skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think "dealt with" is a strong way to phrase it.

The site still applies rel=nofollow to what seems like the majority of outgoing links. Since I would call the overwhelming majority of content on Stackoverflow not spam, there's a lot of good links getting nothing.
The solution is just an auto-dimming brightness trick away, right? Also, FYI - most things on the screen can be controlled using the HUD and steering wheel buttons. So both your fears seem largely unfounded.
Anyone here able to drive one yet? Or even own one? I'm curious to hear from someone with personal use and how it compares to other luxury cars. It's the little things I'm curious about.
As an alumni I can safely say that Startmate is most certainly the main reason we are where we're at today. Australia's premier incubator, the mentorship from, and companies coming out of, Startmate are world class.

Get on board!
Honestly, that never happens.
With what evidence? From what I've heard PIN seems to be doing very well in private beta.
Welp, this doesn't mean that either video is good, but more people were downloading it with the "teaser" video, so I'm going back to that one. I've definitely got a lot of work to do on the marketing side.
Well, if it's anything like the Chrysler 300, the touchscreen dims as the ambient light decreases. There are buttons on the back of the steering wheel to move around the stereo system, without looking at the screen.

The 300 also has a voice system like a lot of vehicles these days, so that you can hit a button on the front of the steering wheel and give voice commands.
It looks wider than usual?
As someone on Reddit pointed out, the minimal API version of the app is 4, which corresponds to Android 1.6, which, incidentally, does not have the AccountManager infrastructure.

I guess that's a good reason to implement credentials storage, don't you?

P.S. AccountManager stores your passwords and tokens unencrypted in a database as well.
4% time, then.
Looking forward to what this team does. A lot of talent there. The awesome Sam Soffes of Hipstamatic and http://cheddarapp.com fame
I think all companies should encourage this. When I read this, Bell Labs comes to mind. Bell Labs had a recipe for brilliant innovation and I think all companies should take note!
Command + Return probably isn't the best key combination for this. Most source code editors on OS X use that key combination to insert a new line below the current one regardless of cursor position.
I agree more with philh's response that there is no alternative term for the true meaning of "regular expression" — a regular language, as suggested by _delirium, is not the same thing.

I suppose I could accept "regex" as not being a regular expression as such, but the two are used so interchangeably that maintaining a distinction isn't very realistic. I'd personally rather a regular expression described a regular language, and "PCRE" (or so) used for the Turing-complete expressions with a similar syntax.
He defined a voter's voting power as the odds that YOUR vote decided the election. My claim is that the odds that you individually will be selected by the lottery that I describe and then wind up with decisive power exceed the odds that the election will be so finely balanced that it comes down to one vote, in one state, and that vote is yours.

This is just the logical extreme version of dividing voters up into blocks called "states", and then dividing up politics so that one state is likely to decide it.

Back to the state version, in a million coin flips, a standard deviation is of size 500, and it is virtually impossible to deviate from the true average result by more than 1500 votes. Therefore unless the popular vote in the deciding state is almost exactly balanced, and all other states are balanced, it is very difficult for any vote to truly be deciding.

The closest that the USA has ever come to what he describes as ideal is Florida in 2000. However when it came down to a handful, was that good for democracy? Not really. There were endless arguments about who meant to vote for whom. It is certain that an illegal voter purge changed that election result. It is also certain that correlations between voting machine problems and socioeconomic status did as well. (Please tell me a legitimate reason for a voting machine to have a switch - set differently in different precincts - where one setting immediately tells you if your ballot is spoiled so you get a second chance to vote, while the other silently accepts the ballot and discards the vote. And then it was set to the "silently not count you" in black precincts which therefore had a much higher incidence of spoiled ballots.)

This is all ancient history at this point. But none of it is good for democracy.
It is bad either way. The phone should keep an access token (which can be revoked), not store the user's password.
SourceTree has something similar: a GUI for git-flow. Mac has the best tools for git and in linux i can't find something with the quality of SourceTree.

link: http://blog.sourcetreeapp.com/2012/08/01/smart-branching-wit...
A horse [and buggy] and a car are in the same product category as well.

Point: Everything can be generalized to the point of it seeming mundane.
Apple is blatantly and abjectly stealing from Google. This is an egregious and shameless flaunting of the thousands of hours of tireless effort and innovation that went into crafting Google's unique and beautiful culture. Pathetic.

/sarcasm
A Word on the iPad, Kindle Fire, and Battery Life in Schools
The President of Windows Steven Sinofsky Is Out at Microsoft
in 15 slides. :)
I always thought that Sinofsky was a driving force behind some of the changes that preceded Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. This comes as a great surprise to me and I hesitate to think who would be in a good position to follow him (and ultimately who would fill Ballmer's shoes in the company).
iOS 6 has a "Do Not Disturb" mode where you can set which contacts are allowed to call, it's a step in the right direction.

I think all that automation would backfire. What if you forgot that you added someone to the voicemail list and wonder why you are not receiving calls? It's not that hard to just dismiss the call when it happens.
Windows Chief Sinofsky Leaving Microsoft
That's the Model X. http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx
Flexbox (CSS3) — fast track to layout nirvana?
Back in the days when McAfee still worked there, it was a genuinely useful program.
My son works at Tesla. He got the job as his first real job after doing a tour in Iraq with the U.S. military. Tesla taught him how to operate a laser cutter, and a bunch of other heavy machinery. He just left for work a few minutes ago, he's working night shift because they're cranking out cars all night long every night. Him, and some thousand+ other people got jobs there-- good, high quality, awesome jobs. Having good jobs for people here in America isn't important to a lot of people, but it's been a really good thing for him and for our family.
Typespiration.com
Typespiration.com is the place where you can find inspirational web font combinations with ready-to-use CSS codes, color schemes and web-safe font families.
"Arista, like Google, literally has tens of thousands of lines of code of tools built around Perforce." So far I have not met a company that doesn't have tools wrapping p4, anyone in the last few years worked at a place that used p4 raw?

Edit: The author should try using git-p4, not perfect, but will ease the pain.
Simply Clever Toys: Magnetic Thinking Putty
You beat me to the punch. That act is 26 years old, and I've never before heard about his little provision in all my reading of discussions on email privacy.

Time and time again, I think, "I should bite the bullet and register a domain name for 10 years to host my own email on, encrypting everything that makes it past the spam blocker."

I know, I know. I'm not that interesting a person, especially to the federal government. But it's the principle of the matter, you know?

I bought my first firearm 15 years ago solely because it was a right I considered as important as voting and free speech, and I wanted to exercise that right. (Yes, I know this is mostly an American sentiment.)
Talking about the Cleanweb LA hackathon. If anyone wants to get together for it, email me at davidwong.xc@gmail.com.
Strongly agree with you here. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but the ability to pick the right one at the right time is kind of like having a strong sense of style. It comes more easily to some.
Google Rakes In More Ad Dollars Than U.S. Print Media
Sinofsky leaves Microsoft, Julie Larson-Green now in charge of Windows Division
False Posts on Facebook Undermine Its Credibility
I predict the Start button will make a return.
Is this related to some reactions regarding Windows 8? Or simply some internal issues between Sinofsky and other execs?
It would not do what you think it would.

"In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity, sedition (including, for example inciting ethnic hatred), copyright violation, revelation of information that is classified or otherwise."

Source Wikipedia.
It's only a matter of time before they patent the 20% Time and sue Google for it.
I am not sure what that means at the moment but he was a strong man in the company so that he even prevented Xbox and Windows Phone divisions to develop an OS other than Windows. He was also being called as the next CEO of the company. I am not sure if that has anything to do with Win8. He was working at the company since 1989. (I was born in that year)
Indeed.

Ditto for certain groups at Google (cough android cough).

Either have a dedicated research group, or give people a pass at being 20% less productive at their regular job.

Here's a novel idea.. increase your workforce by 20%? I know, that's just crazy talk. :)
Is there a diffing as service startup?

If someone nailed the execution and supported lots of types of content, I'm sure there'd be a market.
Execution and presentation matters, a lot, if Jobs left a lesson to the world that was it.
But still you need to have whatever you use as input into KDF accessible. Encrypting passwords that you still need to be able to send somewhere without additional user interaction simply does not have any security benefit. Full-device encryption does work, building separate encrypted credential store is mostly useless security by obscurity.
Ballmer sent out an internal email about that but the company employees don't know why either.
I'm truly intrigued and curious... my startup Gitpilot (http://gitpilot.com/) is trying to solve a similar problem. Was Wingman conceived from any inspiration of Gitpilot? Truly curious, especially because of the airplane naming scheme.
What makes shareware dodgy now?
"We are not (and should not be free) to:
Insult people for no other reason than to cause them pain"

Why not?
Your other points have some merit. This does not.

"The very fact that we have seen it and are debating it shows that it indeed caused offence."

So what? Really, so what? Some moron in a bedroom in Kent posted an offensive picture. And? Are you not adult enough to ignore it? Who cares? It's not like he punched someone.

"It was exactly the sort of behaviour that would cause a fight in a bar and as such would be illegal there too."

Except it wasn't said in a bar, it was published online. There are a lot of things people say to each other online that they wouldn't say in a bar in case it caused a fight. That is not the standard for free speech.

"Freedom to be nasty is not the same as freedom of expression."

Yes, yes it is, because where you draw the line of nasty is entirely subjective. Just look at all the people that think any expression of atheism, or talk of historical record as it applies to religion is insulting. You would have these off limits as well.

"I, too, believe in protecting free speech"

You really don't, otherwise you wouldn't support this arrest, however abhorrent or useless you thought the opinions expressed in it were.
I soo wish the firms would give out more than boilerplate in such cases. If only we knew the actual reason... Now we're forced to speculate.
This is really really sad. Everyone must be very disappointed (Especially mini-microsoft).

And the new head is a PM..heading windows engineering.

More on Julie from Mary Jo:

[1]"Larson-Green applied to Microsoft right after she got her business management degree from Western Washington University, only to be told no. But she did land a job at desktop-publishing-software maker Aldus working on the product support call lines.

Microsoft "discovered" Larson-Green after a few Softies attended a talk she gave comparing Microsoft compilers to Borland compilers and asked her to run a Visual C++ focus group for the company. In 1993, she ended up landing a job on the Visual C++ team, where focused on the integrated development environment. She moved to the Internet Explorer team (where she worked on the user experience for IE 3.0 and 4.0) and then, in 1997, to the Office team to work on FrontPage, where she got her first group program manager job. She also did a stint on the SharePoint Team Services team, back when SharePoint was known as "Office.Net.""

[1]http://www.zdnet.com/who-is-julie-larson-green-meet-the-new-...

Looks like the beginning of the end to me.

On a conspiracy note, is Ballmer kicking out all his potential competitors?
Not sure the white paint is relevant, there are quite a few white androids (most notably the HTC One X, which in my opinion is the best looking phone on the market).
The "charge more" advice should be common sense in this day and age. I'm very surprised it doesn't get taught in college marketing 101 courses. I read a book on salesmanship published in 1929 teaching the same exact thing to salesmen and Cialdini wrote at length about this phenomenon in his book Influence.
CS in HS - Read Write Code
Am I the only one who has never heard of this guy?
Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
Ouch.

I never worked in one of Sinofski's orgs, but I know quite a few people who did. I got the impression that a lot of old timers and under-performers disliked him. Most of the people that I really respected liked him. From my perspective, that's the best kind of "divisive figure" to have.

Maybe he pushed too hard...
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Heck, if he really was a filthy perv he could've gone to Spain, where age of consent is 13.
Looking at this video walkthrough of the interface, there seems to be quite a lot to distract the driver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVd_ABhNBA

Texting and driving is dangerous enough. The opportunities for a less-than-stellar driver to take their focus away from the road seem to abound.

It looks like it makes an amazing demo. I have to question the wisdom of giving the driver of a car access to this level of complexity while driving. Watch the video around 3:45 and look at how many steps the driver has to go through just to open or close the sunroof.

There are times when a simple dedicated button, while not as sexy to show off to the motoring press, can be a much more elegant solution than a series of overlapping menus and windows on a touchscreen.
One of the comments in the linked article suggests that this could mean that the surface is selling much worse as expected. There might be some truth in this.

As Steve Jobs has said: “Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.”
Well, it changes many things. American jobs, for one. Pride in American innovation. Money into a troubled industry that was once one of the banner industries of this country.
You're right, it should be common sense, but it's not. Just look at all the "Show HN" posts. Charging too little is still a very common problem.
Hey,

I would have a look at "The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience" by Rex Hartson & Parha Pyla. I picked it up on Safari Books a few weeks ago; it really gives you an in-depth look at both the theory and processes involved in UX design.

Also, have a look at the diagram on this page: http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/29/beyond-wiref... I have it pinned to my cubicle wall.

-G.
You seem to have confused a few monkeys tapping on keyboards "collaboratively" for some kind of trustworthy source of definition.

Good thing Kenneth E. Knight introduced the notion bootlegging in 1967; well before the gnomes could ever get their filthy mitts near it.

Try not to let a few control-freaks on Wikipedia desecrate your language more than it already has. You owe them nothing.
Could you fill that out a bit more? What dimensions do you think are critical to have right, and which can you fix later (ie be lame at initially)?
Agreed, the giant screen is ugly and a total distraction.
I remember a few years ago they asked me a question about my application. It was pretty easy to spot. If I remember, the topcolor changed and there was a new menu option that took me to the question (it basically looked like any other story on HN, except only me and pg were commenting).

Now I kind of wish I took a screenshot.
Pronounced Mega cons?
The PM role is not at all about finance or marketing. PMs at Microsoft are expected to be technically competent and depending where they're stationed, may regularly contribute code. Julie Larson-Green is noted for her expertise in UI/UX. If anything, this exemplifies a shift to focusing on the end-user.
Storage QoS: The Next Frontier?
The $49k base price is totally misleading. To get the "supercharger" access that makes road trips possible, you're out another $12k at least ($10k 60kWh battery plus $2k "supercharger" fee). Nav is $4k. Putting the rapid charger into your home (if you have one and don't park in an apartment complex/on the street) is another four figures.

All this to match the performance and luxury of the Acura TL I could get for $40k.

Is it really the best car in the world if it's impractical or out of reach for most people?

EDIT: Yes, I know all car manufacturers use a deceptively low base price and then nail you on "options" like air conditioning. Frankly I've often wished there was a law, or at least a gentleman's agreement in the auto industry, mandating that something can be an "option" for a maximum ten years before it's considered part of the basic accoutrements in a modern car and gets rolled in to all units shipped. Also, Tesla prides themselves outwardly on not being like the rest of the auto industry, but inherits its worst practice and magnifies it tenfold - base price $49 but for something usable you're pushing $70.
What an amazing thread. Thanks
Ever it that would happen it would not help in this situation anyway. The application simply needs to be able to access that data.

We had built some devices that did encrypt they local stores and used keys burned into separate silicon (really, keys derived from multistep mutual authentication with that silicon), but the attack model was that attacker would not possess both parts of device at once (as the key-containing part was able to be located in different part of the building from rest of the device, was reasonably tamper-proof and detected movement).
"Another problem is I think that the open source tools that are available don't work at the right level. Like when you are running profilers, they are helping you profile assembly code generated by a C compiler. The performance characteristics he's taking advantage of are at a lower level. I think you need CPU-specific performance counters and so forth, and there's a different way of getting those for each make/model. Are there even open source tools that allow you to get this information? I'd appreciate a pointer."

The way forward is a sampling profiler.

By sampling the stack every (eg) millisecond, you can build a picture of what is taking the longest.
He's wanted for murder and he has no plans to leave the country?

I sincerely doubt that.
Good riddance. I left the company because I didn't want to deal with his idea of an ideal organization. I figured he was a shoe-in for CEO and it was just time until everyone was under him. Unfortunately I think he leaves a large trail behind him- too many lower-level people saw no chance to escape his way of doing things other than to leave the company.
Thanks for the heads up. Like everyone here, we our excited to hear your decisions! Looks like we need to be a bit more patient with this one.
Sinofsky started his career as an SDE but was mainly a PM. That's how he got where he did.
CNET did an excellent write up on Sinofsky just last month http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57536905-75/steven-sinofsk...
Dude, that was Apple the company and not Steve jobs doing.

What's wrong with everyone? Steve jobs didn't come up with every darn idea and implemente every darn thing.

You know what John Chambers is awesome. He invented routers, switches, hubs, IP phones, Conferencing systems, Telco switches, things that power practically 50% of the internet all by himself.
Nothing. You've misinterpreted. Or I've miscommunicated. Perhaps both.

Read what I wrote again without presuming I'm universally referring to all Shareware as being dodgy; just this particular instance.
Could you describe some of these things? You don't have to be detailed, obviously; but is there anything that sticks out? Development processes were off? Requirements too crazy?
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug is a must read.
Surface RT selling modestly due to limited distribution and poor reviews for RT itself.

The hardware seems solid (I finally tried one tonight with both covers), but popping into the Desktop ruins the experience for people who only want Metro. (Me, I want full Win 8, so it matters a bit less to me... but breaking the Metro experience is still jarring.)

OTOH, although I've heard of Metro app numbers increasing, there's clearly a lonnnng way yet to go for it.

If all this is being pinned on Sinofsky, it's very short-sighted on Ballmer's part. With the legacy restrictions he had to deal with, I think Sinfosky did a very good job for a 1.0 product and the promise is there.
I have some advice that I think could be great for improving Impact Trail, but your email address isn't in your profile. Would you mind sharing your email address?

If you'd prefer to just email me, my email address is in my profile.
Any Canadians applying from Ontario? If yes, would love to meet in the Toronto area.

Wish everyone the very, very best!
Having the same problem...
What was his idea of an ideal organization?
http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-next-ceo-of-microsof...

Sinofsky was just too popular? Ballmer's CEO position is not sacrosanct. Some internal guy being a prominent public figure is the biggest risk for him i guess.
Up until now, the prevailing theory had been that Sinofsky was kicking out all of his competitors. My understanding is that Bob Muglia left because of direct conflict with Sinofsky and Robbie Bach seemed to be on the loosing end of a few Sinofsky scuffles.

It may be that it just caught up with him. Or maybe he got too antsy for the CEO role.
Now is the time for Intel to step in.
I'd love to try this, but I'm uncomfortable entering my github username and password - shouldn't apps like this be using oauth instead of basic authentication?

Also, the sign in button appears disabled until you actually purchase it (I assume it's not just a bug), which makes the prominent Download link on their site with mostly hidden mention of pricing feel pretty shifty. Behavior like this doesn't instill confidence or trust.
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This is the number one reason I find my iPhone irritating (in practice) -- apps keep abusing even local notifications and those should be off by default unless I allow it.
Not at all, I expect my parents have never heard of him either.
Sinofsky, though seen as highly talented, was viewed at the top levels as not the kind of team player that the company was looking for.

Dear lord. This sounds like something from Office Space. What exactly is the kind of "team player" the company is looking for?
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