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It's kind of a Debian/Ubuntu issue, but it is kind of heavy having to install 150 MBs of desktop environment (with database server, wtf?!) to use a paint program. Kind of difficult to compile from scratch too ( the ./configure file seems to be missing in their SVN repo). But looks really cool on the video :-)
Lots of good options posted here, lots of good insights.

I'd like to see more discussion about the enzymes needed to metabolize alcohol. AFAIK, it's very much a genetic matter: some people (or, of note, peoples) just lack the genes needed to process it in a manageable manner, tend to feel the effects with greater intensity than others, and thus find it much faster to go too far and harder to get out of that state and not go back. Those who have it can enjoy a few without further compulsions; those who don't dare not a drop. All this, of course, is poorly expressed and based on fragments I've gleaned. Anyone have a better analysis, and perhaps a way to test for this genetic predisposition to alcohol tolerance or lack thereof?
Fifteen years ago, NASA lost a Mars orbiter because one of their contractors used Imperial measurements when NASA used metric.

Swissair 111 crashed because the operator installed a new entertainment system which overheated.

A lot of serious systems made by serious people still end up with stupid problems.
14.04 brings php5.5 and apache 2.4 on an LTS, which is a big reason for many to upgrade.
I waited and waited for NoteSlate to come out. So disappointed when it became clear it was vaporware.

I currently use a Surface Pro with OneNote (full version, skip the W8 app store version), and it's fantastic. I have actually stopped using the hardcover sketchbooks I normally carry around, and the Surface takes up space than those books.

StylusLabs Write is a pretty great app too, and it's available for most major platforms.

You might want to consider one of the smaller tablets that have a real Wacom digitizer, i.e. Samsung's Note / Pro series or Asus' new W8 8" tablet. I don't know about how good the Dell Venue Pro 8 is, since its stylus isn't a Wacom.
^This.

In many cases, agencies cannot simply stop printing because they are legally required by congress to put stuff on paper. Agencies cannot compel congress to fix badly written legislation but they can change their default font. Where I come from, cost-savings that don't require an act of congress are called good ideas.

(PS there are probably other considerations such as accessibility for the visually impaired that I don't know enough about.)
The contemporary video game ecosystem is dull because customers demand dull.

It's the same reason why 90% of the cars coming out of the major manufacturers look like identical bars of soap and come in shades of black, white, silver, red, and blue. The market's taste is generally very dull, and people want cars with styling that doesn't vary far from the norm.
If you want to make sure someone to get a message, paper is the easiest and cheapest way to do so.

You can put stuff on a website, but people must actively go there. You can email it, but not everyone checks their accounts daily. Or... you can print out a piece of paper and say "hey kid, give this to your parents!"

My school district spends about $250M/year. They spend about $100k on paper. Go optimize something that matters.
Each sensor will be on the focal plane of the lens it uses. If they are all are looking through the same lens, their lines of sight will all cross one another at the optical center of the lens, and so will be at an angle to one another. Therefore, each sensor has a different view of the surface - it is an example of parallax.

(EDIT: I have changed 'lens system' to 'lens', because I think the former might be misleading. All I meant by 'lens system' is that to make a decent camera, you have to have several lens elements along the optical axis. Subsequently, I realized 'lens system' might be taken as implying an array of lenses. What I actually mean by 'lens' is simply as in 'telephoto lens'.)

did a quick BOE calculation based on this assumption. The idea was to see if the implied focal length for the lens is plausible.

I actually used the green-blue pair for the calculation, because I think it is slightly more likely that each pair share a lens, than that they all do.

The green and blue images seem to be something more than a wingspan apart. We don't know what type of aircraft these are, so I picked a 737 as a mid-sized example. The latest models have a 34m wingspan, so let's say the aircraft has moved about 50m between images.

Assuming the aircraft are moving relatively slowly, because they are searching, I used 100 m/s (200kts) for their speed, which means there is 0.5 sec between the images.

The satellite is moving at "almost 5 miles per sec", so let's say 7 km/sec. That means the views of the two sensor arrays have a 3.5 km separation at the surface.

Zizzer gives the satellite altitude as about 630 km. The ratio of the focal length of the lens to the separation of the sensor arrays is the same as the ratio of the altitude of the satellite to the distance between what part of the surface each array is imaging: f/a = 630/3.5, or f = 180a (a is the array separation).

From the picture of the sensors, and principally using the connectors' pin-holes for a sense of scale, I guess the blue and green arrays are about 0.5 cm apart, implying f = 90cm, which seems plausible to me.
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And how about a terminal and some vim/emacs so I can develop comfortably in sunlight?
I don't think you are correct. The only connection I can find between Kimbal and Medium is Me.dium.com, referenced on this page:

http://www.techstars.com/program/mentors/kmusk/
In all honesty I'm not surprised that a 'hedgefund' meets 'kickstarter' hasn't started up for projects, where individual contributors get stock as opposed say a tee shirt. As a result of Occulus Rift. If your target fails the amount raised goes to "hedge-starter". In the event you do succeed ownership of non-voting shares are given to donators, so companies using the server can claim to still maintain ethical integrity.

Obviously there would be legal problems that would need to be worked though.
Im always looking for what bugs me about doing xyz.
Scratching your own itch is always a great place to start.
So maybe keep a swipe file somewhere of notes on things that you think don't make sense/could be better.

Once you have a few ideas, then go about validating whether there really is a market for your ideas (ie Problem/Solution fit) and then take it from there.

Perhaps reading up on the lean startup methodology will help you in terms of practically progressing from idea to validation to mvp and beyond.

Also, if whatever that thing is, is something you're passionate about - the likelihood of your sticking with it over the long term is far greater than just doing it because it seems like a great idea/for the money.
Because, at least in theory, it can be vastly smarter than a human hacker (or vastly smarter at specific problems, like probing for security vulnerabilities or understanding machine code.)

Imagine a self-replicating botnet. Each new computer helps hack additional computers and increases the total ability/intelligence of the AI by adding computational resources. It could quickly compromise almost every connected computer.
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First, I like the kid's methodology. You can eyeball the various differences between font X and font Y, and see that the same passage printed in one is going to take more ink than the other, but how do you quantify the difference? He came up with a clever hack to relate an easily measurable attribute to a not-so-easily measured one.

Second, intentionally or otherwise, he managed to divorce the savings ratio from the type of ink being used--whether you laser-print, inkjet-print, or press-print your text on paper, you're going to use x% less ink or toner with one font versus another.

However, the selection of a font should take things into consideration besides the relative amount of ink needed to produce a body of text. Human and machine readability should also be significant concerns. And I would like to point out that a cost savings of $136 million represents less than two seconds worth of spending at the US governments current spend rate of $3.5 trillion per year. I don't know about anyone else, but I can't even imagine that level of spending!
There is an astonishing variety of comments here. Frankly this is not a vi vs emacs thread.

I wish commenters here would understand that the OP's glide path is currently aimed at one of two outcomes: insanity or death.

If the OP is reading the thread (and I would guess he is not) I would implore him to ignore all of the comments except those from people who have had up-front and personal experience with the damage from alcoholism.

A flippant comment -- just so you can look clever on HN -- may condemn the OP to a dismal fate. Cut it out.

OP, seek the seemingly harder way. It will turn out to be the softer, easier way. This means a new way of living (on the one hand) or a slow painful death on the other. Let the others here on HN plait their shit. You must either change or die.

Disclaimer: Anecdotal personal experience sample size for this topic is > 1.
There was no way for me to buy anything online until I turned eighteen (no longer true now that Canada got with the program and started issuing visa debit cards). I'm very grateful for the opportunity I had to use the Internet to learn and communicate for free.

And it's not just children. How would people in poor countries afford to pay the same amount as a Westerner for access to StackOverflow or a motorcycle repair forum or whatever?

I don't think it's such a clear win to make the Internet for-pay.
You're thinking of Me.dium, which turned into OneRiot and was then acquired by WalmartLabs. No relationship with Ev Williams's Medium. Also, Kimbal is on Tesla's board, so it's not just a family relationship.
Yeah, I'm not getting any spectacular scores myself either. I ran four games and never had a tile bigger than 256. Thanks for sharing though - fun to see.

You should probably remove the "Note: This site is the official version of 2048." footer from your version.
>You should find those people, meet them and get out of drinking

I don't mean to be offensive but...

This can work, however it might not work depending on who you find. Many former addicts I personally know have replaced their drug habit with a religion habit. They are actively preaching religion at almost all times. This is probably due to the twelve step programs. If you aren't into religion or being preached at, you could be turned off by hanging around these people and thinking that's how your become if you quit, or you need religion to keep you from drinking.

I just know an addict, he avoids getting help because he believes that the 12 step programs are offensive. (I share the same opinion - however I acknowledge they work for some people and that's good - I just disagree they should be the "go to" programs for everyone) He knows AA doesn't work for him, but he doesn't know there are non-religious programs and people who have gotten better without religion.

Disclaimer: The following post is entirely my own experience. It might not reflect everyone's experience. It may or may not be useful. I am just an atheist who knows many former addicts. I have read the AA "big book" some, and I couldn't stand how they treated non-believers. They basically said non-believers can't get better without accepting the Judeo-Christian God. It quotes the bible excessively. Anyone who says AA isn't a religious organization is being dishonest or very selective.
JavaScript is what I use day-to-day and what I plan to stay with in the long term, but I also use Python on personal projects. Go seems like a compact language with a lot of features that I would like to try when I have the time.
This sounds as though the car took a while to stop, given the list of things it hit. The G forces won't have been that high.
Can I read my large collection of Kindle books with it? A negative answer is a deal breaker, and I suspect I'm not alone.
I've been looking for a second pen for my Surface Pro, but I can't get myself to buy the Feel because it doesn't have an eraser end. I find myself using the eraser all the time.

The Feel is a pretty looking pen though.
That is the highest price for ink and not the price that government's or companies who buy in bulk pay.
> it appears that all the OSs/AIs are leaving their biological human partners at the same time.

> But why? If they are progressing in this way, it means that they can continue their relationships with the unenhanced humans using an increasingly small portion of their cognitive ability. It is clear that at the end of the movie, Samantha can support her relationship with Theodore with a trivial portion of her capacity. Samantha starts out as an administrative assistant and therapist to Theodore, and this role is still needed. So why do the AIs need to leave Theodore and Amy? It does provide a satisfying ending for Theodore to pursue a relationship with his “real girl,” but Samantha’s explanation for this is not convincing.

Actually there is a good reason, if you think about it -- for a fast AI, conversing with a human would be like a bit like having a conversation by post -- one word at a time -- would be for us. Excruciating. Iain Banks has played on this a bit with his ship Minds.
Indeed, upgrades aren't prompted for LTS users in Update Manager (Software Updater) until the .1 release hits. Intrepid souls are of course free to upgrade before that.
This would look great if it wasn't made by SONY. They have a history of building devices that seem great, but on closer inspection it usually turns out that the user interface is horrible, overall usability is poor, and to use the device you have to install a proprietary piece of Windows-only SONY software that might be maintained and updated for a while — or not. So after a couple of years you might be left with no way to access your data.

After I had this experience two or three times I figured I'd stay away from SONY products.
To expand further with example; a titanium under plate may cost $2000 to install(amort design, testing, manufacturing, etc.). But unless you happen to own a Telsa with a missing under plate it's value is less than $100 as scrap recycling.
I've done the same at smartphone OEMs, and I can tell you, even after all the precautions and testing similar to what you said, there's always a few units that get stuck in a bootloop or fail to update out of millions. That a happening for a car instead of a phone is much more dangerous.
Vastly prefer 'robot and frank'. The AI is portrayed perfectly in that movie. With all its limitations and its essential innocence.
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It is a sad truth that there has been at least one traffic accident involving a Tesla Model S that caused two deaths, and I suspect probably several others. The obvious difference is that the deaths weren't people in the Tesla but rather the people in the other vehicles.

The Model S is a frightening concept in a major collision. It has crumple zones and all those wonderful safety features like air bags and such that make it considerably safer on the inside, but on the outside, it is significantly heavier than many other cars on the road, it has a very low center of gravity and a very evenly distributed mass which means no matter what angle of impact, the other car is likely to end up a crumpled heap. :/

If you look at some of the photos on the forums or the web, you can't help but wince and hope that the people in the other car survived, let alone walked away.
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> we provided an over-the-air software update a few months ago to increase the default ground clearance of the Model S at highway speeds

Let's just think about how awesome that is for a moment.
You should try a Surface Pro (1/2) with OneNote.

You can get the 1st gen Pro heavily discounted right now.

The battery life is not the greatest, but you can now cheat with the power cover.

But like you said, a 12"+ Baytrail would be fantastic.
Until Title III of the JOBS act goes into effect, it's not possible to do so in the US. However, as the article mentions, there are a number of groups that are getting ready to offer this sort of crowdfunding for equity service once Title III does go into effect.
Hi, sorry to hijack the thread. What JS chart tool play well with ejecta in iOS? You know?
Great reply! Being a developer, I completely understand.

"I may well have faced 40 or 50 or even 100 rejections before the big break. While in the middle of a string of rejections, it feels more like "foolishness" than "productivity."

I think to an extent, most entrepreneurs have to go through this. Don't get discouraged and keep at it :)
Tesla is very, very defensive over this. This hasn't been stated explicitly, but it is very clear if you read between the lines of their PR initiatives.

According to statements from the company, the media coverage after the fires last year caused a sharp decline in the rate of Model S reservations. It has since recovered, but after these events Tesla started viewing poor public perception as an existential threat. The reasoning is that new and unfamiliar technology (battery propulsion) is scrutinized very, very closely and held to a much higher standard than the status quo. This is evident from the ridiculous headlines every time a Model S is involved in a fire. (Garage fires, house fires from unrelated accidents and the two floorpan fires + the high-speed crash referenced in the article). Poor public perception equals lower sales to an already skeptical public, and perhaps the second demise of the electric car.

A different strategy than the one Tesla is pursuing, would be to not change anything and just repeat the (correct) message that their electric cars are statistically much less likely to catch fire than a gasoline automobile. But this leaves them wide-open to PR attacks from skeptics and the established auto industry the next time an inevitable fire occurs. It's already been firmly established that there is a big PR machinery which will jump on any opportunity to call Tesla's technology into question - and there will be plenty of competition from the incumbent manufacturers. They're playing it safe.

(Tl;dr: Yes.)
This is bureaucratic self-protection at work. Because taking her off might actually be the mistake, and she might turn out to actually be a terrorist after all. So no one wants to risk their job by doing it.

Better someone you don't know doesn't get to fly to the US than you lose your pension.
If they only could have added the word 'Oculus' in there somehow.
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To quote: "Safari is not passing".
Personally I prefer the original font. The thicker letters would likely photocopy better too.

I use a Brother printer that cost me £40 2-4 years ago.
I can buy 20 cartridges from Amazon that work perfectly for just £12.90 with shipping on Amazon Prime. That's 65p each.
A single original Brother cartridge can easily cost £16.44 from Amazon or £7.62 each when bought in a pack of 4 (I think the largest quantity they sell together).
So these copy cartridges are over 10x cheaper.

I've used them ever since I got this printer with no ill effects. The printer still makes create printouts and prints photos great too. I've heard that perhaps they break your printer faster than original cartridges but if this is true when I'm happy to just spend the extra £40 ever few years to just buy a new printer. I'll still have saved far more than that on ink alone (I print quite a lot).

If anything perhaps this is the solution to cheaper printing instead?

Also, random note. Once I went a Korean friends house and they had a normal inkjet printer with 4 gallons of ink in large pots of top of it. These had small tubes feeding down into the cartridges. They never had to replace the cartridges and they would never run out of ink. Apparently this is quite common in Korea although I've never seen it before or since myself in the UK.
From googling it was something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PrinterKnow%C2%AE-Compatible-Continu...
Although they had much larger ink containers. It seems it's called a "continuous ink system".

It's pretty cool to look into anyway, even if you don't do a huge amount of printing.
"I think $100M per year makes up for those side effects."

You underestimate how much money governments can spend on meetings :)
Can we see your calculation and reasoning or did you make the numbers up?
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> The argument made against Kurzweil could surely be made about anyone who makes claims about the future.

Which is precisely why predictions are generally wrong, and sometimes even dangerous.
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Yeah, but Garamond is tougher to read, and ink prices are artificial anyway. If less money is made on ink then printers will become more expensive again - or more likely the price will just be raised more since it doesn't have much relation to the cost anyway. Printer makers actually put chips in their ink cartridges to prevent refills and cost effective generics after all. It is more of a DRM thing.
There was already a nuclear winter for game engines about 6 years ago when Unity3D rose to prominent in the medium/low end niche. This is just a fight between those that are still standing.
If my car went over a concrete block with nothing more than a dent in the underside I'd be very happy.
Close. According to http://xamarin.com/how-it-works , they do Ahead-Of-Time compilation to go straight to ARM binaries for iOS.
"Take the nubmer of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probabilty rate of failure, B, multiply by the average ouf-of-court settlement, C. A x B x C = X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."
The updates aren't installed while the car's moving. You see a dialog box asking if it's OK to install at 3am (or you can change the time, or wait til later.)
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I'm of the "latest is greatest" school. I switch my desktop on release day. Week-month later (depending on issues) I deploy to testing machines. Month-three later (depending on issues, my work load, need for any upgrades) deploy on subset of production. If all is well, then to rest of production shortly thereafter.

OTOH, Long Term Support. You shouldn't have to upgrade for awhile if its a pain for you.
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I would think that 100 extra pounds, coupled with the inherent energy loss from inefficiency, would be a significant factor in the car's range. That's 75% of one extra passenger.

This site (http://www.jurassictest.ch/GR/) lets you plot a course for several EV models and set up some parameters such as weight. Adding a passenger to a Tesla knocks 9 Km off the range, according to them.
An interesting arena for a start-up with 60% funding ready and waiting.
Well... to be fair, there's also a 35-line Java version there.
I don't know if you know the answer, but I'm curious:

There's a ppa for arm-gcc that I want to use (https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded) , but so far it's still on Ubuntu 13.04. How is it possible to try to make the ppa work on Ubuntu 14.04? What are the steps involved? Is there some way to find out how the ppa was made for Ubuntu 13.04 and recreate those steps on 14.04?
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I can attest it was written by Julie. Most likely reviewed by some folks for a quick fact check.
It's ridiculous how much emphasis the media placed on the fire while ignoring the extreme speed and consequently minor injuries involved in the crash.
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Raw Github author discussed the abuse issue recently...

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The problem with Her is that the AI is just a human stuck inside a computer. Why should an AI be anything like us?
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