skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You say "Installing Linux is really easy", but in my experience installing Linux on a Mac is really involved. It could be the case that it has become easier. Would you say it has become significantly easier with newer models?

There are some instructions for installing Ubuntu on a Mac here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleInt...

It involves installing a bootloader (rEFIt, which starts GRUB), partitioning in OSX, partitioning in Linux and variants for different possible desired outcomes. After this, one should consider model-specific instructions for getting more details right (See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro)

Finally, in my experience, it will be a little off. The trackpad won't act just right, the backlight of the screen will have full brightness when starting X, etc. ("Thunderbolt Support Still Has Problems On Linux", December 2012 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI1M...)

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Is this what you consider "really easy"? Does it fulfill the requirement "The hardware must work well with linux"?

As far as I can tell it isn't, and it doesn't, but please enlighten me if you disagree :)
My favorite options are the Air (11 / 13) and Thinkpad x220.

Other options include Thinkpad x230 (newer than the x220) but worse keyboard, x1 Carbon, Dell XPS, Chromebook Pixel, Asus and Samsung.

I ended up buying both an Air 11 (my own money) and a x220 (my employer). Both machines are really well supported under Linux (most hardware is Intel). The only drawback is their low resolution screen, which IMHO is not a dealbreaker given how small they are.

I manage to achieve 5-6W in both, which leads to stunning battery peformance. This requires some powertop monitoring and some simple tweaks.

x220 is great because it is serviceable, has an IPS screen, a full keyboard, a non-ULV processor, better connectivity, and a more sturdy design.

The Air has a much better touchpad, is more silent, and comes with a blazing fast SSD from Toshiba (64 or 128 versions).
The point is that what something was designed for is irrelevant compared to what it ends up being used for.

A steak knife is designed to cut meat during a pleasant, community event: eating dinner together. I can still use it to kill you.
I recommend 'The E-Myth Revisited' by Michael Gerber. An oldie but a goldie.
While I don't have one, I've been researching the NP740U3E.
well we kind of need this to provide rich text editor for node attachments... This is how you can see it in action

http://blog.mindmup.com/p/working-with-attachments.html
This has nothing to do with open source. It's just a consequence of living in a warmongering superpower. Considering that a good percentage of America's GDP goes towards killing brown people overseas, just about every economic action you take as an American is contributing towards killing people. If you extend certain moral frameworks far enough, just living in America is an evil act.
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Looks like this could be really useful, nice work. Unfortunately I'm not having any luck entering text on my iOS6 iPhone.
It runs fine (i haven't tried many multitouch gestures).

Most hardware is Intel (except wireless card, which is a b43, also supported).

With a few simple tweaks I can achieve equal or better battery consumption than OS X.
How is the performance on iPad? Do you guys do full strength testing on iPad etc.? It would be great if it can be optimized for other device browser as well. Good job. Keep it coming.
I sympathize a lot with what was written. I grew up on the Nintendo consoles (my father got an NES from my mom for their first anniversary, which was less than a year before I was born). I really enjoyed playing games straight through my N64 I had as a young teen. But games after that lost a lot of appeal.

At the time I thought it was because I was growing up and just wasn't into it any more. Sure, I used to think spending hours playing Super Mario RPG, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo Kazooie, or Megaman X was a fun afternoon. Maybe I just grew up.

But there have been a few games that have come out since that I have really, truly enjoyed. Games like Psychonauts, Portal, Pikmin, and maybe a few other non-P games (e.g., Twilight Princess which is a half-P). Increasingly I have begun to feel like I didn't stop loving games, the games I loved just didn't exist anymore or were too hard to find.

I like using a controller. I like playing something I laugh at. I like playing something that stitches together a few basic motions/controls in complex ways to challenge me. I like playing games that are fun with friends or fun for friends to watch you play.

So for now, I mostly try and keep an eye on indie games that are cheap on Steam that work well with an Xbox 360 controller (which is really quite nice) on my Mac Mini. Occasionally I come across something fun and well done. But whereas I could rattle off 50 games I would love to play with my kids one day that I consider "classic", almost none of them were created post-Xbox. That's a shame.
What about the gang-related murders and gun violence in the "black" regions of cities? The multiple school shootings which happen EVERY YEAR in the US? And still nothing, absolutely NOTHING happens on the weapons control laws?

I can't even remember when the last gun-related school shooting was here in Germany.
1. Store buys TV. -$7000

2. Store sells TV. +$10000, subtotal: +$3000

3. Store pays chargeback. -$10000' subtotal: -$7000

You can't double count the TV, and IMO, you can't count the potential profit loss either, as that's covered once the store buys a replacement TV for inventory. There are fees on top of the above, but the store is out the COGS and fees, not double the COGS, plus the margin.
Please, let us know which one you chose
My work (and hobbies) involve lots of linux specific programming. Most of the things (but not all) can be done on MacOS, but almost always linux is the better tool for me, getting my work done. Developing blindly on MacOS, not knowing whether (and how) will it run on linux can't be as good as developing on EXACTLY the same OS that will later run the production version. Using exactly the same (to the exact version) diagnostics tools as on the production server is a thing that I prefer. Especially having seen bugs that only show up on specific versions of the platforms.

Sorry if my previous comment was rude. Didn't mean to.
hah good catch, now to figure out how to do redirects in S3.
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I work for Google and don't think anyone alone can bring this amount of value alone, knowing well that every decision is taken very collectively. There are some many in this article that doesn't fit Google's work culture.
I also went to take a look at the X1c in a local store, and I was ready to purchase it. Looking at it, however, I couldn't get over how poor the display really looked. Everything was washed out with light blue. It drove me crazy even in the store.

After going home and doing some research,[1] it became obvious that the screens were mis-calibrated out of the factory.

If you do go with the X1c, make sure you either get a color calibrator or find the color profile ahead of time.

[1]: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Update-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X... (check the display section)
Sales guys and top product guys are more visible, and therefore have higher incomes and bigger bonuses. It's just how it works.
Show HN: OpenPics - Open source iOS app for viewing images from remote sources
for ipad and iphone, the toolbar has to move down otherwise the screen jumps around all the time. this isn't part of the widget as we wanted to keep styling out, but you can see it in action by going to http://www.mindmup.com , selecting any node and clicking on the paperclip icon in the tools menu (or on desktop pressing A on the keyboard).

We move the box to the top of the screen and resize it so that a mobile keyboard can fit in, also moving the toolbar to the bottom.
From the sounds of your battery usage, you don't run linux on your macbook air, so recommending it is rather strange.
I got an HP EliteBook Folio 9470m at work (not my personal choice), but I though I should share my impressions.

I was genuinely impressed by the fact that this is the only ultrabook I've seen with a swappable battery. Yes!

The ultrabook in itself is fine, and the build quality is excellent. 8gb of ram, 256gb SSD, HD4000 graphics. I wasn't able to boot the latest ubuntu with EFI, but "hibrid" boot works just fine. Basically there's not a lot of hardware variation in terms of ultrabooks, so everything works more or less correctly. I was personally able to work for 5 hours on the battery (I'm a developer, so you can imagine my workload as slightly higher than average browsing).

I do have some remarks:

- The keyboard is generally good enough, but I've always found HP keyboards to be sloppy compared to ThinkPads, and this is also true for this ultrabook.
- The touchpad is ok (synaptics), but the touchpad buttons are crap, like all HP I've ever used. HP doesn't seem to get buttons. When you hear the click it doesn't mean you have clicked. Wake-up HP, I've been using elitebooks since the '90 and this HAS NOT changed!
- Not a fan of the "nipple" in the middle of the keyboard, wastes space for the key.
- Useless fingerprint scanner, like most HPs.

Both points are moot if you are fine with HPs in general, since this is absolutely equal to any other HP elitebook.

- Some problems with the latest iwlwifi driver (some panics during network scanning in the last weeks), though hardly an HP-only problem.

Comes preloaded with Windows 8, which was easy to zap. Run-time on battery between linux/win8 was equal after for me, contrarily to what other people mention. I used windows 8 for about two weeks (to give it a spin), using Visual Studio, etc. 5 hours of work on battery is the longest I've ever had so far for a laptop. Being able to have a spare battery is a big plus.
Another way to achieve this effect:

hr {
background-image:
linear-gradient(left,rgba(195,195,195,0),rgba(195,195,195,1),rgba(195,195,195,0)),
linear-gradient(left,rgba(255,255,255,0),rgba(255,255,255,1),rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-position:0 0,0 1px;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-size:100% 1px,100% 3px;
border:0;
height:4px;
}

Fallback is non-existent for browsers that don't support linear gradients, but it has the advantage of automatically working with any background color.

Not a criticism of the original solution - just offering an alternative approach to the problem.
Google has found PL PhDs very versatile I guess. Many of their top people are in PL, so it could also just be a top down hiring bias.

I'd be weary taking just any job in VM/compilers, much of it is quite tedious and boring for a PhD. Intel used to have compiler groups filled with PhDs, Sun also. Them there are smaller companies like coverity.
I recommend buying a piece-of-shit Dell and putting an aftermarket SSD + memory in there. Personally, I develop on cheap Dell slammed full of RAM running a Linux VM inside of Windows. I know the 'cool' kids aren't into Dell and Windows and all that but you can get a faster machine for less money if you stay away from Apple.

Unless you are running a server, there is no reason to be running Linux directly on your hardware. You can, of course, but it's not a good idea.

I'm not a Mac fanboy so take that for what you will. I look at these fanboy 'bro' developers running around with overpriced hardware and laugh. You might not have the same reaction.
Messing around with grub is always going to be painful, but this guide[1] worked decently for me and I've not had any driver problems (the backlit keyboard doesn't work very well, but I don't really care enough to fix it)

[1] - http://lifehacker.com/5531037/how-to-triple+boot-your-mac-wi...
I have to admit that especially in Germany there is a huge, huge bias (from our news media) towards pointing the USA as a nation of radical right-wing retards.

US-related news here is mainly about: Tea Party, gun violence, wars, more Tea Party, corruption and dumbness on both popular parties, sheer political idiocy (sequester), and a record amount of bigotry throughout the society.

To the USA: deal with your external image before starting to whine when other people laugh at you.
This decision is purely a function of cost, portability, features.
And you might have to compromise on something, be prepared.

My choice: Asus Ultrabooks.

In my case, I couldn't afford a Macbook Air, (I badly wanted a MAC, I couldn't buy with my budget, but just somehow managed to get an ASUS Ultrabook with EMI's)

About Asus Ultrabooks--

Compared to MAC's:

- They are much much cheaper, ( almost half the price) not compromising on the build quality, comes with Aluminium Chassis.

- Has 24GB SSD, Hybrid storage with 750GB HDD( you can configure SSD, and install important apps)

- Excellent MAC like Keyboards.

- Suggestion: Get an 8GB extra RAM, everything works smooth.

- Finally excellent battery life, 4hrs guaranteed with 4cells, if you are looking more get 8cells, but pay extra.

Good luck. :)
>Wolfenstein and Doom were simple, playful, colorful.

You were in middle school when Halo came out, so I can be fairly certain you were too young to remember Wolfenstein and Doom being released. And you're completely wrong. Those games were not simple and playful and colorful. They were gory, and violent, and brutal and complex. I had to play them when my parents weren't paying attention because of the excessive gore and satanic overtones. Doom was not some simple little game, it introduced the concept of circle strafing and multi-level enemies in FPS.

>The jittery feeling of older games, where every shot counts and you always have to be on the lookout for your opponent

Ha, really? Quake introduced the term run-and-gun. You didn't make every shot count, you just fired a barrage of rockets and bullets all towards your enemies.

>Halo was "grittier" and less silly than previous shooters had been

Yeah, demons from hell with miniguns for arms and blood dripping off their fangs are super silly. And the those Covenant grunts run around comically when you throw a sticky grenade to them... so gritty.
Thanks for your directorial feedback. Do you actually have anything to say about the concept or the product itself?
lenovo x220 for me - I got a new one for £500 from ebay with 16gb memory.

Then installed a 2nd HDD (msata) to run linux.

Only problem is not full HD.
You might also want to check out http://GeoKone.NET, which is kinda similar, but not trying to imitate the original spirograph. But I hear many people have compared the two.

GeoKone is much more complex though and allows much more flexible geometry to be created.
I run both Linux and OSX, but yes, my battery usage isn't as good under linux, but it still sits at around 5+ hours
Why would you use a touchpad if you have a trackpoint?
Get used to the trackpoint: less fatigue, faster and more exact control of the cursor and more ergonomic since your fingers pretty much stay on the homerow = less wrist movement (unless you use your thumb).
Keeping things in perspective
Conscientious objection within a system is not hypocritical. That's how actual change begins. Movements generally arise through disobedience to immoral laws and through an appeal to the reason and compassion of others. It's unintellectual to presuppose the validity, morality, and consistency of the actions of others based on divergent false equivalencies.

There is currently only centralized, pooled, coercive funding. Certain institutions (e.g. war industries and monopolistic entities) are disproportionately backed by forced funding. Certain road contracting is also backed by forced funding. It's illogical to suggest that a conscientious objector to the war industry is therefore being hypocritical by using roads. They are, as it happens, trapped within a system where the only alternative would be to refrain from using roads, which itself is a highly oppressive suggestion and a predicament many people find worth conscientiously rejecting. The funding of roads and the funding of unethical industries are not mutually inclusive. These are the types of moral imperatives that most discriminatory and anti-humanitarian policies have imposed on people throughout history.

Wiser is the one who asks why and listens. Many things that appear hypocritical are, in actuality, the superficial understanding of a much deeper dilemma taking place.
Based on the good reviews, I got a Zenbook Prime (UX31A).

I really didn't like the keyboard. Shift-insert, normally a right-hand-only operation, became a both-hands operation (I had to hit Fn with my left hand). There were other keyboard layout problems, and I just didn't like the feel. My typos went way up.

I ended up selling it and getting a ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
Why not use virtualization?
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Have you actually used a 14" laptop with a 1600x900 screen? When I got the X1 Carbon, I was worried that I was giving up a higher resolution screen in order to get a ThinkPad ultrabook. But I've found that even 1600x900 is actually too high a resolution for me, without scaling. For example, I've got HN scaled right now to 125%. A friend of mine has an ASUS ultrabook (the Zenbook Prime UX31A) with a 1080p screen and it was impossible to read anything on it, the text was so tiny.

You can read about my experiences with the X1 Carbon here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848375

I'm typing on that same laptop right now and loving it.
> and biking is a misdemeanor downtown

What? I see people biking downtown all the time. Is it really?
Does hibernation or maybe even some kind of hybryd-sleep works well for you?
I think it's because a lot of his humor is self-deprecating, so many of his jokes are "on" him.
Hotlinking raw.github.com assets has a rate limit. The demo is not working properly (apparently because of jquery.hotkeys.js).
Nice trick :) I have already tried before, and I can confirm this. It's a great way to clean computer.
A good introductory article. It may not belong in the article itself but I would briefly mention web workers, so you don't block the UI while running some of the more complicated filters.
FYI, the toolbar buttons change size on hover, it's a little distracting. It looks like they're getting thicker borders on the sides.
Come on ... be real ... america spends roughly 600 B USD on military and related stuff. And they kill what 200-300K of civilians and combatants overseas per year top.

So this means that a brown person's life costs the government what 3 million USD per person to take. That is grossly inefficient. I am sure that if they just offer the dictators and warlords the money directly to kill their own populace they will manage to bring down the bill to 10K per person.

The goal of the US military is not to kill people (it is just not good enough) or defend the country (there is no real threat and terrorism is a joke) - it is to waste GDP in the best Orwellian way possible in which it excels.
Same - windows offers reliability, especially when your hardware drivers get forgotten when they no longer work with updated software and updated kernel down the road.

I run CLI Arch Linux in a VM and use samba for shared folders. Usually I just end up coding right in the SSH terminal. You also develop good habits when it comes to deploying to a production environment, plus capable of managing multiple environments and keeping them separate.

Edit: BUT, for Ultra Books, I am looking at buying an Asus Zenbook Touch UX31A with an i5. Top quality build and nice keyboard, has great reviews. The Dell XPS ultrabook looks good too, but doesn't have the same quality as the Asus.
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Why stop at $100M? A company worth $250B could justify $50B salaries following this argument. And the same exact argument can justify outrageous salaries for traders who gamble huge amount of money that's not theirs. Yes, large losses/profits depend on their actions but it's unclear how much of that depends on their skills. A lot has to do with chance or market dynamics that nobody really grasps. And if they win, they win big bonuses, but if they lose, at worst they lose their job.

For traders, Daniel Kahneman has shown that they have no skills whatsoever (see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/magazine/dont-blink-the-ha...). I do believe that CEOs have some skills but the expected value of these skills is much lower than the potential impact of their decisions. Having been a company owner, I have learned that how CEO decisions are executed (by all the other people in the company who don't make outrageous salaries) is often much more important than the decisions themselves.
ok. one of the key things about the widget is that it doesn't impose styling on you, so you can use whatever you want for the toolbar.

I'll look into why the demo bootstrap style is doing that.
Between 1-5% of the population doesn't have stereo-vision (I'm one of them, maybe so are you). The most common reason is that the eyes were misaligned when we were children, so the brain learned to use only one of them at a time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyopia#Strabismic_amblyopia
Absolutely. It was the PlayStation that first marketed itself as the system for hardcore gamers.
Hmm, interesting. Where I live (Europe), Zenbooks are almost the same price as Macbook Air.
I wouldn't define Portal as a "shooter"; it's a puzzles game which happens to use a weapon-shaped tool.
Why not publish MAN itself
It's also doing it on the http://www.mindmup.com/ homepage. 0.o
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Martha, regardless whether this is or isn't a con, I honestly think the only right thing to do would be to take that money and invest it in a local, honest and well-run charity to help the people starving and going blind and dying because they are lacking even the most basic vital medical care - not far from where you are.

Because I have no idea how you justify asking people for donations for a nice NYC trip when you could actually pick up all the skills for your "cause" right from where you are over the internet and for free - while people are dying right where you live. Do your high-up-the-Maslow-hierarchy needs take precedence over them starving? And if they do, it is yet another small drop in the ocean of tears that unfortunately left big parts of Africa in the desolate state they currently are in.

I know this isn't an easy decision because hey, everybody wants to go to NYC like that, and I am sure you are going to say with all that knowledge you can make Africa a little better then in the future. Well, you can do that now and you can pick up all those skills for free without going anywhere and you could be making Africa a little better right this very moment while learning how to make things even better in the future. Be a hero like that.
Or you take your own slightly egoistic dreams over the needs of others and you would just be another proverbial "brick in the wall". Others see you doing that, they are going to ask themselves why they should do anything for others when they can just further their own personal needs under the blanket of "charitable" actions.

If anything, you should never have asked for money but asked the hacker community to help you out with skills and knowledge or e.g. (used) hardware donations. That would have gotten you much more towards your proclaimed "goal" and with more ethical integrity.
> Sure there is. Someone can sell insurance, and you can choose to pay for it.

Some assumptions:
1. Bitcoin insurance is a viable business;
2. People will trust the insurer.
I'm not sure what bias you're suggesting. It was a softball question to bring out Louis CK's talking about work as be often does. But, it seems unfair taken at face value. Which did you mean?
Bitcoin is about convention
I have an x220 but I haven't been able to get the power consumption that low. I have tried quite a few things. Could you suggest a link/reference/method please?