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"never shown any remorse over killing technology and ports it thinks are outdated and pushing forward"

Whenever it has done this, it has nearly always been in the name of progress -- it has made things better.

This makes them worse. It takes you from a world with nearly a half-billion usable dock connectors and devices in it to a world with none (unless you remember your adapter everywhere you go).

This is not them replacing ADB with USB. This is them replacing VGA with ADC (their ill-fated custom video adapter which was rightfully killed when the market adopted DVI.)

The market now is settling on Micro-USB (which would have equally given them their few mm back) The advantages of "adaptive digital interface" pale next to the advantages of "a charger and connection, wherever in the world you are".
That is 500 million potential users who would use google for search, use picasa to upload their photos or even Use Google Drive to store their data and Use Google+ for networking.

The mobile internet is well developed and affordable to even common man in most of the Asian countries.

And for a service like Google+, the it makes sense to have more people on the network.
Yes. The current Apple Power->USB charger works just fine at charging Nokia devices. And no reason why it would be any different now.
Many thanks!

(Apologies to anyone having to scroll past my Q&... appreciated.. A)
Lightening has 9 pins.

The ninth is the outer metal strip.
I'm not exactly sure what people expect.
The amount of hype that the press has given Apple over the last few years has just made people lose any sense of perspective.

Apple released a smartphone at a time when just about every other smartphone in the market was either entirely business focused or just outright sucked.

Mobile is just maturing as a market segment, most of the low hanging fruit has been eaten. It's clearly just going to come down to creating a refined product. The iPhone is basically becoming Windows XP.
Constant framerate is the thing that matters most to games. 60 fps or just 30 fps doesn't matter as much as that it's constant. You can even play a racer for example at 15 fps, but you fly out the curve the moment a 60 FPS game has a 250ms freeze at the wrong moment.

Just mentioning this as it's something a lot of people not doing games are missing (and maybe one of the main reasons why c/c++ still are dominant in game programming - I mean what's the point of coding in Java when the only way to get a constant FPS is to work throughout with static variables for example?). So if you want games - makes sure you have realtime guarantees.
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Apple isn't stupid. They always include the adapter and charger with every iPhone sold.

Not just to comply with regulations but because the iPhone is designed to be usable without a computer.
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As far as "total users", Firefox OS has the potential to overtake Thunderbird in a matter of weeks after launch.

I use Thunderbird and have done for many years. I would like to see them continue developing it. But Firefox OS is much, much more important. The World needs a free alternative to Android based on open standards.
This adapter is really designed for cables, like those in cars. The unit is too long for the existing docks to be able to provide support to the back of a phone, and hence the entire load is going to go on that tiny length of Lightning adapter.

That's not going to work: either the dock will tip or something will give.
Has to be said from experience that I'd never assume business people know what they are doing. Check it yourself.

Marketing isn't that complex. Unfortunately business people do tend to hide behind a facade of secrecy (often for good reasons -- you don't want to reveal your hand to your competitors because someone in your org leaks inside information). But that can also be used to hide poor / complete lack of analysis and bad decision making.
I too find the CLA decision a bit strange, though I have no issue with their dual to single license transition. Dual-licensing under MIT and GPL is effectively like licensing under MIT; if someone wants to write a proprietary fork, or a GPL extension, they already could and still can.

What I find strange about the CLA is that I don't understand the reason behind it. With a solely-GPL project, I could understand an agreement like the FSF's, which has practical advantages such as a single party asserting the license terms if a third party breaks them, while promising the code will not be used in proprietary software against the author's wishes. But in this case, if the code is under the MIT license, third parties can already use the code in their proprietary code, so the agreement doesn't gain anything. So, what's the point?
New species of Monkey established
The World already has it: http://www.openwebosproject.org/
For me, I not only have to go back and forth to get a full page, as using the scrollwheel the bar in the Timeline is always covering up some text. And I don't use inertial scrolling, but I don't see why should you have to disable it either.

It's time-wasting, annoying and useless.
>NIH wins every time at Apple, it seems.

No not really. All of the ports on a Mac are standard.
it doesn't really work like that. emerging markets have people as rich as rich americans and they know about, want, and own iphones.

(i live in s america and would love the kind of thing being described. but i am pretty odd and currently use a dumbphone that cost $20 - i know plenty of people with fancy phones here.

so i would like what you suggest to work, but in practice i think people would perceive it as aimed at "second class citizens" - kind of condescending, in a way. you have to remember that even though people have less money on average (and higher prices for imported goods) they swim in a similar media context - can access the same internet sites, see the same aspirational movies, etc)
MicroUSB has 5pins, not 4. The additional pin is for USB host Mode switching. No more type a / type b nonsense.

USB/mhl can do audio and video quite nicely, so there's absolutely no need for additional data pins. Multiplexing works quite nicely.

The additional pins and aren't analog audio, apple said it was entirely digital.

I suspect the additional pins are there solely to support the reversibility of the connector.
Then extend the microUSB port, similar to what HTC did with ExtUSB. That would allow charge / sync with a microUSB cable but still allow extended features through the same port.
No surprise, CrunchFund was also a funder in Shaker before it won last year.
About the iPhone 5
It's even worse because the Ethernet is connected via USB. What I would love to see are 16 or 32 ARM cores on a single card connected via high speed bus such as Infiniband and pack 4 or 8 of these cards into a chassis.
Just tried it, really cool tool. I hate subscribing to the feeds of big tech news sites because there are a lot of posts I don't care about. Being able to filter it like this is really useful. And in 4 hours! Good job.
Apple Announces New, Direction-Changing iTunes Design
Because part of PayPal's service to their customers is that you can dispute a transaction and they will work to resolve it. It's one of the features that protects (and therefore attracts) consumers. Clearly, it causes negatives for sellers. It's a trade-off.
This is the reason why Cray is still relevant. Their proprietary interconnects are what you're paying for and not the CPUs.
> I think that for now, and foreseeable future, the only reasonable choice for mobile devices are native code based apps and system.

So basing a mobile OS on something like Java (or C#/Silverlight) would be completely silly in your opinion?
That was my point. I suspect the adapter IS strong enough to support the iPhone.

My prediction: the internal of the adapter is made of LiquidMetal.
Thanks, but I have to add one more requirement: Should be viewable in Germany.

"Dieses Video enthält Content von UMG. Dieser Partner hat das Video in deinem Land aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen gesperrt." Copyright issues ... :(
If the only cable provided in the box with the iPhone is this one:
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD818ZM/A/lightning-to-usb...

A USB > Lightning cable.

Then how can I take any phone off my desk and just charge it? The Nokia doesn't have a Lightning interface.

And if they don't supply a cable with a male microUSB end, then how are they complying?

It's not like the last video on this page doesn't make the purpose eminently clear: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/rtte/chargers/index_e...

In Europe, they should ship a microUSB charger and give everyone the adaptor too.

Then, we have one charger for all... and the iPhone can be charged using the adaptor.

That's not ideal for Apple and it is a less than elegant solution given the lightning port, but the whole point is to put a common consumer and the environment before the corporations and proprietary interfaces (and chargers).
I'm not arguing against the emotional spins you're trying to put in. I believe medication can be helpful to help people get up, in the case of depression, but it's absurd to tell people, without providing any real proof, that they need to be on medication forever and that their brains "just malfunctions"(and there's 300 'illnesses' in DSM)

and yes I've already experienced it, seen it, I assure you, and got out without medication.

If a chemical solution needs to be introduced to fix the problem, then the nature of the problem needs to be chemical related. What's the malfunction in the brain of someone with ADHD or Oppositional Defiant Disorder? I'd bet anything these brains are perfectly healthy and if there's any problem whatsoever with them the origin is environmental-psychological, not biological.
Apple: NIH reinvented.
I think it's definitely manipulative, but on the scale of manipulation, this is worse: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025913/
Sorry, meant to upvote you and hit the wrong one. There's no undo button.
Thunderbolt cables have very expensive, somewhat fragile controllers at each end of the cable.

The Lightening cables are designed to be cheap, simple and sturdy.
iPhone 3GS: To be discontinued
Some weird Apple marketing strategy (to have different port than anyone else) would be my biggest guess. Also, the USB probably isn't the best choice (as others mentioned you want to have audio and other stuff in one port).. but Apple was among the manufacturers to agree on the micro-usb just few years back.
It seems like something that will get lost after 2 seconds since its so small. Wouldn't it of been better if they made something really slim that just attached to the bottom of your phone? So if you did want to regularly charge with micro usb, you could just leave it on and not loose it.

The other thing I don't get is why Apple charge so much for this tiny thing. In 2 seconds flat we'll see clones of it coming on ebay for $1, if Apple actually priced it at $5 or something, people would actually buy it and Apple would still make a 1000% mark up on it.
These are not just paypal's rules, but VISA/MC/national government rules and laws.
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I really want a cheap test device so I can start hacking on B2G. Sure, I guess I could get a second-hand SGS2, but those are still pretty expensive to use a test device.
Better than Ack
Looks like a good tool. You don't show all the functionality from the homepage; would I be correct in imagining that you'll have a way of exporting results for execution, or executing them, so that the correctness of a solution can be verified?

The only problem that I have with things like this is the way they throw me off by whatever rules they have for indentation - the auto-indentation rules may well not match those that I'm used to, and it increases the cognitive burden. And not having access to the full power of Vim! How can you analyse an applicant's capabilities if you tear him away from Vim? ;-)

That issue is one that I guess you can't really get around.

Oh yes - one other gripe. The hunt-and-peck style is apparent in your leading demo submission. Shudder. If you hit ones like that, 5x just doesn't seem fast enough.

Good job.
AVI to iPhone 5, how to play AVI files on iPhone 5?
Easy solution for playing AVI files on iPhone 5: convert AVI to iPhone 5 acceptable file formats like H.264/MPEG4 with the AVI to iPhone 5 Converter.
I might not be reading this right, but in my mind this summarized as:

* WebOS added custom API's to handle parts of the phone hardware that are not web standard, for eg. phone calls, SMS

* The Firefox project also added custom API's, except they are submitting them for standardization as web interfaces

Why not just implement the WebOS API's and thus make them a standard, or are they considered flawed in some way that the B2G project now solves?

This option would have had the added bonus of immediate interop with WebOS applications, developer learning curve, documentation, etc.
If the independence from industry and focus on the scientific method can be truly maintained then this can only be a good thing.

One comment, the board of directors seem pretty top heavy with "big pharma" and VC/private equity types, which I find a bit hard to reconcile with the non-profit and independence aims of nusi. Surely the whole thrust of an organization like this is to promote health and this must be fundamentally against the interests of drug companies. I'd certainly be interested to hear what the board of directors hope to achive.
What about members of that culture living in America ? Is it racism to "point out the spade" ? It is beyond obvious that this hateful islamic culture is not going to stay contained, whatever Americans' thoughts on the issue.

It is painful to see that the only "moderate" reaction is a few tweets. Everybody seems to be too afraid of these backward muslim morons to point out that they are backward islamic morons.

I'd love to live in a world where live and let live works, but that's not this world. Islam started with massacring Jews, atheists and Christians by the thousands, and the only advancement since has been increasing numbers.

And please keep in mind that 10th century Egypt was >95% Christian, when evaluating their "tolerance" (and frankly a reading of either Egyptian or Spanish archives from during the relevant periods easily reveals that muslims were not, at all, tolerant during those periods).
The lightest weights at the gym are for the beginners. It's not about how much you currently lift, but how to keep progress going.

I don't think lifting weights is a good metaphor for mental health.
How does Akamai crop or resize images so fast for Facebook?
CSS for a Multi-Colored Link ‘:hover’
This is a cool CSS effect to use with links. We can create a link that will change to two different colors when you hover over it.
Things are improving fast. But there is still a reliance on physical standards such as paper size that may have less relevance in the future. Those small operators also tend to lack good coherent API design. My local still uses a horrible soap/java system. I am looking for something more low level as in defining exact paper size, fold points, and gluing etc. Whats the API for making a popup book, or a cardboard point of sale? My point is that more established forms of manufacturing lack the kind of accessibility that is present in some rapid prototyping setups.
What is a PermGen leak in Java?
Yup, you're completely right… it's the constant frame-rate of a game that's important. And even if it's not truly 'constant', it should always stay above 30FPS. You probably shouldn't code a game to be tied to the frame-rate though.

This is exactly what my job is at the moment, testing games and monitoring FPS across these games on various devices and platforms. I'm confident that JavaScript is more than capable to have games running fast on mobile, we just need to work with the game developers more (to optimise) as well as improve the platform.
Why does it matter if creationism is science? Art and literature aren't science either, but they are taught in schools because people think it will make the students better off. Religion is no different.

If part of your belief was that spreading your belief to others helps them, then you would do it. Religions that have such a belief will grow faster. Nobody's "at fault", that's just how it turns out.
No problem worth solving has ever been solved
on an Internet forum.

Depends. People helped me solve lots of technical problems this way.
I was talking about this idea with my friend who is a master mechanic for GM, and he didn't like the idea. His reasons were:

- Working on someone's pavement outside is awful

- Car falls off the lift hurts mechanic, its homeowner's fault

- Oil and chemical disposal isn't accounted for

- People usually don't properly diagnose their problem, so you wouldn't have most parts ready.

- Most luxury dealerships will pickup and drop off your car for service in major metro areas. (his dealership picks up as far as 3 hours drive away)

His other suggestion was to build a barbershop model whereby the independent shop owner rents the repair bays to independent mechanics.
Thanks a lot, glad you liked it. I understand your pain (I was once subscribed to Mashable main feed) :-)

There's a number of existing services (like http://www.feedrinse.com/) but I really wanted to make it as simple as possible (no sign ups, no fancy UI, easy to use and free).
besides the fact that they may actually be the top 10 most wanted, right? you are ridiculous.
Ok, will look into it.
I can't seem to find it now, but I seem to recall that dropping from 1 hour to 20 minutes was worth a 30-40 pct reduction in pay. http://www.quora.com/What-studies-have-been-done-on-the-effe...
The scary part of JavaScript is not performance, it is the hell of inconsistency.

'1' - 0 is 1. Guess what '1' + 0 is? Nope, it's '10'.

Crockford's JavaScript truth table is mind-bending. On top of that, semicolon insertion.
Looks nice but it's not fluid.
There might have been some proprietary bits, but you can download the code for the WebOS desktop and build it to a useable state from here: https://github.com/openwebos/build-desktop
Well, their lawyers apparently thought to know well the laws about warranty around Europe and they got fined...
Focus, yes but only when necessary
Managing LAMP environments with Chef, Vagrant, and EC2
Well, ADC was killed when Apple realised it was unsustainable in the market. It wasn't actually a bad idea, combining power, signal and USB over one cable. 20/20 hindsight though.

This thins out the device, it improves the connector and it makes it more durable and it builds for the future, it's a good thing (in my eyes).

It takes you into a world where there's many dock connectors that don't work with your device, and if you're an iPhone 5 buyer then you deal with that. And saying 'they should have used Micro-USB' (in not so many words) would also break compatibility with the docks, so the only thing they could have done is not change anything, which is also a bad idea.
I don't think it's the best possible option. Afaik WP7's core apps are native, not in C#/Silverlight.
How is it a big win? Dropping GPL is basically the same situation but slightly simpler.

Also requiring the CLA to put the code under MIT makes zero sense to me. They could use the CLA to do a lawsuit, but why would they ever bother suing over MIT-licensed code?
Clojure did emerge in the right time, it maybe all corelated, maybe Hickey felt a lisp revival coming when pg wrote his essays and decided to build the one he always wanted. That's a question I'd ask him if I could.
Web standards apps will always have to make bad compromises. We need browser byte code.
Sublime Text 2? Definitely :) http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=911...
Paypal has two big problems.

One problem is their own, their customer service is, in a word, shitty. That's their grave and it's up to them to dig themselves out of it or wallow in it.

The other big problem is one of expectations. Unfortunately, they have trained people into believing that transferring money back and forth is frictionless and painless. Which, at a small scale it generally is with paypal. However, once you get into the range of taking a significant amount of money via paypal (defined as around median US income or higher) then everything changes. When you start using paypal as a processor for your personal business then all sorts of financial regulations come into play and all sorts of business rules imposed by VISA and MC come into play as well.

And then people do stupid things like take pre-orders for something that won't be shipping for months (a VISA/MC/legal nono) or take donations without being registered as a non-profit org. and you mix in a good helping of problem #1 and a lot of people end up having more than a few bad days.

However, the thing that many people don't appreciate due to their ignorance is that with a merchant account a bank is going to do all of these same things for all of the same reasons. They are going to "steal" (read: put a hold on) your money while they spend the time working out whether or not your questionable business activity is not actually fraud, or money laundering, or simply sufficiently risky as to require a higher balance to be maintained in case of charge backs.

Now, the more business you put through paypal the more it makes sense for them to dedicate real-live human oversight to your account, which can lead to leniency if they see that you aren't a fraudster/mobster/etc.

Make no mistake though, every single day paypal has to deal with those folks too, only we don't hear about it because no fraudster, phisher, or mobster is going to complain on the internet about being shutdown legitimately by paypal.
Does it Scrobble?
Start-Ups Get Snapped Up for Their Talent
Phil Schiller on New iPhone Connector, Lack of NFC, Wireless Charging
Kinda OT, but how are companies usign Google Maps? Isn't it very easy to outgrow its limits?
You bought them a whole year ago, is that year of an app in the app store not easily paying $300 for a new ipod?

They wouldn't announce it that far ahead, it'd stop people buying the then current version.
Paper Money: Personal finance for entrepreneurs
1. Force you to buy overpriced cables
2. Lock you in - once you have a bunch of iPhone-only peripherals, you're more likely to keep buying iPhones rather than switching brands
It seems to have exposed weak reasons for asking for favors.
Reliance Net Connect website Defaced by Hackers
Google launches Course Builder.
What sort of compromises?
You could set your watch by the HN response to a story like this. Pure doom, gloom and naysaying.

Smartphones these days live and die by their app ecosystem. I would love to be working on mobile apps, but for the expense of buying an iPhone, an Android phone and a Windows phone, plus licenses for software to develop for all three. Not to mention the daunting prospect of dealing with Objective C, Java and C# simultaneously. This is a ludicrous prospect for a lone developer.

Give me a platform that costs nothing to develop for and lets me use my existing skills. If there's a website version of my application, let me share components between the two versions instead of locking my mobile version up in your platform's chosen systems programming language and development environment. Firefox OS ticks all these boxes.

I just might be the most average developer out there these days: a web developer. If you enable people like me to develop applications for your device without any bullshit, then you automatically have a bigger set of possible contributors than the competition.

That is why I am cautiously optimistic about Firefox OS. If you build it, we will come.
JavaScript is browser byte code. Just like Java byte code it's not that great for a lot of cases but, just like Java, eventually the JIT will get pretty decent.
JavaScript _is_ browser byte code.
Solaris has only vi. Not vim. :-)