skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> China as a whole is a massive IP stealing machine, and their work is nearly done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_silk

«Although silk was well known in Europe and most of Asia, China was able to keep a near monopoly on silk production. The monopoly was defended by an imperial decree, condemning to death anyone attempting to export silkworms or their eggs. Only around the year 300 CE did a Japanese expedition succeed in taking some silkworm eggs and four young Chinese girls, who were forced to teach their captors the art of sericulture.

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While the Chinese lost their monopoly on silk production, they were able re-established themselves as major silk supplier (during the Tang dynasty) and industrialize their production in a large scale (during the Song dynasty). China continued to export high-quality fabric to Europe and the Near East along the silk road.

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Much later, following the Crusades, techniques of silk production began to spread across Western Europe. In 1147 while Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos was focusing all his efforts on the Second Crusade, the Norman king Roger II of Sicily attacked Corinth and Thebes, two important centres of Byzantine silk production. They took the crops and silk production infrastructure, and deported all the workers to Palermo, thereby causing the Norman silk industry to flourish. The sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 brought decline to the city and its silk industry, and many artisans left the city in the early 13th century. Italy developed a large domestic silk industry after 2000 skilled weavers came from Constantinople. Many also chose to settle in Avignon to furnish the popes of Avignon.

The sudden boom of the silk industry in the Italian state of Lucca, starting in the 11th and 12th centuries was due to much Sicilian, Jewish, and Greek settlement, alongside many other immigrants from neighbouring cities in southern Italy.[24] With the loss of many Italian trading posts in the Orient, the import of Chinese styles drastically declined. Gaining momentum, in order to satisfy the rich and powerful bourgeoisie's demands for luxury fabrics, the cities of Lucca, Genoa, Venice and Florence were soon exporting silk to all of Europe. In 1472 there were 84 workshops and at least 7000 craftsmen in Florence alone.»
Wow, Nginx versions rapidly. A few weeks back I was current with "1.2.8-1.el6.ngx" and now 1.4.1-1.el6.ngx is in the repo.

Meaning, the vulnerable versions were likely not out long.
This has nothing to do with different ideas of IP. China has similar IP laws as the US, and certainly tries to enforce them when the theft is in the other direction.
Like I said in another comment, I'd never argue that Windows 8 right now is worth using. For most people it doesn't offer compelling improvements. Where I differ from most people is that I see a lot of promise in the future Windows 8 hints at, and I have a lot of trust in the ability of Microsoft to continually improve its processes, recognise its errors, and produce better and better products. That after all was the lesson of Vista for me - Microsoft is responsive to defects in its operations.
Funny I was expecting to get that as well, but I got a tie between "The West" and "The Midland", even thought I've lived in Canada my whole life, and have never been further west then Indianapolis. Wonder if living out in the Maritimes for a few years has any effect on that? Would explain why my American wife says I dont' sound like a typical Canuck.
Someone needs to check out magit... https://github.com/magit/magit
If anyone is looking for an alternate photo editor, do check out the open sourced project, Lightzone - http://lightzoneproject.org/

For raw images, it wraps around DCRaw.

Lightzone was formally a commercial product, but was open sourced recently. The original author is currently an Apple employee.

It'd be interesting to see if Google do something in this space, especially after their acquisition of the image editor - Snapseed, and its' creator, Nik Software. Nik from what I'm aware, developed/maintained Nikon's raw editor - Capture NX 2.

I think there is definitely room for something disruptive in this space. Looking over some photography forums, people there are certainly looking and talking about what alternatives to Photoshop are out there.
Completely agree. I don't get this stubborn dichotomy between start menu and tiles when we can easily have both.

On a side note, I've installed a Windows 8 beta on my Mac about two years ago and I liked using it. On the other hand I always found the start menu to be a clunky solution.
He has 4%, is this considered major? I know its still a lot.
If that was their goal, they are doing it about as wrong as could be possibly done. The Cloud stuff doesn't run in a browser, it's just digital distribution. You download a helper app which lists the apps you have access to, and you download and install them from there.

If anyone thinks that when whatever CS7 equivalent comes out that there won't be cracks in the usual places just like CS6, they're sorely mistaken.
But surely it is very different when you can post an endless river of vicious comments in thousands of different places, have those comments searchable by anyone, and then have the world's most trusted search engines compile those comments in a way that suggests that they are the most relevant for a persons name.

And I don't think that anyone could ever have posted an "anonymous editorial" in a paper. Newspaper content is written by staff (or wire services) and letters to the editor are curated.
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Doesn't in Windows, not on every laptop. Dell Studio 15 over here has the same problem on Windows 7. *shrugs, just wanted to add an anecdote.
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As a product, MSSQL is surprisingly solid. That said, unless you're being forced to use it, I'd concur with avoiding it. And if you are going to use it, then why Go? Why not just stick with C#/C++ or any other language with established libraries for MSSQL.
Why not? Well for the huntsmen will eat the smaller and harder to control insects (like cockroaches, of which there are plenty). Think of them as natural pest control.

We used to have one in our apartment, which we named Fred. RIP Fred!
Out of fear you might not dare choosing a more rewarding path/job. Should be obvious?

I suppose you are also at risk of working longer hours, risking your health.
You're quite right. That is ridiculous. It's ridiculous because when you install it and start it up it tells you about the hot corners and then lo and behold: there's the power button.

It actually physically pains me to be a Windows apologist, but it was right there.

The 'how to close apps' one I'll give you though, because the way they handle Windows 8 apps seems to be batshit crazy when viewed along side regular Windows apps on the same machine. If they'd just decided to go down that similar to iOS route with all their apps it'd make more sense, but having both systems there is just weird.

Personally I don't see the need to change it. Stick to their guns and people will complain about it and use it anyway. Then when the next non-trivial (or not) change comes along they'll bitch about that too and everyone will say Microsoft is doomed all over again.
I'm responsible for supporting and developing for groups of people who currently have uncooked omelettes dripping down their chests.

Microsoft may have underestimated the learning curve on the new OS for one simple reason:

The benefits of learning a new method of interacting with a PC on a daily basis aren't compelling enough.
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1.3 was the beta stream, and 1.2.8 is the most recent 1.2 release, so in those few weeks the only stable release you've missed is 1.4.0 (which may well have not been packaged at all, if the distro was waiting a few days for bugs like this to get ironed out)
The official nginx ubuntu package has already been updated to 1.4.1
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Going on a media counteroffensive is probably better than trying to change his name and experiencing backlash in the form of the Streisand effect. People would think that he had something to hide, which he doesn't. Going to the press shows humility, which in this case is the antidote to shame.
We tie OS ugrades to new hardware. After issuing a couple of hundred really nice ultrabooks with Windows 8, people were literally demanding old Dell 630's that had been upgraded to Windows 7 back.

I personally am starting to like Windows 8 -- but the experience is weird and took me about a month to get used to.

They should have held the release back until they had Office integrated with the Metro UI. That's a challenge to, because the multi-tasking, window-based desktop metaphor is kind of a key advantage of Windows that you lose with Metro.
Exactly. Unity is a desktop environment, not a window manager.
Nope, stock standard. The way to think about it, is that Metro IS the start-menu.

So, hit the Super (windows) key, and start typing, just like you would to quick launch via Windows 7's start-menu.

Pin your most used desktop apps to the bar in Desktop mode, and I promise with those two tips, you'll find it quite a bit easier to handle :)

Now, hot corners on the other hand... those are a bit annoying. I will add that all this is on a laptop: having gestures enabled is a big plus. I also use a trackpad for my iMac and have one on my desktop at work, so I kinda can't live without them, and Windows 8's are pretty decent. Not OS X level yet, but getting there.
I use Pages and Numbers for my iPad. When I want to do a presentation, I will use Keynote. I am not frustrated at all with my iOS devices. I can't say the same when I demoed a Windows 8 Laptop. I'm not a Windows basher as I use Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptops and look forward to Windows Blue. Bill should look into the frustrations of users of Microsoft before criticizing other devices.
Guy on my block parks his 911 Carerra 4S on the street, drives it every day. It makes me happy that he actually uses it, and also makes me feel better about parking my normal car on the street.
They just updated their page with a note stating that they will delete the trademark: http://www.young-targets.com/free-licences/
> These are, in the scheme of things, not exactly massive issues.

The perception can be very different though. There are those that really don't like it, and it is rubbed in their face every time they login to their machine. They are small matters, I agree: Metro apps can be completely ignored and most of what I used the start menu for is just as it was (ctrl+esc, start typing, pick from list) and is in some ways better, but it is still a change in look and feel that for a novice user adds friction.

Worse for a marketing/sales point of view: there are people who have not really formed an opinion and have decided to avoid Windows 8 (not upgrading, buying a machine with 7 instead, or getting the option and downgrading to 7 like many did from Vista to XP) because there is a lot of press questioning the UI changes. These people might not know that the change is minor when you consider their entire day, but it is being talked about it loudly enough that MS don't want to take the risk.

Another problem for Windows 8 is of course that many people simply have no real need to upgrade and no end of additional UI options is going to change that. If people have no problem with Win7 then MS can make Win8 look exactly like Win7 and it'll make no difference to that class of user (a very large class of user) unless they offer the upgrade for free.

The only reason I have 8 is that I was rebuilding my main home PC, it was a very cheap upgrade a the time, and I might have need to do Windows Phone 8 development in the not-too-distant future (the SDK for that will not install on older Windows).
"As far as the "consumers have spoken", perhaps they have,"

"Consumers are short-sighted"

If only consumers could see the true beauty that Microsoft has created. If they only knew what was best for them.
I use Tower ( http://www.git-tower.com/ ) and love is so much that I have bought my own license. But I hit usability issues from time to time.

I will give SourceTree a try, it looks interesting.
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People spent their entire computer lives relying on the Start Button and Taskbar. I spent a good amount of mine learning how to use it with the most efficiency and incorporated it into my daily workflow.

Then all of a sudden, in one single new version of Windows, it's all gone. Now 90% of people who have used this brand are completely lost. I gave it a fair shot and had to Google everything I did. I had trouble even getting to an internet browser.

Maybe an interface without a start menu is superior, but at the very least Windows 8 should have been a hybrid version which came with the Start button and taskbar enabled by default and a "new" way to remove the start button and taskbar.

Having to move my mouse in a certain corner of the screen to access a backend "metro" area (which is the only way to actually get to program or files now) is NOT good UI design.
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Incidentally, the affected source file (src/http/ngx_http_parse.c) is worth a read if you haven't before: http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/c72c5fbd1d07/src/http/ngx_htt...
Now in beta for Win 7+ (http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/). Slower than Git Extensions, but has some nice features.
Two links followed seems to indicate that it is indeed Gotham Dream Cars.
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Hahaha sorry to hear that man. I feel for you.
The problem is with Metro apps, not the start screen.

The full screen start menu is, in my opinion and the opinion of everyone I've spoken with, better than the old start menu. For the beginner user, they have a nice big visual screen with the name and icon of all the programs they use. For the advanced user, they are going to type the name of the program or setting they want - and this works better in Win 8 than Win 7.

The big problems only start when you click into a Metro app, like News, but I don't think many people are doing that anyway - they are just clicking either "Desktop", "Chrome" or "Word/Excel/Outlook".
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Why do people keep naked pictures of themselves? That is a bad idea, and doubt that there is anything good that can come from it. Just sayin.

Now- looking at this girls postings, it appears that most were to memegenerator, and other forums that I wouldnt exactly give much credibility to. I guess I just dont see how this could cost someone a job. Arrest records, news stories, etc maybe but a meme generator picture???
I noticed that as well. If anything, it earns my respect. It shows that Atlassian, and the developers behind their products, realize that everyone has different needs. That a single tool can't solve everything for everyone. I also think it means that the tools they do build will be better, because instead of trying to include the kitchen sink, each tool has an opinion on how to best achieve what it's trying to achieve.
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I see this exact issue a lot as well when consulting with customers. It isn't so much a startup problem as a website problem, when a site is over-designed and not built to sell.
I'm, sorry, are you suggesting that integrated GUI environemnts such as MacOSX, Windows (and I'd argue iOS and Android too), are epic failures? In contrast of course to the awesome, eternal empire of success that is the Linux desktop?
Don't commit to the full year, then. You at no point are stuck buying $240 a year save for some deals, you can start and cancel CC to your heart's content.
A right? I didn't say they have a right. They hacked into. Did the US/Israel have a _right_ to use Stuxnet against Iran? No. They hacked into. When did you accuse the US secret service or hope that they will be punished? Double standards?

I won't give my email or its password to you, but if you can find it, hack it and decrypt my emails, then it would be only my fault, and you will have my respect.
So how about app discovery?

I found myself having to poke around in the program files directory in explorer (very sub-optimal) in order to find out what was actually installed on the machine.
Probably the interviewer was more concerned about your logical path to the solution to the solution itself, which I think is a good thing.
dont use it ... end
You might be right, I'm not arguing that Microsoft's performance and decisions have been 100% correct.
It's ultimately unknowable but I think it's possible to have a very secure system. You just have to take a holistic approach and look at everything in the stack from top to bottom, keep on top of security updates and use the right security procedures. After all that you'll still never know whether it's secure or not...
Momentum? Seriously? MS may be pushing internally to develop and expand Win8, Blue or whatever maybe become of it. But it is DOA.
Is it just me, or is this article and the news in it just way too vague to justify the title? What U-Turn?
Pure guesswork yet they make it sound like nobody will be able to work with Windows anymore.

For all we know MS is just going to add an option to set the desktop as default instead of the tiles now.
Which would be a good thing, and listening to cutomers, but not quite a U-turn.
You're saying this like nobody uses bittorrent. Decentralized completely solves your upload problem.

You're comparing planes and bicycles. Many people are content with bicycles, and that's why they are popular, but very few people actually need and use airplanes.
That would hold true if the transfer had been completed. PayPal is able to stop the process and credit my account back means that money has not actually left their system. I agree the underlying mechanisms are much more complex but I also understand that what we see in that screenshot is just entries in a database and no real transfer or conversion of money has taken place as yet. If it had happened a day later then I would accept the fact that the process was well underway and some money had changed some accounts.

The point is PayPal decides right at the time of beginning with the withdrawal how much in Rupees it is going to pay me. So if it decides for some reason it doesn't want to pay me, it should again give me back the same USD.
i'll never understand why way back in the day, someone thought that it would be a good idea to put all the scripts for the extension tags (like cfform) under the same parent directory (CFIDE) as the administrator.
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My experience with Windows 8 has been through Surface RT. After using iOS, OSX, and Android for years, going to Windows 8 RT has been fun and easy to learn. Maybe, its because UI works on a tablet. I look forward to Microsoft creating a more refined experience around the Metro(modern) interface.

Microsoft dropped the ball on forcing OEMS to create great touch centric devices and marketing. People purchased PCs expecting their traditional Windows experience and received something much different.
Interesting tidbit of history, but not sure I get your point. This pre-dates international IP conventions and the flourishing of innovation in the modern age, and this was a single technology over which China had a monopoly hundreds of years.

Nobody is saying the west never steals anything. There is a difference between pointing out one occurrence of a technology being "stolen" 500 years ago and a modern policy of government supported IP theft through hacking, trickery, and contract violation.
... hence the italic.

Nonetheless, predates this link :)

Shameless plug: I submitted the old link.
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You're arguing against a strawman, not me. Try reading my other comments in this thread.
Well you never know what you'll be into when you're old and senile...

(obviously referring to the stripping part, not the stripper murdering ;P)
You don't do that when you are the market leader with another company worth $140 billion breathing down your neck. That's how you lose the game and go bankrupt and are sitting out on the street wondering WTF just happened.

They have a proven product, Windows, which was great because of its ease of use. People literally grew up with Windows and many people rely on its consistent user interface. Then they made it unnecessarily difficult to access the file manager, applications, and the control panel just so that they could push their new and unproven "Metro" design. That's just DUMB.
Definitely agreed. One can continue to blame the market and the consumers for all their flaws but ultimately, they are the ones to decide if businesses will be rewarded with purchases.
I don't understand why you say "A company like Microsoft... has really, really carefully thought through its plans... [but?] the desktop-metro split... was handled clumsily in Windows 8."

I'm connecting whole thoughts of yours unfairly to show how fundamentally contradictory those two thoughts are. The desktop-metro split was, in my opinion, absolutely the most important part of Windows 8, that they HAD to get right, and upon which its entire success or failure would be based.

Do you disagree with my assertion that the desktop-metro split was the most important aspect of Windows 8? Isn't Microsoft the kind of company that "really, really carefully [thinks] through its plans"?

So then why was it handled clumsily?
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uh…

> Consumers have spoken clearly; they don't like or want Windows 8.

any evidence to back that up..? if anything, it seems the 'masses' are just fine with it and its tech geeks that are most bothered.. Microsoft just announced that they've passed 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold in the six months since launch, which is on-par with where Windows 7 was at this point in its lifecycle.

> The lack of sales has shown that, and it's why Microsoft is reversing direction and releasing this patch.

again, no. if anything, i'd say Windows 8 sales are rather impressive given they’re matching the pace of Windows 7 which came following a poorly received Vista.. you'd think that a release following a very popular and stable release (7 to 8) would see comparatively less traction than one following a poor one (Vista to 7), but it’s still holding-up, and doing so in a declining PC market farcing a number of other external forces.

> There's a reason this news is being covered in the Financial Times; because investors see lack of Windows 8 sales and they get very unhappy.

not true. just because it’s the FT reporting doesn't mean it’s any more insightful than your typical tech blog or speak for investor sentiment, at all. MSFT shares have been performing rather well since the launch of Windows 8. either way, Microsoft is a large and increasingly diversified company, so i wouldn't put too much weight in that one way or another. you make it sound like this is the largest product flop in the history of the world.. very sensational, also very not untrue.
My regress to an average (or worse) developer did happen all at once, but I guess I'd say yes, because it was due to this same reason (jealousy/BS). Before "the event," many constantly did everything to get in my way and this slowed my progress down considerably. Years ago, I was on the cutting edge nearing greatness, but this BS eliminated any chance of me actually achieving that.

Also in there is my tendency to procrastinate, which also slowed me down, but I don't procrastinate much when it comes to writing code and working.