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I'd say it's vastly out of date now. You can squeeze a LOT into new Dell/HP 1U/2U servers. Their R620 systems can take nearly a terabyte (768GB) of memory per server and the R720 can do the same, but with the 720XD it can do 24 drives in a single 2U space. Top that off with the newer Intel processors and you have a huge amount of hardware available to you in not a very large amount of space.
This sculpture has always fascinated me. The fusion of art, mystery and science - very powerful.
Apple.com does not work well on chrome. It hasn't for years.
Welcome to most of America. Really no sense of municipality, for the government is expected to strive to spend $0 lest they be accused of hoarding tax dollars.
At www.optimine.com we are doing some interesting stuff to address the abysmal CTR of display ads.

The key is to measure the effect that your display ads are having on your paid search ads, ie measure the "brand effect" impact on purchase decisions.

The direct effect of banners ads is negligible, but that is missing the point. Nobody clicks on a Coca-Cola TV ad, but they aren't going to stop TV ads anytime soon.
CTRs may be low, but the post almost ignores impressions, which are much harder to quantify but still having some value[0]. Of course, with the proliferation of small devices, ad plug-ins, and the general 'banner ad blindness' of a population that is increasingly familiar with the Internet, it's all probably still dropping in value.

I disagree with those who assume it's all useless because they've never personally clicked on any ads ("After all it’s a $16 Billion market. Nobody would spend that much money, without any realistic returns"), but the trends are also pretty clear. Sometimes I feel like retargeting is the last great scheme to squeeze more conversion out of the whole model. But there will probably be at least a couple more...

[0]http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/10487-view-through-attributi...
Do people ride their bicycles on a sidewalk in the Netherlands when a bicycle lane is not available?
I don't think there are too many people arguing against wearing helmets, as an individual choice. It may turn out that helmets don't do much, but you're probably not any worse off for wearing them (except maybe sweatier in the summer, etc.). Lots of cycling advocates do, however, advocate against mandatory helmet laws, which have a whole host of negative effects that don't apply to the individual-cyclist-decision case.
I'll respond to your individual points:

G+ is a feed I can comment on.

And you're not just reading HN (which RSS would let you do), you're commenting on it.

RSS does not allow you to comment back - it's not that magic.

Hacker News has convinced you to make an account, in order to comment.

And I can use Google+ in a browser. Any browser.

And lookie here:

https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/ZLV9GdmkRzS

That's you, reading an article that was posted on Google+, without even logging in to Google+, which proves that Google+ can be used like any blogging software:

https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts

So, what exactly is your problem? Why the venom?
That still does nothing about the distracted driver. They aren't going to see the flag if they're looking down at their phone laughing and writing a text.
I am all for free sharing but here is one:

You are absolutely free to write down tabs. You are free to learn a.song. You can play it how you want as often as you want.

The problem is distribution to others. Imagine if you were a song writer who sells tabs of his songs. Wouldn't it be pretty terrible if someone ruined that by distributing cheaper or free tabs?
or work your self an early grave like my mate who works for one of the big 4 in London has seen some of his young co workers do.
I've tried Incero, Softlayer, Hetzner & OVH.

I'd recommend Hetzner & OVH, and Softlayer if budget is less of an issue.
Jony Ive is probably not the best comparison here.. a couple years ago that statement would have been accurate, but he's slipping when it comes to UI design. Have you seen the icons on iOS7?
If I'm not really talking about VLC, how can I be missing the point?

I'm making the point I'm making. I have no obligation to be making the point you think I'm making, or you think I should make. You feel free to make others.
It is really simple(in this context of hard workers). If you are willing to work for free it is your choice but mostly that is not economically smart choice and most likely not healthy choice. Unfortunately seems that you equal hard work with amount of value provided (results) , but you actually should look what is efficiency of your work hour comparing to the others.

Work != life in most cases , you can't stop life but you can stop working so your family analogy doesn't hold up
Don't know if Jony Ive is the proper role model for creating "mind-blowing" projects.
Yep. Many businesses should (and a lot don't...) make this cost comparison. Also, 256GB of memory in a server is surprisingly not that impressive (even for a 1U server) these days! Crazy to think there are 1U machines you can cram 1TB of memory into now.
Then perhaps it shouldn't be a violation if the average person doesn't even know...
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Yup. Probably the only other OS you could use to pull this kind of platform off would be Win8RT, but nobody wants to sell win8RT devices because they're scared of users freaking out when they find out their new Windows notebook doesn't actually run real Windows.

Chrome and Win8RT are the only OSes that are good for an ARM-based notebook form-factor, and the ARM chip is necessary to make this device not suck at this end of the cost spectrum.

That and frankly, I think we're all sick of supporting Grandma's windows machine, so getting computer-illiterate people onto a "web-only" device is great.

I won't buy one, I don't need one, but I can see the niches it fills.
This is usually a security requirement for big corporations with paranoid legal departments, not a performance requirement.
You're way off. Chromebooks fit cheap hardware with an appropriate operating system, such that performance is still acceptable. For example, that Samsung Chromebook with the ARM processor. It has a low-performance chip in it that only uses (I think) about 4 watts. So the battery can be tiny and it still gets very good battery life. Which means the whole machine can be very small, very easily. And it has a very nice trackpad and keyboard, with a reasonable screen. Samsung was able to cut costs in places that Chromeos doesn't _need_ it and make what is a very good machine for $250. Put Windows 8 on that thing and in two weeks the tray will be full of crapware icons and the whole thing will grind to a halt.
I totally agree! I've been working on federating XMPP over hidden services (https://blog.thijsalkema.de/blog/2013/06/11/xmpp-federation-...), but I don't give a setup like that any chance to be possible on iOS.
But still, you have to take it as a "no hard feelings" thing and move on. The company I work at has an extremely casual attitude and some similarly extremely casual personalities. We've had a few employees that could do the work requested, but clearly didn't fit the culture. Nothing against them; it just didn't work out.
I had a talk with my girlfriend the other day; she asked me if I'm working more now (freelancing for 2 months now) than I was doing at my FT job with overtime. I reckoned i was more busy now, while I just always would tell here I was working.

I clearly am not making as many productive hours.
This of course has to do a lot with all the things involving starting your own business. Also being mechanically confined to a 5 year old windows laptop, looking into buying new hardware, actually setting it up, and then setting up all your dev needs sure amounts to a lot of time.
*I would definitely call it work, but not production.
Your "reading HN" clause will absolutely hold.
I use Google+ to catch up on tech and startup news and see (normally) useful insight from like-minded individuals.

Most of my friends and family would be useless there.

Your argument makes me feel like I'm watching people argue about which is better, Reddit, or Digg.

> I can't understand why you would conflate a social network and a forum.

I care what my former co-workers think about tech and startup news, and I have very little interest in pictures of their kids, etc. I share with them, posts about tech and startup news. They do the same. And they can even see comments back and forth from each other, and decide to Follow each other - which makes it better than simple email exchanges.

They do a far, far better job of pointing out articles I would really passionately care about than Hacker News does. I get breadth from HN and Reddit, but they're specifically lacking the depth of discussion from people I know and trust.

I'm as likely to get trolled on Reddit, as have any kind of meaningful conversation. Not so on G+.
And present the A/B results to the client.

Though some have a habit of stubbornly ignoring any professional advice against a feature they have an emotional attachment to, raw data can sometimes snap them out of it.
Now, for chrome users we are displaying a video when they choose not to install extension. Yet to do something for Firefox users.
Oh I agree most politicians do not follow Burke - but when I have been in the potion of being a democratic representative I took it very seriously.
The Netherlands doesn't have a sizeable auto industry with politically powerful unions in key political states. Unfortunately, the American auto industry bends government at all levels to its will...cars own the road and everything is designed around the auto here.
> you'd simply get more done

So Fucking What?

This, you, are the problem OP is talking about. Productivity and "work" are not even close to what should be societal priorities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
You go as far as to say that riding a bike on a sidewalk is not a safer place for the bicyclist as compared to riding it on a roadway along with cars? I'd expect you to be in a minority in this, your experience must be very different from mine.

The way I see it - if my 13 y/o daughter takes a bike to go to convenience store a couple of blocks down the street to get some ice cream with friends - I sure hope she breaks the traffic laws and stays on the sidewalk.
Firebase is hiring in SF. Help us change the way software is made
At Firebase, we're reinventing the way software is built. Firebase-powered apps can be written in a fraction of the time, require only client-side code, update in real-time out-of-the-box, and scale automatically.

We're looking for smart people who can help us build and scale our real-time platform as well as people who can help us grow our developer community.

Specifically, we have open positions for:

Core Developer

Developer Evangelist

Community Manager

UI / UX Developer

You can see more about these positions here: https://www.firebase.com/jobs.html

Why should you join Firebase?

First, we're one of the few small companies who are tackling tough computer science problems on a daily basis. We're in the business of handling the hard technical aspects of real-time data sync so that our customers don't have to. So, while every startup says they have hard technical challenges, we really do. You'll get to design new synchronization algorithms, invent new languages, use cool new data structures, optimize network stacks, and more.

Second, we care a lot about cultivating a great work environment. This is our happy place. We're friendly people, we have a light-weight engineering process, and we have a sweet 3 story penthouse office in SoMa.

Third, you can have a big impact here. We're a small team (but growing very quickly), and you'll have a big say in the direction of the company. And, since we're serious about changing the way software is built, you could have a big impact on the way all software is made. We won't stop until the "refresh" button is a thing of the past.
How do you intend on keeping track of change to sites? Eg, Gmail tutorials for the old compose interface will soon be rendered obsolete.

How will you deal with aging, increasingly inaccurate content? The rot will be slow and correction will be tedious.*

Ranking also seems relevant if you choose to go the 'social proof via up votes' route.

A content community (which I believe something like this is trying to create) is great. A content community that curates itself is just awesome.

*edit, previously: "How will you deal with aging, old, inaccurate content?" [added content rot as an after thought, 'aging' describes the reason for the 'inaccuracy' (rot) ]

Disclaimer: this is posted from mobile. Haven't had a chance to give the plugin a spin.
Bad example... in this case Ray Bans are owned by the same company (Luxottica) who more than likely also owns the store where the item is being sold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica#Retail
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Maybe this opensource app will be of some use for someone:

http://www.gpsautoresponder.com/

It takes a different approach to sharing location: Anyone with the possession of the generated link can get the device's location and the device owner is notified about it.

The android app and the web service are both open-source so you can improve it and even host this on your own server and have the ultimate privacy.
I don't think thats the point.

It should be possible to code on a tablet because thats the device most kids will have access to as their first computer.

My first (and most people on HN) computer I turned it on and the OS simply waited for me to give it an instruction.

That is important in lots of ways, not just in the IPO in two years ways.
Which is why Charity's often have Horrific HR "issues" with bullying.
I disagree here. If what you're saying is correct, then the following would be true:

School != Work
Learning new language != Work
Testing new lang/framework != Work

This is blatantly false, because doing these things may enable you to create something you couldn't before. Let's take two people. Person A only does code. Person B both codes and learns new theory. Person A creates something in X hours. Person B spends X/2 hours learning and creates something in X/2 hours. You can't say A has worked twice as long as B - both have put in X hours and gotten a result.

And so,

Learning new things on HackerNews = Work
Blogging to reinforce your understanding and help co-workers = Work
Setting up Github to speed compilations and testing = Work
Meetings to discuss new features instead of re-doing the same
feature incorrectly 5 times = Work
That's a different league though. Gazelle provides a lot more than just listing torrents.
That would be fine if the story stopped there. The balance could be found out by experimentation between many companies and pricing models. But it doesn't stop there. Regulations are brought in and you damn well believe that they are enforced ruthlessly even in supposedly free-market friendly 'red' states.
Yes let's totally raise prices now to protect us from Amazon whom may or may not raise prices in the future.
Interesting, lets see if the ecosystem picks it up.
It's fine in San Francisco.
It's not just a "transcription" it's people taking their own interpretation of the dialogue and translating it however they see fit. Some people leave in puns, some people take them out, some people add a note at the top of the screen to explain the cultural significance of a certain line.
The problem with netbooks is that they were full desktop software running on hardware that was far, far short of a full desktop. They're netbooks, but far too often they weren't powerful enough to even run a modern browser with the weight of the OS hanging off of it.

A Chromebook is really the only true netbook that's ever existed.
So the argument is that users don't hate carousels, because they've learned that they're useless and to be ignored?

I'm not sure that's a strong argument in their favor.
"But whether it's with the ubiquity of these SWAT raids, stop-and-frisk, or the default geared-up, Robocop response to political protest, the relationship between police and the public on the whole is growing increasingly antagonistic -- and oddly, this comes during a period when both crime and on-duty police deaths are at historic lows."

Author seems to completely miss the possibility that this is causal.

Edit: Just see gizmo686's comment below. Pretty much sums up my line of thinking.
How many films friends of mine "pirated" movies from Japan although the companies in Japan never intended to publish these movies or series outside of Japan ..
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No, when there are no bike lanes the instruction is to ride on the car lane, on the right.

But there are enough bikes around that the drivers are always aware of them. And usually the drivers themselves are bike riders, or at least mostly everyone in their families is.
Although the aphorism sounds nice, Design Patterns were created to alleviate the complexity problem. Is the answer functional programming? The author offers no solutions.
I totally agree with this. I'm part way through 'the 4 hour work week' by Tim Ferris. He's a bit off the deep end with things he says, but the general message he puts out is really good: Why would you slug 8 hours getting hardly anything done because you're so bored/unmotivated when you can walk in at 12 and get more done in a few hours than you would usually?

Sadly, most employers see Time = Money. The fact is that that isn't the case at all when people are working 9-5 5 days a week.
helvetica. comic sans just one place while trying to get attention on "run". Didnt like it?
I work this kind of hours right now, but I think you're wrong about the motives for most people. I don't care about security (not thinking of staying in the long term, no wife/kids to support) and I see no moral superiority in working more. But I do get strong pressure from above to stay late (X is urgent, "you're not leaving the office before Y is done", team calls being scheduled after hours regularly, etc), and there's always the social pressure. It feels bad going home early when I know teammates have to stay behind to finish their stuff.
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Well I always thought that Scala itself is supposed to be the Erlang for jvm.
Assassination markets...
"Circles working as designed."

Another way to look at your statement is I looked at the blog's other posts and it seems vaguely "design-ish". I don't think there's a vibrant "design" community on G+. On the other hand you can't get the amateur / semi-pro photographers to shut up on G+ its a flood from those folks. Lots of maker type people active on G+. Lots of ham radio types too.

If your group doesn't hang out on G+, you end up with narrow worldview weird blog posts about "nobody uses it" which misses the point.

For an analogy, I haven't read much commentary about Minecraft in the places where Dwarf Fortress people hang out. Therefore no one plays Minecraft, obviously. Well, not really, the world is just a little bigger and complex than expected.
A friend of mine recently bought some ~$500 laptop with Windows 8 on it. Buying a new toy like that should be fun, but when that thing showed up he just spent a week being frustrated with it. And I was very little help. I don't even understand Windows 8. I've recommend Chromebooks to people, at half that cost, and when they get it they immediately love it.
> These are the same people who were high school dropouts or got kicked out of college for not doing the work.

Like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and every hacker known to humanity?

> Could it possibly be that people work at different paces

People who are less efficient at a certain job may be in the wrong career... and we shouldn't hold others back because some are slower.
Uhum, sure... Most people would never deliberately hurt other people. It's just not normal to think that a person would purposefully aim a vehicle at another human. If you really strongly believe what you wrote there - you may want to consider your world view a bit unhealthy. Edit: (or a result of PTSD from living in a really awful place).
You personally don't find the quality of content on G+. I personally do.

Or at least, it's rewarding enough to make it ANOTHER site that I visit. GMail, Facebook, Reddit, Hacker News, CNN, G+. I don't think G+ is going to replace GMail, Facebook, Reddit, Hacker News, or CNN for me. But I don't expect ANY of those sites, to replace any of the others. So it just boggles my mind when people - on Reddit or Hacker News - comment that G+ didn't replace Facebook, so therefore it is not valuable.

I think I've put a bit more effort into finding interesting people, Pages, Communities, and #topics than you have, and I've been rewarded for my efforts.

Google+ doesn't have a Front Page like Reddit and HN do, that's true. But it wasn't hard to get started finding stuff I care about.
Again you are missing the consequences. Acting indignant is not going to bring you more oil/gas/water/ice/food. Letting the prices go up will do it. No amount of moral indignation and Talmudic discourse on when its right to charge what is going to change what incentives people follow to actually deliver you the goods in times of disasters.
Wow, I'm a little surprised at this considering the arguments Apple's legal team made.

Seemed pretty clear to me there was nothing that Apple did to force Amazon to raise their prices.
Well, the project is about 5 years old and grew over time. There were discussions about moving to a framework/a rewrite but that's something you can't pull of with < 5 developers while still keeping the current codebase up to date and fixing bugs.
I don't think so. Back in 2009 I was responsible for adding another carousel monstrosity to the world and that was just before smartphones exploded. Certainly not what I had in mind.
>established a lobbying network that can blow down even the most sensible limits on driving.

Last time I was in the states, they had rather slow limits on the Freeways. Has this improved yet?
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your articles are very useful to learn Scala!
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Fetishizing hard work is a purely American phenomenon

True, if by "American" you mean "American, German, Swiss, Austrian, Swedish, Japanese, Victorian British, and Protestant". (I'm sure I left out a few, actually).
OT: Anyone else getting garbled output from viewtext.org when attempting to view this page?
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+1.

I don't want to share computer stuff with my family, but i don't mind some stranger reading my computer stuff.
This is an important discrepancy between the words "working" and "producing". And even then, reading HN can be productive in your clauses. So it ends up just being semantics.

However, in this article the author seemingly seems to want to say "Shipping Code", which is clearly just a small subset of work/being productive.
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> Personally, I don't see a value in...[spending] more time watching TV or drinking beer, but if that is what you really want to do, fine ...

That's an entirely separate issue, isn't it?
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Hey, I'm the dancer in the video. Totally agree with connecting with that deep-down hunger. I've tried many things - and quit many things. It's okay to quit. Quitting gives you the freedom to find the thing that you are truly passionate about.
If you want to read a bit more about Robotron, there's another good write-up by someone who did the same thing: reverse engineered Robotron. It's a much shorter article, but includes some C# representations of the process management:

Steve's Tech Talk: Robotron and OOP
http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/stevehawley/archive/2006/0...