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That seems extremely unlikely. Even if Intel could produce a performance/power competitive product in that timeframe, they're likely never going to give Apple the influence over its SoC designs that they can currently exert over their ARM partners.

It's more likely that Apple has and is satisfied with a 3-4 year roadmap for the A* line that looked pretty boring to Keller, and the AMD job appeared much more interesting (and potentially much more lucrative).
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Phishing Sites Reach All Time High
A close look at Xeon Phi, Intel's 50-core beast
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Oh, do tell.
Lay off the personal attacks. No place here.

Any company is entitled to whatever they provide and it's not your place to sit as judge. People give them the information, for free. Craigslist displays it, for free.

Unless someone sues Craigslist for some sort of anti-trust regulation, the challenge for people desiring to compete in the Craigslist's market is to build something from the ground up. (Oh, and it's always a market people are after, it's not "Oh, we want to help people find apartments better because we're nice people"). The fact that it's difficult is the entrepreneur's problem, not Craigs.
> with non price-sensitive customers.

I think this is a very simplistic summation: the problem with Microsoft isn't price, it's the lower perceived value. For a long time, even more expensive Windows systems - particularly laptops - simply felt cheaper than Macs: the clumsy Windows system UI coupled with vendors bundling crapware or saving a few dollars with flimsy plastic parts to fit a very tight price-point, etc. Saving $5 with a screen hinge makes the entire system feel worse but for a long time it's been the rule thanks to the prevalent design-by-spreadsheet mindset.

There are some people who simply won't consider buying a Windows system but I think there is a much larger group of customers who would be quite open to a high-quality system — I'm just not sure that this will happen without Microsoft getting a good industrial designer in charge of the entire product. I'm also hoping that either Windows 8 has either improved a lot since the betas, interacts horribly with VMware, or a service pack will spread the Metro design around more completely because the betas were something of a disaster once you left Metro.
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Actually I was referencing that too.
Huh? I'm not sure how you can construct a plausible scenario where you're actually worse off with five armed citizens in the theater. Even if they each manage to accidentally shoot two additional people besides each other and even if the madman is half finished before one manages to take him down you still have many fewer people ending up getting shot.
Job creation is one of the strong benefits of modern-day OO.
I've been hacking on an intercept driver layer to retrofit existing games for this platform.

http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=15086

It'll be great to actually get some hardware to play with.
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Robot Apocalypse
Thanks, should have re-read that first !!!

We do have some potential angel investors :) and we might apply for government funds.

Edit: pg says "You probably have to worry more about it in hardware than in software" and we do want to do hardware, and that's my main concern.

We can pivot into a software-only solution, but I really liked the hardware approach (as a kind of app-cessory).
Unfortunately, while the sticklers insist on moral purity and perfect argument, they live in a world that operates on FUD and is grotesquely exploited and has become the modus operandi of our government, corporations, and fear mongering right.

It is the reason that science and reason cannot take hold in many human societies, because there is a false equivalency of opposition. Opposing heinous attempts to control are not equivalent to opposing freedom, liberty, and self-determination.
There are certain design elements that translate into a single line of JS, but require a couple of pages worth of CSS voodoo. Guess what's more maintainable.
So why does OUYA keep getting on the front page of HN day after day? If its likelihood of success is so low, why do we keep talking about it? And might the fact that we keep talking about it indicate that maybe those people who put money into it aren't so crazy after all?

I don't have an opinion either way.
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It could be powered by a Mali-400. If it has DVI output, then it can plug into the headset. It's just a display with an accelerometer.
I really don't think this could have been articulated better.
"Do what you did in 2007."
Very glad I saw this comment! I was going to donate but you're right. 250k is a drop in the bucket for these big players and if the tech was that good, one of them would have just swooped it up. On the other hand, they could be sitting tight to see what the finished product looks like before making any offers.
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If it's intended as a rebuttal of common objections, I'd probably include something about efficiency (the runtime and/or memory variety).
Why would they front the money if they don't have to? Kickstarter is also about gauging interest.

In any case, I trust John Carmack on this one. He's demonstrated tremendous personal integrity again and again.
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Alternative viewpoint: The team might like to stay free from possible 'corporate influence'. Also, consider the publicity and marketing they're getting for free via this kickstarter.
They're terminological shell games. It's difficult to tell whether "AAA game" means a popular game, a quality game, or merely a game with a very large budget. It depends on who's using the term and, often, there's a hidden implication that a game which has one of these traits must necessarily have the other two.

It's similarly difficult to tell whether "hardcore" means "challenging", "played online competitively", or "has adult themes like sex and violence". The best working definition I could find based on actual usage is if a game is an FPS, RTS, or MMORPG[0] it's "hardcore", otherwise not; but why not just say FPS, RTS, or MMORPG and not have this hidden value judgement that games which are not in these genres are "softcore"?

[0] Other game categories, like MOBAs and some third-person shooters may now qualify.
and it's not your place to sit as judge

Strongly disagree. Just as a company is entitled to provide whatever they wish, consumers are entitled to form views of the company based on their actions.
Why is the source code using StringBuilder everywhere instead of "+"? Is it designed for an ancient version of Java? Or is that some decompiled version?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1532461/stringbuilder-vs-...
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I do agree practice is a necessity but people often forget the other basics, particularly maintenance. To add, if you intend to own a firearm, go somewhere with some experience and get one that suits you personally. Think of it as the vi / emacs debate writ larger.
I'm not a fan. To me, this looks like a magazine, not social news. It looks curated, like I'm not meant to interact with it, but merely consume. I closed the tab pretty quickly, and I guess I can put to rest any notion of ever returning to Digg.
There are several reasons to do a kick-starter rather than going with one of these partnerships:
1) Funding is non-dilutive
2) You build a loyal developer base earlier, someone who has paid for early access to the product is much more likely to develop on it and give you valuable feedback
3) Start to build your brand
4) Test marketing strategies and pitches
While that is true, it still doesn't refute the parent argument.
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> We have tools. Tools that work

Not if it is XCode.
"Craig Newmark is a lazy monopolist at this point. All profit taking, no innovation."

This argument is way overblown. If you ask most companies for the data they generate, they would say no. So singling out Craigslist and using that as an argument as to why Craig is a "jerk" is silly because he would be in good company if that were the case.

Bottom line is that CL isn't a hard site to reproduce and even do it in a better fashion. The moment that other sites can start using CL data is the moment that the CL stranglehold will slip. Currently, others can build a product and then fight for users to come. If they were able to use CL data they would eliminate the chicken and egg problem and can slowly get their own data 'til they wouldn't need CL data. How is that in CL's interest to let that happen?
Sure, Valve or similar could just give them all the money (and maybe they are giving a significant portion), but that wouldn't involve the community- pulling in indie gamers and fans alike. Just like relationships with (good) investors- the money isn't the only asset.

Will this be perfect? I highly doubt it, but its an incremental step in moving us forward in a field that's remained stagnant on the consumer front for nearly 20 years. We need lots of beautiful failures to get to perfection.
This is quite possibly one of the most exciting projects I've seen on Kickstarter. Despite my absolute desire to click that Back This Project button, I'm gonna hold off. I've never really been into game development (love playing games) so I'm gonna save the money and wait. I will be putting up my first $1 back though just to watch the show! Can't wait for this.
Many of the leaders of DEFCON work for the government. I've come to suspect that it's 'pwned' and is now revealing its form as a recruiting tool.
Thanks Colin for this piece. I agree with your view on grabbing opportunities and yet I often allow this belief to live in my unconscious mind without a speaking role. Articles like this help to make the topic explicit and by doing so they allow oneself to refocus on a key to personal success strategy that is both simple and elusive all at once.

In any event, best of luck in grabbing your opportunities. I must run now so as to grab my own opportunities. Cheers and talk soon.
This isn't a kickstarter to fund the development of the finished product, it's a kickstarter to get these kits out into the hands of as many developers as are interested.
Lies are lies.
There is something to be done here by combining this with a Kinect or by by finding a way to point a camera at where the user is looking and going the Augmented Reality way.

I have to admit I'm a little turned off by the way those big players are only symbolically endorsing it but might very well get myself a dev kit anyways.
I agree with everything you've said.

I think there's an interesting lesson in here about perception of value in technology. I used to work at Microsoft but currently use exclusively Apple products, mostly because they're unix machines and are more familiar. That said, I know I'm in the tiny little epsilon of the general population that cares about whether it's unix underneath.

At bottom, I have no idea why people buy Apple products.

Also, FWIW, I'm totally price-insensitive when it comes to computer purchases; I keep these thing for 3-5 years so paying $1000 more just doesn't matter over that span.
Correct. And it's our job to judge the company, not an employee of that company.
Or you could phrase without all the academically correct technical buzzwords, so normal people who are your real audience will understand what you're trying to communicate. Like using "JavaScript" instead of "ES5" and "web browser" instead of "user agent".
Yeah, it seems like weird wording, asking for confirmation that they can sue, without establishing the basis.
What I'm interested in is how the default setting for Gatekeeper in Mountain Lion affects this. Assuming it hasn't been signed (which would allow a quick revoke by Apple), Gatekeeper should keep it out of the system, yes?
The Breakthrough of Mobile App Technology [Infographic]
Dijkstra says it even more succinctly: 'two or more, use a for'.
Google to Remove Apps With Intrusive Ads from Play Store
The OUYA is a self-perpetuating media machine that is built on a very shaky foundation in reality. It's driven on the dreams of those who would love, in essence, the Steam Box: a console that is not controlled in the same way Microsoft and Sony do.

The problem is the reality of that dream is already here, and it's not working. Steam doesn't exist on Linux (yet). The Xbox Live Arcade Indie Games store is a cesspool. Android games, by and large, are not near parity with iOS games. There's a very real threat of piracy on an openly hackable device that will scare away anyone who actually needs to make money to live.

The dream of indie is, right now, tied to Steam and the PC platform. It's the only place it has worked. There is no reason to believe that the OUYA, which does not exist, is in any place to change that.

For more, check out Kuchera's article on it, which I agree with wholeheartedly: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/the-reality...
The entire article is about personal experiences that have prevented people from doing the things that they're interested in. It doesn't say anything about what society wants, or ideal demographic ratios, or whatever.

This isn't about philosophy or ideology, and it's interesting that so many people here are framing it that way.
I don't know why that's so surprising. Android tablets have only gotten any attention since the Kindle Fire came out. Windows 8 was announced before that, in September. Even if Windows tablets completely bomb, there's still going to be millions of PCs with Metro on them and the Windows Store staring in their face. And even though Metro apps are (somewhat) less useful on a PC, sheer number of users tells you that there is some market there. Whereas before the Kindle there wasn't much of an Android tablet market. And the Kindle really only got developers to stick their toes in the water, Nexus 7 is what solidifies it as a platform worth developing on. So in my mind, Windows 8/RT has had developer support longer than Android tablets.
Its a good question that I think lacks good statistics. Kickstarter is trying to encourage people to actually ship/finish projects with little things, like the "expected ship date" on backer rewards to give people a little pressure.

It also all depends why you back projects. I back them for the same reason that I'm a trustee of the Awesome Foundation- I want to encourage amazing things to happen in the world. Sometimes, this involves a lot of failures or false starts. Some people are ok with that, others aren't.

How many Y-Combinator companies have actually shipped a finished product? Same thing.
The deception ratchet
In OOP I start with modular, decoupled components. And to answer the other popular complaint about OOP, the vast majority of my classes are not stateful. Just like for the preferred practice in functional programming, I try to only introduce state when practicality demands it.

Making a mess and then (maybe) refactoring later is a regrettably common practice among may object-oriented programmers. But it's not a fundamental or necessary approach. It's just a bad habit that refuses to die. Might die faster if people who've been taught better practice within the functional programming sphere would quit trying to suggest that everything outside the (supposed) ivory tower is irretrievably corrupt and barren.

And while we're at it, 'functional' and 'object-oriented' are orthogonal characteristics. There are a whole lot of object-oriented functional languages out there.
To be honest, I didn't get the "principled" impression out of anything written here - I think the author was just trying to soften the blow a little bit...
Then it doesn't need a Kickstarter, does it? They don't need Kickstarter taking their cut. They need a web site and an actual company presence, no?
Same here. Luckily I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, and a little bit of text on the side is a lot easier to ignore than a bunch of pictures.
Why do companies say they are in Raleigh-Durham and they are in Durham or vice versa? Why not just say Durham?

Even worse are the ones that say Raleigh and they are in Durham or Cary.

Do companies in other cities do this same misdirection?
I think that Craig actually isn't behind these decisions, though, which would explain the apparent conflict between his friendly attitude and the unfriendly attitude of the company overall.
Sorry, looks like I need to rebuild my Linode instance. It's back now.
Ugh. Behavior like this encourages more obnoxious teaser sites like this, that profit from abusing people's natural curiosity. These sites are barely a quantum leap above spam.
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