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TechNewb··on NSO Group's iPhone Zero-Days used against a UAE Human Rights Defender
I'm curious about this to. Does anyone know if there are steps that one could use with Xcode to see if any of these files exist?
TechNewb··on The Problem with Reality
FOVE is the first VR start up working on eye tracking for this very reason. http://www.getfove.com
TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
I'm saying there are use cases for node. Maybe not as ideal of core infrastructure where scalability and latency are of the most important. But there may be use cases where a new engineer could contribute faster, cleaner, and more effectively with node. An amazing engineer with node, can do far greater things than a mediocre engineer in golang, or what ever the fashion language of the year is. Node has its place, and should be respected.
TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
This is also just troll. An engineer looks at a tool, as it is. Sometimes a plastic screw may be better than a steel one. Look at any tool as it is, not as a religion.
TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
There is research behind this, not sure why the down vote.

Although considering the comment being replied is a throw away account, I imagine that person is also a moderator who doesn't like debate to their troll comment.

TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
As in have you ever heard the term, "program in node". If we lived our lives to only technical definitions it would not be a good one.
TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
Linguistics would beg to differ.
TechNewb··on Ask HN: What makes a technical interview crappy?
It may sound like simple advice, but preparedness. Know who is interviewing, when, what everyone is covering, and how long it will be. The worst interviews lack of communication and coordination. The actual interview doesn't matter that much, as the culture is most likely already defined, so just test and question what you hold as important as a company.
TechNewb··on NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms
Reverse hype is hype. Node is a high level language that is quite good. It might not be as fast as go or c, but it doesn't need to be to be useful. Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer.
TechNewb··on VR is the opposite of cinema
Agree with everything you're saying here. But the argument reminds me of a similar one, where the established industry leaders try and define what skills and processes go into cinema. Such as no sound vs sound, or film vs digital. The fact that it's story telling on a screen is what in my mind defines cinema.

There is cinematography in current virtual storytelling, such as firewatch, life is strange, and grand theft auto. While none of those are VR, they could be adopted to that medium as well. Cinematography is much more than camera angle, and lens choice, imo, especially in the digitally generated world. There are other techniques to lead the viewers attention, not so different than techniques used on a well made imax.

Also of interesting note, 360 moving image recording is not new, and has been around since the 1950s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle-Vision_360°

TechNewb··on VR is the opposite of cinema
"Cinema doesn't have sound. Sound doesn't belong in cinema. True directors can tell stories without sound."

Cinema has always embraced technological innovations. There is nothing that says cinema has to be a shared experience. Semantics.

TechNewb··on Comcast's New Internet Service Crushes Google Fiber
Agreed. Also "twice" isn't really impressive in most technology. If it was an order of magnitude then "crush" might be more appropriate to use here.
TechNewb··on Why the World Is Obsessed with Midcentury Modern Design
The term "midcentury" does not seem appropriate anymore. Y2K.
TechNewb··on Delivering Breaking Bad on Netflix in Ultra HD 4K
Exactly, it would be nice if I could watch 4k content on my MacBook Pro, while not full 4k, it's close enough where I would be able to tell the difference.

Strange how it's only TVs currently.

TechNewb··on Evicted in San Francisco
In an SF rent control unit, if the tenant signs a 1 year lease, are they able to decide if they stay or not after the 1 year initial lease term is over?
TechNewb··on Teespring: How To Build A T-Shirt Company, The Hacker Way
Great write up and insights into Teespring's history, current stack and workflow, really fun read! Awesome to learn from others tribulations, especially enjoyed reading about their solution to getting correct postal addresses, and the tech they used to do so.
TechNewb··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2013)
SEEKING WORK - San Francisco | Remote

Passionate entry level Ruby & Javascript developer seeking either long term or short term opportunities. Have been studying web development for over a year, and recently graduated from Dev Bootcamp here in SF, an intensive web development program. Enjoy working on both the backend and frontend, and consider myself a junior full stack generalist. *

linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sbswigart

twitter: @sbswigart

gmail: sbswigart

TechNewb··on Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For
Regardless of social economic status, what the article points out are still many valid reasons to be thankful.
TechNewb··on How Exercise Can Calm Anxiety
Walking is a good place to start.
TechNewb··on German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NSA spying
Was he being serious? Thought it was satire.
TechNewb··on Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before Car Crash
@dllthomas

"Of course they were; that's how the NSA found out."

Right. Yet to our knowledge the NSA does not have delete privileges to the data centers, meaning that copies of his notes most likely still survive on either local or cloud based storage.

TechNewb··on Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before Car Crash
Wonder if his notes could be found, I imagine they would have been cloud backed.
TechNewb··on Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before Car Crash
Is it known what story he was pursuing?
TechNewb··on Andrew Mason's album "Hardly Workin'" now available
Buy all songs individually for ~7, or buy them together as an album for ~10...
TechNewb··on Ask HN: Good technology podcasts?
There are podcasts that relate to specific technologies. I listen to Ruby5 and RubyRogues.
TechNewb··on How to become a designer without going to design school
It is professional quality, as "professional" is not by definition a qualitative word up for debate, one is either paid for their work or not. And I'd like to see your work that you consider "more" professional. This is hacker news, a site that celebrates people making what they can with what they have.
TechNewb··on The Internet Just Made Microsoft Kill a Car for a Faster Horse
Agreed. Also, in the ever increasing world of globalization, I don't believe in region locking.

Currently I own a Korean Xbox 360, as I bought it in Seoul while living there years ago. Since moving back to the US I have not bothered buying any new games mainly b/c I don't want to deal with having to worry about region locking.

It will be interesting to see how ownership and digital files interact in the future. Do I even own any of my digital files?

TechNewb··on How to become a designer without going to design school
Can you link to your portfolio?
TechNewb··on I Wasn’t Prepared to Work
What makes America unique and strong is that few other places attract the amount of international talent that SF, and the US in general have. To my knowledge there is no other city in the world that attracts the amount of international talent that SF or NYC can. That with some of the best universities in the world, with many of them in California, put California, and SF, in a good position for many years to come.

Having said that, the world is changing. And we will see other inovation hotspots emerge, but I truly believe without diversity in people, it is harder to have diversity in thought , which can inspire innovation.

TechNewb··on Why we're building Loom
Agreed. Solving any real problem is a good problem to solve. Cell phones have changed the way Africans communicate with each other, as well as any other developing country/area, but I don't think the initial problem was to solve poor tele-com infrastructure in developing countries.
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