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You have a brand-new Macbook Pro but a router that can't deliver 10Mbps for more than an hour at a time?

Sounds like a profitable model (introducing new devs to best practices).

I'm not going to click it, and just keep believing this.

This seems stupidly obvious (even as a very altruistic person in their mid-30s who has only had a single partner).

Good sex, in general, is about generosity. So those who are more generous are likely to be better at it, and those do more of it. I know there are many factors that could influence, but the basics seem obvious.

Seriously, prison sentences for illegally entering the country is grade-A nuts. There's other stuff on there that at least sounds good, but this sounds like "we'll solve a $$ problem with $$$".

Well, my only problems were ones where I got a quick replacement. Day-to-day it simply worked well.

Well, the RMAs were for major issues, and MS had a new device in my hand within 48 hours. But day to day, the Surface has simply done everything I want my computer to do, requiring little to no effort on my part to keep it performing excellently. I will say that Windows 8 was pretty bad, but I got into 10 early, and it's been smooth sailing since then. In contrast, recent Macs I've used and older Windows machines would hit glitches regularly, where some aspect would stop working, or some mysterious set of conditions would cause a crash. The Surface Pro 3 has been a machine I can carry everywhere and do practically anything with (coding, project management, media, light gaming). Fan is a little louder than I would like, and battery life wasn't superb to start, and has gotten worse.

I've had to RMA it twice, but otherwise my surface pro 3 has been the most reliable computer I've ever used. My only machine for work and play for the last 2 years, and right now it looks like a Surface will replace it.

They aren't trying to displace iPad...

Came here to post just this. Really ridiculous, and sometimes the text even matches the distorted scale, saying things like "blew past the others" for a 1% win.

I'm kind of shocked all y'all commentators have such well secured CI systems. ;) I've been developing software for 17 years, and at every employer, from 2 to 20,000 employees, CI systems were treated as an afterthought in terms of infrastructure and security resources.

It was dramatically obvious how bad this was from a security perspective, so perhaps this article isn't necessary, but certainly it's right on the money.

I briefly read the domain as elfsciences.org and imagined a very different article.

Hmm, Windows update + restart seems to have fixed the font rendering in general, but this page still looks the same.

I see the same thing in Chrome 51.0.2704.84 m, Windows 10.

I noticed my font rendering in Chrome started to be terrible a couple of days ago, so might be on me.

No, I made sure not to click anything, though I did check the raw message to confirm the links were genuine (or at the right domain).

I've got 2FA enabled, and I checked my gmail access history and there are no unusual locations or devices.

It's just very odd to me that this has continued, gradually, over a month.

If you need to do this, I would recommend looking at Transcrypt: https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt

As a remote employee who has successfully pushed Flowdock into the culture of my last three employers, I've got things to say here. :)

I think the core thing is to treat group chat like physical office chat. So:

  - Don't use it to make decisions
  - Don't expect anyone is paying attention
  - If you need someone to pay attention, @ them
  - Stay in flows/rooms/groups with your close working companions, visit others when needed

Maybe I've been lucky that this has come pretty naturally to the people I work with, but Flowdock has been a lifesaver for me, and gone a long way towards making it easier to hire more remote people.

I think this is a very key point. OpenSSH gets targeted for vulnerability analysis by very talented people, on a regular basis. I would be surprised if there are more than a dozen organizations on the planet that can deploy those kind of resources against their homegrown code.

The most interesting thing about this for me is that the third partner is Xiaomi. They are a company that I expect any day now to eat a large portion of the consumer electronics market. Items like the Mi Band and Pistons compete well with things 4X their price. I'm very curious about their involvement here.

The terminal in windows 10 is much improved. Specifically copy and paste being less insane, and proper multi-line selection. I'm sure it is still deficient in many ways, but those were always the biggest irritations. No built-in python yet though.

I'll be the odd one out and say that I will miss the kickstand on the Surface Book. For me, the kickstand is what has made the SP3 into the best computing device I've ever used.

While a proper laptop will cover many of the same cases as the kickstand, there are times when the kickstand can function as a hook, allowing the surface to be used in positions a laptop simply wouldn't be practical.

Probably my favorite example is to hook the SP3 over my steering wheel (not while driving!), and allow the keyboard to drape down mostly vertically. Certainly not the most productive position, but for videoconferencing on the go, it's come in handy half a dozen times.

Another similar one is lying down with my knees up. The stand wedges it nicely between my legs, with the keyboard over my thighs. It's fairly comfortable, and pretty good for typing.

Otherwise, Surface Book looks terrific. :)

If you read the Liberal platform, the way the TPP has been developed flies directly in the face of their commitments for running government. It's a great opportunity for them to highlight their platform using a law that will have real applicability to every Canadian. It would also be a way for them to put their money where their mouth is. ;)

Maybe it should be expected from any article claiming a revolution, but the first 15% or so seems nothing but strawmen placement.

The most egregious one is the entire base of the article, that we aren't making significant progress in making batteries cheap enough. While I would certainly love to see more progress, this is utter nonsense.

According to http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/40-drop-in-ev-battery-pr..., EV batteries were over $1000/kwh in 2010, and then ~$650 in 2012. According to links in other comments, it's now near $300. This lines up with a fairly consistent drop in price of 22.5% every year.

So what does this revolution consist of?

30% cheaper batteries in two years when it's available, on top of existing progress. So not bad, but also not particularly revolutionary.

The other irritating strawman relates to the second point of the article. The suggestion that product improvements these days are always based on innovation in the product itself, rather than how it is manufactured.

Apple's entire product line at this point is reliant on manufacturing innovation. No other company can produce such impressive pieces of technology at those prices. They do many other things right, but their position at the top is based on manufacturing more than anything.

Are you suggesting that 15 minutes on the E3 stage is worth $2 million+? I suppose that's possible, but it seems high. Or maybe there are additional promotions you are referring to?

As a remote worker, my obstacles, both technical and personal, are often brought to resolution through washing the dishes, or some similar task.

Our ability as humans to take a problem and insert space between it's demands for attention and the furnishing of such attention is one of our most powerful gifts. Housework is a wonderful and perpetually available tool for this.

A quick google says 18.6 million for the US, so I think you're right on to question this.

Management isn't just about who's working or not. There's a lot of what makes a successful team that requires careful consideration to replicate when everyone is remote. Yes, modern technology makes much of this easier, but it still requires effort to identify and address, whereas it is somewhat automatic at physical offices.

For example, "water cooler" conversations. In a physical office these happen because people are conditioned to make small talk. That is not the case virtually, as it's easy to spend an entire day in a chat room with a co-worker and never interact with them.

This is absolutely true also, but it is generally easier to address than the need for physical interaction often felt by people in management. (I'm not trying to be derogatory here, as good physical interaction is often closely tied to a manager's success, so it's natural that they would be wary of removing that aspect of their relationships.)

My work has required daily VPN use over most of the past 7 years, and I have yet to find one that is reliable. I'm certain this has more to do with properly setting them up then an inherent flaw in the concept, but it still means when I can avoid them, I do.

I think you are mostly right here, sadly enough.