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Metro is pulling things in the right direction I think. Hyper-skeumorphism did immense harm in the hands of copy-style designers, allowing them to justify their unoriginality through "I can copy that because it's actually copying a real-life object, you can't be unoriginal if you copy physical reality, all great artists did it" reasoning. It's better to concentrate on the axis between obscene skeumorphism and uberminimalistic full-flatness then to pick on any one of the extremes as they are obviously flawed.

Take for example the whole crop of metro-style Bootstrap themes and pick an UI interaction element like the buttons, to see an example of a scale of designs between decent micro-skeumorphism and full-flatness. This one http://bootswatch.com/cosmo/#buttons or this one http://talkslab.github.com/metro-bootstrap/basecss.html#butt... sport full-flat microsft style buttons, with no hints of possible interaction, while others like http://inprogress.neuronq.ro/madmin/ show subtle hints of skeumorphism (you can probably google for many other more or less metrofied bootstraps...)
I think this shows a real problem with karma - submissions are worth shitloads more than comments. There are already multiple people on the leaders list for nothing more than spewing out generic tech sites.
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some well designed pretesting would go a long way in improving the usefullness of online schools
It is not only the algorithm which works so. Our brains also in a similar fashion; we first try to find out whether someone else's comment resonates with our impressions or fragments of what remains in our minds after reading the story.

So I upvoted you because you wrote first. You have to first mover's advantage. And I believe it is fair.
Reduced discoverability is the exact issue XBOX Live's interface has had since they updated it -- it's harder to differentiate between content I've paid for, their internal marketing and external advertisements to the point where I deliberately avoid them and just use the XBOX button modal to navigate. There's no rhyme or reason for the element sizing, outside of [apparently] making all of the stuff that's actually relevant to me the smallest.
Sometimes you can fix it yourself by running an animation with only 3 frames: one red, one green and one blue. Let it run all night if possible.
It once fixed my Dell monitor with (as they called it) "lazy pixels".
It's a one-off script, I didn't really care about errors. If this was something run regularly inside of a bigger application yes I'd have full error handling.
I thought MacBooks came with a one-year warranty. Does it not cover the display or something?
Tesla will not be impressed. I would also question the patent given that it uses radio and mearly renames things like `magnetic loop` for a the coiled wire.

I can understand why Apple do these types of patents, but I fail to understand how they get approved. Patent clerks are not paid enough is my first thought. This and the obviscation levels they utilise to make what is known too appear as something new only adds to the situation.

Sadly I would not be supprised if Apple then retrospectivly tries to get the Nexus 4 taken of the market as it has wireless charging. Ironic given all phones have a radio which takes a magnetic signal and converts into electricity in some way already!
agree with both of you - not always easiest conversations, but they are important questions. As I say in the post, it's ideal to try to have a more natural conversation - not just go down the list. But sometimes you just have to ask tough questions - it's more awkward/painful to "break-up" down the road.
I really think that a very simple gradient or a 1 pixel wide white/black(depending on background) border around the edges of all interactable elements would go a long long way to fixing this issue without breaking up the UI too much, it might even expand it because just having that distinction gives you another "word" in your visual vocabulary.

*edit: Changed "buttons" to "elements"
Did you read the article? This is about the resilience of the internet in these countries based on the number of connections they have to the outside world.

This article wasn't about politics, it was about technical feasibility.
My coworker's display retina has the same ghosting problem and it looks pretty bad. I know I would be very annoyed if mine had ghosting. I would love to use a non-mac version of a laptop with a 2560px+ display, but I'm not aware if one exists.
I'm not sure if you're having the same experience, then. Scrolling is almost impossible for me. The only way is if I manually drag the indicator bar, and even then it's clunky.

I'm just going to assume he designed it for a different system that doesn't have these problems. On my end (Opera/Win7), it really does not show "what can be done" :)

What I mean is there's a difference between coding a site that has so much eyecandy the designer wrecks usability (which happened in the old Flash days) and coding a showcase site that looks fine (but flashy and perhaps not entirely intuitive) on some systems, but it a real pain on others. The latter didn't happen nearly as much for Flash because the plugin's the same everywhere, but I think it's more excusable than the former for a showcase website like this (even though it's too bad I can't enjoy the demo--at all).
That's a strawman. No one said: "don't put anything in a rectangle that isn't a button".
Revision A Apple projects have had issues for as long as Apple has been making products.

Second gen Macbook Air's had Logic board issues, 2007 era RevA Macbook Pros had video card issues, dodgy graphics cards on the early Mac Pros, the iPhone4 antenna, the list is endless. Often it's taken years for the issues to be resolved and Apple to pay for repairs, if at all.

It's simple, if you want the shiniest tech, buy whatever Apple is selling today. If you want reliable hardware, wait for the first revision when the kinks have been worked out. That way we don't all get spammed with the histronics of endless bloggers who think this is a new phenomenon.
I realize it's a one-off, but you could potentially mix lines of output with a script like that.

If you gnu parallel (xargs++) installed - turn that second line into a script (and replace $line with $1).

cat domains.txt | parallel -n 1 -P 50 script.sh
They're all about earning money by ANY unethical means possible. We should already boycott it for not only suing big companies for ridiculous patents, but for trying to EXTORT money from small coffee shops and online grocery shops who have nothing to do with electronics business!
To be fair to languages without such great parallelism support: you can do this using asynchronous/event-loop-based code because the parallelism will be limited by the nameserver anyway (the calling code does almost nothing, it mostly waits for the net / the nameserver).
The problem with corporate tax is that it's not a tax on a specific, quantifiable activity, like "income", "capital gain" or "sale". These are pretty difficult to fudge.

Rather, corporate tax is a tax on making a profit. Consider the battle between development and sales - who's making the profit? To the very untrained eye, sales, because they're the ones bring the cheques home, and, indeed, salaries and bonuses in that department seems to confirm that. But without a good product to sell, there would be no sales, so it's obvious that devs deserve a cut as well - but how much?

That's essentially the same discussion Mrs Hodge is trying to have with Starbucks. Are the profits generated by sales (the stores in the UK) or by devs and backoffice (marketing, branding, sourcing, supply chain, finance etc etc etc), conveniently, but legitimately, placed outside the UK?
So you're going the route of "get it a little cheaper and expect little or no support"?
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So you're front page Hacker News. Why not put together a poll of people with similar issues and file a joint complaint? You purchased an expensive machine, I'd imagine anyone similarly experiencing the issue would be willing to put in some effort to get a bit more attention drawn to it.
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Nobody wants their driving information openly available to the world - neither do we so yes, we have thought about security.

The OBD protocols do not address security and have been hacked but the moj.io does not expose the OBD protocols to the Internet. moj.io communicates to the moj.io cloud over an encrypted VPN.

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Yep. http://www.businessinsider.com/tumblr-hacked-2012-12

tl;dr: if you have a Tumblr account (and an active session), delete your cookies before opening any *.tumblr.com site.
head -3 data* | cat
has the same result as
head -3 data*

Pipe sends stdout to stdin of the next process. cat sends stdin back to stdout. Piping to cat is rarely eventful (unless you use a flag like cat -n).
How are you performing this test? Are you creating an application with a plain grey window and running it?

I think this could be an OS issue/graphics driver issue. I sometimes notice things "behind" my dark grey Xcode editor window - like for example, I can see this website in Safari behind Xcode. However, sometimes, I see stuff that isn't directly behind Xcode - but it is in another Space.

If the hardware test is succeeding, and you are only seeing "ghosting" on particularly colored windows, I think it is safe to say it may not be the display. (It still may be the display. I'm just saying there are more variables here, and I don't have all of your information.)
Thanks for all the tips! My team ended up getting an Honourable Mention which we couldn't be happier about. Definitely going to have to start going to more of these!
I hope this goes viral. Apple was starting to actually gain a little bit of market share in the home computer space and IMO support was a big reason. I know I can have a better spec for less money but I felt like more effort and care was put into Apple products. No one is going to be interested in paying the "Apple tax" if you get the same shitty support you get from most PC makers.
So you built an app that's only viable 17 days ?
Awesome Mark! Glad it didn't creep you out too much. For the record, while I did have an agenda in mind, I also DID like the blog and genuinely enjoyed sharing your stuff. I think you can't authentically get behind the content and quality of a site you're trying to land a spot for, you should re-consider how worthwhile it is to write for them in the first place.
I really hope this speculation turns out to be accurate, but sadly I have learned to expect the US government to always do the wrong thing. If the TSA is dismantled, I will be very pleasantly surprised. If the existing bureaucracy finds some way to save itself and continue expanding its power, I will be disappointed, but not the slightest bit surprised.
Are there historical contexts for comparing 1) the failure rate of Apple laptops, particularly first gen and 2) the response to these hardware failures?

I'm curious if this is something more widespread or if the author got unlucky and has simply suffered for the first time what many others have suffered previously.
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Congratulations on going live! I think maybe a short explanation on how you add value/your USP might help. There are several goal achievement related websites out there.

Also, you probably want to think about how you are going to change the punch line post Dec 2012 :)
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in my experience, it takes a few tries to successfully roll the hard six to get a sympathetic genius. it's not exactly social engineering, but there are some folks who are more likely to take your side especially if you can show that the problem is happening while you're sitting there with them.

still, the fact that the applecare universe works like that at all is a bit disheartening especially if you have a legitimate hardware issue but an unsympathetic genius.
Buttons do have a border. The tiles on the start screen have not. Mostly because they're all tappable (but probably also because the background provides separation and thus a border on its own). There are no non-interactive parts on that screen.
I think you missed the whole point of the article.

The point isn't with the fact that there is an issue, its that Apple is seemingly trying to sweep it under the rug.
Balanced just open sourced the status page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4865982
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This kind of a thing is also very easy in Python if you use Gevent.

I have used Gevent a lot over the last couple years and see a lot of similarities in Go's concurrency, which I think is great.

Concurrency doesn't have to be about insane looking code!
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Antenna causing problems? "You're holding it wrong."

Camera artifacts? "You're holding it wrong." [1]

Burn-in? "Does not compute."

Scruffing on the iPhone 5 [2]? People don't even bother to write about it. Same for the poor performance on Retina devices. Unless you're someone like Anandtech who are so meticulous many don't bother to read the fint print.

Maybe it's time we got some Apple-specific buyer's guides from people who don't grade on a curve. I still want to buy Apple products (not first-edition versions, though), but I want to know what I'm in for.

[1]: http://gizmodo.com/5947972/apple-acknowledges-iphone-5-camer...

[2]: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/10/17/hon-hais-explanation-...
Fuck everything about this. I had two screen replaced, luckily before Apple came up with this idiotic test. On the second replacement I lucked out and got a Samsung screen that doesn’t have the issue. But that they still have not solved that problem that is plain as day fucking sucks! What is wrong with those idiots?! Why do they do stuff like that? It makes my blood boil.

Apple, fuck you! Why do you do this to your customers? Why do you torture them like that? Still!

I really believed that by now you would have solved that problem. After I got my Samsung screen I honestly stopped reading the forums because it brought down my mood. To know hear – months later – that they still haven’t solved the issue in any real way makes me just angry and sad.

This is not excusable. Excuses about this being a first gen product are obviously not valid. If you can’t sell it in a satisfactory manner, you have to give your customers their money back (or give them Samsung screen which are, unlike LG screens, not affected by the issue).
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I have the same issue on my rMBP, and while I wish it didn't happen, I still quite like the laptop. It's not a constant thing and it hasn't interfered at all with my ability to see what's supposed to be on the screen.
if all of the buttons are coloured rectangles, how do you differentiate a non button rectangle?
That sounds...fun? ;)
That's not a tile. Also, the first time I saw that text, I knew I could click it. I can't explain how they did it, but somehow being able to click it was just consistent with how everything else works. That's just me though, supposedly this guy tested with 12 people... and yet he conveniently omits the results for this task... oh no wait! "many users in our testing didn't click this command" How much is "many" out of 12?
All Coursera courses are deadline based. Some of the courses remove their material at the end of the course. Others, such as the database one, are later opened up as self-study but do not offer a certificate of completion.

In the case of edX, MIT's 6.00x course is strictly deadline based. CS50x allows you to take the course at your own pace as long as you finish everything before the 13th of April, 2013.

But those aren't the ones you're looking for. Udacity meets all your requirements. They have open enrollment, meaning you can join in at any time. Furthermore, they have no deadlines. As long as you complete all the problem sets and give the final exam, you get a certificate.

Here are some Udacity courses that might interest you:

Statistics 101 - http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/st101 - Taught by Sebastian Thrun

CS271 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs271 - Taught by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig

CS373 Artificial Intelligence for Robotics - http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs373 - Taught by Sebastian Thrun

Hope that helps.

Edit:
There's CS188.1x by Berkeley on edX - https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS188.1x/2012_Fall/abo...

It's deadline based, but I don't know whether they will remove their material at the end of the course or not.
It would be interesting to create a separate account just to see how high I could get my "avg" metric. I think I have a general idea of what causes posts to get upvoted. But that's not my goal when I write comments.

My best posts (on QM or molecular dynamics or color theory) don't get that many points but I still write them because I feel like they are informative and somebody could get a lot of use out of them. I occasionally also write semi-controversial posts that I know won't get many upvotes, but I still feel the arguments I make can be useful to others or hopefully at least spur thought.

On the other hand, submissions remain a mystery to me. My highest voted submission (466 points on old Russian photographs) nearly slid off the new page before being caught right at the end with a surge of upvotes. However, my submission on Titan (now the world's fastest supercomputer) got no interest whatsoever, which really surprised me given the demographics of this place.
I wouldn't buy another Apple product either. Between a MacBook Pro which caught fire, an AirPort which melted, an iMac which the backlight went on and a MacBook which had to go back 4 times (!) due to logic board problems, it scares the shit out of me parting with that sort of cash and actually depending on it. The muppets at the "genius bar" (retard shelf as we call it now) aren't exactly helpful and usher you away so other people don't hear about it as well.

I now buy OLD Lenovo machines (T61 series) and chuck Debian on them. I buy two at a time and stick a (Samsung) SSD in them for less than half the cost of an MBP. One lives in the cupboard as a backup. I have a few spare batteries (9-cell and Ultrabay) sitting around as well.

Also, I find it objectionable purchasing anything that doesn't have a way of isolating the power either i.e. removing the battery. One short on a LiPoly pack and your tech gadget turns neatly into an incendiary device, which is what happened to my 2010 MBP. It nearly burned my house down.

I genuinely don't get all these people who think they are soundly engineered. They are expensive trinkets with no engineering applied past appearance.
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Doesn't look like it. I checked some other tumbler pages and they're ok. Its only this "theverge" tumblr page.
I bought the Macbook Pro retina back over the summer and was a little upset when a small dead pixel cluster appeared on the display after about a month of use.

I brought it back to the apple store (i did not purchase applecare). I was told that this was happening in about 1 our of every 40 MBP retinas and they happily replaced the display in less than 24 hours.

I'm not implying that my situation is "unique/new/ particularly note-worthy" but it is just as antidotal as yours and ended with a positive outcome.
Until last week I didn't know that xargs could invoke commands in parallel.

xargs -n1 -P8 dig A <hosts.txt | grep -v ';' | grep $TARGET_IP | sed 's/\.\s.*//' >hosts-matched.txt
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Where have they ever said they shouldn't have to play by the same rules as everyone else? They vet their drivers and ensure that all meet the requirements to drive locally. They're using licensed, commercially insured drivers who meet all the regulations for their city. How is that not playing by the same rules as everyone else?

Cab dispatch companies work in all the cities Uber is in, and Uber meets exactly the same regulations those companies do. Should Uber double drug test drivers? Should they double inspect vehicles for emissions? Or are we OK with knowing that all their drivers are already in compliance with all local regulations in each city? I guess I don't see what regulations they're skirting, or why there's a need for more regulation now. There's a considerable difference between what Uber does (provides a way for licensed limo drivers to fill their spare capacity) and what companies like Lyft and Sidecar do (allow anyone to drive without commercial licenses or commercial insurance).

Uber is a young company. I don't think anyone is advocating that they'll do everything perfectly. It's pretty easy to imagine stumbling through some learning experiences like they did their first hour after hurricane Sandy, when they went with the tool they're used to using in similar non-emergency settings. They quickly corrected their actions, and seem to be learning. If they continue to flub future post-emergency responses, then I could see the issue. Until then, I applaud them for learning (or appearing to), and don't fault them for not breaking non-existent regulations (they're following all local regulations in each city, and shouldn't need to ask for permission to run a legal business there). The criticism they face is from people with vested interests in an outdated business model. Those people deserve to be called out.
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One could flush their reputation by ordering a PBR but not by Amstel Light? You can't be serious with your advice with stuff like this.
2 years in Europe.
It has a 1 year warranty. Use it. You can also buy AppleCare any time during the first year of ownership if you decide you want a warranty longer than one year.