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> Do Disney do the IAP trick of having their own "coins" to insulate from displaying proper prices too?

Not when I was there last year. Lots of customers still don't use the bands, as they're for people staying on resort property only. So everyone else has to do things the Old Fashioned Way.
>> If everyone is shouting that you're bad, the most basic human instinct is to shout back even louder.

Citation needed. Even if this is the case, then it is lucky that we developed cognitive tools that allow us to reflect on our actions and try to comprehend why those people are shouting at us in a civilised society.
We had that recently with FTDI releasing driver update that would instantly brick any device using a counterfeit chip. Which means a lot of devices got bricked, as the manufacturers like to save money...

http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftd...
I remember that not too long ago, somone commented on HN that he basically pitched this idea to Disney but they declined and said the idea wasn't really good. I hope he shows up and tells us his story.

edit: found it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8839888
Actually that user probably did more than "Allow". Apps non signed by Apple are prevented to launch entirely on the default config. You have to go disable that protection in system preferences or right shift to launch the app, to go around this. So you really need an extra step and also need to know what you're doing
There's a chuck of the movie where they're recruiting potential code breakers by putting a difficult puzzle in the newspaper and telling readers if they can solve it in under 5 minutes to apply to the job. Same sort of premise here.
People undoubtedly once felt the same about slavery, women's rights, child labor, the divine favor of kings.

Don't be an apologist for immorality just because it's accepted as the status quo. We can do better.
Exactly, jumping off the Angular bandwagon is the new hotness
I think it's the best idea ever. I mean, seriously, with all those USB-based attack vectors do anyone thinks plugging your computer to a random USB port sticking out of a wall is a good idea?
I have a new idea for government lawyers, if anyone _does_ show lack of standing, claim that the evidence of harm is a state secret, try and jail them for spying before hearing the case, claim they must serve the first sentence before it will hear the original case.

My argument has many parallels with existing statements by the Supreme Court that lawyers representing terror suspects could they themselves be tried under the 'material support' law for simply filing paperwork with the state to clear their client.
I believe the number of results is totally made up. If you click all the way to the last page you will find there are far fewer than whatever number is shown there.
I think the point you're attempting to make, is that the people who let out their apartments via AirBnB and drive for Uber are entrepreneurs. This is a valid perspective, and can be argued well. My view is a little different however.

It seems to me, that the people who drive for Uber or let out their homes/apartments on AirBnB have no control over their destinies. If they are banned from the platform, their "business" is over.

What Uber and AirBnB have really achieved, is to replace management with an API: allocating work, evaluating performance, and firing people in automated fashion.

Those who utilize these platforms are something like contractors (though with less legal footing); not small business owners.

If this trend continues to the extreme, perhaps by 2050 most of the workforce will be managed by software. Imagine it, a nation of mechanical turks and task rabbits.
One thing I generally insist on, is that the DevOps Engineers are held to the same standard as the Dev's when it comes to version control, testing and documentation. After all - that goes hand in hand with the 'Dev' part of the title.
Angular: meh

Express: no

Neo4J: rather not

Node: fuck no

My point: your opinion is exactly that... everyone has their own, and it's as useless as mine, in these comments, until you add some weight behind it.
They don't ignore it; Schuko (CEE 7/3) plugs also keep earth connected while live and neutral pins are pulled out. Same is true for the French (CEE 7/5) and Danish (107-2-D1) designs.
> I suggest learning the language before making an attempt to criticize it.

I will learn it.

I like the semantics of Rust, it's a thing which needed to be attempted. What I am suggesting is, that for a language to be popular and accepted in already existing communities, it should have as little syntactic differences from the standards already present in those communities (or more elaborate: that things with similar semantics should have similar syntax). This does not preclude adding both new semantics and new syntax to the language.

In this case, I think the "target audience" for Rust is the crowd already familiar with C and C++, and languages (which are in many cases superior to C and C++) with significant differences such as LISP, Haskell, Erlang are vastly less popular compared to C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript.

As a counter-example to my claim I recognize Python, which succeeded even if it was radically different and even today has some serious issues (for me, it is its performance and the GIL in CPython). IMO, it succeeded precisely because it was radically different than mainstream languages before it, so it didn't cause "mind crosstalk" issues you get when you encounter something which seems familiar but actually isn't.

Of course, this is inconsequential, it really boils down to arguing about personal taste and preferences. And even if I am right, if the semantics of Rust become popular, I'm sure that a more C-like language will evolve from it (maybe called Crust? :D ). If I am wrong, Rust will live long and prosper as it is.
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The semicolon decision was equally baffling to a lot of longtime Rust users, as previously , .. was used (or possibly , ...? I honestly can't remember). It was changed because with Rust's new range syntax x..y, there was a conflict in the grammar, at least that's my recollection. Anyway, my experience with stuff like this is that they're horribly confusing for a couple of days and then you forget (as you can see, I already don't remember the old grammar).
Linus adpots a Finnish approach to leadership known as "Management by perkele." [1] I'd imagine most people who's unfamiliar with this sort of culture to be extremely offended, especially now that there is this movement towards political correctness and caring for another's feelings.

Someone also brought up Sarah Sharp. This was discussed heavily in the /r/linux subreddit [2] about a year ago.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_by_perkele
[2] http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1idt79/kernel_develop...
Yeah, I lost it upon reading that and the rest of her Twitter feed.
Drop the issue of sex for a second. Firing someone with no cause is legal in most states (at will employment). Punching someone is rarely legal outside of very specific situations where both sides agree, and never legal when one side does not agree. Yet many will agree there are easily constructed realistic scenarios where a punch in the face is far preferable.

I believe the issue here is far more rooted in classism and, if I may, class warfare.
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>well if you love democracy so much you need to recognize that the majority is against you on this point.

Amazing how quick some people are to dismiss already acknowledged issues:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

Amongst the anti-surveillance faction, I think that a major gripe is that the feedback loops put in place to prevent a tyranny of the majority situation are being subverted, if not in the letter of the law, then in the spirit of the law.

How can elected officials have an even discussion regarding state surveillance when imperfect information abounds, and they themselves are kept in the dark from what is actually happening? That is to say nothing about the general population having a more direct say on what their government does on their behalf.
>> The future is digital, they cannot and will not step down while other countries, basically everyone that is capable to do it, will do it.

I can't disagree more. Just a few centuries ago slavery was not only ubiquitous but it was widely regarded as a god given right. Free man power was also a massive boost to economy but we abolished that just fine.

Naysayers will be proven wrong.
TLS does nothing if the site owners hand over data.

Also, HTTP/2 is a horrible mess already. Encrypted channels should not be part of it. They are something separate and should be specified separately.
I got one for $25 at a garage sale (and passed up many others because they didn't have features I wanted like incline, folding, brand name etc) and laid some cut plywood across the arms for the desk portion, my monitors are mounted over it on a shelf. Works perfect (this is my second), just vacuum it every once in a while and use a treadmill maintenance kit (code for grease it). Non-pro treadmills are like pianos in that some people will just give them away.

You don't need anything fancy.

Also, like the author says, faster is better, I also find a slight incline to be helpful. Normally I do a few hours (2-3) at 4.5% incline and between 2.2 and 2.6 mph.
for your issue 3 about not being able to check the size of multiple files:

In the right click menu (where you'd normally go to "get info"), hold option/alt. You'll see "get info" (cmd+i) change to "show inspector" (cmd+opt+i).

Couldn't agree more that it's dumb, but there's your multi-file properties window.
TSX is enabled again!

I am curious to see if this gets adopted into mainstream.
I'm a web developer and I can say that the new MacBook doesn't make me want to buy it because:

1. 12" is a weird size for me. I'd prefer 15" Pro edition.

2. One connector isn't enough, even with the adapter, I'd need more.
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Source article in German:
http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2015-03/nsa-sap-uberwach...
I was definately a little more mindless with my spending

(to a lesser degree I'm that way with cards too)
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The space key preview was the one I meant, not the little box in a column to the right. Windows Explorer does not preview like Preview.
It's much easier than you might think and the noise isn't too bad. I commonly take a conference call while walking and typing, a good headset alleviates most noise issues (better than folks in there cars).
I wonder why they are not part of it? Maybe they are prepping to do something on their own.

I'd like to see the NSA under fire from many opponents rather than just one.
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No, I said if there supply of ad juncts halved or external motivators for not using ad juncts were strong enough (e.g., the public stops subsidizing your institution with tax dollars), then universities would hire more FTE positions.

In the status quo if half the ad juncts left the market, the supply wouldn't decrease. Bean counting schools would just lower their edu standards for ad juncts. Not hypothetical -- you can see this effect at schools in small towns.
> I just wanted to say that people who support the NSA aren't hiding in fear.

Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be backed by evidence. Every single lawsuit challenging mass surveillance has been resisted by the Executive on the basis of state secrets and lack of standing. The Executive is using a judicial tactic to avoid having to answer the question of whether these programs are constitutional. When that question is asked, it usually ends in the programs being illegal[1][2][3].

So if you're not afraid, would you mind answering some questions? One of the biggest problems I have right now is that your side simply stonewalls or deflects core questions thrown by my side. I would love to be convinced that what you're doing is right.

1) How are broad secret court[4] and non-court[5] orders
constitutional? The 4th Amendment appears to only allow targeted warrants, so from where does the government draw this broad surveillance power? So far, the only legal defense been invoking the state secrets privilege[6], which prevents the core question from being addressed.

2) How is the DEA's parallel construction program[7] constitutional? This seems as if the DEA is not allowing a fair trail by withholding evidence from the defendant.

3) If you think the above are unconstitutional, why should they be allowed to exist? How can the rule of law persist with unclear or secret exceptions? Are there things that are more important than the rule of law? What possible impacts does this prioritization have?

I thought we should strive to live under a rule-of-law, and I feel like the Executive and their workers (including you) don't mind having a rule-of-man system. Please convince me otherwise.

[1]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/cops-illegally-na...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States

[3]: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/world/europe/electronic-su...

[4]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/what-we-need-to-know-a...

[5]: https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters

[6]: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/state-secrets-privilege

[7]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/dea-and-nsa-team-intel...
.. worst written article ever
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9062182
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We had a wonderful, thriving life science community [1] on Friendfeed, which we have not been able to replicate since. Some of that crowd even published a paper about it [2]. Most of the original crowd left sometime after the FB acquisition. While many of us hang out on Twitter, it's not the same thing).

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1. http://friendfeed.com/the-life-scientists

2. http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/jou...
I'm not saying it's the gold standard, but it's serviceable enough: at the very least it has these two features I terribly miss in Finder:

- Having a foldable tree structure of the system on the left, and the list of the current directory on the right

- Having the full path of the current directory on the top (and being able to click on any subdirectory of the path, or being able to select the full path).

In Finder you have the choice of different views, none of which has the same practical use in my opinion. In any of those I'm always missing something.

You won't get any argument from me about the command line, though.
I actually agree with some of his points on this thread. Getting contributions accepted to redis is notoriously hard, and a few features I've suggested over the years had been rejected.

However, I have the utmost respect to antirez for doing the work that he does, and I think he is an excellent maintainer; his job is not to keep contributors happy but to make redis as good as it can be according to his vision. And while I disagree with some of his decisions, he's doing a great work at that, and I see him becoming more attentive to the community lately.
Genetically these bacteria are apparently not that small--on the order of a million DNA bases. We already know of smaller bacteria with just a few hundred thousand bases (e.g. M. genitalium.) And so from the perspective of "minimal life", these may not be all that special.
Or in general not to cede that part of the server market to ARM without a fight. This apparently draws a lot more power than the A1100 will, but I get the strong impression that for many workloads Intel still beats ARM in performance/watt

I'll note these are on Intel's latest and greatest 14 nm process, vs. the 28 nm Global Foundries process for AMD; don't know how they directly compare, especially since Global Foundries is now at arms's length from AMD so to speak, which makes it less likely they're going to be able to push the margins of the process, but that further suggests Intel will benefit from performance/watt. Add in the maturity of x86-64 toolchains, ironically gifted to Intel by AMD (sure wish AMD had kept their eye on the ball there), vs. the brand new 64 bit ARM architecture, and AMD and company have a difficult task ahead of themselves when power isn't an issue for batteries but for machine rooms.
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The fact that you have to install XtraFinder to get Finger - sorry, Finder - to do something basic like auto-size columns doesn't say much for Apple's diligence.

There is a clear and obvious problem with the quality of Apple's desktop software. Someone in charge is making very bad decisions about the competence of Apple users and their requirements.

The software has always been questionable - not least iTunes, which is a horrible example of how not to make a clean and elegant UI.

But lately it's been getting worse. The cosmetics are - possibly - improving. But usability and features are suffering.
It's usually 20€/month. Anyone can get that.

But here we have venteprivee.com where like 3 or 4 times a year, operators put an offer for a lower price for their service. Every year, if you look around summer holidays, you can get internet for 2€/month instead of 20€/month and sometimes phone plans too for a very low price.

It usually only last for a year and then you go back to normal price. If you are like me and you don't care about keeping your phone number, then you can just cancel your plan whenever there is a better plan or at the end of the offer :)
MySQL doesn't excite me at all anymore. It used to be my DB of choice but as of late I've been using postgres and other than tools being somewhat lacking (this is getting better all the time, there are now GUI browsers for postgres that rival sequel pro). Nothing was really keeping me on MySQL other than it was generally the prefered DB for most OS projects and I had used it in professional settings multiple times. Postgres's JSON store is very interesting and I've read a number of articles on other cool things in Postgres all while MySQL was more or less silent. I'd love to setup a postgres server at work and benchmark it against our MySQL DB, the one thing really holding me back is our use of ENUMs but I don't think that's going to be a big barrier and I hate them anyways.
Students aren't necessarily supposed to have original thoughts -- but they're supposed to have their own thoughts. It's part of engaging with the material and learning.
If you think in terms of technology, most issues affecting average US citizens come from a somewhat "undeveloped" technology. If they had a better ML architecture and more computing capabilities, "average Joes" would more likely not be harassed.
> To me it seems strange not to know the gross anatomy but to be able to sequence the DNA; I can see how it could happen.

They're just looking at an image of the cell and seeing these unknown structures. They cannot be sure what it is. It is impossible to determine whether its DNA or not from the image.

Quite independent of this, we can take a sample containing the organism and sequence its DNA without knowing where it originated from in the source cell. DNA is purified for sequencing from other cell structures by chemical and mechanical methods.
They do. We paid for an "all you can eat" photography package. There's many photographers at each park (usually near something fairly scenic), and whenever we were inclined, we'd pop in front of the photographer, click, swipe, and off we went to the next destination.
Most of those complaints seem to be down to fashion, rather than usability. In five years, people will be moaning about icons being "too monochrome" or "undifferentiated".

If you care deeply about the latest fashions and what the new black of UI design is this season, then KDE is definitely not for you. If you just want something that works then it can be fine. I don't find any of those things to hinder my actual use of KDE, quite the opposite.
"fair use" means: if I go over 5Gb in a month, they then limit the speed and it becomes quite annoying to browse the web.

It's funny because every operator uses that english term
Can they legally kick them out? If not, then there is a problem. But if they can legally kick them out and can legally engage in the sexual act with them (so ruling out cases where the other party is underage, intoxicated, ect.), aren't they just saying 'do this legal thing for me or I'll do this other legal thing that I think you won't like'.

My understanding is that you cannot just kick out someone who has been living their legally, so let's make it a legal action instead. "Start having sex with me or I'll start the eviction process." If that is rape, then should not "Start paying or I'll start the eviction process" would be theft?
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> It's essentially a "Super-Post Doc," but hopefully with a salary one can reasonably live on modestly.

My impression was always that research scientists/professors are paid reasonably well (e.g., what you might get in industry after leaving a phd).
Was it a proper pitch or an unsolicited idea? If it was a proper pitch then I would agree. If it was unsolicited then I would imagine it was more like they already had the idea in the works and he took their generic, noncommittal, or whatever response as a sign they weren't interested in that particular use of the technology. Most companies are smart to not react to unsolicited ideas as to avoid being accused of stealing the idea if they had already thought of it.

I wouldn't be surprised if Disney was simply waiting for the technology to catch up with the idea.
Just sent this to my father who owns a commercial landscaping company. His skid-steers sit unused 80% of the time. And other times he has to rent specific equipment just for a few days. Great idea.
I'm guessing because they just got shot down on a similar challenge, which they will likely be appealing.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/jewel-v-nsa-making-sen...
Tested HLE quickly once and didn't get speed-ups. Maybe I was using it incorrectly or not in the right situation.
I'd be interested if anyone succeeded with getting speed-ups from HLE or TSX.
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I can't understand how you can ignore for your personal analysis that the majority of people /disapprove/ of the current surveillance practices[1]. People on this thread keep alluding to the majority not caring, but even if there's apathy in actions, I'm optimistic that at least most people viscerally know it's not right.

[1]: http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/10/29/survey-says-77-of-a...
First thing I noticed, because it's first on the list, was namespaces. Very good to use ddl-this-list as you suggest an dthis is what I do, but it breaks in Angular when using, iirc, ng-show & hide and ng-if. I had to use camelCase in those instances because angular was (excuse the accent) all like: "errur! wha't up with that iwas totally expecting a :". So no dashes for you.

The examples under Languages -> bad;

1. isn't style, it's a typo, as you know Foo (letter 'oh') isn't valid hex.

2. I disagree, I have used a framework where I had a block of 25 selectors I was setting a single style on, so no I don't want that to take up 27 lines.

3. I don't see the problem, because you should use the hex value? Meh.

"Use a single space after the colon" - please let the visual studio team in on this one, please.
Chinese win. Hands down. You can plug nearly anything in to them. http://imgur.com/dgT2mjk

Of course, there's no guarantee what your reward will be, and they maybe aren't the safest.
Annual pass holders get these too.