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I really believe Ubuntu needs a flat, modern UI going forward, because Unity is very heavy on resources even for x86 chips, and is completely in conflict with Canonical's aggressive support of ARM chips. Ubuntu would run so much better on ARM chips if it didn't have Unity, and considering Canonical wants to put Ubuntu even on tablets and phones eventually, I'd say this makes it a big deal, and should be their #1 priority right now.

They also need to do it before 14.04 LTS and before the rumored SDK for Ubuntu is ready, if they actually plan to create design resources for "Ubuntu apps". They need to decide right now what Ubuntu needs to look like in the future, and how efficient it should be, unless they want to rebuild everything 1-2 years later.

The new UI also needs to be inspired by Windows 7 not Mac OS X. The developers working at Canonical might be Mac OS X fans, and using Macs but that should be completely irrelevant. They need to follow their target market, and that is Windows users not Mac users. Ubuntu will never get much market share by being installed on Macs and replacing Mac OS. But it could get some potential significant market share from the fallout of Windows 8 and the Windows ecosystem. The market share of Windows is like 20x greater than that of Mac OS. They have a lot more opportunity for growth there.

Someone like me who is coming from Windows would much rather use something like Linux Mint or Zorin OS than Ubuntu. I tried Ubuntu and it took me a while to moderately get used to it, although I still found it frustrating by the time I gave up on it and tried Mint, which I found very "intuitive" to use, coming from Windows. That's what Ubuntu needs to go back to. One of the reasons I gave up on Ubuntu was also about feeling it's not faster than Windows 7, which again, is a major problem with Unity right now.
I like this idea. I'll pay for a space like that too.
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I'm the UX/UI designer in one of the companies that is being filmed, super stoked about this coming out.

+1
I can see the theoretical argument for universal healthcare making people more willing to leave their jobs in search of better opportunities, but I'm having trouble squaring the theory with the reality I see today: I can't think of any country where job-hopping is more commonplace or more accepted than the USA.

The only explanation I can think of right now is that people in the USA tend to be more self-centered and this is responsible for both the job-hopping and the lack of universal health care; but I'm not sure I'm convinced by it. Any ideas?
Some evolutionary paths are also dead ends. Only time will tell with Unity.

I find it slows me down, but it's just yet another attempt at "simple," by hiding the desktop. Turns out consumers like simple and the desktop is too free-form for most people (What are icons? Heck, what's a "double click"? I just want the Internet -- this does the Internet, right?), just like the terminal was too free-form for people before that, just like that's limiting compared to soldering transistors. The desktop is still there (you can remove Unity), as is the terminal (you can remove all desktops). The desktop PC/grampa box isn't going anywhere, even after the laptop, and the laptop is still useful after the tablet/smartphone. The only thing you have to worry about is not being able to choose what works best for you. Otherwise, just hang onto your towel, and remember: "don't panic."
Netflix's independence is potentially a big deal. In a rational world, the content producers would see Netflix's platform agnosticism as a big selling point. No producers want (or at least should want) their hit TV series or movie to be viewable only on iOS devices or Android devices or Windows devices.
Never mind IMAP. My first mail reader was TOPS-20 MM, back in 1979. That combination of command line editing, command completion and context-sensitive help has not been improved upon.
They lost a good deal of their "premium" content when their cross licensing agreement with Stars expired. This included many of what most people would consider their mainstream movies.

That being said, at the current price it is still an incredible bargain compared to direct purchase of even a few of the shows on the system.
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They have the American version of "House of Cards", the original version of which is probably one of the best televesion dramas ever made.

Their sitting on a lot of data on both what people say they like, and what they actually watch, and they're no doubt looking to do more content production.
Ask HN: How do you create a consumer facing company that cares?
I want to create a mass consumer facing company that truly cares about their customers. I don't know of any companies that have reached or even want to reach this level. Most mass consumer companies seem to be more obsessed with money or looking good than really caring about their customers.

I want to create products and services that the masses can use and never have to worry about it again. At the same time, I don't want the company to go bankrupt either but I would rather lean towards bankruptcy than what some companies consider "care" for their customers these days.

What are some stuff out there that can help in this journey?
Lorem Ipsum is fantastic, it would be so sad to lose you.

* Anything I can do to help the store? Other than buy things, which I've bought quite a bit form lorem Ipsum.
Their goal should be a strong marketing push in a niche market, specifically focusing on the community, as there's plenty of room for players in the space. There are a lot of people who hate Amazon (not really sure why; hatred of the big guys, I suppose?) enough to allow for these competitors to thrive. I think Powell Books in Portland is a great example of such.
Dude, you should see what I'm doing with eventlet at the moment. :)
This raises a very good point, but the Rand quote is sure to polarize people's responses and I personally don't think it's necessary.
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Remember that they also have the exclusive rights to the new season of Arrested Development. So it sounds to me like they are moving in the HBO direction.
I am not sure there is an illness. May be a poor metaphor.
Vancouver taxi drivers have as little power to change BC's vehicle hire laws as Walmart greeters have to change the company's sourcing policies.

The taxi drivers are victims of the taxi license cartels: the only power they have is to stop driving and find another livelihood. If you asked the drivers (or did the most cursory google search) you'd find out that they want reform too. #1 on their list: issue more taxi licenses & smash the cartels.

So, no, if "enough taxi drivers get shot" and "change their tone", it still will NOT change the legal or regulatory environment for Uber.
Growing food in the desert: solution to the world's food crisis?
You want crowdfunding to address shortsightedness? I don't see these as being compatible.
Porn companies adopt facial-recognition technology
Vagina rocks! This topic would never get so much attention if this would be 'Hacking my ... nose, knee, hand etc..'.
Some star topics are easy to predict.

Nerds have their own weaknesses
School maths is failing children – a US and Australian perspective
Ask HN: What do you wish you knew about UI/UX design?
I'm a UI/UX designer interested in writing about design. I've written about the principles of iOS design, a case study on how I designed an iPhone app, etc., in my blog (http://radesign.in/blog/).

Instead of writing what I think is useful I want to write what the audience finds useful. So, what about UI/UX design you wish you knew? What would help you? What do you find interesting? What would you like to know?
I included the Ayn Rand quote because it's simply the most straight-forward and succinct summary of what my blog post was all about.

I hazard a guess that those who detest Rand's thought will probably equally detest mine. :)
Been here, my wife too. I will not respond to calls like this nor phone offers for financial services. Especially not when they say they do not have any info that can send to me beforehand.
Please read about hospice. It's a fascinating concept, and one of the greatest services that can be performed to someone facing death. Everyone should understand it, so avoid causing undue pain and suffering (of both the physical and mental sort) to someone in their most vulnerable moments.
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Yup. This is exactly what I was driving at when I said that everyone is ignoring the elephant in the room. You can clean-up automobile emissions all you want. You can even stop flying all the jetliners in the world. Still, by far, the largest source of pollution in transportation are container ships. What they are doing to our planet both above and in water (species pollution) is horrible.
Can you substantiate your "I can't think of any country where job-hopping is more commonplace or more accepted than the USA" claim? I'm not sure you not being able to think of another country with a higher job churn rate is really worth addressing.

My claim is, by the way, that job churn would increase NOT that it isn't already high.
I would pay for this service.

I have a bookcase full of textbooks of $60-$120 a piece that I'd love to have digitized for like 10-20 bucks per kindle-readable book.

Rebuying it on Amazon usually costs the same ridiculously high price or higher, and the books aren't always prepared nicely either.

I think this is actually a great business idea. Imagine you could just send in, or drop off books that you then receive in DRM free glorious PDF or other nice e-book formats.

Would it work legally?

edit: wtf there's a community built around book scanning http://www.diybookscanner.org/
When you're in hospice care, you're looking at a remaining life measured in days or weeks. You are probably at or close to the point where you've either stopped eating or lost the ability to eat.
The author is a consultant so I find this article biased. A friend of mine works as insurance manager and he has dealt with some startups and many medium-size companies. Group purchase is relatively cheaper and more convenient to manage.

So why people love universal health package from your boss? The most obvious reason is it cost a few thousand dollars per year to cover your own premium. http://news.ehealthinsurance.com/pr/ehi/how-much-does-health...
According to the source above, family is around $4000, and individual is around $3000

Google and Facebook always competes for the best people in this industry. Suppose both get rid of health insurance, but Facebook is willing increase salary by $1000 - $2000 on average. WoW. So which one would you go now, Mr. Author? Facebook? Yeah. Because that $2000 is used to cover premium. On the other hands, Google doesn't raise my salary and I would have to take out $4000 total to cover my whole family.

The fact that your employer has someone to deal with the agent, does all billing and contacts for you makes your life easier as a worker. You don't have to scratch your heads trying to find the best agent out there. All the basic health plan covers the same. Some big companies will purchase expensive package because they want to attract more talent workers.

The amount your boss will save by canceling health package is a lot, but they won't increase your salary by $5000 - $10k. They just won't. Maybe $1000. You still have to pay for the rest yourself.

Getting breakfast, lunch and even dinner all by yourself is a lot of money. Big tech companies are known to offer free meals because they want to make sure their workers can get the most out of their work time AND at the same time getting the most out of their salary. Which company would offer more than 20% of salary raise by getting rid of employee benefits?

Another problem is showing caring. Even in a small bakery shop, the #1 benefit is they can purchase left over food at very low price. Some nice owners even let workers to take them home (I used to work for a bakery). My boss didn't pay me health insurance because it was a small shop, but I get to save my breakfast for my parents by getting free food every night! Many Chinese takeout hire workers from other states and they live in the same apartment. That's their benefit. That kind of convenient makes both employer and employees happy.

I hate to say but people should stop trying to make life as a software. Seriously.

If you like software methodology, fine, here is one: stop re-inventing a common wheel. Let your boss does the billing for you. You use that third-party API. Now move on.
Bear Grylls backs school that says: 'Be prepared... for failure'
" Otherwise, everything would have been TELNET protocol in the 1970s, and HTTP protocol today."

And yet, here we are, and everything has become HTTP.
Looking at your linkedin you do mostly contract work, so I'm not sure what you know exactly about what you are talking about?

People churn through employment based on ambition, boredom and opportunity. In 20+ years I've never met someone who stayed at a company strictly for the benefits. I'm sure those people exist, but my guess is that it's not the benefits thats keeping them there, it's their personal need for security and stability regardless of the offerings. These people are likely not ambitious nor risk takers by nature.

And then the Ayn Rand being your "favorite thinker" made me throw the whole of your argument into the rubbish bin on the merit of that alone.
What sustains Apple is innovation and design — As long as they have both I don't think the price point matters.

People want to be unique but they also want to be trendy. You're either hipster (want to be different), mainstream (want to be trendy and buy the iProducts) or in the middle (don't care what you buy as long as it's a tablet).

Apple gets in trouble when their product resembles a competing product. This is either because Apple stole ideas or the competing company stole ideas. It's not about who invents a specific feature first. What's important is who comes to the market first and whether the idea is just another feature or if it's innovative.
I often find myself using Netflix to watch a movie, decide I want to see more titles by that director or starring that same lead actor, find out I can't stream that movie and would need to wait for a mailing, and then task switch to iTunes for a rental.

I would be perfectly happy giving Netflix that money; if nothing else, they deserve the iTunes affiliate cut for making me want to buy something at that moment. I realize many people use Netflix because of the flat pricing and wouldn't go for this, but people like me are the "whales" when it comes to media spending, and it might be worth trying to pick up our business.

(Sadly, I bet many people would then see this as a serious conflict f interest against their flat-priced streaming service, and get angry. :()
Do you really think Facebook is the right place to find love and belonging?
I want crowd-funding to address consumer choice,editorial & artistic freedom, consumer friendly consumption mechanisms, platform lock-in and profit concentration. Crowdfunding is very much compatible with all of these requirements. Theo only thing standing between us & that world is a few quarters of Kickstarter/ IndieGogo/ Rally/ GoFundme growing their user bases.

Latest Netflix estimates say that 1 episode of Arrested development will cost 1.5 million $. Going with an average rate of 3$ per episode would mean 500,000 average pledges would be enough to fund such an enterprise. (36$ per user per season)

Two games on Kickstarter, Double Fine Adventure/ Star Citizen had a pledger base of about ~90,000 users. We're half an order of magnitude from that. 2~3 years in internet time is an eternity, I'm confident that producing quality content will soon migrate online.
I think the studios obsession with piracy & control will soon backfire on them. Google is going after them with premium channels, Amazon & Netflix are both toying with content in-house & Apple has the market power to eventually twist their arms.
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Out of interest, what's your opinion on how much Apple or Amazon cares about their customers?
> I bet plenty of people would do so if they could.

They still do. Every year its a big issue and the organization committee makes a press release. The night before the most recent Comiket there were reports of several thousand overnighters. The 徹夜組 (overnight group) cause so much trouble and garbage that it endangers Comiket's hosting arraignment, or so is claimed.
Thanks! Yes, I hope to get the images on the online version cleaned up, but they should appear correctly in the ebook version.
Yeah. I agree. But one point to make: it would be great if this is integrated into a debugger. A way to mark codes for floating point inspection. One cpp file. Very clean.
For that case, we would all need his password on the server hosting his mail.
The main advantage of an electronic copy is the ability to search and highlight/copy text. If they are just scanned images, you lose this ability.

Plus, Google Books is going to do a much better job than a local book store.
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"Hospice care" generally means no longer receiving drastic treatments like chemo, just treatments for discomforts such as pain and anxiety. Often hospice patients are no longer able to process solid food or food at all.

People taking care of very sick loved ones actually tend to get a lot of unsolicited amateur medical advice, which may be given with good intentions, but to most people it's unwelcome. They are already coordinating with the person's doctors and nurses and doing their own research, and the advice-giver doesn't know the whole situation.

I hope your wishes are clear to your loved ones - maybe a reminder to discuss this with them.
I second this recommendation. I hardly ever go into a used book store, except when I know they also sell boardgames and I want to try out a boardgame before purchase. Plus, it's a lot of fun.
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and to make my point even more clear. Companies will keep their good workers by giving them benefits + higher salary. Benefit is just the floor. There is no upperbound. Google, Facebook, Apple all want the best people, so they will keep increasing salary. Other startups too. When they have money, they will do the same.
I'm not saying a Kickstarter type model wouldn't work, but keep in mind that one episode of a show like Game of Thrones* can cost around five million dollars to produce.

* http://www.westeros.org/GoT/Features/Entry/3988/
I assume Amazon thinks they can build a better player and a better content distribution infrastructure for less money/time than it would cost to acquire and integrate Netflix.

I think they're right. There's nothing revolutionary Netflix is doing, and if Amazon can't compete on digital content delivery, what they hell are they doing giving Kindle Fires away at almost cost?
I don't get it.

Is that entire square a cashier's area? How do they get through so many people? How are all those people able to walk away at once?
This is where torrents come in handy. It's amazing how easy it is to grab a whole season of a show in 720p (if it's just aired) or 1080p (if the Blu-ray set is out). Yesterday I torrented season 3 of Downton Abbey - it won't even air (in the US) until January! I use Anigrate[0] to keep track of which shows I've watched.

0: http://anigrate.glacicle.org/
This article is predicated on the argument that he who owns the content gets the revenue.

Let's keep in mind that in the first part of 2013, Netflix is going to be premiering both House of Cards and new episodes of Arrested Development. If they both do well, and Netflix can get more high-quality exclusives in the pipeline (admittedly both rather large 'ifs'), there's a real possibility that Netflix might find themselves in the very compelling and potentially lucrative position of being the first network of Showtime/HBO-caliber content that really understands digital distribution.
You were the 400th startup so we gave you 2 :) It was a promotion I mentioned on twitter - you just happened to be lucky and signed up at the right time.

We do provide you with a direct URL to view your videos so you can share it with whoever you'd like to. I am still working on a solution for our customers to be able to download their videos.

Thanks for trying it out and I am glad you had a positive experience.
Absolutely fascinating. Very helpful advice that you wouldn't read in a mainstream travel guide. Unfortunately corruption is everywhere and knowing how to respond and knowing the local customs is very important if you wish to keep your skin.

Johns tale grows more epic every day and I am really looking forward to the comic/graphic novel. McAfee is a true adventurer and I hope the injustice of his ordeal is broug to light.
A tunnel filled with hydrogen seems to be a very bad idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster

A tunnel filled with hydrogen has a large surface area for potential leaks.
Sixty years? Shouldn't a sentence of that length be reserved for rapists, murderers and repeat offenders?
Right, but you don't want a student to show up as "present in class" if they happen to pass within hundreds of feet of the door reader. Do you know of any ID badge system that actually reads at hundreds of feet or are you inventing hypothetical scenarios and arguing as if they are reality?
I don't think Amazon cares about vendor lock-in. They've already got your credit card number and are really, really good at selling stuff over the web. They want to "lock" you in with Prime, their recommendations engine, and the other cross-selling benefits they get from being by far the web's biggest retailer.

With the arrival of the iOS app this summer, I don't think I have a device I can't watch Amazon Instant on (TiVo, a couple of cheap Sony Blu-ray players, iPad, iPhone...)
As a consumer I want value, not care.

This includes selling me the right product/service that will continue to provide value, and providing accurate information.
What is with all the Rand hate? I myself don't know that much about her beyond the big picture (books she authored, something called Objectivism, etc.)

There seems to be a large group that detests her. Where is that coming from? (Honest question looking for facts, not to start a pointless debate).
"Any ideas?"

Laws in the US are generally designed to make jobs temporary, as opposed to places like Japan and Germany where they're designed to keep you in one place for life.

- It's very easy to fire workers in most places.

- No compete clauses in employee contracts are invalid in many states.

- Most jobs don't have significant barriers to entry. Some do like medicine, law, teaching, etc., but plenty of others have none at all. (E.g. consulting.)

- It's very easy to create and dissolve companies, and companies themselves are designed to be temporary.

- Most industries are severely under regulated, it's easy for companies to switch between different industries and workforces.

Health care is the one big exception, but since every large employer needs to offer health care it's only a moderate barrier.
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