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I would tend to agree with you, especially because the season is supposed to have more than 10 episodes (13 or so). Also, probably a very tiny fraction of people already paying for Netflix would choose to go the pirating route.

Thanks for bringing this up. This is part of the Data Protection Directive (1995): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/individuals/righ...

Couldn't agree more. I clicked on the link being skeptical, but the landing page is so well done that I came way impressed. Congratulations on shipping this product, and wish you all the very best.

It's 9K. I really wish you'd Google'd that yourself. I have no idea about the podcasts.

Here's the link for reference: https://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/

I had not known about your product, but a quick look at the walkthrough video was very useful. Really sorry that it did not work out, the product did come across as being very polished from a UI/workflow perspective. I know this must be a rough time, so chin up, and all the very best for whatever you folks plan to do next.

Edit: Link to FAQ has a video that I refer to in my reply https://beagleco.zendesk.com/hc/en-us It's a proposal editing/creating software that I think could have been quite useful for academics (not saying it won't be useful elsewhere).

I've done the same for my chargers as well (as in using Sugru). I love your idea of making a mold for better finish as well as selling the "robustified" chargers. I think there will be a market for this, but best of all, I think you can pull this off on demand too (in a way?). I also think the $99 charge is fair.

A quick back of the envelope calculation is as follows:

$80 for 85 watt charger on amazon [0] + $3 * 2 for Sugru on both ends of the cable [1] + $5.95 for USPS priority 3 day shipping [2] ~= $92

With this supply chain (if it can be called that), you can still estimate shipping the charger to the end consumer within 6 days (2 days with Prime shipping with Amazon + 3 days for USPS). I did not factor in the Prime membership and the mold in the costs though, but it can be factored in fairly easily. Also, I chose to use USPS shipping costs, naturally your mileage will vary because your company/business probably has higher costs (cool service by the way, and congrats :))

[0] 85 W charger: http://amzn.com/B004L6MLPQ [1] Sugru 8 pack: http://amzn.com/B00EU7DBNM [2] Small flat rate box from USPS: http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#2517977

They'll recommend Chrome (I am assuming the content blocker cannot persist across UIWebviews or WKWebViews). "If you want to view this content, download and install Chrome"

In this case, I expect Google and the advertiser's interests to align.

Pretty much an identical background for me, and I recently had to write a fairly non-trivial client side application (some drag-and-drop, quartz-composer like interface) and I chose Dart. It worked really well. I find that sometimes it's hard for people to reconcile their idealistic vs. pragmatic sensibilities when it comes to new programming languages. Dart makes it incredibly easy to get up and running ... it's pragmatic.

Darn. Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking of starting to experiment with WKWebView for an app that currently uses UIWebViews. So I guess FF using WKWebViews (even if they can get over the philosophical/techinical difference with Apple) is some ways off.

Yes, Apple is definitely to "blame" as far as handicapping UIWebViews are concerned. That being said, the new WKWebview is supposed to have all the Javascript optimizations (and the Nitro engine) that mobile Safari uses.

Chances are that it might still not be as fast as Safari, but Firefox should bite the bullet and just do it because:

a. Firefox cannot afford to not be on all platforms. With computing devices converging and relying on handshakes (data syncing?), missing out on a major mobile platform is foolish.

b. In a related point, syncing bookmarks/tabs via Firefox sync is severely handicapped by it's absence on iOS.

c. There is a fantastic niche where FF can fit in on iOS. It'd be as privacy centric as Safari and with an iOS launch would be cross-platform like Chrome (without Google peddling their products front and centre). They could also get some inspiration from mobile Opera on iOS that has fantastic data saving features in-built.

Looking at this post as well as the Firefox OS phone ($33 one) on HN today, I was wondering whether it makes sense for Amazon to release an FFOS device with Amazon's product's on centre stage (Prime video, Amazon store (not the Amazon app store), Kindle etc.). If they came out with a phone that had specs comparable to the Flame (or slightly better) and price it competitively($175ish), both companies can do well.

If the 2-year development timeframe is correct, one can see how Amazon couldn't even have thought of FFOS as an alternative, but now, FFOS is slowly but surely getting there. If Amazon uses it's engineering chops to advance FFOS – and I am sure that a lot of developers at Amazon will be happy to contribute to FFOS too – perhaps they could compete with Android and iOS?

Thanks for the shout-out :) (am part of the Sendbloom team). I wish the PersistIQ team well, it's really exciting to see other entrants in this space, especially one that's backed by YC. Verifies that there is a demand, or at least a projected demand for this sort of an application.

Nicely done! If someone from the GitHub team is reading this, is there any plan in the future to integrate "issues" into the desktop client? P.S. like the new style logo, seems Yosemite ready :)

Yup. At Sendbloom.co we have used Dart to build a tool that is used by sales people to send out email campaigns. The tool is inspired by quartz composer/Max MSP's interaction paradigms (drag-and-drop visual programming). As someone else mentioned, Dart code can be fairly verbose, but it is very readable and programming with it is a joy when compared to writing vanilla javascript/jquery. I'd be happy to answer if you have any other questions about Dart.

I really like Dart too and actually have worked on projects of multiple types (e.g. a game/simulation, parts of a web-app etc.). The just seems right thing that you mention actually resonates with me (in fact, resonated enough for me to teach students in an undergrad course that involved designing and building a web app).

That being said, traction for any new programming language is hard. A programmer's learning time is limited and most programmers would treat it as an investment. In Dart's case, the investment will make more sense if the Dart team could get the VM onto Chrome's release channel (not Dartium/Chromium as it currently stands). I bet that's going to be a hard fought battle, but I believe this would incentivize developers to code in Dart and serve Dart2Js generated js files to other browsers (FF, IE etc.); especially because the coding/debugging experience is so much better than vanilla javascript (I am now prepared for coffeescript advocates to join the fray).

As an aside there might be some App Engine integration that can help the cause. "Specifically, we are working on server-side Dart support for Managed VM" https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=6...

Not the finest of solutions, but it does work Xmarks: http://www.xmarks.com

Sony's digital cameras are very innovative (the RX range and the A7 ranges come to mind)

They are donating the multimeters, that's what the Sparkfun blog says at least: https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1428

Regardless of whether he made it in a week or not, the criticism by the OP was constructive. Just being nice and saying that "this is fantastic", wouldn't help the developer learn either.

*Input lag is something Carmack et al. keep hammering home for game developers.

Thanks for sharing this. Often times we let things slide w.r.t. marketing speak, but I believe it's important to call companies out on this. Did you have to make a case for "why" that claim was unsubstantiated (fairly obvious to us, but I wonder whether the ASA personnel reviewing the complain knew enough about it)?

I second the reference to Doors of Perception. If you folks have the time, and you haven't already read about Sasha (Alexander Shulgin), give it a whirl. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin

There's a movie on his life, isn't great but it's a decent watch, Dirty Pictures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA8ddx_iC_g

For a review of a couple of the processors in the Kaveri range: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600...

Indeed, I would love to know a breakdown of the Mac vs. iOS app sales, especially because of the price parity.

This might be far-fetched, but I wonder whether it is Lenovo. Just saying because Lenovo's PCs and Servers have excellent Ubuntu support.

I'd love this feature! I might be wrong, but I think the VLC devs have to incorporate this using the Chromecast api's? Anyone with the knowledge care to enlighten us?

EDIT: Seems like the API only works for Android, iOS and Chrome https://developers.google.com/cast/reference/

Apple can do a lot better, in fact all these counterpoints you mention are tripe, let me elaborate:

a. $100 (this 99 bullshit annoys me) is a pretty big investment for a student. A common argument is that if one is able to afford Apple hardware -- i.e. the Mac and a mobile device -- this $100 fee is puny in comparison. Not true. One can get an iPod touch for $200 and a Mac for $600 (Mac Mini). With a little more effort, e.g. trawling classifieds, one can get second hand hardware for cheaper. So the developer fee ends up being north of 12.5% of cost of ownership, and that's just for a year, it doubles to 25% if you use the hardware for 2 years, and so on. N.B. Even when parents buy kids their computers, this percentage argument stands. The simple point is, if someone wants to program their own device, why not let them do it? Why should they have to pay a 100 bucks?

b. The owner of the device (talking mobile here), should have the right to install whatever the fuck he or she wishes to install. Okay, do not open the door for people to do so by mistake, and have basic authentication. It should be trivial for Apple. Any device with an apple id tied to it, can and should allow the owner to plug in a cable to install a custom app. Make people enter Apple id's twice, once on XCode and once on the device itself, if that's what it takes (I bet there are easier solutions, but this came to mind first)

c. Now, for someone wishing to sell an App in the App Store, charge the $99. I think taking care of App distribution, developer documentation/videos, app vetting by App Store employees etc. would then justify the $99 fee and perhaps act as a filter.

P.S. I don't buy the filter thing either. Over time, the Android App store now has the same high quality popular apps as the Apple App Store (hold on, I know that tablet apps are still better on the iOS platform, but the big names are getting there)

Thanks for the correction, I didn't realize that was the case. That being said, I just don't see how this is "whoring out" (as adamnemecek points out), when the simpler explanation is that this is their way of paying an homage to a great man.

Why this cynicism? Do you think that Apple is going to sell a single extra iPad because of this?

As far as I know, the only time they've had a person on their homepage was when Jobs passed away. Is it that hard to imagine that it might just be that the company admires Nelson Mandela?

Link to the paper from the Journal of Philosophy

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~tgendler/documents/aliefbeliefjphi...

I am sure you've already done so, but in case you haven't, read about Path's previous snafus.

Recently fined by the FTC: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026985/ftc-fines-maker-of-pa...