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> People keep saying that and time and time again it's proven wrong.

Surely you agree there is an upper bound, though?
Inanimate objects cannot "save us from ourselves" but can only provide the equipment for us to use, if we choose to use it. Do you suggest that our descendants will be better off with no knowledge of virtue, philosophy, or justice?

Are you then one of those Utopians who thinks that human nature is perfect, but "society" is corrupt and to blame for all the problems? On the contrary, it is human nature itself (at least since we were kicked out of Eden) which is fallen, greedy, unjust, etc. You cannot solve mankind's problems by burning the libraries. Instead, we must look into the libraries for wisdom that may help us.

For example, Federalist 51: It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
I disagree completely.

Phone batteries get low every day. Having to walk to where your phone is charging to change the channel is a bad experience.

Using the phone as a remote is anti-social. I can't pick out what to watch with the person who's sitting in the chair across the room.

Chromecast is good for accidental discovery. You come across an interesting talk on YouTube, Chromecast is good for that.

Chromecast is also good for content that "lives" on your phone, like podcasts.

But Chromecast is bad for picking out a movie or TV show to watch, especially in the company of others.
> Why does it need updating?

This is a good point... it's not missing much in terms of features and functionality.

A pie in the sky idea, that none of these devices have tried to incorporate, is to have a webcam peripheral support to enable video chatting. This is the primary thing I still use my HTPC for. Being able to gather my wfie and/or friends into the living room to video chat with friends that live elsewhere, having those friends be able to see the whole room where we're able to sit comfortably, is really a great experience. And at this point, using an HTPC for that is overkill, in terms of horsepower needed. Incorporating a feature like this into a media device would be a killer feature for me. "Casting" a Skype or Hangout video chat.... I'd be all over that.
The AviationWeek article even mentions that the LMSW team drew from Polywell:

> "We also have a recirculation that is very similar to a Polywell concept," he adds, referring to another promising avenue of fusion power research. A Polywell fusion reactor uses electromagnets to generate a magnetic field that traps electrons, creating a negative voltage, which then attract positive ions. The resulting acceleration of the ions toward the negative center results in a collision and fusion.

It's great that they've scoured even the non-mainstream ideas and incorporated them.
The 6 is half the screen area for three to mes the price compared to the 7.
With Rust's switch to 1:1 threading (soon to be not even optional AFAIK), how will this affect the concurrency capabilities of Rust-based web servers, and servers in general?
It's not really extending it by 17 years though since they don't have data for the full 17 years. They have snapshots from 17 years prior to the start of actual data collection.
that is one thick phone.
What is missing for me is Apple TV, but I suppose that cuts too deep into HBO's income.
Regardless of being officially supported (which it is) it's still a popular phone still in use by a lot of developers.

You might have to wait another month for it to hit AOSP and some of the ROM developers to merge it in, but I generally count on a Cyanogenmod release within a month.
There's a big difference between a software company equipping developers with Linux based machines and a midsize to large non-tech company equipping their users with Linux or even Macs.

Granted, I think Microsoft is losing their grip and non-tech companies (I work for one) are seriously beginning to consider PC alternatives. On the manager and executive level, and power user level, IT departments seem to be accommodating Macs more. For non-power users, web based machines like Chromebooks are becoming a more attractive each day.
The programming tasks did not require complex data structures (such as a scanner and parser), so one would not expect Java's type system to be a limiting factor.
I watched her video that featured Hitman Absolution as well and I don't recall her saying "this is integral" to the game. It was one of many examples.

Also, to me that sounds like cherry picking -- out of literally dozens of games you are focusing on one example.

And that specific example is from a game that caused outrage before it was even released for their "sexy latex nun" trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NC-PCHp_I
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But the truth is, in society, 80% of the men and women do find each other. So the problem isn't that its impossible for apps to match these people to each other as it never happens, rather how to facilitate it on dating apps, what happens in real life.
I'm still waiting on a Steorn Orbo replication...
Just curious, what do you use it for? :)
IkmoIkmo didn't say $500 was unreasonable, but that (s)he preferred it was cheaper (supposedly by using cheaper components).
That's fantastic news, I have been scouring the market for a good 4:3 Android for months...
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> 1. Native Mac OS X support (so Mac Apps can also be in containers)

Are there Mac servers out there you want to run apps on? Or just consumer apps you want to run on your mac? Curious about the use case!

> Being able to mix container operating systems with other host operating systems.

VMs are that abstraction today. I think we can do better going forward, but still a lot to do with what we currently have planned.
Because you're not stating facts which are relevant. You're saying "If she did [x] it would be [y]". That might be objectively true, but you're not presenting any evidence that she's doing [x] and so it doesn't matter.

It's an incredibly obnoxious thing to do, and honestly in this context it's pretty disgusting.
This has happened for every single Nexus device, since the Nexus One. I don't know why people keep talking about the Nexus as somehow having fresh OS upgrades; they do not.
They have started, but yes, it is still geofenced. In Sweden we can use http://hbonordic.se/
Here's an RSS -> Email recipe off this RSS feed, in case it's easier for folks. https://ifttt.com/recipes/212315-get-openssl-alerts-from-gma...
Just over a year ago, actually. It disappeared from the Play Store in September 2013.
Please try to avoid obnoxious tactical argument stuff like Ah, I see now. You are one of those. They are tiresome.
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Looks like they took the design that was widely praised with the Moto X and used it for the Nexus 6. The Nexus 6 looks like just a bigger version of the X (obviously better specs).
Then you got loud fans and a poor interface for watching TV.
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I'm not seeing any top physicists working in this program (McGuire is not one). I would be willing to bet 1000 EUR that their math and modeling does not add up, or they have skipped some details.

Problem with fusion research like this is that the closer you get self sustainment or energy generation, the harder it gets and problems pile up. This project looks like many other similar projects that have gone bust. They start by solving the easiest problems first, get some funding and hit the wall.

The main problem with any reactor design is how to handle the 14 MeV neutrons produced by the fusion reaction (no mention in the article). They tend to damage the reactor and make it economically unfeasible. At this point being able to create fusion reaction is not the main challenge. It's the sustainment and economics of limiting the damage. If they really have solved all the problems and demonstrate economically sound fusion in 5-10 years, they will be handed Nobel price in physics for sure.
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One of the problems with creating longer-running fusion reactions is that if they do it, in order for the reactor to not wildly overheat almost instantly, they need a massive cooling system to carry the generated heat away. At that point, you almost might as well hook up a steam turbine loop and generator and put the power on the grid.

There's lots of other problems too - I don't think they have a well-tested solution for adding fresh fuel and disposing of the fused products on an ongoing basis.
I tend to do so to, my phone has it's own spot on my desk, where I keep the charger. So charging it daily would not be a problem for me _most days_.

However, say I'm doing some travelling for example I will tend to use my phone a lot throughout the day. Be it listening to music, playing a game while waiting on $MODE_OF_TRANSPORTATION or browsing the web. That would be one of the days were I would pretty pissed if my phone would not last throughout the day, or I would have to make constant considerations like "If I watch this movie now, will I have enough battery life left to make a call if my flight gets delayed".
Full blog post announcing the framework is here: https://code.facebook.com/posts/721586784561674/introducing-...
5GHz wifi for one. No 802.11n/802.11ac on 5GHz at all.

The airwaves are crowded where I live. There are so many networks and sources of interference that any 2.4GHz network I set up inevitably drops out constantly. I've had 3 different routers.

The solution was to move to 5GHz. Pretty much everything else in the house can run on 5GHz and stay connected to the internet that way. Chromecast can only connect to 2.4GHz networks, so I have to run one for it, but it doesn't see devices on the 5GHz network even though they're on the same LAN.
This is an enlightening explanation: http://www.chforum.org/scenario2012/paper1-4-1.jpg
I was not trying to make a case for/against the speaker. I worked in the game industry for 7 years and the best Game Directors that headed our team were women (by a longshot too.)
I do not know the speaker, and only wish her to find her way out of this mess. I did not really think such objective comments about a hypothetical situation would make me loose karma for the next 3 generations. Go forth and gameth in peace.
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It's on our list : )
I missed that too. I was looking for the weight of the Nexus 9 (slightly less than the iPad Air).
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A phone with a small screen is usable with one hand. It also fits inside pockets easily.
Wondering if Google will clarify the upgrade path for those of us with Android L side loaded onto our phones.

My guess is it will require a re-flash back to KitKat so that Lollipop can be auto-upgrade over the air. In which case I might as well get that going now...
Lower price points.
Apple TV is supported by HBO Go.
Sure, but it hasn't been proven that people want to develop apps for these devices, and easier app development doesn't justify a high price to consumers. At the same price point, what is there enticing a consumer to pick one of these up for Christmas?

"It does all the most basic things that the competition does, at the same (or slightly higher) price, but maybe someday there will be apps made for it" hasn't worked very well for hardly anyone throughout history. Check with Palm, Microsoft, Ouya, Blackberry, and probably dozens of others that no one remembers.
Being a Chromecast user already I would say that XBox 360 is just not at all close to the same experience and no Gold Memberships.
I think he's saying he rather use a landline, so they can't pin point his location via GPS
>"Gun Owner Openly Carries Gun To Little League Game Without Incident" doesn't make for nearly as sensational a headline as "Thirty-Seven Massacred At Redbox Dropoff" and newspapers exist to tell us about sensational events.

I wish that 'Seemingly Responsible Gun-Owning Ex-Policeman/Soldier Accidentally Leaves Gun in Movie Theater Seat' informed the debate a little more. Happened twice to me while working as a movie theater usher in Arkansas.
Another note on the glock, you have to pull the trigger to pull it apart.

All the more reason you follow the 4 rules of gun safety to a T with that brand. Especially the part about ensuring its not pointed anywhere it shouldn't be and unloaded check about a million times. (note, I own no firearms but have enough friends that do I gain a ton of knowledge on them.)

One exception to firearms going off on their own might be a misfire after trigger pull. That means you have a possibly live round in the chamber that could go off at any time. Need to be really careful on that one.
I agree with both of you, for different reasons.

The infrastructure benefits are completely there in terms of driving up utilization/density of the hardware you're buying. I feel (and know!) there will be a lot of optimization on making this happen.

On the other hand, there are some insecure multi-tenancy concerns for which VMs still offer better isolation. That's ok, because Docker is not about virtualization, it's about a platform for distributed applications.

Thus, finding the right/secure/optimal/? place to run your container should be straightforward and intuitive. That's the direction we're looking to take the industry.
Could you explain why you prefer remotes?

To me, they are just one more thing to keep track of and keep charged. I think connecting the remote control of things to the one device that is always around, instead of an assortment of tailor made devices, is brilliant.
Is it concerning that most Haskell optimization guides talk about adding ! to enforce evaluation? It may be a sign that pure functional programming is not quiet there in the real-time world (e.g. real-time rendering) and that some abstractions (declarative instead of imperative) break for these use-cases.

What I want to say is that you really have to know a lot about Haskell to predict a program's runtime performance which is essential in the context of real-time. In my opinion these optimizations seem a little bit hacky: unsafePerformIO is per definition hacky, she-bangs seem sometimes like guess-work and concurrency is always hard to get right (even with MVars).

I really like Haskell but do not consider it yet for latency-sensible tasks as it feels like writing unidiomatic Haskell. In particular I find it concerning that one has to exploit concurrency and parallelism for such a simple game.

Are their ambitions to make GHC (hard) real-time friendly? This will probably require a real-time GC optimized for latency. I would like to read more about this, in particular about using pure (strongly typed) functional languages in a low-level/real-time context. Would it be possible to exploit the type-system there?
Right... what the problem was is that you started seeing people get confused about running Linux containers on Windows and vice-versa. Hence all the questions around that... I guess that wasn't as clear from the announcement as it could have been. One of the main reasons is probably that the people that have been using Docker are Linux folks and aren't necessarily as familiar with deploying Windows-based applications.
zamalek probably meant to refer to the waste products from fusion not being a proliferation concern.
I'm sorry, I've been following this story for a while and every single one of the instances where she has been accused of lying that I know of has been debunked.

I'm not calling you a liar, merely asking for you to point me to what I've been missing. I run in circles that are pretty pro-sarkeesian and may have suffered from selection bias.

Do note, however, that simply stating that she's a liar is not an actual proof of anything. I'm asking for actual articles from reputable outlets, not quotes from Guest11743 on 4chan.
I never got into the tablets bandwagon.

For me a phablet makes much more sense. I just want a powerful smartphone, for everything else there is my laptop.
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I read your statement objectively. You said that if she had manufactured this crisis, it would be a machiavellian stunt.

Can you present even a single shred of evidence that she's manufacturing the crisis? Because until you present that evidence, you're not actually presenting facts that are relevant to the discussion. You might as well say "If she were an alien, this might be part of her plan to take over the world". It's impossible to respond to that, because while it might be true (if she were an alien, maybe you've discovered her plan!) but to the best of our knowledge, she's not an alien and hypothesizing about her motives if she were is a waste of everybody's time.

What's even worse is that you're presenting hypotheticals as facts and then pretending not to understand what you're doing and claiming that people are disagreeing with you on emotional reasons, when the only emotion they're feeling is rage that you're wasting their time. This could be an opportunity for an actual discussion and you're just chucking garbage at the wall and then asking "jeeze you guys why don't you like my garbage?"
I hate silos too but Amazon is the absolute best about this. Amazon Video is available on many platforms. Google Play is not. iTunes is not.
We're 10 perpetual years closer!
Glad to hear it.

For the time being, for anyone with Amazon Prime, the HBO collection isn't bad: http://www.amazon.com/b?node=9097393011

It's not nearly as complete or up-to-date as HBO go of course, but it has lot of the most popular shows.

We have HBO go and actually use Amazon prime to watch HBO shows since Comcast has yet to support logging into HBO go on PS3.
Well,

To access HBO GO℠, you must reside within the fifty states of the United States of America.
You are caught in a semantics discussion. "Meritocracy" in tech circles _is_ talking about "code/product" as you say. When a company advertises saying "We are a strict meritocracy" they are not saying, "We value code but also your ability to schmooze". Of course things other than code matter, a lot more than code itself, but that isn't how the term is used in the industry.
That is not currently a goal. It's the goal that you can tell docker - run this application, and it will find (or create!) a suitable host to run it on.
Apple TV supports HBO Go.

https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/06/19HBO-GO-WatchESPN-...
I predict the price will be high enough that the next postings about this new service will be that HBO without a cable subscription is way too expensive...and the entire piracy discussion / justification will continue anew...
and nexus one was also the only nexus to have an SD card. so I think he is talking about every nexus phone/tablet except the nexus one.
The fusion guys should have a meetup with the desktop linux guys.
I make a platform that automatically collects the atmospheric pressure sensor reading on a schedule, and sends it to scientists for analysis. The idea is to build the best weather forecast (higher accuracy, hyperlocal) by using this dramatically denser data source as inputs to models.

We make an open source app called PressureNet: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbu...

We also build an SDK and API so that you can integrate this into your own apps, and also access the live+archive data feed: http://pressurenet.io
At 4 inches, the maximum the human eye needs is 2190 ppi/dpi.

http://wolfcrow.com/blog/notes-by-dr-optoglass-the-resolutio...
It's the exact same width as my Galaxy Note GT-N7000, which fits nicely in my back pocket. I love the large screen, and a slightly larger screen would be awesome.
I'm sure that a lot of people spend a lot of time reading through Stackoverflow's answers. Not sure you're taking the parent comment to heart when you classify that time as wasted. Stackoverflow might not be the optimal solution for finding answers but it certainly adds enough value to the community that they deserves some respect for their approach.
> Are there Mac servers out there you want to run apps on? Or just consumer apps you want to run on your mac? Curious about the use case!

Maybe they haven't but I feel like Apple has abandoned the Mac OS X Server so no apps at least for me in that case but I think consumer apps would be a pretty cool use case.

> VMs are that abstraction today. I think we can do better going forward, but still a lot to do with what we currently have planned.

Roger; thanks!
Every modern ARM SoC built for thisnpuepose has H.264 hardware video decode (and typically HEVC for that matter).
This just isn't my experience.

> Phone batteries get low every day. Having to walk to where your phone is charging to change the channel is a bad experience.

I have solved the fairly rare occurrence of my phone dying when I want to watch a movie by having a charger next to my coffee table. I mean, maybe we just have different experiences, but has this actually happened to you? Regularly? Does it take up more or less time than hunting down a lost remote control?

> Using the phone as a remote is anti-social. I can't pick out what to watch with the person who's sitting in the chair across the room.

You'll have to instead talk to them, or have them sit closer and look over your shoulder. Not more or less social, just a different type of social. And add to that, the ability to have multiple people use their individual devices to queue videos is an excellent social experience
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It was a mistake. They updated the page to list the Nexus 4 now too.
> The 8.9" screen is big enough to work and watch on, but small enough to carry around in one hand.

Really I could carry that in one hand? That's amazing! Know what else I can carry in one-hand? My fucking 17 inch macbook.
Guns are the only effective weapons that "the infirm, the elderly, the women" can use.

The U.K. != Western Europe, and I include the massacres prior to "several years" ago; you have to since these incidents are fortunately rare. Wikipedia has done a very good job of chronicling them, although you have to look at half a dozen entries because they're broken down by things like where it happened.

"This just further proves that the very people who have guns are dangerous individuals who cannot be trusted with guns."

Well, you're welcome to try to act on your prejudices (unConstitutional ones, I might add). Those of us who've read our 20th Century history know what such actions mean, and the only practical response.