skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm somewhat dubious of the performance claims from the switch to a 64-bit architecture. That doesn't seem like it has been a bottleneck for a lot of processes and applications on mobile historically, but I could be wrong. Can any devs offer any insight on whether the 64-bit switch could make a real difference at anywhere but super high-throughput operations like, as Epic demonstrated, swapping a huge amount of data into RAM?
Well insurance rates have been going up for years and insurance companies really have no idea how things are going to shake up. If they overcharge, they have to return the money anyway because of the Obamacare stipulation on the minimum percentage that must be paid to health care providers.

Heck, the only reason Obamacare passed was because Blue Shield of California announced it was raising rates upwards of 40% which reignited the fight after everyone thought it was over.
It's been written about quite extensively. Google stuff like "eye tracking study conversion optimization" and you'll come up with a ton of hits. Lesson #6 on this[-2] blog post also has another example.

A/B test everything, and, while this isn't a hard rule, generally the model's eyes should be looking where you want to viewer to look.

The reason I think 37Signals successfully breaks this "rule" is because the headline is by far the most dominant thing on the page.[-1] Not so with OP's design.[0] On the Basecamp site, it's virtually impossible not to be able to see the headline first and read what it says before moving on to anything else on the page. 37Signals would be wrong to have the model's eyes looking in any other direction. If she were looking to the left she'd be looking away from the call to action. If she were looking to the right she'd be looking away from the social proof. This is one of those times that they understood the "rules" so well that they were able to break them for greater effect.

[-2] http://www.quicksprout.com/2013/08/01/7-conversion-optimizat...

[-1] http://i.imgur.com/0XWFn9v.png

[0] http://i.imgur.com/HAW2JTv.png
Universal pet insurance seems like the sort of thing that Scandinavian nations, or Japan, could explore in the future.
Or just one digit, your finger.
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Those pornstar tweets sure do look like paid promotions... article implies they are organic, but they don't look that way to me.
Our Silverlight product does support vector printing in Silverlight 5, thought it depends on the printer driver that the client has.

SVG output is a planned feature for GoJS.
You have a low rate in the first place because they've decided there's a low chance they'll have to pay out a lot of money for you. Most likely, your premium is all or nearly all profit.

Better to keep your profitable premiums than to lose you to a cheaper state exchange. It'd only make sense to force you into the newer rate immediately if you had no other option -- but the exchanges are all about giving you more options.
> I really hope apple figures out a way to solve this problem.

I think the solution here is to have a discussion about personal boundaries with your girlfriend.
I enter a 4 digit password into my phone a hundred times a day. Standing behind me at Starbucks is probably easier than dusting for prints and recreating my thumb.
I wonder whether this will generate a market for finger gloves etched with custom fingerprints. You'd want one for your spouse, so they can use your phone without needing you to finger it, for example. Probably it would come in a kit that you could use to custom-etch your finger glove.

But if you lose it (the glove), I guess you are in trouble. Someone will find it, upload the pattern to Facebook, and your fingerprint is now in the public domain for the rest of time. Unlike a password, it's irrevocable.

Unless you could "edit" your fingerprint with some customized secret pattern, etch that pattern to a finger glove, and then only that glove will unlock the device, not even your plain fingerprint.

Or would some kind of capacitance sensor on the phone prevent the use of gloves or other spoofs?
I think that's a fair point. Maybe I read into the OP's e-mail that she informed the teacher about it soon after it happened.

I certainly dealt with having a student whose father had died that semester and his mother expected me to simply already know about the death and what he was dealing with and to warn her before his grades slipped. Sometimes parents expect teachers to have ESP. I don't blame parents for a reasonable emotional state.
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bash(?) thing I wish I'd discovered years earlier: diff <(command1) <(command2) instead of command1 > file1; command2 > file2; diff file1 file2; rm file1 file2
That's great, but in case you hadn't noticed, it's practically impossible to get a U.K. work visa these days so it's not like any of us here in the U.S. can follow your lead.
Couple things there:
Axe is owned by Unilever, who also makes brands like Dove - they might not want the press of "owners of Dove advertise on shock porn sites" or whatever.
Axe might be ok with being associated with "two sexy people going at it in a traditional way" type porn, but not "bunch of funny looking people having 'strange' sex" type porn, and discriminating between the two might not be worth their time and effort.
Axe is probably bought, at least partly, by moms for their young teenage sons - who might not take kindly to actual sex being that tied to their advertising. Take a look at how they currently advertise - it's sex, but with a goofy/comedic slant. Think the ads with the astronauts - those are legitimately funny.
Rather than 'man 7 ascii', there's the 'ascii' command itself.

It will also provide encodings for single characters:
$ ascii a
ASCII 6/1 is decimal 097, hex 61, octal 141, bits 01100001: prints as `a'
Official name: Miniscule a
Other names: Small a, Lowercase a

ASCII 0/10 is decimal 010, hex 0a, octal 012, bits 00001010: called ^J, LF, NL
Official name: Line Feed
Other names: Newline, \n
I wonder if it would be possible for the phone to just store a hashed representation of a fingerprint (ie. enough information to recognize the print, but not enough to reproduce it) rather than the whole fingerprint.

From what they've said, sounds like they're storing the fingerprint on the phone, which means that someone determined enough could retrieve it, whatever Apple's intentions are.
The zsh builtin 'where' is pretty good too:

> where ls
ls: aliased to ls --color=tty
/usr/bin/ls
/bin/ls
> 1.) Are you a human being? [ ] No -- Sorry! [ ] Yes -- Great, you're covered.

Is this actually true? Does the NHS (or any so-called universal government healthcare programs) really cover literally any human?
First of all, this is not a constructive comment. Second, they explicitly said that the fingerprint never leaves the phone (and believe me, people will be looking to verify. It would be a huge boon to a persons career to be the person that caught apple in that lie).
I'm curious too. For one thing, I'd want to know where and how the historical data is stored, since it essentially provides an always-on record of my movements, and with only one or two reference points, it could prove extremely revealing if accessed. But I do think a dedicated motion chip is a great idea.
California requires a thumb print to get a drivers license, so I'm already in the government database :(
I wanted to, but in my company case we cannot risk it at all, even 4chan was banned by the CEO...

We make games for children aged around 5 years old... If we advertise that at a porn site, beside probably missing our target market, we risk people making those huge outraged internet firestorms that after 4 republications by blogs and newspapers will result into people concluding I am a pedophile.
They claim 10hrs talk time on 3G on the iPhone 5S vs. 8hrs on the iPhone 5 so supposedly a 25% increase.
One, there was one open table, they had purchased their ice cream and were entitled to a table before you do. You don't "call shotgun" on tables. So what, the family who has their ice cream has to stand now while you wait in line (during which time another table may clear by then that you can sit at).

Your rules are just as arbitrary and inconsiderate. Let the people who got their first and need to eat their food sit first, there is no point in having an empty table go to waste while you wait in line.
Why are you worried? Did you commit a crime recently or have an intention of doing so?

Digitized fingerprints are being stored in the chips of electronic passports of many EU countries. Every person applying for a visa to the US (to the best of my knowledge) is required to have their fingers scanned. If this means that the borders, for example, are better protected — sure, they can have my fingerprints.

Even if Apple will collect and submit all fingerprints of all iPhone users to the relevant authorities, this can only be good, not evil.
The entire NSA thing to date is a huge scandal, and yet no one (outside of the tech community) seems to really care... Not many people are closing their accounts associated with NSA complicit companies.
That is a category killer cheap phone right there.
EDIT: What makes it a category killer is the brand/price point combination.
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The first 64-bit phone ever
Yes, my point is to persuade professionals to a) understand the plight of the working poor better, and b) do a better job of managing their own time poverty.
That's why eye-scanner authentication makes me shiver...
I'm running Windows 8 on my 2007-era notebook. Runs a lot faster than the copy of Vista it was designed for, actually.
If it's $199 for a 16G with contract, how much would it be for a 16G without contract?
Every time you enter the USA they get your fingerprints! And plenty of them...

They even scanned me on the way out once.

They have what they need already.
Right, but since you haven't used the password in months or years, you'll probably have forgotten it by then.
Guess what:

The consumer expects "upgrades" to actually upgrade the device, as in "making it better" not worse.

And: Apple prevents us from downgrading once we understand the surprise we got, after pushing for "upgrades" all the time.

Also, the consumer needs updates to keep the devices bugs/security holes patched.
I had the Atrix with the fingerprint sensor. The thing that I liked was being able to unlock the phone with one hand. But, the sensor was on the top back center, right where your index finger naturally landed. It was really nice when your hands were full.
You are being overly cynical. The notion that a screenlock is onerous is entirely based upon the idea that doing it every time you want to use your device quickly becomes a major PITA: I despise the fact that I have to do a screen pattern over and over and over again, and honestly would disable it if I weren't forced to keep it on by an ActiveSync policy.

If I could bypass it with a quick fingerprint scan that would be brilliant, and that is what Apple is going for. I'm going to guess they do okay in the whole glove situation.
When did I ever say that the world was the northeast? I'm not from the northeast, nor have I even spent an extended amount of time there.
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That's even worse.

I want to be able to set, at my option:
1) PIN-only

2) FPR + PIN (where you must use iCloud to get in if your FPR doesn't read)

3) for morons, FPR only.

I currently use a much stronger than 4 digit numeric PIN, but it is honestly a pain. If I could set both the FPR and PIN as required to get in, I could use a shorter PIN. If I'm allowed to bypass the FPR entirely, the PIN has to remain as strong as it is now.

(What I'd also like is something better than hardcoded timeouts for requiring the PIN. Like "require FPR every single time you unlock, require PIN+FPR if it has been <30 minutes or <120 minutes but no movement on accelerometer OR connected in my car, require FPR+icloud passphrase otherwise". Fully configurable by the user.)
Doing that is way harder then guessing 4 digit pass code. Besides depending on technology used in Apple's device you might need to get way more sophisticated. With processing power of mobile devices nowadays, how much would you need to invest to make a fake that is not easily statistically distinguishable from real thing? What is stopping that scanner from taking 20-100 pictures and then analyzing them in background? I really do not think run of the mill fingerprint faking will be sufficient to overcome modern fingerprinting with sufficient security emphasis put into them.
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To which I say, "Bullshit."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-stu...
'But she wanted to meet someone soon, maybe at Harvard, which she and other students feared could be their “last chance among cream-of-the-crop-type people,” as she put it.'

This woman is employable. I would have her on staff. Shallow though she might be.
I hope this works, but I'm skeptical for 3 reasons:

Reliability: I've seen so many broken home buttons, they need to solve this problem otherwise many people won't be able to use it, and many will be put off from using it. Also, what's the false-positive ratio, what's the false-negative ratio?

Security: traditionally fingerprint sensors have been pretty terrible at security given a photocopier and a few bits and pieces. You wouldn't need 10 attempts to get into the phone, you could theoretically get it in 1 if you have the expertise. A passcode on the other hand, you have a much lower chance of guessing that within 10 tries before a wipe. Also false matches are clearly an issue here too.

Practicality: This is a combination of reliability and security, but also a few other things. Siri takes ~1 minute to respond to my queries, I don't believe this makes network requests, but if it has a big performance problem or something similar, people won't use it. If my phone takes more than 3 seconds to unlock with a passcode it annoys me.
In 2005 I reported a crashing bug with large iframe widths/heights in mozilla:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292279

Sadly no bounty for me!
Nobody said the original case is OK. In fact, knowing in advance someone would advance that strawman, I preemptively addressed it in the post you replied to. I stated that it is bullying, not sexism. If you try to solve bullying by addressing sexism, you will fail.
I know. I still don't believe that iPhone Apps have such requirements in the near future. Except for possibly games. But currently it would not be very attractive for studios to target the 5S only. So, I assume that your sibling is right, it is more of a preparation for the future (apart from the benefits of a new ARM version).
> Interesting quote: "It's never available to other software. It's never uploaded to Apple's servers or backed up to iCloud."

I don't know if I'd believe this - there's always the option of a remote firmware upgrade. This sensor gives me a bad feeling. (Similarly to letting my DNA analyze by 23andme & co.)
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PDF of the paper available without paywall here:

http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=12683&postid=4002...
This is what first came to my mind as well. But I also reacted to Ars Technica reporting[1] that the sensor has the capability to scan "sub-epidermal skin layers". That might be a way to protect the system from the fingerprint "copy-paste" method described in your link, since the sensor used there only scans the surface.

[1]: http://live.arstechnica.com/apple-september-10-event/
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the nice thing about android is that being used on devices from multiple manufacturers who try to compete with each other means that there's a larger number of think tanks coming up with new features. all google needs to do is pick the good ideas from OEMs, standardize them and release them in the next iteration of android.
It looks surprisingly good. One could even argue it looks as good or better than the metal iPhone 5's.

I am disappointed that the 5C isn't the free (subsidized) version though. The iPhone 4S is sticking around for that.
The thing I'm most excited about is the multi-color flash. Having a mismatch between flash and ambient color temperature is one of the big things that makes flash photography look bad.
Pro-photographers will put color gels on their flash to correct for this, and it's not something that can be easily fixed in software after the fact.
How much kool-aid have you been drinking?!
Is there a market/business model where that isn't true? The key to sustainability isn't to be the only person doing something, it's to keep improving on how you're doing it.
I find tmux to be a bit more pleasant to work with. In the past it didn't do reflowing upon resize, but it does that now.
The performance claims are marketing speak: they say the new 64 bit CPU is now twice as fast as the old 32 bit CPU. But this isn't too strange, the previous 32 bit CPU was also about twice as fast as the predecessor to that one.

So what he's actually saying is (1) the CPU is now 64 bit and (2) the CPU is faster than the old one. Seems a lot clearer when you split it up like that, yeah? It's clever use of language. (1) is useful for future proofing the iOS architecture for >4GB of RAM in upcoming devices and lets developers start compiling their apps now for 64 bit. (2) is just the usual improvements and faster clock speed that is obvious for a new generation of devices.
The GNU manifesto: A conversation that became the free software movement.
> Did you commit a crime recently or have an intention of doing so?

Is this the new "Have you anything to hide"?
> Stop advancing software

Nobody said that. Apple can "advance" software for the newer devices and just patch the security holes for the older ones. Nobody's asking for downgrades.
If you have a 26 character passphrase, then how are you having an easy time trusting the fingerprint auth?
I was really hoping for NFC support - sigh.

I do love the fingerprint sensor and the intelligent auto-focusing features, though.

Blurry smartphone pictures are so ubiquitous these days.
Carrying around giant PIN pads for everybody to touch isn't very optimal (or clean) either.

If you don't support magstripe technologies you're ignoring the entirety of the richest country in the world?
Time will tell, but for the sake of argument: at c. $550 for the unsubsidised version this is a very high price point for the "iPhone for emerging markets" argument. I'm just very curious to see the market expansion with this "lower" tier model.
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I'm pretty sure that the information for a fingerprint scanner is already effectively a hash. It's a list of points that can be used to uniquely (more or less) identify the fingerprint. I doubt it's storing a photo.

But even then, what's the difference? If the hash is enough to identify you that's the important thing.
Unfortunately, this is the price we need to pay for living in a plutocracy. Healy insurance companies and brokers add no value to society. However, Obamacare is infinitely better than what we have now because it is almost impossible to get individual insurance for most people over 40 forcing them to stay at their current jobs. Perhaps this will make it easier for people over 40 to take 6 months off and start companies without having to play Russian Roulette with their families.
Someone above mentioned you could add multiple fingerprints as well. I'm guessing this includes other fingers as well as other humans.
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$649. Add $100 per storage bump. Basically, the 5C is an incredible rip-off. It's only $100 cheaper than the 5S, and you have a plastic case, much slower CPU, and no fingerprint sensor. Very disappointing pricing.
Which Unix includes that command?
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I agree, it is disingenuous, especially in this context. That slide was specifically made for an in-person presentation that was later posted online (it was posted by somebody else about a year ago). For the sake of a presentation, we thought that image got the point across much better than putting two hyperlinks on the screen. It was basically a design decision. In retrospect we should have put a disclaimer on the image since it looks so realistic, but we honestly had no idea the presentation would live beyond the room I spoke to. That was a mistake

We used to use a similar type image on our about page, but for the same purpose now only link to exact articles or results we can still find. https://brandyourself.com/info/about.
Why would I pay money for someone to withhold my money from me? I ask for 50% up front from clients (and get it) without paying $100/m + 1.5%. If I want easy payment processing, Stripe is pretty simple to setup on my own site (and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard for other developers, your target audience, to figure out).

Does this service perform some sort of automatic notifications/reminders to clients to pay up? I could see that maybe being useful. Often times the problem I have is after submitting an invoice and needing to follow up to receive a payment. Often those emails are stock messages that could easily be automated at set intervals so I don't have to think about it myself. Not sure I'd pay $100/m for it though.

For this price-point I'd expect something like Basecamp in terms of features and polish, not something that holds my money for me and skims off the top.
The new PayPal Beacon works with bluetooth LE... NFC seems like a step back from that.
Pity though, it's a well-reasoned essay on why freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences, almost independent of PD's actions.
It says it would be able to capture gesture movements like walking, driving etc. It will help health, fitness apps. Nike has already made an app for it.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/10/4710706/apple-demoes-nike-...
This is the 'nothing to hide' argument, and it's flawed. What if you're falsely accused of a crime? There are many ways for such a system to be abused.

What about a right to privacy? Taking fingerprints for a driver license or passport is one thing, connecting a fingerprint scanner to a device that tracks location and internet activity is entirely another.
No. It doesn't necessarily cover illegal immigrants, and may not necessarily cover legal immigrants, or those present on work visas.

This will likely be challenged (along with many other tenets of it) shortly though, as there have been other resident alien cases regarding civil rights (voting, guns) wherein the decisions pretty routinely fell on the side of the alien, whether they were here legally or not.
You can add multiple fingerprints to the phone.
Yes this. Most of us have fingerprints in databases.

Perhaps there is hypothetical risk of a digitized fingerprint leaking out and being planted to frame a crime,
but I don't see how this fingerprint feature is really a true concern.

Alternatively you could use this to help prove you were at a location
If millions of people in the country regularly connected their knives to the internet this might be a similar concern.
Yes, version 6.1.3 to be precise.

Just don't do it.
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Security issues aside, I feel this is also Apple's way of one-upping Amazon's 1-click purchasing as more and more people are transitioning to commerce on touch devices.
My guess it's a rebranded Cortex-M3, which would be low-power enough to run continuously. The fitbit flex uses a M3 and it claims 5 days of battery life. I'd guess it stores collected data on chip and iOS copies it over when it wakes up.