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As of Mountain Lion, the recovery partition doesn't contain the full OS. Just enough to bootstrap and download the whole thing from Apple. They also do not sell the update on physical media (thumb drives, DVDs, etc.) in store.
Snow Leopard still supported 32-bit processors. Lion requires a 64-bit processor, and Mountain Lion requires 64-bit firmware.
I certainly hope so.

On iOS everything is native.

Since Windows Phone 8, Microsoft also went fully native, by pre-compiling MSIL to native code on the Windows Store servers. The devices only have a linker to perform the last step of replacing the symbols by effective addresses on load.
Check the exchange volume distribution chart: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/volumepie/

Looks like Mt. Gox no longer has such a huge share of the market. Bitstamp is almost even with them.
They are already pretty cheap -- the Areca ARC-8050 8 bay bare is $1499. A decent 8 bay NAS like the synology ds-1813+ is $999.
For n=1: The 10.9 GM has been smooth as butter, didn't break any of my mac apps or *nix tools. Obviously double-check on any tools which are mission-critical, but I recommend it in general, a noticeably pleasant upgrade to usability, battery and performance.
Can you elaborate? Google Finance shows a profit of $631M for 2011, and $1.1B for the year prior, while only a loss of $39M for 2012. Their IPO is $1.50 compared to $332 today. Did they really take on so much investment that they still haven't made it back?
Apple unveils the 1-pound iPad Air with a 9.7-inch Retina display
Colorado feels really under-represented on HN for some reason. On Who's Hiring I've only ever seen at most 2-3 Colorado based companies hiring. However, Fort-collins/Boulder/Denver all have a very rich tech culture if you look hard enough for them.

disclaimer: I'm a senior at Colorado State and have no intention of leaving Colorado.
Its not clear how allowing the state machine to be in all states at the same time consitutes "guess[ing] correctly", but the article is nonetheless quite informative
In other words, there is no particular technical or legal feature of Bitcoin to differentiate it from another system. Bitcoin just happens to be the most popular and receive the most press.

If you cannot identify a particular, distinguishing feature of Bitcoin that accounts for its popularity, why should we believe that this is not a bubble?
Probably the same way as I've done with Mountain Lion, but with a dual-layer DVD instead: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/how... (not that exact link, but the same basic thing is all over the internet) If you want to do this for an older OS version you've purchased, you can option-click on the Purchases tab-button-thing in the App Store, and it'll show everything. (totally undiscoverable, but at least it exists)

Works great, much faster installs than a disk.
This is the feeling I increasingly get with all this. If this turns out to be the case, I can only imagine that this works for a while until those doing the enforcing realize that they have more in common with the 99% and then turn on the 1%.
The way government does tech is outdated and risky
Specs for Macbook Pro are no better than 2011 Mac Book Pro If you don't care about Retina Display.

Can Innovate My Ass. (Apple's own standard way of putting it).

Specs from 2011 MAc Book Pro:

* Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7

* Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

* Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB

Good to know Moore's law is out of fashion for Apple.
This is the reason that I cannot use phpstorm on linux. I was a long term phpstorm user on windows, but when I swapped to linux I just couldn't stand those fonts. I now dread opening up phpstorm.
> That argument usually applied to iOS...

That's been the traditional criticism against Apple and Mac seemingly forever. (User of Apples since Apple II+ and original Macintosh.)
IPad Air to have A7 and M7 chips
In a decade it amazon has raised the minimum order by $10. Given that Amazon is a pure data driven company, we can guess this is the inflation cost which turn out to be 3.4% as per US Gov data the inflation for last decade is 2.29%

I would rather believe amazon than the govt
When I was dabbling with Hackintoshes a few years ago, updating the OS was not supported (regardless of your hardware) and there were a couple of other limitations. Have most major issues like that been sorted out?
What makes you think Canada isn't working hand-in-hand with the TSA?

As we've seen over the past couple of months, the only difference between the US and rest of Europe is that the US intelligence system is on the front page of the news right now. Everyone else is doing similar stuff, just not in the spotlight.
IPython really needs a new name.

It's too successful/cross language to just be associated with Python. The guide to learning Julia actually encourages using IPython Julia.
Real breakthrough would be for OS X to run on Windoze devices... If you're a distro hopping nixer there's nothing to see here... Move along.
Apart from Haswell and display-resolution ("Retina" 2880x1800 vs 1920x1200), my Dell laptop from 3-4 years back seemingly has better specs than this. And a built in 3G modem.

What's the news here? Am I missing something?
1lb! finally a reasonable weight for the full size iPad, I was worried they'd lower it back to the same weight as the iPad 2 rather than make a dramatic change like this.
I guess you should take a look at what installing a hackintosh system entails. It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards.
Apple announces the iPad Air
Here's the "new generation" iPad, called iPad Air
If anything to like about Bitcoin is that it has proved that almost everyone else is wrong.

* SilkRoad shutting down? Bitcoin is doomed.

* Mt.gox is not paying in time or at all? Bitcoin doesn't work.

* Asics? There will be a flood of new coins.

And yet Bitcoin value continue to raise. If history repeats itself, we should see 1 Bitcoin levels at around $2,000.

I think Bitcoin is an interesting phenomena to watch. Being too solid for the quakes that it got, means it's going to stay for a longer period.

I'll be just watching, meanwhile.
How can the iPad 5 have x2 the graphics power over the iPad 4, when the iPad 5 has the same A7 as the iPhone 5S - rather than an A7X, as they've done previously.

Have they just stopped using the A7X style name? Have they just x2 the GPU frequency? (seems implausible, but it's Rogue, which is apparently extremely efficient, and maybe could handle x2 frequency?).

edited above for clarity

BTW: The anandtech iPhone 5S review (http://www.anandtech.com/show/7335/the-iphone-5s-review/7) noted that the A7's rogue G6430 is more powerful than was utilized in the iPhone 5S:

At 200MHz that would give the A7 twice the peak theoretical performance of the GPU
in the iPhone 5. And from what I’ve heard, the G6430 is clocked much higher than
that.

If 200MHz is correct, I bet the iPad 5 just doubled the GPU frequency to 400MHz.
Article has little info, is this just a rebranding of the "big iPad" line?
Hold on tight! It's going to be an awesome ride.
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You can't download an ISO, you'll need a working OSX install to download it from the App Store. From there I believe you can burn an install DVD and AFAIK you've always been able to do a non-networked install.

edit: Un-tested by me, but I've heard this is how you do it:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18081307&postcoun...
Just give it up, and call it "liberated software" or something. Language is defined by usage, and no one outside the FOSS community thinks that's what "free" means. (And while we're at it, the media is never, ever going to adopt the word "cracker" either.)
My company just released internal emails warning us about the outage as well, a lot of our customers are affected. We're in the Northeast.
Interesting that it's also getting the new M7 motion co-processor. It's good to see the market for always-on motion sensor computing increasing.
After using TypeScript for awhile, I really can't think of a reason not to use it. I haven't read anyone else express a reason not to use it. If it ever turns out to be a problem, then I can just switch over to working on the JavaScript output and dump the TypeScript front with almost zero effort. I did some refactoring the other day and it became clear that TypeScript is a tool that makes life easier and there probably is no good reason not to use it.
Rock solid? A system that requires vast and increasing amounts of the world's energy to be devoted to it just to achieve a vague notion of security? A system that can be attacked in polynomial time (but let's just say that is not a problem; after all, we never defined security in a way to preclude such things!)? That is your definition of "rock solid?"
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Hopefully Learn to Code does help to show that it is hard to get right and that if you think you can pull off the same thing by just taking some 8 week class your project will probably suffer the same fate.
I know that not everyone uses a keyboard case, but I am saddened by the fact that the new one is too small to support a usable keyboard case.

When I purchased a Clamcase Pro, I started using my iPad for pretty much everything, from term papers to code. While it was still pretty small, I could comfortably type about 90wpm on it, which is only about 10-15 less than I normally type.

For everyone else, this looks like pretty good upgrade.
Very true. It takes projects to separate what's needed versus what's purely academic. Projects also force you to learn what isn't taught, and to open the hidden doors in the technologies that you're using.

Similar with your analogy - For a marketing position, I would rather hire an English major with 2 years brand management experience at P&G than an MBA who has never worked in Marketing.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, but the discrete GPU and big dense screen probably start dominating power usage in there somewhere.
If you spend the time to research and get the parts that are supported by OS X, building a Hackintosh is breeze. I have had no problems with the one I built.
yes, absolutely, it's actually quite likely considering it's a very thinly traded currency.
One of the more interesting aspects of this is that they're keeping the iPad 2 at $399 (compared to the Air's $499). I can't imagine the value proposition for a new iPad 2 is at all attractive at that price point (I bought mine used for ~$250 last summer.)
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> Bootable DVD though? Really?

In light of recent events involving the NSA and leaked documents, yes. A bootable DVD. Really.

For some heavy-duty discussion on the withertos and wherefores, take a quick gander at a recent thread, over here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642

Remember that part where GCHQ stormed the offices of The Guardian, and took an angle grinder to one of their laptops?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-fil...
I have never been to a coop designed for developers. But one of the most annoying things about coffee shops are all of the non-developers (or rather non-workers) who are there just enjoying life/relaxing and laughing/talking extremely loud. I have nothing against them having a good time, I just find it impossible to block out personally.

I would like to pretend the goof off level would be much less in a place designed for work and people seeking similar
Um, that sort of happened in 2010. A pilot flew his personal plane into an IRS building in Texas. Not related to TSA screening on commercial flights, but still.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Austin_suicide_attack
IPad mini with Retina display and 64-bit processor announced
http://9to5mac.com/2013/10/22/apple-announces-the-ipad-air-2... this has even more info.
> Apple says is 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor.

I am always amused by this.
I've been trying PhpStorm for a while and to be honest I don't see the benefits compared to Netbeans.
> new money

I'd love to see that carefully defined.
It's not. All hardware has a planned lifecycle and it's just up to them to draw the line in the sand. They'll also do it through software updates by making less features available on the older model in order to compel you to upgrade to the newer. "AirPlay Mirroring" only available in Sandy Bridge or greater because of the usage of Intel QuickSync is an example of that.

For any cocoa/obj-c dev that's dealt with constant deprecated API's on Mac, they know exactly what I'm talking about.
For me it's worth it even if I didn't recoup the cost of membership. The availability of tasty USDA prime beef makes it all worthwhile.
Apple gives iPad mini the Retina treatment
Yep, lighter faster version. Realistically, they probably realized that people want to be able to tell what version it is from the name. The previous two iterations were just the "new iPad".
Retina display and 64MB of on-die cache is a big deal. Haswell is a lot more efficient at the same clockspeed than the circa-2011 i7.
Please don't make this sort of comment without more useful things to say.
I'd never heard of SilkRoad until the heightened media coverage of the bust, nor had I ever purchased a Bitcoin. I always assumed that there were black markets online, but never invested the time to discover them. Since the bust, I've discovered new black marketplaces and purchased Bitcoins to purchase illicit drugs.

It's completely anecdotal, but I'd assume that there are a number of other people like me who might be contributing new money to the Bitcoin market.
I had read a lot of marketing books and watched videos. Then I tried making my first Google Ad. I lost hundreds of dollars. Actually doing stuff is very humbling because you realize how little you know.
Nothing stops anyone from making their own personal variant of Bitcoin, however. Or 10 of those variants. Or a million. In other words, the limit applies only within a single system, and there is no limit on the number of such systems.
Dunno. I looked at an overview of the thing, and it seemed not too bad. Design looked nice, the battery in the keyboard cover thing seemed cool.

I can't imagine buying over an iPad, but I could see where it might appeal to more MS oriented folks.
Yeah, I had an airport cop at Denver International tell me I couldn't park my family's minivan for 2 minutes in a loading zone while my wife came down the escalator from a floor up.

The minivan might be full of explosives, and I might blow the arrivals pick-up zone up while parked.

Why wouldn't I try to blow it up while cruising past in the stop-n-go stream of traffic whose drivers are looking for their person?

If this is the rubbish the TSA tells their trench-level grunts, then what kind of otherworldly nonsense circulates at higher levels in that "organization"?
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Why does Apple depart from the series numbers with the iPad?

New iPad, now iPad Air... seems silly?
Out of curiosity, do people care or take into consideration whether a co-working space is run (ideally) as a sustainable business, or if it is tax-payer funded or otherwise government subsidized?

For example, in Scottsdale there is the Eureka Network that operates out of the main public library. It's more than just under-utilized space being made available; they're spending money on assorted staff, programs, and infrastructure.

Use of the facilities is "free" to the extent that the taxpayer is picking up the tab, and it competes with private businesses (such as Co-hoots in Phoenix) trying to do the essentially the same thing.

I much prefer to see these kinds of things done as private operations; I don't see offering free work-space to private companies as an essential city service.
Maybe some kind of appeal to institutional buyers who want that form factor (and maybe the old port / shape) to keep their fleet of device consistent? Maybe just a lot of extra components / panels for that design?
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If you are planning to enter Django world, it's always good to know Python well.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python![1] explains a number of Python related things which beginners(in my experience and opinion) generally either tend to overlook. You do not need to read it all at once. Chapters can almost be read independently and in no particular order.

Secondly, go through Python Ecosystem - An Introduction[2](shameless plug) once. .

[1]http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/
[2]http://mirnazim.org/writings/python-ecosystem-introduction/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Controller
Python packaging has been a nightmare compared to RubyGems (which is not without its own problems, of course). See for example this rant by a major Python developer: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2012/6/22/hate-hate-hate-everywhere/

This sounds like a great step forward to me in making Python packages easy to create, install, and uninstall!
And it's worth pointing out that the SMC does more than copy protection. It's also responsible for some power management functions and practically all the thermal management - which is nice because it means you get sensible fan speeds even when running a different OS that doesn't have drivers for the Mac.
It IS excellent. It has full I18N support which is important for the rest of the world. My kids (who didn't speak English at the time) learned programming using scratch at the age of 8. They typically did animated presentations, and games like 'frogger'. I only needed to show some little things but they could figure out most of it by themselves or with the help of youtube.
But they're not really competing on the absolute scale of how fast they can execute a trade, but rather on how much faster than everyone else they can execute. If everyone else is slowed by an equal amount, the game doesn't change at all.
If you don't trust the web or the device, where will you get the driver? Why did you plug the device in the first place?
Mavericks is free from Snow Leopard onwards (because Leopard didn't have the appstore).

In terms of period that's equivalent to giving 8.1 free to all W7 users (both SL and W7 were released mid-2009)
Personally, I was really hoping for a non-Mac based system as my next laptop. However, programming on Windows is still terrible, Linux is AFAIK still to hard, slow and unfriendly (the last time I used Ubuntu they were heading in the wrong direction as far as UI usability is concerned), and ChromeOS is not a real OS. So, with only two decent hardware choices (Chromebook and MacBook), I have to decide for a Mac due to superior software.
Finally. There is almost no point if you are selling your OS for just $30, $40 dollars. I am going to wait a few months until I upgrade. Most of the software I use probably be better off with the current version.
Even if that was a valid application of DRY, no, it wouldn't, because you aren't the system owner, and nothing justifies anyone other than the system owner making changes to the system to achieve fidelity to any principle of system design.
Obviously so they can charge $100 for it. Is this confusing?
Someone should start a company "Tech Surge"

Surprisingly the domain was registered 14 years ago.
Each fiat currency is destined to crash due to constant debasement (there haven't been yet a king or a republic that did not debase its currency). But each crashed fiat currency is quickly replaced by another one, so in theory fiat system may see no end.

Unless people start using Bitcoin universally and won't need any fiat currency at all. Which I expect is going to happen over the next decade.
the price is up because the miners cannot sell at prices lower than this as the mining difficulty has gone up immensely...same as gold...if you have to do sophisticated digging then you will do it only when the price of digging is less than the price of gold...it will only go up more if the mining difficulty continues at the same pace
What's so good about PhpStorm's refactoring? Can you give an example?
Lungs are more like load balancers, right?

You should've suggested (in the DRY sense) removing extra copies of sequences in DNA--excepting, you know, that I don't think that we know that is safe (those may be there for redundancy as well).

Perhaps you work somewhere where the concept of redundancy is important?

Stop being obtuse; you clearly seem to see the point I was getting at.
An interesting guess would be that they're going to repurpose the generic iPad name for something beefier like the Surface. In that case, the iPad Air would sort of be the lighter portable version similar to the Macbook Pro/Macbook Air. Just an idea that popped into my head.
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Especially when you consider the fact that it's impossible to upgrade the RAM. Sure, many users are fine with 4GB now. However, many users that want a laptop that will satisfy their needs for several years will be frustrated to learn that their machine can't be upgraded.
I hope I'll be able to upload scanned sheets with handwriting on them and have them recognized.

I've tried LiveScribe and various other tablet handwriting recognition and being able to take a picture of/scan a handwritten sheet and make it into a google doc would blow anything else out of the water.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how niche such a feature would be or if it would be worth their while.
does the apple marketing department troll hacker news?
I don't know how Apple does it. I want one of these.
Because they can charge us $100 for it.
Generally immutable (supports mutable state for some edge cases) along incredibly rich functionality covering everything you could imagine needing time-wise, and does so concisely.

It's a godsend given the built-in Java alternative.
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The installer itself can do this:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/WHATEVER_DISK –applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app –nointeraction
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Nokia announced their event first. Two ways to read Apple then targeting the same day -

For the Apple Fanboy: Apple wasn't even aware Nokia was releasing anything, because honestly, it's windows mobile so who cares, and this is pure coincidence.

For the Msft Fanboy: Apple releases a sad, incremental improvement in hardware that isn't their primary focus anymore in an attempt to keep the attention off of a rival.
Note to folks thinking of using their local library: Set up some sort of VPN or other proxy in advance.

My local library has assorted filtering in place. Last I checked, though, it was just port 80, so I was able to run a Web proxy on my remote server on another port in order to get past it.

(A VPN is a good idea for any use of public Wifi in an event.)
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wow! that will have big implications.. but i wonder what would do vey rich people invest in bitcoins instead of gold wich is probably safer right now?

Thats not my area, but i would like to know if BC could get more attractive than gold in a fallout economy scenario?
I use Haskell, but for many data manipulation problems it is still clearer to do them in Excel, mostly because of the bigger emphasis on the data itself, easier visualisation and eyeball-verification intermediate results, and simpler data-garbage-fixing in case a data point "raises an exception".
Interesting that Touch ID didn't make an appearance on any of the announced devices.
Also, their OS upgrades are more expensive than everyone else's because their customers are idiot sheep easily fooled by flashy marketing. That's why this is so expensive.
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