Do they have an official roll-out schedule yet?

Honest question: why is there so much AWS news up today? I mean, X-Ray is particularly exciting for me, but there are currently 5/30 stories on the front page which are basically just product announcements. I'm pretty new, but is this normal? I thought the basic upvote criteria was meant to be that we should focus on upvoting articles of some depth as well as interest.

There's a big Amazon event (AWS re:Invent) and they are announcing an extraordinary number of new tools. Think an Apple or Google event but one where they announce a new product every 15 minutes. People with many different kinds of jobs are excited for different reasons. It's double-Christmas for people who work extensively with AWS.

AWS major conference/product showcase is going on this week.

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon each dominate the frontpage for several days when their respective developer conferences are ongoing or just completed.

Today is the second day of AWS Re:Invent. So just like when Apple releases products and the site is slammed with Apple news, these two days are Amazon days. Don't worry, tomorrow will be back to normal.

AWS is having their developer conference this week: https://reinvent.awsevents.com

I imagine you must have seen it and drawn some inspiration, but https://www.hackthissite.org/ was a favorite of mine. Made an account and checking it out. Thanks!

Earlier this year, an AI-written script was made into a short film. It's got the same sort of absurd vibe.

http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/06/an-ai-wrote-th...

This is a bit shocking, as I feel it indicates that Fitbit felt a significant threat from Pebble, which feels like it would have been misplaced.

Looks to me as if was just an acqui-hire.

Yup. Fitbit said they will shutdown the product line

I try to refrain from comments like these, but I'll make an exception here.

For that very decision - shutting down the product line - fuck you, FitBit, and fuck the horse you ride on.

And you'd better make sure those last Kickstarter rewards are shipping out soon.

Lame. Love my pebble. Original Kickstarter backer. Currently rocking the pebble time steel.

Bummer. I've got a Pebble Time and it's a great watch. Not any smarter than I want it to be.

And Pebble Time Steel seems to be out of stock on their website.

I wonder if Fitbit will keep the platform going, or if it will just be abandoned.

Time Steel is out of stock, but only because the Steel Pebble Time 2 is available for pre-order and delivery in January. (Does look like the extra steel bands are out of stock though.)

https://www.pebble.com/buy-pebble-time-2-smartwatch

Literally everything is out of stock or in pre-order mode ("Ships in November!" oh wait, what month is it?). Even their USB cables!

Not a good look, and with this news I wouldn't expect stock to ever re-appear.

Man, that's the crap Yahoo pulls. The Astrid task app was the only to-do list I actually used until Yahoo killed it. I wonder what percentage of devs actually stay and how many just bail.