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And people are suddenly surprised there is strong anti-vaccine movement. This kind of things is the real reason for it.

From the producer who decides to reduce the amount of good in a box, while keeping the packaging and price tag the same, to the grocery store clerk that sells you meat that was already twice washed with dishwashing liquid to appear fresh (a very common practice), to the company that regularly sends you 4W LEDs when you order 5W hoping you won't notice, and if you challenge them they'll tell you it was a factory labeling mistake, to the smartphone vendor that tells you about amazing experience and then sells you equipment loaded with so much crapware that you cringe every time you turn it on - everyone around you is out there to get you. So many businesses try to fuck you over, all the time, and they totally get away with it.

And then everyone is surprised people have trust issues. It's hard enough to get people to install any kind of updates in the first place - and how we're expected to have a secure Internet if people have a very good reason not to install new versions of things?

Seriously - companies like Oracle, like Ask.com, like Lenovo, SuperFish, like Uber and like so many, many others - start-ups, mom&pop's, medium companies, big corporations - they all found a very profitable business model: taking the common value of trust we have in society and burning it to earn money. And I guess it works well - if you're an executive who's going to get a pay raise and maybe a promotion for literally shitting on the faces of your customers, when why wouldn't you do it? Well, except of having any decency at all?

Whoever decided to bundle this crapware with Java Runtime, if you're reading this - you're actively contributing to one of the biggest problems our civilization is facing. You should feel responsible. The next time someone dies because he refused to follow established procedures out of lack of trust, this is - in a small but important part - on you.

It may feel like I'm exaggerating here, but just look around and think for a minute. The collapse of trust we see in contemporary society is raising to the level of becoming an existential threat for our civilization. And I wish I knew a way how to reverse it...
Well, see, this kind of depends on your definition of "Midwest". I grew up a fair distance west of Denver, and to me, the dividing line between East and Midwest is Chicago. The "real" west begins at Denver. This neatly divides the country into approximately thirds.

But to say that Ohio and western PA are "Midwest" because they're west of the Appalachians... bah. You easterners need to get out more. And if you think steel town culture makes you part of the Midwest, well... come west of Chicago and look around. You don't see many steel towns out here.

I mean, I suppose that's the labels that you grew up on, and it's how the locals label themselves, so on that level it's hard to argue with. But anything that includes "West" as part of the name (or even "Mid") that includes Pittsburgh... look at a map of the country, and then explain to me how that makes any sense at all.
Most Fortune 1000 company's managers also hate Java/Oracle, but it was the safe choice at some point (where the alternative was probably SAP), and now they're locked in.
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For what it's worth, the installer app contains a .pkg for the JRE that you can install by the normal methods. OTOH, the Flash installer used to contain a normal package, but no longer does.
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I feel we are shifting some metaphors here. The work I was referring to in that sentence was in the imagination of the audience during a theatrical performance. And I don't feel it is meaningless.
Quick stream URL for anyone who wants to watch the event regardless of their platform -

http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1503ohibasd...
Also, lower refresh rates on DRAMs means less power consumption (so it's an easy fix in BIOS, independent of OS, clearly attractive to laptop makers), but also more exposition to this issue.
This is the sort of data SpaceX should be overlaying on its live streams (real time rocket telemetry).
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This app is amazing! What a great way to learn guitar or a specific song on guitar!
I have seen this in so many cases. Somehow Oracle convinced people of their never-ending superiority. I know in 8i and 9i days, we were very happy with its performance and feature set. That's not to say that SQL Server (or hell, even DB2 or Sybase) couldn't have given it competition. But when I hear executive types pushing Oracle these days, I have to ask, "really? REALLY?? do you even know WHY you're pushing that monstrous heap of garbage?? Does it give you something you can't get with Postgres? Oh yes... a flatter wallet. Touche.

As far as Workday, I'm intrigued that someone would chosen Adobe Flex as a platform. (we just converted last year)
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They SSL implementation was broken against an active attacker - this is very different from being broken totally. Obviously it is still very, very bad but it doesn't mean you shouldn't use it if you are not going to replace it with anything else.
As someone from the UK I can never watch a stream like this because of all the whooping in the audience. They just whooped and cheered at an announcement to capture your gait for medical purposes; I mean as a whole the potential is exciting but does each individual pause warrant this kind of chest-beating?

Edit: they just applauded and whooped that Apple won't see your data! WTF! Well done Apple, you're not invading our privacy!
The point of a patent is to exclude others from using intellectual property, not to make it "publicly available":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent#Effects

To quote the supreme court:

"A patent is not the grant of a right to make or use or sell. It does not, directly or indirectly, imply any such right. It grants only the right to exclude others."

The point is to provide some temporary protection for inventors in exchange for public usage once the patent has expired.
That's partly my point, but also the notoriously bad quality of the stream can't be doing much to boost the confidence of existing customers. Additionally, being in the middle of a workday, many current Apple users and fans may not have access to an Apple device right now.

It just seems like a lose/lose situation all around, but they stubbornly persist.
No worries, the maintainers will surely include a --no-junk flag
There's a reason I have the equivalent of "127.0.0.1 facebook.com" in my /etc/hosts file.
Yes, but variable comp is variable because it isn't guaranteed, so it shouldn't be lumped into salary discussions.
I doubt you can fix today's devs' code, unless it's a very very junior dev. It's like saying a doctor should be able to fix a chemist's work.
Cool. I didn't know things like the MSG-2051 exist. Sadly none are $50 near me. :( Will have to keep an eye open for one...
The first link I provided is about a book by an insider that details these excesses occurring in the 2000s.

According to one tip the SEC received in 2007 about Galleon: "Prostitution is rampant for executives visiting Galleon. You will find that the Super Bowl parties for the executives, paid for by Galleon Group, include prostitutes and other forms of illegal entertainment."
> DevOps is about dev and ops teams communicating and having empathy for the requirements of the other team.

DevOps is about not having separate dev and ops teams (or QA for that matter). It's about having one team that coordinates on implementing user stories and comes up with the right solutions. Some members of that team have certain skill sets - i.e. some are more ops focused and some are dev focused - but it's one team. It's about creating personal accountability; there's no more blindly assigning tickets to an offshore ops team and hoping it gets done right. If you're doing DevOps right, you developers and your operations people are on the same team, sit in the same area and attend the same scrums.

DevOps means that instead of saying "Ok, my work is done, but the deployment scripts need to be updated so I'll create a ticket with the ops team and they'll get it done next week", you can say "Ok, my work is done, but the deployment scripts need to be updated and I don't know how to do that, so I'll assign it to Mike." The feedback can go the other way too - if an implementation of a feature is too cumbersome to deploy, the ops guys are in the scrum with the dev guys and can work on a better design together, up front.
That seems more desirable. I tried hired.com on a whim but most of the jobs were the kind I would only accept if I were desperate. Then again, I have a lot of flexibility in my current role and would only leave for a job that fits very specific criteria, so maybe it just wasn't for me.
A bit of a slippery slope to associate the installation of adware with the anti-vaccine movement.
If you're looking for a nice default React stack, I'd recommend the http://reapp.io CLI (npm install -g reapp). I'm biased because I made it, but it comes from many months and attempts at building apps with React.

It also gives you inline styles, webpack, etc.
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"As someone from the UK"?

Have you ever been to a football match?
"Well done Apple, you're not invading our privacy!"

That's actually pretty rare these days. Especially in the UK.
Why is "nothing more sensitive than your medical data"?

I don't get it.

Is this to do with insurance? But now there's no "prior condition" issue, so why is my medical data still sensitive?
If you download from java.oracle.com as apposed to java.com these nasty toolbars aren't included.
I once had an internship in college where I worked with Sitecore (a .net cms). When I was applying for jobs out of college, I mentioned it in my resume when I posted it to Monster.com.

It has been many years since I took that resume down, and that technology has been off my resume just as long. However, I still get recruiter spam asking if I’m interested in a 6-month contract-to-hire position on the wrong coast working with Sitecore.

This tool sounds like it fits a pretty good passive use case, but I just thought I should point out why I, particularly, love the limited-time model of Hired.com. It lets me avoid being considered “on the market” for all eternity.
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Software needs to be in a state of permanent development because nothing is static. Operating systems change. Usage patterns change.

Seeing Qmail rot on the vine is heart-breaking, but that's exactly what happened.

I used to use Qmail exclusively, but over time it got harder and harder to install an up-to-date version of it, requiring more and more "unofficial" patches to get it actually working. After too much of that I gave up and went with Postfix.

I don't want "mailing lists", I don't want Bugzilla, I don't want SourceForge. I want people that respond to something like GitHub issues where the interaction is painless and productive.
Very little information on time scales. In one case they speak about 5 minutes vs 40 minutes (both might be acceptable for an exploit). Also no information about how long it took to bitflip in their per-hardware table.

And why name no hardware vendor ? I'm guessing they expect people to use the tool they provided and draw their own conclusions, but I don't understand why they'd treat them differently from software vendors.
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For those who aren't familiar - have a look at this tutorial http://blog.paralleluniverse.co/2015/03/09/up-and-running-wi...
Looks pretty cool :) A bit different from the minimal direction I focus on with my skeleton, but seems like a nice tool to accomplish a lot nonetheless.
You're comparing a football match to a technology keynote?
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Modern medical technology relies heavily on computers and software. Take an infusion pump for example. Controlled by a microcontroller and using software. Or insulin pumps; and some vendors are actually considering to add Bluetooth to insulin pumps, so that patients using such a pump can check its status on their smartphone (or on the upcomming smart watches). Also you can adjust the infusion rate of an insulin pump to accommodate for ingested sugar. Overdosing on insulin can send a person into shock and kill.
Good idea and great job on the site. You've taken the good bits of Bootstrap and made it your own. If you style the pagination it'll be even better!
for vertical, you could transpose the crossword then Ctrl+F, just being aware that the result has its columns and rows switched.
I understand that this is your MVP and you are simply gauging the developer interest at the moment, but I would love to see what you are pitching to the employers. No, this is not about me not trusting you, I am just curious why would the other side use this (or how you will convince them to use it). Since you are building a marketplace, I would like to see how you are attracting both ends of the transaction
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Once again, I pine for ECC memory on my Laptop. I know you can get ECC SODIMMS, I got 16GB worth for a Supermicro ITX motherboard. And while the paper talks about multi-bit errors getting through ECC (which is certainly possible with enough flips) single flips causing alerts and double flips causing halts would really get your attention that something bad was happening. As opposed to silently sitting there while my memory is shredded.
Because lots of people don't want their medical conditions to be known, due to fear (legitimate and otherwise) of discrimination, being thought less of, or just plain being a private person.

I'm not sure nothing is more sensitive than your medical data, but it's definitely sensitive.
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Not at all. OP is pointing to a common underlying social dysfunction. We live in a hierarchically exploitative society, which contributes to the global collapse of trust.

I'm sure if it were somehow possible and legal to bundle some kind of mind-control adware into a vaccine that forces you to buy the sponsor's brands, someone would be doing it.
The starting research that enabled this security work appeared last year at ISCA, but didn't fully discuss the security implications:

https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~safari/pubs/kim-isca14.pdf
Wow. What a transformation. I understand the product very well now. The video is a fantastic addition (some kinks need to be worked out, but others have addressed those).

My suggestions:
1. Use consistent bolding and hightlight features (and terms) or actions of your product.

For example, USE <b>#HASHTAGS</b> TO ORGANIZE YOUR
<b>CHATS/LISTS</b>
OR
USE #HASHTAGS TO <b>ORGANIZE</b> YOUR
CHATS/LISTS

2. Use direct rhetoric

For example, USE #HASHTAGS TO ORGANIZE YOUR
CHATS/LISTS
vs.
ORGANIZE YOUR CHATS/LISTS WITH #HASHTAGS

3. Reference quotes from your users. I.e., "quote" - John, Scrum Master for MyApp.com.

4. Shorten the hover-over text for BOOST PRODUCTIVITY,
CONSOLIDATE APP DATA, etc. Make it short and sweet.

Biggest feedback: My original comment was I couldn't see the vision of your product. Now, it is very clear. Kudos.
This to me if it's even close to the promise it has is the real news of that event. The Watch will of course help the data collection.
You said you were unable to watch because you were from the UK. Are you not familiar with applause or something? I don't see the connection to where you live.
I wonder how many % of the people in the crowd is wearing Docker pants
Could you clarify? In what language(s) is the learning of syntax "endless"?
I am so impressed with the support your community is giving us. It's inspiring and valuable advice. I have proved the first 200 customers, am on track to prove 1000 but not before application deadline. What I will focus on is finding a non-founder (or founder if I get lucky) tech guy to take my wireframes, design and get into real testing. Will push ahead. (And I am going to continue to gently push my son into your world.) Very cool.
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> the TOR network

You mean the Tor network.
I think it's not that nerd outrage isn't a force for change, it's that nerds just find a workaround like this link, and then move on with their life. The rest of people get stuck w/ toolbars, supercookies, etc.
You don't really need that precise an estimate.

81 * 2log3 ~= 128.38

So, the number of legal positions is only a factor of about 5 down from the number of positions disregarding life.
Btw, Wouldn't a good anti-recruiter mechanism be that you only allow employer accounts when you verify that the user represents an actual company etc?
Eh, one is a bunch of avid fans getting excited at a great move by their favorite team and the other is a football game.
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Say you have an STD. Do you want to broadcast that to everyone you know? Does your neighbor deserve to know? Do your parents deserve to know? How about your boss? Should a company be able to resell that information to the highest bidder? Medical information is sensitive information.
If I were to take a guess, it would be that some people think the UEFI spec is over-complicated and tries to do too much things, and that the firmware-level is not where all these things should be done.

It would have been fully possible to create something better than BIOS without (effectively) creating a new mini MS-DOS inside the machine firmware. The buggy UEFI firmwares some people has had to suffer also lends hand to that argument: A simpler specification would probably have caused people fewer issues.

Sometimes less is more. I suspect UEFI would have been more warmly received had it taken a lower aim. It probably didn't help either that it was initially (wrongfully?) associated with Microsoft, and a hostile anti-Linux takeover of the X86 platform at firmware level.
Open Source, wow that was unexpected from Apple
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That is a good idea, thanks for the suggestion. We try to network as much as possible but it's rare we find people in the right place at the right time.
As a Type 1 diabetic, I can't wait to see what happens next. Well done Tim!
ResearchKit is a surprise, and open source too? Go Apple :)
Ironic?

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130115/17343321692/why-a...
I'm not sure which of medical or financial data is considered more sensitive legally, but I think the phrase is mostly about medical data being so inherently personal. It's just meant to invoke an emotional reaction or connection.
On the contrary, ask.com is quite happy with this. They are paying Oracle, therefore they are the customer. You are not.

This is really tragic, since the Java language and VM are nice pieces of technology. Unfortunately Oracle is killing them. I'd never use them for a new project now.
Ask HN: How to create an awesome landing page?
I've see a lot of startups announced on HN. Many with really nice landing pages. It seems like the landing page is critically important to a startup's launch since it's the first thing prospective users see. It's like a clickable elevator pitch.

My business partner and I are getting closer to launching our own startup. I'm a software developer and my partner is an EE. I feel like between the two of us we have a long list of diverse talents but graphic design and marketing are not on that list.

We have sufficient capital but not enough that we can afford to blow it on an expensive marketing firm. We used 99-designs in the past and got a logo we are quite happy with but I'm hesitant about trusting a handful of random designers with a landing page as it is not only about graphic design but also marketing. I'm also hesitant about trusting it to a marketing firm which may or may not understand tech startups.

So, HN, how should we go about creating a landing page that will help us knock it out of the park, with out breaking the bank?
I have not, currently I only get a sign up screen stating that they are in alpha.
>actively contributing to one of the biggest problems our civilization is facing.

Lets tone down the reddit style outrage politics and hyberbole eh? This is a common practice, while ugly, is barely noteworthy. This kind of fan-service tying it to vaccines is really out of bounds as well. There's no relationship here between the two.
Brits are stereotypically more reserved, except where football is concerned.
This is so awesome. If this takes off, medical advancements in the next 10 years are going to be astronomical.
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Is a memory error actually an exploit? If so then are the unwanted changes that occur with no deliberate action an example of the computer cracking itself?

Philosophical...
It seems to me that, in fact, your original idea was, in fact, the correct one - rsync probably would have been the best way to do this (and separately, a truck full of disks probably would have been the other best way).

First, rsync took too long probably because you used just one thread and didn't optimize your command-line options - most of the performance problems with rsync with large filesystem trees comes from using one command to run everything, something like:

rsync -av /source/giant/tree /dest/giant/tree

And the process of crawling, checksumming, storing is not only generally slow, but incredibly inefficient on today's modern multicore processors.

Much better to break it up into many threads, something like:

rsync -av /source/giant/tree/subdir1 /dest/giant/tree/subdir1

rsync -av /source/giant/tree/subdir2 /dest/giant/tree/subdir2

rsync -av /source/giant/tree/subdir3 /dest/giant/tree/subdir3

That alone probably would have dramatically sped things up, BUT you do still have your speed of light issues.

This is where Amazon import/export comes in - do a one-time tar/rsync of your data to an external 9TB array, ship it to Amazon, have them import it to S3, load it onto your local Amazon machines.

You now have two copies of your data - one on s3, and one on your amazon machine.

Then you use your optimized rsync to run and bring it up to a relatively consistent state - i.e. it runs for 8 hours to sync up, now you're 8 hours behind.

Then you take a brief downtime and run the optimized rsync one more time, and now you have two fully consistent filesystems.

No need for drbd and all the rest of this - just rsync and an external array.

I've used this method to duplicate terabytes and terabytes of data around, and 10s of millions of small files. It works, and is a lot fewer moving parts than drbd
I totally agree! It reminds me of laugh tracks on bad sitcoms. Every sentence is cheered by the audience.
It's a good idea but I have to wonder what the potential market is, I don't know of many other groups like ours, but then again it may be that our group consumed the fledgling groups that we ran into that where similar.
A lot of the people at the event (and the most likely source for the cheers) are Apple employees. This presentation serves as both a consumer product introduction and a company pep rally.

EDIT: Just to clarify since I got some early downvotes, this isn't some conspiracy that Apple secretly pays plants in the audience to cheer. It is a known fact that select Apple employees are invited to these keynotes and generally take up the first several rows of the audience.
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