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Anybody else old enough to remember the Sega Channel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Channel

An early harbinger of streaming services, the Sega Channel was amazingly decent - dare I say "good" - for the time. As this system likely will be, the "play all you want" model relied on a few dozen games at a time being available and then they'd cycle out every month or so.

For someone who was a kid that played a lot of video games, this was ideal. My father once relayed to me that we'd rented Super Mario Bros 2 enough times to have purchased it 3 times over.

The resale market for video games is pretty absurd. Here, of course, is where I admit that even though I've cracked 30 I'm still playing a lot of video games. If I plop down $60-$70 on a game it's not a recoupible expense in any way, and in the days of all digital everything, this feels ludicrous.

The fact that consoles are still relying on DRM media is an amazing but predictable anachronism, and it feels like it exists solely because the game companies cannot figure out how to properly handle this model.

Having used the new Adobe Creative Cloud for a while, I find it's a really nice approach that doesn't end up costing any less but gives me some flexibility.
Agreed. I just meant that it matters less than people think.
I did get a little carried away by experimenting with vectors in a browser and js/jquery in general. Thanks for the feedback.
I think the people who are loudly complaining about these things aren't the same ones purchasing the next vers^H^H^H^H itera^H^H^H^H full price expansion pack for the existing game.
Nice, I have been looking for something like https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client for a while.

All of the other NodeJS clients I found were written for version 1 and stopped working, so I ended up forking Popcorn Time and hacking it to work in a regular browser so I could use the official Chromecast Extension.
> Blocking ads is such a dick move. This should be made illegal.

A law to enforce one very specific business model is a terrible idea.

If only I could tip $2 the author for that video I watched and liked (like say, 10,000 other viewers) with as little overhead as possible... No donations, no subscriptions, just a tip with no further obligations. You think ad brokers would welcome this business model?
If you reload and give it a few seconds it should be fine though.
The Netflix comparison falls apart a little bit. You don't see a new movie for the most part because a DVD/Bluray release hasn't dropped or the studio is holding it back for some marketing/whatever reason. The primary reason you don't see a TV show season is for the DVD release there as well, they seem to always coincide.

EA is in a completely different scenario with what they're proposing. Any delay is unequivocally artificial. You may get to play a game 5 days earlier but to even be pressed and certified to the media they come on, the game was "final" well before that. When I completely understand how a typical console game release works, I realize I'm not really getting any added value from this proposition. At least not when it comes to new releases. The largest value add is probably from a backlog of previous titles that I likely would never play otherwise, or wait until their price drops to absurd levels. It's pretty clear to me that EA is doing what is in EA's best interest and while that seems like a captain obvious statement, I fail to really understand as a gamer what this actually gives me as a benefit. I'm likely not the target audience but I seriously wonder who is? EA executives? Anyone?
Yes, searching for "Letters" is not great. The irony is that if the app was ranked highly it would show up much higher in the results, so it's a double-edge sword.

Regarding "undoing" a letter selection, you can't, and that was intentional. It simplifies the UI (you can however reset the whole word by trying to submit an invalid word), and even if you could undo, the time you would spend doing it would pretty much wreck your score for that round, so overall it's no good. I know this frustrates some people, but after several weeks of playtesting and hearing this complaint, after the first few rounds that complaint quickly vanished, so I stuck with my decision.
Are you talking about the "Linode Alert" emails? Those are user-configurable — in the email, they specifically state "This is not meant as a warning or a representation that you are misusing your resources. We encourage you to modify the thresholds based on your own individual needs."

If that's not what you're talking about, I apologize, but I've been using Linode for years (often with very compute-intensive projects) and I haven't seen what you're talking about.
I've had great experiences with them.
I recommended DO to everyone.

Now I'm tempted to drive to New York and punch them each in the face.

PEAK downtime.

EDIT: $160 refund. Maybe just a Charlie horse.
Netflix takes down content when they fail or decline to renew licensing terms with the content owner. In this case EA is the content owner. It will be interesting to see if they introduce their own artificial scarcity when they control both content and distribution. A situation which Netflix only enjoys for a handful of shows.
Really? I find that odd. I do load testing on their instances all the time. which maxes out cpu/disk to give me an idea of performance changes for stuff I have high throughput on.

Hell, I've gotten DDoS'd for like 2 Gbps and they were like "Oh, ya, its fine."

So, can you explain more about what happened?
Since Chrome added "click to play" in plug-in settings I haven't used an ad blocker. With Flash ads no longer playing, my need for the blocker went away.

The changeover to canvas ads is happening quickly and that may bring back my need.

When I don't want to be tracked I rely on incognito mode.
Yeah, spent a couple of hours trawling the web before I stumbled upon that: gold, that one. I'd originally started using ChromeCast's DIAL support but that's apparently deprecated, which is a shame because the replacement is quite a bit more complicated.
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People Who Feel They Have a Purpose in Life Live Longer
But then the X model's not yet in manufacture.
I always heard that as "rags to riches to rags in three generations".
Car free in Boston for over 3 years now.
>Big surprise: distribution that actually cares about user freedom and therefore licensing has issues with crappily written or inappropriately used licenses.

Another big surprise: issue most users don't give a flying duck about, lingers on for several years or perhaps forever. The world goes about its business, and continues using PHP.
I live in Baltimore and rarely drive. Once I'm done with my masters I'm ditching my car all together.
On Hired's platform, each recruiting message is accompanied by a salary offer, separate from the message body.
That's indeed one way to implement predictive typing. Looking up the list of possible words is not expensive, you basically step through a small automaton. The challenge is making the models small enough to fit it on a phone. See e.g.:

http://hnk.ffzg.hr/bibl/acl2007/EMNLP-CoNLL2007/pdf/EMNLP-Co...
Really cool: well done!
Linode has price matched them so its not a price issue anymore. [e.g. $10 Linode is roughly the same as $10 DO]

Glad to see the ProjectWonderful ads providing something, even if its small btw. :)
Have run a web-app with 30K+ users. Only been 'harassed' when I've been warned that I'm running the CPU at 350% of max rate and I should be concerned. That's ok in my book.
If you'd used their servers for a bit longer, you'd have plenty of trouble. Linode is notorious for dreadful security practices. Their main ColdFusion app (yes, really) has been hacked on numerous occasions, including at least once incident that involved customer data loss. Linode dodged the issue and didn't tell their customers until badgered.

I can agree that DO isn't suited for production apps, but Linode isn't either. They're both VPS playgrounds.
I had problems purchasing with the about a year ago (it was my first purchase from them) and never tried again. There was just a generic error message after I entered my credit card info saying "sorry, your order cannot be completed" but it still charged my card and their support didn't get back to me for over a week. I'm not even sure I ever received the game key.

It seemed to be common with them when I searched for that error message and their site (from what I can remember), but just not a good way to treat a first time customer. They might be better now, I see they have good deals on steamgamesales.com all the time.
I hope you have found someplace safe to lay your head. I went through a very similar situation as you, attending an ivy league university only to find myself overwhelmed, unhappy, and feeling like there was no one I could relate to, culturally, due to growing up as part of a marginalized group in the very same city I attended university. I was as depressed as I ever was in my life and spent days locked in my dorm room with the shades shut and considering the most horrible options because my life was over as I saw it.

It's amazing to me to think that was 15 years ago because life has a funny way of going on. One of the most valuable traits you have already discovered, due to your battle with cancer, is your resilience. You will adapt, learn, and grow from your experiences.

Here is how I found my way out of the situation: with the help of my family, I transferred to a public college, worlds (but only blocks) away from where I was previously. I re-invented myself enough to succeed and have a meaningful career thus far and continue dreaming for better.

I recommend that you apply to a school like this, one with a somewhat decent computer science program, but one you can handle and possibly work a job to keep your debt low. Be the best student there and rebuild your confidence. Graduate and get on with life. Most importantly, do not look back with regret because each decision you made was simply a step to where you are now and only a step towards where you will be tomorrow.
We had applied to this initiative a few days back. Not sure what is going to come of it. We use Google Cloud for our public cloud (mowbly.com), but we have kept the product deployable across any other J2EE capable environment like EC2, Azure etc.
With more than 17 million users and their mafia-like business model (i.e. protection racket), they have been able to pay for at least 15 employees. Not bad for a free browser add-on. German source: http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-...
FYI with firefox + adblock + ghostery I see only the static landing page with broken "about" link.
> But, there is an element of random chance that exists outside our control and always will.

Certainly. But - statistically speaking - this would affect everyone the same way, positively or negatively. You're talking about chance, not luck as a property or attribute that someone can have more of than someone else. It might seem that way, depending on your sample size, but that's not really how it works.
Deep Learning Image Classifier
What might happen if r = s = -n? I think it's pure luck that this doesn't lead to a signature forgery.
The https://developers.google.com/startups/develop section reminds me of http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

This may also be a way for Google to get eyes on early promising individuals or companies for acquisition or funding (think http://www.intelcapital.com/ maybe)

Edit: Clicking the apply button has a survey that includes how you will be working w/ Google Tech
The vast majority have sewer systems. When you cluster a lot of houses into a smallish area, septic tanks become problematic.
Less research is needed
Cool animations and simple idea.

(Just a friendly reminder for everyone else: remember to delete the app from you Facebook. You can find it by the name you.me.we on Settings > App Settings)
Can't wait until automated cars and 24/7 same-day delivery make all those things pointless.
Why didn't I think of that?

Presumably it works the other way too?
I Need to Stop Misusing Namespaces
Thanks.

We considered adding arb option but after running simulations and accounting for fees and slippage, the opportunity was very small. We also didn't find a suitable hedge to minimize our risk.

We have considered adding option trading; however, given the drop in volume in btc trading, we wonder if there is enough demand for option trading. If others request it, we are happy to build it.

Happy to brainstorm with you if you are up for it. Email added to my profile.
SyncNet
Folks, I strongly, strongly suggest if you use Cloud/VPS providers to look into something like Cassandra, Galera, Mongo, etc. that can do WAN replication and using 3 DCs.

Yes it costs money but things like this are avoidable. Every single Datacenter on the planet has downtime and/or performance issues from time to time. Hell, one of the places I have a dedi at had its network performance drop by 50% for about 15 minutes while they did emergency maintenance.

Things like this are going to happen as long as you depend on one provider.
The simplificated formula is:

x = (points)/(time_in_hours)^1.4

but the actual formula has a lot of secret sauce.
"While we are in the middle of a massive secular shift from owned data centers to outsourced data centers"

A secular shift? As opposed to a religious one?
where do people get these numbers? You should move to physical hardware well before $200k/month.
> you.me.we. will receive the following info: your public profile, friend list and birthday and your friends' birthdays.

Why would I give someone else's info to this application? I'm not even sure it's polite.

P.S. The issue here is not that I need to give some information about myself, I can perhaps deal with that, the issue is that I'm giving information about my friends. It make me feel a bit like a snitch :-)
>I've been living in the future with my Surface Pro for a while now.

So Philip K Dick was right after all, the future is a dystopia?
That was deliberate, because you can't see the app unless logged in, but can see the source
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Thanks, i have only really tested with chrome , firefox and mobile safari all without special plugins (i didn't even know ghostery was until a minute ago)
Radio-Controlled Web Design
The transcoding isn't actually too bad. You basically just need ffmpeg compiled from source on your box, and you can use https://github.com/fluent-ffmpeg/node-fluent-ffmpeg . You just need to transcode everything go h264 / AAC (so make sure you compile with libfdk_aac ).

The thing I have been unable to figure out so far is how to start streaming to chromecast before the transcoding is complete. It will play to the point it was transcoded when I started playing, regardless of how far it has gotten since then. I have tried transcoding to HLS which chromecast supports, but have not been able to figure it out.

Are you planning on develping this open source? I didn't see a github for the actual project on first glance.
More appropriate title: "Does Facebook know your friends better than you do?"

The answer: "Of course."

All of these are random facts about my friends I wouldn't bother to commit to memory. It doesn't say anything about me
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Are you actually using scrapy[1] or scrapely[2]?

[1] http://scrapy.org/

[2] https://github.com/scrapy/scrapely
Their encryption/transfer method has been public for a while and the app is opensource. From what I've read (I'm not technically savvy enough and don't have enough time to actually study it) it shouldn't be possible for them to read your message even if they wanted to. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Tor was created by the US
Polish also does lossy compression if the user selects it. This blog post looked at mozjpeg performance in the 'lossless' case.
Just a rantlet on some blog trends
I have no idea where else to put this. I am only mildly annoyed, but annoyed nonetheless by two inexplicable features that appear on the majority of blogs written by developers.

The first is the circle-shaped headshot. Since when are we afraid of straight lines and corners? Or do we just wish to be seen as if through a telescope? Who is the taste-maker that started this ubiquitous trend, and what other, more humanity-helping fashions should they be working on?

The second trend is more insidious. It is the inclusion at the end of every blog post of a section, which is creatively entitled Conclusion.

I'm actually pretty interested in this one. My hypothesis is that there is a demographic explanation for the appearance of this device -- a relic from an an educational system that filled a dearth of Humanities education with an overemphasis on writing shitty five-paragraph essays. It's kind of intriguing that so many people would all reflexively put a section with a header and two sentences restating exactly what had already been said.

Look, if you have written a 500-word essay that is so complex that it needs another 50 words to sum it up, fine. If you have made a strong logical argument that builds a set of premises up to the necessary conclusion, yes, by all means, have a conclusion. (But you don't really need to label it for me to identify it.)

But, as it stands, a Conclusion in the wild usually functions more like a huge spoiler on the back of your 1998 Nissan. It doesn't do anything useful, it insults my intelligence, and it looks stupid. If you can cut it off and your car goes just as fast -- if you can cut it off and your writing makes just as much sense -- then cut it off.

I know that these are really finicky complaints about the world, but I just haven't heard anyone else point them out. So I imagine there must be one or two others who will feel a sense of camaraderie reading this small rant.
> unique culture of the place used to be "industrial farming corn field" is most cases.

Ha, yes. But - thought experiment. What if, instead of another 'burb with winding streets, it started out by defining a downtown core kind of setup: 4-6 story buildings with retail storefronts and apartments above. Put the 'extra' space into a commons area, plus maybe a mini-park possibly with original area flora and fauna. So your 1/4 mile x 1/4 mile place gets a lot more dense and has a lot more to offer within an easy 10-minute walk. Bonus points if you figure out how to build a "tool shed" local workshop to replace the ubiquitous garages. :)
>I like to work outside under the shadow of trees and the wind constantly blows through the leaves and shake them around.

I don't think that describes much of the population. But if it does describe you, just avoid having the sun on your screen. Either find a shade around noon, or keep the display against the sun at other times.
I don't understand the point of this type of comment. It's a summary of something short (that didn't need a summary) and it misses critical information.
I wish they had text messaging. I've been waiting so long for this and it lacks the major feature we need! Hopefully it'll come soon.

The reason why this is important these days is that law enforcement now has more access (because the technology is cheaper) to fake cell towers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker

Many states are denying FOIA requests regarding this spying but there are several news stories from this year of data obtained from these fake "towers" being used in court. They can be put in vans or just be near people or be used at any large gathering of people.

I used an Android phone with RedPhone and this Signal app with iOS and it works perfectly. Very well done! Need encrypted text messaging ASAP!

They are also saying TextSecure and RedPhone will be merged into Signal. That'll be great!

I will gladly donate to this company if they will increase the speed of development.

Question: If my phone has a limited amount of minutes and I have RedPhone or Signal and I call someones phone who doesn't have one of these programs, does that use my minutes or does it only use Data (or WiFi)?
Hah, this. I thought it was pure magic being able to play Doom with a person not the the same room/house (we had a LAN setup for playing against people in different rooms), but it was so laggy.

Also, I played a lot of MajorMUD and LORD.
Flaws emerge in RNA method to build tree of life
As an Ohioian who has relocated to Maine I would say that culturally New England (at least Portland and most of the other parts I've been to) is very VERY different culturally IMO. Much more liberal and, IMO, progressive than Ohio in general.
I strongly disagree that I am "thinking wrong". I think you're saying that design patterns are a useful abstract way of thinking about your problem that you then translate into code using whatever tools are available in the language you're using. I think there are some patterns for which this is true, but the majority don't fall into that category.
President Obama addresses Ukraine
Homeless man requests to police“Can I watch?”
Also, a protection racket. See also Dropbox having Condi Rice on their board.
Didn't Apple debunk that debunking themselves in February, when they released the iOS Security doc? [1]

According to Apple, each device's private key is generated locally and never leaves the device, making it impossible to MITM your messages.

From page 20: "For each key pair, the private keys are saved in the device’s keychain and the public keys are sent to Apple’s directory service (IDS), where they are associated with the user’s phone number or email address, along with the device’s APNs address."

[1] http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Fe...
Do you mean GOG? Some credit cards can cause issues, because they are registered on Cyprus (or at least used to be, no idea why and no idea why such issues). But if you clarify it to the bank that it's OK, it should work.

Their support was always responsive in my case at least.
Just out of pure laziness, I use the CPU and disk access emails as makeshift notifications for when my backups run.
I think we really need to stick with 1 year, unless a court action is pending.

I think we should also require the NSA, etc. to reveal their NSL, etc. after 1 year.
it is a questionaire about yourself and the app needs the data to create the questions. it is plain javascript with no backend attached to it. the data only gets sent back and forth between your browser and fb. none of your data ever gets stored on "my" server. hope this helps.
You realize that Canada is part of the evil five eyes.
Their website is often unreachable, and it's been like that for over a year for me. I give up immediately if I can't get to them and do something else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_variation
I wonder if this is the market reacting to a difficult regulatory environment. When you consider the laws pertaining to production, distribution, and sales of spirits, It seems like it would be darn near impossible to bootstrap such a business without significant outside investment. And who would invest in a company that has no intention to take a single dollar of revenue for years to come?