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IMO the sign-off culture would be a problem at MS with or without triads. When you have such a large middle-layer (especially ones with ranks like 'partner' who seem to mostly be f…

And of course, we can expect that Ballmer will still be around...

Oh I definitely can agree with the notion of renting a car for the edge case. Others have also suggested that families could have two cars, one electric for daily use and the other…

I'm glad you are skilled at being snarky and rude, but it has no place here on Hacker News (or really anywhere). Now onto your post: Writing off something as DOA because of current…

No one is mentioning Hydrogen fuel-cell cars that have been in trials, such as the Honda FCX Clarity ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_FCX_Clarity ). Relative to battery-powered…

> Hydrogen vehicles are just plain stupid from an efficiency stand point - where are you going to get the hydrogen exactly? Purifying it is too expensive - and since it's lighter t…

How does the Model S solve the longer trips issue? On a road-trip I might drive 500 miles in a day. The priciest Model S gets 300 miles at 55 miles an hour. And with climate contro…

What about for IDE features that are 'non-intrusive'. A lot of the editor features Visual Studio (+ Resharper) or IntelliJ provide don't get 'in my way'. To be honest I can't think…

I don't agree that it stops the language from advancing. What is your definition of advancement here, exactly? Lots of successful, productive languages pay attention to tooling as …

I always used Java with Eclipse or IntelliJ personally. But in the Microsoft world it is not uncommon for coders to use tools that are very 'plain text' and 'ungraphical' like WinD…

Out of curiosity, why don't you like the idea of language developers spending time on tools?

And yes, we do need to agree at a global level and be willing to pay more for certain goods/services as a result. The entire economic system will just re-balance itself around that…

I am not sure that carbon taxes NEED to be regressive - we could definitely use some of the revenue from carbon taxes to offset lower-income groups, as is sometimes done with other…

The article's headline is inaccurate. From Harvey Anderson's blog post ( http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/windows-eu-ballot-s... ): "Cumulatively 6 to 9 million Firefox bro…

This basically seems like a tax on hyperlinking, which is at the core of the web. Absurd. A Forbes article ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/10/30/explainin... ) expla…

Seeing as how Apple's "retina" displays are actually made by other folks (Samsung and LG for the 15" rMBP), I suspect we will see high-res panels on other laptops very soon. In fac…

That's exactly what it is

With all the articles written about all this, I am not sure what the real motivations behind Apple's recent shuffle are. However, I can say that the 'war on complacency', regardles…

This basically seems like a tax on hyperlinking, which is at the core of the web. Absurd. A Forbes article ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/10/30/explainin... ) expla…

Disagree - there is nothing rude about this. The thread is not "someone else's" - it exists to benefit the community. I, and others, found these additional leads useful.

I and my family opt-out 100% of the time. Part of it is due to the unknown risks (however low the chance may be), part of it is on principle (violation of rights), and part of it i…

Agree, name and shame. If people believe there is a significant risk to their reputation in the community, that alone can function as a deterrent.

Yes, but $69 is for a regular e-ink Kindle. The tablets don't start until $159.

You don't need Gnome-Do when running in Unity, right?

A good read, and more-or-less in line with my observations from working at a couple big software companies. I think there is generally less value in estimating versus doing, especi…