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>> This can't possibly be true.

I would not be so sure. I know at least the first name of most of the people I communicate with exclusively over the internet. Easily over 50 people. Regarding real names being wholly irrelevant, it is true you can get by without knowing somebody's name, but I find that people respond more easily and you can have a more honest, personal conversation if you at least exchange first names.

>> No...

Now maybe I'm a minority here, but most of the things on YouTube I find worthy of a comment have either been uploaded by a friend or commented on by a friend. If I am using it for communication, I'm very likely not wasting my time calling out a random stranger because of their opinion of some random video or adding mine to the mix of comment spam.
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/

Although it's just programming (the rules say that if there's no code in the link, then you shouldn't post it).
The size of the DOM is one of many complaints I've had with the service. It effectively made me choose between one of two browsers, and limits the number of tabs I can open on the site (for resource exhaustion), though opening new tabs to go to the proper context is the only way to accomplish many tasks.

In all, a long litany of frustrations.
There is a Windows-based digital display in the grocery near our house. It is perpetually displaying some Windows dialog about the advertising program they have installed has failed/ab-ended in some manner. Seriously, I'm not sure the display has ever worked correctly (I go there a lot.)

However, I watched the crew on a Virgin America flight announce that we had to "reboot" the plane because the entertainment system was frozen. It was, and everyone could see it -- it was Linux-based (not certain which flavor, pretty sure it was Debian-based though.) It had frozen, and all the screens (one for every seat) had a console stuck in some batch job and displaying the output to the screen. Luckily, we were still on the ground, so the reboot wasn't so bad.

But it was alarming. Reboot a Windows-based advertising display? Who cares. Reboot the plane because the Linux-based system is frozen? Quite a bit more alarming.
Nope, pages don't have to be established at all; that requirement is only for using pseudonyms on a "personal" account. Hence the flood of Adolf Hitler page identities posting on YouTube.
I was on 4chan /g/ basically every moment where I had more than an hour's worth of computer time from around 2010 to mid 2013. In those days as a PC hardware enthusiast and someone who was just beginning to use GNU/Linux, I felt I fit in with the culture fairly well. Of course, there was always "shitposting," but I found the amount of garbage to be tolerable.

As I finished high school and started diving more deeply into GNU/Linux, reading /g/ slowly became less and less enjoyable. At one point, I became so jaded that I felt I understood rms's famous quote regarding /g/:
"I tried to look at that page but saw online inane comments." I guess I wasn't as much of a fan of the battlestations, rms memes, desktops, and riced-out GNU/Linux desktops as I previously was.

However, /g/'s influence on me will never be lost. Even after reading more and more hacker news, I still prefer the anonymous style of posting. I say GNU/Linux instead of Linux. (It may be a bit ironic that I learned about rms through a forum where he is a meme that is usually portrayed negatively.) And, to be be honest, I still kind of like battlestation threads (though I may read more usesthis.com instead of /g/). I will also probably never buy any apple products.

Thank you to whomever posted this on /g/, as it really opened my eyes as to how large the intersection of these two communities really is. Perhaps I'll drop by again sometime.
If you want to get accepted: include the word Julia somewhere in the application.

You're welcome.
Although not a gaming platform (a detail not to be dismissed), isn't coupling physical parts with a proprietary software platform Apple's recipe for success - and the direction Microsoft is headed, beyond the XBox business unit?

Microsoft initially took the decoupled route with desktops (sell software, primarily to OEMs), which obviously brought them great success; but the tides in this market are clearly changing. Could we be on the brink of a transition within the console market as well, albeit in the opposite direction (from closely coupled to decoupled).

If that is the case and given the fact that the mobile market is essentially closely coupled as well; any bets on a similar shift in 20 years there?
As it turns out, the only one of those many services I have an account with was Google, and the one I use most often is pseudonymous.

My clearly stated preference was to not link my pseudonymous identities on G+ and YouTube, as well as not to link either to real-world identifiers. I'd actually posted on the custom URL issue (phone number required) a few weeks back. That identifier then turned out to show up as a reverse-lookup to your G+ account. There are people who know me IRL and have my phone number. I'd prefer they did not identify it with my G+ identity.
It's not that your phrasing is incorrect in any way, it's that the subtext is "Management has no clue about the real world, but this is what they claim. It may not be their real motivations, or true in any way, but the statements we hear are" - a level of distrust in management that requires that sort of disclaimer is a bad sign.
My point was only criminals would use throwaway phones to register accounts. The only time I've ever used a throwaway was when I left my real phone in a cab.
The decision makers, and most people who work at Google probably don't see this problem. They just hand over the information and move on.

It's like the Delta Airlines management team who had a special bus to the airport and a hole in the fence to go straight to their first class seats in their airplanes, or senior Apple employees who (less so now) appeared to never to actually travel outside California and London.

If you don't see a problem you will never fix it. Google and Facebook folks are content with living inside their bubble, while the rest of us get more and more frustrated and use their products less and less.
There are some videos, generally flagged for violence, which cannot be viewed unless you're identified to the service. A surprising number of breaking news story coverage is unavailable on those grounds.
Do you have any specific references to those accounts?

The consistency and duration of the push certainly makes it appear to me to be a top management directive. Which is among the reasons my faith and trust in the company has fallen so drastically as I've watched its G+ offerings evolve.
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CrashPlan is excellent. You can get a "family plan" for ~$12 a month, backup as many files you want on a bunch of computers. No file space limit, no bandwidth throttling. Online access to files, including from native mobile apps.
Alternative search engines to Google?
What are the best search engine alternatives to Google? I've tried various options including DDG, Bing (was trying to keep an open mind...) and most recently Yandex. Of the three I've found Yandex to give the best result for my purposes. Which search engines have you tried, and which one(s) gave you the best results?
Where's the demo/download/repo link?
Kind of "funny", if you remember that the US builds all kinds of stuff on other nations' soil:

- Tons of military bases (see: all over the world)

- NSA mass surveillance centers (see: Germany, and probably secret ones elsewhere)
So far as I'm aware, at least since the early 2000s or so, women have contributed the majority of user-created content on the internet. They just don't visibly do it in the few relatively small echo-chamber places HN readers are likely to frequent, so HN readers end up assuming that the internet looks like what they see on HN.
Has Google ever gotten marketing right?
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Dell, Ubuntu Linux OS, Haswell processor, touchscreen unite in Sputnik 3 laptop
Well, continuing to run legacy apps efficiently is almost certainly a requirement. Presumably it's also a requirement for them that the Java semantics easily and efficiently map to their program representation.

An AoT compiler instantly makes everyone's favorite Android apps start faster, and many of them run faster, without having to wait for (sometimes defunct) publishers to re-compile the apps.

A static single assignment representation that matches the Java semantics, such as Michael Franz's SafeTSA, would be better than Dalvik bytecode if they're going to do install-time generation of native code.

In any case, I hope they continue to promote architecture-independent distribution formats for apps and libraries. I've said for a while that I think compiling directly to native code is going to eventually be treated like we now treat hand-written assembly... a last resort for small pieces of code that need speed and have been found to not be efficiently served by more abstract tools.
That's not how I read that tweet: just that it shows your name, signature and CVV. The video on their website appears to confirm that. Unless you've memorized your CC#s, you'll still have to pull out the real card when purchasing online... unless you can see the full photograph of the card in the mobile app. Which is still annoying, but at least better.
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Well, more like none of that messy traveling, possibly across the country (or countries) if, say, you're on a trip and want to have a session with a therapist you've had for years.

For what it's worth, I imagine that there are some people that have particular social aversions that might benefit from a remote session.
Lobsters has better software but they never got enough traction to get any discussion flowing.

Apart from that the #1 story is just another stupid adver-article written for HN. The story is by differential.io and submitted by joshowens who works there. The same story was submitted to HN by the author with his coworker joshowens shilling in the comments -
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6741554.

This kind of exploitation is happening a lot, "Next HN" will hopefully be more discerning about its members' motivations.
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"In Silicon Valley" is on my list of things that deal break a job offer for me. Pretty much the only reason I'd go back there is "actually changing the world" or maybe possibly "my wife has a really good reason".
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The Mapping of the Heavens by Peter Whitfield - http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780876544754

The Macmillan Visual Dictionary - http://www.amazon.com/The-Macmillan-Visual-Dictionary-Illust...

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth - http://www.amazon.com/Logicomix-An-Epic-Search-Truth/dp/1596...

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-Bill-Watterson/...
It gets you solid 1+ years of billions of eyeballs to monetize from, and nobody is better at monetizing than Google.

I updated the statement to reflect what I think would be a best-case scenario for any acquisition. I think Google could monetize it the best, but then they would put the Google-plus-kiss-of-death on the service, and that would be that.

The strategy of rolling yet another billion-dollar-picture-based-app into the fold at FB would be a tired story. They've been ineffective in monetizing FB, they haven't yet monetized Instagram, but they'll be good at monetizing Snapchat? I don't think that's a good bet.
None of the taxis in any major city I've been in lately take imprints either; they have the normal card-swipe machines that retail businesses have.
I've never heard of "Pages" in the context of pseudonyms, only as a way to create Google+ profiles for (small) businesses. It's a bit confusing and ironically a search for it on Google isn't really helpful. How is a "Page" as a separate public identity treated differently compared to a pseudonym? How reliable is it to protect your real identity?
I like https://startpage.com Google results without Google tracking.
This is great! Hope it sticks.
Since HTML5 canvas has support for drawing Bezier splines, another approach to drawing smooth lines through points is to use a Catmull-Rom spline. This gives the benefit of using the browser's native curve drawing routines. This might lead to better performance, or smoother looking curves, though it appears that this implementation's adaptive segmentation looks pretty good.
I'm guessing you know my first name along most every person here on Hacker News? Color me skeptical. I consider my interactions here semi-personal. The interactions I have in other places are quite personal. There is a gift of anonymity, and that gift is the allowance to be a only a small part of your real person for a few fleeting moments.

There are many honest reasons I don't want my real name associated with everything I do. Sure, I have my real name posted in various places, but that is because it is my personal and strategic choice, not a point of coercion from a company. Choice is very important to me.

Just imagine this: suppose you wanted to blog about something that could possibly be embarrassing or things that you aren't even talking to your wife, parents, or best friends about. I'm not talking about murder or anything, but things about yourself that are deeply personal and you have nowhere to turn to vent or get advice. The fact is that you are not willing to be vulnerable to people in your real life, but you'd like an outlet and opinions from others about your situation. Believe me, I've posted things in forums and other places about myself that are deeply embarrassing and disturbing. I don't want my next girlfriend to know and I certainly don't want my next employer to know about this stuff.

There is a certain class of people that don't want their entire lives spread across the internet. Heck, I'd venture to guess that your email is not jason@_____.com, and if by some early-adapting miracle it is, most people you interact with is not.

Suppose you wanted to create a G+ account to talk about your frustrations with anything. Would you be willing to be honest and forthcoming if you had to use your real name? Would it be at all entertaining or useful to other people going through the same things you are?
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The jokes are so accurate I'd conjecture there's a huge intersection between the two communities.

Huumm... Except the fact that, arguably, I don't normally conjecture outside HN [1].

[1] I actually want to see what pg has got to essay about this. Just wait until the Arcstar is ready...

Please hold your downvotes
I kid, I kid. Most of this (rather funny) criticism is geared towards SV culture in general, I guess, as HN is just a reflection of that plus common nerd/hacker/engineer/smart-kid-outcast behavior. Apart from the idiosyncrasies of large communities that HN is not invulnerable to, I actually have found great content here. And yes, I'm a white college kid in his early twenties with big ambitions, pg is my hero and I don't feel like getting a job at IBM -- that doesn't mean I'm going to chase a $1B exit with Instagram for Squirrels+social+toilets alongside my other rich friends, replacing cancer research with tweets and fucking up the economy while at it. I'm broke and from another country like many people here, and despite the stupid media frenzy, snarky HN comments, bubble or not and so on, I still want to be part of all this. Why? Because I'm young, stupid and want to see what it's like.

I guess this is what the world's greatest engine of innovation looks like: a bunch of young and stupid nerds from another country.
I wasn't going to put up a demo since it's so little, but yes, that would be useful. Setting up the repo with github pages now.
I was at this talk. Extended Q and A. Speaker makes lots of sweeping oratorial gestures: "There is sufficient villiany, but not enough heroism," etc. The talks are substantive and another in the series is scheduled for Dec. 4. Small reception follows.
Next NSA Product
Something strange I noticed yesterday in a usability study, and decided to share with you guys as I feel this is not appropriate for government to do something like that.

I love to try new things and sometimes participate in UX studies, recently I was recruited to do a 30 minutes user movement study by a Fremont, CA based company, Nelson Research(study number 13-4500). They asked me to go to a location in San Jose, CA which is actually LMH studio (815 West San Fernando St. San Jose, CA 95126) but rented by a UX Research & Consumer Insights company(User lens Inc, http://userlens.com/) based in San Francisco for this study.
It appears one of defense department backed company developed a software which can recognize a person's face in complete darkness even if you are wearing dark sun glasses, software will be installed in tablets and mobile phone which people carry all the time and will use device's camera to transmit video.

I thought of sharing with you to create awareness and stop this type of snooping.
Well, they're not mutually exclusive, reddit has both a flat 'new' and 'top' comments -- new is 4chan-like and top is hn-like with an interesting strategy with fancy nonlinear time-decaying importance.

But this is of course one of those cases where they decided to make a choice, and they clearly favor the "top" structure.

Honestly I think they could have meshed the two better, though.
Graphics are held back: well as-long as the games are fun and ported well, this is not a big deal to me. Crappy ported games Linux or PC are far worse !
> the mesh network devices’ ability to siphon off unsuspecting mobile user’s IP addresses as well as the last 1,000 locations visited

They are grabbing mobile users' MAC addresses and are therefore able to track user movement.

When the reporter wrote IP address, I initially thought he was talking about web-browsing habits.
Yeah Exactly. Probably i should have worded more appropriately. But given the fact that most of software developers have to maintain large existing code bases, tailor a specific subsection to achieve a goal and only need to commit just a folder in that sub section
If you read the comments on that post or the HN thread you would see that you can link your YT identity to a G+ "page", where you can set the name and profile pic to whatever you want. It sounds like your real issue is with the fact they haven't made this more widely known, or part of the conversion flow. Your original complaint still makes no sense to me and just reads like more of the same knee/circle-jerk reaction.
True. And the people objecting against the whole G+ / YouTube integration are probably the early adopters that could lead the herd.
But YouTube isn't really a social network. It's more often a video search engine. I don't want my search history on public display, attached to my real name. If I like a video, I don't want that to be visible if someone Googles my name.
Okay, so the mere _presence_ of the +1 button in a browser doesn't track visits across the web. But when you press the button, "Google receives information about your Google profile, the URL you +1, your IP address, and other browser-related information."
Its hardly "subtext", when the last sentence is "I don't believe Google+ management is malicious, but they do seem woefully unaware of how internet-native communities behave."

(I must admit I did shake my head at that and think "even at _Google_?")
Yeah this will definitely do that. Only that mentioning name per file is painful. In large source trees, you often exactly don't know which files have been modified. You just have been following through a debug path making changes where needed. Just having the ability to checkout a folder down the hierarchy is really handy. Git recently added "sparse checkouts" but still they only solve the problem partially
It might still take a few minutes for gh-pages to build the site, but here's the example repo: https://github.com/sethvincent/simple-game-example
Tbat was a Youtube commenter who migrated to HN.
What became of the Basic Income Grant in Namibia, Otjivero?
By most of the people, I mean almost the entirety of my contacts that I talk with via IM, email, or Steam, and excluding the 5 or so people I've responded to on HN.

And regarding wanting to blog about something that could possibly be embarrassing . . . well, I am very open about things. Why should I be ashamed of my opinion or a particular circumstance? I think there is no reason to be ashamed unless it is directly my fault, least of all my opinion. If it is something I have done wrong, I should own up to it or talk about what I have learned. Sickness, addiction, emotions, opinions . . . these are all things I should be able to talk about or proud of, not things I need to hide behind a username to open up about.

I realize this is probably not indicative of how the majority of people feel in this situation.
Are you aware that people can be convicted of DUI for such things as sleeping in your car while drunk, or standing 10 feet from your car with keys in your pocket while drunk?
Or the other obvious interpretation is - they place pretty much zero value on their users (or perhaps even a negative value on those whiny privacy conscious tech-crowd users that hang out on commie un-monetized sites like HN…).
> How is a "Page" as a separate public identity treated
> differently compared to a pseudonym?

If I remember correctly there's some anti-spam restrictions on interaction with people not in your circles, but that was a few months ago and they may have been lifted. The current documentation[1][2] doesn't mention any restrictions.

[1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2848323

[2] https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1710600

> How reliable is it to protect your real identity?

There's no public link between identities, so most pseudonymous use cases are met by Pages. Users with unusual privacy needs will still need to be careful, as adversaries could perform statistical analysis of text style or activity times to determine if two identities are owned by the same person.
Creepy Google Glass pics without anyone knowing? Yes, you can
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Not a Google employee, just a satisfied member. As far as I can tell, these are the following flaws with G+:

1) It's idiotic that my URL must be FirstnameLastname1234.

2) GDrive storage (which I use to upload 2000px G+ photos) is unfortunately expensive when compared to Everpix's unlimited storage. Everpix would have been quite profitable at G+'s scale, too. If Google invested this much in photo enhancement services, why not allow us to pay $50/year for unlimited full-size photo storage?

3) Not enough participation by other people, though it's getting there.

4) I'll never review a Google Play app or Youtube video if I'm forced to publish everything with my real name. They should allow pseudonyms.

Seriously, are there other problems? It provides fantastic value for me in the form of auto-awesome photos and the eventual integration of Google Voice. My profile is completely locked down to outsiders and unifies my Google services under a single identity.

I just don't see what the problem is. At worst, it discourages participation on the Play Store and Youtube. In exchange, I get cool photo stuff and a pretty great social network. There are still improvements to be made, but I don't understand HN's antagonism. Quite frankly, G+ is welcome competition to Facebook. G+ has better design than Facebook, respects my privacy vastly more than Facebook, and provides incredibly valuable photo backup and enhancement.