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While thinking of what to do next?

Was this before the internet?
Don't some carries have free smartphones with plan nowadays?

Its just progress. Like why drive a 2012 Camry when a 2001 Camry can do the same job?
Quora has a very similar annoying behavior. Every time you select some text, it asks if you want to "Embed Quote". I select text just to get some focus.
Why are you looking at the high end phones? I agree they don't make much sense financially. If you go with Virgin Mobile they have a $35 a month unlimited data plan with 300 minutes a month (easy to stay within if you use google voice on a computer for longer calls). Phones start from around $99
I disagree. The proprietary resins used in printers like formlabs are expensive. The plastic items produced in this manner often lack structural integrity, and they are always small in the lower printer price ranges. So if you want figurines, formlabs is maybe the way to go, but that's about it.

Most of the fused deposition printers (like the MendelMax, AO-100, reprap Prusa (2 and 3) can print in more materials (ABS, PLA, even Polycarbonate), and produce larger functional parts than things like FormLabs. The main issue is the striping, which is less "pretty."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwjvZ79iYo
>Surprise #1: while different browsers have huge performance differences, all benefitted by splitting the map into multiple canvases and reading them in turn

Tiling is a well-known and widely-applicable technique for improving performance in graphics processing, mostly for cache reasons.
I have a credit-card sized phone - straight from china, works like a charm. USB charge last for 3 days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERJkSrqOcEk

Call me when smartphones reach that size so I can replace my N900 (because a camera is the only thing I miss in such a tiny phone)
> The truth is that memories are made in “unfortunate” situations. I once visited a terrible restaurant with friends of mine. The food was cold, the atmosphere was horrible, but we had a great time, and it’s something I will remember for years to come.

Yeah, and hitchhiking across the country can be a memorable experience too, but that doesn't mean you should always avoid flying so that you can make some memories in "'unfortunate' situations".
I think the most important use of a smartphone is the maps app. Not getting lost anymore (provided the battery isn't dead) is hugely beneficial.
Wait… so you stopped using rdio because you didn't like the design, but you chose spotify? ARE YOU BLIND MAN?
I don't have one, I feel I don't need one, and no one has ever complained about me taking too much to reply to something. As a matter of fact, as I take my time to reply to something, I usually change my mind about what to say, about what's important and what's irrelevant...

And, no, $100 a month isn't nearly close to an acceptable price to mitigate random "complaints" about a possible "reply lag"
Or he's decided that being CEO is cool and all, but he would rather code.

It's not about the money once you have 'enough'.
How does Google Voice reduce minute usage? It still dials your phone and uses your minutes, doesn't it?
No, because if nothing else we don't actually know what it's composed of. It's entirely possible that it will turn out to be a new family of particles, for example.

But more to the point, dark matter is certainly not made up of quarks and/or electrons (because it doesn't interact electromagnetically), so shoehorning it into a list of phases of "normal" matter is misleading at best, if not simply wrong.
Ask HN: Is there any project running Python/Ruby on a FPGA?
I notice recently a post of a guy that want to create a OS, and I thought that basically we're stick to old hardware designs, is there a way to run Python/Ruby/etc in FPGA and built a new OS and computer architecture based on it?
Once again, moderation isn't an option.

It is possible to own a smartphone, use it sparingly and gasp not have it tied to your corporate email.
I'm a clicky-reader too and I'm not ashamed to say it!
You can also buy grandfathered virgin plans on eBay. These are $25 a month for the same offer. You can buy one of these plans with a smartphone for around $70. Eg: http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-month-Grandfathered-Virgin-Mobile...
Republic Wireless just opened up to the general public: http://republicwireless.com

I like it. I don't love it, but I like it, and I definitely like the price. I've learned that it's best for me to annualize my recurring bills so I can think about them clearly, and $40/month vs. $110/month adds up pretty quickly. (I have two lines in my house, but my $110/month was on a "feature" phone, a term I can not use without using scare quotes around the word feature. A single person is looking at $20/month.)

Obviously this just addresses the price issue. I'm not talking about the other stuff.
But you still were forced to use obligatory auth.User fields like username/email, etc., while there are quite a few use cases when you curse it and the only choices were either making some really weird workarounds or dropping User altogether. Russel's solution is meant to solve this problem.
Indeed.com job openings snapshot (having fun, new to python and APIs)
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When Making Life Decisions...
My bad, maybe I got the popular seedbox hosts confused with the popular topsite hosts. For some reason, I seem to remember OVH being mentioned in a scene notice. It might've been when they busted a topsite for leaking releases to a seedbox used by a private torrent site uploader.
I'm enjoying the new mobile design.

My initial reaction was not positive, I saw the similarities to the FB mobile app with the swipe right menu and I thought "oh no." But quickly I found it much more intuitive to use than the previous grid layout.

I've modified my opinion that the style of revel navigation is not bad but I previously didn't enjoy it because of Facebook's unresponsive implementation.
I think this seems a pretty insane way of doing it; why not change the default behavior instead of making another driver with a separate name as well as keeping the old one too?

This is likely to be super confusing to new users; rumours that it's write safe and all the common examples will be fore the old driver...

IMHO they should have altered the defaults; people who require the extra performance will likely be the ones reading the changelogs / docs / these posts and notice.
Where I live I only have 3 options (US Cellular, Verizon, ATT). I tried T-Mobile prepaid, and the reception was horrible. Maybe I need to move.
Yes, to track my reading position
Yes, to increase text contrast
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Might as well just get Straight Talk at $45/month, then you can use any unlocked phone, and aren't forced to use that one model that Republic offers. But I like how they're thinking outside the box.
What's with the word "pivoting", anyway?

I think I've seen it used more often on HN in the last month than in many years before that...
Jetbrains integrates them so freakin well - it's hard not to use them
Yea, the native clients suck, but then again Google was never known for making solid desktop apps (it's not really in their DNA after all). I have similar experiences as you, so I use it purely from my web browser now. The website has gotten more functional and easy to use lately.
The finest hand-cranked can openers you can find are about $20 and will last forever without worrying about servicing it. Then you spend another $20.
I dunno, I got a smart phone only after I left school. The only primary reason I have a smart phone is so that I can check Google Maps. Everything else is expendable.

(Yes, I am one of those people who hasn't upgraded to iOS6 yet. )
> SEO can provide growth, but only after you've used everything else in your arsenal to get the platform to the point that you are ready to start optimizing.

Oh, how many times have I seen this mistake! SEO is one of your marketing tools, but (done right) it is not a premature optimization.
Valid point - but do you need to tweet, check-in on Foursquare, and check email constantly throughout the day?
Used Nokia N900 Linux smart phone with nokia maps (supports offline)

about $200 and works on most pay as you go bands....

Bluetooth, 64 Gb storage, FM Radio, FM Transmitter, TV Out
Tethering, Infrared, Backlit Keyboard

Still miss it after 2 years of android smart phones
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2...
I don't see why an Android client would work. Android users already have the best maps experience (aside from Nokia Maps, depending on where you live).

There's no incentive to switch to a worse app - it'd be like when Apple released a (very substandard) version of Safari on Windows.
See my comment above - there are several systems operating which advertise that they are fully wheelchair accessible.
Show HN: We built a Continuous Delivery platform for mobile developers.
Not if you use your desktop computer.
China's Top Newspaper Gets Pawned By "The Onion".
People's Daily blunders into re-publishing The Onion's article declaring Kim Jung-Un as the Sexiest Man of 2012. Kudos all around, folks.
Glad to see the new design go full-circle. It's nice that there's consistency on all fronts.
Although, I was surprised by the omission of a volume control interface.

The volume can be controlled with the hardware buttons, but the lack of software controls is really inconvenient. It forces the user to have physical access to the side of the device – this should never be a requirement. Also, iOS remembers the volume state when the headphone jack is plugged in or out. Not having visual feedback of the current volume level leaves the user in the dark. Finally, users expect consistency – the web app and Mac App, and even the official Music app, offer a software volume control. Why should the Rdio mobile app be the exception?

Although it may seem like a petty issue, it contributes to a sub-par listening experience.
This could probably fill an entire separate thread but I love this thought. I am only just now remembering that I actually used to sit down at a computer and .. wait for it.. FINISH. I'd do something.. be done. Then I'd go do something else.

The computer has become infinite. Yikes.
My number one reason is for commuting. I catch the train most days. Sure I could just read a book but often I prefer to read articles online.

Sure you can use a tablet for this but if you want to carry a phone anyway cuts down on what you are hauling around.

I am not a big fan if pulling my laptop out on the train.
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Installing and using the Disqus (http://disqus.com/) plugin located here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disqus-comment-system/ helped a lot on my blog.

Additionally you can use the reCaptcha plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/.

Both require you to signup on their respective sites for an API key. Both should help tremendously.
> I think this seems a pretty insane way of doing it; why not change the default behavior instead of making another driver with a separate name as well as keeping the old one too?

Because, as they clearly explain in their rationale, that would break compatibility with all of the existing software out there that relies on the current semantics.

Thou Shalt Not Break Working Code is the first rule of building software that other software relies on.

They're deprecating but retaining the old driver to give people a transition period in which to modify their software instead of kicking them in the teeth immediately or forcing them to hold off on upgrading. That's the mature approach to fixing mistakes that people nonetheless built assumptions around.
Linode keeps instances homogeneous, so only the same type/size of instance exists on a given bare-metal machine.

Unless that's changed, that would mean that all instances running on a given machine share the same CPU Priority, there will just be fewer instances demanding service from the CPU(s) the larger the plan you have.

...so wondering if that's what CPU Priority means, or if Linode is about to mix instance sizes on same hardware?
yup, that did it for me, thank you
And also take a moment to pause and ask yourself why other people want that thing for you. You may be missing something.

Often people around you like parents or siblings only want to help you, I totally agree that theirs opinions is not necessarily the good ones but you should also try to understand them
I've seen people do this and I've wondered why they do. Thanks for answering this intriguing question!
... then later you realize you've ordered 578 nexus 4s... ><
I refuse to enable e-mail alerts on any phone I have because of how disruptive they always become. I see people who become slaves to their phones because of the constant e-mail ding.
That's all nice and dandy, but check this out. For a few months now I've been noticing that emails from my inbox were being moved after a few days into spam, without any kind of warning. This happens once every two weeks, more or less.

We're not talking about false positives, these are emails that stay in my inbox for days before being moved to the spam folder. Which basically means I need to check my spam folder every day. Trust forever lost.
Okay - I seem to have misread you. Sorry. When you said:

"I'm pretty skeptical that many startup entrepreneurs have a "if you're over 40 we don't want to talk to you policy" but instead decide based on 50 year olds coming into their door telling them in their interview how relational databases were figured out in the 70's"

I read it as roughly: "Young entrepreneurs don't have a <40 policy. They're making a rational decision not to hire old people after encountering lots of old people telling them things they think are incorrect because of their age.". Which, I think, we both agree is dumb logic.

[edit; Actually said "sorry" ;-)]
That's awesome, I've been a heavy user of multiple calendars for a long time and absolutely hated being stuck to a single one. Though it's horrifyingly non-discoverable. Another help file[1] mentions this page though, which you can visit with any browser: https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

edit: the iphoneselect link seems to be working for me, though my iOS calendar is all kinds of screwed up at the moment, so I can't say if it's 100% bug free or not. I have thousands of repeat birthdays for no reason I can detect, but that was before changing those settings :|

http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&a...
I was in Warsaw a couple weeks ago, and it worked fine, but I'm an English speaker, so not as sensitive to things like "Flughafen".
Surprised to read this from a security guy.

1) discard time-tested crypto implementation

2) write your own.

3) run it as root so it can read sensors

4) feel safer

Everything aside, most of these colo machines are set to netboot in order to implement their rescue system. Never poked around, but wouldn't be surprised those DHCP requests hit other machines on the segment. OVH seem to be more sensible than most when it comes to network configuration, but I wouldn't be surprised this happens in other places (the difference between a $50 Ethernet switch and a $5000 Ethernet switch right there)

Edit: since some don't seem to understand the basics of security, or perhaps out of an ill-placed sense of loyalty: running a web server + CGI combo as root on an Ethernet segment exposed to other colo customers, in place of a 20 year old service designed for exactly this scenario, when its sole user already has hardware access (and reboot + netboot access) to the machine is fucking stupid. I'm making no argument here, just calling out terrible advice for what it is.
It's probably arbitrary units, so 16x just means 16 times more than 1x. I suspect that 1x is something like 1/8 or 1/4 of a core.
I often select text so that I have an easy visual reference when I'm scrolling down. I don't want to scroll too far!
Does everyone who owns a smartphone do this?
I answered yes to the first three, because I find myself doing it for a variety of reasons at different times. The most common reason is to keep track of my place when someone calls me or walks in to my office.

The next most common reason is related to the first reason, and it's a shame that I have to do so. When you use text highlighting to track your reading (line by line), it's a sign that the site you're reading has poor typography. Usually:

Measure is too long - when lines of text are long, our eyes have a difficult time "tracking" back to the next line.

Leading is too small - Leading is the space between lines. The space between lines creates a negative void that our eyes follow back to the beginning of the next line. Not enough leading and the line is thin and hard to follow. Too much leading and your eyes get lost in a sea of space.
It's easy to make money on either the App Store or google play - work freelance for other people.
Most of the time header compilation time isn't a big deal to me either, but then I started working on a project that uses Boost extensively and noticed that even small files were taking several seconds to compile because the headers were so enormous.
Yeah, windows multi-click text selection seems completely weird to me, and very frustrating when coming from other platforms...

[Besides the simple "not what I'm used to" factor, any UI behavior that requires waiting seems pretty dubious to me...]
I'd say a combination of the top two.
They are kind of different beasts. Linode can spin servers up and down rather quickly and you can deploy different OS's all through the online menu.

Prgmr you buy a machine send an ssh key they set it up and send you the bill. Then you get a login console at xxxxxx.prgmr.com and login and setup a user or deploy your own OS using centos recovery. But you can't create and destroy servers like linode or aws or rackspace.
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Smug theists should read more science.
The first and only time I used Solaris, I tried to run our application and got the error "System out of colors" or some such. Swore then and there never to use it again if I could help it.
Agreed that they might want what's best for you.

But only because someone wants you to be happy, doesn't mean they know what will make you happy, e.g. religious parents wanting their children to embrace the same beliefs.
I'm somewhat famous in my circle of friends for not having a smart phone. I've used a nokia 6100 for the last decade. My thinking was very much like Luke's.

I wanted a small, light phone which could make and receive phone calls and text messages. The side benefits of being amazingly tough, having a battery life of a week or more and being a talking point also helped.

I'm a geek so I'm nearly always on a computer. When I'm away from a computer I actually enjoy the feeling of being disconnected.

For the last 3 years I worked doing IT support for small businesses, I didn't have a GPS device in my car. My co-workers didn't know how I survived. I just planned better than they did, printed out google map directions and worked on having an excellent memory.

I did cheat some what and stole the bosses wireless internet dongle so in emergencies I could just plug it into my laptop and be online from anywhere.

I'm now living in the US and have the exact same phone as Luke.
I picked placeholder but I also just randomly select as I go along sometimes with no reason at all. So I kind of track my position but not really because I can track it fine without it but do it sometimes randomly anyway.
The right answer I'd bet, is, as it so often is, "yes and no." Both this and "The Best" are extreme points of view, and extremes never strike me as particularly realistic. There's a happy medium for pretty much everything.

I've never found too much trouble in judging how much research and care I need to put into any given purchase. How often will I use it? How long do I want it to last for? Is it likely to break? How much will I care if it does break? There's a limit to this of course, I don't go to Curtis' lengths. Not enough hours in the day. I have put a reasonable amount of care into buying a good laptop, desk, piano, headphones etc though. These are important to me. The list isn't particularly long.

For just any old thing (including, I would say, cutlery), I have a rule-of-thumb that's served me well: never buy the cheapest, always the second-cheapest. The cheapest of any particular thing so often has had an incredible number of corners cut, but the next one up is usually just fine.
"Character". You keep saying that word …

>>> len(u'épicé')
5
>>> len(u'épicé')
7
Another useful feature you may not be using is the Priority Inbox.

No, wait. I'm lying. It's crap.
Fairly similar performance, but almost $20 difference in price.

Here's some data comparing the 1GB plans:

Linode 1GB: http://serverbear.com/13-linode-1024-linode

Prgmr 1GB: http://serverbear.com/1709-1024mib-prgmr-com
A data point: according to my quick eyeball count, only around 25% of these founders are "young" - http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/early

[Disclaimer: I'm an EIR at Sequoia at the ripe old age of 46]
Some people just need expensive stuff to feel good, others don't. Whatever. Don't question the other's way of living and just be happy with your's.
> yeah and you're wrong again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32

UTF-32 (or UCS-4) is a protocol to encode Unicode characters that uses exactly 32 bits per Unicode code point.

http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#utf32-1
It is news, of course... and news many people are actually interested in, not so much for the name of the guy (they could have left that out), but for what it says about Apple's reaction to the Apple Maps debacle: that they're taking it seriously and not just treating it as a PR issue.
Yes. All the time!
I completely agree with you.
You should understand them (because of their religious belief in your example) but not necessarily follow their advice
Can someone point me to a compare/contrast sort of doc between modern Django and Rails? I don't do a lot of web app programming, but I'm curious as to whether there's much of a difference between the two.
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I want one but that's still too expensive
Indeed. HN is surprisingly full of important hackers. The "Internet famous."
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Which bit didn't you understand?
I've had a smartphone for 3+ years, but I don't use Twitter or Foursquare, and I only read/reply to email on my phone when it's absolutely necessary.

I do usually use my phone to check for restaurant reviews though, or product reviews if I'm in a store. Google Maps is also extremely useful. I see no reason to eat shitty food if there's a good restaurant just down the road. Unfortunately, most restaurant rating services (like Yelp) aren't too accurate these days.
Too, it's not a very interesting demonstration of OOP. Smalltalk or Ruby would be a more useful tool to use to teach OOP, iff teaching OOP is actually a goal.
AOL had this feature in the mid-90s
We've had a great experience with Linode, horrible with Rackspace. Rackspace London is a disaster - I'd stay far away from them if possible.
For the Haskellers in the room, the “K” combinator is “const”, and the “S” combinator is “ap” in the Reader monad. Combinators encode common patterns; for example, you can use the fact that Sxyz = xz(yz) to write functions that split some input in two, do a computation on both parts, then join the results:

capitalize = (:) . toUpper . head <*> map toLower . tail

Of course, combinators rapidly become unwieldy for anything nontrivial, since they are the essence of point-free style. And most SK calculus terms aren’t typeable in Haskell anyway.