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The DRM argument for piracy is a bit of a straw man.

Music hasn't been sold with DRM for over three years, but it still makes up a sizable portion of The Pirate Bay's offerings. You could say that musicians are being tyrannical by choosing to distribute their recordings in the way that maximizes their profit instead of choosing to give it away. I would reply that some people do choose to give away their work. I'm happy to live in a world where people get to make that choice of what to do with something they've created.

Obviously movies, tv shows, and books are another matter. Personally, I think it's only a matter of time until those go DRM-free too, but a "matter of time" might longer than any of us would wish for. This is more of a matter of business model. There never really was a rental model for music in the physical media era, however, consumers seem to have a demand for a digital version of renting movies. With books, I think the parallel is libraries where you could sign out a book and return it. In any event, consumers seem to prefer paying a lower price for the ability to consume a movie/tv show/book for a limited time window to paying a higher price for the ability to keep it.

It should go without saying in this community that a rental model for media without DRM simply wouldn't work. Because there would be no means to return the movie/tv/show/book other than making the user promise to delete the file, a DRM-free "rental" would become equivalent to a sale. The result would be less consumer choice.

As for when the "sale" option goes DRM-free, I think someone will come along and offer movies in three tiers:

1. rental (with DRM, obviously), for about $4
2. sale, with DRM limiting how many times it can be copied, for about $8
3. sale, DRM-free, for maybe $12

It will be interesting to see how many people opt for #3. Getting a critical mass of people to choose to spend a little more for a DRM-free product is how we'll get to a future without DRM. The number of people using sites like The Pirate Bay won't even be a major factor in those discussions.
That's really cool, I didn't knew them.

Comparatively... They have a product and I got an MVP. Dashboard, response times, an API, etc. That's a lot to offer.

I just needed email notifications :)
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I do almost everything remote via ssh, so I'm not positive. The macbook air has an i7 upgrade which should help, but my guess is it's still significantly slower than the pros.
'Developmentally delayed' has been the 'next official term' at least since I started working in neurology in 2000. I have never, ever, ever seen it used as an epithet, not once, not in all the internet flamewars I've seen.
“This is me, this is how I have fun, and look at how cool I am.” - That always was and always will be what people want to convey about themselves. For some people it will be a feed of food and cars and partying, for some it will be tweeting complex gists in functional languages.

"we were supposed to be sharing meaningful content" - What, who decided that's what we are supposed to do?
You might be able to group Google in that category too, depending on how far you take it.

In a way, I think it's exciting. It should allow them to do some cool things and Apple definitely has the resources to do such. Although, when I put my tin-foil hat on, I find it a little worrisome when one company controls everything. But ultimately I keep going back to my capitalism hat (don't ask me what it looks like) and I find it to be the best for us consumers for the competition it creates. :)
Great analogy. Thank you.

I enjoy NPR, but I often feel a little too "over-chummed" after spending too much time listening. I worked in public radio (not national public radio) for a long time, and I know that it's very easy to assume that your listeners are a) the same listeners as yesterday, and b) agreeing with you.

And often they are. The wretched worst part about NPR is the sycophantic "I'm intellectual, you're intellectual, we're all intellectual here" callers on the few shows that take them. Spending too much time in the aural company of those people makes me feel insufferable.

The news is pretty solid, though. And the APM shows are excellent.
Apple bought P.A. Semi in 2008, a bit over two years after the Intel transition. Apple also bought Intrisity (in 2010) which was made up of staff and IP from PowerPC licensee, Exponential Technology.
That is for daily happiness of an employed individual, so for planning a lifetime, one must add overage for future retirement, disability, and medical expenses, and for any dependent spouse and children.
Apple acquired PA Semi, which wasn't just an ASIC group, but arguably the best group of processor designers for high-performance, low-power computing. The group previously built StrongArm (a famously high MIPS-per-watt processor in the 90s). It's a much more specialized skillset than normal ASIC dev.

The reason it should work out better for Apple than it did for Sun is

(1) Apple sticks with ARM architecture so they don't have to custom-build the whole toolchain (eg compilers)

(2) Apple ships in insanely high volume so the cost of chip development is pretty low amortized over their volume

(3) Performance-per-watt is really important in mobile, and they're doing it with an amazingly accomplished team in that area.
Microsoft finds new PCs in China preinstalled with malware
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Certainly.

But a user that's a tiny bit above average can (I hope) probably google around to find a screencast or article about how to isntall Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8. It's a million times easier, because the options are limited (just a few Windows versions are around).

On the other hand, we have millions of Linux distros, with folks like Ubuntu giving out new versions on a quarterly basis and often change, move or tweak small things in the installation panels which makes it very hard for the non-geek user to install, say, 12.04 if they're watching a YouTube video about how to install Ubuntu 11.10.

I absolutely hate Windows, but sadly it's much more user friendly than Linux. Thankfully, OS X is still around.
This seems pretty silly. A lot of people — myself included — use photos as a way to remember something. Occasionally I'll take a photo of food or the restaurant or something around me just to remind me of that experience; reliving my life through photos is one of the reason I cherish having such a large Aperture library these days (and geotagged to boot).

I think there's an assumption here that 1) everyone taking photos are posting them to a social network (I probably only post 5% of my photos anywhere), and 2) that this is inherently distasteful. People like food, and people like sharing experiences with their friends.

This is basically telling a story. Remember that Instagram or Foursquare will tag where you at- I think a lot of times it's not about "here's what I ate" and more "check out where I am". A lot of discussions can be had surrounding the story of where rather than what.
Van Heyst Group Aims to Turn Company Events Into Media Gold
Many Mac users who use Steam often install and boot into a Windows partition in order to play the many games that aren't released on Mac OS.

If Steam ran on Linux, that's one less operating system I have to buy.
The Media Molecule Identity
A crutch is something that helps you when you are unable to stand on your own..

A crotch however, is an area for your genitals to play
Sure is easy to decide songs aren't worth $0.99 when the alternative is to just take them for free, whether the owner wants you to or not.
How to Make the Switch from Android to iOS
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It's really hard to build a custom processor with decent performance these days. There are very few teams that can do it, and it takes way more investment than normal ASIC design. The people who can do it largely work for Intel, AMD, IBM, some at Apple, and probably a few other major shops.

So I suspect it would be hard for Samsung to build a custom ARM processor unless they teamed up or bought a team that already has this specialized skill. That's what Apple did...
An API is only part of a relationship. Even when the relationship is based on an API. For example, anyone can build an App for Shopify's app store. But, some apps are featured more than others, some apps are blogged about more by the Shopify team, and some apps are promoted by Shopify staff in the forum.

Yes, anyone can integrate with the easy to use API, but it's bizdev that turns an integration into a channel to acquire more customers. (This may apply more to B2B software than consumer)
Sharing pictures of food is the small talk of social networks. Not all communication needs to be profound.
Since you're starting out I recommend something that is newer than Spring but still old enough to have plenty of documentation online. Rails would be suitable.
It's worse than noise. It's usually a propaganda. Which is basically a noise with malicious intent.
I don't know about everyone else, but I've tweeted/shared pictures of food before. It's almost always food I've made. I grew up in a family where food meant contentment and happiness. Food was made with joy and love. And sometimes, when I get that warm fuzzy feeling over food I've made, I just want to express it.
A single dead pixel is pretty hard to notice on the rMBP. Chances are that it is multiple dead pixels. I love my machine but it's going back at some point because it has what seem to be 3 dead single pixels, a couple doubles, a quadruple, and maybe an octuple. Only the two big groups are noticeable during my typical workflow.
> It is too bad that Ken Thompson didn't get at least acknowledged for his role in making it happen.

Interesting, can you say more about this?

Is he not mentioned because officially he is part of the Go team?
Popular misconceptions about the Golden Ratio (2004)
You're using "i.e." incorrectly in the title.
There's no tutorial in there. That's a whole post about one sentence said once on one symposium streched onto an "universal lession" how it was sexist.

I'm not saying that there are many people who are jerks to women (and jerks in general) in the community, but this example is just not really a good one, nor is this post really insightful. There are plenty posts like that.
People want to present themselves in their best light. There's nothing new about that - it's just that on a social network you can be much more selective about what you present. We're not stupid - everybody knows what's going on.

What do you expect, am I going to post a picture of myself sitting and watching TV so you can see the "real me?" Post about my insecurities? Or should I only post when I've discovered a cure for cancer, or some other event of great importance? Sounds boring to me.

Some people like food. Some people like cars. Some people are obsessed with their kids. Some are political. Some people are amateur sports commentators on Facebook. Whatever is cool with me, I get to see what you're all about. If I personally find your posts boring or obnoxious then I put you in the "important updates only" category.
Wouldn't making them capable of elevating solve that problem somewhat?
>However, for the first dish we had a goodly porker, with a garland upon him, and puddings, goose giblets, lamb-stones, sweetbreads, and gizzards round him; there were also beets and houshold-bread of his own baking, for himself, which I would
rather have than white; it makes a man strong, and I never complain of what I like. The next was a cold tart, with excellent warm honey, and that Spanish, running upon it. I eat little of the tart, but more of the honey; I tasted also the red pulse, and lupines, by the advice of Calvus, and several apples, of which I took away two in my handkerchief: for if I bring home nothing to my little she slave, I shall have snubs enough: this dame of mine puts me often in mind of her.

--from the Satyricon of Petronius, a Roman satirist of the 1st century AD.

People have been talking about food for a long time...only the medium changes.
The burn-in/ghosting issue only affects the earliest batch of screens. I just took my retina into the Apple store, and they will decapitate it and add a new screen for free. Annoying, but it doesn't affect all whole line.
I feel like everyone is taking what I said to be an extreme opinion. I'm not arguing for daily monitoring of the the news. I'm not advancing the exact opposite of what Joel suggests. I'm suggesting something very moderate.

So yeah, checking in every week or two works. That's fine. Religiously following news is just as bad as not following any news. So we can agree on that part - the checking in part. I'm not sure how often is necessary but picking up a newspaper or watching a news cast here or there is enough.

When you say "Heck, why think?" you seem to say it with disdain as if it were a bad thing. It certainly can be and these days it's doing more harm than good but part of what was great about the news is that it took the burden of thinking away from people. So then when you hear news, instead of trying to make sense of it yourself all you have to do is ask two questions:

1. "Do I trust the way this reporter has put together this story and why?"

2. "Do I agree with the viewpoint presented" (applies for opinions mostly)

News was biased from the start and news anchors did the a lot of the legwork of thinking for the viewer and it was okay because they could be trusted. It was only once "the powers that be" caught on to the fact that Americans trusted what they heard and once they mostly stopped evaluating it that they took advantage.

There was a time when Edward R. Murrow presented the facts to the American Public and very plainly presented his own opinions to the viewers and it was valuable and trustworthy. He used his position to help take down McCarthy when the House Unamerican Activities investigations were going on. In that situation it was well worth staying informed. People felt it was their civic duty to do so. It was also a situation where me opinion had merit and the other was clearly wrong. The news used to have nuance and it wasn't childish like today's choice of either "everything has to seem equal" or "all our biased opinions are right" type news networks/shows.

But I digress and romanticize the news. You're right. You're basically saying news in moderation is good. I couldn't agree more. Being a news junkie and ignoring the news is detrimental while moderate news intake is helpful. That's all I'm saying.
Boo! I love my Android and I have no plans of every joining the Apple family.
Computing prime factors with a quantum processor
The main "education problem" in the US is cost, and this has little to do with the quality of the students.

I partly agree with you there, the administration costs are atrocious. However, as a percentage of GDP you are low down the list on education spending even while you are near the top on spending per capita, so economically the US could afford to spend a lot more while at the same time what is being spent seems to be spent rather badly.

Personally I suspect spending a fair bit more, but firing three quarters of the management staff would be not a bad start. I also think that raising both the wages and required qualifications of teachers would be a good idea, with paid for education available to current teachers who don't yet meet those standards, and job reviews and some redundancies for those teachers who really can't hack it.

Teaching at a state school should be a very well paid, highly sought after, difficult to get into and thoroughly respected profession.
Using a classical computer and the best-known classical algorithm, factoring something like RSA Laboratory's largest published number –– which contains over 600 decimal digits –– would take longer than the age of the universe, he continued....A quantum computer could reduce this wait time to a few tens of minutes.

-- The synopsis, on why this is interesting, per UCSB PR

http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/news/announcement/783-082112

If such a processor enters the market, traditional encrypting will be forced to change completely. According to Lucero, the quantum processors power can be used for both sides of the process, allowing “quantum cryptography” to replace traditional RSA. Quantum encrypting would be more difficult to crack and far easier to keep secure — Lucero says quantum cryptography systems immediately notify both user and potential intruder when the system has been tampered with. For example, Lucero said a voice conversation over quantum encrypted lines would immediately become “jumbled” when a third party attempted to access the system.
not very surprising. even if zynga doesnt offer real money with their gambling, the games still need that feel so users will buy additional tokens.
Reminds me of this quote from Christopher Hitchens:

“I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.”
Thanks for linking that really interesting short story.

A magical part of the internet has always been about creating communities that transcend the limits of the place and culture in which you find yourself. You no longer have to feel other-worldly or strange, you can finally below.

I presume in the past, that's what going to college meant. Being exposed to a broadening of possibilities and experiences. The internet, however, opens perpetual, life-long, self-discovery and self-actualization.

Here's hoping we all fight to keep it that way.
Just FYI: New Xcodes install into /Applications/Xcode.app (and things like instruments are now in /Applications/Xcode.app/bin/Developer/Instruments.app or something like that) and the old Xcode is in /Developer.

So, it's not as bad as it might seem.
Apple and Google have no incentive to perfect this. They want people writing native apps.

This is what excites me about something like Firefox OS (http://rawkes.com/articles/there-is-something-magical-about-...) -- Mozilla has the incentive to make mobile apps a first class citizen. If JavaScript/CSS/HTML is "native", then they have no choice but to get it right.

Plus, when it comes to standards, Mozilla already has a foot in the door.
Pshh. NakaMats has been photographing every meal for decades! http://news.3yen.com/2005-10-07/wonderous-old-fraud-dr-nakam...
Because as it turns out, boring people have money. I think that a lot of people build products that don't necessarily elevate humanity to some higher altruistic plateau. I think they see a market where a boring person would enjoy sharing their boring life and fill that void.
Wow, what utterly clueless marketing. Rather than headline with a real user advantage – say, a thoughtful feature like flip to mute – they pile on a boardroom-approved list of bullet points that begins with the most meaningless tech specs and doesn't even get to practical features (assuming you know what any of them are) until way down the list.

Samsung should fire their agency. Alas, whoever hired them probably doesn't even get what's wrong.
"A lot of them suffer from burn-in, mine doesn't (I have a samsung display). I'm lucky!"

How ironic. :)
I love Taleb, I've been following his advice for a few years now and have found that absolutely nothing in my life has changed except having a lot more free time and a lot less stress.
It's not even just a single off-hand mention either. This post already felt like a rant, and the asian prejudice doesn't help. (Nor, in my experience, is it even an accurate stereotype)
Ask HN:  Why not Programming languages instead of Mathematical Notation?
Why don't educators and modern math text books use programming languages instead of mathematical notation?

As a programmer, I tend to absorb mathematical concepts by writing programs. With the recent emphasis on programming literacy, and the fact that much math ends up expressed in a computer program, why don't educators use programming languages instead of mathematical notation? Mathematical symbols are often difficult to represent without special editors. Modern languages (Python, Ruby, arguably R) can be used to notate algorithms in a few lines of code that replace "pseudocode" type illustrations.
Best excuse ever.
That actually makes sense though, it's how much energy I used in a day!
To conduct the research, Lucero and his colleagues designed and fabricated a quantum processor to map the problem of factoring the number 15 onto a purpose-built superconducting quantum circuit.

-- Is the superconducting element of the circuit - commercially feasible? [serious question]
Ask HN: What is easier to learn iPhone development or Android development?
What languages do you need to build an iPhone app? What languages do you need to build one for Android?

As of now I am learning html css and javascript. Is that all I need to build an android app?
From your link:

I define immigrants here as those with a parent born outside the country, so it includes second generation immigrants.

then

In the case of America, 99% of the population originates from other countries, be they England, Italy, Sweden, India, Africa, Hong-Kong or Mexico.

So if you're saying that 99% of the US population is first- or second-generation, that means that amount of population have come here in the last two generations. The baby boomers are retiring now, so lets use them as an easy 'oldest' generation.

The US currently has 300 million people. So according to this guy, just before the boomers, there were only 3 million people.

Truly, it is a testament to the industriousness of the American public how with only 3 million people, they managed to send 16 million to serve in the military in WWII, and still have enough people left over to manufacture military hardware to supply the Allies.

The guy has a point about home environment being important, and that endemic poverty for blacks in the US is a problem, but you can't just carve those out of the results. For a start, those blacks are still American, born and bred for generations. Secondly, every country has sections of entrenched poor. In the US it's much easier to divide along race lines. In the UK, you have a ton of whites that come from equally crime-riddled, poor neighbourhoods, but they don't get excised from the tampered data.

The author starts out with a reasonable concept, but horribly mangles the philosophy and method to isolate the numbers.
What's curious is that none of the links to the books are on Amazon. I wonder if he did that intentionally.

All of them go to the publisher - which seems a bit odd.
Not sure why he's picking on the Asians. In my experience this phenomenon doesn't seem to be restricted to any specific ethnic group.
I have a buddy who's a certified Apple tech who basically has said the same thing. If you don't like being on the bleeding edge and prefer to play it safe with your hardware purchases, wait for the 2nd version where all of the major gripes have been resolved.
Wow... that is cheap. How's the software on it?

That tek scope looks like a great scope but it's also an order of magnitude more expensive than the rigol cheap one. I was thinking more for the hobbyist and not for someone who needs it for work and can shell out 3k for a scope. I guess I could if I wanted to but I was hoping there was something like that logic analyzer that was an order of magnitude cheaper than all the other ones but still excellent build quality.
Definitely iOS. The developer tools are a lot better/easier to grasp. I also find Objective-C syntax to be very nice.
Some responses might involve analogies with musical notation. Knowing the notation allows you to read the modern literature and also great documents of the past. But it would seem that an awful lot of math could be applied with out having that depth of understanding. Guitar tableture serves as a suitable proxy for guitarists...
Apple has their big datacenter right next door.