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Right, preventative care, and not just starting businesses -- it stops people from doing all kinds of good things.

Creating art or writing novels, going back to school, moving across the country, working for startups (not just starting them), having kids (or adopting, or taking a leave of absence to help raise kids)... there are lots more things that could go on that list.

Not all of those things equal "more money to the government". Some are "quality of life" sort of things; some add cultural value; etc.. But having a safety net for health issues fixes a lot of problems even for people who won't ever really need it (but can't know that for sure...), and is a sort of economic equalizing factor that I like more than taking more money from rich people and giving it to poor people.
Anyone have any experience with Kona, HI?
There are always exceptions, but there sure is a large amount of anecdotal evidence for not-so-great working conditions in general across the gaming industry. If you follow gaming news you'll also hear over and over about lots of "crunch" time, etc.
WoW still has a skill component. I did mention MMOs..
It means that their mentality is significantly different from other game companies, which means that generalizations of gaming companies drawn from their work culture are much more tenuous.
I would love to see the average hours worked for a Valve employee. Probably more than 8-10...
Honestly, you don't need org mode to do this. You just need a way to have a hierarchical folding tree (an outline) that takes text for both the headers and contents. I implemented a half-baked similar system in C# years and years ago - that worked really nice. I just use org-mode because I'm an emacs user and hey, it works well for me.
CA didn't start out as a deliberate scam, and continues to run today despite being essentially a scam for many years. The companies we're talking about today --- Groupon, Zynga --- don't have long enough track records as publicly traded entities for us to presume they're run in good faith; variants of the things that got Kumar sentenced probably aren't even crimes when they happen during mezzanine funding, when the people being "scammed" are sophisticated investors.

You implied, Zynga isn't a pump-and-dump scheme because Mark Pincus still runs it, and nobody would inflict the management of a poorly-performing public company on themselves. Well, that's just not true.

There are better arguments against the assertion that Groupon is a pump-and-dump scheme than "it must suck to be Andrew Mason these days" (it does not suck to be Andrew Mason, by the way). For instance, Groupon was open about its liabilities and the enormous risks it faced, and its whole industry sector was very carefully scrutinized.

I'm done arguing this point. My nerdly brain just couldn't handle the idea that being Andrew Mason in Q4'12 is so painful that simply holding his job imputes him credibility.
"Facebook would like to send you push notifications."
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I think brudgers was suggesting something akin to RAID 1 (mirroring, but no striping), which would, for sufficiently random access patterns, improve read performance roughly linearly as you added tape drives. The streaming speed of modern tape drives is comparable to hard drives, so striping isn't that useful anyway (and one a single tape with tapes switched out, you'd lose the physical parallelism that makes striping useful). But seek time is what really kills tape drives, and that would benefit from mirroring (like RAID 0), which is what brudgers was suggesting.

Although brudgers talked about writing at different offsets, that's actually pointless if you don't rewind each tape between accesses (and why would you?). Assuming random access patterns, your read speed on the array will, on average, increase linearly with the number of tapes. This will come at the cost of write latency, the magnitude of the cost depending on how you implement the array.

If the array has independent drives (which would be very expensive, but let's assume for the moment), then your write latency is always dependent on the longest seek (you have to wait for the write to occur on every tape). That means that as the number of tapes increases, your average writing latency will approach the worst case for a single tape. In other words, with an infinite number of full drives, you would always have to wait for one of the drives to seek across an entire tape. That's pretty bad news, but it's acceptable for some cases.

On the other hand, if you had one drive and a tape library, your write times would really be completely unacceptable. Your linear read seek speed increase would come at the cost of a linear write seek time increase, plus a linear increase in writing throughput time.
There's some serious the-future-isn't-evenly-distributed stuff going on with programming languages and cities. I have a friend in Memphis who tells me that Rails is just starting to get noticed there (!)
My head hurts when I read "REST" and "single page web application" in the same sentence.
"I can answer my own question: Apple doesn't want people to share these devices: fewer sales."

Bingo.

Apple wants people to share iPads only to the extent that doing so gives other people a trial of the product, and ideally, a burning desire for it. Apple doesn't want the kids sharing Mom's iPad; Apple wants kids bugging Mom half to death for their own iPads.
I don't get what you mean in this context. I have complete control over what I put on my Kindle and what I don't. I don't use any DRM of any kind, ever, so that's a non-issue.

No, I don't have the power to program the thing myself, so Stallman wouldn't approve it, but then again he wouldn't approve of most computer operating systems or the vast majority of laptops sold either, so I don't see why e-readers are different....
I do something like that in Trello, which is to retrospectively create spontaneous tasks and drag them straight to Done. (It's more satisfying to drag them across than just create them in the Done pile.)
Apparently someone from Texas.

Perhaps they only looked at the humidity?
It's a disagreement about the definition of "expensive." Apple products are more expensive than other products in the same general category. They are not more expensive than their direct competitors.

For example, while there are laptops much cheaper than the Air, the ultra books with similar specs, weight, battery life, and build quality aren't really cheaper. Another way to look at is that while Apple doesn't sell a $500 laptop, you don't get less in a $1,200 MBA than comparable $1,200 PC laptops.
For me the iPad Mini highlights what I think is a serious problem with iBooks: Landscape orientation should give me the option to read a single page at full screen width. I have never found the two page display to be useful. When looking at PDF files online it is great to rotate to landscape and read full width with nice-big type. This is particularly true at night after a long day in front of the computer.

The other thing that iBooks is sorely missing is the ability to use two fingers to zoom in and out of a page. I really don't understand why we have to look at a page with a one inch white border all the way around the page on a digital device, which forces a smaller font to fit the same content.

I think that the iPad mini might just stress the need or a better user experience in software such as iBooks.
It looks nicer in your living space. No longer do you hide the computer away in a corner or a separate room - once it is organic, futuristic, and beautiful like the iMac (especially with wireless network/mouse/keyboard) you put it wherever you want without worrying about how it looks.
Zynga's got a lot more products to support than Twitter does. Their homepage lists 18 games.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Oh look, someone had discovered forward error correction.

Now if they can compute a series of code blocks over a rolling set of data blocks, that would be new. It would be like singing a round of "Row Row Row your Boat" but in data packets, just waiting and you'll be able to figure out the packets that were dropped. Anyone know if this is what they did?
Creating a cloud-enabled native mobile app in 10 minutes or less
> I'll ask you the same thing, how? How is it "better"?

It's consistent. It's been consistent for 7 iterations. 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.

It's stable. Everything shows up exactly where it's supposed to and works like it's supposed to. I have 4 high-resolution monitors set up and Windows handles it like no other operating system could.

Consistent + Stable = Win

However, what keeps me using Windows isn't the GUI. It's the driver availability, quality, and support. And that, of course, comes from market dominance.
The parent post didn't mention decoders / encoders, it mentioned free content. These articles[1][2] explain the costs and possible increases[3]. Apple, Microsoft, and Google have bought the license for their libraries on their platforms.

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/a-closer-look-at-the-costs-an...

[2] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/h-264-patents-how-much-do-the...

[3] http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/FAQ.aspx last question
>One thing that I hated about Windows pre-7 and Linux until Ubuntu was taskbar objects. Why do they need to take up so darn much space? I worked for hours laboring over Gnome 2 to get it to work like Windows 7, with icon based taskbar objects, trying every program and customization I could find. I finally got it just as Unity was announced. I was ecstatic that I could get rid of Gnome 2 and have a desktop that looked how I wanted right out of the box.

Indeed.

And actually, after installing 12.10 on, to be fair, new hardware, Unity was just as fast as anything else.

I do despise GNOME 2 and especially its taskbar window list. I'm glad I've found someone else as pained by it as I.
Don't become a slave to your lists, sure, but some basic organization can go a long way to increasing your productivity as well as giving you the ability to look back and review what you did.
The sheer volume of the output from you guys is astounding. Thanks for the hard work and for incorporating our feedback on a near constant basis!
Ask HN: what are the must-read books about homemade hardware/electronics?
You are not correct, it is _not_ a cache but instead something that provides the union of storage between two drives. Remember, the examples have stuff _only_ on the SSD.

Instead, this appears to be an implementation of so-called "tiered storage". This is novel in that is the first time such an approach has been applied to consumer grade solutions. Usually, one might find tiered storage as part of an extremely expensive solution that EMC might give you as part of an elaborate storage system.
Apple has zero interest in opening up iMessage to any non-Apple device. So that'll never happen.
Sure, but these accusations shouldn't be taken as personal attacks against specific companies, but, rather, as a sense people get of "silicon valley" and the startup economy. It could just be jealosy or schadenfreude (which shouldn't be entirely discounted :)), but I take it as a political statement. Even if the facts in some particular case can be refuted, these statements express a true and valid sentiment about the state of affairs.
Again, what are you talking about. Be specific. What is consistent? The behavior? The display of open windows? The performance? The appearance? Literally NONE of those are identical from version-to-version in Windows. I can tell you how it changed in almost every version in one way or another.

And besides, again, nothing to show how it's any better. You want <title> <minimize> <maximize> <close>? Guess what? You just described almost every window manager in existence, save for them having those switched around. They're all drag-and-dropable, they're all resizeable.

I don't think you guys have anything to hold onto other than lofty words and what you're used to.

As for drivers, that's a sad joke that just goes to show that you don't know what you're talking about. Go buy a Samsung Series 9. Works out of the box in Arch, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora. The: wired, wireless, display driver, chipset driver, memory card reader and touchpad were ALL broken in Windows 7 and Windows 8.
That really is a surprisingly nice jobs page, and you sound remarkably sane throughout. +1 and good luck!
Zuckerberg/Facebook Thought About Charging For APIs, but Advertising Better
If they have access to the internet, they have had plenty of opportunities to read about it. The shameful behavior of Zynga is public knowledge and has been for years.

Also
> (with all that tracing going on...)

:D
Which web browsers auto-login after the user explicitly logs out?
Don't you also have a phone? I can 1-click tether my Nexus 7 to my iPhone (which is always on me). In fact that is how I'm composing this reply. It doesn't seem necessary for every device to have its own cellular connection when they're so easy to network.
Riot Games is also a standout of a great place to work from what I've heard.
> ... I'm glad automatic updates are now turned on by default and that you also have to option to opt out.

That's fine and all, but if I want to defer a reboot, I should have that choice. The system can nag me all it wants, I'll eventually give in and reboot, but at a time of my own choosing.

Maybe I'm running low on battery power. Or taking a test. Or in a conference call with an important customer. Or just having a good ol' time raiding with my guildies. Its my computer, it should be my decision no matter what.
Oh look it's my Nexus 7 with more marketing speak.

Apple is now on the back foot and is heading towards market saturation and commoditisation via Android and intense foreign competition. Consequently I have held a large short position from 700 and will continue to do so following my sale of AAPL stock following the Samsung case - unless something changes.

You can only win in the brutal consumer electronics space by inventing the future. Otherwise you're just another commodity producer. You can't defeat the entire market by just doing more of the same.

Not impressed.
Probably sooner, H.265 is next on the list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding http://www.h265.net
But investors would much rather fund Jobs than Woz.
Ask HN: Mac App for window management. (Open group of windows)
Awhile ago I remember seeing an application linked on here that you would like define projects. So for example you may say coding: textmate, terminal, etc. And then when you want to do that it would close everything else and open those apps. But now I can't seem to find that project and can't seem to track anything down like it on google.

Anyone have any idea? Thanks
I guess I should have qualified my statement: yes, technically it doesn't apply if you can live with dialup or DSL. Of course, if that's the case you don't use the Internet for very much anyway.

(I see from the website of Megapath, which is what Speakeasy seems to have morphed into, that they do actually provide broadband, but it looks like "small business" broadband--i.e., priced too high for a home user. Their offerings at home user prices are basically DSL.)
Are you really willing to consider remote? What I find is that when someone makes a statement like "willing to consider" it means that they have no experience trying it, and aren't interested in making the changes to the company structure and culture to make remote work really possible for the long-term.
For those who are bugged by mystery abbreviations, V2V means Version 2: Vegas.

http://sxswv2v.com/schedule

Looks like it's Sunday through Wednesday, so there will be plenty of available hotel rooms.
You are comparing "Momentus" a hybrid drive with "Fusion Drive" a tiered storage solution. Fusion Drive gives you a giant, huge SSD drive compared to Momentus' on-drive flash. We are talking about orders of magnitude in difference in flash size.

There are several reasons why OS integration could yield better performance. Notably, an understanding of what happens at boot time. While the machine is running, stuff useful for boot may not be used again. However, the OS can signal to the tiered storage "hey, we are shutting down. prepare the SSD so it will be fast for boot!".

The scenarios are endless. We could talk about hibernation, etc.
Zuck Says More FB Money Will Be Made On Desktop Than Mobile
Good codes are only as good as their enforcement. Guatemala has, in theory, some of the best environmental and conservation policies of the western hemisphere. The northern half of the country is almost entirely a "protected area".

Every morning I wake up to the sound of chainsaws. Narcotics, corruption and cattle ranching are taking down the rain forest at an incredible pace. The short term thinking and quick money mentality will be devastating in the long run.
Both of those companies charge "tooling costs".

I've described what tooling costs are.

> Tooling	NRE = $479.00	(Tooling	waived when	re-ordered)	Testing =	$475.00

Tooling waived when re-ordered emphasises what I've said - this is a one off up front cost that you pay before you get any product that can be sold to customers.

Note that I haven't said that PCB manf is hard. I've even said that companies don't do this stuff in house, but that they outsource it.
Indeed, there are many ways to complement physical colocation with AWS.
I'd be very willing to bet against it rising. That would be nearly unprecedented.
Does anyone else have the power to modify your device? To add, remove, or change software or content? To disable it?

If the answer to any of these questions is "yes", then no, you do NOT have complete control over the device.
Apple knows as well as we do how broken the patent system is—and they take advantage of that brokenness.

In no way are they a "victim."
From the article:

"By installing Windows 8, companies will implicitly force its employees to use a new interface that could severely dent productivity. "

This is, by far, the biggest issue with Windows 8. And, at least for me, the most confusing aspect of Microsoft's decision making process.

I would be surprised if ANY business with more than two employees willingly shifts their PC's to Windows 8. Imagine having one hundred employees grind to a halt due to the UI shift. Deadly.

I would really love to have the opportunity to hear from Microsoft on this one. Why is it that we don't even have an option to disable Metro (or tablet mode, or whatever they want to call it) on a desktop system? What was the logic behind that decision, if any?
This is great news - clockless architectures are the way of the future.
1. Making it easy to replace a physical interface for a hardware device with a mobile app.

2. Making in easy to do testing and verify reliability, both at the development stages and at the manufacturing stages.

3. Making it easy to port the arduino to other platforms or porting it to other interesting platforms(full porting including good library support).
Would it be horribly inappropriate or apt to invoke a Clerks clip here: http://youtu.be/dGOVbXF7Iog?t=1m6s
Great venue. And flights are cheaper than Austin too.
Show HN: Fact check last night's Presidential debate with Quip
Our customers and supporters like you keep us going. Always be shipping :D
Started doing something similar on a private twitter account which follows no one, and no one follows it. Once I do something, I tweet. Benefits: Using twitter as a platform, keep description in 140 chars, search, timestamp etc.

However, I violated the first rule of using the organization tool i.e. Trust your tool. Yet another post on hackernews and I got distracted into trying Trello, and what not for a promise of increased productivity.
If the (recently added) part-of-speech tagging on Google Books is accurate, the chronology is the other way around: it used to be equally used as a noun and verb, but sometime in the 1990s the verb form became dominant: http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=schlep_VERB%2Cs...
Do you have experience with the FCC certification process? We're working on an electronic instrument, and it would be cool to hear where the pitfalls lie on the route to getting certified. Wouldn't want to spend too many trips visiting an anechoic RF chamber...
Patents. That is what is stopping hardware. Go ahead and try to have something listed in Best Buy without having an army of lawyers breathing down your neck.

Every. Single. Hardware. Startup. I know, has either gone bankrupt due to lawsuits, or hasn't ever reached product market fit.
"We have horrible languages, horrible libraries, horrible tools - a huge, shaky mess of infrastructure built on technologies stretched far beyond what they were originally built for - and it's so deeply entrenched that few of my colleagues seem to recognize it. We really need a new generation of fresh perspectives to shake us all up."

I have somewhat recently transitioned from embedded software to verification, and you have hit the nail right on the head. We should talk.
Our response to Ciuchi et al.’s preprint is as follows:

“Erroneous wave functions of Ciuchi et al. for collective modes in neutron production on metallic hydride
cathodes”
A. Widom, Y. Srivastava, and L Larsen (v1 Oct. 17, 2012)
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.5212v1.pdf

Abstract: “There is a recent comment [1] concerning the theory of collective many body eﬀects on the neutron production rates in a chemical battery cathode. Ciuchi et al. employ an inverse beta decay expression that contains a two body amplitude. Only one electron and one proton may exist in the Ciuchi et al. model initial state wave function. A ﬂaw in their reasoning is that one cannot in reality describe collective many body correlations with only a two particle wave function. One needs very many particles to describe collective eﬀects. In the model wave functions of Ciuchi et al. there are no metallic hydrides, there are no cathodes and there are no chemical batteries. Employing a wave function with only one electron and one proton is inadequate for describing collective metallic hydride surface quantum plasma physics in cathodes accurately.”

Conclusions: “No signiﬁcant argument has been provided against our nuclear physics results. The experimental evidence of neutron production and nuclear transmutations in properly designed plasma discharge electrolytic cells [5] agrees with our theoretical analysis and belies the theoretical arguments given in [1] against a hefty production of neutrons in hydride cells.”

Lewis Larsen
President and CEO
Lattice Energy LLC
One million?

Try 3.5 million: http://fiverr.com/palash1987/provide-3500000-facebook-emaii-...
Developer here. Feedback would be much appreciated. I should also shout out to Firebase for the realtime backend, and Backbone.js, for making my javascript a little less of spaghetti code.
It's almost as if all apple marketing is emotionally targeted bullshit that has no basis on reality whatsoever.
Awesome writeup sir! Thanks for the helpful introductory post.
Good news! You can. Just short-sell the stock.
Hi @BillSaysThis YES this is on our roadmap. We should have a UserVoice page set up for Fuel UX in the next day or so where you will be able to see this item and vote it up if you like. If you follow me on Twitter @adamalex I will be sending out a notice when this page goes up.
Hey Amazon, Gotta Be More Upfront With Your Customers
$329 might not be a disadvantage. It might send a slight signal that they aren't competing on price.
Chrome OS is not designed for touch, and it seems like Google isn't interested in making it so- they relatively recently introduced a windowing system.

I'd argue that Android is already far more capable than Chrome OS is- I'm not entirely sure where Google are going with it.