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I'd hoped it was a custom firmware replacement for the Chromecast, rather than an ugly hack on top of Google APIs.

I'd rather stick to the much more open solutions, like the Raspberry Pi, or for more computationally intensive signage, a small Intel NUC or Shuttle PC designed for signage.
Looks like this is equivalent to a dedicated usb charger.

There should be an option to enable data transfer, currently you have to physically remove it.

I would love to have something like this, if it enabled my devices to be read only; some usb flash drives have a physical button to enable that.
MSNBC, left-wing of fox's right-wing talking heads, approximately

except nobody watches MSNBC... Old people and conservatives watch TV, young people and liberals read the internet, leaving MSNBC a ghost town, in my estimation
That seems like a lot of variance. I would like my thermometer to be accurate to at least 1°.
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Electronics people: why are there any components in this at all? If it's just about disconnecting certain pins, couldn't it just pass the power lines through and be half the size without a PCB at all? For example, it could easily be a cable missing two wires, right? (Note: I'm an idiot when it comes to electronics, so I'm genuinely interested.)
Or you just cut two wires in a normal USB cable. No need to buy condoms!

I think the board is because some power sources might go "hey I'm leaking, there is no device but I draw power!" and cut it off, but I only ever heard about it and never encountered it. My USB ports nicely power fans without ever having a data connection to anything.
I think this is related to the newspaper death. They have to lay off the non-essential positions, and can only afford to do the bare minimum.
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So what is then the rationale for the "bigger" variant not being also 326 DPI? That would give something like 1562 x 878 display for the 5.5 inch one. Less pixels, therefore faster. The difference between 326 and 461 DPI is most probably not discernible for most of the people.

Another advantage: not needing one more target resolution of the resources. And another: no need for the new scale for the pixel masks by production.
Cutting the wires will cause iDevices to charge at 500mA only.
Okay that explains then: Apple needs to be a bitch about things again.
Hmm, smartphones are quite easy to pwn right. So, I'd wager US has the names of lot of civilian ISIS supporters now. I wonder what that will be used for.
Excuse me a moment. You can say that "indignation about the name is off topic", that doesn't make it so. You are twisting language to suit your whims.

If you had the guts you could say that indignation about the name is not welcome, or will be censored, or is a distraction and an uninteresting subject here on HN. But the project has a name, and the connotations of that name are relevant, as with every project. If the project were named "the impeach obama compiler" or "darren wilson" or "gas the jews" the idea that issues related to the name were "off topic" would be even less tenable than it is now.

I enjoy the maturity of the commenters on HN, and of the mods as well. But please have the intellectual honesty and backbone to be upfront about what you're doing.
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It's the device, not the power source. I have an old iPod shuffle that won't charge at all with of those USB wall chargers - it requires a computer.
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Cool! The app is both local and global. You can choose that yourself :) /Makemove Team
Are you sure it's not Java you mean? Everytimg i see a slow desktop app it's Java. What python apps do you mean?
Sublime Text starts and runs very fast for me, for example. No complaints here and no difference to some other light weight editor like gedit.
That can be an issue in more severe cases, but even in those instances most programming languages aren't too verbose in their syntax that you cannot understand the logic process. Plus indentation obviously helps a lot there too.
Screenly uses a lightweight web browser (can't remember the name) that doesn't support javascript and I think doesn't support flash either (not sure though).

So I'm out of ideas on how to create something that resembles channels.

I'd like to have a channel to display pharmacy overnights. Now I'm just using a sinatra application to display dynamically generated static HTML page[1]. But that's about it.

[1] http://piseli.net/overnights/drama
USB charging ports use the data pins to signal a request for more than 500mA. If you disconnect the data pins, how can any device (apple or anyone else) get more?
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I'm not in the US, don't ever watch MSNBC or Fox and I know who Maddow is just from political blog/story mentions.

I think the original commenter's point was that the project was mentioned to a large audience. Seems fairly accurate.
Maybe some devices don't charge at max rate when they sense something "wrong" with the cable. Or the other way around, a computer may not deliver power if it doesn't sense anything actually connected to the power. Just speculation.
You can get a certain amount of power from USB without a data connection but to get more (which higher powered devices need to charge quickly or, in some cases, at all) you need to send a data signal to request it. So cutting those wires sort of works but will leave you with slow charging for some devices and no charging for a few others.
Git, in spite of the horrifically complex interface, is in essence a really dumb version control system (I mean that in a non-insulting way). This means it's fairly neutral about what kinds of data you can throw into version control. And more importantly, it almost never complains about what you give it.

I think that's why people are now starting to think about applying version control to domains outside of code and choosing Git to do it. For example, I had an idea a few years ago to make a CMS on top of Subversion as the data store (never got around to building it though). Now there are lots of projects like that built on top of Git: CMS, Wikis, you name it. Generally anything that can work off flat files is very easily converted to use Git as a back-end, giving you advanced version control features more or less for free.

From a practical perspective, the difference is not just that Git is a trendy new silver bullet, it's the "dumbness" that makes it actually easier to do that kind of work than it would be on older version control systems like SVN. Interestingly, for the most part, most of these projects do not really benefit from the distributed nature of Git (although for things like wikis and CMSs it can offer yet another feature: content migration between instances). It's more about the ease of use for getting data into a repository and under version control without it exploding when something unexpected happens, like a file getting renamed.

You might not get the best front-end experience for actually doing stuff with that version history (as other comments have noted wrt diff tools, etc., which tend to be geared towards code rather than other types of content) but that's the fault of those tools rather than Git (which is dumb enough not to care about content types), so it's just a question of incrementally building up a better toolset for your particular content domain. That's much easier to do and more approachable than building the whole infrastructure from scratch.

As for Github, it happens to have a nice interface, toolset, documentation and mindshare. Developers are familiar and comfortable with it, so there's no need to research and learn "yet another tool". And because it's cloud based, you can get up and running very quickly without worrying about hosting, etc. That's just more icing on the cake really.
That's a great step. I was toying with a related idea last week actually. To me the next great step would be to great around that a framework/tools to help translation of of those ebooks.

What often happens is that editors have one translation of a book, say Les Misérable, and keep reprinting the same translation independently of the quality. So I was thinking that a github like platform to foster translation would be a great idea. Looks like gitenberg might by the project just for that.

But maybe it should pick a clone (gitlab ?), self host and fork/extend that tool to ease the use so that non-developer could use the site without git knowledge. Then again, tailorisation for translation might not be needed.
I read some time ago that there are only three dietary advices for general population backed by science:

1. Eat food.
2. Not too much.
3. Mostly plants.

I wonder if anything changed since then.
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Thanks Leon, more healthcare hacking!
text editing on github is pretty easy now for non git users - it does all the branching and pull reqs for you.
Enabling for read-only in the general case simply wouldn't be possible. The device would have to know every USB protocol that could possibly be spoken and which commands are for reading and which for writing (and what to do with commands that do both).

You could maybe make now that only worked for USB storage devices and only allowed reading, but it would likely be complex and have other downsides (lack of performance and compatability issues probably) that would make it not worth it.
> The author’s description of dealing with judges and attorneys in New York state court are disappointing.

What makes you think that any other city or state is any different? I've heard a few stories about Oregon that make me think it's pretty much the same here.

I think people would be very wise to avoid lawsuits unless they have a very very strong case. And even then be prepared to lose or to litigate for years.

It's a lot messier than engineering.
This is what I was thinking, but then I got downvoted to hell. Understandable, there are innocent civilians and children around - most brainwashed by ISIS. But, it looks like these training camps seem to stay close to the river - as seen in the Vice documentary, "The Islamic State" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzCAPJDAnQA#t=160
Close.

We will have been what we will have done.

But that is slightly different. We are not passive components. Intent and frame of mind matters because it impacts future actions.
What are the fundamental flaws in the USB protocol that make it insecure? I know firewire allows for DMA, but I didn't think USB, besides being a complex serial protocol, had any intrinsically unsafe features?
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Be sure to check out http://int3.cc/ Ridley's community project, and watch his talks if you haven't seen those.
You can't do anything that works offline without a distributed system.

You can use a distributed vcs as a centralized one if you want.
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>Functionality, especially in niche software, is sometimes more important than some kind of idealised smooth workflow.

I buy this argument for professional GIS software, database management software, etc. But come one, Calibre basically has 3 purposes: keep a library of ebooks, convert them between formats, transfer to devices. It shouldn't be so complicated. Every time I go open it I have to relearn how it works.
The board looks a little fragile. A tool like this (which is going to be used on the road) needs to be as solid as possible. For $10/unit it seems like they could afford to at least give it an epoxy surround.
'Cracker' is an invented term.

Like most invented linguistics, it didn't catch on, and it never will.

By contrast 'phreaker' fits the bill in many aspects.

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

Of course a lot of the time we're just referring to common criminals who know how to download software off of some 'warez' BBS and use it for bank and credit fraud.

I don't know what to call those people, but even 'cracker' gives them too much credit.
I'm 33, started learning to play piano about two years ago. I don't always practice consistently, but I'm still improving over time. I can play a few short piece well enough to put a smile on my face. Importantly, I've noticed how learning to play piano has improved my understanding of music, improved my pattern recognition, and hand-eye coordination. While I might not have aspirations to ever become a really good piano player, taking on something I'm not naturally good at has been a boon for me.

So, yes - I agree it's a myth that anyone can achieve anything with enough work, but that shouldn't necessarily stop you from trying. Taking on a task you aren't naturally good at can be extremely satisfying and enable mind-brain expansion in ways I didn't realise possible.

My four year old daughter has had both a violin and a harp in her hands since she was three. My plan is to be able to hack at the keyboard well enough to play the occasional tune with her. That would be beautiful. It's been really interesting to observe how my motivations have changed since having a child.
Also what about non processed food ? I react very differently to raw vegies from anything with additional stuff (even simple sauce). It turns the food into a pleasure instead of a need and the additives sugarcoat-trick my brain into eating more.
> But maybe it should pick a clone (gitlab ?), self host and fork/extend that tool to ease the use so that non-developer could use the site without git knowledge

We're on the same wavelength here. I forked GitLab to make a 'github for writers'. Still backed by git repos, but a simplified web UI for less technical users. If you're interested in working together, lets chat.
Dup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8215351
It's not the protocol but the fact that USB devices are just too trusting. Plug your phone into a USB socket and you've little protection against it communicating with whoever is on the other end of the USB connection.
$10 is expensive for such simple electronics! I understand that the price of the first piece is the highest, but if this gets mass-produced I think the price can easily drop to something like $1.
It's the fact that you're using the same cable to charge and for data (which is also one of the things that makes USB really useful), now add that the devices tend to not to be hugely secure and to just trust whatever they've plugged into (or at least trust after popping up an easy to miss dialog) and you have a (potential) problem.
Did no one else get that it's a joke?
-firmware errors

-lack of authentication

-stack errors (root on PS2 at one point)

-physical silicon bugs ( I have a broken mouse that WILL make any windows computer act funny/crash apps/crash whole Intel usb hub)
"... body text is 10–12 point. On the web, the range is 15–25 pix­els."

I don't know a lot about typography, but this is the wrong time to start sizing things in terms of pixels. Displays and devices are just too varied.
The "Computer Expert" definition is in fact one of the definitions listed on that page. It is rightly not at the top because it is not the most common usage.

3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
Interesting ! We definitely should talk. And with the gitenberg guys too. I could see a nice synergy here. I have to go now but I'll pm you later this weekend.
You mean other than the fact that Obamacare funnels money directly in to the pockets of insurance companies that, despite your characterization of them as " quasi-non-profit entities" were, and remain, very-much-for-profit entities? That's one. There are many others.

What's your theory for why the insurance companies "volunteered" for this? Altruism?

And you're still trying to change the subject.
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If you eat less calories than you burn it is absolutely sure way to lose weight ... because thermodynamics.

It might not be a good way for a lots of people because they just can't stand being hungry.
Better video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qv2VEX9iyI

SpaceX Statement: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/502976401729798144/photo/1
I think it's on purpose. Looks cooler, gets attention of your fellow coffeeshop nerds.
> I'm consuming ~140g/protein a day.

Care to share any suggestions how to accomplish this with a diet that actually tastes good and doesn't require too much preparation time? Most people seem to use yucky protein shakes or huge portions of ham or other bland food and I just can't force myself to eat such stuff.
Judging from the mod-down attack, it's clear that the answer to that question is "no".
There are a couple of 'NewGRFs' that can solve some of those problems.
For iPads and some other devices which require a 'signal' on the data pins, you would need an adapter to force the thing to charge. These adapters also act as a data condom, and are super-cheap:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E8ALIYU

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E8AJ41E
Yes, I didn't mean literally nobody, I just meant that compared to other markets MSNBC is fairly small so I can understand missing who Rachel Maddow is if you don't watch MSNBC or follow political blogs, shes not O'reilly or Jon Stewart, but yes it is a mainstream cable TV channel so that necessitates some minimum audience size lest the channel go off the air
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They're using PCBs from oshpark.com which are quite thick (1.6 mm). I've made a USB dongle using their PCBs and it's actually fine. The connectors have sturdy tabs on the sides that go through the board.
More interested to know about exits in the $200K - $1M range. It will be interesting to note exits at the lower end of the spectrum.
> Before the age of understanding: "In our house, instead of saying, 'you're really smart,' we say, 'you practiced a lot.'"

Why not "you are smart because you practiced a lot"? Wouldn't that encourage practicing?

I would follow with how you aren't just smart, but smart in some areas, and the more you practice in those (and other areas) the more smart you'll become.
Is there any actual HD video? I find it really surprising I can't find any...
Are there any open source efforts like this?
I doubt it - it's because it's pretty trivial to make a PCB like that with components - one could design the PCB in maybe an hour and then manufacture is really easy and cheap - probably about $1 each for those boards even in low numbers (check OSHPark.com).

In contrast, making a case is much much harder. There really aren't any good low-volume case making methods. Injection moulding is out. Machining from aluminium is an option here, but it's very expensive. There's resin casting, but that's difficult and I don't know if it's really suited to manufacture.

Honestly, making the case is 10-100 times harder than the PCB (for such a simple one like this anyway).
I have a hard time believing the new theories that fat is not that bad and sugar is the evil. I used to have a diet with plenty of beef and pork meat. Then I went to live for a couple of months in Singapore, and there I ate noodles. LOADS of them, because I loved them. The result was that I lost a lot of weight.

In my experience what gets me fat is meat, and what makes me lose weight is eating less meat and more pasta and rice. But I suppose it varies per person.
That's nowhere near Pi's specs. Although the FPGA is interesting. Pi got two orders of magnitude higher FLOPS.

Some integer code might run at comparable speed.
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Is this not why my phone asks me what I want to do when I plug it into the computer? USB debugging mode, charge only, and another option or two that I can't remember right now. If I select "charge only" will I be secure in the same way?
> We had good reasons for not going in the directions tried out in the 70s and 80s

Those reasons have nothing to do with feasability, or usefulness of those ideas, and everything to do with popularity contest our industry is. It's not the best solutions that win, it's the most fashionable.

To give you one example - look at how suddenly functional programming is the hottest thing around. Out of the blue, FRP is the thing to solve all problems. It's 1970s technology. Just rediscovered now. I remember the times when functional programming wasn't hip, and I was getting laughed at for being a "Lisp (and Erlang) aficionado". But time has passed and the same people who were laughing then are now going to every possible Scala meetup and conference, because FP is now fashionable.

But we're getting a bit tangential here. The core idea of my original post: manipulating ASTs and tree structures in editor is a problem with old and good solutions most people don't know about, so, people, please go learn about them. It might save you some work (and spare the rest of us the horror of coding in XML because it's the next hip thing).

> If you truly think the old systems were better, then prove it!

I think there's only one way to do that - you have to play around with them, experience them yourself. Find yourself a local Emacs-using Lisp aficionado and let him show you the tricks, both in the editor and the language.
Or you could buy one of the charge-only USB cables I saw all over Asia. They are a bit cheaper than the normal data-carrying ones as they have fewer wires.
Probably a scanning IR thermometer. Not really the same thing...
I guess 'living' is relative...
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The Falcon 9 explodes again? ...While the European Vega rocket (aimed at the same size of payloads, but much more versatile of the Falcon 9[1]) is 3 success out of 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_rocket

The political will to create a private market for rockets is strong in US. So strong that a lot of American public money has been used to save SpaxeX from failure, multiple time.

But concretely, what's the point of it? NASA worked fairly well if well founded. Now for political reasons they prefer to give money to SpaceX, even if they have issues with their job...

[1] Vega launch satellites to Sun synchronous orbit, satellites here are earth observers and usually a few tonnes at most, the majority much smaller. Launches here are very infrequent, so matching spacecraft is difficult. Falcon 9 isn't currently equipped with an appropriate fairing to do dual launch like this without satellites built to stack (which most aren't). Falcon 9 might haul 9 tonnes, but you might not be able to find 9 tonnes of spacecraft to that orbit. Vega payloads are also kept in a clean environment and fairing, something SpaceX hasn't demonstrated. Horizontal integration can be an issue. ITAR issues... The list goes on.
From what I understand, they are pitching an agency model. The rate I heard quoted was $2.50 CPM.
That assumes a massive number of people want this. As it is only geeks understand the risk and even fewer want/need to protect from it.
Unfortunately we lost the postcode database as a public asset in 2013 when the UK government sold off Royal Mail[0], despite the database being compiled at huge cost to the tax payer.

This is a real shame as people had to campaign for years before the data was made freely available to begin with.[1]

Hopefully though, as long as the government still holds a large stake, we'll at least have Code Point. The Royal Mail also offer some developer options[2]

[0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26605375

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/22/free-our-d...

[2] http://www.poweredbypaf.com/developer/
FLIR captures some interesting stuff in F1 Racing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvuBe6b2iVk
I believe I read somewhere that they are working on Android versions.
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