danielki

Expansys is a good source for acquiring non-US phones that I've used once or twice in the past. A bit expensive at times, but has a wide selection of unlocked phones that carriers in the US don't sell

The goal, in terms of business model, seems pretty obvious - get/keep people to use Microsoft services and don't lose any more of the low end to Android. While Facebook and Opera Mini are built-in, so are Bing Search and MSN Weather. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually add other services also.

If they can sell this type of device at or near cost (which it seems like they are), and increase Bing marketshare at the expense of Android/Google, it's a win for them.

I'm surprised you needed just one off-duty officer at the 3rd and Pine location. I've eaten there a couple of times and it's quite the experience.

Was it still known as Crackdonalds back then? I can't imagine meth was a big enough thing 20+ years ago that you'd also hear it called Methdonalds?

I know you can't say anything, but I'm guessing that there's a nonzero chance that the guy who made the hardware decisions is a friend of the guy who sold the hardware.

The following won't break (at least not in the bad way), I don't think:

    $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT document FROM table WHERE tag=? AND security_level=?");

    $sth->bind_param(1,foo());

    $sth->bind_param(2, $user_level);

    $sth->execute();

Type in the name is overkill for int or char, but it's useful when you've got multiple levels of pointers. ppszName is a pointer to a pointer to a null-terminated string, whereas pbFoo is a pointer to a byte-array. Both of these are void, but what* they point to is important.

Additionally, you can have the pairing of pbFoo with pcbFoo, where pbFoo is a byte array, and pcbFoo is a pointer to the size of pbFoo.

It might be assuming Vagrant in the "homeless person" sense?

To be fair, if his answer was "yeah, we made millions", there would be more than a small handful of entities trying to seize those assets.

That's not the worst of it - the criminal complaint mentions that the server was registered to the email address blake@benthall.net. If that's not a giant "hey, feds, come and get me", I don't know what is.

It also mentions that most of the accounts (Bitcoin wallet and other) that he used were all under his real name.

There is a fantastic 2010 blogpost[1] from the Visual Studio Languages Product Manager that explains the rationale for supporting VB.NET as well as C#, as well as the strategy for doing so.

Of interest: he states that both languages have (had?) "roughly equal adoption".

[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scottwil/archive/2010/03/09/vb-and-c...

He went to Auburn

I meant that Reddit handles the manufacturing, so there's less risk than with Kickstarter, where the creator also does manufacturing. It's like more like Teespring or Quirky than like Kickstarter or IndieGoGo

From https://redditmade.com/create :

> If enough people pledge to buy your product by then, we’ll start making it!

From https://redditmade.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202364265-W... :

> Most importantly, you'll also need to be willing to work with us. We'll connect you with sourcing partners, work with you to finalize designs, and help you step through all the other creative, legal, logistical, promotional, and financial hoops to make your campaign happen, but we can only help you as much as you'll let us.

Looks nice, but the 1-year warranty is a huge dealbreaker. If I'm going to be spending $1900 on a PC, it had better be guaranteed to last longer than that.

Looks more like a Teespring-type thing than a Kickstarter-type thing, which should mitigate this quite a bit

That, and maybe some sort of way to scan the care tag inside my clothing to auto-set the washer/dryer to the right setting.

Great idea, but seems like there's a bug on your demo page - if I click "Add Extras" before selecting a plan, I can't go back to "Select Your Plan" (clicking it doesn't work)

According to what I've read about WebRTC 1.1 (which, admittedly, isn't as much as I'd like), it sounds like it's backwards-compatible with 1.0. What was said at Google I/O (as quoted by CNET) seems to imply as much ( from http://www.cnet.com/news/reconciliation-draws-closer-for-sky... ):

> "Is this going to be a schism between the two churches of WebRTC?" he asked. "I wanted to head that off. ORTC will be integrated into WebRTC 1.1. Your existing code is going to keep on working...It's the best of both worlds."

I personally use Lenovo laptops (Yoga 2 at home, Thinkpads at work) and have had good experiences. A word of caution if you're planning on installing Linux - there's a known issue with the ACPI driver for certain models that will "hardware disable" your WiFi even if you don't have a hardware disable switch. I found this fix to work: http://billauer.co.il/blog/2014/08/linux-ubuntu-yoga-hardwar...

Don't be a dick. I was asking a legitimate question because I was curious about the research methodology and, while the study linked in the article had a price tag of $22, the person I replied to seemed to have access to it. Thanks for finding the full text, I will read it when I get home from work (which is why I didn't have time to search for the full text).

Did they describe how they controlled for behavioral habits? It seems like, as a group, the type of people who would drink large amounts of sugary soda would be less likely to make healthy behavioral choices in other aspects of their life, compared to people who drink fruit juice or diet soda. This could also explain the disparity between soda and non-carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages

This study doesn't seem to show that soda ages you (as the article states), but instead that sugary soda consumption indicates a tendency towards other activities/habits that may prematurely age you.

I wouldn't be surprised if Google acquired Uber or Lyft within the next few years. The massive amount of data one of those companies can provide would beneficial enough to Google to justify the purchase - mapping data for Google maps, traffic data for Google Now/Maps, detailed driving data for the self-driving car project, information about where specific users go (targeted ads, Now, etc), and more.

Additionally, Google's self-driving car technology that it's developing would be best-suited to something like Uber or Lyft. The self-driving car is (at least at first) much better for an on-demand usage model, rather than an ownership model.

I make use of in-store pickup options from time to time - sometimes it's nice to get your hands on your order the same day - order it at 7pm, have it by 8pm.

What it comes down to for me is, I don't hate going to the store, I hate shopping at the store. Typing "16GB USB Drive" into the search box is much easier than wandering down multiple aisles trying to figure out whether that particular store put the USB sticks with the laptop accessories, the camera storage, the office supplies, on some unrelated endcap, or behind the guy standing inconveniently in front of the display I'm trying to look at.

Did I miss the part where they reviewed the actual phone features - call quality, address book, text messaging, etc - or did Ars forget that they were actually reviewing a smartphone?

Okay, NSA, so how about some transparency to clear up these supposed "inaccuracies"? Nobody believes you if you just deny something without providing evidence to back it up.

I wouldn't think so, as there's more than likely enough medical/biological basis for women to require more time. For example, 99.9999% of men are unable to breastfeed a baby, even if they do stay home.

Microsoft uses a tool called Policheck that maintains different wordlists for different locales

There's a blog post on it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2010/12/04/10100294....

Love the idea, but it seems a bit rough around the edges right now. Some thoughts:

* It's unclear from your site what your target audience is. It feels almost like it's targeted more at developers than entrepreneurs. You should make it clearer that it's aimed at nondevelopers, so they don't get scared off.

* Why can't I see the interface without signing up? There aren't even any screenshots that I can find on the site. I want to know whether it's even worth my time to sign up.

* Why isn't there a plan cheaper than $99/month? The 30-day trial is nice but sometimes it takes longer than 30 days to get an idea off the ground. Perhaps a "Bare Bones" or "In Development" tier with only 5 registered users, 1000 calls/month, forum-based support, etc.

* What are calls/month? Would a nondeveloper even know what a "call" would be (seems like their initial though would be support call or something like that...)? Perhaps make this something more easy for a nondeveloper entrepreneur to understand (pageviews)?

* There seems to be a bug on the login/signup page (Chrome 25 on Windows, if that matters). Clicking "Join Us" causes the email field to immediately try to validate - meaning I get a big red alert up there when my attention should be on the pricing/plan information below. If I click the "sign me up" link below, it's apparent I don't even need that form - so why should it be being validated?

Makes sense. The system for the "new Digg" seems to be heavily based on getting as much signal as possible about the popularity of particular news items among certain groups of users. Why wouldn't they want another signal source, especially given the "news junkie" tendencies of the population most likely to embrace such a service?