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With more than 100 million users, its is one of the best place to advertise.
I can live pretty well without innovations in privacy intrusion systems. ;-) But I'm looking forward to their innovations in deleting or hiding interconnected data. That's still a huge problem, I'm wondering what they 'innovated' to delete my G+ account while not becoming totally inconsistent on related pages of people following me etc. (I intentionally deleted it yesterday)
Just an FYI Intel has announced new chips and future strategy for the mobile market. We will definitely see x86 tablets. AMD wants in as well.
Thanks for the share, will try this one out.
How is the power supply, I see places to sit and all but did not really see power outlets. And I think people will need those everywhere (until we have super batteries that last forever).

Maybe I am thinking to far ahead :P
I'm tiring of saying it repeatedly, but simply unsubscribe from those subreddits and visit less often. It's amazing, I know, but reddit is actually more enjoyable when you don't feel a compulsion to click it every hour. That, and quite frankly, you're missing out. deGrasse is extremely well spoken about science and progressing as a human race. Frankly, I'm not surprised it was posted here, the things he said on The Daily Show a few days ago really made my hacker insides glow with joy and pride.

I can't believe that "I have so little self control and lack of understand of how reddit works that I have to forcibly block myself from it via /etc/hosts" is applauded here. That or it's just tongue-in-cheek "reddit sucks [now]" that is applauded. Either way, it doesn't matter. Seeing it in every thread that mentions reddit just perpetuates the stereotype that HN has a bit of an elitist complex.
What do you mean by "language X > language Y"?
This varies a great deal airport to airport. In Sea-Tac, I think they are pretty professional and friendly. In LAX this is not so much the case.
Been done and a long time ago: see Boxer: http://www.mathedpage.org/t-and-m/turtle-and-mouse.html

Not to mention the BioBike VPL: http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/suppl_2/W28

Not that there's anything wrong with reinventing the recursively nested rectangular wheel.
Why isn't there a Developer Relations department at Apple to handle problems like this?

Actually, although lots of people seem to think Apple doesn't offer contact by phone, it does:

https://developer.apple.com/contact/phone.php

Having said that, presumably these were the very people not assisting the OP. I've never called them about an App Store issue, only about account issues (problems with bank details, changing from personal to company account etc.)
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In SF, I believe they are private screeners. In SEA, they are unbelievably friendly and professional. Same goes for customs enforcement btw. Plus there is nothing to make you feel safe than having security that is obviously more competent than average, however low a bar that may be!
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It is ironic that the same big companies who are laying off hundreds of people, actually are hiring constantly - they have hundreds of open job postings, even with the similar titles.
I'd recommend not travelling through Manchester Airport then, which have backscatter machines in place and do not allow for opt-out (although this is as-per DfT guidelines). They do only test a random sample, however.

The Department for Transport has full confidence in the independent assessment
undertaken by the Health Protection Agency. We are confident with their assessment
that the dose from being scanned is far below the allowed levels in the UK and
does not constitute any unacceptable risks to health
It's definitely a risk. You can actually ask PayPal proactively to review your site to see whether your use of the word 'Donate' is acceptable for them. I did for one of my sites and they were very quick to respond. This still gives you no guarantees that they won't change their minds later, but it does at least give some reassurance about their current thinking.
Parental Control Software for Cell Phones Promising Peace of Mind
Apple provides a free storefront for Mac apps. It is by no means the only way to purchase Mac apps. A glitch occurs that removes a piece of software from the free Apple-provided storefront.

...

I'm having a really hard time figuring out the part here where Apple is some evil entity depriving a developer of their livelihood. Sure, this sucks, but it's not like nobody can buy your software. There's plenty of Mac software out there that isn't even on the Mac app store to begin with, so I'm having a hard time figuring out why this developer is having such a huge problem that he needs to resort to begging for donations.
I, for one, am happy this link appeared here. I am one of those: know a bit of CSS, a bit of HTML, a bit of JavaScript and I want to know what this jQuery stuff is all about. Going to the API? Nope, I'd assume this takes at least an afternoon; which I don't have.
Also doable without rails:

# In config.ru
# App, V0, and Resque::Server are each sinatra apps
run Rack::URLMap.new({
"/" => App.new,
"/v0" => V0.new,
"/resque" => Resque::Server.new,
})
yeah throw in daylight savings time and time zones and it becomes almost unmanageable.
I sympathise with the developers plight and this is a reason why I haven't wanted to get into App development. If your not battling people cloning your games, you have a constant axe swinging above your head that the app store may find fault with your App and remove it. You then have changing rules and requirements in the App Store..

The thing that bugs me a bit though is how the developer is asking for money. "Save my house." Its been 14 days since this revenue stream was compromised and the guy is apparently in financial trouble. This doesn't sound like Apples fault. This is a lack of financial planning.

I am by no means well off. I get by. My partner, my child and I were struck down by a bad virus last month. For 3 weeks I couldn't work, I could just about roll out of bed to get to the loo. I am a freelancer, I have no sick pay, no payment protection etc. For 3 weeks I earned nothing. My family is on a budget for the next month but we are fine. We have savings to get us through 3 months of joblessness.

If 14 days of near zero income pushes you over the edge and risks you loosing your house then you probably need a career change. That or its time to spend less and save more. For many profession's this isn't possible. Some people need several jobs to make ends meet. However, for a I expect fairly talented developer there are plenty of jobs and opportunites to get you on the right track.
(particularly in the “refine” and “access” methods, where utilizing the popcnt SSE4.2 instruction would no doubt have a massive impact on performance.

)
I was discussing the congressional report with my TSA agent friend. My reading is that while it makes some good points, it is overly partisan and ultimately shows Congress fails to grasp the necessity for a systematic view of airport security. This agent and I have argue many, many times about AIT machines ets and I think was surprised to see me sticking to my guns on that issue while noting that the report largely as off the wall. I am worried about the growth of DHS, but until Congress gets realistic, they are the problem and that goes for both parties.
Starting a startup is like going to Vegas: you absolutely need to give yourself a limit before hand of how much you're willing to lose, stick to it, and go in expecting to lose it.

If you have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay, you should not work at a startup.

One of the reasons why we've had this latest recessions is because consumers have been financially irresponsable, taking out mortgages they can't afford, relying 100% on their salary for income and having no backup plan.

If I were to lose my job tomorrow, I would be fine for the most part. I'd probably have to move out and get a cheaper apartment, but I'd be fine. I'm not shackled to a mortgage and have no debt of any kind. I'm working towards success, but I'm ready for whatever life decides to throw my way.
UK Broadband launches first 4G network in London
Wireless company UK Broadband has switched on a wholesale 4G network in the London Borough of Southwark, offering high-speed services for the public sector and big corporations, as well as providing backhaul for mobile networks. The network has been built using Huawei’s Time Division Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) solution. TD-LTE is a variant of the LTE wireless standard, developed by China Mobile specifically to meet the growing demand for data capacity.

Unlike Frequency-Division Long-Term Evolution (FD-LTE), which carries two separate signals – one for uploading and one for downloading – TD-LTE uses a single channel, and dynamically assigns bandwidth to each connection based on user requirements. This means that download capacity is maximised at all times. However, most of the UK's mobile operators will be bidding for FD-LTE in the forthcoming 4G spectrum auction, because they are concerned about preserving their voice market as well as building a data market.

The company's CEO explained that the job of UK Broadband would be to provide a solid platform for operators to drop onto when capacity on their own networks becomes constrained.
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Depending on your data set, there might be a way to use Compressed Bit Vectors: http://sdm.lbl.gov/fastbit/

General intro: http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~kewu/ps/LBNL-2164E.pdf

"Word Aligned Hybrid" compression:
http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~kewu/ps/LBNL-49627.pdf

Bit maps as alternative to inverted index:
http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~kewu/ps/LBNL-61768.pdf

Bit maps for range queries:
http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~kewu/ps/LBNL-60891.pdf
AMD acquires SeaMicro
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Sad :-( to see all the work from fellow sliders go away. It'll be survived by all the companies people from slide have now started:

Mixpanel, sosh, quixey, pathjoy, formula am, etc
Just FYI, iOS happily supports <input type=range>.
"Those who don't understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly."

--Henry Spencer

Which can then be turned into:

"Programmers who do not understand history are doomed to reimplement it - poorly"
- http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/what-good-is-a-cs-deg...

I thought both of them were good sayings to keep in mind, while reading the above post.
Well, why can't you have the best of both worlds? Provide free trial for people who want to quickly trial it. Provide demos, webinars for those who are interested in going that route.

It is hard to optimize for _both_ kinds of customers, but it is certainly not impossible.
Another strange time related issue that just burned us, if your server is up for 497 days, it will stop closing sockets:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553549
Some additional info here: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/02/29/amd-t...

AMD will acquire low-power server specialist SeaMicro for $334 million
The basic building block of the SeaMicro system is a credit card-sized compute block, comprised of a CPU and its chipset, DRAM, and a custom SeaMicro ASIC (application specific integrated circuit). SeaMicro’s patented I/O virtualization allows companies to save money by using fewer cables and network interface cards (NICs) to connect to networks and storage.
Yes, you're entirely correct. There are countless situations that people might find themselves short of money and an event like this ruins their finances.

For the grandparent, consider my scenario. My wife lost her job a few years ago and was unable to find a new one since then (apart from some low-paying unstable jobs now and then). During the course of these few years our savings were eaten bit by bit and we're now reduced to a situation where we live literally from month to month. We've reduced the expenses as much as we could (for example, no winter vacation this year or no eating out), but still my paycheck can barely cover monthly expenses. No savings left for rainy days. And I fear that an exceptional event might be ruinous for our finances. My two kids are too small to be aware of this, but it still pains me.
Check out http://www.blender.org/ if you are looking for making 3D animations.
> Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation.

Core inflation is also a poor choice.

My housing costs are fixed, so the variation that I see is in the things that core inflation excludes.
further, if Apple has an issue, why does begging for donations become his first option? If he's a freelancer, can't he get a short term gig? Or a short term job? Seems a bit weak...
The Aussie border guys are awesome! I went there with my family and they were friendly, joking with us and in general were absolutely awesome. American border guys are hardass assholes. I just can't stand how they make me feel bad for coming back home (green card holder working in America at a startup) from my vacation. It is frustrating.
Can someone explain why such high traffic sites like Slide.com, Picnik.com, Flektor.com, etc are often shutdown after acquisition? Even as of today these sites must be getting millions of hits. Not to mention that for many people it's still the go-to site for making slideshows, or picture editing.

Why not instead auction them off or maybe add a business model to cut some losses? It can't hurt more than shutting it down completely?

My guess is big companies get some sort of tax benefit from doing this? But is that the sole reason behind it? Or am I missing some part of the picture?
I'd like to hear more details before a poll would be meaningful. With that kind of money owing, wouldn't legal action be a reasonable option by now?
WTF? By reading it maybe? That'd be a good start!
Except that they do.
> Update: Sux4j has some interesting implementations of fast select/rank

If you are using C++ you can have a look at my library of succinct data structures:

https://github.com/ot/succinct

It uses the same algorithms as Sux4j for rank/select (https://github.com/ot/succinct/blob/master/rs_bit_vector.hpp) but it has exhaustive unit tests and the resulting files can be memory-mapped instead of loaded in memory, which has a number of advantages.

I'm also going to release soon an optimized implementation of wavelet trees (actually a more generic variant that we are developing).
I don't mean to be a hater, but does every acquisition story have to have a comment like this? If you want to congratulate them, use email or a phone call! If you want to show that you know them personally, please realize that bit of information doesn't contribute to the discussion. A semi-anonymous comment on HN will not make them feel particularly special or appreciated, and is not required by etiquette either.

Sorry, I just had to speak up in my personal bit effort
to try and keep this a meaningful place.
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> I mean, SF gave us hippies, and then it gave us silicon valley

SF didn't produce silicon valley.

Fred Terman and Bill Shockley did.
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Lots of possibilities. Maybe the acquisition was for the talent, not the product. Maybe the acquisition was a strategic play to shut down potential competition for another product. Maybe there were personalities or politics driving the decision. Or, possibly, they're just idiots.
Google implements privacy policy despite EU warning
A friend who does 3D animation commented yesterday that while 3DS Max is 4000+ euros, all you get is a stupid little cardboard box with dvds.
It would still have to be maintained so those resources are better used elsewhere. Nobody wants to work on products that aren't getting much attention either. For Google, I imagine it's about focusing on a few things that have massive potential (to really win) and they simply do not find it worthwhile spending more resources on selling it off.
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is a model of the largest and most prestigious companies in the whole 1950s
Forgot: they fuck up your luggage.

even at fascist regimens they would have the decency of opening the bags in front of you and not spilling powders all over your stuff
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Actually lightweight but pleasant comments seem to be harmless. It's lightweight but mean or stupid comments that are the problem. As in the physical world.
Singleton, testing and dependency inversion
AFAIK these kinds of Compressed Bit Vectors do not have sublinear random-access, they are only fast for linear scans and operations such as union and intersection.
Done mate!! I do agree with the pains one has to undergo developing for the itunes store and more so when the glitch on their part directly affects you.
Any app built on Rack (which includes Rails, Sinatra, and many other Ruby frameworks) can be mounted this way. See http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#routing-to-rack-a...
Anyone think Apps will one day replace websites? I notice many individuals and businesses still having a regular website. In 5-10 years will there be no websites and only apps? I actually like working on a larger computer be it on apps or websites. I know the phone market will continue to expand especially in China, Russia, India, and Brazil. Microsoft still feels they have value in new versions of Windows. What do you think?
I wonder if Apple has implemented this in OS X kernel.
Nah, realistic flight sims are still a thing, and getting better every year; you just have to know where to look. X-Plane, DCS, etc.
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Not to be a troll but how much of that is patented by Yahoo? If its recent threat to sue Facebook is any indication, "Methods to reduce HTTP requests" could be one of its patents that it's willing to wield.
You can plan this migration ahead of time by moving your models into gems stored in, say, vendor/future_gems/. Then just reference each gem in bundler as:

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Once you are able to break them out completely, just remove the path reference and use a gem server instead.
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Although it wasn't well thought out it certainly demonstrated a number of issues with the new interface.
I keep it close and think about it often. I think that the companion quote is:

I returned, and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong,
neither yet bread to the wise,
nor yet riches to men of understanding,
nor yet favor to men of skill;
but time and chance happens to them all.

I used both in an essay I wrote about the role of luck in leadership. Email me if you want a copy.
> I'm primarily using as a compact order preserving structure to support fast lookups for both (token -> position) and (position -> token). I'm using an updatable variant to support O(1) appends, and then use it for realtime indexing/compression. I probably should do a blog post at one point...

That's very interesting, are you using raw or compressed bitmaps (such as RLE or RRR)?
A limitation of (updatable) wavelet trees is that you need to know in advance the set of symbols that you will see (otherwise you would need to change the tree structure). Is it a problem for you?
I wrote a paper with a solution to this problem, I can't share it until mid march, let me know if you are interested.
Hi Von, you are right abuout financial planning. Sadly, many live day to day or month to month. This is sometimes true of startups trying so hard to build a business from scratch. I feel for Bryan in the article. He took time to build something and allowed Apple to share in the revenue and used their forum to sell it to the public. Sadly, there are so many horror stories when a big entity is controlling markets. I know of many stories where Google sandboxes websites and they are no longer able to be in the natural search results. I also know personally of Google choosing not to allow ads. In one instance the ads were going to compete against AT&T who is one of their largest ad spenders. Is it a shock Google did not "allow" the smaller and less funded company? Ebay also knocks down and kicks out many smaller sellers. I know these large companies don't always mean hard but they many times hurt the little guy. How about in China where a site can be shut down for no reason except the government chooses they don't like it. If you are a creator you need numerous income streams and cannot rely on one company be it Google, Ebay, Microsoft's Bing, Apple or anything else. Always be on your toes and never take things for granted! This is a huge business lesson learned in the hard knocks of real business.
Interesting.

Didn't know Jetty was this bad. Or perhaps there are configuration options that influence this?

The author concludes that Tomcat collapses, but in the 4 and 7 dynos scenarios there doesn't seem to be that much difference between Tomcat and Finagle (which the author says did ok), but perhaps I'm reading the graphs wrong?
I know the job market sucks but I've been to many countries and if there's one industry with tons of demand and limited supply; it's software development.

it's hard for me to accept that an iPhone developer is down to live on donations in the current job climate.
Does every ES3 browser count?
This article gives the IW status on Windows and Linux. What is the status on other systems (e.g Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris...) ?

Does it matter only server side, or do clients benefit of having this window increased too?

Also, a comment of the article mentions this:

Why are you talking about upgrading the kernel, when you can simply do:

ip route change default via MYGATEWAY dev MYDEVICE initcwnd 10

which would be similar to the netsh tunable on Windows. So upgrading the kernel is only needed to have it set to 10 by default.

EDIT:

It seems Mac OS X is using either NewReno or LEDBAT instead of the mentioned CUBIC or Vegas. Look for tcp_ledbat_cwnd_init in [1] which looks quite simple, or tcp_newreno_cwnd_init_or_reset in [0] which looks a bit more involved:

/* Calculate initial cwnd according to RFC3390,
* - On a standard link, this will result in a higher cwnd
* and improve initial transfer rate.
* - Keep the old ss_fltsz sysctl for ABI compabitility issues.
* but it will be overriden if tcp_do_rfc3390 sysctl is set.
*/

PS: xnu-1699.24.23 is Lion 10.7.3

[0] http://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1699.24.23/bsd/ne...

[1] http://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1699.24.23/bsd/ne...
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It makes a useful difference in performance for a website I run.

However, the single biggest speedup I ever got (on Wordpress) was in pushing MySQL onto a separate machine from the web server. Nothing else has come close in my experience.