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I agree, it's just sad to see several areas of the market move towards centralized closed source solutions. It's as though a new generation of developers don't even know what open source is, including the dangers these "easier" solutions bring to the table and how they shape the future.

A browser that accepts payments that only a tiny fraction of users know how to use or trust (bitcoin)...for a very technical subset of the market (demographic), for which this problem doesn't really exist. Outlook not great.

Google maps UI has gotten much worse over the last few years in terms of usability > aesthetics. It not even close to being intuitive anymore.

Why does anyone thinks that a centralized chat service is a good idea? I especially don't get why open source projects move to a platform they cannot even control or commit to.

It makes no sense.

There are a lot missing from your paid only section, such as exacttarget (salesforce).

I would say mainly visuals, think Photoshop meets Excel meets Javascript. One of the founders of Tableau founded Pixar studios so you can imagine that graphics are important. But it also has some great data options.

Some examples: https://public.tableau.com/s/gallery

You say "will already have information about postcodes and so on". How exactly do you get your hands on postal code geo data, have you tried that? Have you created your own geo postal code database, or maybe used an API. I'm talking international postal codes too.

I have, and I can tell you it's not easy, for example in Canada there are like over 10k postal code regions. Then imagine maintaining this dataset, no thanks.

Anyhow that's not the point, that's just one data set Tableau does very fast, but tomorrow could be something totally different and the next day, etc.

Sure for complex custom requirements no BI tool will work, but it's sure better than what people were doing just a few years ago with excel or hiring expensive firms.

Honestly I don't care about stock rhetoric, it's an awesome product I use every week. I evaluated lot's of BI's options because it's a pricey product and I'm super happy with it, Tableau is actually fun (because its so easy yet powerful) and meaningful. The only other decent alternative was Qlik but it was more pricey for the options I needed.

Lol, so I use Tableau every week. For example today I had a government request to measure quantity of customers outside a particular business radius of 40km. Meaning what percent of total visits are in the radius vs outside it. I had 8k postal codes.

This took me literally 5 minutes in tableau, I would hate to see how long this would take you writing code.

..Just the tip of the example iceberg.

That's ridiculous and will be ridiculous until robots can replace humans.

For example, do you think someone like DJ shadow who has spent tens of thousands of hours digging in empty, old, dusty basements finding and curating music over a lifetime has the same insight as a dicovery algorithm?

It's not even close to a comparison, the algorithms are lame compared to actual experience and expertise.

I spent 10+ years in the music business as a "buyer" and was later part of a successful music start-up, I can tell you with a resounding "fuck that" to auto discovery unless you like water downed with a side of boring.

This is like asking a chef to make new food based on what you like to eat.

You will never discover anything really new, your experience will be narrowcasted. Avoid this and let dj's, friends, musicians, people, and just surfing around the internet help you find new music.

Whenever I hear someone excited about automated music discovery a little voice goes off in my head going ..."ohh no".

Honestly its best to ask a pro, backs are complicated and what works for me might not work for someone else, even with a similar injury.

What I do is pigeon pose, cat pose, bird dog, press-up back extensions, and several on my back where I cross my knee over my chest. I do not do any planking or twisting.

Some tips because I have a herniated disk and severe back issues at the moment:

* Be careful of opinions and chiropractors, if you are in actual pain get a CT Scan or MRI.

* I stand all day at work, maybe I sit for 30 minutes here and there.

* One of the best things you can do for your back is walk. Walking helps align your posture.

* Get a good chair, not necessary an expensive one, you want a chair which supports your back and has your legs supporting some of your weight.

* Doing minimal yoga or stretching is key even if it's for 5 minutes, do not do yoga that stresses your back or twists anything! I do 5 minuets of exercise 3 times a day.

* Strengthen your core muscles and your glutes. You don't need a 6 pack but it certainly helps.

* Engage your abductors often, you can engage some of them any-time you think about them (sort of like holding back when you have to urinate).

* Try to feel your muscles (meditation can help here), you will often notice they are tense or perhaps you are just tense in general. Try and relax, breath and generally loosen up. Getting a massage can also help and thermotherapy is a godsend.

Robert Bunker's opinion is the only thing that makes sense in that article.

Here is a $ sign from pre 1700 Spanish coin http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/shipwreck-pirate-coins.h... ( #CS20730 ). There are more of these that pre date that, so this article is fairly opinionated.

Here is a $ sign from pre 1700 Spanish coin http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/shipwreck-pirate-coins.h... ( #CS20730 ). There are more of these that pre date that, so this article is fairly opinionated.

Wait a minute..backup, you can hire a PR firm for a bug report. WTF.

Its like his twitter feed is bizzaro world: https://twitter.com/TomWheelerFCC

Someone who actually makes sense.

I constantly see negative bias towards social media, sure some of it is warranted, and most of it related to privacy, but what abut the positives?

The hard reality that revenue needs to be generated is a very real struggle. This was evolving pre-facebook, it just so happens that they are able to take advantage of what was already going on.

The answer is not to abandon social media, but to force awareness and possibly regulation, but again it's not easy when commerce is involved. I think that this will come in the future, right now the ground is still unstable, but it's important to look at the big picture and take the goods with the bad.

The is fear bait and not a well rounded analysis, it belongs on FOX news and is completely sophomoric.

For example: (Peter Thiel) - believes in a theory called "memetic desire" which uses people's social groups to manipuate their wants and intentions. - Copy pasted will spelling error^

A theory is not something you believe in, Memetic Desire ( Google René Girard) is a very interesting psychological idea, I find it interesting , will the author paint me as having evil intentions as well..

This is pretty meaningless in context, when you visit pinterest the site is login gated. Sure that might look good on paper but it's a short term strategy.

I agree, I thought this article was going to be about public transportation, since in many places outside the U.S. a "metro" is a subway/train.

I was actually looking forward to a comparison of actual metro fares.

Most likely the Lion of Judah, who's symbol and emblem was and is still currently used, considering Yahweh was the national god of the Kingdom of Judah.

This can be seen on the coat of arms of Jerusalem : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Jerusalem

This is a fairly naive and negative statement no offensive, the context of history is important, the planet is in a much better place to communicate ideas and consensus, and it gets better every year.

The fact you're even reading about Ai Weiwei is a case in point. Sure it's not perfect , there are growing pains with anything new, but I'm tired of the one sided stories about privacy when the definition if what that means is hazy at best and often misses the point.

There is an age old word too, scapegoat. It's must be easy to lay blame on something that can't be heard.

This has been going on in one form of another throughout history. But if you want to sway opinion on the internet, it's not that easy. There are a lot of voices and noise in the mix, compared to how it was a mere 20 years ago.

This is certainly important, but in the context of history, how people consume information is on a much better track, in my opinion things are actually getting better if you look at the big picture.

Someone also grepped for passports and it got several hits.

More like a fraud artist.

It depends on the country, in Canada you can certainly report them to the CRTC as breaking the law (CASL). http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/casl-lcap.htm

Emailing someone in Canada now requires consent (various legal ways) or close personal relationship. It doesn't cost anything to report them https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/rapidsccm/Default-Defaut.asp... . But if you really wanted to pursue them, you would have to hire a lawyer, a complaint doesn't have the same weight or speed of a legal filing.

This just goes to show you has clueless the developers are with regards to international policy and law.

I agree 100%, even giving the client access to a simple WYSIWYG editor (think mailchimp, campaign monitor, exacttarget, etc) always end up in a nightmare is mis-aligned and wrongly sized graphics and text. Not to mention what happens on mobile and of course outlook's wonderful rendering.

We build a lot of emails and we don't allow our clients to touch anything. It's something I hate dealing with on all levels but the ROI can be incredible for some business's.