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> The future is definitely being able to stream all the shows and movies immediately after release anywhere on the web.

I agree, I wonder though if future Hollywood will be more or less profitable.

Imagine a future where all movies/tv shows were given away for free/stolen, how would they profit?

I think the answer is advertising inside the movie/show. I recently saw this done pretty tastefully in an episode of 'Workaholics' where the group wove some product placement into the story pretty naturally. I was day dreaming about how far they could take this and imagined them freezing the scene and the three of them breaking character/fourth wall to pitch a product and then unfreezing the scene and going back to acting. You could imagine this getting so popular that it eventually becomes annoying and then eventually edited out of any shows/movies.

What I think is even more interesting is the fact that advertising, such a wildly inefficient method, right now props up so many industries.

Imagine if Google released a product tomorrow that was 100% efficient at replacing advertising.. Some sort of beam that just got people to understand/like your product immediately. What would all of these major industries do for revenue?
I believe Twitter is for expressing your opinion. ChilledLime is said to be for the purpose of debating opinions.
It's likely that a combination of these:

1. Low percentage of Windows 8/8.1 users among Firefox testers

2. Low percentage of Windows 8/8.1 users among Firefox developers

3. Low usage of the Windows Metro/Modern UI (I don't know anyone that uses it on a desktop or laptop besides playing solitaire)

4. Low adoption of Windows RT tablets/convertibles (these are the ones that are forced to use a Metro/Modern browser)
Ask HN: US LLC and foreign startup?
I believe others have this question too. If you are a company outside of the US, it can make sense to also create a company in the US.

- easier to use Stripe and such.
- can send invoices to US clients that are local (= easier)

The question is this: if I create a US LLC, and I have about equal revenue/cost, how big of a tax burden will I have in the US?

Additional info: the idea is that there is ColombiaCompany ("CC) and USCompany ("US"). US charges clients. US pays US-based providers. US pays CC for services. End of the year, US has close to zero profit. CC has profit, and pays taxes on that locally.
What reasons do you believe people are buying devices for it not the applications on them?

If you are putting the emphasis on app then I would point out that Office is used by almost as many people as Facebook, so an app is a bit of an over simplification.
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Are public/private settings implemented? I thought that was a "stretch goal" for their recent fundraising campaign[0; $60k goal].

0. http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html
another project that needs to discover rdist
Exactly! :D The fork has already begun here: https://github.com/isra17/popcorn-app
We can add obscenities if you want :) We do have cowsay integration though. (There are some questionable cowsay modes!)

That all being said, the thing missing here between any of these tools is most obviously the resource model -- and the templating system and where you put variables and things to manage variance between systems. Thus, it will blast out some commands for you, but that is the easiest part of the equation -- not too much different than say, doing something from Capistrano or Fabric.

Even in Ansible, that's the part we built first.

Achieving idempotence in shell scripts is the reason most people move away from shell scripts, and also ... well, the desire to program less :) Then you'll want the rolling update features, or provisioning, or dry run, or a way to pull inventory from cloud sources, or... and you'll streamroller a bit.

The balancing act for us is achieving the right level of features vs language complexity and keeping in that sweet spot.

I still think you should have an easy time getting started, see also things like http://galaxy.ansible.com for community roles to download to go faster -- most people should be able to do basic things in a few minutes. The script module in particular is a great way of pushing a f'n shell script :)

http://docs.ansible.com/script_module.html

(full disclosure: I created Ansible, but I did not shoot the deputy)
What should actually happen is that the US-based tech crowd should put together a political action committee and start lobbying. That would have a better chance of real-world impact.
Hah, I'm glad you mentioned points and carbs. Those are the two examples of systems I just don't want to have to screw with ever again.

Carbs are great until something in the environment changes and they're not perfect anymore. I want MAF's, o2 sensors, etc, thanks.

I think my favorite car was my late 80's toyota truck with a 22RE. For my taste (which would vary wildly for another person) it had the perfect blend of technology while keeping things reliable and easy to work on. But it was still just something I enjoyed working on because I enjoy working on things.

For a day to day car, I'd rather have something I never had to touch. I'm hoping the move to electric vehicles picks up speed.
Number of deployments doesn't equate to secure, or Windows 95 would have been considered Secure in 1996. (It's in good shape these days)

Most companies get Node to be "secure" by putting a Proxy in front of it. Doing a lot of packet inspection, and limiting interactions with the server to validated requests.

If you set something like this up you can make anything secure. But most people can't do this, they don't know how. Most enterprise don't do this because setting up packet inspection for validation requires a lot of planning, and so unless you are massive scale it isn't worth, so this remains in the realm of things only banks and financial institutions do.
We already have one coder/entrepreneur in congress, Jared Polis, member of the US House from Colorado's 2nd congressional district. We could, of course, use more elected representatives like Mr. Polis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Polis
Happy to hear that! We wanted to see if the vibe of the video would resonate with people, and it seems like it did.
I really like the idea, but the name is somewhat offputting, especially if I were in a position where I had to sell it to management (luckily I'm not). Will definitely give it a whirl, but I strongly suggest considering a name change.
How is ChilledLime similar to slant.
Target warns that databreach may be worse than reported so far
That's why we're calling it a "teaser", but you're absolutely right.

(We'll be releasing in-game material very soon.)
Update: Just for some additional context, it’s probably worth pointing out that AOL’s headcount as of December 31, 2013, was around 5,100 people.

If double digit means "10-19%", this is significant. If double digit means "Up to 90 people" it's less than 2% and not so significant.
Apples and oranges. I guess availability (publish time and original language), being able to really download, collect and share a movie, play it without problems (HDCP, Silverlight, smartphone support, ...), not having to get a credit card etc. is way more important to people than you think. Also a flatrate for a specific catalogue is different than buying films, be it positive or negative. Don't forget the people who don't even have the Internet speed to stream high quality, but might download.
That argument, commonly associated with Hayek, quite trivially does not make sense.

If the information is unknowable, then it cannot play any role economically. If it is unknowable, the market itself cannot act upon it either. The idea lurking here is of inarticulable knowledge or inexpressible information -- and it is a contradiction in terms.

Hayek's big point -- in 'The Use of Knowledge in Society' -- is really this: an economic system is a cooperative system, a cooperative system requires networking/sharing information, and money and markets are a way to convey and share information.

Hayek does not prove that centralisation is impossible, nor does he prove that money and markets are the only means to run an economy. An argument based on information is not going to get you there -- rather the opposite in fact.

Later in that article, Hayek says -- about gathering dispersed knowledge etc. -- (not) "likely" rather than "never", and also says "it is just conceptually possible". That is the sensible view: if the market is performing a computation, then any sufficiently powerful general computer could emulate it and any sufficiently good network could transmit the relevant information around. Indeed, with enough power you could process more information than the money-market system.

And that is actually where we are now. When there is a pocketable networked computer for every human on the planet, that rather blows away the idea that we need money to solve the 'economic calculation' problem. The money-market system is already obsolete, it will just take some time to evolve away from it.
He starts off pretty neutral, addressing an issue of course, but not in a mean way. And all of a sudden you notice this subtle knife twisting in your ribs.
Huh, that's better than I expected.

So if they screwed something up, and somehow lost all of your stock and cash, your cash would be covered by the FDIC and your stock would be lost? (Assuming they don't have some sort of supplemental insurance to cover loss of stock.)
C. "For publication on 3/10/2014 at 9pm GMT or later"
What are you basing "Javascript does not scale well" on? If you are careful about delegating to worker nodes and avoid blocking, Node.js scales quite well for CPU intensive problems. If you have a really CPU intensive problem, you can invoke an external program to do heavy calculations for you.
Apparently what Tesla was initially told when NJ "discovered" a problem with their not-entirely-clear dealership law was that they would allow Tesla to keep selling until the legislature had a chance to clarify the issue.

Recently they were told differently: that the executive has made the decision, and they're shut down. Not much wonder that Elon's unhappy with the situation. Nobody likes the rug removed from under their feet. Plus it feels like (and probably is) inside ball when something like that happens.
You've got a good point. If he wants to appease Christie, this is not the way to do it. But if he wants payback, well, keep twisting that knife.
> Compare a Macbook Pro with a custom built Linux desktop. The MBP is very user friendly, plug n play, and has very little customization capacity. The custom Linux desktop is an absolute tinkerer's paradise, with everything from hardware to software being open for customization.

It's not fair to say Macs are less customizable or less of a tinkerer's paradise just because they are more user friendly.
It's a parallel to Japanese quality being led by American educators. Deming and Juran taught the quality control techniques that enabled the Japanese to beat the American auto companies.
is just me or does he always pick girls who look like men
You should strive not to use such disks in your server. A machine reset won't power off the disks, though.
My understanding is that developers write PHP. To what interpreter that code is passed is another matter.
It's more nuanced than that.

The USA is very good at the use of soft power, and targeted application of hard power. Our profiency at the use of soft power largely eliminates the need for hard power. Iran and China are simply not on our level when it comes to manipulation of public opinion. I believe that the illusion of an independent and oppositional media plays a large part in this.

For example, I can visit any number of violent white supremacist or radical Islamic websites at my leisure. Yes, I'm likely raising red-flags in a database somewhere, but I'm not stopped from visiting.

This is not to say that Americans are not intellectually subdued, they are, but the way in which control is exerted is markedly different.
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Interesting for sure, but a couple big issues:

1. It's slow. I've come to expect a full JS front-end app for productivity tools nowadays, page loads feel very laggy.

2. They request your password in the email you have to send them to delete your account!!! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Thanks, the funny thing for me about discussions like this is that in my home country, Austria, (extreme) right wingers are often the first ones who argue that there freedom of speech is too restricted because it's a criminal offense to - for example - deny the holocaust there. That makes it a difficult topic for me. I sincerely want to believe in freedom of speech but reading about history and watching the rise of neo-fascist movements in some areas of Europe has taught me that too often the better argument looses against fear, demagogy and violence. I still think that enlightenment, which depends on free speech, is the best solution in the long run but it becomes difficult if you have to deal with things like violent racism in the short run.
Good to see we've learned nothing
Investigation into MA Flight 370 answers few questions, raises many
Ahh yes, the much vaunted Hammer Factory Factory.

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431....
Haha thanks. The point of the blog was that we made the design too complicated wanting a microcontroller and innate intelligence in the tool when really all we need were flashing LED's
That's because it's turned off by default on modern X.

You can enable them in the keyboard options of your DE, or directly with setxkbmap on startup (sorry can't look up the exact options right now) if you're not using one.
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The worst part is, it doesn't even thwart keyloggers very well! It's not uncommon for password stealing malware to detect when the user is viewing a site that uses a "PIN pad" login of this type, and start taking screenshots surrounding the location of each click to capture input.
Yes, lack of awareness was definitely a major contributor to lack of usage. See my other comments on this post for more on that topic.

Firefox for Metro has been a testbed for graphics/scrolling/touch technology that we want to eventually land in Firefox for desktop. Things like off-main-thread compositing were enabled in Windows Metro before Windows desktop because (a) responsive scrolling and zooming is more critical in a browser designed for touch, and (b) supporting it just in the new Windows 8 environment requires less development and testing than supporting it across all the desktop OS versions where Firefox runs (and integrating it into existing graphics and input code for those platforms). But it should all make its way into the desktop version eventually.
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Get a History lesson before changing a system.
> often unjustified hate

If there's one justified reaction in the tech community is the hate that Godaddy receives.

Their interface that manages domains is so crap, that the tech support person had to get their supervisor to help me out. Even their tech support people are confused, that should tell you something.
I concede that the point you make is right. However...

DO NOT create computer games about the Holocaust. Even if well-intended, this would be incredibly tasteless.

One can certainly debate whether or not games about WW2 are problematic, but in the case of the Holocaust... trust me. It doesn't matter how elaborate and well-thought-through your argument for making the game is. It is still tasteless.
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Guys, check out my fork of 2048 - I made it quite a bit easier and a lot geekier.
Unjustified? The hate I see on GoDaddy stems from a number of concrete, substantive things:

* Skeevy, pandering advertising

* Skeevy, pandering CEO

* Bad behavior when it comes to transfers (i.e. wait to the last possible second to complete a transfer out because fuck you, that's why)

* A checkout workflow that makes it very hard to avoid adding extra things to your cart that you probably don't want

* Weak, script-bound CS

* Shoot first, ask questions later attitude to third party complaints (whether they be copyright based or otherwise)

* Their sponsorship of and carving out a fucking exemption for themselves on SOPA

* Unintuitive, badly designed, and confusing management tools

* Unlisted restrictions (their VPS services block certain ports outbound. This is not listed anywhere.)

GoDaddy is the PayPal of web hosting. They're ubiquitous, but I'd bet a high number people who've been in the hosting/domain for any length of time have a horror story to tell.

Network Solutions seems positively angelic by comparison.
Hah, nice! This didn't exist the last time I looked for the feature. Guess I was wrong; they are improving it.
Keep in mind that when a car has a warranty or includes free service for X years, the dealership that performs that service is still paid. It's sort of like a medical insurance model, where you don't get a bill, but if your engine blows out, the manufacturer still pays the dealership for all of the labor (at a pre-negotiated rate) to do the service. Dealers love those kinds of arrangements because it trains people to get their service at the dealer, so even after the warranty is over, they keep coming back for overpriced maintenance and repairs.

When a dealer sells you a "lemon" that racks up thousands of dollars in warranty-covered repairs it's actually a bonanza for them.

The conflict of interest Musk is referring to is that dealers won't want to sell extremely maintenance free cars because their revenue on the back-end would be miniscule.
Exactly. Treasuries are just so useful for stashing money. Even if the rate of return is below inflation, the Chinese really have no choice when dealing with their dollar reserves. Treasuries also make the dollar attractive in the first place, since the USA is more than happy to act as a debtor of last result resort....remember money can only be saved if it's borrowed!
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Is this just your opinion, or do you have something to back that up? Because I thought it was a pretty effective piece of writing.
Ask HN: Is it perfect time for building SaaS business?
Venture Capitalist Tomasz Tunguz makes an analyse and say that it is perfect time for building SaaS startup.

There is no single reason for it. Enterprise values goes up, growth rate of company in this market is good, etc.

Full article and graphs is here http://tomtunguz.com/saas-ipo-trends/

What you think? You ever try SaaS startup? Now is the perfect time for it?
This looks good from a tech perspective. Could you talk somewhat about who you are, the company, previous projects, or whatever else will build confidence in the service?
The last time I was in NJ, the full-service gas there was the same price as the self-serve in suburban NY. Maybe that's changed, but given the hug number of commuters in NJ, I conclude it likely that holy hell would have been raised of full-serve was significantly more expensive.
Sorry, this is a long rant ... and I dont really have time to finish
it but thank you for sparking things...

I am in a similar position, (although the "no problem getting
contracts" is a bit of stretch), a few miles south of you in Kent.

I have a vision, of an eco-system of small independant Open Source
developers building, integrating and supporting local and central
government software. (Yes, government)

I have a tiny campaign site at www.oss4gov.org/manifesto and there is
a community of OSS developers but the love they get from the billion
dollar government market is tiny.

Why .gov? I do not want to write another website for some marketing
agency, I want to write actual software, and I want to write software
that has an actual impact on my community.

For example, West Lothian wants an "Election Management System" (#).
This is basically to take the poll register and do everything from
orgnise rotas of poll-helpers, send out the voting cards, and so
forth. Its pretty boring I suspect but it is clearly something that
only governments need. Is there an Open Source version? Not that I
can find. Is it possible to persuade West Lothian to pay for the
development - well I am trying but they state right up front - must
already be in use in another council, tried and tested. THis is for
software that runs elections - what the hell are proprietary
software companies doing in there? If any code should be public and
open it is code that runs elections.

There are thousands of government services that have no or terrible
IT, that do not interoperate and yet GDS states that the government
prefers OSS, that GCloud is for open, small businesses. The
rhetoric is good, the reality of risk-averse tenders is much much
different.

Somewhere along the line we can see governments stop pouring our money
into proprietary code that only serves public uses and start seeing
small local consultancies, feeding on a eco-system of open source code
and delivering great custom services to government that just keep
getting better, for a decent living wage. (well hopefully better than
that)

Bugger it, I am going to release my best shot at an election
management system, and force it into the cracks. There is a lot of
money and a lot of worthwhile projects behind that wall. Despite the
30% cut in services.

It is a project with real possibilities

- International elections
(http://aceproject.org/today/feature-articles/open-source-sof...)

- There are organisations doing something like this
(http://blog.openelections.net/)

(#) http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/Search...
You've been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List – how long will you survive?
After I registered a domain with them, they called my personal phone to sell me their hosting services...
The Post's headline seems a big optimistic, since the news report is about whether the U.S. government will claim to be the core authority administering the DNS root (and other IANA functions). The article says the government will now relinquish this claim. But it seems like there are certain other ways in which the U.S. government exercises "control over the Internet".
Is it possible that the reason you're seeing low use is because users aren't aware the option exists?

As a Windows 8.1 user who didn't know this option exists, I feel like it might be.
Gates is right to be moderate on the question. Expecting him to come out and call Snowden a hero is ludicrous. Even asking the question "Is Snowden a hero" is bullshit. It's a oversimplification designed to generate a good headline. Hence this story's headline..

The country is incredibly polarized and its a negative thing for the USA. As a world leader and he is one, the responsible thing would be for him to be (at least publicly) moderate on the topic, and he happens to be right, we need the debate to figure out several very important issues about our democracy and what are the real threats to it.

As far as tactics, civil disobedience (ala MLK or Gandhi) is definitely the way to go. As a tactic, it let's you get the moral high-ground. That is incredibly powerful. Throwing a brick through a window (or releasing state secrets), doesn't get you that, even if its justified. So I would agree with Gates, Snowden could have used a better tactic. Although, how do you get attention to the issue through the noise and lies of the media without doing something drastic. I don't know. It's a tough issue.
How does that reconcile with this article: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405274870439650...

which states that "The fund had a balance of negative $7.4 billion as of Dec. 31, though that was an improvement from the $20 billion hole it was in at the end of 2009."