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I don't see arguing about the "house" analogy could be productive. Viewing a website causes code to execute on my computer. Changing how that code executes on my computer doesn't change the website for the owner or for others visiting the site. Having a physical presence in someone's home arguably causes physical changes in the world for the owner of the house and for others visiting. It's not a useful analogy for this argument, to my mind.

I do like the television analogy, though. Presumably you'd argue that I shouldn't be permitted to mute the audio, change the channel, or skip ahead or back in the video stream when the "owner" of the video being displayed says I shouldn't. Does that "owner" have some kind of moral right in how I "consume" their content? Sounds like an argument for the "broadcast flag" and even more draconian restrictions to make the television that I paid for and own "belong" to someone else. Yikes! I wouldn't want to "consume" that content or buy a television that had that kind of functionality in it. (I'm already frustrated enough at DVDs with "unskippable" material that, effectively, punish me for using a legally-licensed media in a legally-licensed player.)

Arguing that I shouldn't be permitted to alter how a website displays on my computer is, effectively, arguing that I don't actually own my computer when a third-party says that I don't. "In consideration for viewing our website you agree that you don't own your computer." I definitely wouldn't visit that website. Nobody says that kind of thing out right, though. Website operators just require silly things like DRM-plugins (Silverlight for Netflix, for example) that erode my control of my owner computer. I don't partake of those kinds of "services", personally, and I definitely wouldn't recommend them to others.
My bike lock got half way cut through outside the mission Bestbuy yesterday. The guys had a spotter watching me while I was in the store. Luckily I was just picking up a cable and came out before they got it O_O
Glad to see NIBR/Novartis getting some love here. Any NIBR peeps on HN?
It made less than 100k USD yearly revenue, paying Levison and a supporter.
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Unfortunately those 'improvements' afflict 95+% of Android users.

Just like all the crapware that was/is shipped on every Windows computer by OEMs these decisions are effecting Google's image.
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http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/become...

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/become...

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/knowledge-exa...

London 'black cab' drivers are individually licensed by the city government, you can't just sign up for a job at a Taxi company and start driving. The qualification requirements are onerous, as you can see in the 3rd link. If you had to go through all that just get your cab license, you too might question why the same standards are not applied to others attempting to enter the market.
Here it is hosted on GCS: http://slides.eightypercent.net/GlueCon%202014%20-%20Contain...
Do these people not understand that they are children? I work with 4 and 5 year olds 8 hours a day, there is no way you could tell an adhd child from one without, their still developing. In 3 months i have seen every child in my 24 class change how they act, talk and play.

They shouldnt have children.

Edit: 550am fat thumbed typing.
I like how Colin broke it down into "setting up" and "finding", the two sides of a use-case scenario.

Since you mentioned delivery riders and ambulances, would you expect (hope) them to be part of your user base? Say a customer / patient is a user ... does the business / hospital need the app, or does the URL you send give them what they need as-is?

Either way, I expect you'll want to (or already have) reach out to businesses, hospitals, police, etc to spur adoption (or at least let them know what it is and how to use it).

Such outfits (on the finding end, with a definite interest in successful use) will also be looking at your website to determine what you do, how it works, how they'll use it, etc.

If you can, create some demonstration videos of how it works. Ideally with actual people in a scenario like you describe. If a 45 second clip can demonstrate what you described above, that could be very helpful in getting people to adopt.

Can you get any insight / partnership / knowledge share from FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc? I'm sure they've operated in Kenya for a long time, and have spent lots of brainpower on figuring out efficient locations and routes.
Some people like to be told "Happy Birthday" even if they know most people only "remembered" because of a notification.

Sometimes, it can be useful to be reminded of a birthday for somebody you actually want to get a gift for.
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This is a very good point and frankly I don't have a good response to it. I'm not sure the argument holds up completely though. I think a better one might be:

You both own computer consulting companies but you have government clearance while your neighbors company does not. One day government agencies decide they don't care if you have the clearance or not and decide to hire your neighbor because they have better programmers and can get the job done faster.

Government contracts is another sector that I think is overly-regulated and give an unfair advantage to the companies that can throw people at money at getting clearance so that only they can bid absurd amounts of money on contracts just to fuck them up and go way over budget but I digress...
You are over generalizing while also making appeals to emotion based upon your (admittedly terrifying, painful and difficult) experience. I'm sorry you had to go through that and hope life gets better for you.

But applying that emotional appeal to this argument is not valid. Yes, some bacteria are symbiotic in certain environments but extraordinarily dangerous if they escape into other parts of the body. There are particular gut bacteria that are especially notable in that regard. But there are thousands of species of bacteria that live in all parts of our body. The vast majority of these are harmless or even helpful, period. If they find themselves in an environment that isn't the specific niche they evolved for, they die.

While I haven't seen the research on the particular species discussed in the article, it is entirely possible (I would say likely) that it is one of those. Rather than one of the species that can wreck havoc if it escapes its proper environment.
Thank you so much for posting this now!
I was writing a paper about this topic and this arrives just in the right time! Awesome.
You seem like a nice guy, but I think this is about what arguments get deployed if you are perceived not to be toeing a specific kind of feminist line. Socially, in certain circles, you are not allowed to disagree or even question and maybe not talk at all unless you have some kind of special sex/race combination. And the same facts or arguments deployed will be acceptable or despicable depending on WHO says them.
> Patients stay on it for years, and it is so valuable that Novartis has quadrupled its annual price from $24,000 per year in 2001 to more than $90,000 today. Even the stingiest insurers pay, though some patients get it free.

I understand supply and demand...but come on! We're talking about people's lives here. This just sounds like exploitation. The fact that the insurance company has to pay doesn't make it any better. Just easier to get the money.
A phone is a computer and a user should be able to configure it however they want. If that isn't for you then don't use it, but that doesn't make customization an inherent flaw because someone doesn't personally want to deal with it.
Make up your mind bro. Is it bad that he sysadminned for the bastards, or is it bad that he stopped? It can't be both.

I'm all for voting out current office-holders, but in their defense: the NSA not only lied to Congress, but spied on Congress so they could see how well their lies were playing.
And the worst part is that not all of them are that way.

Like you, my mother was also strongly feminist. She had a very strong personality, and I grew up being a "feminist".

It wasn't until I got older and started seeing the movement as a whole that I started distancing myself from it.

Because I agree that wrongs need to be righted, and that women have every right to equality as men.

I just don't agree that means I should be ashamed of my gender, or that I'm automatically an asshole.
No, it's a classic problem with protectionist measures. Black cabs have been protected from the reality of their market for far too long, and so when the whole thing collapses all at once, rather than being gradually eroded by competition, it hurts all the more.

Of course it's a shame that a lot of people trusted the government to keep up their end of their bargain. It's a costly mistake that people seem to insist on making.
[Unreasonable expectations and little knowledge or inclination to try things out] Please don't read the previous bracketed sentence as snarky or insulting - it reflects the fact that he bought an unlocked phone and expected it to work great out of box with T-Mobile (including WiFi calling!) and he wasn't inclined to search the Play Store for TMobile Voicemail - so there is definitely substance to that sentence. But I merely wanted to point out that he is a user who is perfect fit for iOS/iPhone design goals. And not all people fall into that bucket. And neither should simplicity at all costs be a universal design goal for every product. Obviously if he is inflexibly tuned to the iOS way of doing things it's no wonder he's going to have issues with anything else.

1) Two Apps / Choosing Apps - This is why many people prefer Android over iOS. If you are bugged by it - select the one you like and choose "Always" the next time. Done. (If you are a UI designer at least shed some light on what is the way to do a better UX on this feature - simply saying you don't know which one to pick is not really adding any value. You have to try Hangouts, Gallery, Photos and then choose them as "Always" - that's the idea and I find it as intuitive as it can be.)

2) Hardware differentiation - yeah just install a launcher once and be done with it - oh you will have to choose the default once after you install it, but yeah after that it's even easier. Oh and Google autocompletes HTC disable blinkfeed - first result tells you how in two steps.

3) Fine print of an unlocked Android phone - he is troubled because WiFi calling isn't available on _all_ Android phones whether or not the carrier is T-Mobile - and if it was there he would be sure to complain about what's that WiFi calling thing that I don't understand on my Verizon HTC One. Hardly a UI problem and since it requires special firmware support it's hardly fair to have everyone put it in.

4) Unlocking - it's a HTC thing. Stock Android and even Samsung phones just swipe and unlock - plus you can thank slide to unlock patent for some of the differentiation there.

5) Back button - as much as inconsistent it is, having it still beats not having it altogether. But yes it can be a little annoying at times.

6) Navigation bar - he complains about there being differences in Samsung and HTC phones! I can't figure out why that is relevant as his target audience generally will stick to one phone.

7) He even complains about the Notification bar! (For crying out loud everyone pretty much copies this from Android - including iOS!) "I clear my notifications periodically, but inevitably a pile of tiny incomprehensible turds appear at the top of my screen, uglifying it to no end." Ugh, what? Does iOS magically know which ones you like and shows only those?

8) Copy/Paste - this is one point I agree with him on. It just isn't as elegant as iOS and neither is it consistent.

But I stopped reading past that - too much personal preference stuff rather than valid points and being on a "User Experience Designer"'s blog I thought there would be insights on doing this right - I only saw "iOS is right" in some places.
I speak solely from my experience in California, but I've been renting for like 10 years now (in a variety of places, houses and apartments), and the way its always worked for me is a 12-year lease followed by month to month. The penalty for breaking the lease was always pretty lenient too. May be different in other places though.
It's a variety of space-filling curve.

That's enough to find out that this particular one is called a Hilbert curve.
Environmental doesn't necessarily mean it is something we've done to the environment. Even if the world's environment were reverted to "untouched by humans" status, you can still get melanoma from too much sun exposure, and that would still be an "environmental" factor.

Unhealthy eating (especially very salty/spicy/fermented foods), alcohol use, and so on also classify as environmental factors. But they are not caused by pollution or chemical-laden foods, merely bad life choices. Copious quantities of red meat isn't good, organic or no.

I don't meant to imply our bad handling of the planet causes no cancer, it certainly does. But it does not cause anywhere close to 90% of cancer cases. Not by a long shot.
Yes, there are some species that are only symbiotic in the right circumstances, but are very harmful if they escape their niches. But there are also thousands of species that are evolved for very specific niches with in our bodies and cannot survive outside of those niches. When in those niches, they are helpful. When outside of them, they are harmless. Immunocompromised or not.

But you're right, I don't actually have the evidence to say whether the bacteria discussed with in the article are of the sort that are always harmless or of the sort that can be very harmful in the wrong circumstance. I'll edit the comment. I do think it is likely that they are largely harmless, because of the ammonia based metabolism. That would be pretty limiting. Also, their apparent fragility.
I think it is, but you're neglecting the opportunity cost of certification which the new drivers don't have to go through.

Assuming you drive, how would you feel about it if the DMV started handing out licenses to people without making them take a driving test? Realistically, many of them would be able to drive OK most of the time, eg a friend taught me to drive before I went to get my license.
Giving people a choice isn't always better. The photos app is a perfect example. It's fine that Android lets you have/use multiple photo apps. Many people think that's better than iOS.

But should the phone ship in a configuration that causes users to make a choice they're often unprepared for every time they want to deal with an image?

Part of design is making decisions. Some of these problems seem to exist because the designers (or the OEM who is fiddling with things) can't make a reasonable default decision and is forcing it on the user instead.
wasn't this floating around 6 months ago? do we really need to discuss this again?
Yes, but they come up less frequently in discussions because they're less prevalent. Anyone can have sex, but fewer people can do something like being a wrestler, which also tends to be a crappy job except for a few superstars. Even those superstars can't do the job for very long before physical or emotional breakdown settles in.

Sex "work" is a "job" where the less experienced you are, the more "employers" will want you. What other job prefers inexperienced people? Only exploitative ones do.
It's not pleasant, but if you gradually wash your hair less and less frequently the oils in your hair eventually find an equilibrium.

At least this is how it's turned out for me. I generally only wash my hair about once a week or less. At first it was crazy oily and frustrating, but gradually the amount of oil my head produced lessened.
This is the problem with using associative reasoning to detect bad actors. Bad actors are attempting to look like good actors, but good actors aren't trying to avoid looking like bad actors. Bad actors will target a stereotyped set of good actor attributes, and your filters will mostly catch unique or idiosyncratic good actors, who aren't targeting anything.

Unless your good actors are willing to conform to a published set of (nerfed) behaviors that don't have the possibility of being bad, or are willing to register and be vetted by you individually, you can't help but be overwhelmed by false positives. It's the same reason why the most intricate, pervasive, and technologically flexible surveillance system in history can't find a terrorist.

edit: I think the entire endeavor is doomed. The bubble associating your current searches with your past searches, and attempts to eliminate spam and eHow through algorithms have just resulted in eliminating most sites from the searchable internet. You don't realize how bad its gotten from all of the search engines until you spend an hour on something like millonshort (which looks like it's down now.)
It's called a Hilbert Curve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_curve
FHE is currently not practical for performance reasons. However, there are lots of papers out there on 'somewhat homomorphic encryption', where you restrict the types of operation you perform on encrypted data in order to get reasonable performance. For example, if you google for 'CryptDB' you'll find a paper describing a somewhat homomorphic database system. I think there was also a paper called Autocrypt or somesuch in last year's CCS that describes a system that automatically transforms certain web applications to use somewhat homomorphic encryption. I'm sure both of those papers will have relevant references that you can find out more from.
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Does your ISP actually assign you multiple Internet addresses for every device in your home or do you still use NAT?

If you still use NAT, what the heck is the point in using IPv6 at home?
Based on what I seen in hacker news few month ago, a guy trying to hire people on healthcare.gov described it somewhat like this: we are saving the project and are looking for people. We hire them for few months stints (3-6 months), they work super hard that time and then leave. He mentioned occasional sleeping under desk, it did not sounded like a joke.

If true, they have perpetual death march with constantly changing workforce and everyone being essentially newbies on the project. How many experienced people can you get with that sell?
The big question is whether decreased use of soap and shampoo leads to a less healthy society overall. Just as with modern vaccines and antibiotics, modern first-world people just have no idea how bad things were before the invention of soap.

The researchers in this article are definitely onto something - a better understanding of microorganisms' symbiosis with humans could have great benefits - but let's not forget that playing with this on a large scale is a massive experiment with potential negative consequences. The precautionary principle holds.
Sure! But I guess my point is that by embracing the voices of marginalized groups, we can solve a huge chunk of that at once. If you think about it, jerks usually act the way they do because of a perceived power differential. The guy with enough insecurity to harass a woman (or POC, or LBGTQ person) is likely to try to power trip other men, too.
We don't want to put people in a place where the only choices available to them are shitty ones. We want a world in which everyone can make a choice they truly want and would still take even when all circumstances in their life are optimal.

Powerful, happy, balanced, rich people do not tend to work in the sex trade. Can you imagine Condolezza Rice or Hillary Clinton or Marissa Mayer deciding that porn or prostitution is what they really wanted to do all along but just could never find the time for?
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It's still fragmented but at least you could go with people like the author who have thought through it rather than an awful corporate designed by committee mess.

Some people would argue that's what Apple is doing with iOS. Not that I agree (I'd never trust Apple, and I don't think their offerings are superior in any way, shape or form), but there are those who believe it.
IIUC, this firm would like to replace soap with a micro-biological mono-culture mist. Given that our skin is in direct contact with a lot of external bacteria and virus, this seems to be a biological disaster in the making if it were to take off.

Haven't we learned that mono-culture is a bad idea yet?
> Similar to the fact that some people would rather go to a different vacation spot each year rather than own a vacation home in the same place.
In that case an argument can be made that it makes sense to actually pay more to rent than to own because you are deriving some other benefit from not owning that is actually worth more (maybe that is what you are saying..)

Yup, I think you've come up with a really helpful analogy, that's definitely how I feel. Like the OP, I wanted to show that there were some things I valued that would make me want to rent even if it proved to be more expensive in the long run.
By stating that the gut is the "right place" for these particular bacteria, you are begging the question. It is unquestionably the case that there are bacteria in our gut flora that we definitely do not want anywhere but the gut. It does not follow that this applies to all bacteria.

Compare pathology of the bacterium under discussion (http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Nitrosomonas_eutroph...) with one that more clearly doesn't belong anywhere but the gut (http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Escherichia_coli).
I set up a dedicated server a few months ago. I was given, without even asking for it, a /29 (sort of 8 IPs), and could pay more for additional ones with justification like wanting one per virtualhost, etc.

This was not at a particularly expensive provider.
So the thing "runs Windows" so they can do "WORD"!? The amount of BS in government contracts in unbelievable.
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Looks like most of Texas has it. Too bad I'm up in the panhandle.
A note on Rackspace: we see about 2–3% of the VMs we allocate come with only an IPv4 address. We have no idea why — we suspect it's a bug on Rackspace's side (we allocate everything automatically, through the same code path, so it isn't us!).

We currently only use the IPv4 address (I know, I know!), but it does present a bit of a problem when/if we decide to move.
As a white male, I have.

Wanna trade anecdotes on anything else? I've got a shiny holographic bystander-effect story that's raring to go, having read this (http://kirstensamazing.com/stop-leaning-in-put-down-your-iph...) earlier
(Hey Randall! :-)

Yes, it requires an extension and that's the way it ought to be. Explicit user-intent, properly sandboxed.

Allowing any website to arbitrarily capture your entire desktop screen (or any application screen) is an enormous security risk that shouldn't be taken lightly, so an extension seems like the right decision.
There is always the option of traveling abroad always staying in places with good internet connection. You get to meet new people all the time: http://locationindependent.com/