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It is for real and it's delicious:

http://www.coldfusiongelato.com/
Judge: No Stickers Or Posters About Health Risks In San Fran Cell Phone Shops
I thought when I walked into the Toyota dealership and bought a car, I owned it too, however, I guess I really don't because I can't load custom software onto my in car navigation system.

This is a ridiculous logical fallacy. People want a car or a phone that works. Outside of a few hackers and geeks, nobody cares if they can load their own custom software on it.
You're comparing the library-supplied date formatter for each language, not the language's speed at processing Strings. And the Java threading code is mostly benchmarking the speed of thread creation - in a real-world implementation you'd be using a thread pool with fewer lines of code.
GoogleTV blog post:

http://googletv.blogspot.com/2011/10/update-on-google-tv.htm...
People do give rides all the time :) we're helping people form carpools, in the legal sense. Millions of carpools already happen each day among people with shared destination/interests, and the insurance laws around that are pretty well established and reasonable. (Note that we cap payments at AAA carpool reimbursement rates. You can't start a taxi/limo service.)

As far as safety goes, the key is you're not going to message anyone you feel uncomfortable with. If you login, you can see their photo, age range, work/education history, # of fb connections, and mutual friends. Many people rideshare on Craigslist right now anonymously, and there haven't even been any crazy stories there.

Take a look for yourself, here's a ride: http://www.ridejoy.com/rides/595-portland-to-seattle-on-octo...

We do think about safety a lot and will keep working on helping with that. Drop me a note if you have suggestions on how we can improve. Thanks!
I don't know where you got your "literal" definition but that is certainly not the colloquial definition where I come from. It just means general inebriation without implying any particular substances (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=get+crunk).

Also, if you read the post it says "at least once a month". Personally I don't really consider that an excessive amount of partying but I guess everyone has their own thresholds.
I agree that there needs to be a balance and furthermore, that finding that right balance is very difficult. Probably why marketing whizzes get paid the big bucks.

In your example though, there is difference in that you're an actual person representing a reputable company on-site, not a random anyone-could-have-created-this advertisement on the anonymous web. From more trusted sources, I'd be interested in hearing the benefits and not necessarily the features. But in an environment where seemingly every third website activates my anti-virus software and I read about data hacks every week, I definitely don't trust Internet ads filled with hyperbole and exclamation points.
> free markets tend to punish companies, over the long term, that intentionally deny themselves access to talent due to bigotry. Conversely, companies who acquire talent with rational screening procedures will have a competitive advantage over those who use irrational screening procedures.

That sounds a lot like fair world fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
What it means to "be a kid": experimenting, learning, challenging yourself. That's what's going on here.

I didn't need my parents to teach me to be entrepreneurial; I set up a lemonade stand in front of my house that I wanted to be the guy to provide services that people would pay for.
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Isn't it always possible to just fake that Remote Attestation request? Or I wonder, how would it be possible to implement that in a way that it is non-breakable security wise / cryptographically?
I'm horrified by the idea that we might improve a child at the expense of everything else. Clearly I'm not against children learning.
> [Manufacturer] still has control over what it runs. "If you can't open it, you don't own it."

Couldn't you say that for just about anything containing an integrated circuit?
I'm not reading the details of this particular experiment, because I'm wasting enough time talking about it as it is. ;)

But you have to understand the nature of real prototype devices. Take it from someone who has built many semiconductor lasers that worked so badly that it took hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of specialized equipment to learn that they worked at all: The first transistor probably didn't work very well. The first laser didn't produce a lot of power or have a very long lifetime. Famously, the first several thousand Edison light bulbs didn't work well enough to be viable products. The difference between success and failure in an early-stage experiment is often small, and often statistical, and is often so ephemeral that you yourself have crises of faith in the results. And that's for the kind of phenomenon that eventually turns out to be tremendously important!

And this is the problem. On the frontier, the difference between a promising sign and a statistical fluke is small. It's a territory ripe for self-delusion and fraud.

You ask me to run a steam engine. Well, okay, suppose I can do that for five minutes. But then a piece of duct tape comes unstuck. You say: Replace that duct tape with something more durable. I reply, okay, sure, can you lend me the necessary $1500? (I was trying to save money with the duct tape. Half the parts are duct tape. Prototype device, remember?)

You ask me to run the test longer. Well, okay, I can run it until my special catalyst runs out. You say: Get more catalyst. I reply, okay, sure, can you lend me the necessary $10,000? (The catalyst is expensive in small quantities, you see, but in the future we'll have economies of scale.)

You ask me to open up my black box and submit every part to detailed analysis. We'll hire an independent laboratory and they'll handle all of it. I reply, okay, sure, can you pony up the necessary $10 million?

And then the independent laboratory finds a suspicious anomaly. Oh dear, I say, I didn't realize that was happening. Maybe I made a mistake. I'll have to go back to the drawing board. Can I have a $1m grant to go back to the drawing board?
The JVM does rewrite individual concatenations as StringBuilders (so a+b+c+d results in one StringBuilder with three .append() operations), but the real performance problem is concatenating in a loop.

String result = "";
for (String str : myStrings) {
result += str + " "; // on each execution, a new StringBuilder is created
}

as opposed to

StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
for (String str : myStrings) {
result.append(str).append(" ");
}

The JVM can't hoist the generated StringBuilder out of loops to produce the second, faster piece of code. I believe the CLR is the same.
Just a friendly reminder that after about 1-2 more of these comments that add nothing to the conversation, you're going to reach negative karma and be shadow-banned.
If that is the logic, why make jailbreaking difficult at all? Say Apple took the Android model of hiding installing apps from unknown sources in settings and warning users about the dangers, but didn't take the Android model of allowing almost any app in the store. The review process would still weed out the viruses for the 99.999%, and the .001% can be happy and not have to make security holes public just so they can install any app they like.

Seems like a win-win.
That is a pretty great deal. Mouser has the chip alone in qty 1 at $17

http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?N=4294966131&Ke...
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They really need to think about how to improve interaction with it. Virtual apps? Voice commands? Kinect-like actions? Pretty much any of those is better than a full blown keyboard for controlling it in my opinion. And why do they still have a mouse pointer in there for crying out loud??

As for the virtual apps, it might be best to use a complete interface inside the phone or tablet, rather than a simple "remote app". Stop replicating stuff from other paradigms. Just take advantage of the current paradigm you're working with.

My idea would be to show the complete Google TV interface inside an app on your Android phone, and control it from there. When you touch an element on the phone, it should on the TV. I think that would be even faster than using a "remote app", which means you still have to go from one app to another until you reach your target, rather than simply selecting it on the phone.
Calling anybody "bro" is rarely serious. I would actually feel less stupid calling a woman "bro" than a man, because if I call a guy "bro" people might think I was serious.
I have no problem with your definition of owning. I disagree with it – but that’s not the point and it would be pointless to discuss this any further. I would prefer not to.

On the facts (and not definitions) I do agree with you. Apple does have control over what iOS runs, that’s certainly true. What I’m saying is that I do not care about that.

This is not black and white either: I know what Apple allows and what they don’t. There are some annoying issues with that but I’m personally not affected by them. It’s a negative point for me, certainly one I considered when I bought my iPad, but on balance it wasn’t important enough for me to care about it at all.

I know that Apple can unilaterally change what they allow and what not but 1) there is public pressure on them not to and 2) my iPad won’t survive forever and I can switch to something else quick enough.
They could really push Android/Google TV into becoming a "console platform", too

This strategy can be problematic. Google and their hardware partners will have to choose if its going to compete with consoles on the high-end or with cheaper internet boxes (Boxee/Roku) on the low end. Currently its price point (when it was first launched) is the same as the Xbox and PS3 and I have no idea why you'd get a GoogleTV box instead of an Xbox. If they can get down to $200 they'd be closer to Boxee but this wouldn't be a "console gaming" machine.

Remember the Consoles (Xbox/PS3 even Wii) are all subsidized platforms and sometimes the consoles themselves are actually sold at a loss since MS/Sony/Nintendo can make up the difference with game license fees. So its not as simple as you lay out.
A good hat and a wet handkerchief tied around each wrist is how I was taught to make it through the 105°F days back on the farm as a boy.
It double-sucks because it's not easy (AFAIK) to gzip traffic from web app to the server.
> There have been no earth quakes caused in Australian drilling for geo thermal plants to my knowledge

There was a serious earthquake in Switzerland caused by geothermal plants (not gas extraction). I believe minor ones have also occurred in the US. My understanding is that the risk is very manageable, though.
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Frustrating title - they're not talking about customers complaining about service or product. Rather, they're talking about whining, bitching, moaning, grumbling, to fellow cow-orkers.

>Ten to twenty hours a month is a lot of time to waste

Sometimes not working isn't waste, it makes active working more productive. And 20 hours a month is nothing. I've been in jobs where most people would waste easily 10 hours per week with no effort. (Just as working at someone else's startup is useful experience: you should try working minimum wage at an established firm to see how they do things wrong.)

To address the article: there's not much you can do about people constantly moaning. Telling them to "fuck off" causes more trouble than it's worth; you can't really ignore them; they are toxic but what can be done?
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Perfect way to close out shark jumping week.
Why the addition of "organic" in the title? or was it removed from the article? I mean, yeah, they're organic molecules: they have carbon in them[1]. So what?

Very neat results, though I note no mention of re-use of the circuits. Anyone know if this is a one-shot deal, or if it's possible to make a general-purpose CPU out of this technique?

edit: the research paper seems to imply the states are all mutable, which suggests to me that this is a very short step away from re-programmable circuits. Awesome. This could get interesting quickly, if there's an easy way to make the circuits in the first place.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_molecule
The second stage bootloader would contain an Apple signing key for verification. However, users who considered it an anti-feature could reflash through USB and add whatever keys they'd like. It's not setup this way because Apple desires more than just security for users - they want control over users.
Male programmer in his thirties here: I automatically assumed they were looking for assholes.
But, Apple's net income is greater than Samsung's according to Wikipedia.
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> I work 40 hours weeks, and love my job.

Do you work exactly 40 hours? As in, start and 9am, leave at 5pm and never arrive early or leave late? Never a week of 41 hours? Because if I worked at a job I absolutely loved - as you describe - I would probably choose to work 50 or 60 hours. I think that the assumption here is that if you work 40 hours, you're probably doing it because that's what is expected of you and you're not willing to put in more.

It seems unlikely that most people who like their jobs so much would actually stop at 40 hours.
I love this story. Awesome awesome

I made plush South Park characters and sold them to my mom's fitness/spinning clients. Learned a lot about pricing, investing, selling, creating at 10.

Highly encouraged to give children opportunities like this and not just have them do soccer
I hear what you are saying, but I think you're mixing units. Since the study is accounting for things that are not accounted for in GDP, It doesn't seem to make much sense to compare the dollar figure reached in terms of GDP. If GDP devalues human health as part of its basic assumptions, an analysis that does not devalue human health will come to different numbers. It's almost a tautology.
I use a pomodoro timer to prevent breaks from lasting too long or being too infrequent. (It's important to rest your eyes!) I like this idea though, it would be less, irritating to have your break end when you're in the middle of a doodle than when you're in the middle of an article.
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Home Extension UK shows how to design and build a kitchen extension. It shows how to design and build a kitchen extension. Also how to select a kitchen extension architect or designer to how get the best home extension building costs.
I write the FAQs for the company I work for and believe me, they do. Not all of them of course, but I've seen enough visitor stats, search queries (with and without results) and emails to know that some of your clients will go out of their way to look for the answer online before emailing.

Customers will give up if a) the FAQs or help system isn't easily reachable, or b) if the FAQs and help system sucks.

The best thing you can do if "people don't read the FAQs" isn't to trash them - it's to make them better.
It's a handheld computer. You can certainly argue against having the right to customize it, but there is no technical reason you shouldn't be able to. It's not a toaster.
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I'm not familiar with the term "brogrammer." If I search Google Images for "brogrammer," the first 25 results that contain people are all male.

(The 26th result is from a woman's profile on Facebook who commented on a link about brogramming.)
I think there is a gross misunderstanding of Microsoft's approach.

Microsoft's licensing approach means that they already have an established B2B relationship with many major handset makers - and it is centered around the manufacturer's OS.

Not only is Microsoft's approach professional rather than antagonistic, but in addition it emphasizes the critical differences between their product and Android - the support of a business partner and a fair amount of protection against IP litigation.

Finally, the analysis ascribes consumer bias to corporations - let's face it, handset manufacturer's aren't in love with Android, they use it because it was available to compete against Apple. If Microsoft offers a better contribution to the bottom line, there will be no tears shed for Android.
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I work 40 hour weeks. Nine to five. I got into the habit when I started my PhD, because I knew that if I didn't force myself to work to a certain schedule, I'd probably slack off.

If I only worked when I felt like it, on what I felt like working on, I would never have finished my thesis because, heck, who wants to do proofreading when you could be at the beach? And if I ate whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like eating it, I'd weigh three hundred pounds.

Anyway, the point of the story: if someone forced me to work nine to five, I'd probably hate it. But since I get to pick my own hours, I've picked nine to five.
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I always assumed Slashdot was pre-generating static files (every few seconds or so, at least of the main top stories) that were served to the users. Isn't that why their comment form said that your comment might not appear until a few seconds after submitting it?
Click the "link" button on the post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3168226 Then you can flag it.
As someone who generally loves the idea of tinkering with my phone, I simply can't buy the logic that not being able to, actually hinders the ownership experience.

I don't have any interest in "hacking" into my car, dishwasher, or fridge. I want them to _just work_, and I want to know who to call when they break.

So then, it is entirely reasonable that most people simply want their electronics to work, rather than to somehow feel that just because they can't tinker and mod their device, their ownership is somehow hindered.

Although I do feel that media DRM (movies, music, DVD region codes) can often hinder the ownership experience, I simply don't see how these devices being locked down actually hurt MOST consumers who aren't even interested in such details.
A Noah Shachtman piece in Wired about tech for soldiers spends some time on this same device from Stanford and it describes how the device (in an earlier form) could also be used for warming:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/bemore_pr.html

Towards the end of the piece, the author describes being being in a bathtub with cold water and, after it starts to affect him, the device is used to warm him:

"But his stories get harder and harder to follow. I’ve started shivering again--all across my legs and chest, muscles pulse to a manic rhythm. And then I start having tremors. My thighs jackknife to my chest, unbidden. I moan, and darkness closes in from the edges of my vision.

Then, just like on the treadmill, Grahn takes my wrist. He slips each of my hands into a modified Glove prototype. This time, the metal hemispheres inside are hot to the touch--113 degrees. After two minutes, I can think again. The tent comes back into focus. You can stay this way indefinitely now. "You’re at a thermal equilibrium; the heat going into these two hands is equivalent to what’s going out of the rest of you," Grahn says. "Now you’re uncomfortable again -- merely uncomfortable. That’s a huge difference when you’re talking about survival." The water is still bitter, of course. But now I can take it.
Why did they try and claim it was a criminal offence?
You can, however, take apart your car and replace the parts. Your analogy fails because nobody has any expectation of replacing or changing the software in a car, the way nobody expects to be able to change the logic in a GPS chip in your phone.

However, when people purchase a small computer, it's reasonable to assume that the ability to modify the software on it is something that could define "ownership", just the way car tinkerers own their cars and show that by fiddling around with the insides.
You can brogram with different sexes, do it all the time. Being PC all the time is exhausting. The females that I pair with would laugh at this term and not take offense to it. In fact by saying, "Let's brogram" would indicate the equality that I feel of that female with fellow male programmers.

Lighten up and have a sense of humor once in a while. Life is supposed to be fun, not a myriad of social rules and regulations.
> The nearly $500 billion dollars projected to be spent on advertisements by the end of this year has nothing to do with it, nor did any other forms of manipulation.

Fundamentally, people will not purchase something unless they think (however fleetingly) that it will be of benefit to them. Your right; they might not know exactly what they are getting into. But companies can't lie about it. And in this day and age, the information is usually obtainable without too much work.
A kid doesn't know what is interesting or not. You have to expose them to several things and hopefully one will spark their curiosity.

If a parent buys his 2-year-old an Ipad, it's cool. A parent buys her 10-year-old an vendine machine, she should let her kid be a kid.
If they thought "brogrammer" was all encompassing they would have not felt the need to clarify that women could apply too near the bottom of the post. The problem is not that they were trying to be overtly sexist, it's that they didn't see it as being sexist(which is so often the case when one is in the position of privilege) Obviously new to the job posting scene, they are unaware of how this particular post would be interpreted by the EEOC, I would hate to see a brand new company have to face off with a govt. lawsuit before they even get off the ground.
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scratch that, just doodling is enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2CZqsAw28 no need to even pretend you know how to draw
You do have to have a spouse willing to pick up the slack for you (kids don't function in burst mode - especially in the early years they need the familiarity of a regular routine). Although it is possible if you work a regular 9-5 and then continue working for a few more hours after the kids are sleeping.
I don't think Google TV set top boxes should be higher than $150 anyway. They can probably make it for $100, too, and it might be possible if Apple is going to put an A5 in their Apple TV, while keeping the price.

Android already has quite a few console-like games, that to be honest would be played a lot better with a gamepad than on a touch screen. I'm sure it would open up another market at the $100-$150 price, and disrupt all the other consoles. It doesn't have to compete with them at the "high-end" on performance.

All I'm saying is that they shouldn't treat it as an afterthought, when it will still use more or less the same hardware that is going into a set-top box. They just need to show intent and support it, and get developers to modify their phone/tablet games for TV. There's a difference between letting it happen by itself, which Google tends to do in general (unfortunately), and announcing it all at launch, like Apple does, and with many partners.
I really like the "brogrammer" term :) I think in this femi-age it's important to cultivate more masculi-terms.

> you just can't advertise for men only roles in this day and age

Why not ? And what has this day and age to do with it ?

> I don't know the law in the US but over here in the UK these guys would be opening themselves up for a nasty lawsuit.

That explains everything. UK is closer to orwellian state than any other european country, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.
Fifteen minutes; impressive. In the US, various states' DMV offices, especially in densely-populated urban areas, are a frequently-cited example of public sector inefficiencies. Waiting in line for 2-4 hours (to deal with registration, issuing licenses, and so forth) is par for the course.
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