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> + May have the killer smartphone app - carrier independent voice calls (aka "Skype").

So does every Android and iOS device, unless Microsoft wants to remove it from the android matket and the app store.

> + Clearly has a more thoughtfully designed user interface in the form of Metro versus Android's WIMP on a phone mashups.

That's debatable. I prefer Android to Windows Phone. Sometimes, even over the iPhone.

And there are days I miss WebOS...

> + Could offer a more thoughtfully integrated suite of development tools should they get Android tooling into Visual Studio.

I kind of like the Android toolset.

> + Already has a set of platform agnostic cloud services that are at least as good as Google's and since they include Office more attractive to general users.

At least as good as Google means Google is still the standard. Attractive to Office users.

> + Because of their B2B orientation, access to revenue streams other than advertising and therefore more latitude in providing a more appealing user experience in the consumer market.

Only as long as they can indirectly monetize a lock-in from the handset.
I had a bad idea for you Michael. Every day there are news articles about university professors who did something wrong or have some other reason to quit. You could contact them and point them at your project.

A sample for today:

Professor John Schindler posted a photoshop http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/navy...

Professor Bacevich retired http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/good-bye-professor-bacevich/

and is starting a MOOC https://www.edx.org/course/bux/bux-intl301x-war-greater-midd...

Reddit user 20kadjunct is adjunct professor with an annual salary of $20,000 and 2 other jobs. http://www.businessinsider.com/adjunct-professors-ama-on-red...

professor Thomas Docherty, a nationally recognised critic of higher education leadership and policy, was suspended last term in March. http://theboar.org/2014/06/23/suspended-professor-prevented-...

A fresh badge of Professors every day.

(the plot thickens)
How about s-expressions :) ?
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That is an interesting story, thank you. It reads like a television drama and could probably be turned into an engaging suspense movie. I sometimes wonder whether there should be more forced independence for media companies, but then I remember things like News Corp, which isn't exactly a shining star of journalistic integrity, and GE owning NBC (prior to the sale to Comcast), which afaik didn't ever run into any conflict of interest problems between the parent company and what hit the airwaves.
"announced its $79 Wink hub"

I've been in this hobby for a long time (like since X-10 in the 80s, more Insteon now) and one unwanted trend I see is exploding prices. Inflation has pushed your stereotypical X-10 appliance module from $10 to currently $20. I've been mostly Insteon for a decade or so now, but the venerable X-10 appliance module is a good canary as its been around for decades unchanged. Anyway its off to the races with the new breed, hundreds of bucks for a mere thermostat, etc. The days of your linux box turning your aquarium tank lights on and off in a cron job for $30 total are pretty much coming to an end, although it'll still be possible, much slower and harder to automate and it'll cost $750 and have a phone app that demands access to your contact list, but it'll still sorta work.

Another interesting trend in home automation is abandonment of all legacy tech. Ask someone what came before the arduino in microcontrollers, "uh, nothing, they were the first ever". Ditto the new wave of home automation, the zillionth competitor still positions themselves as the "first". Not too impressed with this trend either. If I'm making fun of this marketing scheme, I'm probably not the only guy in the target market making fun of the trend.

A final interesting industry trend is the conspicuous consumption aspect. Nobody seriously tried to claim an early 80s era X-10 wall wart was a designed thing of beauty to show off to your friends, any more than a circuit breaker or a gas shutoff valve. The new wave is all about the bling as the highest priority. Does look pretty nice.

So that's the four trends I've seen in HA, your observation of extensive partnering agreements, the cost is exploding, every copycat is the first product ever, and appearance is the #1 priority. None of the trends could have been extrapolated from the earliest days in the 80s to 2010 or so.

I suspect interoperability is NOT going to turn out any better for HA than it has for home stereo-TV-dvd-xbox remote controls, or kitchen appliances (try swapping egg beaters between competing portable mixers for a good time, if you have a deep pocketbook)
I wanted to post this myself, but feared the wrath of the downvoters - it might come across as a bit negative. However, I think the positives should be highlighted: SVG is really, really ideal for these kinds of graphics, and we should be trying to push the technology and be equally impressed with its results.
Sweet - I had no idea. Thanks. It just seemed like that was a fairly common opinion being voiced that they were tired of getting woken up at 3 am haha.
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Some V8 people here ? how can a JS re-implementation be faster than the native implementation of a function ?
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In chess, strategy is long term, tactic short term. A tactic has a very concrete goal, and in a few moves you will be able to say "it worked" or "it didn't work". A strategy has a more abstract goal, and sometimes you won't be able to tell to what degree it worked.
I wasn't complaining about it, I just reminded when I met him. I don't feel the missing of meetups, I prefer internet communities (mailing lists, GitHub, HN...)
More like the new Acid [1] test.

[1] http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html#top
I wonder how these compare to the ones in lodash.
They have been distributing server based Linux through Azure for far longer. Creating a Linux VM is a matter of a few clicks and they have hundreds of ready to go VM images.

https://www.simple-talk.com/iwritefor/articlefiles/1610-VM-p...

http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/List/Index

On the flip side of what you said, now that they're an Android OEM they may have the legal standing to complain to regulatory agencies about how Google forces Android OEMs(which was kept secret from the public until it came out recently in court cases) to have Google Search as the default in order to get access to important Android Apps and APIs including the Play Store to the detriment of alternate search engines like Bing and DDG.

http://bgr.com/2014/05/05/google-search-and-apps-on-android/
It's explained on linked page under 'How?' section.
I know next to nothing of this property bubble in Melbourne, even though I'm from the originally. But it worries me since I'm going back at the end of this year and will need to find a home to buy. I currently own a little 2 bedroom flat I bought in the 90s for 90K which apparently now will go for over 500K. I observe that the prices in the suburbs I'm looking at are way over what we'll be able to afford.
Over the past couple of years looking at property online, I have sort of been hoping it is indeed a bubble and that it will pop before I need to buy. But then I'm stuck with my flat potentially being worth far less too...
From TFA:

native functions often have to cover complicated edge cases from the ECMAScript specification [...] By optimising for the 99% use case, fast.js methods can be up to 5x faster than their native equivalents.
Josh's book is great - he sums up a lot of thinking from other books. He also has an account here, IIRC. Jim Collins, on the other hand, seems to write kind of empty books without much actionable advice. In my opinion, at least.
By being naive implementations that don't follow the ECMAScript standard.
This is mentioned in the readme: https://github.com/codemix/fast.js#how

The two functions do not necessarily work the same way - the native implementation handles edge cases that the fast version drops.
What this means is that over 3000 people per year will be killed by self-driving cars

I appreciate this point, but there are two big assumptions hidden in there.

1. That number turns 30,000 accidents into 3,000 accidents, but that's assuming all cars are self-driving.

2. It assumes that in those 3,000 accidents, the self-driving cars are "at fault." But those last 10% of accidents are things in which driver error is not a factor. If a cinderblock falls off a bridge onto my self-driving car, it would take an incredibly aggressive jury[1] to blame that on the car.

What is the cause of those last 10% of accidents? Is it things like manufacturing faults, in which case the manufacturer is already absorbing the risk? (And a computer-driven car could handle a blowout better than a human could.)

Oh, I found an NHTSA paper[2] that gives that "90% due to human error" figure, and puts 4 to 13% on "vehicle factors (brake failure, tire problems, etc.)." So I think my point in the preceding paragraph holds: a big company is already on the line, the automatic car could do better health checks to prevent them, and it could have a better way of dealing with mechanical failure.

[1] Not that such a thing is impossible.

[2] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0B5GzBW...
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> But in a university level it rapidly devolved into picking apart legal statute to find ways of tax avoidance. A game to hide as many debits into pseudo-equities like "Goodwill". That appalled me. I know tax avoidance is legal, but it conflicts with what I believe to be fair and acceptable. That only worsened when I started job interviewing with accounting firms, including Arthur Andersen.

Why don't you use your skill to develop a taxation system for which you can formally prove that you can't do such sketchy tricks for tax avoidance? A kind of dual (in the sense of mathematical optimization) to accounting: If accounting is (among other things - of course) about finding dirty tricks in the taxation system for tax avoiding, co-accounting shall be about developing taxation systems where it shall be (formally provable) impossible to apply dirty tricks for tax avoidance.
Rust has a brew package. Cargo is new so it may be a day or three before it gets out there too.
Nope, too much stuff I don't care about. I'd rather ignore topics that don't relate to me and let all the facts and opinions come out, then do research and come to my own conclusion if I'm ever interesting in the specific subject.

If it's really important then I'll stumble upon it online or hear friends talking about it.

I'd rather see online news posts and people stating their opinion, then people arguing with them and providing sources as to why they're wrong or right.
I recommend the http://www.manager-tools.com site for lots of really great content on practical leadership & management. As for process ... yes, you can read all you want, but at the end of the day your success will be defined by your ability to sell a good idea (SDLC/ALM processes) to your team, not the pure quality of the processes themselves. If people don't want to or can get around process, they will.

I've never worked in a startup, but I run my teams as if they were small, fairly-independent-but-often-symbiotic entities. I started as a dev back in '99 and am one step below CIO in a 45,000 employee large corporation. If you'd ever like to chat about your problems or bounce ideas off someone, I'd be happy to.
One might assume that audio/video is ripped from the original, and is therefore copyrighted by Fox.

I don't think that putting up your own rendering of a character is quite the same thing.
Can you provide benchmarks against Lo-Dash?
author of the library here. The native implementations have to follow the spec exactly, which means that they have to guard against specific edge cases. The reimplementations in fast.js do not follow the spec exactly, they optimise for 99.9% of use cases and totally ignore the 0.1%. This, combined with the fact that the JS is JITed straight into machine code anyway gives fast.js a significant advantage - it does less work and so is faster.
Congrats!

When it comes to Management, I have to second vellum's advice and go with Drucker:

http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Harperb...

Classic (Mad Men era) of Marketing is ruled by Ogilvy:

http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Advertising-Man-David-Ogil...

However, I cannot stress enough the role of analytics in modern business strategy/marketing and Kaushik's book is the best:

http://www.amazon.com/Web-Analytics-2-0-Accountability-Centr...
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Like you said, I wouldn't use it without first cleaning the input.
I guess I use it more out of habit and preferring a straight variable to an array... just feels neater.

Good point on the memory, but I wouldn't think thats a big issue.
I haven't tested right now, but I dont remember ever having issues using the $_GET variable after exporting?
Not sure if thats what you meant.
Unfortunatey they created a subsidiary called Microsoft Mobile that sells the phones. The subsidiary does not own the patents, so no patents gets licensed. Qualcomm uses the same loophole.
They're non compliant - it's a meaningless comparison as the two implementations do different things.
"your thermostat will start to heat up or cool down your home before you even step out of bed."

umm in my house, in the winter, that would mean lying in bed awake for 30 min waiting for my house to heat up
Which makes it more a 're-imagining' than a re-implementation, but still useful in the vast majority of cases, of course.
On many cars, even if a deliberately hostile entity takes control of your gas pedal, hitting the brakes cuts power to the engine. And even if it doesn't, brakes can usually (not always, but usually) win a fight with the accelerator.
It's a good recommendation.

Endeavor runs a mentorship program, I know some entrepreneurs which have been mentored, and they have been very happy with their mentors:

http://www.endeavor.org/

There are other, more local mentorship programs (I know some in my home country but I don't know where you're located).
If that's what it takes for you to buy it, I'm sure the Microsoft sales team is willing to go with it. It's your fantasy. They are your anything. Just sign here...

This doesn't fly without MS at this point. Even if all the work was done prior to the buyout, that this comes to market when the Surface Mini keeps getting held back means there's MS all over it. Just look at the UI and say, "There's no strategy."

We can debate if it's a good strategy, but someone has obviously put time into considering placement and design of this product.
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'Easily obtained'

I don't consider an improvement obtained switching from/avoiding a high level language that allows me useful abstractions and to avoid bookkeeping, to C++, an easy thing.

Yes, if the thing is just -slow-, optimize it. But never start out "We can't have this thing be slow; let's write it in C++!" unless you already have some metrics showing that it's -too- slow in a safer language.
In a senior role, effective communication becomes more important. One of the best books I've read about how to communicate effectively is http://www.amazon.com/The-Pyramid-Principle-Writing-Thinking...

It introduces a specific method to write concise, effective business documents. Then it shows how you can use the method to critique your own thinking.
Nothing to do with helping young coders, just a shameless marketing stunt for another entry in an already saturated market

nothing to see here
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I remember a previous example of Homer in CSS by another author. It draws only Homer, and it was submitted 6 years ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176360 (23 points, 2247 days ago, 6 comments)
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Maybe they are looking new revenue sources and don't want to be just in the ad business anymore. With the Nest line or products I could easily imagine them extracting over $1000 from a household that goes all-in with their their product offering (thermostat, few smoke detectors, few Dropcam devices). And there's also good potential for selling add-on services for a monthly fee.

Something completely new business might be available on the "smart grid" side. If you are controlling the heating and air conditioning you have pretty strong influence on the amount of electricity the household is using at a given time.
This is very true and valuable advice. I've witnessed first hand the tremendous growth my boss (the CEO and co-founder) has undergone in the past year thanks to his mentor. I am actually in the progress of getting a mentor too, with the founders' help. I'm very grateful for that.
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I got really excited about something similar, in 2011, when I read this post about the DIY-MBA movement: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/i-started-a-diy-mba-group-youre...

I haven't done it yet, but I am still contemplating the idea. One of the biggest problems that can arise with not actually attending a university in person is the lack of relationship and teamwork education. That can be partially mitigated via videoconferencing and online team projects, but it's not the same as being in an office and leading a group of individuals in person. One of these years I'm going to actually have time to do this....
They use the same loophole as with phones. Microsoft distributes Linux VMs through its subsidiary Microsoft Open Technologies, which was created just for this purpose. It does not own the patents so MS doesn't have to license them.
Search for Tom Mabe's pranks. He, like you, has tremendous fun with telemarketers.
Thats cool. Have they fixed the protect yet?
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Basically, "don't put all of your eggs in one basket".

I was thinking purely about efficiency at first but forgot how complex real-world economics really is.
At that advanced age, due to ageism in the tech field, by the time it failed, she would be lucky to be hired as a people greeter at walmart, much less be permitted to "ultimately do something great". At her current age, she will be OK.

You can do great things as a retail cashier, or a waitress, its just easier to do great things when your job has at least something to do with it.
I wish OWASP was as strong as it was 4-5 years ago. The OWASP Testing Guide v4.0 has been in draft seemingly forever, plus there is little content created on Mobile development.

Recent news out of OWASP is the new Development Guide (good work, Andrew) https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Guide_Project
What should I focus on?
You let the user construct what feels like an SQL query, and many times it turns out that under the hood it is an SQL query, and it's not as trivial to paramaterize those queries.
In the last five years moved from development, to leading the development team to more of a product management role. Fully agree with that DanielBMarkham it's "the people part of things is where you'll screw up", so I'd focus on communication and team-building as much as processes.

I've found a few books really useful:

* The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-ma...)

* Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452796-drive)

* Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7696135-making-ideas-hap...)

* Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6828896-delivering-happi...)

* Rework (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework)

These days I get the most value from articles and videos. Here is a list of my recommended articles on Medium, which might be useful - https://medium.com/@nickboyce/has-recommended. Some great stuff in the list recommended by ravivyas too.

Edit: Something else I have been experimenting with is buying executive summaries of major books, in order to familiarise myself with as many perspectives as possible.
Don't forget Archos announcing their home automation kit just a few days ago

http://www.archos.com/us/products/objects/chome/ash/specs.ht...

It's very, very competitively priced! Nest, in the UK at least appears quite expensive. I also dislike how currently the intra-operability is provided via cloud services, from both a privacy and reliability of my internet perspective.
While I am glad that you linked this issue, and it looks like there's no "satisfactory resolution" from skimming to the bottom, maybe you could give us the TL;DR? Did you post this issue because you're a Docker dev? Something you wanted us to see, or just saving the link for posterity?

I think it looks like a flamewar, so for my benefit can you tell me what is the behavior: (I think I have it)

1) The docker index (public registry) lives at index.docker.io. If you push an image like "yebyen/foo" then you need to log in as "yebyen" and you're making yebyen/foo public.

2) The docker-registry project, when you deploy it, takes up port 8080 by default. If you push an image like "registry:8080/bar" or "my.registry/bar" the dot or the colon are detected before the slash, which are not valid parts of a username on the public index, so you push to that registry (your registry, or your organization's registry server ostensibly.) These connections are unauthenticated.

Is that about the state of things? Where is the confusion?
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YAML is quite mature, clean, is a superset of JSON so people could use JSON if they wanted, and it's used for config files for pub, Dart's package manager. TOML doesn't seem mature enough.
It's not meaningless, they're just demonstrating how using the library may be more efficient in "99%" of cases. It's not mean to be a competition :)
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"so it's really hard to get a serious job in, say, software development, with just a few Coursera courses on your resumé"

I think most wise recruiters will look for evidence of being smart, of getting stuff done, and of being a good fit.

Unless you're in research, serious jobs are project based, not learning based.

If you spend three years learning all you can about CS and making an Awesome Cool Thing, I don't think many employers are going to think 'Meh.'

The situation in the UK is that degrees are getting more and more expensive and less and less valuable. It's making more sense now to go straight into work, even at intern level, than to lose three years and rack up tens of thousands in debt for no obvious benefit.

<i>If</i> the teaching and learning were truly worth the cash, it would be no contest. But outside the Big Name universities, they really aren't. And even there, a big part of the benefit comes the networking opportunities.

In middle league universities you don't get the networking, or the teaching, or the experience, or the industry connections. So what are you paying for?
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haha yeah that is true, when they said import_request_variables was being removed I was so close to just forgetting the idea of doing what I am doing.
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I have lived this pain and (nearly?) come to tears over it. Literally, you have my thesis title there. Oh man.
Why would it be meaningless? The comparison shows that fast.js works for what it was intended to do, it's doing stuff faster than it's native counterparts.
Just like cash! Only bitcoin has a paper trail so it's actually not quite as anonymous or deniable as cash.