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I'm not saying it's a perfect model, but the alternative is having to pay $100/month for a cable subscription to watch garbage you don't want to see, or $10+ to see it in a dirty movie theater, or $15 to "buy" a movie that was $15 in the 90's for a physical DVD. Even if there are 5 Netflixes competing against each other I would rather pay 5 x $7.99 a month to watch content I actually find relevant than pay for junk I don't use.

If anything, merging content with distribution sparks competition to produce content at reasonable prices. Netflix has also resorted to releasing content in a more enjoyable manner (all at once vs. weekly with commercials).

Rant ahead...

Am I the only one dissatisfied with the way media delivery has played out the past couple of years? We started with a rapidly developing delivery system (the internet) and content makers who couldn't see the value in capitalizing on this sales channel by making movies, TV shows, and songs available to consumers at reasonable prices (read: less than physical media costs), which led to piracy, global dissatisfaction, and decreased industry revenue.

Fast forward to 2013, where we have...

Ecosystems: iTunes, Amazon Video, Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Blockbuster Ondemand, Android, Cinema Now, and Vdio

Which can be accessed on TVs, web browsers, smartphones, tablets, dvd players, bluray players, gaming consoles, media streaming devices (Roku, Apple TV, etc.), and HTPCs.

... all with different user experiences (most are poor), varying media coverage / depth, and a pricing system that only satisfies bulk consumers that want to watch a bunch of legacy content.

Larger companies that were first to build relationships with content makers have been the most successful, but the entire process still wreaks of bureaucracy, middle-men, and band aids. Netflix seems to be the only one that realizes this, and has started producing their own content (e.g. House of Cards and Arrested Development), and I think this is the only true catalyst that will change the industry for the better.

I'm skeptical she'd take this kind of action, but maybe Adria is more naive than I thought. First she is shocked at the reaction of her public ostracization, then she thinks suing an ex employer is within her best long-term interests? Even if she wins (not likely, contrary to the legal opinion submitted here last week) and gets a few hundred thousand dollars she'll be even more blackballed by the rest of the industry than she already is.

Her ONLY safe play, long-term, was to apologize for how she handled the issue (which was not exclusive to pointing out the inappropriate commentary!) and make a lateral career shift of some sort.

I'm still amazed there are journalists reporting that the developers made sexist jokes, and furthermore embarrassed at America's inability to be comfortable with sexuality. The dongle joke was 5th grade humor and the forking comment had 0 implied innuendo. Somehow these privately-told jokes, somewhat sexual in nature, were inferred as sexist, and people lost their jobs because of it!

This whole situation sickens me--the threats against Adria especially--but the only thing truly surprising at this point is that Adria did not envision her attempt to summon pitchforks would backfire, with pitchforks being turned on herself. This is the kind of naivety that you would expect from someone unfamiliar with the internet; not someone who works with programmers for a living.

Cool idea and I'm a big fan of the simple design. I have a friend here (Austin resident myself) who has been painfully vetting options this month through CL.

Looks like some of the filtering tools don't work -- I selected a min and max age of 23 and 30 respectively and the results shows people beyond that range. Screenshot: http://puu.sh/2lZ6m

I also think it would be a good idea to take a few pages out of Airbnb's book of how they handle reputation and let people link their Facebook account, as well as offer a background-checking service for people to help boost their marketability. A references function (like Linkedin) would also help.

Best of luck!

Not unless Southwest opens up their flight data, as it's currently closed to everyone. AA tried this once and pulled Orbitz's access (Expedia followed in support of Orbitz), then AA realized no one had any brand loyalty and "patched their differences" with the companies.

The site is now 403'ing but I'm really curious what else he could have done and didn't admit to for his story. Personally, this all makes sense right up until the point where the president of Skytech says Ahmed should not have run his tests but that he understands Ahmed was not being malicious. But then Skytech wants him expelled, and the university wants to protect Skytech's interests? Expelling him would get the story out and accomplish literally the opposite of saving face, even with his inability to disclose details.

Based on other stories of bureaucratic ignorance it's easy to jump on the administrative / cover-up blame train, but something about this doesn't quite mesh, and the fact that the story's only alibis are 1) Ahmed and 2) a generic students' rights organization makes it difficult to digest.

As soon as I saw flux pop up on HN this was the first thing that came to mind. I've had trouble sleeping the past 3-4 nights and could not figure out why (no change in any other aspect of my life--diet, stress, workouts, relationships, caffeine, etc. have all been consistent). I routinely spend 2-3 hours reading, working, or watching documentaries right before I go to sleep, but this week when that time rolled around I was still wide awake for another 2-3 hours. Last night I was up until 4AM!

Sure enough, I forgot to turn F.lux back on after disabling it for some photo editing on Sunday, so while I don't have any proof this seems like a strong correlation echo'd by all of the existing research on Herf's website.

Sounds like this guy has never dealt with any Indian prospects, which notoriously exhibit many of these characteristics. Our most recent lead, which was a subsidiary of one of the largest companies in the world, involved dealing with one of the most painfully disrespectful employees in procurement that we've ever dealt with. After giving them an ultimatum that we weren't going to sign their agreement and that they could take ours or not sign at all, another employee at their company finally stepped in, apologized, and signed.

Fortunately, the more qualified leads we've encountered and close in the area tend to exhibit only a few of these traits and are generally much more respectful, but prosecting is still quite different from the US.

I do, because the Google Apps security policy is way too inhibitive for me to add my work account on my android phone to use the native apps. Essentially, the policy requires me to enter a 6-character password (read: a password, not a PIN) every time I want to unlock my phone. I would much rather not use the native google apps and just access Gmail via my phone's browser, as terrible as the interface may be.

This article could have been summed up with a chart that has been around for quite some time:

http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html

As many people have mentioned, total resolve of pixels is not tantamount to proving value of the new medium. It grants flexibility for viewing distances and newer TVs will continue to have better contrast levels, viewing angles, etc.

I have no background in security, but I've found Disconnect (Chrome plugin) to be invaluable for keeping sites away from my social media cookies / sessions:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disconnect/jeoacaf...

Sometimes it causes problems with Facebook photos embedded on other websites or social integration you actually want, but you can easily see what's being blocked and disable as needed.

I think the basis for evaluating the quality of a community lies in the discourse and communication. Submissions are a part of that, but the discussion that follows (i.e. comments) is the most important indicator of change. Personally, there seems to be an influx of reddit-style comments (little substance, meme-oriented) this year, but that could be a general evolution of the English language given the heavy influence of the internet.

That said, evaluating change in the number of comments along with comment upvotes vs. sentiment analysis seems like the only logical way to demonstrate any sort of quality meta analysis. I'm not really versed in qualitative research, so here's my ASK HN: is this even possible?

I wish he would have provided more explanation behind the dentist's algorithm. Here's an actual study measuring enamel loss, which seems much more definitive:

http://faculty.philau.edu/ashleyj/General%20Dentistry%20Arti...

Perhaps the most important snippet:

Regression analysis indicated no correlation between enamel dissolution and beverage pH (r = 0.477, p > 0.05); in addition, the enamel dissolution showed no difference (p > 0.05) between the regular and diet versions of cola and non-cola beverages from the same manufacturer (Fig. 2 and 3). It was noted that the enamel dissolution was similar for all cola drinks over the 14-day test period (approximately 3.0 mg/cm2).

And again:

The data suggest that enamel aggressivity is determined by beverage composition rather than by beverage pH.

Maybe I'm missing the point of this entire thread and don't truly grasp the argument for EBM vs. correlation, but can someone explain why a statistically significant correlation for this kind of efficacy is not evidence in and of itself?

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457500...

I realize this is OT, but speaking as a tab hoarder, there's no justifiable reason for the behavior. And I'm not exaggerating when I use the term hoarder -- it's the same principle as hoarding physical goods, since the personal justification is always "they're important and I might need them someday". At any given moment I have 2 windows with about 30-40 tabs each. I even downloaded a chrome plugin called session buddy that lets me restore previous windows in the event of an accidental computer restart.

The unfinished reading weighs me down every day, but I keep them open anyway. Some days I get productive and read a half dozen tabs, but never anything substantial. It's an embarrassing "problem."

Awesome / useless plugin idea: an artificial time bomb that removes the tab and all traces of the website from your history after being open longer than some period of time (e.g. one week). Obviously a bookmark circumvents this dilemma, but the problem itself isn't rational to begin with.

I've been using IBM (and now Lenovo) Thinkpads for quite some time, and despite being a fan of their X series (currently using an X220) I REALLY wish Lenovo would consolidate lineups and focus on higher quality offerings. Even small stuff like offering a TN panel on an X series instead of an IPS panel seems foolish. Having just upgraded my display from TN to IPS, it's such a stark difference that I think Lenovo should default to selling these kinds of higher-end product lines with IPS.

When IBM solid Thinkpad, it was a premium brand. It still maintains that connotation among IT professionals today (who know the lineups and history), but there are so many models out there that are absolute crap (or at least, look like garbage) that it's diluting the reputation.

This is pure speculation, but I haven't heard "that Thinkpad looks awesome" or "that machine looks well built" in quite some time (X1 carbon aside).

I have a 2011 Lenovo X220 that has a reader made by UPEK, but it doesn't employ "ProtectorSuite" software. Lenovo has their own suite of management applications called ThinkVantage; one of which being "fingerprint reader" management.

I checked the registry but I'm not sure where to look. Searching for "UPEK" didn't yield anything resembling a scrambled or encrypted string in or around the search results, and "fingerprint" rendered too many results.

An "Ask HN" that's somewhat related:

Is Facebook doing something similar on Android? I have left an application update pending for weeks because Facebook requires access to Phone Calls, which allows the application to "determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like."

This does not sit well with me.

Not really a technical comment, but I found a video of this type of experience to be so much more powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOo3jzkhYA

Even better, Ellen (US talkshow host) saw the video and paid for both cochlear implants ($30k each):

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/index.php?mediaKey=1_ccmh...

*edited for clarity

Hardly. The screen on Buxton's multi-touch tablet in '85 was capacitive!

The patent system is so broken.

Ikea wasn't always so bad; consumers just never changed buying habits when their quality went down, and when Ikea realized they didn't have many competitors in the "low to medium quality" space.

Exhibit A: 6-10 year old Jerker desk (no idea of age, bought 4 years ago on CL) is one of the solidest pieces of furniture I've ever purchased.

I'm starting to think this is no longer the case. I can't even count the number of blog posts, websites, and forum threads recommending it in the past few years. And with more people writing software to simplify the process it's only going to lower the barrier to entry.

I just hope the industries adapt by the time usenet starts deteriorating.

As are http://mapliv.com and https://www.padmapper.com/

Just another anecdote, but every Dutchman and Swede I've met has a much better grasp of the English language than any other country, and they all attribute it to how much American TV they watch. Probably just a corollary relationship given how English classes start at an early age, but I can't imagine the practice hurts.

The results of this seem underwhelming.

Personally, oscillating the mug up and down in sync with my stride does a pretty good job mitigating left-right waves, but executing it well takes practice.

I wouldn't recommend this unless you have specifically received one of these coupons at your email address. I used someone else's and my account was permanently suspended. Only after some negotiation was I able to make Google reverse the "permanent" suspension (a rarity, from what I have seen).

Setup an Adwords campaign and get some referrals. I think I got 5 or 6 referrals from this campaign: http://puu.sh/rimE

You're taking a lot of correlation and trying to prove causation, much like the people you criticize.

"They invariably neglect to take into account the pitifully short lifespans our ancestors had."

Of course their lives were short. They had no healthcare, medicine, or sanitation. A band-aid and some antibiotic could have been the difference between life and death for some people. A daily, clean shower, clean water, and living quarters (mostly) free from predators. We take simple things like these for granted.

The major point from all of these books and articles is that humans do have superb shock-absorbers for legs and don't need air-cushioned soles. Modern shoes have taught people from a very young age to run a certain, un-natural way and this has been proven with more than just speculation.

Any chance at offering this through SSL in the future? Or does the transmission already go through SSL?