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One thing i notice it, it shared the news read by me to myself. Is it a good or unnecessary feature?
I know by trending article means, it shares all the articles which are in trend independent of whether you have read it or not, but still i feel it should not share the same article to me.
You're a god? You determine what's stupid or not? You grow up.
I registered with my Google Account to asana.com after reading the article.

The interface is nice but I want to unsubscribe now, being sure that they cannot access my account anymore.

Is there any FAQ or page in Google listing all the enabled applications ?

Thank you
I don't think that C "will make everything MUCH harder," but with C you'll end up spending a lot of time just getting the groundwork in place before you even start to work on the problem at hand.
I am sure HBO would love to have people like you who don't have cable as subscribers. I don't have cable because I don't see anything there of value, since I can watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Hulu and get movies on Netflix. A coworker also cut his cable. He couldn't justify almost $80 a month. He said the only thing he watched was HBO and another premium channel.

The CEO's point was it is difficult to target cable cord cutters because they have already have a business model that is profitable. The telephone salesman cannot say "You can take HBO with your $50 cable or you could just buy a $10 internet subscription plan for HBO, please buy cable anyway"

They cannot retool their business to compete with standalone Netflix. I would love for them to offer there shows on Netflix like AMD does, but oh well. I personally have pirated true blood last year, but I am now just going to wait 1 year to see the next season as I waited to see game of thrones when it comes on Netflix DVD. I guess it doesn't put much money in HBO's pocket, but I guess it's better than pirating. But I know people who gotta have their fix.

I appreciate this synopsis of the original article. The Forbes article really was linkbait.
You absolutely do not have to be "very smart" to design a correct relational database. There are a very small number of very simple, easy to understand rules. It requires making a small effort to educate yourself on the basics of the relational model, and that's it. No special genius required.
The purpose of this type of interview question is, per my argument, to get an idea of cultural fit and estimation skills. Like any measure it picks up some signal and a lot of noise, e.g. bullshitting skills. The trick is to combine measures such that the noise largely cancels out while preserving the signal.

If this were the only type of interview question used the points you brought up would be a legitimate concern. Given that it was, in my case, married in a much greater proportion with concrete questions I maintain that it generated unique, useful information.

Traders generally have, prior to entering a trade, the opportunity to think through everything thoroughly and ask for help on the bumps. There are also times when the cost of the time for analysis is so great that a gut, if rough, call is needed, e.g. holding hard drive manufacturer equity as news of Bangkok flooding breaks. Being able to ball-park figures, after issuing a disclaimer about the uncertainty of one's estimates, is also a generally useful analytic skill.

It should also be noted that part of recognising the priority of things to be analysed is the degree by which they deviate from expectations - generating many of those expectations is a form of intuitive estimation.

But, as I said, it's mostly to estimate whether this is a person we'd like to spend 10-16 hours a day near. Constant righteous indignation would probably get annoying as fast as serial bullshitting.
Wind energy is solar energy, indirectly.
That's the Apple's distortion field in action.
Yes, its not literally "infinite complexity in 4096 bytes", but I think poetic license is entirely justified here... it is a sort of visual poetry after all.
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Should go nicely with the Emacs kitchen sink.
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But Fermi problems are quite relevant in computing work. Here is a question I was asked recently:

"How many users do you think will ever concurrently use a certain subset of our website?"

Actually, the question was phrased as "how would you architect Feature X?" This naturally led to "do we need a distributed approach?" And of course, the answer to that depends on the answers to the Fermi question and "how many users can a single box handle".
Maybe Siri will now also start working in Canada. Seriously, what is holding Apple back. Is Google stalling that?
What a lot of hot air. The killer aspect of Google Maps on Android is the turn by turn navigation with traffic. That saves me hundreds of £ a year and is just brilliant.

"but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable experience"

I'm sorry, but what a lot of bullshit.
Wait, why is finding a bear in the woods the hard part? It's the woods, it has bears in it. The hard part would be actually killing it, and then all the skinning and dressing.
They have no customer support desks, no personally identifiable information, no monstrous billing system. Turning from a B2B company to a B2C company is not as easy as flipping a switch!
As a long time C++ / C programmer I love every feature here... except one. I really abhor the new auto keyword. Perhaps it's personal taste (I also dislike the "Var" in JS). It really seems to make the code harder to follow with only minimal advantages (that I can see / use/ etc).
One of the reasons I like C++ is that it lets you throw away type safety and still maintain it through abstraction. This sounds awful, so let me explain.

In one project, I implemented an EDSL for performing a destructuring bind on a string (CFG production, actually). The types of the components of the pattern determined what the pattern would actually match.

This was all done in a previous version of C++, so I didn't have variadic templates available. I also didn't want to heap allocate the internals of patterns.

What I did was to store an array of void pointers and a function pointer as private fields within a pattern class. When constructing the pattern, pointers to the things to which parts of the string to be bound were put into the array, thus throwing away their types. BUT, the function pointer pointed to a static method in of a class template, which only operated on the array of void pointers in a type-safe way, precisely because it was compiled with the knowledge of the types.

I use this type of subversion when appropriate, and it's often a very convenient solution to an otherwise tricky problem. Such a thing would either not be possible--or be incredibly inconvenient--in C. It's often very useful to treat different stuff uniformly, knowing that your abstractions can maintain type safety.
found this, and it's really annoying:

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Next, write to us and we will deactivate your account. Please note that the deactivation we perform deactivates your individual Asana account and not your shared workspaces.

We don't yet provide a single action or button to delete your Asana account as we want to safeguard against unintended deletion.
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from: http://help.asana.com/customer/portal/articles/204659-how-do...
It's no longer a modal dialog. Seems like a simple GUI improvement.
For me, this is step backwards, because it breaks existing UI paradigms.

Why is it a good thing for the preferences pane have to appear in a different place from where it does in every single other application on my OS?

And this deliberately confuses application content versus Internet content. Do you have to scroll down to click "OK"? What if it isn't visible? Or should it be labelled "save"? Why learn a new dialog-style interface? And why on Earth does this need to be a tab -- are people going to be tabbing between their stock quotes, news, and browser Preferences tab?
Sounds depressingly familiar. My department gets most of if its server infrastructure under the radar from external companies since getting the IT department to set up a server for our needs is far too slow and expensive.
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In your account settings (https://www.google.com/settings/), next to "Authorising applications & sites" there's an Edit link.
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Yes. We have real browser choice on our conventional computers and Android. Less on iPhone, none on Windows 8 for ARM. Game consoles are walled gardens and I'm not sure what you mean by "most" because I'm pretty sure it's only the XBox 360 that is open to all, and that a hugely restricted sandbox as well.

So, your bright spots are a fading category under active attack (web browser choice), a dubious walled garden (XBox 360) from the same company working to kill our browser choice, and a phone platform which as I've said goes back and forth between open and not depending on the who, what, and when, with basically a single project standing between us and the whole platform being effectively closed (CyanogenMod). (I'm assuming you're not claiming the PS3 as open after the openness was retroactively removed by Sony. There is nothing stopping Microsoft from doing that either.)

This isn't extremism to be ringing the bell, our insertion into the trunk is nearly a fait accompli, and again, we're barely showing up to the fight.
I am very happy to see a Todoist user on HN! Founder of Todoist here.

Unfortunately I had I detour in social networks so the work on Todoist has been slow for some years. But about 8 months ago we started fulltime working on it and Wedoist. I think we have some amazing updates coming up that will solve all of your issues (ex. HTML5 enabled web and desktop applications and native mobile apps for iOS and Android).

Stay tuned and please provide feedback of how we can improve Todoist (here or on my email which is in my HN profile).
Adobe is still around? Good for them :)
Did you drop the phone into the tiny crack between the elevator car and the wall? Because I have nightmares about doing that whenever I carry a smartphone around an elevator.
You can list authorized apps and revoke authorization from Google's accounts page.

Here's the direct link: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=en

or go here: https://www.google.com/settings/ and click "Authorizing applications & sites"
This looks useful, unfortunately it breaks my back button!
Guess the point is deniability: you can claim that you didn't sign it..

of course you'd have to fool handwriting analysis..
> I'm from New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ?
No, it's shitty journalism in action.
You seem to be assuming that he doesn't adapt to circumstances. I have a similarly constrained schedule, and yet when things come up I adapt to them. Having the schedule means that I don't have to adapt very often, and under normal circumstances I can concentrate on the job, and not on scheduling the job.

You're replying as if the man is an unthinking robot, enslaved by the schedule, but it's clear to me that he's not. He's simply automated what he can to free up time from scheduling, and to make sure important things are scheduled in properly as the norm.
> before someone gets burned

I salute you, sir.
I fear that if true this might be a step backwards for users outside of the US, as Google has spent a massive amount of effort collecting Street View data from all over the world.

I highly doubt that Apple or the mapping companies it has acquired have quite the same coverage.
Oh thanks for the hint! I was able to reproduce it.
Weird. Nice idea to hide the spam.
found the Google page, not that easy

if anyone needs: https://www.google.com/dashboard
click on "Websites authorised to access the account"
You seem to have chosen your example to prove your point and also misunderstood the meaning of "monopoly business models."

I refer to business models that seek out monopoly status through techniques such as vendor lock in. Not just businesses that find themselves in a position of monopoly.
I daresay by now users are more familiar with web-based UI paradigms than traditional OS paradigms.

I think they'd spend more time interacting with web-based applications than traditional OS applications.

If that's the case, then Firefox is actually adapting to people's expectation of the UI.
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> How exactly do you tweak a gun? And what sort of gun that will kill bears ain't gonna kill a wolf?

Simple example: there are a number of guns that can be converted from semi-automatic to full-automatic with very simple changes, removing a spring, filing something down, etc. If you've got a pack of wolves coming at you the rate of fire could certainly change the balance in your favor.
Never got to use IWantSandy, but how is it different from gmail recognizing events for you to add to your GCal, or adding Alerts? Is there something analogous today?
I'm not too familiar with the US justice system, but I read the Wikipedia page the last time you brought up that specific case. Reading (a little) between the lines, Duke Power seems to have set out to discriminate against black employees. That seems very different from using an IQ test to select the best employees, especially for a job that actually is highly IQ-dependent.
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I've worked with one or two of those (out of about something like a hundred, I'd guess). Both came from technology and had engineering degres but had figured out they preferred sales. I'm not sure that's the sole reason, but they really did grok how our solutions worked, what benefits they offered and how to map that to the customers desires and idiosyncrasies.
thank you fps! I found the same in the dashboard ;-)
Same. I've been to multiple doctors, and each time, the "privacy policy" (either a HIPAA form or something similar) was included on the paper I was signing.

That's not to say Stallman's experience did not happen, but it is certainly not the norm.
That would be fraud and you can go to jail for that.
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1, however, did hold a mechanical engineering degree (me).

But I still haven't gotten job offers yet.

(For those in the program who think I told them otherwise: that was not a job offer, but an invitation to a two week assessment with a tiny stipend in a place far from San Francisco, but was still probably counted in the "got jobs" figures.)
Agreed, the story doesn't make sense and seems false.
I thought I was the only person who ever had these nightmares. I almost always put my phone in my pocket before stepping in and out of an elevator.
Wow, put down the pitchforks guys.
I really enjoyed this post. I like the idea of rotating through the different responsibilities during the week (Product / Video & Teaching etc). I could see this helping make sure you don't neglect areas that maybe you are a little less passionate about - for example, maybe you like thinking about product development but not HR / Culture, having a split schedule like this makes sure you put a little time into the HR problems each week instead of waiting for some emergency to force you to concentrate on that.
Either you have a fleet of trucks or you are overestimating how much Android's navigation is saving you.

When my GPS broke down, I didn't start using my phone, I just bought another GPS for 99 euro.

(And funny thing is the old one has just some loose wires and could be fixed a few months later by an electrician.)
Slightly pedantic, but this question was not a Fermi problem - Fermi problems are numerical approximation problems, and this one is more behavioral.

That said, I don't think they're lazy questions necessarily. However, I'm a physicist, enjoy Fermi problems (actually compulsively do the calculations when I hear a new one - a million golf balls!), and do think that order of magnitude approximations and quick unit changes are important skills to have developed.

I do think it's very lazy when they come out of a book or are riddles, because there are so many short approximations we can do at any moment. How much will the electric bill be for this office when it's August? or I just made a pot of coffee and forgot to place it back on the burner - when will it be too cold to enjoy? No accurate answer is needed or cared about, but the ability to predict important factors and come up with a list of contributing components is important.
Waze is OK but you'll need an overall intuition of your route and not follow it blindly contrary to how many people use their GPS. Imagine heading north on a highway and needing to get on an intersecting highway going west. Often it'll tell you to "take a left" onto the other highway forsaking the reality that you should veer right and take the cloverleaf exit. It will also give routes that don't exist. Again with the intersecting highways: imagine the two aren't connected where they intersect. Waze may go ahead and route you through an imaginary exit.

But know your route and Waze can be helpful and even a little fun.
Perhaps rms was talking about the legal definition (18) and not the clinical
There's nothing wrong with speculating based on facts, as long as you make it clear that it's speculation and not reality.
Why does "no longer a modal dialog" = "GUI improvement"? This isn't obvious to me at all...
They do hire clueful contractors once in a while.
Love this! I'm a "codecademy graduate" so sites like yours are a huge help!
Huh. I've never worked with canvas, but is it possible that moving the middle canvas itself would be faster than clearing and redrawing it every frame? Like you have two canvases side by side in a div with overflow hidden, move both canvases each frame, and when one of them is totally off screen, move it to the other side and draw new terrain. Or are you hoping to avoid animating the canvases themselves?
3D is a cool demo, but turn by turn is actually useful. Let's hope Apple at least matches what Google Maps can do before switching for the sake of taking a jab.
Intent is often irrelevant. If something is shown to have disparate impact on a protected class then it is likely to be ruled discriminatory, and therefore illegal, regardless of intent.
Where's the vim equivalent?
I think the primary component of Apple's distortion field is shitty journalism.
That small brochure was only a subset of their privacy policy. The actual policy could not possible fit onto a brochure and as the OP said the form he was signing had a summary of the policy which is similar to your brochure.
My background's in CS and I've mostly been a web developer for several years. Only know the normal SQL stuff but wouldn't consider myself an expert. I'm also interested in OLAP but I can't seem to find anything on it other than what it is.
There could be a chance that they are simply testing you to see how you respond to silly questions and how much of a stuck up asshole someone can be (not that you are one).

I'd imagine it's a good way to spot well adjusted human beings.

This, of course, assumes (positive) things about the company and the interview process, which may not be true for 95% of the sample as far as I know.
I was guessing... since TPB is still in operation I assumed their crime was not running TPB but more likely piracy.
What's this laser scanning? Vector topographic data and aerial imagery is all that's necessary.
I'm not seeing it.
Flouride additions to water was started in the 1960s or 1970s as a public health initiative to fight tooth decay, a significant health problem. It was not added as a "fortifier" in the same way that vitamin D is commonly added to milk.
I dunno... people still use word-processors, spreadsheets, sometimes e-mail clients...

For me, this still makes as much sense as Excel opening up its preferences as a new spreadsheet, or a 3D rendering program asking you to edit a 3D wireframe to change options. Content is content, application is application -- I don't understand why confusing the two could ever be a good thing.
If you're building the server, can you just puppet apply multiple times? I wonder how Chef handles this. This is going to be interesting to play with.

We have lots of automated build procedures which I'm hoping to eventually fold into Chef.
As an iOS user from Europe I seriously hope they will do the transition gradually - e.g. first migrate only the US users, then country after country like they do with new iTunes content for example.
you can refresh / bookmark / share the page URL at any time and you will retrieve your work.

And also I don't have to store anything on my server, bit.ly like services are the new way of storing the information :)
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At least keep it around in a closet somewhere--at some point in the future it might be fun to play with whatever nasties are on it.
Thanks! Focusing on the mistakes is always a valuable lesson.
You can also use scp or rsync (altho scp doesn't give you a progress bar IIRC, only the percentage done and the ETA)
I stand corrected. I was under the impression that the charges were unrelated to TPB since TPB is still in operation.
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1) Because a billion-line init script is a gross exaggeration.

2) What do you do if you have 1,000 servers and your upstart script has to change? Fabric is nice to have in situations like that.
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I like this because the current options window is modal and often I need to change an option while browsing the web.

I hope they do the same with the downloads list.
I know many people who I presume like you, let chaos and drama rule their lives.

Shit happens, it doesn't matter if you have a super-structured day or not. Your ability to handle it calmly and with confidence is what makes the difference in how balanced, productive and stress-free your life is.
The Z drugs are not benzos.

To claim that the Z drugs are "vastly more addictive than heroin" is, frankly, ridiculous.

Rebound insomnia is nasty; and the Z drugs should be treated with respect; and sleep hygiene should be tried first; but it's stupid to scare people with nonsense like "addictive as heroin".
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No, he said that he was told that it was 3000 pages long, but never saw it, which was the point.
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I don't think he ever used the connections to actually get students jobs/interviews though, even when asked. He just used them to get employers to show up and talk to us, and show up for a five minute "speed dating" session with us (though I guess you could count that).
Exactly, I think they caught on as they are a more intuitive UI than delving into your history or using bookmarks. When rendered repeatedly until you read them (perhaps weeks after,) they make for very expensive bookmarks.

Tabs/history/bookmarks I believe are the most pressing area for UI development in the browser.

A lot of this management could be pushed into the OS shell. If you could manage Windows easier - you wouldn't need tabs.

Tab behaviour is so inconsistent across browsers, apps and different OSs it hurts.
Replacing a switch is one way, a pass through on the socket is another--you plug the smart device into the socket and your actual stuff into the smart device. That won't hit all devices (not everything is plugged into a socket), but would be a good way to get the more casual user involved.
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