coreymgilmore

I believe Chromebooks should be seriously looked at for almost any circumstance.

For businesses, it is a cheap enough to be a "throw away" and I would rather manage a Terminal Server (RDS nowadays) or cloud apps than many individual laptops. Centralizing the support of laptops alone could save huge amounts of time and money.

For education, the normal alternative is MacBooks. But would it not be more financially responsible to the tax payers to buy Chromebooks instead? Again, they are throw away devices due to the price and it should be assumed students will damage the laptops they are give. Finally, centralized control and management yet again.

For individuals, I see almost no reason not to use a Chromebook. Yes, some people prefer legacy apps and need some beefy hardware to encode videos, but most users are the target market: web browsers who write a document once in a while.

Obviously, each of these circumstances proves more difficult if constant internet access is not possible. But given the world today this should only be an issue for a very small selection of buyers.

This would only make sense. They bought the "app store" to OSX and then brought "apps" as well (for some odd reason, people thing apps are different than applications)......

Bringing the two OSes closer together would mirror moves by MSFT where W8 and Windows Phone 8 have similar looks.

Since this is HN, I would guess most people will respond similarly to me: A LOT. If you are looking for a number, I would say about 12 hours a day.

Is it just me, or are the performance numbers a bit disappointing given the size and price tag? I guess its a balance between size and speed.

You could probably use a combination of Github (since you can see all the source, hopefully with comments) and Stackoverflow for any questions you would have.

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Overview: I build on the web (webapps) because I hate having to refactor code for different device types and languages (iOS vs Android). My focus is on data and user driven apps that are narrowly focused but perform great. I also have a large focus in developing real-time connected devices for home-automation and the Internet-of-Things (see Droplet Labs http://dropletlabs.com).

Given the circumstances, why would the USAF not bid out the launches? My thought is that they see Lockheed and Boeing as American companies and don't really care where the parts come from. In the end, SpaceX has shown a competive price and should have a chance to bid these launches.

On another hand, the US/Russian space programs and teamwork with the ISS is largely separated from the political issues in Ukraine. There is too much to lose on either side.

Very cool. The usefulness to poorer reguina of the world and for education could be immense.

Combine this lens with the paper microscope from a few weeks ago (http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_t...).

I see the performance stuff as the most useful. Otherwise, the general layout/responsive design pointers are pretty much common knowledge at this point (or so I think).

Great starting point, would be nice to integrate with Pagespeed.

The problem I have with any reports of China's economy (GDP, inflation,...) is that fact that outsiders of the Chinese gov't do not know how doctored the numbers are. The Chinese could have been (and are still continuing) in cooking the books to achieve the #1 economy. It is one of those "if the number is bigger, it is better" kind of deals.

Could the US (and other countries) be doing something similar, absolutely. But China has been known for economical "miscalculations" and the fact that it is still a more-or-less communist run system.

Sure they may have the biggest number on paper, but I really don't think the US has anything to worry about.

If its not broken, don't fix it...and make it vulnerable to Heartblees (yes, I know the article states these systems are not connected to the internet).

On the other hand, these systems should be non-attackable via Stuxnet as USB is quite a deal younger than Floppy and I don't believe Floppies can autorun (correct me here please),

I created a real-time communication platform for controlling home-automation and connected devices. Allows for control from anywhere with web access, very little set up on the "client" side. I tried to reverse engineer the way Nest Thermostat works (communication and syncing settings wise). I succeeded and it works.

First test project: Droplet, www.dropletlabs.com

I like it. Useful for more appy websites I would think. Reminds me of the FB app nav menu.

As with AT&T renaming their 3G HSPA+ network "4G" in most part a of the country, this Gigapower network is mostly already installed and is simply a "flip of the switch" for very small and few newer developments and neighborhoods (newer areas are easier and cheaper to lay fiber rather than run cable on existing streets). To me this is much more of a marketing ploy than a serious commitment.

The push to tax Amazon is so online and brick-and-mortars are treated equally in a tax sense. Yet the states that have enacted taxes on Amazon, do not collect taxes unanimously from all businesses selling online within their borders. It seems to me that states need to find a new method to treat all online sales equally as well, and not separate Amazon into its own tax bracket. Is each company that faces a legislature going to have to fight for its tax rate separately and work their won deals? This is ambiguous to buyers and hurts smaller businesses that don't have the legal funds or ability to negotiate.

Red Bull's marketing team is beyond top notch. They sell (basically) a single product and yet manage to portray their image everywhere (sports, music, movies, arenas, events, etc.). It truly is amazing. The brand awareness is everywhere, and is nearly as strong as Apple or Coke Cola yet far fewer people consume their product.

Makes it that much more interesting that a private company is attempting to recover/reuse at a reasonable price. The cost saving should be substantial, but until the IPO we won't know!

Also of note, the space shuttle missions were the first "reusable" systems. SpaceX is just starting out and they are already attempting it. Very cool!

This is like "guess and check" method, just on steroids for rocket scientists. 30-40% sounds like a good enough percentage to me.

If I remember correctly, it wasn't until the space shuttle solid rocket boosters that NASA managed to recover a 1st stage. SpaceX is a lot younger.

The chatting while editing feature is great. This is something that has been missing versus Google Drive. The added benefit of using existing apps is very nice since you can be working on files that Drive does not support. Will have to take a look at this. Price wise though, it is a little high.

What about websockets? This is very similar to subscription webhooks, but also different. Websockets have been gaining in popularity due to easy of use and implementation and low overhead. Plus, a typical server can hold open thousands of connections since many might just be waiting for an event to send/receive.

if you just need DNS: cloudflare. if you want the dynamic IP redirection that DynDNS offers: check out NoIP. My favorite alternative.

based on the website, it doesn't look quite finished or polished. The top-left logo is a 404 and the placeholder form text isn't displayed correctly (Chrome Beta).

However, this seems like a decent idea. Kind of a mix between ebay and odesk..sort of.

Well this is, for brevity, annoying. My favorite part of Twitter was that I got all tweets, in a row, without any reorganizing based on favoring/sponsored/etc.

Very interesting. Definitely makes integrating the Pi into projects a lot easier. The form fact will help with making things smaller and reducing a lot of external connections (gpio breakout, Gertboard,...). I'm interested and ready to buy!

Question: If this was a simple fix (disabling Wave) for a convenience feature (waving instead of having to reach and hit a button), then why are they stopping sales? It would seem logical to update all unsold devices to disable Wave and continue on with sales.

Safety concern, slightly. Nest has made note that this feature have never been compromised yet (then again, its the one time when the Wave does fail that caused a huge issue so this point is null). Also, the Wave feature does not affect the detection of smoke, only the resulting alarm.

I think there is something else going on here. Possibly a more serious safety hazard. If a software update can solve the Wave issue, then why the stopped sales? If there are stopped sales, why not a more serious email/note or a recall?

touche. touche.

The amount of times I have heard: "You don't need to write CSS, just use Bootstrap" or some variation is uncountable. Some thing that just adding a "class='btn...'" to an input instantly makes it a button (without linking the stylesheet or adding a "type=".

Well it happened. I think this is a little extreme and that he shouldn't have succumbed to the pressure. Apparently freedom of speech is no longer accepted by plenty of people in the US. It is okay to put money towards and protest for equal rights, but anytime someone says something negative against it all hell breaks loose. That being said, in general, I think people are a little too sensitive toward anything non-politically-correct these days. At the end of the day, everyone can voice their own opinion. Some people will be supportive, some won't.

I see a few problems for windows in the IoT realm: 1) Its to heavy. Even the embedded versions need a decent CPU and memory to chug along. Try running Windows on the RPi hardware. 2) Its to heavy. ARM is powering/going to power the IoT since it is so good for lightweight systems and low power usage. Yes, there is Intel Atom, but that series of chips barely makes a dent in the world of connected things. 3) Linux already powers this entire market and development for Linux is cheaper (no Visual Studio licenses) and easier (huge open-source and developer network). 4) Its Windows. Great for businesses, not so good for small, tiny, low power devices.

This is very intriguing. I would definitely use the snooze to constantly remind me of an important email in my 100s. But then again, I might just snooze 20 or 30 of them and then be bombarded and neglect them again.