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"BTW I feel the only leading company that is aligned with this vision is Apple."

I wanted to say something to this effect but the last 12-18 months has shown that Apple is losing its way also.

"We see a whole ecosystem of startups and businesses that seem to exist only to serve one other[sic]"

This line should have "...with ads" appended to it. Or "...Javascript Frameworks".

Can we correct the HN title to match the article's. "The mobile web sucks"

Another secret within the Zildjian Family - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabian

Literally everyone in professional cycling at that level was taking PEDs. Think of it in the same way everyone knew the NSA was spying on us. When proof came to light we all just shrugged our shoulders.

First advice is to run anything you think of doing past whoever you need to based on any policies you may or may not have. Don't get yourself fired.

Currently travelling through Japan for the first time. They ask if you have now finished placing the cash that you wish to pay with. This means I have been able to put notes in the tray and then shuffle through my coins attempting to get rid of as many 5Y and 1Y coins as I can. Cash in such a modern technology forward country is still weird. I have already broken my wallet due to the over use of the coin pouch. Prior to coming here it had never been used. New Zealand, where I am from adopted Eftpos over 25 years ago. We are already chip and pin, and pay wave has found its way into most POS areas. Japan is behind here but in a way I find to be very enjoyable.

Facebook spent billions buying WhatsApp. There is no way they are operating autonomously. Same goes for Oculus, and the same most definitely goes for YouTube.

"Peter Griffin, manager of the Science Media Centre, and former New Zealand Herald technology editor responds to recent claims about the safety of Wi-Fi and modern electronics."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&o...

Or disgruntled current employees.

Submitted this earlier https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378508

There's a link to the report in the article.

  The avionics in a cockpit operate as a self-contained unit and aren't connected to the same system used by passengers to watch movies or work on their laptops.

  But as airlines update their systems with Internet-based networks, it's not uncommon for Wi-Fi systems to share routers or internal wiring.

I assume an executive overrides the engineers when they design this crap. It worries me that someone who cheated their way into a CCNA cert. is likely setting this stuff up.

I too fall asleep easier while reading on my Paperwhite. Rather annoying actually.

Is it pronounced "paper"?

I want to be everyone else's morning ritual but I am very much this.

"Harris thought the Hitachi sounded very ethereal, almost out of phase, and rated it lowest; the Seagate was sharper with a more thumpy bass, slightly brighter with a slight tendency to sibilance. Both lacked much drive in presenting the Madonna track, and were certainly ‘mushy’ […]

If the Kingston SSD stood apart from the disk drives for its mostly good yet quite alien character, drive four made itself known for entirely the wrong reasons. This Corsair drive (another SSD) conspicuously highlighted vocal sibilants, and had a hard, relentless quality that was impossible to miss." - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/hificritic/vol5_no3/listening_t...

This hands down beats anything I have ever read on the internet. The bliss of walking through life this stupid must be wonderful. I struggle to grasp how these guys can put their pants on let alone function what are quite possibly full and rewarding lives. Con artists?

Microsoft already does this under it's Government Security Program. The backdoor stuff is up for debate though as obviously no one knows ;)

Probably something to do with forgoing all the things you mentioned so that they could nail the true purpose of a laptop, while also making it aesthetically pleasing. This is a tenet of who Apple is as a company. Whether you agree with the aesthetic position is a personal preference. The figures speak for themselves though... a large proportion of consumers which includes IT professionals want what Apple sells more than they want the things in your Thinkpad.

*Edit for spelling.

Careful. These "Little Children" are showing us more and more how violent and ruthless they can be. And the arrogance of your end statement reinforces their point. Clearly English isn't their first language yet you belittle them and call them children. You said it best, big man, writing on the internet.

Computer security in the business world consists of security groups in AD and a password policy based on 8 characters and asking staff to nicely not share their passwords. It's a huge joke and will continue to be because the technology isn't there and senior managers are not going to jail when these hacks happen and it comes out that they were incompetent and thought they knew what they were doing because they were nominated for a CISSP.

I'm about to walk away from the corporate IT world because I'm over beating my head against the desk while people who literally can not turn a computer on without a 1 hour demonstration tell me they know better.

This. Even with the lights on the decks of the cruise ship I was still able to see layers and an expanse of stars I haven't seen since I tramped around the the Nelson Lakes area of New Zealand when I was younger.

The link I provided, of which I am a co-author. Technically I didn't write the paper though.

For anyone that's interested - http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&contex...

The above is a terrible write-up of my undergrad research project / dissertation.

It's a tale of a misspent youth, wasted 20's, and a procrastinating disaffected attempt to reclaim my life as I now begin my 30's.

I was a Funeral Director in a previous life. I would remove pacemakers if the deceased was to be cremated. We had bags of them. They are cheap and disposable, don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise. Go ask your local Funeral Director for one.

Educated people it seems are just as likely to believe the ramblings of religious idiots.

For anyone that missed the original submission - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6892481

If anyone I oversee actively decides to not patch and maintain a system within an enterprise network for any reason, they will find themselves back on helpdesk doing password resets until they learn better. Pentesters / hackers love using setups like you suggest as easy targets to provide them with perstitant backdoors.

3 and 5 years are the common life cycle's enterprise IT use when discussing any existing implementation or any new system design. These are not pulled from nowhere.

"I programmed my home computer to beam myself into the future."

He sounds like every CIO I've ever heard.