skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It is a nice try. Looks quite similar to the Creative Zii (Egg platform) and the Zii Labs' ZMS-05 processor which they marketed as "Stemcell Computing"... and a lot of other attempts.

They use a Zenboard (Xilinx Zync, ARM+FPGA) as a base platform. My first reaction; they claim this being 'open source'. Nothing about the ARM processor or even the core inside the FPGA is open source. What they will deliver is the toolchain and the documentation, but no IP or RTL code for the cores. Another Fauxpen source project... using it merely as a buzzword to get people involved; comparable to the Beagleboard to get usecases and branding out.

When hardware is called "open source", they need to look at how Milkymist does it. PCB design files are offered, but also the RTL verilog is available for the CPU (in fact the whole SoC).
This is awesome, too: http://metafizzy.co/ (also from David DeSandro)

Hover over the logo and watch how the colors on the page change
no personalization, no ads, better shortcuts (calc, etc), finds what i need, indexes more pages.
Oddly, I don't find this idea too offensive, especially since so many companies have large security holes via social engineering. If the applicants are this lackadaisical in keeping their own data private, why would I trust them with the company's or my customer's sensitive information?

With that said, I definitely understand why an applicant would be offended by the question. In fact, I would hope they are! I guess the second test is seeing if they understand the logic of such a question then convincing him or her that I don't conduct myself this way.

In the right hands, this is a great tool, but in the wrong hands, it is a disaster.
Working in an industry is a very good way of acquiring contacts and potential customers - it also allows you to REALLY get to know its problems from the inside. "Thinking different" with data and customers is usually better than taking random guesses in an industry you know nothing about...
To all you people saying that this is just "best practices" requirements, etc: do you not realize this is MICROSOFT? The evil empire? He's taking a stand! A completely meaningless stand, but really, this is important!
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A good but insensitive friend. And maybe he was right (though overstated), perhaps being female was an advantage in getting the intership. If she wasn't sensitive, she could have responded, "maybe so, but you had the advantage of being male." And she'd be right.
There are two things here:

1. Microsoft does not make decisions (mostly) based on fairness to prospective employees. It DOES make decisions based on having a good public image, part of which is being seen as diverse and inclusive.

2. The reason being diverse and inclusive is seen as good is because of a ton of research showing that being diverse is good for companies, good for employees, and good for entire underrepresented communities.

So it's not fine, but the fineness or not does not exist in a vacuum. The two situations are not arbitrary, and therefore, not analogous.
Is this new Windows "app store" the only way one can install software in the future, or is it just one additional way to deploy applications, which is more streamlined? If it's the latter, then I would think a "certification" process makes sense. It's not about closing down a platform, it's about establishing a more user friendly installation experience.
Oh I see... FYI: Click on the background somewhere near text. I was clicking on links and you dont get the 'smush' effect unless you click on the background....and hovering over links gives a rainbow colored effect.

I guess its cool.... but no, not really.
It largely is in an employment situation. There are a number of people that are all well-qualified for the job, and any one of them can do it as well as any other.

It's not necessarily true when you compare between organizations, where different groups may make subtly different decisions with wildly different outcomes (although even then, a lot of the difference comes from different circumstances and not innate talent of the people involved). But in an organization, the need for teamwork and to "row in a common direction" tends to flatten out individual differences, and there're generally two possible classes: "valued contributor" and "holding back the group".

(This is also why large organizations like Google tweak their hiring processes to avoid false positives more than false negatives. One bad hire forces the team down to his level, as they always have to stop and explain things to him, or he'll block them from implementing a cleverer solution that he wouldn't understand. One good hire, however, very rarely raises the level of the team - he needs a lot of patience and very good empathetic & people skills to do so.)
Every tiger mom should read this.
This simple effect reminds me of the hey day of horrible animated GIF files, entertaining nonetheless and pretty awesome that this kind of effect can be done without using images.

Aside: David DeSandro is awesome. His jQuery Masonry plugin has saved me so many times when I've been tasked to build a horizontal site.
Point is, time to deliver will matter... And stop doing the inconsequential many... How can anyone argue against that? Wonder when the first big reorg/cut happens, that will be when you get a true sense of where they are going.
It isn't FUD. Google is behaving inconsistently with what they say, and that makes Google a less-than-reliable partner in open source cooperation.

Acer was slapped down, yet Haier, also an OHA member, makes both Aliyun and Android devices.

Google claims Aliyun is "incompatible" and also claims Alibaba is stealing apps, or, at least, distributing them without the developers' permission. So, which is it?

Numerous OHA participate in the OPhone OS development and use. OPhone is roughly equivalent to Aliyun, and is used by China Mobile. Ophone good, but Aliyun bad?

The problem is arbitrariness. For each one of Google's justifications for yanking Acer's chain, there is something in Google's track record that is inconsistent.
"had it certified"

Bam. I have no idea quite how intensive the review process is (I'm no Windows programmer, so the requirements don't mean much to me) but any additional barrier is something that holds back the finnicky and decentralized indie crowd. Not only will it present another technical barrier that they will have no interest in surpassing, but there will likely be a cultural and psychological backlash of having to certify their version 0 project with Microsoft. Not to mention how certification requirements would impact beta releases and feedback.
For those of you asking, you can find some more background on how BrowserID here:

http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works
You have no experience dealing with a 3rd party that controls the marketplace.

Apple's behavior is not exceptional. It's how every monopolist behaves when they own the market. I dealt with the very same issues when I had my own business selling on eBay.

At the end of the day, when you have to move your product through someone's market, it's not your product, it's not your business, and those aren't your customers.

It's all theirs. Because if you do something they don't like, they will just turn you off ... or worse, they'll call you and tell you to change it.

> There doesn't seem to be anything that openness would have provided him.

It would have provided him the freedom of developing the product he wants, without compromise. It would have allowed him to take his vision directly to his customers. And nobody would be able to get in his way.

> With that said Win8 has a complete desktop mode fully available for tinkering.

Have you tried installing unsigned software on Windows 8? You get a huge window pretty much saying NO. Only after clicking on more info, do you get an option to override. I can only guess what will happen with Windows 9?
This is going to be great for merchants that can get on. I'd imagine Facebook are going to be even harder to work with than something like the Amazon Marketplace, the last thing they will want is what should be low friction gift transactions to go wrong.

As someone who sells online in cosmetics (which covers a to of stuff that makes good gifts) I do hope they open it up a fair amount. I would imagine though they are going to be fairly restrictive for a long time about who they partner with though.
You'll never break the mould and explode by copying incumbent industries line of thought.

No-one said that having prior knowledge means you have to copy lines of thought. Working as a broker will give you valuable insight into how the process works, which gives you two things: the ability to identify easily solved pain points, and the knowledge of potential problems down the road.
Hi JTxt! Yes this is possible! Just update the channel value in this line here from "/xkcd" to "/whatever_you_want" and you can take on new parallel worlds. The source code is here that you need to change: https://github.com/pubnub/pubnub-xkcd/blob/master/network.js...
Well, I don't commute to Soma but yeah, fair point. As I once was told, live where you work or where you play.
I wonder what will make the world more ready for this than it was for Beacon back in the day (Amazon purchases automatically showing up in the News Feed).
Venus is a great planet to colonize, much better than mars. You just need to be 50km up!

http://spacemonitor.blogspot.com/2007/05/floating-city-on-ve...
Even reading the title of this sent me into a downward spiral of intense paranoia/hatred/annoyance/terror. Was gift giving not already enough of a stilted, rote interaction? Do we need to systematize EVERYTHING!?! Is there no escape from this? What have we become?
click/click and drag on anything but the links.
The point is not NYC > Topeka for everyone -- that is a subjective judgment and you have to pick what's best for you. The point is, for many more people, larger cities have more to offer than small towns. Additionally, on many objective scales that matter to many people -- mainly measures having to do with economic mobility and opportunity -- NYC and other large cities outperform Topeka and the rest of the midwest.

It's not as if I want to live in the Bay Area and spend 1.5X+ on living merely because the population is larger. It's because I have a chance to work for 5-10 years, collect options at some up and coming companies, network with many very successful people, build a career and then retire at age 40 with a 7+ digit net worth. And if I fail to achieve that, I can still land somewhere on a spectrum of outcomes bookended by that goal. The opportunity to do this is very small in Topeka and elsewhere.

So when you say "... no reason to disparage other's interests and life choices because you choose to live in a big city and have found a community of like-minded people, it just makes you sound like a pompous jerk," you're missing the point. I'm not "disparaging" Topeka because there is a community of like-minded people. I'm disparaging the idea that a town like Topeka could just become like SF, only cheaper.

Such a notion embodies no understanding of the reasons why SF is objectively better than Topeka. You are confusing my comparison of the cities on objective criteria with a claim about certain subjective qualities of the places. Yes, some people don't want to put up with the cost, noise, filth etc. involved with big city life and they don't highly value the opportunities we have here -- in my personal opinion, those people have poorly chosen their life's priorities, but objectively stated, they will not enjoy living in SF.
Does not work on Firefox 10.0.7 unfortunately.
I find your argument specious at best. If we're talking the Metro store, Windows RT tablet users(eg. the Surface RT users) will be unable to run the game simply because they're ARM machines like the iPad on which the game runs on.

It's funny that he has no problem going through the certification for the "Post-PC" iOS app store which is supposedly killing the PC and going to sell more than PCs in the near future. But suddenly he has a problem with Windows 8 and Windows RT. There is a disconnect here.

> If MS will open up the store put it there without certification then I suspect he's fine with it.

Sorry, but is this a joke? Every malware, spyware, virus, grayware, toolbar, Bonzi Buddy clones will end up in the store.

Look at what Steam had to do with Greenlight.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-31-valve-bans-stea...

http://www.shacknews.com/article/75603/steam-greenlight-adds...
I'm disheartened bans like this even need to happen in the first place -- companies should really reconsider hiring anyone they'd feel like they have to ask this sort of stuff to in the first place (Conversely, any company that ask this sort of stuff of their teammates should be places you should avoid working for).
You sound like you could use a gift.
point in fact, this is not what happened.
Yes, and lots of communication with the customer so he/she knows exactly what they will be getting. (

Deliverables are usually a web based demo they can play with (and send feedback on) or a run of unit tests.

*setting up servers (git,jenkings,fitnesse,apache,mysql,etc are common deliverables too)
I agreed with you until the last sentence.
Puppet at GitHub / ChatOps
Awesome, that is interesting - I was not aware of that. I was looking around to see if I could find his book. I found a PDF - don't think it's the entirety - but will give it a read this weekend.

I wonder if some kind of medium ground could be put together. Thanks for that article, I'll check that out!
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Can you clarify this, are you claiming that reverse discrimination for women in CS doesn't exist? I wasn't aware that there was any question about that; I understand it to be publicly stated policy at all big tech companies. Note that I'm not making a claim that women are more likely to be hired or promoted; as I said there is a lot of discrimination against women that is less visible which is exactly what reverse discrimination is trying to, well, reverse.
Trust is a key issue, if we don't trust each other we are already in trouble. Trust goes both ways, so that is why I charge at the end of an iteration with no money advance at all.
Not sure why you'd find this offensive.

"Fuck 'em" just means "Question everything and don't let others dictate your values". The author is thinking out loud about something that we all know but are uncomfortable thinking about: The idea that we are not living to our utmost.

It's all relative and subjective though. Case in point, I'm sitting at my desk at work when I'd rather be having a picnic with my family and relieving the burn out I have after a long week. I'll be sitting here day in and day out until I retire so I consider this a bit "lame ass" to be honest. But it could be worse. At least I'm not scouring a mountain of trash for scrap metals in a 3rd world country.

We should all be insecure and depressed from time to time. It jars that thing in us that helps us grow.
Of course Archos recently changed their tune and started releasing tablets with Google Play starting with the G9 generation...
I think he's not so much against having Minecraft run on Windows 8 at all (i'm sure if Java support it, it'll run), I think he's just more averse to serving it via Microsoft's store.

I think Notch is overreacting in this case because he's already supported Microsoft's platform monopoly with Minecraft on the Xbox 360 (which is completely closed), so this stance seems kind of contrary.

Possibly there's some sort of clause in Microsoft's contracts that says an Application on the Windows Store can't be sold outside the store or something which he's actually getting up in arms about.

I'm not particularly crazy about Windows 8 either, but Notch probably needs to be a little more specific with his protests (then again, it is just a twitter post).
Go to the very bottom and click "What's the email?". That effect is awesome!
I bet there are reasons other than being completely devoid of common sense.

Easy examples off the top of my head:

- You cultivate a profile almost like a garden, knowing that one day an employer is going to demand to see it

- You started one, but don't use it
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try-hard much?
The first impression is the most important aspect of the product but this time AMD clearly used media illegally to take advantages in their product opening. This is a new form of media threatening that for customers should aware of.
I lived in the Sunset for 8 years until last December. I don't miss Muni at all. Mind you, running on the beach in the fog isn't my idea of a good time either.
Is there a reason you're using a horribly out of date browser?
Signing the software is still different than getting it approved by Microsoft. I am guessing it's done by third party certificates?

I still don't understand what the concern is? The model you described is the app store model and though I partially agree with you the heavy handed behavior is only possible when you have a monopoly. I don't think Microsoft can afford that at this point.
Engineers have a tendency to underestimate anything outside their discipline. "How hard can it be!?"

You would do well to remember that, when looking at an unrelated industry and decided that you, having zero knowledge of that industry, are obviously the best-positioned to completely revolutionize said industry.

Really, the biggest breakthroughs appear to come from someone who mixes expertise in two disparate fields. Expertise in the one field teaches you about the constraints on that field, and expertise in the second field gives you new tools to attack the constraints of the first.
Ugh, no way.

From what I understand Toronto is a fraction of the craziness of the New York market, and here any listing would get snapped up pretty quickly no matter where you might post it.
At the end of the day, when you have to move your product through someone's market, it's not your product, it's not your business, and those aren't your customers.

It's all theirs. Because if you do something they don't like, they will just turn you off ... or worse, they'll call you and tell you to change it.

That can just as easily apply to the platform it was built on. Windows, OS X, or Android, can do this today if they were so inclined (well maybe not Windows due to anti-trust concerns -- but that has to do with market dominance, not openness).

What you're saying is that you must run on a full stack you completely build, from the foundary, CPU, on up (because Intel could break all Windows computers with firmware update if they were so inclined).

We've all built on something, giving away some degree of responsibility and ownership. Now maybe Notch's point is that this is where he draws the line. It seems like an odd place to draw it IMO, especially given how fast the game market tends to move (when was the last time someone asked you to play Words with Friends?).

But like I said before, more power to Notch wherever he goes. I'll miss not playing Minecraft as I move all my machines to Win8 (admittedly not much of a gamer though), but not for too long I'm sure.

Have you tried installing unsigned software on Windows 8? You get a huge window pretty much saying NO. Only after clicking on more info, do you get an option to override. I can only guess what will happen with Windows 9?

Really, that's a complaint of yours? I actually which there was a setting to not let these install at all.
It's possible to have an open platform and keep malware out. It's possible to go as far as OS X-style sandboxing but allow certificate authentication by more than one CA.

But the track that Win and OS X are taking is to try and create monopolies and control the entire software experience. This is detrimental to the users as well as the developers; try to make a utility app that launches other apps, resizes windows, alters your network connections on a system-wide basis, or includes plugin functionality and put it in the App Store.

Trying to make an argument like "oh but users can change the settings and run untrusted apps" is just a huge cop-out because the average user is not going to do that ever.
Congrats! It looks really nice, any chance you'll be updating the WP7 app with the same look and feel?
What I usually do is say: Projects similar to what you are asking for, have taken me about xxx hours of work.. but our mileage may vary. If you don't like my progress the first week, you can always fire me.

Or.. for xx hours I can go as far as I can, then you can judge if it is worth it.

My rate is high, but I usually over deliver per hour worked, so it is a good deal for someone who has already wasted money with "cheap" developers.

The key is trust and communication, I do spend a lot of time talking with customers to make sure that we understand each other (I charge for talk time, texts are mostly free)
Devil's advocate isn't an excuse to spew racist and sexist bullshit that apologizes for discrimination.
I seriously doubt these bans do need to happen.

All it takes is one person to sue for discrimination because their profile says they're gay / disabled / pregnant / a veteran / etc, and the employer has no way of proving that wasn't the reason for passing them over.

This is the same reason smart employers will never ask you questions about those topics in an interview. It's too hard to defend accusations of discrimination if you happen to discover that the candidate is in a legally protected class.
> It largely is in an employment situation. There are a number of people that are all well-qualified for the job, and any one of them can do it as well as any other.

No, that is simply not true. There might be a cutoff over which everyone is "reasonably competent", and perform "acceptably", but there are still huge differences between people.

You immediately say "no" to people that don't reach the "acceptable" bar. But above that, you have hiring quotas, and you try to maximize the value of the people you hire. Hiring someone just above the bar now means you get one less hire later. Someone much better might show up, and often does. And on the other hand if the current candidate is much, much above the bar - you fight to get that person hired, you work on convincing your peers in the hiring process. Because they are worth it. Such people have a much higher chance to be hired.

I've been on both sides of the hiring process many times and worked for many years in tech. To say that above some skill level everyone is the same, "can do it as well as any other" - not in all of my experience.
Most founders don't own 100% of their company.
Windows 7 is just a better Windows 8. Minecraft already is there and it works perfectly. I don't know why so much people are ignorant and hate Windows 8.
hover? seriously? Didn't mouseovers become a big design no-no, now that tablets are in and PCs are out? I hope I remember to check this later when I'm on my laptop.

ps. I love desandro's isotope library
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law
This proposal is the same as as that, except no one is putting up any money.

This proposal is more like forming a large conglomeerate xompany startup, or a co-operatively owned incubator.
Hi JTxt. Good points regarding the fix. In fact the system is scaling great and you can see a lot of people on the screen. The issue is in drawing that number of players on the client computer. We have improved the source code just a moment ago and now you can see disconnected users in a stopped state and live users are actively moving around. It was wonderful to see this earlier this morning with about 2K active live users all in the same world. Updates have been posted. Enjoy.
Nope, I am asking customers to trust me on technical decisions, so I trust them to pay me on time.

The above said, I never start the next iteration till paypal says the money is there.