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The problems start at corporate HQ. I worked there as a contractor for a few years. Getting anything done there is a huge political struggle. When I was there, at least, B&M and dotcom were two separate concerns, often with conflicting goals. Product was off doing its own thing. Everybody there seemed to forget they were all playing for the same team.

I routinely worked with MBA's from supposedly reputable schools who could put excel spreadsheets together, but couldn't interpret the results. Most full-timers spend their days in meetings while contractors do the real work. When I finally left, they offered me a few plush full time positions, in which I would have vague responsibilities and ill-defined deliverables. No thanks, I told them.

Everybody there felt pretty smug when they were kicking Circuit City's ass. Now the shoe's on the other foot.
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The point is that needs are poorly-defined and often intangible. When you ask people what they "need", their answer is biased to their problem and the current environment. In other words, it's not innovative—it solves the problem, not the need.

I'll use another quote to illustrate: "If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." —Henry Ford

Innovation doesn't come from the masses. It doesn't come from a focus group. It comes from cutting through all the problems and addressing a core need. It takes vision and a thorough understanding of the issues at hand.

This isn't to say you can't build a business around a problem and a solution. Case in point, I read an article the other day about a business that provides "Access on the Web" via a Flash-based VNC. Solves the problem? Check. Addresses the root need? Not so much.

This topic is independent from your consumerist rant. (Apple bias?) You can have world-changing solutions that address a problem (i.e., shipping water to Africa) and solutions that solve a shallow need.
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FYI, the icons (supposed to be next to "Click to edit", "Drag and drop image upload", ...) don't show up correctly on Firefox 11.0 on Windows XP 32 bits.

The symbols instead looks like non-printable characters or something like that
Why? Mother Teresa had a very small market cap.

Also, NYT pays a lot in salaries every year, which generates a lot of value for stakeholders, just not for stockholders.
It's not an arbitrary dichotomy, it's a factual one. Mac OS doesn't resemble a centrally controlled 'display terminal' at all, whereas Chrome OS does.

You also didn't answer the part about trusted code.
In Julia, I could do

(s,z,zz) = spectrum(x);

but I end up with variables z and zz that clutter the workspace and take up memory.

This is easy to fix with a bit of additional syntax. Using a placeholder to indicate values you don't care about, that would be:

(s,_,_) = spectrum(x);

I don't know if it's simple on the implementation side, but it's easy to read and understand.
Is mosh installed on the server? If you just normally ssh to the server and run "mosh-server", does it actually do something? (maybe it's not in your PATH?)
Great list. Extremely handy.
Is it just me, or could there be some potential for a basic hackathon "event services", e.g. renting out ip ranges that have per-clearence for most social networks, etc.
The main site page is https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id...

This is exciting and terribly difficult. Looking forward to it!
Clicked on create site, got taken to Google accounts. Hit Ctrl+W.

I'd like to be told when I'm about to be sent to a third party site which will try to collect my personal information, thank you.
Your main "defense" of PHP's flaws consists of saying "other languages suck similarly". Well congratulations, PHP is apparently a "worst-of" of programming idioms. I like me some caviar with my programmes.
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How is producing a profit "waste"?
Michael Snoyman seems to have responded to the whole situation in this blog post:

http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/04/working-together

I have to say he has increased my respect for him immensely with this.
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>No philosophical conundrum this way, right?

I wouldn't be so sure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
Just because it's not difficult doesn't mean it's casual. There's a higher barrier to entry now than there was in the 80s, and that makes programming much less accessible to the casual computer user. The average user perceives coding as a feat attainable by only wicked smart, socially inept nerds.
It's not a matter of preference: it's a matter of secure or insecure. The mysql extension for PHP doesn't support prepared statements and as such is inherently less secure than any other mechanism for working with MySQL (The mysqli extension and PDO being the two alternatives for PHP). But losvedir's point is that the number of tutorials that use the mysql extension's API far outweighs the number of tutorials that use PDO or mysqli, and that those tutorials are often very poor quality (ie: contain SQLI).
A business is valuable to own if you think it may bring you more money in the future, or you think that owning it will give you an advantage over your competitors. That's it. That's the entire thing.

I don't think that's accurate; that assumes that 100% of businessmen make 100% of decisions purely to make more money, which I don't think is true. If you have a big pile of money, one of the things you can do with it is buy or start companies that you think will make you more money, but other things you can do include buying/starting companies you think will advance your personal goals, buying companies you'd just like to own, etc.

For example, we have a lot more wealthy tech people owning space-travel companies than I think would be justified based on the economics alone. They consider them valuable to own because they want to own a space-travel company. Similarly, there is some non-zero value, beyond its projected revenues, to owning the New York Times. I would certainly pay a non-zero amount for the social power it would gain me to own the NYT, so there you have an existence proof that the value of its social position is at least a few thousand dollars. :)
Even SexySamantha?

"I'm a Professional Promotional Model from Toronto, Canada! I love to model, act, and dance! I am also a Fashion Designer and I create all kinds of fun costumes and outfits! ♥ ♥ www.SuperSweetAndSexy.ca ♥"

If I were modding the site, I'd probably keep users like this away in the early stages, while there's just a handful of women signed-up. Later on, if there are thousands, then it's not as big a deal.

(Not that I have any problem with her career or personal style, just that she seems to be on there purely for self-promotion)
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BestBuy Its Over?
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Argh! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I fail to see why the title uses speech marks, Instagram is worth $1bn. It happens to be more than the NYT because that's the price the market has determined for the companies.

An interesting analogy can be found here with Google's acquisition of YT in 2006: http://blogs.ft.com/tech-blog/2012/04/with-its-instagram-pur...
Would you rather own one of the most established news institutions in the modern world or a 2 year old photo sharing startup? How is this even a question?!
It's funny that you never find someone that's free, when any time I go I get asked by no less than five people if I need assistance.

My advice for Best Buy would be this:

1. Make sure all your displays work.
2. Stop your employees from treating customers like shark bait.

That ought to do it.
"Name one. I can't think of any that aren't better served by other constructs."

User input of code. It's hard to implement a REPL without it. Even if you do implement without it there's still an "exec" implementation hiding in there somewhere.

Also, on rare occasions, it is actually an optimization when used carefully, like the Python nametuple example mentioned nearby.

I'm just answering your challenge. I totally agree that in general it's a bad idea and that's an unusual case. While for it to work properly it has to ship with the interpreter, if I were designing a language I would move it out of the global namespace at least, and require some sort of explicit module import with lots of dire warnings in the documentation.
I wonder if the real-time video was recorded with the AR glasses themselves and if so if there's similar stutter in what Will Powell sees.

In any case, pretty cool 'prototype'!
It might be because they're using Font Awesome for the icons instead of Glyphicons. I don't think the developers are interested in fixing it, though: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/81
It's worth noting that I disagree with this statement, too. Corporations do have a social responsibility. But more tactically, simply because you can't separate actions from revenue. Intangibles like customer service, community impact, design, etc. may seem "wishy-washy", but have a measurable effect on a bottom line. You can't create value for the shareholders without creating value for employees, customers, and economies.
I've purchased two MacBook Airs from Best Buy and had the exact same experience. Walk in knowing exactly what I want and ready to buy, wait ~30 minutes for an associate to free up only to be told that he/she doesn't manage that area, and then wait some more for someone that does.

The reason I bought from Best Buy rather than the Apple store is the discounted price. Best Buy sells the Air for something around $50 cheaper than Apple. I haven't made use of it yet, but their Black Tie warranty seems pretty good. You're covered for everything from hardware malfunction (out of your control) to accidental coffee spills (in your control).
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These glasses do look a bit silly with how far they come off his face and the large microphone hanging down but still, bravo. I love seeing people hack together things like this that large companies are touting about as the next big thing yet don't actually release any real evidence that they work.
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That's Objective-C.

int* foo = malloc(sizeof(int));

Is invalid C++.
The rise of domain hacks is due to the biggest scourge on the internet: domain sitters. That's usually the main reason why people use these hacks, because there are no .coms related to what they want to do.

I'm about to register a domain hack for my startup. The .com is being sold for 1800USD which I currently cannot afford. Hopefully it will still be available in a few months time and I will be able to obtain some funding (once investors see my prototype on the domain hack address) and then I'll be able to buy that domain from the sitters. Until then, I'll have to use a hack. You can spend hours searching for the right .com, time that would be better spent developing :-)
'Carrier subsidies' are just an illusion.

You are paying $850 for your top of the line iPhone, you just don't realise it because it's in the form of $40+ monthly instalments...
Me too. I'm A/Bing some language on the main landing button and one version doesn't inform you. Thanks for the feedback!

Oh, and Google is only used for auth. I request nothing but your name and email address, and have no ability to access any additional information from Google.
This type of business is bound to change as technology evolves. It used to be people would get the good information from Circuit City and then go across the street to Best Buy for better prices. And now Circuit City is gone.

Somewhere down the line Best Buy started over charging for services that aren't necessary. My primary example of this is that they offer to come calibrate your new HDTV for $500 upon purchase. You can order the same software they are using off of amazon for $12. Another thing is their price on cables. They just rip you off and smile in your face. Its annoying. Geeks like to shop at tech stores, you know? These sorts of practices force us to purchase things online.

I just think somewhere down the line Best Buy quit putting the customer first and just like the rest of the comments, this seems like the beginning of the end.
Amazon adds in-app purchasing to Appstore for Android devices, Kindle Fire
You think API requests from all those mobile clients are some how "free"? Plus, I'd guess that they are resizing photos on the server.
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I'd actually recommend using a variation of the .com instead of the naming hack. I.E. use GoKaolinite.com instead of Kaolini.te. Unless you're targeting tech-savvy people, domain hacks can be confusing.

Then, once you've gotten traction/investors, buy the .com.
Heck, you could boot and shut down Windows 8 in the time it takes Android to boot. (I'm using the consumer preview just now, it's very fast)
I was thinking jekyll could do with a nice web-based frontend for when i just want to quickly write a blog article without spending ages uploading images and re-generating the site. Nice to see someone has a similar idea.

After trying it out for a bit it seems to work fine as a simple jekyll front-end, but it looks very early stages atm. I couldn't figure out how to get the page editor to work properly, and oddly enough there is a separate edit screen for making blog posts which in effect just gives up and leaves you with a basic text box.
US Wireless providers to create a national database of stolen cellphones
She's still on your homepage, on the visual of the app itself...
Wow, that's a really cool idea!

Hey wait, could you do that in Metro? Then we could have "Chrome OS" inside Windows 8...
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For a minute I thought it was related to pair programming...
Apple’s Market Cap Hits $600 Billion
I parted ways with Best Buy last month and the writing has been on the wall about Brian for months. Lackluster vision, missed opportunities to capitalize on growth combined with soft performance meant this was all but certain.
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I'd love it if, instead of 'close menu', you just said 'thanks' to finalize an action and leave the current context (or hide the entire UI). That seems more natural; it's what I'd do in person if I asked someone for the weather or the time.
Ok after seeing the assemblers/VM's last week I wasn't expecting to see much new this week.. then I saw this:

https://github.com/krasin/llvm-dcpu16/

C compiler support for dcpu16!

In a way this almost saddens me as by the time the game comes out it looks like the community will have javascript ported to the CPU and no one will actually have to program in assembler as per the original idea... ;)
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Disappointed there's no prefixes for IE :(
You make a good point - there really is no way to fully disconnect the human element in these decisions.

I do think there's a real difference between Jeff Bezos/etc founding a space-travel company and Facebook buying Instagram, however. Although Mark Zuckerberg is at the top, Facebook is a large organization, with likely more complex motivations than any individual.
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>"I'd be hard pressed to blame the CEO for the all of the ills that plague"...

That's exactly what the CEO's job is and that's why they get paid so much money. It's their responsibility to look out for everything that happens in their company. As other comments have stated, change happens from the top down. Now, I don't know the specifics around Best Buys problems or how the CEO could have fixed it, but that doesn't mean that its not his job to figure it out.

I recently purchased some things at an Apple store and it couldn't have been easier. I never saw a cash register, in fact never moved from where I was. I said that I would like to buy a MacBook Pro and they brought one out to me, I swiped my card, signed my name (on an iPhone), and walked out of the store. The last time I purchased something at Best Buy it was much more complex, took longer, and I had to run all over the store. I think there is some innovation left in the brick and mortar model but it's not going to be easy and they are running out of time. Most of my purchases are completed on the Internet now and I don't see Best Buy (or any other retailer) giving me any reason to change that.
PHP doesn't require any libraries to build a simple website. I've yet to see any document that shows in great detail (more than a simple 1 chapter static page based site) how to build a website using Ruby or Python by itself. No libraries, frameworks (no Rails, no Django) or other external stuff, just plain old Ruby or Python. I think this combined with the fact it's very easy to learn, the ton of tools out there, ton of web apps make it a hard language to kill.

What really can be done? Should they make a new version that provides more consistant function names and break backwards incompatibility? I've yet to hear what people think should be done with PHP besides abandoning it.

That being said I don't think it should die, I think it has it's place. I'm not as smart as the rest of the folks on here, but for doing client sites, PHP gets the job done very fast.
When Goog bought YouTube it was a mess of content. There was litigation everywhere and no advertisers wanted their products associated with it.

But Google saw the potential in the usage stats. The YouTube search bar was the second most used search bar after theirs.

Similarly Facebook see the social engagement stats of Instagram being similar to their own.
I'm 30 and I remember being taught the basics (in BASIC, no less) of programming in elementary school. My father talks about programming on punch cards when he was in high school. We both went to the same small rural schools, not even big city institutions.

Given that, I'm with the parent. It does seem kind of amazing that virtually anyone in the workforce today in North America didn't have at least some programming training. Whether they still remember is another matter, but I guess everyone comes from a different background.
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I always find it very hard to grasp the value of software companies intuitively. If Facebook is worth $100b right now, it is already bigger than Amazon or Siemens! Of course a huge part of the value is an x% chance bet on future growth / future ability to monetize and doesn't reflect the current status you can see - rationally I can believe the valuation is defensible but emotionally I always think "No way!"
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Yes, the blogging is very basic. Very, very basic right now. The page editor is my focus because it enables something new, but I do want to flesh blogging out properly before exiting beta.

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I listened to this story this morning on NPR, and I didn't find what he said particularly bad. In fact, it rang somewhat true - Castro, if anything, should be respected for his ability to avoid assassination and maintain power.
> Can you imagine, then, diving into a website's back-end to see @ all over? It turns out, the previous developer realized all those nasty notices and errors stopped happening if he slapped a @ on everything.

You've turned something that's a person's fault into something that's the language's fault.

Other languages have some sort of warning suppression as well, like Java's @SuppressWarnings or C#'s #pragma warning disable. Although they won't suppress all errors like PHP does, it can still bite you if you don't fix them.

It IS snobbery. You're taking a look at other people's code, and judging the language from it. I've written PHP for about 3 years and I've never once used the @ to suppress errors.
I _did_ pay that for an unlocked iPhone, because I wanted to use it while traveling. (The savings paid for the phone on the first trip I made, compared to the execrable roaming/data charges I have experienced with AT&T in the past).

But I think aes256's point is valid. That iPhone you buy with a carrier subsidy does not cost $199.

In a fully-transparent world, you'd be able to bring your own phone and get a reduced monthly bill from your mobile carrier. Or you could buy a subsidized phone and pay more per month.

In a fully-transparent world, of course, the mobile carrier becomes commoditized. They hate that.

It can't come soon enough for me, as a customer, however.
This is my rant about Best Buy:
Coming from a technical family (my dad being an IT director) at a small age I was dissecting computers and fixing them back. I love computers and that's what lead me into web dev. I'm still very technical in this area and I'd say I'm a pretty good hardware and software fixer.

That being said, when I go into BB it saddens me to see how they up-sell ignorant people. It bothers me so much. I'll be inline behind someone and they'll offer an initial setup and cleaning of your new PC for $75+ and I'm thinking to myself I could do this in 20 minutes and I'd do it for a lot less. Installing memory is way more than it should be. Backing up and restoring, etc, all relatively simple things they charge so much for.

And without the "geek squad" prices, their hardware prices are just high. Best Buy is for ignorant consumers who don't know about computers or geeks that need something asap and cave to pay the difference.

There needs to be a chain like this that doesn't screw people over, that has excellent customer service and doesn't continue to BS people about things that they really don't need. There's a business model to be had with treating people right.
Racket is Scheme... which is probably as far away from Java as it gets.

You don't need these features in Scheme. By not needing, I mean that they get in the way more than they help. Give it a shot.
The point of cramming lots of cores into mobile devices is apparently to reduce battery drain, not to gain processing power. This might or might not be new to you, but to me, short battery life is still an inconvenience :)

(Random corroborating source: http://www.tested.com/news/news/articles/1483-more-cores-mea... )