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There is a link to the service manual on minidisc.org https://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MDCC-2000.html

Another attempt at this business model post-Gratipay is Tidelift https://tidelift.com/

https://downdetector.com/ shows both Verizon and Zoom as services that were reported out. Some of the Zoom reports from people using Fios who can't distinguish where the problem is but that's because it's hard, I thought it was my router at first

I think we are starting to see some, with coda.io and airtable, there is a trend I don't know about the name "devsumer" but it's out there. http://blog.eladgil.com/2019/01/interesting-markets-2019-edi...

I use apple pay inside Uber do we think that counts?

See the recent Walmart / Amazon kerfuffle it's like employee non-competes to me http://fortune.com/2017/06/21/walmart-amazon-whole-foods/?__...

This article is like celebrating a car accident where the stunt-driver did not wear a seat belt, somewhat reckless and irresponsible like this http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/31/us/skydiver-no-parachute-succe.... It is an extreme sports trend like kiteboarding where getting "better" is equivalent to getting as close as possible to personal harm. :(

Two additional global radio places to explore:

global time machine with http://radiooooo.com/ and streaming with http://tunein.com/radio/regions/

I am a big R user and evangelist when possible. I agree with your company and team production policy at the same time and the specific "immaturity" is the utterly incomprehensible error messages that I get from R on a daily basis. I think this is a core R team opportunity or choice if they want to transition from a stats domain-specific-language to a general-purpose language.

Great comment, once you have lived the difference between R and Python error messages you will unlock the next level of the data science maze.

GE just moved HQ into the city of Boston, article seems to be cherry picking through history and unfairly picking on Apple, HP was pretty innovative and started in the suburbs. The interstate system and WW2 as a source of innovation seem to be also overlooked in the time period examined.

Sounds exactly like what VW did for emission testing, score another one for the bad guys.

I might suggest that Wave and Vista are obvious projects Google and Microsoft wrote and below a standard of quality, and akin to a bad movie from WB. Google+ and Windows 8 could be considered bad sequels.

Hi, I just looked into it and the check to Tommy and Edmund from Canonical is in process for the 77 copies of Super Meat Boy. We have been working together since November to get it resolved, no piracy here just some miscommunication.

David Pitkin Canonical

Technically I believe any company that is less than 2 years old is a startup, they have a limited operating history. VC funded startups that are supposed to grow hyper fast but lots of statistics we see also count every new small business.

Connectedness, globalization and the number of books, movies, music, that we publish today is amazing; it's an impossible task to build a personal library like it might have looked like you could in the 70s or 80s

So it's just like my Mac Book Air, that is a shame. Personal irony noted.

I like taking Seth's concrete way of looking at customers through both Steve Blank's customer development model or Simon Sinek's people buy why you do something.

I would add two other mindsets of your customers. First customers care about your product, second customers care about your company and the biggest third set customers just care about themselves and in the end you have our oldest consumer good, clothing.

You can download a new build of Torchlight now that fixes a few crashes.

With the integration of the Ubuntu Software Center both Humble and Canonical work really hard to make sure that does not happen anymore. Right now we have two games ready and the others should be live tomorrow, I can't promise zero problems but they are well tested and if you let us know we will get to the bottom of any problems, high profile Ubuntu debuts are great.

The article is from 1996 but even then they were far beyond a few K.

"Take the upgrade of the software to permit the shuttle to navigate with Global Positioning Satellites, a change that involves just 1.5% of the program, or 6,366 lines of code. The specs for that one change run 2,500 pages, a volume thicker than a phone book. The specs for the current program fill 30 volumes and run 40,000 pages."

I think I read this from HN but I use this as the best example of mission critical software, the Space Shuttle at NASA.

The most important things the shuttle group does -- carefully planning the software in advance, writing no code until the design is complete, making no changes without supporting blueprints, keeping a completely accurate record of the code -- are not expensive. The process isn't even rocket science. Its standard practice in almost every engineering discipline except software engineering.

http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff

Wait, I thought WhatsApp or Google Voice were the replacements for iMessage. It needs to work everywhere like Google Voice, or save you international SMS like WhatsApp does.

Lone Survivor and Super Meat Boy should be there by the end of the day, Braid already is.

This is pretty long for HN, but it is a thorough discussion about the current state of technology and our moment in history.

It looks like only the 30 Amp plus NEMA connectors require ground to be on top. It does appear technically "safer".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA_connector

Except I don't think BBM ever made text messages look like BBM messages. Does iMessage show you a "read" mark like bbm or what's app?

I would agree that any device only messaging system (BBM/iMessage) are probably things to stay away from if you value an easy future choice without telling everyone to stop using the old method.

Best recent toy I found on cool tools, that comes sans-instructions is Cuboro and you can always play minecraft: http://pinterest.com/pin/20266267042681163/

For a lighter and modern take, the recent BBC show Secrets of the Superbrands does a good job showing why we like what we like. I can also second taking some time to watch "The Century of the Self" but its a bit darker.

I still miss Etacts and would miss Rapportive in a similar way, I hope the two early exits will inspire a new take.