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As funny as this is, it's not real. Jobs never had a daughter named Sarah.

I don't think Theo would be too happy about your calling OpenBSD a truculent OS...

He says he uses Windows 7 as well, FWIW.

Sherlocked again.

Widgets, translucency, and animations...

So... OS X 10.10 is... Windows Vista with Aero Glass?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Windows_Vista....

More evidence of terrible mainstream scientific reporting. For some reason, bloggers love to blow every achievement and finding completely out of proportion.

quantum computing breakthrough ==> scientists invent lightsaber

new photograph analysis algorithm ==> MIT turns selfies into art

These people must have the best imaginations ever.

If you have a mouse with detents, there seems to be no problem.

Patriarchy is a system wherein women are not predominant.

Misogyny is a system wherein women are subject to mistreatment.

Note that I am not advocating either system, and am an ardent feminist.

There's a world of difference between patriarchy and misogyny.

Don't ever download warez.

FLACs and movies, fine. Go nuts. But never, EVER, EVER try your luck with cracked software.

It's not worth it.

I've been a believer in the Surface concept since the beginning. I'd bought a Surface 2 last year and was blown away by just how unique and incredibly inventive the design was. The 16:9 screen and the lack of power really suffered it, though...

But like the MacBook Air, three generations in, and it looks like this is going to be Microsoft's Hail Mary.

I preordered one.

It's amazing how crappy Google results are nowadays. It's all Buzzfeed, Crackle, Mashable, Y!A, WikiHow, eHow, and other garbage results akin to those garbage sites. True information like you'd find on MeFi or some of the more interesting subreddits is now completely buried. There's no other alternatives, either. DuckDuckGo pulls info from less popular sites, and you can find real gems with the right search parameters and hashbangs, but the relevance is not nearly as good as Google's.

I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I think since we started getting blog/aggregator/quizlet-type sites on the web back in 2009-2011, the quality of search results has gone far, far down the river.

You haven't even read the article, have you?

Fairly link-baity title, but honestly even if Google ends up doing this it's not surprising. They don't make money from devices or software; their primary revenue stream stems from advertising. They are, first and foremost, an advertising company that likes to do cool things with technology.

And that's fine, because in a free-market economy we will always have alternatives. Also important to note: nowhere in the filing does Google ever mention how this will pan out. The only reason this alarmist behavior is occurring is due to the Nest acquisition. I personally believe there's no reason to worry.

With apologies to Bill Gates, "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten."

I think it's because the author of the site places that as an extremely high priority, when configuring your OS is actually something that depends completely on the individual's tastes and preferences.

Another terrible example:

Last year, a scientist, particular type of photon capture mechanism to the physics of lightsaber plasma. What was the response?

TIME: "Scientists Finally Invent Real, Working Lightsabers"

The Guardian: "Star Wars Lightsabers Finally Invented"

There are some more examples by CBS and other newspapers, but the point still stands. Scientific journalism has become so misleading that you cannot feasibly trust it anymore. TIME is one of the absolute worst in terms of both real-world and scientific reporting; they sensationalize EVERYTHING.

Whoever writes these abhorrent posts seriously needs to be fired. Saying that the observations of photon behavior in a cloud of atomized rubidium near absolute-zero equal inventing a lightsaber is completely absurd. It's stretched even further by the idiotic TIME headline manager who also felt the need to put the words "Real" and "Working" into the title. This goes beyond yellow journalism into straight-out lie territory.

It's sad that somewhat decent sources like Al Jazeera get completely sidelined by the public in favor of these horrid news-reporting agencies that have the audacity to call themselves journalistic.

There is so much misinformation here. I hate to rag on a Show HN, but stuff like this

  > Setup your computer to code like a pro. The freshest 
  > developers have the best configured computers

just rubs me the wrong way. Being a computer scientist or programmer isn't "fresh." It's a time-consuming intellectual pursuit that involves complex mathematics and problem-solving abilities. It involves finding elegant solutions to difficult problems by applying proofs, theorems, and algorithms to stupid quirks that arise from the stupidly flawed design of computers and software.

It is NOT, and has NEVER been about cash-grabs or money-making. Let me reiterate this one more time:

0. You don't need a good computer to be a good programmer, just a good mind

1. You don't need Git to be a good programmer, just a good mind

2. You don't need Agile, Team-driven or other corporate development BS to be a good programmer, just a good mind

3. You don't need to use object-oriented programming to be a good programmer, just a good mind (I prefer functional paradigms, but that's just me)

4. You don't need to make your program look like other programs, just a good mind (and a good sense of UI design knowledge doesn't hurt either)

If you apply the type of cash-grab thinking that's promulgated here to your development methodology, you will miss out on the tiny details that are oh-so-important to good code and good engineering design. This website misses the same points as Code.org and other misleading sites, that somehow "coding" should be a goal. As if calling methods will somehow teach you something... pfeh. What we SHOULD be teaching programmers is elegance and simplicity.

I think someone else on here has said this already, but you also fail to mention why you're qualified to teach your course. What are your credentials? How do we know that you follow established programming principles and design?

Needs a lot more work to be a reliable source. Again, I hate to say it on a Show HN, but I sincerely think that you can do better a second time around.

Well, no. I'm not that close. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a job; one of his pages mentioned he only lives on disability.

I'm so tired of large corporations not taking infosec seriously. This is a shame, in all honesty.

I always die a little inside reading this guy's stuff because it's so easy to see how brilliant he is, and how much schizophrenia is affecting his talent. The worst part is that even he wants to "break out of [his] prison," and it's heartbreaking to see when somebody can't.

I've been following Davis' work for around 5 years now. What he has been able to write, and the proficiency with which he writes it, has in my opinion surpassed all the programmers whose Ruby/Haskell/Clojure dreck always appears on the HN frontpage.

The gas comment and upsetting of irregularity might seem humorous to the author, but as a biologist and the child of two physicians (one being a gastroenterologist), this seems very disconcerting. Certain foods that contain disproportionate amounts of certain ingredients (e.g. spices, excessive starches, excessive dietary fiber) do upset bowel movement patterns, but a mix of vitamins and nutrients shouldn't do that. It would be interesting to analyze the effects of a protein shake on bowel regularity and the effects of Soylent on bowel regularity on a single subject, and then compare the two.

Also, foul-smelling gas is usually caused when the balance of the gut microbiome is disturbed in some significant way, and this factor combined with the effects described by the author make me very anxious about the probable proliferation of Soylent. It's one thing for short-term effects, but what about Soylent in the long term? A hampered gut microbiome is severely detrimental to the health of a person's immune system.

EDIT: Just saw the amount of sucralose in each serving. Makes the gut irregularity a lot clearer. Still concerning, though.

My frustration doesn't stem from the FSF's stubbornness; my frustration stems from the fact that they don't realize how it's holding free software back. The EFF has been very successful at accomplishing their goals because they, unlike the FSF, understand diplomacy and relationships.

Looks like the "thermal core" of the Mac Pro.

Or Darth Vader's breathing piece.

Or a sharp, fanged trapezoid with extremely menacing eyes.

Or a pair of underpants.

The old logo was decent, but yes, it did look too much like BlueCross' logo. This... I don't really have much to say. It's unremarkable. Uninteresting. Just... uncreative. I think a simple W would have sufficed.

I actually think it's a subtle admission that it's impossible to gain any significant amount of revenue by "selling" free software.

I love the open-source/libre philosophy but it's not viable for a business. I think the more pressing question is whether software even should be a business. Many think that there's a certain rift between users and developers that still exists today, and I have to agree.

1. Users push for increased ease-of-use 2. Developers implement more simple systems 3. Power users complain about the loss of features 4. Developers add back in missing features 5. All users complain about software being a convoluted mess

The programmer is now left at a disadvantage: he can either continue working with a codebase that's disorganized and inelegant, or he can start over from scratch. In a business environment, starting over from scratch would not be an economically viable situation, while continuing with the older codebase would be the wiser choice (even thought it may piss off users). Users are left disadvantaged; they can continue to use the older software versions but run the risk of poor security and an inferior interface.

With free/libre software this problem disappears, as a talented programmer with the user's interest can simply fork the older version and continue to implement a better interface and security updates while retaining a cleaner codebase. However, the endless stream of forks fragment software and hinder unified progress. Also, the original developer is more likely to abandon the software application due to lack of funds and interest.

It's a lose-lose situation. There is no one perfect development methodology. The open-source philosophy is more effective in the long run, but proprietary software is the only viable method to sustain a business. Open-source advocates will often point to Red Hat as a counter-example, but it's important to note Red Hat is the exception to the rule. It's also even more important to note that Red Hat isn't doing so hot these days, either.

Where the FSF falls down is in its inability to compromise. A number of companies have achieved success with a mixed closed/premium source model, such as JetBrains. While this again allows much more freedom than a standard proprietary setup, the FSF will always refuse to acknowledge any software with ANY proprietary bits in it.

They're now incredibly out of touch with Silicon Valley, and it isn't difficult to see why. They continue their militant and expressive attitude instead of expressing gratitude to those that push OSS forward.

Apart from GNU, the GPL and its many variants, the FSF is largely irrelevant.

It never had to be that way.

The only thing Beats headphones have going for them is their looks (which IMO is average at best).

Headphones are appliances, not complex gadgetry. Beats are poorly designed and built appliances. Most that buy them don't know any better, and there are far more well-designed headphones on the market that have a discernibly better sound than do Beats. It doesn't perform well, and its design is average.

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50x isn't as sexy a headphone as a Beats Pro, but its sound more than makes up for the difference.

It's just simple economics as to why the other brand is more popular. Have you EVER seen an Audio-Technica ad?

Oh boy, RMS is sure gonna be pissed about this...

Although I too switched away from OS X, this is irrelevant. The point of the story is not about Apple's idiosyncracies. It's about a man whose story is fragmented. It's about a man who was intriguing, cryptic, and unpredictable. It's another story in a bucket of stories of about him.

And it's important. OS X is not.

Using florid vocabulary doesn't legitimize your heavy-handed slap on the wrist to eps, who was, however misunderstood -- trying to help a fellow user. The pg way was to just state what needed to be said and do what needed to be done, not make examples out of innocent people.

Shame on you, Daniel.

This is absurd. I've been following the news for over a week. I still don't understand the outrage. Heck, I doubt Mozilla even did, because Eich posted a reassuring statement and people still aren't happy.

Besides, he never said he hated same-sex couples. Supporting Prop 8 was a bad decision, but the vitriol directed at Eich is a non-sequitur. There's varying opinions on varying sides of the debate, so why is Eich singled out for having one?

People can hate Eich. I frankly don't care what anyone thinks of him. But it's so boneheaded that someone would need to step down from a CEO position just because he supported a bill. It's scary. And remember, Eich isn't just "some guy"; he was CTO of Mozilla for years and invented JavaScript.

The whole situation is kind of pathetic.