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What you note can be fixed on modern smartphones.

I'm on the treadmill and I just missed a call. I'd really like to know who it's from. That info could be on my HUD, but instead I have to grab my phone, hit the power button, swipe to unlock it, and swipe down from the notification bar.

Put more notification info on the lockscreen.

I'm at a party, and a friend is demonstrating his juggling skills. I could snap a quick picture or take a video in a heartbeat if I had Glass. Since I don't, I have to go through the smartphone activation checklist again; take phone out of pocket, power button, swipe. Launch the camera app. Aim. But now I've missed the moment. I'm holding a brick in the air while the rest of my friends are applauding.

On WP there is a dedicated camera button that you hold for half-a-second and it immediately launches the camera.

Damn, my car won't start - and unlike my dad, I've never been much of a mechanic. If I had Glass, I could give him a call and he could see through my eyes from 1000 miles away. Instead I'm cradling my phone on my shoulder while I'm leaning into the engine, looking for a relay box. I don't know what that is, or what it looks like. He says it should be somewhere on the left?

You can use your phone for this today. In fact in many ways its better, because you can wrap your arm around corners that you can't reach your head.

I'm sure we will figure out great use cases in the future, but I don't think these are them.
I think you need to look up the definition of "immigrant." You clearly do not understand what it means.
If you only want job creators to come to the country - how about just creating a visa to only allow that. On this visa, you can come to the US to consult, open a barber shop, found a startup, etc but you cannot work for anyone else.
That part's true; Finland does have relatively short prison sentences and heavy use of parole and prison alternatives, in line with the rest of the Nordic countries.
It would be good to convert all prices to a single currency, I understand these change daily but I'm sure you could find a real time quote to track/use.

I like the design a lot, very clean. Hats off!
Not only that, but I have heard people say that for compute (code generation) bound tests that are single threaded GCCGO does better; however, if you run code with many goroutines (which most Go programs have) the standard Go compiler is faster.

As of 1.1 Go code generation is also drastic improved. I would love to see Go 1.0.3 vs Go 1.1 vs GCCGO tests with a wide sample of programs.
Try instituting an expiration policy on your logs. Have addresses expire after some set amount of time. It might be a few hours, days, or weeks - whatever you determine to be the necessary time to prevent abuse.
My comment is about the suggestion of lights as a technical solution in past comment threads. It's not about the etiquette suggestions in this article.
23-year-old releases new chips that 'mine' Bitcoins 50 times faster
This is important as one of the motivations behind Go is fast compilation.
This is a tactic that can work. Though it requires the capacity to learn. And often the answer will be "no, you're wrong, study the topic / read the FAQ / read the manpage".
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_manipulation
Enroll on first boot? Like literally the first time the laptop is powered on it siphons keys from the OS? That seems... counterintuitive.

Plus, it really doesn't solve the issue we're talking about. If it enrolls on boot then:

- system UEFI keys are modifiable (just like they are now)

- if you boot Windows 8 first, you're screwed... unless you can change the keys.... like you can now.

So even if they pre-enroll, you still have the exact same problem -- will the OEM/UEFI designer allow you to enroll keys or disable SecureBoot entirely?

Personally, I understand your worry 100% but I think it's needlessly paranoid. I simply don't see OEMs going for this, and even if they do, there will be models simply sold without the Windows 8 sticker or what not.
That's a real concern, yeah. With a technology like this, abuses can have a huge negative impact on people who otherwise have need of it to go about their daily lives.

I think if cochlear implants were mass-market for people who weren't born deaf, we'd probably already be facing some of the same social problems there - if it was widespread and common that people just carried around recording devices in their skulls, and anything you said anywhere could be recorded and replayed without your knowledge or permission, and it was common, that'd probably make people pretty paranoid. The introduction of smartphones and other commodity recording devices has already caused a problem here - with stories of police officers/military confiscating or damaging phones that are being used to record their acts, etc.

To a degree this isn't something unique to Glass, it's just the first time we've had a theoretically mass-market device come out that aims to make recording truly ubiquitous and non-obvious.
Wait, someone who doesn't use a technology full time doesn't understand it and thinks it's a hack? News at 11.
What's low? Need it be pure? What tools do you get? Can you spend money?
So the same coded version of Office works on your tablet and phone and the UI adapts properly? That's pretty impressive.

I wasn't implying desktop designers hard code everything -- but in fact many of them do or make assumptions that the app will NEVER be used on anything smaller than even the absurdly small 800x600. We're talking about mobile apps, responsiveness, the cost/benefit of targetting multiple devices with one app vs six native apps.
Scandium?
> You're missing the point ...

I really don't think I am, but perhaps it's an incompatibility in the way you're sending and I'm receiving.

TSA screenings work when not circumvented. When circumvented, you can bring a wide variety of weapons aboard a plane. Red lights on wearable computing devices work when not circumvented. When circumvented, your can record surreptitiously. They seem quite similar to me.

> If I add a red light that works by default ...

If I add a screening process that works by default ...

> Most strangers may not know you can disable the light ... so they won't worry ...

Like most people don't know that it's possible to get bombs through TSA checkpoints, so they don't worry. You're making the analogy more clear, not less.
I´ve been doing this manually for years, great job. Just include amazon.es please ;). It would be interesting to have the possibility to change the shipping option. Shipping from amazon.com with the cheapest option takes a month or more to reach Spain, so sometimes is better to pay a bit more to avoid that.
I've been working remotely (alone) for the past year, it's great, I'm productive and focused, and I have tons of freedom to do what I want when I want.

While it's true, I do need social interaction, I don't need to be "around people" in order to work, in fact I work more efficiently when I'm alone.

Instead of the effort and lost efficiency of a "workplace", it's much easier to participate in clubs and organizations outside of work to get socialization.
Eh who writes that wiki? Generally there are still groups of explorers they are just now called theorycrafters. They are the ones who figure out that if you get an eye of Dalmatia and a sword of truth you have no attack delay or whatever.

Because there are no real permanent consequences in most MMOs it has become mostly a matter of optimizing for speed.
It's stupid to say dumb shit just to get beaten down for it (the best people will not beat you down, but either ignore you or challenge you to think). But you shouldn't be afraid to speak your mind, always with your ears open.
The economy will never be fully automated, if only because of demand for authentically human-created goods and services.
I'm not speaking of city tracks, where the rails are integrated with the pavement. I'm talking about tracks where they have ties in the center, and using concrete in the center between the rails to create a path.

Also, I'm not implying using it for high-speed trains and bike trails at the same time. I'm suggesting being able to go back to use of the paths for trains, and not tearing the tracks out.
In other words... RTFM :) sometimes we all need to be reminded to do that.
Easy community? I used to play MUDs as a teenager, but I don't really remember why.
The first screen on the app store shows the movement control: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mudrammer-a-modern-mud-clien...

Also here: http://splinesoft.net
* it is getting easier to use and more prevalent.*

Yep. I'm seeing more and more of these signs in my neighbourhood:

https://plus.google.com/100751105859582805241/posts/RpQ5adUF...
In that case it's incredibly disappointing that Twitter or Facebook's mobile apps continue to be every bit as fast as their native apps. I KNOW that you are right, as I've said, I'm well aware and worried of the overhead of doing things like video decoding in the browser... but for literally a few http requests, infinite scrolling and TEXT... (which is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Path, etc, etc, etc)... Chrome for Android is simply going to be as fast as the native app.
They would die too. They need us as much as we need them. Employment is a huge issue in China. The unemployment that would result from the loss of US demand would cause a breakdown of social order.
Bad news for tall kids.
Clever idea, nice design and great service! What are the chances that you add Amazon.it as well?
I think you're missing the point. Technology is going to continue to improve, components will continue to shrink, and cameras will become ever-more portable and concealable. These are trends that cannot be stopped. Google Glass is only one point along a continuum, and slapping a red LED on it solves nothing.

It's already the case that you are recorded without your knowledge or consent on a regular basis. Whether you're browsing a department store or planting a bomb at a marathon, there's a chance you'll be caught on tape.

Who knows what the world will be like in 10, 25, 50 years from now? We may be able to download a digital copy of memories from the brain, in which case every pair of eyes will be a video camera.

An extreme example, I know, but the point is simple. We can waste time and money fighting against the inevitable, or we can accept the changes in our world and learn to live with them.
Perhaps you could paste the error text somewhere?
For the HN and tech blogs crowd no. For 99.999% of the population who will never hear about this, or will forget it in a split second, yes.

It's amazing how many people have been busted doing stuff that is general knowledge for decades, but still didn't occur to them that it can betray them.
Yes it is a myth. Turnover was at 9 months average per employee on the floor, and there were so many car companies in Detroit that it was easy for a skilled worker to quit and find work somewhere else for the same or better pay. So Ford raised wages and then held employees to a high standard of conduct. He had people inspect workers homes for alcohol use or signs of bad behavior in the eyes of Henry Ford. "Wheels for the World" is an excellent book about Ford's early years.

You can see the same thing happening now in Shenzhen. Workers know that they can get a job easily if they have some experience, so many don't return to work after a holiday. Wages have also gone up rapidly there. I just returned from a month in Chana and managed to tour a couple of factories while I was there. The complaint from the factory owners was skilled labor and the price they had to pay to retain them.
the whole thing is an FFC-protected oligopoly. it comes down to controlling lucrative, limited and expensive spectrum space into perpetuity.

this is likely the main thing that will prevent cell service from ever reaching commodity status or admitting more competitors into this space, using RF at least.
If word ever gets out, that's a potential PR nightmare for those making the ad.
TSA screenings DON'T WORK, PERIOD, END SENTENCE. This is why they are called security theater, instead of ineffectual security.

Or to give a more clear example, compare the TSA with customs. Customs does, in fact, do a very effective job of stopping certain kinds of contraband from crossing the border. They don't stop ALL OF IT, but they stop some. So when evaluating Customs, you have to decide whether they are simply inefficient, or not good enough at their jobs, or acceptably effective. In comparison, TSA literally does jack shit. Nothing. Which is why it's called security theater.

Whether or not it's appropriate to call something security theater also depends on the stakes involved; TSA screenings are considered inappropriate and unacceptable because the cost incurred by the screenings is high (in time, dignity, etc) and the payoff is low - it's a net loss.

Adding a red light costs literally nothing - cents on the dollar - and inconveniences no one. Even if... let's say 25% of google glass customers turn the LED off, the other 75% haven't so it's still working. You can very easily do a cost/benefit analysis here and it is hard to come up with a sane analysis where the LED isn't worth the cost.

If you're going to throw terms around, you should at least make a basic attempt to understand what they actually mean.
That'd be an interesting predicament for the "dey takin our jerbs" crowd.
> TSA screenings DON'T WORK, PERIOD

Let me make sure I understand. Are you saying that, 100% of the time, packing a gun in your carry-on won't get caught by a TSA screening? If not, what do you mean exactly by "don't work, period."
Until instantaneous data transfer discovered (where the speed of light isn't the limit), the closer one is to the processor the faster the application will be. The point being that with data manipulation unless you have a huge bandwidth, the packet size can match and the ability to assure rare outages (if ever) applications on ones personal computer, with personal data will always be faster. The point being is all the discussion regarding performance on desktops vs web applications is moot when we are at least a decade away from everyone having internet connections capable of instantaneously transferring hundreds of megabytes of data.

Personally, I can barely stand web applications, I want my computer to move as fast or faster than I think.
A user recently pointed out that the most important advertising festival is coming up (http://www.canneslions.com/) and that agencies are doing campaigns just to enter the race for awards, which seems to be relevant here. See also http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57581882-71/microsoft-turn...
Remember, whining in the car works best
One thing that a lot of people don't realize is how hard it is to start a company being on H-1b visa. It's almost impossible. I actually agree that "Immigrants overwhelmingly enter the labor market and drive down wages". I had to work for 4 years, taking less-than-market salary before I got lucky and got my Green Card. Next day I started a company and now I create jobs.

We need visas for entrepreneurs, we don't need more H-1b's
> Maybe, to use the part that is convenient to him

Yes, why would he assume he meant it in the way that actually makes the most sense. We should assume he just meant something boneheaded instead.
It seems to be a novel approach, certainly worth the experimentation. Calling it stupid is going far overboard without intimate knowledge of their expectations and motivations.
This seems borderline trolling to be honest; like the real life equivalent of the IRC behavior of bursting into #linux with "Linux sucks because it can't do X" and then getting 10 different explanations on how to resolve the issue.

I do something similar to this, but it's a fairly different strategy. When I'm learning something, I assume that I have a valid working understanding - usually of CS concepts or code or what not. I repeat (to a friend/colleague/manager) that understanding and make extrapolations and relationships and confirm it. And I'm stubborn. If I say something slightly incorrect, I will reiterate "Well, I thought it was that way because of X, Y, and Z, or do I not understand". When I then have my understanding corrected, it's not just knowing that I was wrong and that A, B, C is actually right, but it also corrects my underlying mis-assumptions that caused my gaffe in the first place. So it's not just me saying "OK" now that my question was answered... I actually leave with a better fundamental understanding.

It's like the real life equivalent of "Can you repeat the word, Can you use the word in a sentence please?"
This post reminded me of something I read on HN last year:

http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3124-give-it-five-minutes

My favorite line from it: "There’s also a difference between asking questions and pushing back. Pushing back means you already think you know. Asking questions means you want to know. Ask more questions."

I might be oversimplifying it, but it sounds like the call to action in this gist is "Make trolling statements to smart people to evoke a passionate response. Maybe you'll learn something as they tell you off."
Don't forget docopt (http://docopt.org/) or cliff by Dough Hellmann(https://cliff.readthedocs.org/en/latest/interactive_mode.htm...) ?
Preventing it from happening is not an option. What would you do?

The same thing you do in any other situation where someone is behaving in a socially unacceptable way:

1. Legislate against that behaviour.

2. Punish those who do it anyway.

You can't stop it completely, but if for example the penalty for recording in public without everyone's consent were crushing your shiny new toy right in front of you the first time, fining you a month's salary the second time, and throwing you in jail for a month the third time, I think you'd find very few people really felt that using always-on recording technology was so valuable they couldn't do without it.

As for your analogy with copyright infringement, well, people used to say that driving while talking on a mobile or smoking in a crowded bar were too ingrained in society and no-one would be able to stop them. It turns out they were wrong, and the people who want to do those things at the expense of others are a small minority, and most of them give up and find other things to do instead when you threaten them with being arrested. The others, you try to catch and actually arrest.

As has been said many times before, just because we can do something, that doesn't mean we should. I could do all kinds of things right now that would hurt people in all kinds of ways, and nothing would physically stop me, and many of those things probably aren't even illegal. I still don't do them, because hurting people is a scummy thing to do.
Nice guide. I'm surprised Aqua didn't make it to the themes section - a theme to make Sublime look more native on OS X: http://github.com/cafarm/aqua-theme

CommandOnSave is a nice plugin that I've been using recently, very useful for automatically running Makefiles on save, etc.

Also, if you want to browse Hacker News via Sublime Text, here's a small plug for my plugin: "Hacker News" (https://github.com/kaolinite/HackerNews-SublimeTextPlugin)
TSA screenings weren't introduced to prevent guns from being packed in suitcases; we had luggage screenings and customs beforehand.

TSA screenings were introduced to stop terrorists from hijacking airplanes.

EDIT: On the assumption that you will continue to display top-notch reading comprehension:

"The TSA was created as a response to the September 11, 2001, attacks. Its first administrator, John Magaw, was nominated by President Bush on December 10, 2001, and confirmed by the Senate the following January. The agency's proponents, including Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, argued that only a single federal agency would better protect air travel than the private companies who operated under contract to single airlines or groups of airlines that used a given terminal facility.

The organization was charged with developing policies to protect U.S. transportation, especially in airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Adminis...

EDIT 2: I should also point out that we had sky marshals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Air_Marshal_Service
It puzzles me I don't see much mention that Steve Mann was physically assaulted because of his glass hardware and discuss the reasons for it in relation to Google Glass.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/augmented-reality-explorer-...
Introducing Edge-fs - An F# complier for edge.js
The people who have reservations about insulting random people on the street, or farting loudly on a crowded bus, are likely going to have reservations about recording people whether there's a light on or not!
The whole "people will hack the red light" issue is pretty easy to get around.

First of all, make sure that, if the light breaks on its own, the camera will stop functioning. (To prevent "innocent" recording without the red light.)

Second, pass a law requiring hardware manufacturing to include these red lights, and making it illegal for people to record others in public with devices which have been modified to function without a light. (It wouldn't be needed for cameras, which have no other purpose -- I'm talking about devices like Google Glass.)

I'm not necessarily saying this is the best solution to the problem, just that it's one possible solution.

After all, if you're in a restroom while someone else is wearing Google Glass, and you know they'd be hit with a $10K fine and up to two years in jail if they were recording you, then you're probably going to feel OK that they didn't hack the red light. Anything's possible, of course, but it becomes a crime like any other.
Consulting visas, now that'd be useful! Right now I'm not even sure if it's legal to work with my american countries if I come for a visit. Sure, it's okay if I stay over here in Europe and work remotely, but the moment I set foot on american soil things get grey at best.
I've heard that I could pass for a Turk, but yes - I am! I guess now you can label me as one of those typical entitled white males, which isn't ironic at all given that gender issues are often about fighting putting people in boxes like that.
This is rather a typical financial world problem, where a lot of factors can rapidly influence markets, even if it makes no sense.
But then, why limit it to kids who are 4'4"? Aren’t shorter and taller kids being abused? If it’s a numbers game, shouldn’t you want to cast the net as wide as possible?