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Regarding the Twitter clients, I tried Tweetro on my Windows 8. Haven't gotten to use it too much, but it seems kinda cool. Especially the link preview. I'm wondering if you tried it, what's your opinion on it?

As an aside this brings me to one of my problems with Windows 8. When I was in Desktop mode and I first discovered the Side Bar (forgot what it's called) and saw the Share Button, I knew from before that you can use that to update twitter and facebook for example, so i got really excited thinking I had this quick easy way to update twitter and facebook without having to open up the browser. Turns out I was incredibly wrong. When you do click Share, it says "Nothing can be shared form the desktop". Then what is the point of keeping that button in the bar when in the Desktop context? Initially I even thought it was because I had to have a Twitter app open in Metro, but that had no effect.
No better or worse than most other tablets, I've found.

Yes, keys are disabled when the cover's folded back. I haven't done any scientific testing on a threshold, but the on-screen keyboard will pop in/out as you flip the cover in and out of position. It also engages the rotate lock when the keyboard is out, for obvious reasons.
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nice luck you got there, no one responding my Ask HN. :(
The discussion is about attitudes towards censorship. The point of my comment was that Americans are willing to accept censorship, as long as it's "legal". And I think history is on my side. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
As an owner of one, I would point out that they do accept full sized SD Card. So you get a fast 64 GB SD card, and you find that it is actually fairly usable.

That said, the 2GB limitation means you are still going to be doing more Office than Photoshop...
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Nope. I've tested it (like many other people). My 2011 Macbook air boots 4 seconds faster into Windows 8 than Windows 7.
Living in London was already not cheap before the US civil war. Part of the US advantage during the 20th century was that the cost of living and labour was less than most of the rest of the industrialized world.
> Each goroutine has its own variable sized stack whereas Runnable objects in Java don't have a stack of their own.

Which JVM or native Java compiler are you talking about? This is implementation specific.
I think it's great to see MS trying something new and exploring interfaces that aren't just a rip-off or evolution of Apple designs.
Reading this review, what I would really like is a Twist hackintosh, with a hack to the iPad simulator to run it full-screen...
On a Latitude 10 running Win 8 I find that a travel 3-port USB hub and travel sized mouse and keyboard is rather efficient. Of course I found that for a lot of things on my Android tablet a mouse made a world of difference as well. The reality is that as we start pushing these things to be our main screen rather than an accessory screen, the interface size being 10 inches or less makes working with detail items difficult. Whether it's Win 8 or Android, if you have to select from a multi-item list a mouse is still easier to use than touch.
> The problem with Windows "apps" is that they are made inefficient and un-optimized by default, because they were targeted at much more powerful processors...

Except the whole article was written about the Surface RT, and there are only a handful of first party desktop windows app allowed.

Every other app you ever install will be made brand new to support the new tablet ecosystem which will certainly target processors such as the one on the surface rt.
One issue I have with steam is you need the client to reset your password.

I no longer have a windows machine to do that from.
Tweetro is one of the better ones, but it has an aggravating habit of failing to tweet for no apparent reason, on a fairly regular basis.

Not related to the share charm, but you can snap Tweetro from the app switcher to the side like so[0]

[0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/9x8pothn1h3qf1i/Screenshot%20%288%...
We should encourage reporting of the accurate truth, yes. We should discourage link-bait, and over-hype, and sensationalism.

Even RWW should have done a better job looking into what happened, instead of just finding an anti-FB story of the day to post.
After spending a few minutes browsing the site, I still don't get how it works. The JS makes sense, but what happens on the back end to save the edited content? How does it work with "any CMS"?

As a web developer, I don't need an explanation of how "magical" this it is to be able to edit on the page, but I do need to know how it works!

If you're targeting this at developers, the well-designed CTAs and screencasts matter less that a simple explanation of what's actually going on. I don't need to read that I can "quickly integrate" -- I just want to know the exact details and make my own judgement.
Well... no, it doesn't make you money. It means you pay out less in taxes. There's no more income, just less outgo.

I've boiled down my programming-skills to people sometimes by saying "I can use computers/web/IT to do one of two things: bring in more revenue, or reduce your operating expenses". That's pretty much what everything boils down to.

Accountants, almost by their definition, aren't going to be able to increase revenues. They might increase profit by reducing outlays, or shifting money around to different tax years and such, but fundamentally accountancy activities aren't going to increase revenue.

Most IT projects don't increase revenues on their own either - it's generally in conjunction with initiatives from some other department. But sometimes the increase in revenues that can be generated with strong IT/web initiatives is enormous.

However... most of us are focused on the 'saving money' aspect, similar to accountants. We can optimize processes in an organization, increase auditability, generate more reports faster, etc.

EDIT: "The same direct profitability cannot be said about programmers. At best it is indirect" Ummm... just to be clear, yes it can. If I do a project for someone that costs, say, $100k, but allows them to bring in, say, $3 million in extra revenue, it's a no-brainer. The project increased revenue (and, well, it's a no-brainer to do if it increases profits). But I may do the same project for $100k which allows a company to reduce its internal helpdesk needs from, say, 25 people down to 5 people, saving $400k per year. That should generally be a no-brainer too.

It's pretty easy - I'd say often easier, to justify developer or software project cost/benefits/ROI vs an accountant's abilities, simply because the laws surrounding taxes are impossible for anyone to fully understand. That huge tax deduction you got might come at the expense of an audit 3 years from now. Even if you 'win', the cost of the audit needs to be factored in later.
Brent the author here. No, I did not expect the Surface to be as productive as a Windows laptop, but I did expect that Word would be able to keep up with me while I type - just as any other modern device is. I'm not asking to do 3D renderings, just to type a document.

For what it's worth, I also wrote about why I was preordering it here: http://ozar.me/2012/10/why-i-preordered-a-microsoft-surface-...
I would guess he's thinking of the 3rd gen iPad price, which was $479 if I recall correctly (for the 16GB version; the 32GB Surface has around 20GB of usable space).
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I think this is a great idea. I would recommend going out to a few universities or larger employers, nearly every law firm or Fortune 500 office in any city, and getting their feedback. You will want to talk to facilities managers, though most outsource this function. You could also contact facility management companies like IBM. They have a large group that does work in this area, worth investigating. You could also contact any of your local government officials to get them to put you in touch with the right people. Getting the feedback of potential customers is going to give you the best information to scope the project. Another suggestion is to peel back all the unnecessary layers and features. Just think of the core value proposition after you chat with potential users and make sure you are really working toward MVP. You should be constantly putting features on the backlog until you get to a beta product. Good luck!
My understanding however from the "Windows 8 Doesn’t Want Your App. Try Again Later" post was that as part of the approval process, MSFT does automatically test the apps in a low performance environment, and if they don't meed specific benchmarks there (example in the post was startup or shutdown time of 2 second, but I can't remember exactly and am on mobile), they will reject the app and tel you to work on it.

So if that's really the case, maybe they are selective with it. Maybe they don't apply the same rigor to their own apps, which would be a shame since you'd think they have to set an example.
Brent the author here. Yes, the Office tap targets are indeed laughably small. I recorded a few versions of these videos trying to get the taps right. I didn't want to upload those because it would look like I'm purposely trying to tap in the wrong places, and then I'd get flamed for that - when in reality, the targets are just too small.
Just because the method complies to the interface does not mean it does what you would expect from it.

static fulfilment != semantic fulfilment.
I agree that they are among the smartest people for the job and that is why I am so surprised (and annoyed) that they choose tabs over spaces.

If for no other reason than that I have to have a different .vimrc file for my go programs than literally everything else.
i would hope that a tech-savvy person in 2012 wouldn't lend any weight to stuff random strangers left on a graffiti board when deciding whether a company is a good place to work at.
A funny response (truly), but Office on OS X (which I use extensively) never lags like that for me, even on older Mac hardware (Core Duo from 2006 or so).
It is interesting that they are looking for someone who can complete an entire product cycle. Maybe looking for flexibility, if they are a consulting shop? Or seniority--someone who can do all that has been around the block? Or maybe they are such a small shop they can't afford specialists?

I have been in this full lifecycle role almost my entire career, often as a consultant, and it has benefits and downsides. You are always learning something new and have a wide view of the software world, as well as the ability to really dig into new toes of problems. But sometimes you feel a mile wide and an inch deep.
I added a comment. Good luck!
Is there any way to have safe electronic voting?
A lie of omission would apply if you state a selection of true facts and ignore other ones so as to make yourself look better than you are.

In this case, I'm stating that I was a hiring committee member and not saying that I attended regularly, when I in fact did. This is not a lie of omission. At worst, you could accuse me of not offering additional qualifications.
Sounds like a good solution would be to think about it while you create your solution, and when the bring it up, say somethint to the effect of "Yeah, I thought of that while I was working on it; you'd just do x and it's fixed."
I don't think this is true. Elite institutions, in addition to whatever signaling value they provide, do add something significant to the educational experience, which you cannot get from a mail-based correspondence course: regular, in-person interaction with other students who were deemed by the institution to be bright enough to be admitted.

I'm speaking from personal experience here: I was homeschooled for K-12, and I went to an average college and a prestigious law school. So I've had basically the full range of educational experiences across the continuum you're talking about, and I can tell you with certainty that there are significant differences completely unrelated to signaling.

Much of a quality education takes place outside the classroom, and may not be strictly required by the curriculum itself. Whether online education, via greater interactivity relative to previous forms of delivery, can approximate this benefit is an open question -- but "live" education (in person or otherwise) provides benefits that are simply not available to an isolated reader of a static text.

The Good Will Hunting quote about Harvard is cute, but it's false.
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That wouldn't comport with RW's editorial policies, though.
I would like to avoid the politics (but I certainly have my biases). There has to be a way to make it work simply and transparently, and dare I say it, fair.

What to do?
Wait, isn't easy access to Java libraries one of the premises of Clojure? In that case Java's dependency issues still apply?
That's just not accurate. It's not unreasonable to expect your tablet to keep up with your typing, or opening the Mail app to not take a full minute.
It is actually very interesting to look at different power plants' startup price thresholds. Nukes and wind are always on, as they cost littleöto keep "on". Hydro depends on time of year, reservoir size etc. Coal is kind of in the middle. If you use the waste heat for district heating in the winter, the logic changes. Natural gas is the last thing turned on. The plants are really cheap to build but gas costs a lot. Depends if you have a deal with Russia. It is an interesting and multifaceted field.
I'll admit I haven't used it as much, but I was quite impressed by the looks of it. Yes the snap solves the problem, however you can still only share to that snapped app. Maybe we'll see a change in the behaviour of the Share charm in a future update.

Another problem I've had with the Mail app (though this is Windows 8, so not sure if it's in RT as well) is that you can't just use the Mail/Calendar apps like how you'd use them on an iOS device, where you can just add your gmail as an accunt and then you have your calendars and email. I'd love to be proven wrong, and for there to exist a way to do this though, without having to create another Microsoft account. And I saw another, as I've used my recently revived hotmail to log into the Store and all.
> protections against modifying it

Silly me. And I thought that "effective technical measure" was against copying, not modification.

I'm no copyright scholar, but this seems like they lack jurisdiction about this, and/or are trying a power grab.

E.g., Bunnie Huang's NeTV device modifies an HDCP encoded signal in-flight, adding an image overlay. If what you state about unlocking is true, then the NeTV is also illegal, and the DMCA is even worse than everyone thinks.
This is the one to be checking.

I remember years ago when a fast-spreading virus shot all those numbers up.

By far the best tool available.
the majority of Marco's post was about the experience of the Microsoft Store
True. But, anecdotally, I never leave Office programs running, because they seem to chew thru my battery. I like Entourage better than Mail.app, but use Mail.app because it sips battery.
I'm sorry, but that's just not true. Prior to last week's incident:

June 28th 2012 - region-wide failure due to power outage and EBS dependency issues hitting ELB and RDS: http://aws.amazon.com/message/67457/

March 15th 2012 - 22-minute, region-wide networking interruption (no status report available)

April 2011 - cloudpocalypse, also a cascading EBS failure: http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/
I completely disagree.

MS bundled and highly touted the existence of the keyboard on the Surface as proof that its a "no compromise" tablet. Typing (a very very basic activity) in Word (perhaps the most established piece of software ever) should JUST WORK, no matter what.

Even if you're right about that Surface/Win RT's target is the iPad, have you ever seen an iPad lag on typing from an external keyboard? I haven't.
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Separate reply.

"Additionally, programmers would do well for to adopt an accountants mindset toward explaining and justifying the reasoning for everything."

It'd be great to be able to do that all the time. OFTEN, however, the 'programmers' aren't treated with the same deference accounting is given, and aren't told about strategic plans and directions. They're effectively kept in the dark and treated as assembly-line workers. Any justification that a developer might give for implementing a change can be dismissed because "you don't have the full picture", followed by "and we're not giving you the full picture".

What was odd about that situation (one in particular, been in 2 I can recall) is that the development/IT people are often positioned in such a way as to have to be aware of everything, and sometimes know more about what various departments are doing, where efficiencies can be implemented, and possibly what changes could benefit the org as a whole, and yet still get treated as line workers.

I realize not every developer has to go through this, but if you recognize yourself in that situation, realize it gets better, and you can do more with your talents/skills if you want to.
> Compare these activities to the way in which the Surface's competition handles them...e.g typing, creating documents, video conferencing, and configuring email on an iPad.

I just tried making a Word document on an iPad. Astonishingly, it did _not_ lag in that hilarious manner. I haven't done it in a while, but I seem to remember that configuring email was also easy an intuitive. Certainly, tablets will tend to be less capable than desktops, but not to this extent.
I read it as passive aggressive as generally there is little actual communication, it's more about putting up an air of unapproachability but I accept that may vary from developer to developer.

But regardless, it's anti-social and suboptimal for anyone other than the developer and even then only in the short terms.
A solution: This TED video with Donald Sadoway talks about how his team is rethinking the design of large scale batteries for storing renewable energy

http://www.ted.com/talks/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_...
I don't think his post and reason are highly analytic. Rather its result of working so hard to find out even smallest issue with Microsoft's new product No product are perfect in that regard. Remember first iPhone ? first Android ? first iPad ?

Camera viewpoint doesn't cover your face when you put tablet on kickstand mode? put it little away. what's wrong. Other leading tablets in market doesn't even have one. Its been stated design wonder along with cover with keyboard. Should appreciate instead.

All issues noted in this article are exaggeration except the live sign-in bug while saving office doc.
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I'm a little confused by this, yes. If anything, mobile Safari and Chrome for Android are more desktop-like than IE10 on WinRT; they have tab bars, and so forth.
I have no specific knowledge of this case, but ...

> Perhaps a polite request to keep quiet. Who knows, Facebook is still a teenager in many respects so it's anybody's guess.

My experience with just about any company is that they would state their hopes as facts, and expect you to accept that as a fact. And it works with the vast majority of people.

Case (from outside the US): Credit card got a fraudulent charge. Called up the credit card company, disputing the charge (After credit card company was already paid by an automated payment service).

Credit card company: "Well, we're keeping your money, the law says we have 60 days to figure out if you are right or the merchant is right; if you are right, we'll give you back the money".

Me: "Ahhm. The law says you have to give me back the money this instant, and you have 60 days to figure out if you believe that the charge wasn't fraudulent; and if you do, you can explain it to me, and if I still disagree then there's a whole section in the law about that but you don't get any money automatically either"

Credit company: "Oh, you're right. Here's your money back, we'll be in touch in at most 6o days".
It basically works like Google Analytics, but writes dynamic content to the page.

I'm sorry you weren't able to find what you needed. We really appreciate feedback and would love to get suggestions on how best to articulate our product and update our content accordingly.

As a dev this should help you get started: https://copybar.io/#developerSection
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I actually prefer the Metro IE; simply because I'm using this more from the tablet angle than a desktop. My primary machine is a 13" MBA; I've got Win8 running in a VM there and I essentially see it as Win7 with a faster Start Search. I'm in the process of developing a small hobby app right now; but in C#/XAML (out of familiarity more than anything else). I've done WP7 development once and it was frankly amazing to work with, definitely compared to the Android stack. So far, my experience with WinRT is pretty close.

PS: app is pretty sharp!
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> My experience with just about any company is that they would state their hopes as facts, and expect you to accept that as a fact. And it works with the vast majority of people.

You're right but it also backfires with others, like this guy.
> we have these exact same discussions about how him and Gruber and Siegler are incapable of looking at the technology industry without bias.

The most vicious discussions come from people who cannot see the tech industry without their own biases opposite to the one in the articles. Should we ban those too?
by far the best hacker house in the area is the Hacker Fortress in Los altos hills (find it on airbn).

unlike Chejj there's no air of pretension, just hackers hacking and helping each other out on cool projects.
GDB has full support for Go now. So how easy debugging in Go is depends on your opinion of GDB, to some extent (the learning curve is steep but it's a powerful tool, IMO).
I wouldn't work at a company that thought a "graffiti board" was a good thing to have on their corporate website.
"Say I was asked 30 questions; I missed 3 of them and didn't get hired. It's a reasonable to assume that these 3 questions were considered important in the general assessment."

That would be true if those answers were assess on a strictly correct / incorrect basis AND those were the only things you were assessed on. Neither of those are true though in this case.

It's very possible that the questions where you didn't get an optimal answer you actually did very well on. And that there are other questions where you got the optimal answer, but it took you too long or you made too many mistakes in coding. Or you just came off as arrogant. Who knows?

I've seen many many candidates make similar assumptions to yours -- thinking they bombed specific interviews, when in fact they did very well on those. You might be correct about why you got rejected. But it's even more likely that you're wrong.

But this is absolutely true: getting the optimal solution in all interviews is not a necessary and sufficient condition.
It'd be cool to combine wind turbines and pumped storage. Have the windmills simply lift water into a tank at the top. Drain the water out of the tank to produce the power. This would act as a nice buffer, producing constant power whatever the wind.
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this seems more like a political problem than a tevhnocal one. Make transmission costs visoble and let the checks, slovaks and poles trade in the austro-german market.
As a user of an x41 'twist', I'm definitely curious about this new wave of tablets. I wonder how they'll compare to something like an x220t though? Will the price point be convincing enough to accept the reduced performance?