skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Highlights (apart from the main features at http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/):

• “Go full screen on any display” – the description is vague, but the most popular complaint about Lion’s full-screen might be fixed

• Rename documents from the title bar

• “Gatekeeper alert” – installing unsigned apps requires extra steps

• Safari gets a “smart search field” combination box like Google Chrome’s

• The Dictation feature is triggered by pressing fn twice

• in Time Machine, “backup to multiple locations”
League of Legends European accounts hacked
Probably because they want to clear out some parts, or finish up supply agreements as Marco suggested.
>When was the last time there was an outbreak of malware on Apple iTunes or Google Play?

Almost every day for Android?

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=...

>How many users were affected?

Not as few as you think.

One example http://www.crn.com/news/security/240000735/report-android-ma...

You can find many more if you look.

http://www.techwireasia.com/3306/mobile-malware-on-the-rise-...
Because there are audio/video professionals who want a Mac that has hardware expandability similar to a PC. The market becomes more niche by the day, but it's there.
Conversely... I know a guy who worked with a well-known startup founder, but he didn't list that founder as a reference, because he was sure he'd burned his bridges. Just so happened that the hiring manager had the founder on speed-dial. Later that night, the manager calls the founder, who says: "If I were to start a new company right now, that's the guy I'd want with me."

You never know.
FunnyJunk is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against the oatmeal.
a motherf*ing pterodactyl of awesomeness!
PCIe cards. Multiple matte 30" monitors. Anything really CPU intensive.
I wonder if this is a tacit acceptance of the DIY hackintosh. Has anyone seen hacintoshes used by audio/video pros for production work?

Everything I've read over the last year seems to imply that Apple is losing interest in the pro A/V market in favor of the profitable portable market, instead of keeping both going.
Wait, that's supposed to be more usable than the status quo?
I don't think you'll be alone. With the retina MacBook Pros, Apple really is throwing down the gauntlet here.

And not just because of their advantage in hardware; Windows is notoriously hard to program for in a resolution independent way, and the first double resolution laptop displays are going to cause early adopters no end of pain. Even if Windows 8 brings APIs to fix it, the long tail of apps are not going to be updated any time soon.

I expect this to be an unusually large and concrete reason for everyday people to choose a Mac laptop for the next few years. Side by side, Macs will look amazing. Looked at a 3GS recently? Eww.

Of course, this is assuming OS X has resolution independence nailed; though I'd be amazed if they shipped this if that wasn't the case.

(This is a repost of my comment from a rumor thread; not much has changed)
Looks like it's time to get rid off the navigate to visit URL button like Chrome did, nobody uses it. Interesting to see so many people use the search field in the browser, don't think I've ever used that before to do a search I search via the URL bar.
But the administration has rules, yes secrecy is determined by executive order but there are processes to follow. You can't say some stuff is so secret that you can't confirm or deny and then in the next breath brag about it.
Diablo 3 Asian servers offline after item duplication exploit
I agree this is a lame "update"

But I don't think that means it's dead for certain. Maybe they are having a hard time figuring out if Thunderbolt will go on the gfx card or the motherboard...maybe they are still waiting for a usb 3.0/thunderbolt/ivy bridge chipset from inel?

In fact, I think a "lame" update is a good sign that Apple wants to keep it around, and for whatever reason doesn't have the tech yet to make it much better.
I think Passbook is actually the star of this upgrade. My phone noticing I walked into a Starbucks and giving me a quick shortcut to bring up that barcode? Brilliant!
But won't you get more real-life real-estate out of the 1080p display? I thought that for normal apps and the web etc. the retina display was pixel-doubled for an effective real-estate equivalent to 1440x900? I get that it's better for photography and video, and if those are your primary workflows I would understand. For me, I'm trying to figure out why 1440x900 equivalent is so awesome that it would prompt all the other headaches of switching platforms.
We need a google map which people can submit addresses to that have been foreclosed on. This will show the foreclosure rate in a way I would trust more than what the banks may be reporting.
I think he may have meant not making a habit out of $1bn acquisitions of companies with lots of users.

"This is an important milestone for Facebook because it's the first time we've ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don't plan on doing many more of these, if any at all" [1]

[1] http://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10100318398827991
Why do we need to secure a "right to benefit from what they create"?

If it's not beneficial for authors, they can go do other things. Is there reason to believe this will lead to a loss of authorship? Abolishing copyrights would make derivative works' authorship possible, and that's probably a more significant source of creativity than brand new works. And we're currently sacrificing it for the former one, as well as various rights.
This isn't surprising. Look at the product wikis and see the comparison of all the hardware. From the mac pro all the way down to the phone. They have been selling overpriced hardware for a very long time.

To be fair.. before the intel switch the hardware was theirs. Now, after the intel switch they're still selling over priced hardware except now it's cheaper for them because they're not using powerpc's anymore, and are now able to reap the benefits of using PC hardware.
So... is this maps thing going to work in Europe?
"No Xeon E5 CPUs"

I must admit I've lost track of what the latest and greatest CPU is at any given time, so I googled for "Xeon E5" and found this article:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/06/11/apple_quietly_...

So what is it? Have they stuck in an Intel Xeon E5 or not?
Mac OSX is still solidly used in many industries, such as media and publishing. Recording studios need the Pro to install expansion cards, video production houses the same. I've seen close to riots because a production house wanted to move all their staff to Windows, and as much as you think it might save costs, you don't have to worry about Anti-Virus and Firewall software management, admin permissions etc on top of all that, Windows Pro licenses etc. Integration with iPad and iPhone is also important given that a lot of media development for these goes on in this studios.
The Mac Pro clearly isn't on their radar.

That said, a Hackintosh can save you a lot of money if you're looking at the Mac Pro line. It's a crappy solution, for sure. Apple would never bless such a thing, but they don't seem to try and stop it.
These may be functional and fully Linux-compatible and whatever, but the key for me is this: does its trackpad compare to that of the MacBook Pro?

Oh, it doesn't? You mean I'll have to carry around an external mouse to compensate for the lackluster trackpad? You mean one of the two ways I interact with my computer is clunky at best and non-functional at worst compared to the best one on the market?

Sorry. No dice.
Good quality of results is difficult to get even on paved roads without "boots on the ground". Consider driving down a street with stop signs at every intersection (NW Northrup St) or one with speed bumps every block (SE 41st Ave).
Thanks for the response. I think a disclaimer on the main page about claims during beta would have alleviated my disappointment.
Do you Want a 'Digital Bill of Rights?' [POLL]
It really depends on how OS X chooses to impose upon how the pixels are used. If the new "retina" desktop is merely a 1440x900 point desktop with much sharper fonts and artwork (much like how the retina iPhones are merely 320x480 point views), then this isn't necessarily desirable to someone who truly wants the higher-resolution workspace.
Being able to accept the fact that we as individuals die, what is the thing that stop us from accepting that we as a civilization, and as a species will eventually cease to exist?
The planet will still be here and there will surely be life left once conditions don't permit humans to survive, but even if it should be impossible for life to persist on Earth, so what?
It's not like Nature and the Universe were made for us to eventually dominate and expand, they just exist and so do we, for a while.

PS: Obviously I don't think we should just nuke everything because we're /eventually/ going to die, but I find the general fear and surprise at the fact that we as a species could cease to exist interesting. Like we're entitled to live forever because the Universe is ours or something.
Ask HN: Corp. Agile PM tool
I'm seeking a fully functional tool which will provide me with the ability to have features/tasks/bug tracking, charts/graphs, backlog, etc. The ability to do a lot of high-level while still being able to get low level with a relatively simple-easy to use tool.

Anyone have any suggestions?
They come in a lot cheaper than those new MBPs, too

That is simply not true.

Configured approximately the same as the cheaper Retina MBP, the verix cost $200 more than the retina macbook pros.

I say approximately because the mbp has 1600MHz ram vs 1333 in the verix, but I had to choose a 300GB SSD in the verix vs 256 in the mbp. As well, the verix option was for a 2.2GHz vs 2.3GHz of the MBP.

That was the cheaper MBP. Configuring the verix to match the costlier Retina MBP puts the Verix at $500 more.
Am I imagining that the latest linux kernel added support for this?
Real wealth can be realized through a sale of the asset (or in the case of cash, judged based on the real goods it can buy). If something can never actually be sold for whatever the supposed price is, then the value isn't real. The vast majority of the bubble premium could have never been realized under any scenario, and thus was not real (there wasn't even a fraction enough cash, bonds, equities, etc. to put toward realizing the real estate bubble's premium, the market could have never become actual through real sales). Only a fraction of US homes were sold during the bubble era.

You can technically bid a stock to trillions in dollar worth (say Cisco goes to $25 trillion during the dotcom bubble), but you'll never be able to actually realize even a fraction of that value. And if you can't mathematically ever realize that value through a sale, then it is not actual.
Apple's Stash of Credit Card Numbers Is Its Secret Weapon
I agree. I'm in the market for a new notebook, however I strongly dislike the design of these machines.

This isn't to say that all non-Apple products have horrible aesthetics. Samsung stands out to me as a PC manufacturer that makes cool PC laptops. That said, I haven't worked with one so I have no way to evaluate the keyboard and general functionality.

However, the aesthetic look of the notebooks offered here is enough to put me off a purchase entirely - which is unfortunate.
El Niño is the main thing that springs to mind when thinking about predictive powers of (short term) climate modelling. They are getting reasonably good at that.

Also, your coin flip is not a predictive model any more than claiming that using the same numbers every week on the lottery is a predictive model. For one thing, it makes no attempt to model anything, and for another, it has no attempt to be predictive, it just attempts to be right nearly half the time (edge), through understanding of the likely odds, which is a different thing altogether.
I really doubt it. As long as there's a few customers willing to buy it, and as long as they can make what must be a ridiculously large profit margin on them, they're gonna continue to make 'em.
On 13" they were about 2 years ago. Still on 15" and 17" models, and from the other response, it sounds like they still are there.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Preview: You Don't Know Jack
Story already at the frontpage:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4096362
It's funny that the people who make bets like this (that Macs are unreliable) are the ones who don't actually own them.

My Thinkpad is only a few years old, and the cooling system is acting up, I'm also having keyboard issues (even after replacing it) and just isn't worth bothering with. My old Macbook Pro on the other hand still practically runs like new, and never had to be repaired for anything.

I wish people wouldn't make claims based on speculation.
Uh, except they aren't overpriced, as evidenced by the fact that nobody can undercut the Air or the iPhone or the iPad on price yet.

And they aren't reaping the benefits of using PC hardware, either; other than Intel CPUs, Apple is custom-building all its motherboards and parts.

So basically, you have no valid points at all and are just posting an anti-Apple rant.
>At least Microsoft does not bundle Silverlight with IE (but it will apparently bundle Flash..).

If I remember correctly, Flash is only enabled for a set of whitelisted sites. But, as we see, someone will probably chain that to some other vulnerability.
AppleInsider is confused. Xeon E5645 is two years old. Xeon E5-26xx is the new hotness.
No word on WebGL support in Safari -- anyone have any information?
Yeah because they refinanced 4 times and pulled all the equity out to buy new cars, boats, RVs, and vacations.
U.S. Navy Will Spend $34 Million to Switch Drones to Linux
Based on over 117,000 Windows 7 and Vista Test Pilot submissions from 7 days in July 2010

It's the old 2010 study...
Love ‘Em Or Hate ‘Em: The Top Features Of iOS 6
The OS X Lion scrollbars, or lack of clunky scrollbars, has dramatically improved the design of so many webpages IMHO.
"you don't have to worry about Anti-Virus and Firewall software management, admin permissions"

Are you sure about that? "Flashback" is just one example.
Apple has also approached an av vendor to help harden OSX.
I think we don't know the long term effects of the things we are doing.

But the usual cure people propose, a massive expansion of government, is worse than the disease. It will ultimately lead to more wars and an end to dealing with threats to our existence.

But doing nothing is not viable either. We need to get control of the planet. We simply cannot just let the next ice age or global warming occur.

This sort of thing is the ultimate "tragedy of the commons". And some of those most familiar with that concept seem the least likely to apply it the effects of technology.
Lenovo is not a good vendor for linux laptops. Unless you get a behemoth plug-to-plug W520, you have to accept at least one of the following major flaws:

1. Unsupported dual-mode graphics card.

2. Inability to use multiple monitors.

3. Some ports being unusuable.

4. Audio glitches.

5. Hand patching required to keep your laptop stable.

6. Poor support for X11 even with simple Intel integrated graphics.

And in all cases you will simply get atrocious battery life compared to the battery life available from the same system via windows.

People will tell you, "Oh I don't have a problem with my T61 or my T520," but their definition of "no trouble" is typically so riddled with the phrase, "Oh that doesn't work so I don't do it" that most laptops are reduced to underpowered desktops or doorstops.

Currently, there are no competitively priced linux laptops. This stems from a mix of vendor apathy and poor laptop support on Linux. If you would like to build a linux experience comparable to a mac osx or windows laptop with free software, it is currently either so expensive (Lenovo W520) or so difficult (T520) that it's almost certainly not worth your time.

You're better off using a competent VM solution to run Linux under Mac OS X and be able to enjoy a fully spectrum of modern hardware and battery life while still getting to use Linux (presumably for your development).

Note: And I sort of promised myself I wouldn't post here anymore, but on this one issue I hope this is the warning to someone that I personally never got. Don't try and make a linux laptop. It is a waste of your time and money.
I tried pretty hard to find that, since I'd been able to do that for a previous version, but I came up empty. If you're telling me I could have avoided giving up SL, I'm pretty sad about that.
They've had years to figure out the Thunderbolt thing. Xeon E5 was delayed 9 months, so the new Mac Pro actually should have been ready in September.
I think there are two possible explanations:

1. Marco's pessimistic take that they are clearing through existing inventory in slightly reconfigured and cheaper machines.

2. grecy's comment here that they needed to keep people hooked while they get the real bump out the door.

If the answer is 2, then they really can't wait too long. A few people will be satisfied that they can get 12 cores for $3800, but it's only a stop gap.

My pessimistic gut says Marco is right (see FCPx/exFCP fiasco), but I keep hoping he's wrong. Right now I have too much invested in PCIe in my studio (audio hardware) and might get one of these new 12 core boxes and nurse it along for as long as I can.

Geof
besides gaming applications, how do the previous generation of sandy bridges stand up? (i5 2.4ghz) I heard from minimal to significant.

EDIT: found a nice resource for the specific models
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/474/Intel_Core_i5_Mobile_i5...
I think he meant, why wouldn't a windows/unix/linux machine with similar hardware work just as well?
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More anecdotal evidence, but I have a 5 year old Thinkpad and a 5 year old Macbook. Guess what: both are going strong. Quality isn't exclusive to one manufacturer. I really dislike these either/or strawman arguments.
That being said the vast majority just have a laptop
Its fast enough and support high rez external monitors.

That's probably the reason. When the niche for desktops is too small, it will eventually die. Because Apple only produce stuff that makes a pretty good amount of money. If it doesn't, it's removed.

It make sense, even if it's annoying.
They talk about the retina display making fonts better in the video on the MacBook Pro website: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
Just came to say, Earl at ZaReason is great, they always treated me with respect and went the extra mile.
Lenovo Thinkpads have very dedicated fans that have created drivers for almost everything. Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on my TP T61, there was zero configuration or hacking around needed. Every last wierd, unique or proprietary feature worked out of the box.

That being said, your point still stands. Official support is a lot better than unofficial support.
Using LiDAR, filmmaker discovers “lost city”
This Might Be the Dumbest Thing Europe has Done Yet
> it shows how behind the mobile web is, as the two most dominant players in mobile only update their browsers once a year.

As opposed to the desktop world where IE 8 is still your best-case minimum browser?
True, but they don't offer a machine that can run OpenCL well. On my current Mac Pro (6-Core Xeon 3.33Ghz) the CPU runs most of my codes at the same speed as the ATI Radeon 5870. An ATI 7970 would have been a nice (minimal) addition but I really want support for an NVidia Tesla c2070 so I can develop CUDA codes to run on Amazon EC2.
REWiki - A game reverse-engineering documentation project
Running the iOS6 developer preview here on iPhone 4S (will try on iPad at home tonight)— WebGL still doesn't work in mobile safari.
The Antivirus Era Is Over
Also, programmers get annoyed at their machines, even nice well-made ones, for all kinds of specific reasons that most computer users won't.

Sure, I like getting a new shiny thing just like anybody else. But it does seem a little less shiny once I've tried to put my employer's dev environment on it and found that Apple's customized version of a common C library broke the build. Or an Oracle dependency we (very unfortunately) have hasn't been upgraded by Oracle in a couple years and crashes on the new OS.

The lot of the programmer seems to be that you never get to have your tools "just work".
> Windows is notoriously hard to program for in a resolution independent way

Really? Using which API?
Guided Access also seems like it'd be useful for setting up applications for "kiosks" and other restricted environments.
Thanks! Bad news, though.
Maybe you were just lucky that your combination of hardware was supported. In my experience, you'll need the latest kernel with some patches from other people, and you'll still have to configure with something like make menuconfig to get the proper options to work.
Why stop there then? If you've decided that 'safe' indicates the continuation of the mass that comprises our planet, and not the particular, temporarily-compatible, form it takes today, then why even worry about the expansion of the sun? Or a collision which may shatter it? In how many ways is an asteroid cloud meaningfully less 'safe' than a single barren rock of comparable mass?

I mean, you've already dispensed with the anthropocentric definition of "safe" that implies "for human civilization". So why stop at the anthropocentric definition of "planet"?

Why not take comfort in the fact that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, and as such, even being baked by the sun or destroyed in a collision of galaxies or pulled into a star or black hole will leave the energy that comprises "Earth" quite safe and sound?

If we want to imply that man is insignificant, surely the fact that our planet itself is insignificant would only underscore that point.
Sure, all you have to do is type `sudo vim /etc/acpid/handle.sh` and learn basic shell scripting...
I'm glad I'm not the only one perplexed by the utterly astoundingly bad trackpad drivers on literally every platform but OSX. I just don't get it. How can so many people working on trackpad software produce such sub-par junk, while Apple's is literally competitive to (if not better than in some cases) a desktop mouse.
How Nasdaq's CEO missed Facebook's IPO meltdown
Some DEC code for OpenVMS had been converting variables containing times using the Unix epoch date to and from the OpenVMS-format dates* using the LIB$ LIBRTL calls, and the LIBRTL calls had a documented format limit of 9,999 days.

When 19-May-1997 rolled around, you needed to use a different conversion sequence for your Unix epoch dates, or to have applied the then-available LIBRTL 10K Delta Time patch that extended the permitted day field.

More to the OP's point, the longest continuous OpenVMS server uptime I'm aware of was around seventeen years.

The downside of that being seventeen years of unapplied patches.

*VMS uses 17-Nov-1958 as its base date; that date was chosen to match the date commonly used by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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They could have had help from friends. Also, the design of the application makes it very easy to add new images to the set (just throw a new entry into the JSON file containing the x and y coordinates of the finger, and the script does the rest whenever the user loads the page).
Because it doesn't run OS X?
What I dislike about the RMS position is that it seems to consider tinkering, and perhaps geek culture in general, as inherently good and goals in their own right. I take a more utilitarian view: tinkering is good insofar we benefit from the results.

I disagree; his position, as I perceive it, is that having the right to tinker is inherently good, not so much tinkering itself. Much like many of us consider Free Speech to be inherently good, even if we find some speech abominable.

And the advantages of Free Software aren't limited to tinkering, of course.