skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
MacBook Air base model ($900):

* 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor

* Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz

* Intel HD Graphics 5000

* 4GB memory

* 128GB PCIe-based flash storage

The base Surface is cheaper than the Air but the second tier Surface (The one with more or less parity) is $100 more than the Air.
Netflix is a unique case. No one even comes close to network usage. Not even close. It's a very unique case, given its volume.

And I don't know who here said to ignore this problem, but they're wrong too. It's just that this isn't the "It’s insulting." problem the submission tries to paint it as. His solution is to "throw the bums out". Are you kidding me? Why are we wasting our time reading and talking about this tripe?
Monopolies are not so difficult to break. You just need to convince the politicians that doing so will get them reelected. And to do that you need to get the public really annoyed. Now how could you possibly do that I wonder <grin>
Well, today I learned that those three lines represent a hamburger.
The Best Times to Rent: Apartment Dynamic Pricing Patterns
You can do that in Snappy Checkout by creating separate products. Here's an example of where I do that with one of my products:

https://www.SingersCreations.com/WeatherWatcherLive/Pricing
If you assume King is clear and intentional in his writing (which of course he is), there is a lot of nuance available in "you have to hunt for".
Unfortunately it's not as simple as that. You can instruct the browser to ignore an invalid cert for the site in address bar, but all background requests (images, scripts, ajax, etc.) to different domains made via https will still be silently blocked.
>The run way for this is long, why isn't the site updated or ready to go?

I don't think that's a big problem.

> The dock has 10/100 Ethernet. In 2013-2014? Why?

Dog slow as well, I suspect it's USB!

> Updates for firmware and drivers assume enterprise infrastructure.

Not my experience at all, windows update did all my driver updates and at least one firmware update too.

> The track pad on the type/touch cover is flaky

They claim to have addressed this (which you know, because you read the article right?)
We always play a scrabble rule where you can challenge someone to give a definition of the word they "claim" is real ... and if the definition is not in the chosen dictionary, then they are not allowed it ... even if it's a real word.
Its really not unreal -- there's new computer hardware coming out all the time. Its been true for decades that hardware you buy today isn't going to be top of the line in 6 months. But what's going to be available in six months doesn't do you any good today, either.
my version of chromium is stock, I still don't see or hear anything, and no errors in console either. Maybe it requires chrome?
4GB RAM? A couple of Chrome tabs and I'll be out of memory.
still seeing this behavior. Text should disappear as soon as textbox gets focus.

Also I tried a URL from GB and from India and got the generic error message. What does that mean? Is the URL not accessible from those countries?
Apple Negotiating Paid Interconnect Deals With ISPs For Their Own CDN
What I was actually sold from my ISP and I'm currently paying for was indeed unlimited access to everything on the Internet.

There is no such service. Not only does it not exist, it cannot exist. No ISP can provide that. Any independent network on the Internet can start dropping your packets tomorrow for any reason. Including a lazy admin filtering out your entire country. Or due to a copyright agreement. Happens all the time.

If they really promised "unlimited access to everything on the Internet", then you were misled but I doubt their lawyer would allow for it.

If the bill can be split between me, my ISP, and Netflix then I want my bill lowered if my ISP is going to charge Netflix to deliver bits I requested

Why? It may not be increased. Or it may be increased less than it otherwise would. Or it may be jacked to whatever amount they can get out of you.

That's the whole point. There is no pre-ordained price for carrying bits. There is no pre-ordained split between carriers and end points. There is no pre-ordained service level. It's all just a matter of agreement between parties. So now they're negotiating.

I don't understand however why some believe they have moral highground because "they already paid." Everyone already paid something.
I'm not sure if you intend that to be a dismissal of the solution. Do you?
There are lots of other jobs out there. You don't need to work for people who break deals.
It will be interesting to see how gaming download services such as Xbox Live, PSN, Steam, etc would be affected as there as the file size of video games gets larger due to advances in the video game industry.
FlipNote 1.4 just got reminders and color feature
Truth be told, I have no idea. Maybe the author of the map had an agenda :)
Back in the dial-up days I had my choice of ISPs. Some people chose on price, I chose on quality/service, and mine wasn't that much more than the cheapos.

I can't recall any issues with the underlying phone company operator of the wires, although that may be because the wires were primarily for phone and they have to work by law (I think).

I miss the days of being able to choose my ISP. Now I have Comcast, with CenturyLink DSL an inferior possible second choice.
Thanks. Where do I issue vagrant halt (i.e. which folder)? The workaround I found was to go virtualbox directly and issue a poweroff. Not clean at all :(
Thanks iMuzz, that was an intense day for everyone, and it's always surprising to see how much of a splash that made!
"and make their profit on the Internet because it costs so little to provide once the basic cable plant is built."

That's some big hand waving, because laying the cable costs a fortune, and takes many years to recoup the cost which is why there is so few are competing for this "super profitable" business.
Can you clarify for me why I shouldn't feel insulted that I'm paying for a certain level of service from my ISP, and yet not receiving that service while they insist that it's not their fault?
We actually create local accounts where possible via Puppet i.e. on Linux hosts. That way we can draw from the same set of credentials in Hiera and ensure presence/absence on all systems.
Finally, A Guide To Hosting Your Website
I found doing tech support for my software to be a very valuable experience. It wasn't nearly as disruptive to my coding process as some of my brethren seem to find it; perhaps because when I'm puzzling out a thorny issue, I tend to take copious notes--and let the phone go to voice mail if I think I'm on the verge of a breakthrough. And being the first person to speak to the users who have issues, you can very quickly sort out the user-education issues from the UI/UX problems.

It was also always good for a smile when a caller would ask if I was familiar with the system. I was, I would say, reasonably familiar with it. Then they'd start explaining to me how it was supposed to work. I let them, because hearing their interpretation of the system narrative gave me valuable insight into how my users' minds approached the problems that my software was intended to solve.

I also wrote my own User Guides, reference manuals, and training material. Who had better understanding of the system than I did?
Yes, but you can't control how open and honest all conversations can be. In the article her son has clearly engaged with everyone like he engages with his mother, and that has been surprising to some folks, and it will be damaging to some folks if he keeps it up. What is worse is he won't understand the damage initially.
Filipino hackers wage cyberwar on Chinese Web sites
WeTransfer: bootstrapped, profitable and proud
Application for Startup School NY
Is anyone else getting a blank page after submitting the application to the startup school? I hope it was submitted, but no confirmation email, or at least some confirmation after submitting the application makes me a bit worried, as I would really like to go to the event. Thanks.
According to the press release it is less than the 11" macbook air too.
Checkout http://99designs.com/ if you're looking to get a simple logo designed for cheap.
The Web is World-Wide, or who still needs RC4?
OP here, please let me know what may be confusing to readers - there are a lot of topics covered very late last night.
I would expect any local variables to be stored in registers once the optimizer kicks in. I bet there's a different explanation.
I worked for a small software company that had a good system. Programmers, especially customer-facing consultant programmers, rotated through the support group for... I think 9 month stints. (it's been awhile). It was great experience to see real-world uses and issues. I think it stopped after we were bought by a much larger software company.
This. ConEmu combined with cmd/msys/cygwin/powershell is as close to a proper unix terminal app one can get. I actually find ConEmu itself better than the corresponding Gnome/KDE/Xfce/OsX applications.
Windows 8.1 on my main computer but I use VMWare Workstation 10 to run virtual machines running Linux for development work.

Windows 8.1 is really only their for day to day tasks such as web browsing, email and gaming. All serious work is done on virtual machines running a number of different Linux and BSD distributions. I have found that this works better in the long run than dual booting Linux and Windows.
Or people might wonder what gives these CDNs the right to declare warfare against their ISP and demand regulation of the CDNs.
Ubiquitous XMPP encryption in force today, all Google IM contacts now 'offline'
Do you print your letters on US Legal or something like that?
Could a robot do my job?
Maybe, or maybe the pirates will evolve to use larger ships capable of offloading cargo once these robo-ships become standard.

The thought of a few guys on a small skiff taking over a massive container ship was pretty absurd not too long ago but yet we see it happening more and more due to the financial incentive.

If the cargo stolen is worth it, they'll find a way.
plus 150 quid... That's about 100 dollars cheaper than what I can find in the states with those specs. Additionally if a part fails, MUCH easier to fix.

Comparing apples to oranges as both devices serve a moderately different purpose. Mainly body position while using them (Laying flat and using my finger directly on the screen to read books and watch movies or sitting up and using my finger on the keyboard to read books and watch movies).
Linux works pretty well on many Macbook models. Linus used an Air as his main machine last I heard.
New Trello Search Features
You've got to ask yourself why Level3 is writing blog posts about this in the first place. It'd be like a bread making company calling out the sandwich shop it sells bread to for not having enough stores.

BUT WE'VE MADE ALL THIS BREAD WHY WON'T YOU BUY MORE?! JUST OPEN UP 100 NEW STORES I KNOW YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT!

Level3 invested money in their infrastructure, but Comcast, et. al. have not (yet). Level3 is losing money by having all this additional capacity, are they not? So clearly it's in their best interest to light a fire under the ISP's collective ass to try to get them to upgrade quickly.

Oh hey look, a political issue has appeared that does precisely that. Why wouldn't Level3 latch onto that movement and attempt to use it for financial gain in the form of more favorable peering agreements?
The dock has 10/100 Ethernet. In 2013-2014? Why?

Can any of the onboard hardware actually handle a 1Gbit firehose? 100Mbit is enough for any streaming you could throw at this thing.
Now that is hacking without a net. Get it to work on time, or the satellite dies.
Because you actually are receiving the level of service you're paying for, you just didn't know what you were paying for when you signed up.
They effectively are refusing to route after a certain threshold. Their connections are saturated and they aren't wanting to play ball the way other peers have (at least per Level 3's side of the story). So once their X Gigabit link is saturated, quality goes down. They don't want to use the same arrangement that Level 3 has made with others (with respect to cost distribution) to upgrade the connection so the situation remains.
Not disagreeing, but I suspect notepad.exe is the way it is for a reason - it's the Windows equivalent of vi, the thing you use to try to recover when everything else is falling to pieces. As such, it doesn't and shouldn't have dependencies on anything that isn't absolutely essential.

I believe Task Manager eschews the common control library and reimplements a lot of UI stuff itself. Same reason.
Which makes sense - it seems to be aimed at getting typical desktop-style work done. You don't usually do that while walking around.
> Developers shouldn't have to spend any time walking a user through logging in, helping explain how to import data, etc.

I actually find that spending such time is one of the few effective ways to reliably show developers where their user experience is poor.

If your users keep asking the same question, it's not their fault -- it's a problem with the software, and developers need to be the ones to fix it.
I have had good luck with Cleverbridge http://www.cleverbridge.com.
The fonts look messed up for me (Debian testing / Firefox 29.0.1). In some cases letter i has a shifted dot (see the word Wikipedia in the last search result in the image below):

https://i.imgur.com/SsicEFJ.png

The fonts come from here:

* https://duckduckgo.com/font/ProximaNova-Sbold-webfont.woff

* https://duckduckgo.com/font/ProximaNova-Reg-webfont.woff
Common carriers are the words of art for these sorts of utilities. And Comcast and company are in steadily increasing danger of this as they piss off more and more voters (at a certain point, all the money in the world is of no interest to a politician who perceives himself in danger of having to spend more time with his family after the next election; gun owners have demonstrated this many times).
That’s great advice. Thank you!
To Know Your Customer, Dive Into Your Data
How do you pronounce SVYFT? You're going to lose a lot of word of mouth traffic with a name like that.
Right on target, and very apt considering that I'm boarding a plane to GlueCon this afternoon. =)
Google's latest acquisition now made free
You're probably using the right thesaurus. The default on Apple devices is the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, which is great at conveying little shades of meaning. I'm always delighted to find a "Word Notes" entry by an author I like. Try "bourgeois" for Zadie Smith or "feckless" for David Foster Wallace.

(Here's a list of all the word notes by author: http://lasersoptional.com/2012/08/21/it-was-wonderful-marvel...)
The problem is it WASN'T $300 cheaper. It was initially priced at iPad levels. It got heavily discounted for a while, but the initial run was positioned as an iPad competitor, not a low end disruptor. Which was crazy given the lack of apps to start.
Conveniently packaging data regarding heart, liver and kidney function to be easily parsed and stored by advertisers/insurance/NSA
No sex without a good meal: if you're an insect
What if we look at it from the other side? Here's an argument that's very similar to yours:

What is the source of the notion that, because Netflix paid for bandwidth, all bits are paid for and the charge for carrying them cannot be split with the other side of the connection? Why is it so bizarre that both sides of the connection have to pay for it? Because you're used to your phone working differently?

As an analogy, you know how you used to pay for cable and the cable company paid money to stations they showed you? The TV station split its fee in two: the cable company paid part of it, and the advertisers paid the other part. It's the same here.

If you're going to say that one side gets to charge at both ends what makes the receiving side special? Why shouldn't the side with the content get to double dip instead?
>It'd be like a bread making company calling out the sandwich shop it sells bread to for not having enough stores.

No. It isn't. It's like a bread making company calling out the grocery stores for not having enough shelf space to stock all the bread that customers of the grocery store are asking to buy, saying "People keep on asking us for bread and you can't stock enough of it".

edit to add: You keep on not understanding that the only reason the demand exists is because the customers of the ISPs want it. This isn't a scenario where L3 is just trying to push data at Comcast; it just isn't. You keep on acting like it is, and it isn't, and I can't think of another way to phrase it so that you'll understand. Level3 is not just pushing data at comcast that nobody wants, and whining that comcast can't handle it. Customers of Comcast are asking for the data, Level3 is trying to provide it, and Comcast is blocking that transaction.

edit again: It's also worth noting that in this scenario, people are paying a monthly subscription fee to the grocery store that says they can come in and get certain amounts of bread (or UP TO certain amounts of bread whatever) and yet because there is not enough shelf space customers are going hungry. And yet despite the fact that people are going hungry, the grocery stores are insisting that the bakery provide, in addition to the bread, the shelves on which to store the bread. And you're arguing that since the bakery has already spent money upgrading their ovens, their proofing rooms, and their mixers, they should also upgrade the grocery store's shelves.
> This is asymetrical warfare.

When I got to that sentence I thought "Really, a war comparison?". I couldn't figure out where you were going to go with the comparison but I thought I would play along. After reading your comment a couple of times I still can't figure out what the connection is to asymmetric warfare. Who are the belligerents and the casus belli? How is this different from traditional "telecom warfare"?

This is one of the more bizarre reading experiences on HN:

I don't think that is the solution. This is asymetrical warfare...The solution to this will be worked out by the free market slowly but surely.
A video tutorial running natively in a browser with JS/HTML/CSS and no  tags
The page shows a demo of a Photoshop panel (Griddify), but what's more interesting is that the video itself is a bunch of animated HTML elements. (Uses the upcoming theatre.js)
Strange, I don't see any ads at the top :O on Google. I have no ad blocker enabled.
Around 1983, I went with a friend into an electronics department store. He typed following lines onto the screen: 10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GOTO 10. Pressed run and walked away.

I was immediately hooked. Love at first sight.

I got one of those babies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_Laser_200 and since then I'm programming :-)
This new surface starts at $799 which puts it clearly in thee mid-range notebook market where there are plenty of compelling alternative laptops, many of which sport clearly superior hardware. Bump it up to an i5 or i7 and I'm sure the price will be north of $1K.

The premium paid here is the form factor and it's related features so the comparison to traditional laptops isn't valid (even if MS is making it). Maybe if you're cross shopping svelte, premium laptops the Surface 3 would be an option, but not for someone looking for a $400 i3 Windows laptop.
You can run GCC 4.9.0 side by side Clang just fine on OS X.
The main thing to me is they still do not have driving directions. That to me is really needed to make it useable to the mainstream public.

Also searching for say chicago, IL does not show the maps tab. We need to search for Chicago IL for that. Not sure why the comma is throwing them off.
Phonetically similar to SWIFT. Yes, I guess we may lose out a bit on word of mouth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_sovereignty_debate#Huma...
Thought this had to do with dictionaries in CS.
The smaller ISPs are just following Comcast's example: "You mean we can charge multiple times for the same data without doing any extra work? Sign us up!" All last-mile ISPs will eventually realize they can hold everyone hostage, so long as there is no significant competition.
If I could change the name of two great ideas doing great stuff they would be Ubuntu and DuckDuckGo.
> Do you print your letters on US Legal or something like that?

No, "letter size" was a reference to US Letter, which is 8.5"x11", which has a 13.9" diagonal, so a 14" screen would be about right (a little small for a 100% display if it is 3:2, because US Letter has a 1.29:1 aspect ratio rather than 1.5:1.)

US Legal is 8.5"x14" which is closer to 3:2 (1.65:1) but also 16.4" diagonal.
I general if the money is spent on design but the functionality is not quite there yet, that money is not very well spent...
I've had to run a Windows VM on a Mac because I needed to run SSMS, but if I were doing .NET development in Visual Studio and heavily using PowerShell on the command-line, I'd probably prefer to just have a Windows computer rather than having so much of my workflow inside a VM.

Because I currently work mostly on the command-line, having a rich command-line environment with access to a powerful shell and great tools is really important to me, and I wouldn't want that to be restricted to a VM.
Yep, until this won't be closed:

https://github.com/mailgun/vulcan/issues/31

Vulcand should not be used as for anything frontend-related
"this is why you can't have nice things" sentiment

This is why we can't have nice things. It's also the solution to the Fermi paradox. The aliens have been watching.
Caveman 007.  He has a license to kill...in his parent's bedroom
This guy's depression might've wrecked his social life, but it hasn't been able to touch his wildly active imagination or unhealthy obsession with Bond, James Bond.
The Entrepreneurship Mindset: Freelancers, Intrapreneurs and Startup Culture
New home page for me, thanks!
> It sounds like Level3 wants to enter into bigger-money contracts with the ISPs

As the article points out, peering rarely involves money (and shouldn't ever; as the word peer implies, its a largely symmetric relationship).

The ISPs' customers are paying the ISPs for bandwidth and then requesting traffic. Level3 is providing said traffic and then the ISP drops it because they don't have enough bandwidth. How can a reasonable person possibly interpret this as being Level3's fault?

If an ISP isn't willing to supply its customers with the bandwidth that is being paid for, they need to either fix that or stop promising things they aren't willing to deliver on.
Kinect rode on Microsoft >$1 billion marketing campaign of lies. Every PR clip showed people interacting with fast paced action packed games in very responsive way.

Reality of hardware was totally different. M$ wasnt ready, Project Natal was couple of years away. They scrambled in panic and bought Primesense. Kinect was basically repackaged Primesense dev kit.

Kinect was supposed to be answer to Wii. Problem is there is a huge difference in speed between tracking 4 points of light versus complex DSP on a point cloud. Kinect had a 100-500ms delay between something happening and skeletal tracking on the screen. Kinect One only manages to cut that in ~half.

You simply CANT do responsive input with latencies in the hundreds of milliseconds. This is why Kinect has failed to deliver what $1 billion of M$ PR promised four years ago.

Kinect is great for puzzle games, art projects, slow complex input.
Compiling GCC [4.9.0] on OS X
Slightly more info: a wide range of XMPP stakeholders (over 70 of them) initiated ubiquitous XMPP encryption today after months of planning. As Google doesn't support server-to-server TLS, they are now out of the XMPP loop until they do.

More info at 'El Reg': http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/20/im_upgrade_locks_out...
About one issue with the fonts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7773911
In what sense? Are you referring to the "well actually the contract just says you pay for UP TO certain speeds" bullshit?