skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Chill out and take a deep breath, because you're missing the point entirely. I was talking about the arguments the article gives that supposedly show 'Android is better in almost every aspect', not about the merits of customization itself. No one is denying you anything, like I said: it seems to be more like personal preference than objective superiority. Sure enough Android wins on customizability, but that doesn't automatically mean everyone cares for this particular aspect of the OS.

I always find it amusing how fans of customizability seem to over-estimate the importance of dicking around with something the vast majority of people primarily use as a tool, a useful utility. If the defaults work well (which seems to be the case for iOS, even toddlers appear to be able to use it), that's already much, much better than something that sucks by default but can be customized to suck less.

That said, if you really care about customizability, you can always jailbreak your iPhone and do whatever you like, lots of customizations possible on jailbroken iPhones. Or just buy an Android phone if customizability is high on your list of priority features. Again, this is more about personal preference than anything else.

On a side note:
Years ago when I was just starting to use Linux, I spent weeks customizing every aspect of the look & feel of the user interface. After a while I always got bored with what I had and started to get irritated by the various usability issues my customizations had introduced, so I started over. I went from FVWM to fluxbox, to Gnome, to KDE, back to Gnome, to XFCE and then back to Gnome again. The last time I switched to Gnome I stopped caring about customizations and simply stuck with the defaults, I had more interesting and important things going on in my life to spend time on, instead of wasting my time trying to be smarter than the people who designed the user interfaces I was using. I bought my first Mac running OS X and just used it the way Apple designed it, and never looked back. Since then I lost intereset in customizing my computers and phones altogether, realizing it's more like a hobby than actually making anything 'better', because 9 out of 10 times, you're only making things worse.
Somewhat amazingly, Midgley then went on and worked on the development of Freon.
I stopped using irc about 4 years ago, and came back to it a year ago. It's like an old, faithful, trusty friend. That said, it does seem like a lot of people have abandoned it for pastures new, but everything old and boring becomes new and exciting again at some stage so who knows, we might see an resurgence.
I love IRC. I picked it back up after around 9 years of absence and couldn't be happier. If you're interested, you should join freenode #startups, #ventures, #sfhn.
> I quite happy to write my apps once in HTML5, knowing that
> there will be some issues, but that I can get it done a
> lot faster than writing once for each platform.

The point still stands it really pays of to learn native framework: the sole purpose for it's creation was to be used in web apps. HTML was created to markup the structure of large texts…

Source: I am long-time web developer before turning to full-time iOS programmer.
After giving many of the comments here a thought, I've written a follow-up article "Securing the Rails session secret" in which different ways to secure the session secret are considered. Feedback is more than welcome. http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/04/securing-the-rails-session...
You could add an option to select a photo from one of my existing albums on Facebook, make changes on top of it and then upload it back to Facebook as a new image.

Nice application btw.
I didn't new that.
But he is also behind a very big hosting company who changed the game (dedibox).
He was the first to introduce cheap dedicated hosting serveur with high speed connection and unlimited data.

He is behind kima venture.

He is also the founder of a Computer Science school, soon two.
My favorite is things like 'Role of UBIquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers in Cellular regulatiON' ("RUBICON") - New Scientist called it "MAD" = "malformed acronym syndrome".

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025562.700-feedback....
Can only agree with OP. I gave up my iPhone 4 for a Galaxy Nexus this summer and have never looked back.

I think Google can still work on the default look, but I find Android to be very "clean" and quick to work with. Android feels much more like a real operating system. iOS is so restricted and there are many work tasks that I cannot do (e.g. mailing a dropbox file to someone).

Google Now is also amazingly good. And the fact that mail search actually works is a "small" bonus :P

Samsung has also implemented some cool features in the SGS3, like that the screen stays on as long as you look at it. They are just much worse at marketing it. Can you imagine how much Apple would have hyped a similar feature?
InterDigital files complaint vs Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE, requests bans
True, but it does act as a word of warning against using their services I guess.
The EPA takes lead somewhat seriously. To the extent that every contractor in the U.S. has to account for it when doing even moderate amounts of home renovation.
Mega Man 2 (NES) password algorithm and code
What is that widget? It looks great!
Actually "net neutrality" is a philosophy. Just a philosophy. The only aspect of it that is currently a law refer to "content of [the end-users'] choice" as long as it does not "harm the network".

However, as rickmb pointed out earlier [1]: "[...] virtually all display ads violate European privacy laws because of cross-site user tracking without explicit permission." Which rightfully points that ads may "harm the network" by breaking the secrecy of correspondence ("harm" is not restricted in any sense, and anyway the higher Europen Convention on Human Rights talks about that required respect secrecy), and that they may not be the result of "end-users' choice" (did you ever asked for a specific ad to be displayed?).

Net neutrality versus secrecy of correspondence. Round 2 probably... well, not far from now. :)

[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5006887 or just scroll up to the first comment ;)
It may be a TouchWiz thing, but I've seen it on Samsung phones I've owned. That is until Apple decided to throw patent lawsuits around. A firmware-update later and gone it was.

These days most Android-phones have a "overflow" effect when reaching the end of a list. Specifically designed to avoid lawsuits.
Both might be the right answer... :s
Agree to your comment, but all PPAs I've seen/been part off, are indexed/hedged to CPI/energy CPI and/or oil & gas prices. It would be irresponsible for whomever negotiated and valued the PPA not to factor these.

No PPA without this type of hedge/terms is financeable - today more than ever.
The ARM vs x86 Wars Have Begun: Power Analysis of Atom, Krait, and Cortex A15
Upload to Google Music. Tag the music you want on the device as "available offline", on your phone, when you have internet connectivity.

No cables. No sync. No fucking iTunes. No computer required. Just internet. Done.

If you feel old-fashioned, you can also just copy files to your device as a standard MTP or mass-storage device using USB-cables, or copy to SD-cards.

As long as the music files are properly tagged you should have everything auto-discovered on the device.
> I'm hesitant to accept the security promises of sites who don't bother to get their certs set up correctly.

Or that just don't want to pay to have a shiny certificate that won't trigger alerts in your browser.

The certificate is just self-signed, not necessarily invalid or dangerous.
Their business model is probably something like: pay app + a rake.

In their FAQ:

> The minimum bet is 5$ and the minimum reward is 0.5$

> Our users make it on average to 90% of the days they commit
Really amazing tool. For someone who very occasionally does some small wireframe designs which do not need a full blown wireframe software, this website would be an instant help. Thanks!
For the removal of stress in office environments
i spend years on Quakenet a decade ago when i was still a gamer.
Good times :)
At another small startup, I setup an IRC server when I was told they were using Bonjour before I got there. It started out very similarly for us -- just a place to chat with the other developers and ops people and share some links. Over time, several IRC bots were created doing real work for the company; most importantly while I was there, the deploy robot would cut a release from revision control for the particular project being deployed and deploy where it was told (or even revert to a previous release if necessary), only listening to people based on their umasks (everyone had their own hostnames with properly setup RDNS too, but that was another matter)... Worked quite well! Can't say if it still does, or not, as I am no longer there.
How to Create Error Page in J2EE
That's a little misleading: the ceiling applied only to the discounted version of Windows. Any manufacturer who wanted to sell netbooks with better specs could have sprung for the full-price Windows license.
Why Silicon Valley innovation has stalled
Arrays in C#
Do those numbers imply they're taking a cut? It seems like they would have to mention that, no?

I was toying with a similar startup idea but for losing weight. (I haven't figured out how to verify users' weights though, gympact has the advantage they can use GPS to verify you're at the gym.)
If you have multiple languages enabled (as opposed to the default, system-language only), you can just point-hold the space-bar and a language selector will be opened.

You can also enable a language-cycling button which will appear left of the space-bar if you so please.

Both are definitely quick enough for my fancy.
Nice read, but I would consider removing the link to w3school, they're notoriously bad and you wouldn't want to steer newcomers in that direction.
The best answer from Google would be to install a optical fiber network in France!!!
Accurate self-assessment boosts success. Inflated or too-low confidence in your own abilities doesn't.

(Sorry I can't provide a source. I guess it's an article in Psychologie Heute in the last 10 years.)
you're right, I should have said a significant or fairly high level of expertise.
I haven't really thought this out, but superficially I read things like this and wonder how any investor can hold Facebook stock.
> at least in theory, you only need to write the app once
> to support multiple platforms.

Yep, in theory. And the further away from web page your app is the more tweaking you will need.

> With native, you have to re-implement your whole logic

And with HTML you have to reimplement all the components wich framework provides — highly specialized and optimized for performance.
Public Cloud Storage Solutions for Media Innovation
Sorry, no help from me.

Just wanted to say that a lot of people would pay money to be able to clean out their digital lives.

I also hope it will make people think about who they trust with their digital assets, one day many internet clouds will crash and all what is in them will go into /dev/null

Good luck solving!
Pre-chasm traffic.
Fair point. If I could still edit I'd soften it up a bit (and delete the edit since it's above 0 again).
> Besides, we don't even prefer native applications
> on our PCs anymore.

Who are those "we"? For the last couple of years I am using desktop apps to access Gmail…
One does not simply submit old news to HN. ESPECIALLY if it was on slashdot two weeks ago:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/12/20/2032214/taking-sense...
It's not only Google ads that are blocked; almost all ads are blocked. So, it's not an agressive action against Google per se, contrary to what you may understand from that very incomplete article.
Also: http://www.reddit.com/r/androidthemes/
You can get it here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.pooley.beta....

You'll also need to install the 'Ultimate Clock Widget' app from here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsiroh....

Enjoy!
Authors Response:

"However, I quite happy to write my apps once in HTML5, knowing that there will be some issues"

If those issues ruin the user experience, I wouldn't be happy. Laggin app on a powerful device with very few other things running is such an issue which often happens on HTML5 apps and if you go to a less powerful device it becomes worse.

Not sure what you were looking at but Foursquare looks like all other native apps on both iPhone and Android, so your example does not stand.

The idea is to build apps that use familiar controls and UI patterns. This helps new users find their way around quickly with almost no learning curve.
>XP didn't work on the first eeepc, for example.

I always thought that XP would have run fine on the first eeepc and that Linux was chosen to keep the retail price down.

XP became the most common OS on netbooks after Microsoft introduced a special netbook-only lower price for XP.
I have friends with Nexus phones that end up with similar issues.
Especially since Google is already learning how to be an ISP in Kansas City?
SuperMario Android Apk
> By comparison, KHTML was not really a serious project. It had a few developers, but nowhere near the scale of what Mozilla had.

You'd be surprised at the negative impact that a large number of developers can have on the quality of a software project.
I stopped using IRC several years ago. There are so many features in a multi-person chat that's lagging behind.

Jabbr (http://www.jabbr.net) is a good replacement for IRC, with features such as offline history, and embedded content (for code snippets, etc.)
1. Is Samsung specific I think. On my Nexus S pulling the notification drawer down has a button that launches the Settings app but doesn't have the settings right there. My wifes Samsung S3 does however.
I Just changed to Android yesterday. The first thing I missed was the polish of the iOS.

I looked up how to switch applications and all I got was "10 best task switcher apps." I don't have time to evaluate three, much less ten task switcher apps! All I've been able to find is if you hold down the main button and then scroll to task manager, you can get to one.

I like customization, but Apple's defaults were better for me, at least. You say Fisher-Price, I say well conceived and 1960's Braun.
> Personally, in the I.O. room, I witnessed light sexual play among officers, a lot of e-cigarette vaping, and a whole lot of officers laughing and clowning in regard to some of your nude images, dear passengers.
I was able to by drawing the box outside its container and dragging it in. A bit of a pain, but it worked.
> Oh well, where's Hacker News App? It would be great idea
> to do it for every imaginable mobile platform. What are
> you guys waiting for?

Did you check before writing that? There are 20 apps in AppStore for HN.
I had an idea to write one myself, because I was not happy with the offering at the time. Funny, but I ended up using http://hackerwebapp.com —but it only confirms the point, because HN is a website.
not in the the free.fr case: the router belongs to Free, and you can't use your own (only Free CPEs work on their network)
Sony Patent Takes On Used Game Sales With Embedded RFID Chips In Game Discs
You have to "lock" one box first.
No you can't do that on Free network. And even if you could, you would loose access to other services (TV and Phone) that depend on the Free CPE.
I'm pretty sure that if you told your mum "hey, mum, here is a pic of my kid on Diaspora", she would join Diaspora, too.
Ayn Rand was not a market anarchist, as you seem to be suggesting. Ayn Rand believed that the role of the government should be to protect people from other people. Putting harmful chemicals in the air is no exception, if they are truly harmful (as in this case).

People constantly misrepresent Ayn Rand and slander those who agree with her. Please stop.
I doubt that's it. More likely Wave died because they somehow neglected to actually release it. By the time they closed it down, very few people had gotten invites.
>Android on the Nexus 4 is better in almost every aspect et al

I assume he made that kind of statements because previously his opinion of android was the buggy and extreme unresponsive early builds.
Except that the public defenders office would now have perverse incentives.
Just get her to restore from her most recent backup. She does have a backup, doesn't she? If she didn't bother to backup, she doesn't have much right to be upset.
If you're using a modern Android phone there's a specific task switching button.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/attachments/droid-news/5101...
The website went down. Here is the cached version of the article: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.241...
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.241...
did she perform the last step of "emptying the trash" within iPhoto?

even if she did, I had luck helping someone with Disk Drill https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disk-drill-media-recovery/id...
The Android mascot that almost was
I hope IRC isn't dead, I'm hoping to productize my replacement for cia.vc ( http://elfga.com/notify ) for startups
I use the Moleskine's with the cardstock paper. No bleeding and the paper just feels nice. The only downside is fewer pages, but I don't have an issue with that personally.
Try recovering the iPhoto files. Unless the data was overwritten, they might still be there.

Note: I've done this successfully on FAT and ext filesystems, not sure about HFS.
You can also consider filing a request to get one of those CDs with all data on file about you sent to you (See http://siliconfilter.com/getting-facebook-to-give-you-all-yo...)

I'm not sure if it includes images but if Facebook didn't actually delete the images you might have a shot, especially if you mention you just want the images restored which might be easier for them to do than make your custom CD.

Also; if you want to be a good techie teach your friends the following:

- in the event of serious life-shattering data-loss

- do as hard a power-down of your computer as soon as possible

- and hand it over to a data-recovery company or the smartest geek you know

It might cost you a pretty penny, but at least you have a pretty good chance of recovering your data.
...and I use my gmail accounts to feed my Thunderbird.

I hate having to sign out/sign in every time I need to switch from personal to professional google account.
Do you find you have problems with MMS and Google Voice? Last I checked, it was unsupported and text messages with pictures or video just went to /dev/null without any notifications to either party. That was a no-go for me.
Good question and the point of discussion. Most user don't care about settings or ads as long as their usual activity is not impaired.

What does the ISP gain with it ? I think most people won't notice. I'm more worried about the step back regarding net neutrality of this ISP.

Some people suggest that this filtering is a move in the long fight the ISP has with google to get it to pay a share of the network usage cost.

While the ISP is very user friendly, for net neutrality and open minded, Google and more specifically Youtube, is a totally abnormal situation. Google earns billions in advertisment and don't give a cent to ISP while the traffic of Youtube is largely dominant on networks.

One move the ISP did in the last years is to reduce Youtube traffic bandwidth and claimed the problem was due to a network peering issue. More and more people complained of the problem so that the ISP had probably something to do about it.

It is thus suggested that the ISP might be targetting the revenue source of Google without impairing user experience.

The thing is that Google has probably pushed the shared network usage model beyond its reasoable limit. It kind of make sense to me that the network infrastructure cost should be sharde between producers and consumers. This usually tends to naturally balance and even itself. But with Youtube and Google there is a very strong imbalance regarding network usage and profit making.

If other ISP would make a similar move, this could initiate discussion to find a fair solution.

I doubt The ISP would try to cut revenue of reasonable free web services living from ad revenue, because this is its bread and butter.
The coolest bit is that I can install both of these on my phone and tablet (which is back at home and not with me) right now via the links you just shared without having to interact with either device.
Log in - historious
You are your best client (or how to evaluate a startup you want to join)
Perspective Shift and Living Filters (new Lytro Features)
w3schools is the absolute worst reference for anything css or javascript related. It's filled with antipatterns, unclear descriptions, flat-out inaccuracies, et cetera.

I have it blacklisted from goog results (similarly, experts-exchange)
sorry, missing from my comment (lost in a pre-edit, it seems) was that it looks Fisher-Price to me. I know that plenty of people don't see it that way. Even if nothing else, the big chunky soft buttons seem to jar quite strongly against the thin, sleek, hi-tech look of the hardware to me - while the software and hardware might separately tell their own stories well, to me they don't seem to jive well together.
I don't think that was an attack; Sinofsky says "super excited" a lot.
I have always wondered about that feature, and always think..
- What if two people are looking at it.
- Does it flick on and off as I look around
- Is it using a huge amount of power when ever the screen is on, not only with powering the screen but with powering the camera.
- Can I still use my screen as a light, or does is power off when I face it away from me? (I have a flash light app but it's quicker some times to just use the screen).
- What if I am holding it sideways and cover the camera with my hand.
- What if I am wearing glasses (something that obstructs my eyes)
- What if I put glasses on while looking at the phone?
- What if it's too dark for the camera

I imagine there are enough facts here that made someone like Apple or Google think it's a bad idea. I expect someone in the Samsung marketing department came up with this idea.
It does exactly that, which is why I don't think it belongs on HN. I didn't click on that link to listen to someone I've never heard of complain about a service I've never heard of. I was expecting an intelligent opinion (and in these comments, a discussion) about what exactly "extraordinary support" means.

Anyway, I think you're exactly right.
this article is sick, and a waste of time.
New positioning technology could compete with GPS (Locata)
So is DRM not an issue?

Sounds promising. Thanks for the info.
DNS Firewalls in action: RPZ versus SPAM
Sorry, I 100% disagree with that. As a normal non geek user, she had every reason to think she did have a backup.

Smug experts are of no use to any one, except themselves.
> That said, if you really care about customizability, you can always jailbreak your iPhone ...

* Yes, you can, for now. There are no guarantees this will happen with future versions of iOS.

* If you jailbreak you are forever a fugitive. You can never again just update, you have to wait and make sure it doesn't kill your setup. You can end up losing your warranty, be refused tech support, etc.

* Finally, from a philosophical standpoint, it is absolutely absurd that I should ever have to break something I have paid for to take full ownership of it. I'm OK with the default being locked down, but be like android and give me the checkbox to open up the rest of the world to me (Android devices are certainly not perfect on this front, though).

I agree with the rest of your points. I also have a similar story, but instead of going to OS X, I just started installing Ubuntu and using the defaults without customization. And that's the way I primarily use my devices. I just think it's ridiculous we're even having this discussion about whether people should have full ownership of devices they've paid for.