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"Be evil." :(

Amazing, maybe someday the Tesla will be as successful as the Pontiac Aztec (as seen in Breaking Bad).

Love the site design, glad this is a side project and thanks for building it but:

Is this really a problem that needs solving? I feel like using it is just creating busywork for myself. It's not particularly difficult to know when shows you enjoy come back. Most methods of watching them will automatically track which episodes you've already seen.

Umm, not sure what to say here other than "yes they do". Do you shop at the co-op market in Great Barrington? They were readily available in the past few years (I've since moved out of town). Specific local businesses provide a discount if you shop with BerkShares.

Lest anyone be confused this is an obnoxious and not so subtle sales pitch for Ethereum, it isn't particularly informative.

It's great to see the Instant Pot on Hacker News.

A couple of key takeaways:

- There's no marketing magic here, this is just a great product.

- It's ugly, and the interface is weird. Doesn't matter, it gets the job done.

- Pressure cookers have been around for a long time, they're a really great cooking technology marred by some serious safety and inconvenience issues. There are a bunch of companies competing in Sous Vide right now (the hot new cooking trend) but the Instant Pot guys just took old technology and made it slightly better.

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How is it possible to get to profit with the subsidies?

By the time this is in place it's likely a high end phone will easily be sufficient for average computing. You won't run VMs on it but it should be comparable in power to an iPad Pro.

I see a headphone jack, that seems downright cowardly.

Just what VR needs, another slightly different platform...

I'm a relatively intelligent adult who hasn't previously considered any of these problems or spent much time thinking about infinity. This was perfect for me, I developed an understanding of the problem and solutions in a short amount of time. It was a great read and I felt like I learned something, not sure I can ask for more...

I guess what I'm saying is I'm not sure this is even targeted at children.

It's not that easy to get in though, you need a huge investment in a sufficient number of autonomous vehicles for any area you want to enter.

So if they're relying on driver subsidies to be competitive but can't make money that route is there a plan for them to make money without relying on autonomous vehicles? Or is that the bet?

You're missing the point, it's not about executed code it's about concepts and simplicity.

Sometimes people work too hard to make two functions with slightly different objectives into a single complicated function. This can save lines of code since you aren't writing two similar functions. In general this is good practice but it's VERY common to take this too far, and it's very likely that the resulting complicated function will be MORE prone to bugs than the two simpler functions would have been.

Then why do I spend so much time fixing bugs in code where the concept was complicated to the nth degree so it could be written in five lines instead of ten?

I agree that fewer lines of code is better, unfortunately if you hold that concept in too high a regard it's easy to make a mess. Some programming challenges are complex and the complexity can't be avoided. Sometimes solving that problem in fewer lines of code makes the problem even more complex. Just because the complexity is moving from the code itself into the developers head doesn't NECESSARILY mean that it will be less prone to bugs.

" The best code has 0 lines. Because in zero lines of code, there is room for exactly zero bugs."

I read it as lines... I agree with what you're getting at, sometimes the concepts are a lot simpler and less prone to bugs when implemented in more lines of code.

I'm confused, can't Steam just release as a free Universal App?

Also, with Steam's push towards Linux support this would be a dangerous strategy for Microsoft. Gaming is what drives a lot of people to Windows over other platforms. If Microsoft actively makes Steam unusable on Windows there's no reason to think people won't just seek out a better platform for Steam.

Lost me here:

"Therefore, our true purpose is to express the intentions of our clients using as little code as reasonably possible, accompanied with lots of documentation and lots of tests (testing code and unit tests don't count as LOC). We should distrust every line of code written by ourselves as well as those written by others. The best code has 0 lines. Because in zero lines of code, there is room for exactly zero bugs."

Less code does not necessarily mean less bugs.

You are not alone, John Carmack (one of the reasons I started taking VR seriously) is a fan of mobile.

http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/04/oculuss-technology-guru-jo...

his post was thoughtful and interesting and calling him out on a minor rule violation is not.

literally reddit

I was a regular Gawker reader for a while, their salacious stories are hard to resist. Eventually I realized they were crossing lines, both in their aggressive attacks toward individuals who didn't really deserve it and their general preference for sexy headlines and clicks over actual stories and reporting. If this really does bring down Gawker I will consider Hulk Hogan one of the great heroes of our generation. Hopefully it will cause other "news" outlets to step a little more carefully in regards to casually ruining someone's life.

The fact that I have no idea what any of these are probably explains their kill off. Sad times now and sadder times coming for Yahoo.

What skills do you have? What are you doing to improve them?

What job do you want? What's preventing you from getting a position somewhere in that field?

I'm assuming you're putting a lot of work into achieving your goals, what are the obstacles you're coming up against?

Well Occulus is in trouble...

Except Apple Maps pushed out Google Maps on the phone which can no longer function with Siri. The only thing I found Siri useful for was asking directions while driving. Once Apple Maps took over those directions started taking me places I didn't want to go so essentially the Apple Maps release removed functionality from my phone.

Sometimes a company takes actions I consider to be pretty terrible (e.g. Apple Maps, Sony removing functionality from the ps4). At that point I feel justified in becoming a "hater" of that company. Going forward I lean towards skepticism of the company and put the onus on them to win me back. Maybe I'm crazy but this feels perfectly reasonable.

Misleading title, should read "How Blizzard stayed focused on quality games for 17 years" It's been all downhill since the Activision purchase...

Can you elaborate? Are you saying the Star Citizen experience alone is enough to sell the Rift? How is the Rift experience for the FPS segments?

You make some solid points, the key is the successful consoles had killer titles that provided awesome experiences and pushed the technology early (Sonic, Tomb Raider, Halo, Wii Sports, etc.) Also those consoles launched at (relatively) consumer friendly prices.