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So... what about GOG.com? And Kickstarter games? There are plenty of "digital goods" out there that don't have shitty DRM or require company servers to be online to access the content you paid for. Let's not talk about DRM like it's the only option.
iOS 5 implemented delta updates along with ota updates. iTunes updates are the ones which download full binary.
New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729074.600-gang-of-c...

If you don't want to watch a video, here's an excerpt from the American Journal of Primatology: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5118645
That may be true. But 5000 small claims suits would be devastating to their bottom line. Unless they no-show, they have to have a lawyer representing them at each one.

Death by a thousand cuts, indeed.
Also to improve "bootup time", from request to usable: server-rendered templates can be cached, can provide at least visible content before javascript even has to run and can use beefy servers & the like. At that point the client "only" has to do the events binding wiring and it's done.
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Love the design and agree with most of what you had on there, infact I've been following a few of those in my own process for quite sometime now.

Although, I have to say, any reason why a Button Pressed style is missing?

Visual feedback on actions improves usability and avoids interaction ambiguity.
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Hood also sees potential for using nanoparticles with melittin as therapy for existing HIV infections, especially those that are drug-resistant. The nanoparticles could be injected intravenously and, in theory, would be able to clear HIV from the blood stream.
I totally agree with you re: design vs. aesthetics (even went on a tangent about it some weeks ago).

> And I seriously doubt good designers not getting work due to scummy photocopiers grabbing up jobs.

Knowing some very well-known designers, I can assure you that they are losing work. Big companies reach out to these artists about their style and how much it would cost, and after not hearing anything for a few months, these companies magically show up with a new ad campaign or line of t-shirts that looks all-too-familiar. I know a good illustrator that works for a company where he is asked to copy works created by his own friends in the industry. Not all of them are bad at what they do, which is why they are hired instead. It's slimy work, but if you're good at it and can churn them out, it makes for easy income until you can break out on your own. I would wager that a lot of designers begin their careers this way. Some eventually make their way out of it to stand on their own two feet while others get comfortable with the fact that they are essentially paid to plagiarize based on what's hot right now.

> Do we see top developers crying foul about their code being re-used?

This is irrelevant, but when we're talking about front-end stuff, yes. We just saw a witch hunt here the other week. But as far as the rest it's not really comparable; developers are being paid to come up with solutions that work within a set of rules we all have to adhere to given the technologies available. Designers are being paid to come up with solutions that are intentionally unique. Code is on the web as-is, and outside of not giving credit where credit should be due, there's not really much you can do about someone copying a few lines that are part of languages that can only be written effectively so many different ways. With visuals, there really are no rules; how I created my illustration may have been an entirely different way than someone who copied it did, but it doesn't matter because the end product is the same. As we progress into using SVGs for artwork instead of images, it'll be interesting to see how these worlds collide and if we begin diffing code on a large scale to find copycats rather than use tools like TinEye.

While this means that remixing pieces will be easier and I hope that's the direction we go (and embrace), it still means the originals are a simple copy and paste away from being stolen in their full vector glory. Can't wait!
The distinction I think I've seen is that designers are often more inclined to assert ownership of an abstract idea, whereas developers tend to assert ownership of the concrete and often revile the notion of owning ideas.

I say this because (in general), whilst developers would not violate a license or steal code, they would often happily implement the same idea someone else had from scratch without any qualms. You can see this in how the notion of patents are despised in software far more than other industries.

Perhaps for developers, ideas are easy and implementations are hard, whilst for designers the reverse is true.

In any case, copyright is about the concrete. You can't - or at least shouldn't be able to - use the DMCA to prevent people expanding on your ideas or being inspired them. Unless an artifact has been copied, there is no copyright violation.

This seems counter-intuitive to some designers, but at the same time seems obvious to developers.

In this particular case, there is no copying and no copyright violation. That is obvious. There is also as much evidence that FlatUI was inspired by LayerVault's work, as there is that LayerVault was inspired by other work already created.

The DMCA takedown was wrong legally, and strategically, but despite the reaction LayerVault don't seem to realise this. Sadly for them their business will probably suffer for it, and they've probably made FlatUI a lot more popular.
Ask HN:  Where do I learn customer discovery skills
I love building web apps and can build MVP's with the best of them. My problem is that I suck at customer discovery. So I tend to build web MVP's that go no where with little to no feedback.

What tips do you guys have for weekend entrepreneurs like me who want to build web apps but suck at customer discovery?
Yes, but I buy phones every two years and I'd rather know I'm getting the top technology available at the time when I make my purchase.

The N4 is lacking LTE. Maybe not a dealbreaker for some, but it is for me.
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Yeah and so does chlorine bleach.
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I agree. When we got to the sms records part I was getting ready for the corruption angle wondering whether they were fabricated. However, there was absolutely no indication that the he even questioned their authenticity... instead he goes on to make some incredulous story to explain them... Clearly he thinks he's much smarter than anyone else in the room.
I use it. The main downside is that you need to manually disable quite a few Eclipse key bindings in order to have a goodVin experience.
Ha! Thanks, I'll get right on that :-)
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This is probably relevant:

1. Download VNC Viewer for Google Chrome to a Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX, or Linux computer, or to a Chromebook or Chromebox with an Intel processor (support for ARM processors coming soon).
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Man, Ultima Online was so good. I would love to see this.

And corpse-looting gave PvP adrenaline rushes and was something that UO did really well. Without that huge sense of having something to lose, the fights become meaningless and stale. Like in gambling.
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It's an interesting question, to say the least. Firefox OS makes much of the fact that its apps will run in the browser, but is there any provision for installing native code? Without it, there can be no alternate engines, and thus no real browser choice.

Or is some other avenue for browser choice planned?
Google never liked the idea of buying company for patents. They always said that the money would be better spent on engineering. Unfortunately the patent war is something no one can escape from.
Heroku finally supports Resque correctly
Interesting perspective.

Charlie Miller teased about it and a conversation involving i0n1c ensued:

https://twitter.com/0xcharlie/status/310018569058525184
Also, 'television' is not a word.
CPU usage and memory consumption are cut by a third at worst and cut in half at best, personally I find that to be pretty compelling. It's a minor performance improvement but it's basically free.
What is wrong with the Minecraft? The game has a blocky style to it. The artistic direction of the game suits it perfectly.

The issue I have is that this game appears to have no graphical style or artistic direction. It looks like an incredibly generic low poly-count 3d game.

Sure these are only prototypes but surely you wouldn't get this far into development with models completely unrelated to the finished product?
Very nice. It's amazing what you can build these days. One hopes that we'll see that power applied to some really ground breaking Science Fiction in independent movies (the mainstream guys seem unwilling to experiment with some of the more interesting stories). One of my roommates in college was making movies in his spare time, I would love to see what he would have done with these kinds of tools.
I almost downvoted you because you said "Or Jewish people are just more outspoken?" which sounds a bit like "Or are they asking for it?" but I decided it was probably just a communication problem.

There are lots of books on this topic. "Why the Jews" is supposed to be good. There's also "Antisemitism Explained" by Dr. Steven Baum, my former psychiatrist, which I would expect to take a deep psychological analysis (but I haven't read it).
> Because buying a company and shut it down for strategy purposes is exactly why people were so mad of Microsoft on 90's.

Straw man. Microsoft bought companies and shut them down to eliminate competition. That is evil. It also strategic, but it doesn't make any "acquisition to shut down for strategic purposes" evil.
I have no doubts the drug lords can up with plety of 'innovations' if they wanted to start abusing sailboat cruisers on a large scale. Short of ending the insane war on drugs the best thing to hope for is other tech being more economical (UUV as you mention) or disruptive of the entire system (3D printing of drugs).
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You're thinking of Pwn2Own. Pwnium has always required disclosure, while Pwn2Own only required full disclosure for the first time this year.

And $150,000 is actually getting quite close to what you could make for an exploit of a browser on the black market, especially with all those Java and Flash plugins still running all over the world, depressing exploit prices as long as they're available.
Oh, so you aren't okay with charging a single uber-fraudster until all the little guys are safely put away. That's handy.

While I agree that the little guys committed crimes too the bankers were ALSO in a position of power AND have a duty to protect their clients AND engaged in an on-going conspiracy to commit fraud. I'd be pissed if someone tried to cheat me on EBay, I'd be livid if I discovered my banker had intentionally been giving me bad advice because he profited on every dollar I lost.

The difference in scale between these things is so monumental that it makes your comment seem absurd.
beautiful! but how does it work? can we look at the source without decompilation?
What would you say about a typeface like Helvetica? I'd say its greatness largely is derived from universality, not exclusivity.
Does anybody have a break-down by device? I'm interested in knowing how many active older iPads and iPhones are used these days.
What a dangerous thing to post to Hacker News :-)
http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store
Yeah, they were pretty explicit that KS is for funding projects and not really a pre-order system. http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store
You destroy meaning if you confuse the two different usages of the word.

When describing drug cartels, "cartel" means "mafia"

When describing the oil cartel, "cartel" means "monopolistic syndicate"

There is no comparison between OPEC and Los Zetas.

You shouldn't have even brought OPEC into this.
Weird, looking at the manifest, I see it asks for permission for "socket": [ "tcp-connect::" ], but when I try to use that in my own app, I get the message "socket" permissions are only allowed for packaged apps.

I am quite frustrated by the confusing mix of extensions vs "legacy" apps vs "hosted" apps vs the newfangled "packaged" apps. The chrome web store is extremely confusing and the documentation is all over the place.
> they would often happily implement the same idea someone else had from scratch without any qualms

There is only one MD5. There is only one preorder traversal of a binary tree. Creativity is essential, but unless you do those kinds of things the same way as everyone else, you're doing them wrong and will get the wrong results.
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We have a ton of work from amazing companies who are starting up and testing the market with their ideas. And we help them find out if its worth pushing ahead or try to find something else. Some of our clients have raised money and featured in the press. Others have successful businesses. Some discover that its worth trying something else.

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You are clever, able to communicate complex concepts clearly. You can handle a huge load, and find a way to elegantly solve the business need. You know when to ask more questions. Where to look for answers. You know how to talk to a client whether it be the secretary or the owner. You enjoy sharing with colleagues.

You want to participate in the new economy working wherever you happen to be, as long as you have a good internet connection and some quiet space to video chat or share screen to do a code review.

You want to create ! There is a magic in understanding the complexity that reality requires and crafting a delightful interface that has the users remarking how easy it is to use.

You know how to communicate - whether it is the spoken word, written word, or drawings. It's all about making distinctions that add value to the process.

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That's not quite accurate. iOS exploits are worth a lot, bit OS X exploits are not worth as much. There is no relation between the two in terms of value. It's also much easier to write OS X exploits than it is to write Windows exploits in general. Windows has always been far ahead of OS X in terms of mitigations.

Safari on OS X is considered a soft target compared to the other browsers. It is the least difficult and has the fewest users. That is why the payout is less.
Here's two more. Marco Arment also used to share his stats on a regular basis, but unfortunately he hasn't done so in almost a year.

http://chitika.com/ios-version-distribution

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ios-6-now-on-300-mill...
That's very interesting. Could you point me to some article explaining the reasons behind it?
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The condescending mediocrity crisis
Uhm, do you know you can do a post to a mailto: action with your form contents? The browser will open your email client the same as a mailto link.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_for...
Consistency. I use the system packages right now and Ubuntu does some tricks with the config that I'm used to.
AWS Redshift, it's all about data compression
Question is how is France going to reconcile being stuck in the 20th century?
I am a big fan of permadeath - in video games, not real life! Ramp up fast, die fast, no grind - that's the way I like it; Spelunky really taught me the value of this design.
I want to sign in with GitHub and see my projects run.
http://www.wufoo.com/examples/#contactform or a google docs form maybe.
You have a fantastic vocabulary. It's a shame you have so little to say.
fork it! they can't stop us all!
I had this experience at my first and only internship in NYC. Now I work there as a full-time engineer. It's really the only way to go.
This website is horrendous. While opening the page, a overlay banner flashes across the content area at snail speed but high enough that I cannot accurately click the close button while it's moving (well i can try but I'm risking clicking on the actual ad itself). It took a total of 10 seconds for it to completely cross the page before I was able to start reading the content.

I think this kind of ad serves absolutely no purpose. Even if I wanted to read it before I wouldn't now, and it totally killed the website's credibility for me.
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TeamViewer works great - but I share the same concerns. It seems too good to be true, which makes me wonder what I'm sacrificing as a user.
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Someone should really spend a second thinking about what use that API with that behavior is to developers. And then not implement it anyway, because it's not in the spec.
Seems unlikely, unless very smart people spend their time in nonobvious places.

(FWIW I went to quite possibly the best university in the world, and while my jobs since then have all been programming I've seen a wide variety of industries - and in one case, dealt with clients from many more. Apart from anything else, sheer sample size suggests I should've met at least a few of the very smart people by now. (That said I have met at least four people who were definitely smarter than me, and several more who might have been, which possibly doesn't put me in the category you're describing))
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Really? Everything is modeled by a person? I thought it was done with magic.

I haven't heard of programmer art. Why would a programmer work on models? Perhaps the game demo is using stock models or something but it seems strange that you would have prototypes and a demo like this with no artistic direction implemented.

I am not sure what exactly you think this has in common with Minecraft.
It's been years, at least - maybe from the beginning? I just tried a small program with a lambda inside a member function. Works fine, generates IL like:

IL_0001: ldarg.0
IL_0002: ldsfld class [mscorlib]System.Func`2<int32,int32> test.Program::'CS$<>9__CachedAnonymousMethodDelegate1'
IL_0007: brtrue.s IL_001c
// create and store delegate
IL_001c: Load delegate from field and call

F# will do neat stuff like completely eliminate the lambda, if you're only using it locally. It even does some constant detection across functions, so it can calculate constant functions at compile time. But if not, F# will create a new closure object every time.
Exactly my point. It's going to be possible to get by, but hard to integrate into dutch society and social life. That's just how it is in every country. Let's be realistic here.

Take Norway for instance, everybody loves to speak English but you'd really need to learn Norwegian to fully enjoy living there for years on end.
As an aside, I wonder how much of his sentence has to do with his British lineage, and bitterness over the Falklands War. It seems a little odd for prosecution and the authorities to display little leniency or empathy, and understanding those undertones, it gives me a bit of the us-vs.-them heebie-jeebies.
Having played simcity as much as the servers have allowed since launch, there are definitely a number of online tie-ins. I'm sure they could have done it with player run servers or LAN type connectivity, but it removes the social aspect of the game. I rather line being able to look at the leader board, then load the cities listed there to see what they look like.

Playing with a few friends in a region is a pretty cool idea, though there are fewer interactions as I would have liked, there are still a lot.

Their server connectivity is definitu beyond just DRM, but it's hard to say how they could have done their design without the server aspect.
Cigarettes are legal and regulated, yet vast amounts are smuggled into the UK from France, and very many cigarettes in the UK are counterfeit.
I understand that the scale might be an issue, but I really think you are worrying about it too early.

1st, Google will likely transfer all IP to a subsidiary which they own all the equity to.

2nd, If a lawsuit takes place and it is a specific make/model of car and it is due to world wide failures, it will likely take down 1 manufacturer, not the whole industry.

3rd, in the event that situation does raise risk profiles of automakers (more likely represented by higher require rates of returns for stock investors over insurance premiums), there will still be somebody who will try it. The reason is that if someone succeeds, they will have 100% of the market while everyone else will have 0% of the market for cars.

4th, if Google's subsidiary is sued and goes bankrupt, the IP will be sold in an IP auction which will likely go to someone else who will create self driving cars.

The end game is self driving cars, how we get there is anyone's guess, but edge cases will be handled by courts. I can't imagine any scenario which cannot be resolved.

In the event all scenarios fail, legislators will hopefully step in and create an imperfect, but practical framework.
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"The first group that we'll roll out to is the cars that drive your children. Cheers!"

Interesting, if not very threatening
I'm not sure this is absolutely true. Years ago I installed an app on my iPhone (Now Playing, a movie times app). That app was removed from the store years ago by the author. Recently I bought an iPad and if I go to "purchased/not on this iPad" in the App Store on the iPad, the app still shows as available for download. You can't search and find it in the store though.

Maybe it still shows because all my devices are iCloud backed up and I never removed it from my iPhone.
This is known as "the halting problem". A very fundamental problem to computer science. There are some clever strategies used to minimize this issue, but it currently has no solution.
He was rich. He spent most of his money fulfilling his lifelong dream to go into space. (His dad was an astronaut...) He has a half-built "castle" in Austin which he had to stop building because of his space endeavor. He hasn't had a successful game in a long time. Since UO, really. He may have gotten some money from NCSoft lawsuit / settlement recently but I don't remember which way it went.
I used to use VNC viewer with ssh tunneling, I wonder if there is a way to do that with this extension...
Switched to NX, but didn't set up the web viewer yet, so this would be an easy way to work on the road if could do ssh tunnel.