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What are those problems inherited from desktop Linux? I don't like the concept of limited systems like Firefox OS (for me personally) since I prefer more flexible and feature rich systems, but I see nothing wrong with them in general, they can be useful in some cases.

The discussion above was about the huge geek appeal, not about the general appeal. That's why I answered that Jolla has a better geek appeal. Although they work hard to address the general public needs as well, in order not to make their system targeted to the tech crowd only.
The constitution doesn't necessarily apply to members of the Military in it's entirety. They abide by the UCMJ or Uniform Code of Military Justice. Yes, all members are sworn to uphold and protect the US constitution and POTUS.

As to your personal question; I would stand against any unlawful actions taken against a detainee, and anything requiring unnecessary personal harm or danger. I don't like treating anyone inhumanely.
Well didn't really fly so much as fell out of the sky into the ocean. Absolutely terrifying.
Awesome, added this to the todo list.
I commute often by bicycle (and motorcycle) and wear a gopro (camera) on the helmets. Hopefully someone never needs to watch the footage, but it makes me feel better.

It does not stop the rage-passers.
I only ride my bike on dedicated bike lanes (by "dedicated" I mean those blocked from the main road) and bike paths. Everywhere else, I ride on the sidewalk. Fortunately, most sidewalks where I live are sparsely populated, and I make sure to slow down to walking speed or dismount completely when going through areas with lots of pedestrians.

Someone told me I could get cited for riding my bike on a sidewalk. Fuck that shit. I'd rather pay $50 than get hit by a car.
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Am I the only person who's not a fan of the whole blogging with attitude trend?
> They have a whole other set of issues like being XML based (for HTML)

HTML isn't XML based; there is an XML-based relative of HTML (XHTML) which was originally (before HTML5) viewed as a potential successor to HTML, and with HTML5 there is an available XML-based serialization of the HTML's semantics, but HTML is its own thing (prior to HTML 5, HTML was SGML-based; XML was inspired by HTML rather than serving as the basis for it.)
3D Printing of Liquid Metals at Room Temperature
Snowden is running away from having to take responsibility for his actions.

Umm, "intelligently sidestepping a justice system known for its egregious disregard for due process in cases similar to his, as amply demonstrated by the Manning precedent" would be a better overall characterization of his actions.
It's easier to ask what is not broken. Check this presentation:

http://www.slideshare.net/jgrahamc/javascript-security-20649...
Perhaps, but why shutdown the service so abruptly?

Why not shut down the service in, say, 3 months, support MyRedis customers to migrate to Redis Cloud (or elsewhere) before moving the MyRedis personnel into their new roles.

As somebody without any experience in the world of start-ups the only explanation I can come up is that MyRedis was haemoraging cash so badly that this wasn't feasible however if that is the case why would you want to hire the team?

Can anybody with experience of such dealings shed some light?
Daycare. These hotbeds of disease are to be avoided by adults however. I'm fit and healthy are rarely get sick. This year, thanks to my daughters daycare, I have had chickenpox (god awful, getting it as a child doesn't prevent an adult dose I now know), some kind of deathly vomit bug (first time I've had such a thing), about three colds, and sinusitis. The little girl has a minor sickness and I nearly die.
continued human operation of commuter motor vehicles is a bug not a feature
how about better driver education? you say, camera? what if your govt proposes a camera at every corner as a solution? isn't that a good solution? a camera mounted on your bike/helmet might capture who ran you over. what we need is to prevent you from being run over in the first place. prevention is better than cure thus better driver education.
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Parts of Chinatown are pretty bad, too. Sometimes it's pointless to even try to walk down the sidewalk on Eldridge, you just have to walk in the street.
I was evaluating Redis Cloud at work, but this gives me real pause. This reflects very poorly on Garantia Data.

Any suggestions for other hosted Redis services people like?
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

Guess what the designers chose.
I'm not sure if your logic holds up to critical scrutiny. To me, more bikes would simply mean a greater potential for accidents.

What needs to be fixed is driver education, especially the driver tests.
Have you tried using the Fink installation? It seems to have a more recent build, 0.48.4-5.
> and tell me one thing, one single thing, that only humans are able to do with HTTP using their eyes without a tool.

debugging.
> Well, Android does it.

With the difference it uses a proper language designed to run on a VM in the first place - which is not the case with Javascript.
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It's a bit of a stretch to refer to most large European cities being "designed", at least recently, isn't it?
That is a lovely theory except for the fact that virtually every government is doing the same.
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I actually thought this service made LinkedIn somewhat useful. It's a loss for LinkedIn in my book.

I have no idea what API changes caused this, but all this process of closing down ecosystems by locking down the public APIs makes the next public API less likely to be adopted, and we all lose in the end.
My biggest "issue" with this generally rather decent article is that CPU-bound applications are rare. For the plethora of social, productivity and novelty apps it doesn't matter at all. Optimizing the graphical stack certainly matters, but that's mostly an infrastructure issue, i.e. already dependent on the native parts of the OS/framework.

And consider who actually might be asking themselves this very question, native or webapp: The very same social/productivity/novelty websites and services who are looking how to best present their product on a mobile platform. And I'd wager a guess that sheer performance often isn't the deciding factor here , it's mostly about the native look. (And even seems to get less important, although I wonder whether iOS 7 could rekindle that)

And that whole talk about GCs sound awefully familiar. Didn't we have the very same conversation in the mid-90s when Java came out?

Also there's the good old alternating hard and soft layers. Hybrid webapps (with some native compoents to speed up and slim down things) could easily bridge the gap until the browser standards/APIs/hardware catches up. It's really not an all or nothing question, especially considering how many Android/iOS apps are basically WebViews with a tiny veneer of native buttons, preferences and background storage.

Not that I like the web platform all that well, but let's be serious about the "depth" of web apps...
This should be getting more upvotes, not downvotes.
How is public transit not remotely feasible in large cities? At one time, many US cities (large and small) had extensive streetcar systems that were far more efficient than cars. We are now left with just a handful of such systems, not because automobiles are technically superior but because of the intersection of business and politics:

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

The executive summary is this: car companies took advantage of stupid laws to destroy almost all American streetcar systems.

The sooner we undo that damage, the better. Cars make a lot of sense in rural areas and for a few very niche uses in suburban and urban areas, but they are a dangerous, polluting, and inefficient way for people to commute to work.
>What can be done to make biking more safer in the states?

Require more stringent testing to grant drivers licenses. It seems as though issuing DLs is treated too much as a revenue stream and not enough as an education/screening process.
People are often killed riding on sidewalks, I avoid riding on them because they are very dangerous wherever there is a driveway - cars move to the edge of the street without expecting a vehicle moving at 15mph+ on the sidewalk.
An incremental alternative would be to impose a congestion tax for people who choose to drive their cars into the city. The tax would create an incentive not to drive and could be used to fund things like transit and bike sharing.
And Spain's constitution is not even 40, yet nobody called our government a regime - not even in the 80s. It carries a connotation you're probably not willing to admit.
I'm from the Netherlands, where separate bike lanes are the norm. The thought of having to share the road with cars, especially in a place where people aren't used to bike traffic, terrifies me.

Also, IIRC when a car hits pedestrian or bike, the car is always the "guilty" party because pedestrians or bikes are never a safety threat to cars (you can still be acquitted if it is clear that there's no way you could have prevented the crash). Does the US have something like that to promote cautious driving habits?
Your first link is login-only.
Might want to edit the title. This article really isn't about Netflix using GMail.

It's about Netflix's use of OneLogin and SAML to manage single sign-on for their corporate cloud apps. That umbrella includes Google Apps like GMail, but it also includes apps like "Dropbox, Docusign, Workday, Safari Books, SD Elements, ServiceNow."

Single sign-on is a downright essential feature for a lot of B2B cloud apps. Asking corporate users to constantly log in to a loads of different cloud apps is a fast way to make sure that most of those apps don't get used. It's only natural that a service like OneLogin would come around to help companies manage single sign-on.
The Wikipedia article on Barker v. Wingo is pretty good and includes some tests for what is and isn't a violation of the right to speedy trial.

This is a decent Slate article on the topic:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

Complicating things in Manning's case:

* The trial took place under UCMJ rules, which are different from civilian rules

* Manning's supposed mental health issues delayed his arraignment while it was determined whether he was fit to stand trial.

We also don't know (do we? sources welcome) whether Manning's defense wanted to hasten the trial. Trial delays often work to the advantage of defendants.

What I think we do at this point know is that Manning's treatment from July 2010 through April 2011, as a maximum security POI inmate at Quantico, was inhumane. It's worth mentioning that similar inhumanity is inflicted on civilian criminal inmates; it doesn't make the practice any more morally acceptable, but suggests that Manning's experience wasn't (unfortunately) unprecedented.

Regardless, my original comment meant only to speak to the issue of whether Manning was "held without trial". I don't think he was.
Agreed, so long we have mobility. The People's Republic of Chicago would charge an "exit tax" on businesses that leave if they could.
Even if you start designing new small cities to accommodate no automobiles, you will not be able to eliminate automobiles outside those cities, nor will you be able to force everyone to live in them.

You'd basically just be building a car-less retirement community and hope that young people opt into it.
Drinking is a significant cause of death among non-addicts. Addicts are a small portion of consumers. Addicts are the exceptional case here.
Your quote is accurate, "direct access" is not verbatim. Though "collection directly" and "direct access" seem semantically the same to me in the context of the slide. [1]

The relevant slide is talking about two types of mechanisms the NSA analyst should use. The "Upstream" and "PRISM". It's within the the Prism description that the words "collection directly from the servers of.." is used. So it's not referring to raw data collection through neutral access points, as that's what the "Upstream" is. It's explicitly saying the NSA has direct access to these companies.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/kIEtXjk.jpg
That's actually how it's done [1] in the Netherlands in general.

What you'd really want is how they do it in Amsterdam [2] though, with underground storage boxes (check out the videos.)

So all in all you weren't even close to over-engineering yet ;)

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAAHz-RVWU
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW6bahKyrrM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRpvHQGLysY
I am quite sure Microsoft views it as huge mistake on their part. :)
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The story appears to be a paid piece for OneLogIn.
Has anyone else noticed LinkedIn becoming increasingly hostile towards small consumers of its API? I feel like the first straw was the non-active positions being pulled from developers followed by secondary and tertiary connections.

I don't dev on the LinkedIn API but as I understand it now, only their large enterprise partnerships have access to a number of features, and it looks like, from the sound of this, that that is only going to get worse.

Is it possible to have an API-first public company? It's sort of like asking if it's possible to have an open, api-accessible data-warehouse (I think the answer is no, but maybe I'm wrong).
You could also injure a pedestrian. Do you realize that you can hurt an elderly person on the sidewalk with a bike as much as a car can hurt you on the road?
Some companies just don't understand how to write acquisition/winding down letters.

"We're excited" should almost never be used in an acquisition post unless the users also have something genuinely to be excited about. ie. Cookies, Balloons and otherwise exciting things!

Instead, what they wrote is:

> We're excited to be acquired, thanks for making this possible, now GTFO our servers in the next three days.

(Also on another note, couldn't you replicate their entire business in a weekend using Docker, vanilla Redis, and the boto python API?)

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Edit: (Since this is the top comment, I'll paste the comment from the founder who is hellbanned).

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Hey, I'm Miles Smith, the Founder of MyRedis. I sent the email this morning
and didn't read it through the eyes of my customers. I take ownership of
that. We have updated our website, and sent a followup email to all
customers, to clarify the availability of customer data.

All customer instances and data will be fully online and operational until at
least July 30th.
Furthermore, I will be storing an archive of all customer data for
an additional 90 days,
just in case someone missed something.
I will be available to help all customers who would like assistance in migrating.

Miles Smith Founder, MyRedis

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(Miles you are hellbanned. No one can see your comments from your current account)
...it was intentionally blurred. If you watch through the video they explain that the police use the license plate to actually catch the guy.
Apparently Morales didn't have any fuel so he put on a little show play to get some attention.

Apparently you need to do some basic research into the circumstances regarding the harassment of the Bolivian presidential flight.
As a pedestrian, you terrify and bully me.

As a driver managing turns, you're traveling at a very different speed than the people I'm expecting on the sidewalk which makes turning safely much more difficult.
Yeah. Seems it would make more sense to mechanically move the other inputs to match.
If you have socket, concurrency and string capabilities you can create web backend in anything.
> The sad truth is that while bicycles should be respected as vehicles,

I tend to agree, but I can see both sides. There is also very little (and, as far as I know, zero required) bicyclist education, and many bicyclists make little attempt to drive predictably and safely either out of boldness or ignorance.

Similarly, while stricter rules and enforcement for automobile drivers is warranted, I think the same goes for bicyclists. I don't think it's appropriate to consider bicycles as "first-class vehicles" in all situations, namely in the dangerous situations you list (speed limits >~25mph, multiple automobile lanes, etc.). In those situations, I think it's reasonable to ban bicyclists outright, for the safety of the bicyclists and automobile drivers. Of course, along with that is the need for dedicated bicycle lanes, or better yet, completely separate thoroughfares for bicycles.
> If a companies working conditions are really that dangerous you can work in another factory or educate yourself and become skilled enough to be worth while to please.

> Call me calloused,

Well, not so much calloused as much as completely, laughably, uneducated. The idea that someone in the 1920's-forward can just "get some skills or work someplace else" shows a complete lack of the most basic understanding of what life was like, and still is like today for the working class.
I see your point. If the speed limits are not too high though, you might want to try riding on the roads and using some tactics that help me (at least):

* If you hear a car coming up on you, always turn your head and look back at the car so that they know you see them and because faces command attention. This quick look also gives you an idea of how much the driver notices you, that is, if you have to bail in a hurry.

* If there are cars around in general, ride with a rigid posture that makes you appear a more formidable object.

* Keep close enough to the center of the road that motorists think twice before passing you, move over briefly if you want them to be able to pass (they'll appreciate it).

* Always signal your intentions if there is any traffic, bicycle or otherwise.

Critical mass has to start somewhere! :^)
I'm not sure that I see the big deal here--the message seems to be "Hey, we're going to be turning off these features, and migrating user data over here as needed. Here's where to file support tickets, here's the timetable for service deprecation, and here's what may or may not be under our old SLA."

Though it is somewhat annoying, it's hardly a slap in the face for people.
Trust me, I know. I always slow down to walking speed when I'm approaching a drive-way or a parking lot exit.

The thing about riding your bike on the sidewalk is that you, as the cyclist, can avoid virtually all danger by being cautious. Whereas on the road, you're pretty much at the mercy of car drivers and are at great risk regardless of how careful you are.
Driver awareness is huge: http://www.copenhagenize.com/2007/11/more-bikes-means-less-a...
Giving only three days and offering to assist with transfers could also point to the possibility that they really don't have that many paying customers to begin with.
Electricity shouldn't be a problem since pedaling should recharge the batteries. Four cellphone-type cameras and some flash with a small rechargeable battery and generator wouldn't be that big on space. It would be interesting to mount (maybe, 3 cameras under the seat and one strung in front). If I was going to the trouble I would probably add some LEDs to light up when I am riding.
That's a childish way of asking for what you want: (1) opening an issue in the wrong forum and (2) failing to familiarize yourself with the previous discussion threads. You know this is a controversial topic, please act more maturely in the future.

Any time a bug report is linked in Hacker News the community ends up spamming the tracker with our enlightened opinions. Show some restraint.
I am willing to wager that there are more alcohol related deaths involving chronic drinkers than there are binging college students who forget to vomit.

We've just termed those deaths "acceptable" or pretend that they are "natural causes" because the victims tend to be in the second half of an expected lifespan.
You should try practicing your reading comprehension skills. I said:

>>Fortunately, most sidewalks where I live are sparsely populated, and I make sure to slow down to walking speed or dismount completely when going through areas with lots of pedestrians.
Ok, so to check, you don't think I should bother becoming a limited business at this point in time? (It's only £15 but I guess that more paperwork would be involved.)
If by "flew" you mean "stalled", then yes.
I've been around the US.

Even in this article, the driver didn't seem to have done it because of disregard for cyclers or pedestrians. It claimed s/he moved out of the way to avoid traffic, and probably didn't see the cycler.

In China, they might actually go on the sidewalk intentionally and drive at you assuming you will move out of the way for them.
I wish the coward downvoters would actually point out why I'm wrong with my summarization of this article.
I'm just learning JS - I've had plenty of experience with more technical scripting languages, but I'm still a JS newbie.

Is that a bad practice just because that kind of code is optimized for desktop use or is it just bad practice in general?

Also, a broader topic I'm wondering about: JS and HTML seem pretty clumsy. I find it hard to believe that they're really how the majority of web pages run. Is there really no alternative? Or is it just the case that these tools are "good enough" and what really creates problems is bad code(rs)?
All you need is one parsing tool ported to 1000 platforms in existence now. We already have ASCII tools on all of those platforms, and we are pretty much guaranteed once new platform is created it would have basic ASCII tools. However it is not at all guaranteed it would have decoder tool for every binary protocol out there. That's why ASCII protocols are easier to handle than binary ones. And for 99.999% of protocol users, savings from converting to binary would not be even measurable. Sure, for likes of Google and Amazon economy of scale would be substantial. But 99.999% of web users aren't humongous-scale projects, they are relatively low-tech projects for which simplicity is much more important than squeezing out every last bit of performance.
I'm just sensitive to the notion that commenters are frequently attacked for their supposed motivations, usually read from tea leaves, by other commenters.

It's not that being misunderstood is a great injustice, but rather that it makes it very difficult to make descriptive points on HN, since the forum is unnecessarily tilted towards normative judgements that is is frankly not well qualified to make.

Moreover, descriptive comments often include "hard facts" data about the way things work, and are the product of some amount of research and analysis, which is valuable no matter what the commenter might believe. Normative comments very rarely have that value.

Put simply: a comment describing the way things work isn't a strong indicator that the author of the comment wants things to work that way.
This looks awesome. I had to stop playing the demo video, to go sign up immediately.

Nice free tier, but the rest looks a bit pricy.

UPDATE: After signing up and creating my first box, I cant find the mac application thats in the demo video to install :(

UPDATE2: I contacted them via chat, and while it isnt reachable by link once logged in, its at https://nitrous.io/mac
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How does the speed of someone on the sidewalk affect a driver?
You probably meant patent infringement rather than copyright infringement? If not, what would be good examples of copyright infringement made possible through 3D printing?
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