skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Agreed across the board with the one caveat that the T does have the A7 beat on size (the leica is a bit longer, but thinner and more pocketable) and weight, though the A7 is quite small as well and the fact that it is as small as it is and has a full-frame sensor is still pretty incredible to me.

Sony has almost completely converted me to being a Sony shooter (previously I had almost all Canon gear).

I still use the Canon body I have when I need superfast phase detect autofocus, but if the next A7-alike has autofocus speed similar to the A6000 I might be all-Sony on bodies very soon. (I still have a lot of Canon lenses I like and use them on the Sony A7 with adapter, along with native FE 55mm, 35mm and the kit 28-70mm zoom, a bunch of old Olympus OM Zuiko glass, some Minoltas, Canon FD, etc.
It was removed before Windows 8.
Next: "Insurance companies warn against unsafe, self-driving driving cars." Spy on me then kill the very thing that could make car insurance obsolete. Fuck off.
Video game bots have been called "AI" for decades now, it's a little late to dispute the term. The word "AI" doesn't imply "strong AI", there is "weak AI" as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_AI

Also see the AI effect, where something is called "AI" until we actually solve it or understand it, then it is no longer called AI. "AI is whatever hasn't been done yet." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect
Can anyone confirm if Pinball shipped with XP/Server 2003 x64, and whether it was a 32-bit or 64-bit executable there? (if you have the CD, you should be able to look for PINBALL.EX_ on it and expand it to see if it is 32-bit or 64-bit)
Are you really getting angry about something you're imagining?
Each of them requires its own paradigms and conventions. Writing good UI code that works cross-client (especially on mobile) is often a challenge that requires different thinking than backend code. On the other hand, backend requires you to think about databases and scalability, which may not be your bread and butter. I genuinely enjoy each of them for different reasons. I don't think it's tenable to argue that one is objectively harder than the other.
It was dropped because Microsoft felt it was inappropriate or embarrassing to ship an app that they themselves could not port to 64-bit, at a time when they were asking 3rd party developers to do the same.
I think you'd be extremely hard pressed to make the argument that tax dollars should fund the development of Node, or WordPress, or a JavaScript calendar plugin.
People UK, Asia or Germany also may be interested in working for Apple… (As Example Microsoft, Adobe, Google AND Apple [mostly Retail/Administration no engineering] having Offices in Munich)

Google as Example has large a HQ in Zurich, Microsoft as explained above in Munich.

This Blogpost seems to me to be a call for more decentralized operations in engineering.
Web apps have been tilting more heavily toward the frontend (using a backend as an API/data layer), and I don't see that slowing down any time soon, so the frontend is the way to go, IMO.

If we're targeting the frontend and assuming OP's friend has limited experience programming, there's a benefit to learning the same (flawed) language in both the back and frontend, instead of learning two languages. Even if that one language is flawed.

I've shared code between Node and the browser using Browserify [0], and it's pretty easy. Page size can take a hit if you use modules that are meant for the backend and have large dependency graphs, but even then it could be worth it.

[0]: http://browserify.org/
Meanwhile, the important elements in the review, like image quality and results, tended to be along the lines of well, the RX1 is better, but... this is Leica!.

The T may be painting with a smaller canvas than my
previous camera, the Sony RX1, but it’s still managing
to paint beautiful ones.

Yes, the Sony RX1 does a superior job at capturing detail, but the Leica seems to have pretty good noise performance and renders images with wonderfully calm color.

it does seem to suffer from inaccurate auto focus in
poor light. I haven’t been too bothered as I’m coming
from the Sony RX1 and the Fuji X100 before that; both
known to lack in this department.

So why not, then, get the RX1 instead? Sure, it takes better photos, but it's not Leica, and so it "lacks soul".

And taking some of the pieces of the review together makes it seem even more ridiculously hagiographic:

The T refuses to battle in the megapixel wars or
*include gimmicky features.* Everything about the
T is about removing the extraneous and getting the
best performance out of the materials at hand.

The T even has built-in Wi-Fi and can connect with an
iOS device using the Leica T app. [really!?]

Turning the power switch beyond the on position will
eject the *built-in flash.* [a small, P&S popup flash...]

The strap connects to the camera using a *proprietary
locking pin* that simply clicks into the camera.

As you may know, the Leica T is *hand polished for 45
minutes* before the final finishing stages.

No, no gimmicky features at all...
That's totally not true, I got a Software Engineering offer after I walked away from my business law degree to pursue my passion - developing. Yes a CS degree would help - and yes there’s foundations i lack because I didn’t get my degree - however experience trumps all.

My advice as a former student who wishes he took a year off to reset myself before taking on debt. Do what you would want to do after you have your degree - see if you can do it without the degree. See if you enjoy it.

If you strike out on your own like I did, my advice charge what you think is an insane rate, and find local clients. Network with others in your field. For web development especially - I get 80% of my clients from other local development firms and design agencies - You just need to find a niche that the local market lacks, and become that go to person.
I think we're saying the same thing here, really; whether "half the lawmaking" is 45% or 50% is a technical point that is basically irrelevant in practice.

My original comment related to very pragmatic situation of acting as "champions of democracy" while still maintaining a very significant role in the lawmaking process for a wholly-undemocratic body. It's a real problem that has not been solved and significantly weakens British arguments in, say, foreign policy and cultural debate.
Does this still work since the Rapportive plugin was shut down a couple weeks ago?

Edit: why the downvotes? The Rapportive plugin was shut down and this gem uses it.
I think he means upselling and/or offering more paid services/products to the same customers. Hosting, a new theme, regular blog posts (outsourced, of course), plugins for social networks, integration with whatever, constant monitoring, etc. - ideally on a subscription basis. This way, you can make more money with the same number of clients.
"Why not save up and buy things that last."

Camera bodies are pretty much the last thing I want to spend extra on so they "will last"; there's still so much more room for rapid improvement (just look at how Sony is killing it right now with sensor tech compared to nearly everyone else). When it comes to lenses and other stuff (camera and non-camera), I'd agree somewhat with your premise, but any camera body I buy currently I expect to have for only about 2-3 years before I upgrade.
Frontend, with a backend serving as an API/data layer. But focus on the frontend.

That seems to be the way things have gone and are going, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
Vundle is great, there is Pathogen too.
I would have them try both and see what they like more. I came from a backend development background and found the most difficult thing about frontend stuff is figuring out what the best tools, frameworks, etc. are to use. As soon as you learn something new and shiny like Angular, Bootstrap, etc. there's a new thing like React and Flux to check out. The build systems for frontend tools are IMHO a pretty big mess, annoying to use, and changing very quickly too.

Regardless of which path you take learning solid algorithm and software engineering skills will help with any development you do, frontend or backend. Consider your friend might not even care about web stuff too, perhaps they'd rather make games or mobile applications.
You'll have a hard time fighting GitHub classifying `.djs` as DogeScript....

Nevertheless, good luck with the project and everything.
Really? hover.ie looks very similar to me, just with different textures.
One method to enhance fluid intelligence is to regularly play dual N back. Say 30 minutes a day.

http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net

I have been experimenting for about 5 years now with nootropics. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation on the internet as is the case with most supplements. Suppliers hype their products in forums and reddit.

Nootropics are really drugs not supplements, and although unregulated for the most part should be used with caution (experiment with small doses at first and never mix or 'stack'). The original nootropic was a compound called Piracetam which showed to improve cognitive function in mice. A number of similar 'racetam' products are on the market now with miraculous claims and fake reviews. There are two newer compounds significantly more potent than the rest - Pramiracetam and Noopept. Aside from those two almost every other racetam including piracetam doesn't work, and requires you ingest something like 5 grams to get any effect at all. The more potent racetams give you about 4 hours of slightly enhanced clarity, but honestly its nothing special. Use any racetam for more than a week and you get the most severe burnout its awful. I'm telling you these things because if there is one piece of advise I would give to a newbie in nootropics its to avoid the racetam family. Its a racket.

However, there are some nootropics that do work. PRL-8-53 is a memory enhancement drug, taken daily at 5mg. Its effects are accumulative, and it definitely works.

NSI-189 was originally marked for application as a anti depressant but has shown to increase density in the hippocampus by 20% in mice and to a lesser but significant degree in humans. It does provide a true benefit, but should be avoided by anyone with existing 'issues'.

Semax is definitely worth a mention, check that out too.

Other riskier nootropics I have been experimenting with are dihexa and estraidol. You will need to do a lot of research before experimenting. Those can easily hurt you.

Remember the mechanisms of nootropics are often not fully understood. Micro doses are the way. The idea is to get a long term permanent cognitive benefit rather than a fix.

Then there are the stimulants for the short term. Avoid caffeine, avoid adderall / dexedrine or any amphetamine solution. Those are yesterdays drugs. What you want is modafinil. Simple as that. Creatine is also a good pick me up.

All of the above can be ordered easily online. The best place to go (I don't work for them) is a Chinese supplier called XI'AN YIYANG BIO-TECH Co. They ship every type of nootropic and stimulant at a fraction of US middlemen who just import from China and triple the cost.

Finally avoid alcohol. That will drop your IQ like a brick.
Worked like a charm! Whats your email!?
I know. This is for an in house project. I don't plan on spamming google.
Ok, what is the bug report? Can you post the bug report as you'd write from your perspective.
> Windows is a more user friendly operating system than Linux.

As a Linux advocate, I hate admitting that this is correct. One reason is that the Linux desktop experience is too fragmented and has too many competing players. Windows avoids this by being one company with one goal.

> Obviously they should have stuck with Windows all along.

This may be true in hindsight, but it wasn't obvious at the planning stage. In principle, Linux is a less expensive way to run a large enterprise. But only in principle, it seems.

Linux will succeed as a desktop environment only when (and if) its various factions agree on a single model and a single goal.
I am also using last.fm's API.

I'm looking at a number of api's and doing algorithms on the results

-thanks though
Premier League warns fans that posting goal vines is illegal
it actually comes internally from their knowledge graph:
Freebase
sorry somebody beat you to it!
Adding a new dimension to source code, literally
What about Thunderbird+Lightning? I use that even when I have to use Windows.
A single device that can be any out of 100's of devices with different browsers, screen sizes, densities and capabilities...
got 4 downvotes and no answers.
figured that wasn't going to help anyone to decided to ask here instead.
I was actually considering the other day that I was surprised Cython (and numba?) don't do something where they use a copy of the libpython source to allow them to inline calls back into python-land. Yes, fraught with packaging/distribution difficulties, but possibly worth it for situations where the speedup is needed.
Translation:

MS offered Munich Windows completely free, or even offered to pay for the transition.

MS probably also offered the decision makers free travel around the world, free laptops and other gear, and some under the table money for being "convinced". This was done in my University so I could only imagine what will be with a big city like this.

The decision makers argument that given that Windows is "free"(first dose s free until you are hooked) and Linux takes development money (to German developers)then it is a better decision to just switch.

It is quite significant that there is so many Linux mini distros in government, instead of uniting and solving the general problems Linux have on a State or even multi State.

E.g Solving the program to handle mail,calendar and contacts is common for Spain, French, German and UK gobertment. Why can't they work together to solve it?
This is very close to the Python Rapportive API library I have out on github: http://github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive.
Xiaomi MUIU 6 Review
What version of Windows and what distribution of Linux are you comparing? and what part is more/less user friendly?
Google offers this, and synchronizing is easy, but it's not a response to the topic, problems with Linux, because anyone on any platform can use a browser and access the various Google services in the wish-list.
Welcome to the internet. Enjoy your stay!
Collection agencies will attempt to bully you into paying. They'll call you repeatedly, call your partner, family members, probably your job. They might even show up at your place and try to use scare tactics.
Asteroid that 'could end human life' is heading for Earth, scientists say
Er. Essentially impossible because the inlining only works at situations where you know a whole bunch of things at compile-time. CPython knows essentially nothing at compile-time.
I see some people have down-voted you. I'm going it up-vote you because I believe it was a valid question, if maybe inelegantly put.
You should correct that it is being gifted by every taxpayer in the USA.

DoD doesn't grow that equipment on magical trees in their backyard.

So ironically some peaceful protesters, innocent bystanders and suburban homeowners are paying to have themselves teargased and worse.
I am not sure why this post begins with the header "Translation:". It is not a translation of the article.
Why not try both and find out which comes across as easier for you.
http://cryptome.org/ is a reliable resource is it? Because it looks like a conspiracy website.
By the way, `typeof X === 'undefined'` doesn't need to be used for variable names that exist such as arguments, you can use X == undefined without opportunity for failure.
I used Vimium for a couple of weeks, 1 minute of using Vimperator made me switch to the whole browser.
Looks like the problem is primarily lack of Outlook and Office. There's nothing the Linux community can do about that. There's just not enough money around to throw at the problem. FOSS may be a global optimum, but the Microsoft ecosystem is a local one which you can't hill-climb away from.
> Does it work? [...] <-- That is all we should be asking.

The problem is, how do you define "working"? Who defines it? The Victorian Empire "worked" perfectly well for the ruling classes; less so for Indians and lower classes. That's where the absolutist coherence of "one head, one vote, in all matters" comes in; but in practice we know the idealistic approach doesn't always result in smooth sailing, so we introduce elements of moderation here and there, and then we bang our head against the wall of doubt -- is this counterbalance too anti-democratic? Should we really stop people from shooting themselves in the foot, or is there a deeper horizon where such an outcome could be desirable? Etc etc.

That's the open-ended question of constitutional studies.
Autoplaying music is really rather bad form.
"In fact, the point of managing state is to react to the changing state of different resources (ie. services in a service-oriented architecture, the physical or virtual systems they run on, the networks that connect them, etc.) and to automatically resolve failures through known and tested state-migrations."

They should be part of the definition of your system (ie the state), not changed on the fly.

If I said ShutIt was elegant, I was wrong (not sure where I did). It's not elegant, just as the real world is not.

Anyone trying to make config management look elegant is selling you a pup.
Thanks - their product seems to be focused on reporting though?
Type "bambi"; the original Hover! textures are available as an easter egg. (first level only, unfortunately)
Extensionizr – boilerplate for your chrome extension
The cheaper and faster the tests, the easier it is to reorder a confirmation (or two or three).
The 1033 program that gives them all these war machines costs taxpayers $5 Billion.

So I think my half billion estimate would work.
Kids on your policy pretty much raise your rates, period.

And the insurance companies have been doing this for a long, long time. Many moons ago (pre-internet) I worked summers doing telemarketing for a Very Large insurance company. When people signed up for auto policies the agents would casually ask the ages of the children during conversation. That information was stored away for years, sometimes a decade, until the kid turned 16.

My job was to call and "casually" ask questions like "so, which of your cars is Johnny driving when he gets the keys?". You can guess the rest.
Thank you! I'll fix it asap.
My guess is he is backend developer.
"can be shell scripted now and modularized later"

Only true if by "later" you mean "probably never".
Can a single tab still crash firefox?
Self-Driving Cars: Explained
Yeah that's what I said "not pretty". But honestly it is so small I don't even look at it anymore.

And the UI to be used? I haven't clicked a UI element in any browser manually for years (at least that what it feels like).
I have to agree.

Linux is great for some things, Windows for others. I'm currently using desktop versions of both (Windows 7 / Ubuntu) and Windows beats Ubuntu hands down for user friendliness. I'm using Ubuntu only when absolutely must to (mainly dev).
Can you mail a calendar appointment to a team member? Because that's pretty handy.
How about software that much of the IT infrastructure of the country sort of relies on? The obvious example here is again OpenSSL. I don't think that the argument is that the government should fund _all_ open source software.
I like this approach, but I would reconsider step 6 as soon as possible. Most people move away from directly manipulating the DOM, because it's just not sustainable. Better to set them along the path of having templates that render to the page.

Facebook's React.js [0] could be great for a beginner. Even though it's another library to learn, it's conceptually simple and has a very small surface area. Components (optionally but usually) have a number of properties and (always) a render() method which renders the component to the page. There's more to React than that, but that's enough to get started.

[0]: http://facebook.github.io/react/
Wealthfront is very interesting (had come across it a while ago actually). Although mainly focused on investment management. Really looking to see if some startups are trying to disrupt the more "traditional" private banking field, that you would have access when you have usually $1m+ in cash.
Ken Rockwell has a lot of things to say about photography for someone who does very little of it.

Though, to be fair, so do most of the famous professional photography bloggers: Steve Huff comes to mind.

The only prolific gear blogger I can recall having a solid body of work is Ming Thein.
> if we tax corporations it makes sense that they'd be able to vote

Only if we then remove the right to vote from shareholders and managers of such corporations. Otherwise they are double-represented in practice.
People might also find the following post of interest.

Polymorphism for beginners - http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2013/12/20/polymorphism-for-be...
Thanks for the very informative post. I've been a full-time Python developer for only the past 7 or 8 months now. I had not in that time learned about the slot system or the CPython implementation.

Also, <3 Flask. So good.
Pinball did an excellent job of showcasing the graphics possibilities of Windows at a time when people expected to fire up MS-DOS for a PC game beyond Solitaire. Although it was instantly playable (and enjoyably so) it did not suffer from being overwhelmingly addictive - work was possible. In some ways the limited life of the game is fine, it did its job and showed that games on Windows could have little touches like hi-res colour graphics.

Currently I have a Windows 8 PC that is there for reading emails. I do all my real work on another box. I have tried to use the Office apps and such like so it is not like I have not tried to use this Windows PC. However, I have no idea what games it comes with. On older Windows such feature would be discovered in seconds even if you had never used a computer before. With the newer Windows 8 there is no such discovery - in fact I only learned how to do power off 'mouse only' without using CTRL+ALT+DEL last week.

Looking back I wish Windows did have pleasant surprises such as the Pinball game rather than be what it has become. Windows isn't really a 'serious' piece of software any more.
The towns around Seattle are also building up quite a bit, unlike around SF where a lot of places just refuse to.
> MS probably also offered the decision makers free travel around the world, free laptops and other gear, and some under the table money for being "convinced"

Those are some pretty big accusations. Do you have any sources for them or are these just your speculations?
Actually, print(a, b, c) works in Python 3.
Here's one such example;

http://cironline.org/reports/license-plate-readers-let-polic...

Two-year database of every car's location at specific times & dates. Though it is hard to say if it's been misused or not since they frequently ignore FOIA's about its existence.
The best part of that post is the comments from (AFACT all of) the original Cinematronics developers. It's a refreshing reminder of the days when programmers couldn't rely on raw hardware speed to make something like this run as smoothly as it did. They routinely had to invent their own clever (or sometimes not-so-clever) performance hacks, and what's really impressive is how well they remembered those hacks even a decade later.

It's a wonderful thing that we now have faster hardware, and better knowledge of how to solve these kinds of problems cleanly, and more available libraries/frameworks to encapsulate that knowledge. Still, hats of to the pioneers who were traveling that territory before the superhighways were built.