skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's still a negative right, if you interpret it as "the government cannot put you in jail unless it makes sure you have legal representation."

So the government isn't actually required to give you a lawyer; it just can't put you in jail if it doesn't.
This is only a problem if you are a tech blogger novelty junkie. The rest of us want our shit to be boring because we just want it to do what we say and shut up and get out of the way.
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there is one (unofficial) @ http://api.ihackernews.com/ which is used by ihackernews ... my mobile frontend of choice as long as there's no official one.
No, this is not true. Every single one of my wife's female friends, all non-nerds, and anxiously waiting for the next iPhone as well. They have been tempted by some of the Android phones, but they want to stick with Apple... for now.
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It would appear to already have a licence.

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From the other thread:

1. At the reported speeds, it would take 3 years on a 100 machine cluster to encode a 1.5h movie like this.

2. It's 10x better today (fact?). So you'll only need 4 months on that cluster.
1: boot time is Poettering's own argument in favor: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html

If the systemd team wants to drag goalposts all across the field, that's fine. I'm just going to note their original location.

If you want to build a better xinetd, or better SysV init based dependency system (insserv), or alternative (upstart), then do it. OK, upstart also fucks with init, but with a lot less whack then systemd.

As to the "I've seen poorly written init scripts": on my distro of choice (Debian), package maintainers do a very good job of providing sane scripts (which are a lot easier to follow than RH scripts, something I noticed when first cutting over to Debian), in part because the distro provides a solid, 18-years of evolution, SysV init based process, and a policy that tends to iron out occasional bouts of dumpth.
Hold your breath.
"make-it-or-break-it"

Break what? The markets still growing, there are always people entering the smartphone market. Good hardware is important but Apple's ecosystem also attracts a lot of people. Most people don't buy a new phone every year, they wait for their contract to expire. So people with an expiring iPhone 4 contract will get all the new features of the 4S plus the larger screen and whatever else comes. Lots of people complained the 4S wasn't a big upgrade but it was a whole new experience for me upgrading from a 3GS.

And they may have had 2 years since the iPhone 4 but they released the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 in the time.

Why do you want a fingerprint scanner and breathalyser? Those things would disappoint me, as most people have almost no use for them. Why would I ever need a breathalyser on my phone?
"Get comfortable with being uncomfortable" was the best advice I've heard. Precisely why we should team up with co-founders that push our boundaries and bring out the best in us.
So someone who has never owned an Apple device makes an analysis on whether new Apple devices are being innovative. ok.

IMO the MBP's retina display is a game changer for professionals who need to be mobile. Once you use it you can't go back - and there is no PC laptop in sight giving you that kind of resolution. But probably the number one reason why mac users are caught up in the ecosystem? The touchpads. And this is something the author can't possibly understand. Testing it in the apple store is not enough to realize that this is how a laptop interface should work and that no other manufacturer has been able to match it.
Does anyone know if it's possible to pass a custom css to Hacker News?
iTV: 2012. Changed the television market forever.

You never know what happens :)
When hasn't that been said of the iPhone? Hell, when hasn't that been said about every anticipated product release?

Apple hasn't really been that innovative for the past 10 years and they've done well. I doubt it's time to panic.
How does not having your name diminish the value of their analytics?
A lot of the non-nerds I know don't even care about smartphones or know the difference between Android and iOS other than the fact that they're from different companies.

--edit--
caveat: I'm middle aged and so is my peer group.
No one knows what Bada is, it's just because Samsung is huge.
They'll use descriptors based on release date like they do with the Macs. My MacBook Pro is the MacBook Pro (Late 2011).
Exactly. And here we are just ignoring iTunes, for example. I guess one can expect Apple to deliver the TV of the future given all it's been said about it so things will keep coming on a different segment, just like before.
You know, it's funny. Whenever a new android feature or device comes out, there seems to be this expectation that it has to jump through all these hoops to even interest anyone. When you see all the mainstream "tech journalists" go on in the same way, expecting Samsung and Google to create some sort of miracle, whereas Apple gets the benefit of the doubt, it kills me.

They try to innovate with NFC and styluses and voice, but it is only after Apple has used the same things that it suddenly makes sense. Until then it is seen as just a gimmick.

I'm really tired of people hyping up the iPad when there are tablets that are clearly better, like the Asus transformer that I have. Sales figures mean nothing - that device is really rock solid as something to take around with me.
Looks like this thread has been taken off front-page. Why?
Isn't that basically what Righthaven was doing, on the other side of the legal courtroom? Taking control of the copyrighted work and suing infringers on behalf of content owners?
Not really!

Sandy Bridge was barely any improvement at video encoding over Nehalem, clock for clock (the first i7):

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-i...

And Ivy Bridge is at most 10%:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5626/ivy-bridge-preview-core-i...

GPUs are much faster, and we have things like Quick Sync. And of course FPGA densities are skyrocketing still. But the integrated memory controller and hyperthreading of Nehalem was the last big jump in software encoding. Until 8 core goes mainstream, that's unlikely to change much.

(Note that you can buy 6 core Sandy Bridge E workstations, but you could do that with Westmere on 1366, too)
The sane thing is to tie power management to the power button.

Light press: hybrid suspend suspends to RAM, also saves state to disk -- system spins down quickly and, so long as it's not been hibernating long enough to drain battery, restores in a second or so. Longer and it will do a boot/restore from disk.

Long press: powerdown.

Many devices have separate "suspend" and "poweroff" hardware (or soft controls) as well.

The OS and tools do all the magic bits.
No offense to the branding experts who came up with Gram, but why not just call the new company "Palm" - the brand is a little damaged, but people would at least look at a new "PalmPilot" if one came out.
They won't have different iPhones on sale they will have 'iPhone'. But there will be different prices levels and spec levels, just like with computers. Most people don't go to a computer store and ask for a specific generation of product. That look at the price and specs and choose which is best for them.
iTV: 2012/13/14. Redefined how video entertainment is consumed. Rocks the $97.6B cable provider industry.
I think it's just the vocal minority here voicing their opinion. Franze you mention all great points with data to back it up (I've noticed the same fwiw).

WRT to SEO, anonymity, posting on your feed and notifications.. FB comments are crawlable, You can still remain anonymous with FB comments (sign-in with a yahoo account, etc.) and you can skip posting it on your feed and I've been notified everytime someone has liked/replied to a comment I've made using Facebook comments. More so than Wordpress, who wants to subscribe to a popular author and constantly get notifications throughout the day whenever anyone makes a comment??
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And if Hamilton could print out this discussion page, he'd be shoving it in people's faces and pounding his fist on the table furiously. "See? I told you so!"
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That's almost exclusively what people actually use Bitcoins for, outside of Silk Road stuff. There are so few BTC stores that it's hard to justify the value of it as a currency.

It's like having a wallet filled with $100 bills at a row of soda machines.
So if I were to spend 10 hours a week teaching myself Javascript, PHP, Python or 10 hours a week studying computer science what would you recommend that would benefit me the most in 5 years and allow me to build web applications from scratch?
They also released the iPad version, I tried linking to their blog but it [dead]ed my submission immediately.
Do you think they are excited because they are amazed a framework could do such things or maybe because they are happy that the framework they use can now do such things?

Does anyone get excited at the mere thought that some framework, somewhere has a particular feature? If you aren't using Pyramid then what good does it do you?
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Microsoft.

Apple.

IBM.

DEC. Oh, wait, that didn't work out so well, now did it?
Why Apple doesn't just sue Google and get it over with
SVG fills me with dread. Canvas, maybe.
it makes their social push much more streamlined nothing to do with analytics
Bada apps will be able to run on Samsung's version of Tizen, so Samsung is dropping Bada in a fashion similar to how Apple dropped OS9.
Yeah, that is sound advice. It is easier said than done but the first step is to realize that and then face it. Thanks for reading! I appreciate it.
Looks like you're off to a good start. Given your goals, the one thing I'd add is to get familiar with the Configuration Management tools like Nagios and Puppet/Chef. Nagios is a management tool ("Server X is getting slashdotted. Go check it") and you can use puppet or chef for system deployment. A working familiarity with those tools would put you in the top 5% of sysadmins and would also be very useful for being the devops guy at a startup.
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> iMac: 1998. Started a whole breed of computers with fancy physical designs.

What? How many computers are there out there other than the iMac with "fancy physical designs"? The iMac had virtually no impact on the industry.

Your other points are dubious at best. Apple are never first to market with new products, they only ever tweak existing markets and set up hype and an ecosystem around them.

The question is, are there any other markets out there right now that are just on the edge of taking off, that Apple can sneak into?
Apart from a personal preference, why does that sound stupid to you? It's not artsy sure, but it's nothing new.

You see cameras, washing machines, microwaves, digital watches and even mobile phones[1] among other things with similar nomenclature. Sure it's more organized than just sequential numbering, but why does something like that sound too outlandish for the iPhone?

[1]: Nokia Lineup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nokia_products#1000.E2....
Doesn't that assume no compression in the transfer? Surely, if streaming compression is getting better, there's some lossless compression that can be used for display signals?
Can't believe no one recommended http://nodejitsu.com. I use them exclusively right now.

There's also http://nodester.com but I've had to move away from them due to too many problems.
Browser crash?

Better fire up IDA!
You assume every site uses either of those two. The reason I made the comment I made is because I keep running into unique systems
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It's mainly personal preference but also simplicity, something Apple highly values. Stupid probably wasn't the right word.
I prefer name and comment, no registration system
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People seem to do alright with the Macbook, iMac, Mac Pro, and iPod despite their lack of version numbers.
I participate in the GSoC and my project is an HEVC decoder for libav: https://github.com/smarter/libav/tree/hevc (the decoder is contained in the libavcodec/hevc* files). It currently only decodes I-frames and doesn't include the in-loop filters.

Reference encoder: http://hevc.kw.bbc.co.uk/trac

Samples: ftp://ftp.kw.bbc.co.uk/hevc/hm-8.0-anchors/bitstreams/

Latest draft of the spec: http://phenix.it-sudparis.eu/jct/doc_end_user/current_docume...
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Egads, the iMac mouse! The horror of design that somehow made it into a consumer product:

http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/7thgrade/intel/ho...
Only two of those points are defensible.

My computer still looks like it did back in 1995. The monitor is thinner. The mouse is a little more ergonomic. The keyboard looks the same.

Tablets look like they did when Moses was holding up the Ten Commandments.

So, a revolution every six years. We are due for one next year.
I think it's fairly clear that the Constitution is also intended to restrain non-Governmental entities from violating personal rights

That's question-begging a bit. If I hire you for my radio show and you say something stupid on the air, am I not allowed to fire you, lest that be a violation of your personal right to free speech? If I refuse to sell you a gun, am I denying you your right to bear arms?

Otherwise, the 13th Amendment would only make Government slavery unconstitutional while reserving it to the states or the people, which would be nonsensical and useless.

That seems to argue against point. If the whole Constitution was meant to restrict non-governmental actors, then they wouldn't have limited it just to slavery.

Also, the Fourteenth Amendment generally applies the restrictions on the Federal government to State governments. I'm unaware of any restrictions it places on non-goverments.
hm but i have seen Thunderbolt Macbooks running two 27" Cinema Displays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP1thwUcO9c
yeah, for real...

"Right, let's get this out the way up front: I don't personally own a single Apple device. I use them a fair bit at work, but I've never actually handed over any cash for one."

So, let me get this right. YOU are a boring tech user, who barely uses any Apple devices (I'm assuming by "use them a fair bit at work" the author means he has a MBP or MB-Air, or better yet probably an iMac, that his company gives him to use). And HE's the guy asserting that Apple is in danger of becoming boring?? right...

No buddy, it's you and your writing that are boring. Next time at least gather enough first-hand data to draw a valid conclusion.

Conjectured drivel.
Not counting the fact that bad publicity is still publicity, and better than nothing. I bet after this event they will have more accounts than before.
Have a look into NodeJitsu http://nodejitsu.com/

They recently opened up their services to the public and still have a free tier.
I meant those as a joke. The point was that I have no idea what more they can stick in the iPhone to make my jaw drop. I was also going to say "a quadcopter attachment so that I don't need to carry it anymore, and I can summon it whenever I need it".

If they reach the point where it becomes a "faster-cpu-nicer-screen" type event, it means that smartphones have become fully commoditized, and it means the rest of the smartphones will catch up shortly, if they haven't already.
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I too read the article.
Really wish the browsers would start implementing support for CSS3 grids
What exactly are they expecting Apple to do with an updated version of a well received phone? There's only so much worth doing with a mobile handset…
You don't seem to be understanding. The regulations themselves don't stop innovation directly, but the fact that it's very difficult and expensive to get a medallion, plus the fact that once you cross that barrier, you'll be protected by law from much new competition, means that it's harder for new players to enter the market and compete.

The medallion system is stupid and should be done away with. It's purely anti-competitive.
1: File a bug report. As I said: if you want faster boots, boot less. We should be fixing problems (like hibernate/restore flakiness) that cause people to reboot. Or long-term power draw that requires embedded devices to require poweroff. Or flash read/write duty cycle limitations that limit the ability of embedded devices to save state / the rate at which they can save/restore data. Etc.

2. You can bounce your X session. No need to reboot the full box (me? I prefer saved state).

3. My servers may be anywhere from several feet from me (stuffed into a closet with limited access and a crap POS keyboard and monitor) to tens to thousands of miles away. With varying values of ILOM / remote hands / virtual media support. "Reinstall" isn't generally a highly tenable operation. Being able to handle issues without having to dedicate one or more staff days to travel and unavailability for other tasks really sucks productivity down.
My reaction exactly. It took me months after owning my first mac (an Intel Mini, just to try it out) when I realized how much I enjoyed it simply because it didn't get in the way of me working on what I really wanted to; complaints I've had as a user about Linux and Windows over the years (I still use those latter to at work, but really, the mac is my preferred place to live because using it is just so nice). Mostly I'm writing C, Java, and Python code.

Since then, I've picked up two more mac devices, and sundry other apple bits. They just work. Makes me happy to get to not manage that stuff and to be able to work on the really important stuff.
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For page views? We're long past that point.
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Make it or break it? They're the most valuable company in the world. I think they've made it for now.
For some reason I'm reminded of http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Java+chip
Until Numpy and Scipy are on Python 3, I'm going to reserve judgement. Python 3 might be here, now, for some things, but there are enough essential libraries out there that aren't, that it's not for most.
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Off the back of this Hacker News post I went to see him perform yesterday evening here at the Edinburgh show.

It was a great and really animated show. I wish I'd just skimmed the FT article though as the first 10 mins were just going over that again!
My god, I wish people understood this. Process Methodology, by and large, exists to create a "quality floor." Follow methodology X and you are likely to have a product that is no worse than Y, for whatever set of metrics Y is.

But process does not create skill.

Process should exist to provide a framework or a set of limits to work within. It won't make a mediocre developer a superstar, but it will keep him from propagating dumb mistakes out to the customer. As a result, Process results in less improvement from good developers, because they're already operating at a level well above the quality floor.

In the end, randomly choosing a methodology without considering the team's personality and culture is a recipe for frustration for some, apathy for others and maybe a small bit of product improvement.
I'm getting pretty bored with pundits describing their genius master plans that will take one of the most successful companies in the history of the United States and REALLY make something of it. (rolling eyes)
Pluto, while no longer a planet, as an inclined orbital tilt as well. It will also occasionally come inside the orbit of Neptune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Orbit_and_rotation
I don't understand why people need such high resolution. Most people don't have the eye sight to see the difference.
A retina Cinema Display would have the pixels of four Cinema Displays.
I doubt that the majority of mainstream Android phone owners know what kind of OS they have either. Maybe more than Symbian/Bada but still...
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If I recall, all the whitebox parts makers started making "bondi blue" knockoffs after the iMac came out. The iMac was the first to drop the floppy, and the first to really push USB into the mainstream.
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What is the point of articles like these? Do people actually get paid to spew out this dreck - "Hi, I'm a guy who doesn't own a single Apple product, but golly I wonder if Apple is becoming 'boring'"? People use what they like, who cares?
If we are talking wireless, then you might have a point, but you can always lay more wire.
It's funny that you phrase it that way. I didn't know the author was a woman (does it matter?).

As others have noted, this form doesn't need your personal information, so no I don't agree that this is an "exploit". You never have to give your personal information.

The situation reminds me of people who make anti-Scientology videos and then cry about freedom of speech when the cult's legal juggernaut descends. Is it fair to get a DMCA or lawsuit threat just because someone disagrees with your content? No (assuming you did not violate copyright protection laws). But getting bit by a shark because you're wading in its pool isn't fair either - just inevitable.
> there is no PC laptop in sight giving you that kind of resolution

There will be plenty when Windows 8 comes out.

> And this is something the author can't possibly understand.

If you don't like gestures, you will be totally unimpressed by the mac touchpad. The author may be in that category.
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Apple do the 2x stuff on iOS so that the large set of handcrafted, bitmapped 1x apps can map precisely to pixels when you upscale them. OSX doesn't have the same issue, since there's no existing default screen size that is designed for.
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> How many computers are there out there other than the iMac with "fancy physical designs"?

AlienWare and case mods...
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How is this different then:

https://github.com/pcpratts/rootbeer1

Discussed here a couple days ago?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4371851
I'm a lawyer with just a tiny bit of experience with whistleblower issues. The part of the story where a whistleblower decides not to go public after consulting with their lawyer strikes me as totally plausible. You could think of being a whistleblower as kind of the career equivalent of firing a gun at someone who you're pretty sure is an armed intruder in your home. Yes, if you have the facts right you're probably entitled to do it and (if it will protect other people) it might well be the right thing to do. No, that doesn't mean your life won't get complicated for a while afterward -- especially if the facts aren't what you thought they were, or you miss.

I think whistleblowers are incredibly important to society, and there are often good laws to protect them. But they're doing something brave. By far the easiest and safest path is to just look the other way. Or leak it to the media ...

(Note I'm not saying this particular story is accurate of course.)