser plugins these people had managed to gather on their "mainstream" browsers/operating systems. My advice to them ... don't do online banking online!
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It's disturbing how seldom local jurisdictions follow the MUTCD. Just in case one does, though, I'm sometimes tempted to pull over next to those black-hoses-across-the-roadway speed measurement devices and spoof a lot of extremely fast traffic with a pair of hammers or something.