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Interesting results with Blizzard.com: https://logo.clearbit.com/blizzard.com?size=500

Agree completely. You may want to checkout Airmail. Nice looking client with all of the GMail keyboard shortcuts enabled.

Plays relatively nicely with Exchange too.

They expect delivery 'by 2030'.

I wonder if satellites and newer weapons wouldn't be able to intercept its flight path by then.

You probably wouldn't have to match its speed to bring it down, just throw up a cloud of junk in its way.

I had the same thought.

Team i was on at the time made a concerted effort to use wave, and we were just starting to be pretty productive on it when google axed it.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Wave

If you're on a server that doesn't have an X environment set up for wireshark, you can use tcpdump to spit to a file:

   -w     Write the raw packets to file rather than parsing and printing them out.  They can later be printed with the -r option.  Standard output is used if file is ``-''.  See pcap-savefile(5) for a description of the file format.

You can then open this file in wireshark on your desktop for easier analysis if you wish.

TLDR; Internal workflows, not customer facing. Enterprise dropbox.

The article title is misleading. They are actually talking about the internal workflow.

Raw assets, art assets, and such, can be pretty large.

When you have a studio in Country A doing PC, a studio in country B doing ps3, all wanting the base raw data but (presumably) transforming it in different ways, between how the build actually happens or artists tweaking something for a platform, it'd become a nightmare pretty quickly if you were to send it across a company private network (often just VPN pipes across the internet itself).

The article is, at it's heart, an ad for a company called 'Panzura', which sounds like an enterprise-specific dropbox. Boxes 'on-premise', security guarantees, and probably pretty expensive.

One thought on this is that this technology, or something related, would be beneficial to Oculus. Carmack already had a comment on it:

  G-Sync won't work on any of the display panels Oculus is considering right now, but it will probably be influencing many future panels.

Switched to Dvorak after plateau-ing in typing speed and experiencing pain in my hands and wrist. Helped immediately, but what also hleped almost as much was:

- Aliases for frequent shell commands - Remapping 'caps lock' to 'control' (on US keyboards)

From the article:

  The biggest change is an inline retain count, which eliminates the need to perform a costly hash table lookup for retain and release operations in the common case. Since those operations are so common in most Objective-C code, this is a big win.

I love Dark Souls, and constantly recommend it to friends.

And if they say 'Yeah, I picked that up on Steam!' I get really sad.

It feels like a game that is pretty exquisitely tuned, and that tuning is towards playing on a console with a controller. I'd even go so far as to say on a PS3 and a really nice TV.

Like how some people can't stand playing an FPS on consoles, only in reverse.

'Dark Souls' and 'Demon Souls' do this extremely well I feel.

Team Ico games come close too.

It's amazing how widely people vary on light. It's observable across major cultures, or even different families.

A Japanese IKEA I went through recently had a display which would allow you to switch between 'Japanese' style lighting' and 'Western' style, with western style being dimmer, and with warmer color temperature.

I immediately found the Western one more comforting, relaxing, while my wife (Japanese) prefers the brighter one. Internal lighting in Japan is almost uniformly overhead neon, without the baffles you'll see in many North American offices.

I've grown used to it, but would rather work in the dark.

I'm sure there are many people that, like you, feel that these LED bulbs are too dim. If you're at all curious though, I'd recommend that you find one and give it a shot, many of them /feel/ brighter than the numbers would lead you to expect when compared to an incandescent.

It might be better to compare on the basis of Lumens, as watt's are a measure of power instead of brightness[1].

1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb

If you don't care about comments, it's quick and easy to host it on S3.

Elon musk is claiming that the article is misleading:

   NYTimes article about Tesla range in cold is fake. Vehicle logs tell true story that he didn't actually charge to max & took a long detour.

It feels like you're taking a 3D interaction and smashing it back down into 2D. While neat, it's unlikely to catch on.

What would be amazing is using this to interact with a 3D display system. Not the 3D in a box that you get with TV's, but something closer to what we often think of holograms.

Holograms are probably a ways off (though they are doing interesting things with targeting light at retinas).

The Occulus Rift though (as others have mentioned) may be able to do something truly awesome when paired with an interface like this.

Both devices are incredibly exciting. If they manage to mesh up...

What version of chrome are you using?

  Google Chrome – WebGL has been enabled on all platforms that have a capable graphics card with updated drivers since version 9.[14] Google Chrome 13.0 and newer versions use Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) to control all WebGL cross-domain textures.[15]

Search engines:

- Respect robots.txt (as mentioned elsewhere) which will often provide a limited subset of all data available

- Give something in return (potential traffic) for the data they reap.

I fully agree that scraping is great, and do it myself frequently. Site operators do have legitimate concerns in some situations though, and it probably comes from feeling as if they are being 'ripped off' somehow.

No one in their right mind is going to object to incidental scraping for personal use.

However, scraping is often scripted into cron or the like and that data is then used to profit someone else. I'm usually cool with that, but if someone is running a web site and they are dependent upon ad revenue to keep the servers running, I understand objecting to it.

Totally agree, scraping is great.

I can see site operators being against the practice though, as it (usually): - generates no ad revenue - often enables someone else to use data that you struggled to put together, allowing others to profit with no gain for you - hit's edge cases that were never optimized for (as it does not follow real user access)

Being able to mimic the Sun's 'perfectly white light' is brilliant. Many people find CFL's really annoying.

Almost as cool though is the fact that it can easily be built in any shape desired, as it sounds like you run a change through a surface instead of having a specific light-generating element.

The example they give is of a 2x4 'panel' replacing CFL's in offices, but could imagine some fantastically cool applications of this in interior design.

Original submission here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4864241

Submitting it as a new item as the BBC link seems to be dead.

I was looking at the version of your first listed book, and noticed what appears to be a more recent revision, 2004 versus 2011:

http://www.amazon.com/Operating-System-Concepts-Abraham-Silb...

Do you still recommend the Seventh Edition over the newer release?

Interesting answer by the Anonymous User:

I regularly worked with Elon while a part of his electric car company - Tesla. At first, I hesitated to write a response, but as I thought about what I'd say, it was overwhelmingly positive. So here we go:

Amazing visionary: During one of my first meetings with Elon, he made a request that I thought, frankly, was crazy. I asked my coworkers after the meeting if we really were going to do that. I was told "if Elon says to do it, we do it. Give it time, you'll understand." Sure enough, each seemingly crazy request was grounded in a logic only Elon understood at the time. But we trusted him and I ultimately found myself in agreement - sometimes it took six months or longer to get there.

Crazy smart: No matter how tired he was or how many times he'd travelled back and forth across the country in the last few days, or how many fire-drills were running simultaneously, he understood what you were saying. He'd sit there with his famous "uh huh" and a head nod, acknowledging that he understood. And his followup questions were target and relevant.

No tolerance for bullshit: When we met with Elon, we were prepared. Because if you weren't, he'd let you know it. If he asked a reasonable follow up question and you weren't prepared with an answer, well, good luck... Our discussions were efficient, to the point, and based in fact. He expected to see progress.

Execution: You always need to be making progress. And if you weren't, you needed to escalate or find a solution to the deadlock. It was unacceptable to keep problems to yourself.

Willingness to help us get "unstuck": Sometimes we'd get stuck dealing with a vendor or making a decision across departments. He often tell us "Get me on the phone with the CEO of <insert company here>. I don't care what the problem is. We need it resolved now." Or if it was a company decision, he'd just assert the answer and we'd move on.

No fear of making the hard decisions: When you're in the trenches working on a hard problem, it's natural to convince yourself it can't be done. You start to compromise. Elon had no tolerance for this and rightly so. We'd exceed our goals, because we had to. It was how the company would survive and he reminded us of this if we drifted too far. If market conditions prompted us to change course, we would. If we needed his sign off on a large project or spend, as long as we did our homework, it was logical, and we laid out a plan, he'd be ok discussing. But he'd often send us back to rethink the proposal if it didn't jive. He wasn't afraid to spend money when needed.

Drive to do the "right thing": It doesn't matter what the status quo is. Never tell Elon "well, that's how we did it at Ford." He pushed us to always do the right thing for the customer. Making money is important to keep the company running, but it's not the most important thing. He pushed us to make a great product that is uncompromised in solving the needs of our customers, even if it goes against the automotive norm and the critics on Wall Street.

Hands on: We'd frequently see him looking at a CAD drawing at an engineer's desk. He has all vehicle engineering changes first installed on his Model S or Roadster so he could personally approve it before it goes to customers. His expectations were high. If we couldn't meet them, then he'd rather scrap the work than build a mediocre product. He wasn't afraid to get down in the details.

Personality: Sometimes he'd be in a really good mood. Sometimes not. But for the most part, I found him to be easy to get along with and supportive when progress was being made. But if too many bad meetings took place in a row, then beware... And be careful disagreeing with him. He frequently knew more than we expected, so it was risky to tell him he was wrong because he might not be.

All in all, Elon has a dedicated and loyal following. It's because we believe he knows what he's doing. He doesn't inspire us through big speeches and eloquently written emails. He focuses on getting work done, executing to plan, and driving positive change. And nobody at Tesla had more skin in the game than Elon. I'd choose to follow him over any big talker with empty promises. His push to improve the auto industry is refreshing. His dedication to improving the quality of the world we live in is inspiring. It's a rarity in the business world. I hope we each do our part in making his vision a reality, as it's ultimately in our best interest.

Edit - Response to comments:

Negatives of working with Elon: Very demanding, he's not afraid to fire poor performers, you do what he says (if you disagree, be thoughtful about whether it's worth the risk, most of the time it's not...), not everyone works well with such a strong authoritative figure, most people are scared of him, his ambition can be exhausting - there's always another huge problem we have to solve, long hours.

Why post anonymously: So I could write the above paragraph.

One such instance, from the article:

France, which has traditionally led the launcher effort in Europe, wants development on a next-generation Ariane - often dubbed Ariane 6 - to start immediately. This would incorporate cheaper components and fabrication methods.

But Germany, the other major player within Esa, wants the current vehicle upgraded first before moving to a completely fresh design.

This is already being done, by pumping water uphill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity

I'm sure there are a bunch of interesting tradeoffs between using water or a bunch of rocks though.

I was curious as to how well this comes across on iOS devices, and came across this while poking around the Kivy site:

  We haven't published our demos, but the winner of Kivy game contest #1 have been packaged for IOS: Deflectouch on iTunes.

It's free, and a fun little game. It feels non-native, but less so than some of the other apps out there. It interprets touch events smoothly enough, and runs well, though there isn't a lot going on so that's not a real indicator of performance.

Thanks for the 's' tip.

Too bad they didn't also use '/', like gmail and atlassian products.

Even the apology for being vague and somewhat underhanded is somewhat.. underhanded.

  Here is the video shown at the press conference shot using a Lumia 920. On the right is a Lumia 920 prototype with OIS. On the left is a smartphone without OIS. The difference is apparent.

Or they could just pretend this never happened.

A search on Google News (anecdotal, yes) https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws...

None of the articles have anything related to this in the title, and the first three articles do not mention any faking.

It feels like a big issue in tech-savvy circles on the internet. But I doubt most consumers know or care.

Here's a post outlining how strace can be used to solve problems:

https://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/strace_the_sysadmin_s...

More from a sysadmin POV than a dev, but you'd probably still find it useful.

The article does state:

  The group however will not "consider the airborne use of cell phones 
  for voice communications during flight."