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The linked profile on MarkLogic is quite good. [1]

I remember them from ages ago as basically an XML focused database. I'd see them at trade shows with a small booth. They had interesting technology but had very engineer-y marketing and not a lot of customers. My company had been on the lookout for such a technology and IIR our engineering team checked them out for a bit, but they weren't a great match for our product and we ended up using dtSearch instead. [2]

In the last year or two, I've started hearing MarkLogic show up again all over the place and wondered what was going on. Turns out they got new leadership (Gary Bloom) and have been making a big push to grow. It's funny how that happens, I wonder how many other serviceable companies with decent tech are hiding out just waiting for the right CEO to come along and push them into the spotlight (I'd also add that 'XML' is no longer one of their marketing keywords).

1 - http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/02/13/oracles-...

2 - http://www.dtsearch.com/
I've been using your HN reader for a couple of months. I've tried about a dozen different readers and yours is probably the best one out there. Thanks for a great app!

If you're looking for input, look to the store comments. The number one comment is also my biggest complaint -- I want an option to open links in my external browser not your (limited) integrated browser. At minimum, improve CSS handling in the integrated browser .. support at least bold and italic text. Photo captions, quotes, etc. end up indistinguishable from article content because everything is rendered in the same style.

A smaller, though annoying issue is that waking the app from the background restarts it. Say I'm reading an article, get a call or otherwise background the app with that article still open. If I try to come back to it more than a few seconds later, the app restarts and I'm back to the article list.

And a minor bug, I've selected the blue theme. When the app starts, it shows the UI in orange (default) for a moment then switches to blue.

BTW, in your intro here you say the app is missing collapsible comments, but they are in the app and even in your screenshots on the store. This is a great feature and one I use regularly.

If you add the external browser option and fix the wake-from-background issue, I'd happily pay a buck or two for the app (or a pro version).
Amazing game!

On the "Fort" level, the map [blue][white]->[blue] removes the [blue] block, rather than the [white]. This is a different behavior than the map [red][red]->[blue], which converts two [red] into one [blue].
Luckily there's browser addons that can help with stopping most of the excess there.
There is a simpler solution out there using Hashicorps' Packer and the great build scripts from timsutton (
can build images for Fusion and Parallels, too.):

https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates

e.g.

https://gist.github.com/rmoriz/37b671afe53c984b2f85
The idea is good, but the implementation is boring. Pair that tech up with a terrarium, and you've got something. Add sunlight and clouds and you could end up with something fairly artistic.

That it mimics the outside weather is gimmicky and misplaced. That's a sidefeature, a checkbox; thats not what really matters. Something that looks cool that people will buy is.
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Thank you!
I haven't really worked on a nice 'transition' in difficulty. I will try to add more introductory levels with explanations in the future.
It's worth mentioning that getting Servo to build and run on OS X is very straight forward and worked for me the first time.

Here is the github repo: https://github.com/servo/servo

Here is this HackerNews thread rendered in Servo: http://i.imgur.com/6yvrr3V.png
Microsoft acquires Berlin's Wunderlist: some thoughts, and some facts
Blink: The Nonsense of “Thinking Without Thinking”
same here indonesia i hope immigrate to the USA ASAP
Thank you. The drag and drop should work on mobile (I use https://github.com/RubaXa/Sortable). I definitely have to make the layout responsive, however.
'Virgin-born' sawfish are a first in the wild
That's a consequence of the use global variables having been recognized as an anti-pattern for a very long time now, and people downvoting the obvious instead of writing a rebuttal.
Apple led the way with the original USB in the late 90's. PC companies and users dragged their feet. "We don't like change." It took almost 5 years to gain traction.

A couple months ago on HN I asked about PC's getting the new USB C connector and no one seemed in a hurry. It won't be a standard until PC's ship with at least one port.
It is all true for most web / mobile jobs. But if you are looking to work on medical devices, driverless cars, AI / game development, image manipulation, fraud detection, machine learning, data mining, scheduling. Then the real world actually does work this way. You'll need to know these things. Even for uber or home joy, finding the right taxi / cleaning service to match the provider with the client on a map needs usage of graph and scheduling algorithms, and understanding their complexity. You are right that once this is done, most of the work is APIs, UIs etc. but someone needs to write these APIs.
Not to hijack the better points of the article, because it's a good one, but this line is telling:

"The White House’s efforts to portray the treaty as critical to national security simply underscores its inability to make a case for the agreement on the basis of economic benefits."

If you can't make a cogent argument, just flail your hands about and yell "National Security!" You wouldn't dare try to impede national security!

Those two words are what remain of Bush's "you're either with us, or against us" brand of patriotism, but it has a choke hold on the U.S. I cannot understand why otherwise smart people continue to let "national security" dissuade all common sense in everything.

Edit: "Investor-State Dispute Settlements" make me want to throw up my hands and move to Mars. I can't fathom how anyone can accept calling ISDS "national security" as anything but pure, black-tar hogwash.
My point is that Singaporean culture is very different to Bay Area culture.
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Looks like the same kind of users as Opera Mini which has high number of users in Indonesia, India, Pakistan etc. They face similar problems as you do. Many users which don't have much money.

Idea 1) Sell it to Opera Software
Idea 2) Do like Opera and sign deals with mobile network operators to include operator content
Idea 3) Sell Internet access through your app. Internet access is normally sold by hour in these countries. Sign deals with operators and similar.
Idea 4) Advertising in app
I try to go to Hackerspace and the JFDI friday beers, I think that's where you find the mass. But yeah, not much participation, nowhere near US levels. The Big Data group has more people. These days I don't really get out of the house much, too much work!

I've found it easy to find investors but when you can make the funding in consulting revenue in 6 months, without giving up equity, it's hard to accept the idea of funding. Provided one has permission to work in SG (the client can sponsor an EP, remember!) it's just much better to bootstrap, I think. Oh, how I envy the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who can toil 100% of the time on their startup, without worrying about paying the rent. Still not worth moving.
[white] as a catchall is a bit misleading. Perhaps a different border color or an asterisk inside the square to clearly mark that it's not an actual white block?
I got it now.

I followed the link you provided and it seems the previous android version had different taskbar icons, which I found a bit easier to understand.

Still, Android and iOS do not help much with discoverability in my opinion, and the newest the version, the worst it is. What's next, heptagon for sending email and decagon for contacts ?
I feel so old :(
Look at Facebook, it is one giant social graph, with the problem of how to find the average distance from anyone to anyone. You can simulate a graph as an edge matrix, and a connectivity matrix in an array-based system, and you model graphs in a table system, or you build a special-purpose engine to implement the graph directly. All three are being prototyped and commercialized, and the jury is out whether there is room for a new graph engine or if one of the other technologies would be good enough.

This.

So I'm dealing with this problem. There is nothing out there.

Neo4J doesn't really do in-graph processing[1]. BlazeFB/OrientDB/RDF Stores all are similar to Neo4J

Pregel/GraphX/Giraph are graph processing engines, but lack property stores.

I want a single system that does both. I want to run PageRank (etc) and query-by-property on the same system.

Titan was promising, but they stopped working on it when they were bought.

I'm surprised no one is fixing this.

[1] http://neo4j.com/blog/categorical-pagerank-using-neo4j-apach... note this bit: "I can scale each Apache Spark node to perform parallel PageRank jobs on independent and isolated processes all consuming a Hadoop HDFS file system where the Neo4j subgraphs are exported to." (ie, Spark runs against HDFS, not Neo4j)
> Apple using a standard connector, dream on.

Apple is clearly pushing heavily behind the scenes in both the USB-IF and with Intel/Thunderbolt to drive USB Type C ports. Reportedly their engineers did much of the work designing the port. Looking at their one-port Macbook, they’re obviously heavily invested in USB Type C’s success. I assume every future Mac is going to be mostly USB Type C ports. Can you clarify what you mean with your comment?

I’m guessing iPhones will stick with Lightning on one end for at least the near future though.
And for stack lovers :

- http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/Eric%20LaForest:%20Next%20G...

- http://fpgacpu.ca/stack/index.html
> VMware plays fiddle to apple's artificially restrictive licencing

VMware merely passes relevant host information to the guest.

For OS X this is something (can't remember) that satisfies the "Dont Steal Mac OS X" kext. For Windows and PCs with embedded license signature keys (again, can't remember the name, SLIC or something like that) then they're passing that (making virtualized Windows+Office OEM licenses activate against the original hardware†). VirtualBox does not (or did not last time I had to patch it), and it's a pain, putting you in all sorts of legal grey areas for something the license allows.

† also works on a hackintosh
I'm not sure how Apple does this, but with the Play Store, you have 15 minutes (I might be wrong on the time) to get a refund after purchase, so that you can make sure it works on your device, that it is what it says on the box, etc.
It often is. Newer LED flashlights that run off a single alkaline cell always have a boost converter. Electronics that run off 3 cells often have a buck converter down to 3.3V or a lower voltage, which accomplishes the same thing, often a little more efficiently.

Boost converters from single cell alkaline batteries up to useful voltages are usually quite inefficient.

If you see something powered by two cells, it might not have a voltage converter because a lot of circuits can operate off that voltage directly.

If you use this sleeve inside a device with a built in voltage converter, you waste some energy, and your device gets confused about remaining battery life.
I don't know what VMware's software does or doesn't do but its documentation just reiterates what OS X's EULA says. VirtualBox's documentation does the same thing [1] and goes further to caution "These license restrictions are also enforced on a technical level. Mac OS X verifies whether it is running on Apple hardware, and most DVDs that that come with Apple hardware even check for an exact model. These restrictions are not circumvented by VirtualBox and continue to apply."

BTW, if you're going to count on Oracle (who owns VirtualBox) for supporting software freedom, you're going to have a bad time.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-macosxgues...
using both you wouldn't think that Linux works better for one
Seems to be trading all our different ports with the problem of having all levels of different cables?

This port is going to be very expensive for the manufactures. If it does everything I'm going to need a bunch. Does anything stop OEMs making a row of identical ports that only 1 charges my laptop, only a couple take can use the fastest cable and I'm sure all sorts of potential shenanigans,
And the 18650 is about to be produced on a massive scale in the Tesla Gigafactory.

Personally I've recently switched from conventional AA rechargeable NiMH batteries to low self-discharge NiMH batteries (branded Eneloop) and am very impressed - things like my keyboard and mouse were needing to be recharged every 2 days or so and now I can go 2 weeks or more.
I was disappointed in the lack of 1.2a, having access to adaptive sync would be a nice feature for gaming.
Did they say how long the drilling operation should last?
or these:

https://hub.com/cburgmer/csscritic - JavaScript, runs in browser

https://hub.com/Huddle/PhantomCSS

https://hub.com/bslatkin/dpxdt - Python, Deploys to App Engine / CloudSQL / Compute Engine

https://hub.com/BBC-News/wraith - Ruby

https://hub.com/sindresorhus/pageres - JavaScript, nodejs, PhantomJS
Apple replaced its proprietary MagSafe with USB-C for the latest MacBook, so there's precedent.

(Aside: but I wonder if magnetic connectors are even appropriate for a cable that can transmit data as well as power. With MagSafe, if the cable was disconnected, the laptop battery would take over and you'd be fine, but with thew new MacBook you'd potentially have data loss if you had a hard drive daisy-chained in. So perhaps that's a factor in why they got rid of magnetic connectors?)
What about using smart pointers? There's a whole class of potential errors related to using raw pointers.
On the balance, having one connector and hand-waving everything else as "it's all software" is probably better than the bewildering combination of ports and protocols we have now. But it will come with its own new and interesting issues as well.

For example, when can/can't you plug your USB-C webcam into your USB-C monitor and expect your computer to detect it? If I plug my USB-C toaster into a USB-C computer, will it power up? Does a USB-C hub (like the ones we use with USB-A when you don't have enough ports) necessarily support every possible protocol, or can you only plug a subset of computer peripherals into it? Will all USB-C cables have the amperage ratings to safely power my laptop from the wall, or will there have to be different cable types for different uses?
Easily transfer pics,vidz,contacts from Android to Android/iPhone
Absolutely! I fixed it: https://github.com/sharkdp/cube-composer/commit/ece7c6dbeb0b...

Thanks for the feedback!
Should be doable if he doesn't have to pay for the rent (already owning his house or staying with his parents) and has a modest life style.
Location: Izmir, Turkey

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes/No (Perhaps to USA in the future, have dual citizenship)

Technologies: Python, Ruby, Java, C#(mainly)

Résumé/CV: https://tr.linkedin.com/pub/onur-gokkocabas/3b/a3/444

Email: onurgokkocabas@gmail.com

Looking for a Lead/Senior QA Engineer on a "Sub-contract" basis job that is going to be remote. I recently moved out of the states for personal reasons, and will be moving back perhaps in 6 months or so - until then I'm looking for an opportunity keep my foot in the door. I don't need a VISA as I have American-Turkish citizenships. Ideally looking for early-stage or start-ups to build out a QA team or fill in for software eng in testing role.
Also free money.
The word you're looking for is internal resistance.

Here's an on topic application report from (one of many) manufacturer of single cell upconverter chips.

http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva194/slva194.pdf

Internal resistance rises ridiculously fast with depth of discharge but even in the range of "ohms" you can still squeeze out a good fraction of an amp, a decent fraction of a watt. Its surprising how much you can do with a tenth of a watt or whatever, this will work quite well with a remote control or wireless game controller or a kitchen timer, maybe not so well with RC cars or laptop power supplies or the stereotypical "charge your cellphone with a AA battery" product or 1000 lumen flashlights.

In the long run nobody's ever going to use cells in series so as to avoid depolarization / cell reversal type stuff. Its feasible now for low current stuff, what I'm getting at is "someday" people will be running portable drills off single cells. Its a long term trend in power conditioning.
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> I get what you're saying, but it took me literally less than 5 minutes to configure this on my MacBook Pro running Yosemite and the latest GPG Tools.

That's the same config I used as well. I used the same export as you but I could have used the GPG Keyring for that step – it's only the mail integration or gpg-agent which fail, unfortunately without any explanation.

That was my real point: I can use everything from the command-line, just like the first time I used PGP in 1993, but for this to catch on the integration needs to be both seamless and reliable. All but the most dedicated privacy / security activists handle failures by disabling the crypto software.

That's been the rule since the 90s: I've seen a bunch of people use PGP/GPG or S/MIME for a few weeks and then give up when they hit a problem and realized that nobody else actually noticed or, in the case of mailing lists, that people using crypto-aware clients couldn't read legitimate messages but everyone else could.

Exceedingly few people care that the software is working correctly when the experience is unpleasant and that's really what needs to change to see popular update. People love iMessage and that's because they're confronted with the always-on strong encryption breaking the experience. It'd be harder to hit that with a decentralized, cross-platform system but that's what we should be shooting for.
Good idea! I will try both and see what works best. Thank you!
The Convey HC-2 Computer – Architectural Overview [pdf]
Hmm, I don't understand the description fully - does that mean that it can happen that I can get a device with USB-C plug, plug it into computer and it won't work because the device uses Thunderbolt 3 and the computer isn't an Apple?

Or will all Thunderbolt 3 devices be able to scale back and communicate with devices over USB if the controller is not available? How will that work with displays over USB-C connectors? Is there a possibility that now instead of just checking for a USB port, we'll have to read the list of controllers/protocols available in devices connecting over USB-C ports?
The page is not very in-depth and the link to a promised blog post does not go to a blog post. Is there something missing?
One port to rule em all
It does so with far fewer people than before, though. In that sense, there has been a "deindustrialization".
that's pretty fiddly and impractical though. By the time the batteries are dead, the batteriser will be long lost in some drawer
Trying to connect to your website, my browser tells me your certificate has been signed by an unknown authority. Weird, comodo seems legit to me ... but happens with chrome and safari.
I could even see them ditching the head phone jack eventually. I can't imagine it will be long before someone starts making USB C headphones.
If this actually works as promised, it would help with the environmental impact of disposable batteries by greatly extending their life.
"some doohickey that lowers gas mileage"

I was thinking if I lowered the RF exposure from my cell phone using one of those stickers you put on the battery, using some magic battery gadget in combination might very well turn my phone into a perpetual energy device.
Pretty much every SV startup raises investment, also. Without that, giving a product away for free and "figuring it out later" doesn't really work.
The article reads like a scam for exactly this reason. Sure, if you scale the power you draw from the battery as the voltage drops then I don't doubt you get a 8x increase in battery life.

But if you keep your power draw constant - ie. you're actually powering something useful from your battery - then current draw must rise as the voltage falls, and it will fall asymptotically. I can't see you getting anywhere near 8x; more like 1.5x. If that.

Here's a random page with graphs, because science: http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm
With ARM used for mobile, would it make more sense to learn it because these less powerful processors might provide more opportunity to use assembler?
smart-pointers are useful for automatic resource tracking.

In embedded systems, very, very little is dynamically allocated. Everything is as static as possible. no new/delete malloc/free, etc. Its all static data.

In general, embedded systems have taken the opposite tack of solving the memory allocation issues of malloc/free... we just don't do it. Desktop & server type applications use garbage collection/ARC type tracking. you wont find anything like that on small systems and certainly not in safety-critical code.
Interview with Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist at the New York Times
Some feedback.

The first thing I though "oh again someone trying to solve the same problem". I remember from CVS locks up to CRM messages saying "the user X is editing this document, See draft [here]".

The second though... for just a small feature like this one I would never pay $24/month ... especially when I build my own CRM/system. However one single payment for a feature with no upgrade possibility could be acceptable (especially if it is cheaper than my development time AND it integrates good with my system).

EDIT: please note I do not pretend to be "destructive", just as I said, I wanted to give feedback.
Tiny for Mac – Rename screen captures automatically
Could you give a brief explanation (in layman's terms) of why they are so difficult/expensive to make?

Wikipedia[1] is full of jargon, but one caption says "Monoclonal antibodies can be grown in unlimited quantities in the bottles shown in this picture". So the process at least looks scalable. What materials/constraints can possibly cost $25k per dose?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody#Production
China to Turbocharge Internet Speed
Thanks for letting me know. It works for me in both Chrome and Safari. Is it still happening? What versions are you using? Thank you for the report!
When Thunderbolt was first released it caused a lot of confusion in my office for people with DisplayPort who couldn't hook up to Thunderbolt monitors, bought for them by our IT group that really didn't understand the difference. I see this problem coming on strong AGAIN with this. This port is just USB-C while this other port is USB-C and Thunderbolt... That sounds like a load of confusion waiting to happen.
Thanks for this. I'm absolutely awful in Tech Interviews (I'm a competent developer but I'm overcome with self-doubt and anxiety in these situations) and I'm planning on a move very soon. I've been putting it off because of the stress of the interview process, so hopefully this will help!
Ugh Intel. We just fixed the USB problem of "I can't figure out which way to plug this thing in", why do you have to go and add the complication of "Wait, is this a Thunderbolt or USB C device/port?"

This is why we can't have nice things.
Your comment is not even coherent.
Looks like a useful service. Just a word of warning, your SSL certificate is not trusted by Chrome and possibly some other browsers. You have to install Intermediate certificates to make it work for everyone.
Wouldn't insulin be considered a biologic? Would we ever see these drug prices come down to the price of insulin?