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"Human beings hate all change and we'll fight it to the death even if it's for the better. Six months from now the same people who hate this will be same ones who will fight to keep the very design they hated (if they ever decide to change it) just to avoid change."

I really hope people just stop with this. Every single change to any website makes that website not allowed to be criticized at all because its just us sheep being afraid of change. Fuck giving evidence for problems, talking about design implications or anything like that. Just give the simple line that humans are scared of change, pretend like that is the entire cause and feel good that you were able to imply people aren't smart because they made well reasoned arguments and you had a canned line ready.

How this comment got a single upvote is mindboggling to me.
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The other thing you get with Fusion (and Parallels, but not Virtual Box) is decent performance; in my office we're all running Ubuntu in Fusion on OSX - we were running Virtual Box until we realised our unit tests ran in half the time under Fusion.

But that's pretty much what I'd expect from two companies in the business of virtualisation, versus one behemoth who really doesn't care - particularly if they're not making a significant slice of revenue (or any?) from it.
I'm personally ignorant of Go because I haven't used it yet, but Node being single threaded isn't as big a deal breaker as you'd imagine. If you use it like other environments, you'll code yourself into a corner, but if you instead rely on forking and interprocess communication on the same machine or communication between node processes on separate servers, you end up with an acceptable concurrency model. The single threaded nature of Node generally promotes horizontally scalable designs.

I want to try Go myself, but node isn't as awful as you think.
I've been using it since the first beta and it is much more useful to me. Turn by turn is great. I bet most iPhone users will also find this to be true.
Displaying Picasa HD Lite in front of Web Albums does no good to anybody. And frankly if the developers have to do SEO because the freaking title is more important than rank+description, than the search function is definitely broken.
Is it possible that someone at Apple was a little stupid one day and said to themselves, "Oh, an iPad is just like an iPhone, so I'll just use the same routing config script for both. And since I'm such an efficient employee, I'll go ahead and commit this obviously-trivial change without further tests"?
Well his main suggestion for app makers to get better in the store is to "focus on SEO" so I think he disagrees with you.
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I'd agree with you conjecture, and would totally imagine myself reverting opinions on past decisions depending on the degree of interest I have on the matter.

The 53% number in the article was about reversing position on at least one question. It should mean most of the subject retracted their aledged answer on the other questions, probably the one or two were the faked answer was embraced are questions with no strong positionning.

The article doesn't give details on the strength of the reversed opinions, although the survey sheet seems to have a 7 or 8 point scale for each question. I'd guess this detail was brished out for dramatic effect?
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No, this sort of blindly pro-Apple bull shit is what's wrong with current conversation around Apple. Are we supposed to roll over and shut up because the almighty Gods at Apple decided this was the best way to do? This notion that we should get down on our knees and pray (or otherwise please) the overlords is just wrong-- is it really so crazy to assume that Cook & co. could make a mistake? Yes-- large, publicly traded corporations generally look into many options, accurately predict the outcomes of each, and then make an educated decision that is likely to have the best outcome-- but that doesn't make them infallible. Questioning Apple isn't hubris-- it's human.

Tangential: Why do I as a developer have to assume that users don't want what I want? Is it so wrong to think that a user might want to be able to see and evaluate 5 different apps at a time instead of 1? The past couple of years in tech have been spent wondering how to simplify UI for the sake of the user, to the point where we can't even trust them to have settings-- we need to know what's best for them before they log on to our websites or launch our apps, but is that really valid? It's easy to imagine that in 1983 when Microsoft Word was first announced, people needed total simplicity-- these "personal computer" things (probably a fad) were brand new and only available to the elite-- but this is the twenty first century and we have a whole generation of digital natives who will ask Google for an answer before they get in the shower-- and they're users too.
this doesn't look good.

Reverse image on that profile pic and it comes up with a person not called Joni Gilbert.

http://lookbook.nu/look/3792401-Sport-chic
Who Competes With Google Search? Just Amazon, Apple And Facebook
They are making a money with google play, ads..
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They will be able to harness a lot of the network effects of the Internet. Contrary to the linkbait title, they are not building "their own version" of the Internet; they are building a separate special purpose network of networks, much like SIPRNet. As long as they don't mess with any of the protocols they will be able to take advantage of advances in COTS hardware and software. Furthermore they seem to be taking advantage of China's surveillance machine. Instead of building their own version of the "panopticon router" they are buying China's.

Most importantly, your analogy misses the point about the Internet and the current power structure in Iran. If they do nothing to stem the free flow of information they will not be able to hold on to power long enough to run out of oil money. Comparing Qatar to Iran is apples to oranges. The political climate in Qatar is remarkably different than the political climate in Iran.

To a large extent your analysis is spot on. However you are assuming that the Iranian leadership is a semi-benevolent organization whose central goal is the betterment of the average Iranian's life. This is simply not the case in Iran. The Iranian leaders are more concerned with maintaining power and the destruction of Israel than they are with improving the lives of Iranians.
The images seem to be lifted from Pinterest(Google Image search found a lot of the photos on the fake profiles on Pinterest, among other sites, but Pinterest was the common one).
Well, that's certainly not my experience. Every time I've tried to use it the experience is far less than ideal. My wife gave up way before me. And most of my friends with iPhones share my experience. Just to address the question before it surfaces, no, I/we don't have any weird accents.

Oh, yeah, the other issue: Try using Siri when your kids are around. Right.
I was about to post the same thing. Both the posts and the profile pictures seem to come from Pinterest.
But I didn't conflate. I specifically said I was not comparing the two. It is simply an example that fits within his definition: it brings wealth to a large number of people.

You are bringing in other definitions of capitalism. I'm only commenting on his definition.

I'm not taking a jab at capitalism. I'm taking a jab at a sloppy definition.
Absolutely crazy I agree. The app store is for two people, app makers, and people who want to download apps. For app makers it is unquestionably worse, not even remotely close, an infinitely worse experience. The OP seems to imply that this shouldnt matter, because the experience for the end user is better, and then goes on to give no real reasons and even says that "it will force developers to focus on seo" as if that is something ANYONE wants. It's like people's brains are now wired to defend anything apple does no matter what. Getting really tiresome.
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Yeah but airlines don't know if you are flying with your mistress or your sister.

And credit reporting agencies don't have your IMs, or know that you mailed hotchick2012 43 times this week, and started doing so 5 months before you changed your profile status from its complicated to single.

Walmart doesn't have facial recognition cameras up in every store tracking you. So you can just go to another store and make your purchase, keeping all your patterns intact.

The issue with putting 2 and 2 together is an issue which reared its head only post the camibrian era like IT explosion.

The old big box retailers do not have the same level of connection to your thoughts and personal information the same way online companies do.

They could do that, but only after they drastically upgraded themselves to specifically start profiling and tracking each individual - essentially by becoming more like facebook/social networks.

Your argument soars and falls depending on how connected to your personal information/social network a retailer is.

The only likely exception to that is your pharmacist - their domain of knowledge gave them pretty deep insights into your life even before the advent of the net.
"there is nothing really comparable to Google Maps out there"

How exactly? The previous app used Google Maps API and was completely lackluster. The only good thing using their API is their own Android app.

Now, what are Apple's options again?

Contribute to the cash flow of a company detaining the monopoly on mapping data when they can backstab you at any moment? That sounds like the stupidest strategic decision ever. Better get a true partnership.

I'm amazed how HN crowd is vocal against the big companies, but when it's about Google their monopolies are actually encouraged...
It's been more pro-general-big-brother than just pro-government. that sentiment includes pro-business. I dont know where this comment was going.
The commit activity graphs used to differentiate between your activity (blue) and other people's activity (grey).

Now it's just all grey. :(
There’s also this map: http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/. It has some of the usability of this rent-a-geek map while keeping the perhaps-symbolic inability to see ahead of the original comic. It also loads faster than this rent-a-geek map.

Features: use the arrow keys to scroll (you actually can’t click and drag anymore). You can’t zoom out, but you can hold Shift to scroll quickly. This map loads tiles while you scroll, so you can keep on scrolling without stopping.
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More cherry-picked examples! BELIEVE!

Apparently, since there is only one dimension in this particular argument, cobrausn believes there is only one factor in economic results. Today, anyway.
The Internet is Iran is already quite unique, thanks to the strict Government controlled filters in place.

There was a recent study testing the top 100 websites in each of Alexa's site categories. It tested if each was available in Iran using the Iran Firewall Test (http://viewdns.info/iranfirewall/).

The result? Approximately 27% of sites we tested were blocked. Categories such as adult sites saw much higher rates.

The research piece is here for anyone interested:
http://viewdns.info/research/current-state-of-internet-censo...
I get the point you're making but reading this is bumming me out. Dyslexia is by far the most common learning disability. It's estimated that 5 to 10 percent of people are affected. By saying that the teachers are incompetent is dismissive but ultimately minimizes the struggles of the people who have to figure out how to deal with this very real learning difference.
I use my iPhone as a hotspot all the time. It definitively "does that."
Before you jump to conclusions, please be aware its definitely possible that TP isnt doing this directly but that it is a bot doing this to get these users more followers or something.

Keep in mind most networks have this problem ( twitter, fb, etc.. ) where users will follow anyone/anything to get themself more followers or traffic.
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Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't see how it was 'obvious [that] Tiny Post is running these fake accounts as bots in order to fool their users.'

The argument seems to be 'Accounts which look like bots are posting on my otherwise dormant account, therefore the service provider is using shady practices to try and re-engage me.'

It is not a stretch to believe that this is the case, however it is equally plausible (to me) that the alleged bot accounts are run by a third party. I might have missed some aspect of the argument, however.
wow. I'm sad that this site exists.
Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
Where are all these 'Democrats' that hated the Afghan war and now love it? You do know that Obama campaigned on doubling down in Afghanistan? So did those Democrats flip-flop while he was a candidate or after?

Or are there 'Republicans' protesting against the Afghan war now?

As for bailouts, can you name a Democrat who was against before they were for it? Because I don't know a Congessperson with a 'D' who voted against the bailouts.
The too-hip photos give them away as fakes. Looks like they are all from models and fashion blogs:

http://seedofstyle.com/manila-streets/

http://www.iamgalla.com/2012/07/70s-groove.html

http://kolonelmustard.tumblr.com/image/28952930859

I'm not saying you should do this kind of astroturfing (please don't)... but if you wanted to, a more realistic feeling way would be to use the FB Graph API and randomly select names and photos from there. Example: https://graph.facebook.com/4?fields=picture,id,name,first_na...
A site big enough to hit free quota limits, but small enough for Google to not care.
The example here was searching on the search term "picasa" and the search algorithm returning two applications that have that search term in their name ahead of applications that do not.

It's certainly possible that Web Albums is better than Picasa HD Lite, but c'mon. If you do a search for "photoshop" you will find competitors to Photoshop Express with higher ratings, but Photoshop Express still shows up ahead of them in the search results. Even more shockingly, when you search on the word "twitter," the official Twitter app shows up ahead of Tweetbot, and you won't believe what comes up when you search for "angry birds!"

Maybe this means the App Store is broken, or -- going out on a limb here -- it means that it's prioritizing titles that actually contain your search term over titles that don't. Maybe you think it's just completely insane that titles take priority over keywords and description text, but -- again, maybe this is just my crazy crazy way of looking at the world -- I kind of see the logic there.
Sure - so prove that in a court of law.

That's the problem. The patent system puts all the risk on inventors, none on IP holders.
Not far from the truth there. Apple loyalties seem to produce the same kind of psychological effect as religion or politics. Rationality doesn't enter into it.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385502,00.asp
Apple would do a lot of good if it didn't have
these kludges for "captive portals", maybe people
would stop using them then. They're just connection
hijacking, a horrible idea for a million reasons and break most HTTP applications.
Why do great websites always feel compelled to redesign? Digg, Stumbleupon, Facebook etc. It is very unsettling. The equivalent of someone coming into you home when you're not there and changing the entire floorplan, then expecting you to be elated when you come back at night, instead of confused and disoriented when all of the cupboards seem larger than they appear.
Despite the massive evidence of prior art, it was found not to be original and the patent was granted.
You're vastly overestimating the utility of the data. Information about the behavior of individual users will be of limited use since Google will mostly not be able to associate an iPhone user to a Google account (unless they actively force users of the app to sign in). And even then the such tracking would really need an opt-in feature to avoid being extremely creepy, and for it to be opt-in it'd need to give users a real benefit. On Android they can do it (e.g. Google Now), it's less clear that it's possible on the iPhone.

There's some value in the aggregate information from all users in improving the service, but the law of diminishing returns will be reached quickly. Losing even half the mobile maps usage would have basically no impact in the ability of Google to deduce things from the data. There might be a few exceptions like real-time traffic information where every data point is precious.
Another example of a lie an acquiring company gives when they acquire a great product. I use Skitch 10-15 times a day and won't update.
Nothing comparable? I thought Microsoft and Nokia both have pretty decent mapping.
It could be a one-time issue used only to set up a secret. I think the fatality in question is the user-selected password, which is proving useless at scale.
This one's better: https://twitter.com/ahm/status/248064518566051840

The lack of train lines on the maps until you zoom in super-far is shockingly bad. At least your friend managed to find things with his searches - most of my searches for Japanese addresses just come up with "not found" error. Apple's maps definitely seem far more car-oriented than walking or public-transit oriented.

I've taken to carrying an Android phone along with my iPhone.
>The most common use of it

I'm sure you meant this, but I wanted to clarify that (I assume) you meant your most common use case.
I find it loads a lot faster now.
does Bing redirect to that page if you are on Safari? Didn't find any links to it from the landing page
> Income tax = tax on income, from whatever source (i.e., work, investments, gambling/lottery, prizes, illegal sources, etc.)

I think that would be a good thing, but a lot of income from investments is categorized as capital gain, and this is not counted the same way as other income.
I saw the account yesterday and noticed they didn't identify it as a parody account. It is in the TOS.
I'm pretty sure that when it comes to apps linked to a well known brand (e.g. Picasa, Twitter, Flickr) or solve some kind of specific problem (todo, email, finances) do have downloads primarily from search.

Discovery by being promoted or top ranked only works for apps where downloads are impulse-driven, games being the primary example. Searches on the other hand are intent driven, initiated by users that want to get something done. And I don't think developers of such utility apps want massive downloads, they just want to make a profit.

Also your argument about discovery needing top ranking is circular. To get top ranking you first need discovery. This is where iTunes fails its customers - as it focuses on the new and the shinny, creating an environment where apps that build a reputation slowly have no place, which is why most apps in the app store are released in a fire and forget fashion.
It's easy to notice the difference in the map app. Click the bus route button. Instead of the normal times listed, you get rerouted to a blank page on the App Store.
They say it's meant to be a solution for cyber attacks, and to a tiny extent, it might be; but as everyone knows, the actual purpose is to cut off people from "information super-highway" completely (one step at a time).

As we all know, "Ignorance is Strength", and they'd like it better if we could only watch state TV and read stories from official news agencies. Would solve a lot of problems, or so do they think.
This has literally been on the front page for the last ~14 hours.
Valid point. I'll update my blog post. But it's difficult to believe that 3rd parties would be that interested in Tiny Post. I can understand 3rd parties interested in gaining followers on Twitter, Pinterest, etc. But Tiny Post? I would imagine they're facing more a traction problem (trying to get users using their app) vs 3rd parties trying to gain more followers.
Sounds like they have done the classic rewrite mistake.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

"When you throw away code and start from scratch, you are throwing away all that knowledge. All those collected bug fixes. Years of programming work."
>In what way does it show ineffectiveness of surveys ? not challennging the assertion, trying to understand why you think so.
>To me it seemed to be an indication of what was stated in the article, that people are less committed to their views than they imagine.

The problem is that a survey result is a pretty meaningless number if it can be changed by anyone you put on television with a fancy suit and a pie chart. What you really want to know from a survey is a) what the people who feel strongly think about it, i.e. the people who can't be swayed by an ad buy or a newscast, and b) what portion of the population are those people and what portion are the ones who can be easily swayed. But if people are overestimating how strongly they're committed to their answers then they're contaminating both results: The second directly and the first indirectly by inserting the uninformed answers of the disinterested into the sample that ostensibly measures those with strong feelings.
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Has anyone used Ovi maps in iOS? I used to prefer Ovi Maps to Google Maps for navigation type usage back when I used both a E71 and Android handset.

I wonder if Nokia has any ambition take advantage of the current situation?
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Apple just released their "revolutionary" maps application. I love my iPhone, my iPad and my Mac but this a serious step backwards. I've started a change.org petition to hopefully get Google to quickly release a native maps application onto the iOS app store.

Please sign here: http://www.change.org/petitions/google-maps-for-ios-release-an-updated-google-maps-for-ios#
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But Google placed restrictions on how Apple could use the data. For example, Google did not allow Apple to have turn by turn navigation.
There is, however, an official YouTube application, which was hit number 10 for the search "youtube", after a bunch of shady video downloader apps. If I hadn't known there actually was an official application I would've given up after swiping through the first five.
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Transit, traffic and street view are being removed for a large number of users. They'll notice:
http://theunderstatement.com/post/31855177665/quantifying-th...
Many people here seem to be reading this as "Apple is stupid for switching to their own map app". But I think reading it as "Google is smart for forcing Apple to switch to an inferior map app" is a more realistic situation.
Ha, small world. Believe it or not, I haven't seen it - couldn't attend the screening for some reason, and never got a copy of the film on DVD. It happens, I've only seen about half the shorts I've worked on. Although I would kinda like to see voyeur because I have an action scene in it where a (fictional) cop grabs me and throws me up against a police car. I mean that literally - I had bruises for days.
I'm not dyslexic, but I still checked out the fonts expecting them to bump up readability even for me.

Usually, if some product is made to be usable by folks who have difficulty with something, it turns out to work better for folks who don't have that problem (kitchen implements come to mind).

That didn't turn out to be true in this case. I went "ouch!" when I looked at the page. Do you find this font giving you an overall bump in readability over the standard fonts?
Can anyone confirm this update does not break VirtualBox on the mid 2011 Macbook Air i7? I rely on Vagrant and am not feeling confident enough to update since the issue appears to be related to VT-x on the CPU
You attribute the WSJ writup to Sarah Silverman heh.