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Neither NeWS not Display PostScript were written in Objective-C, as far as I recall they were both written in C.

They also both actually did implement substantial portions of their respective window systems in PostScript. They didn't just use the PostScript imaging model with a conventional "shared memory backing store rectangles" window server model.

NeXT's Display PostScript and Sun's NeWS split things differently:

- NeWS had ways for the UI within a window to run "live" as threads within the window server process, and communicate with the app that owned the window

- NeXT Display PostScript put almost all of the behavior of an application in the app process, which just received low-level events and sent PostScript drawing (and window management) commands to the window server.

But in neither case was it just the PostScript imaging model being used; in both it was full-blown PostScript.
The only reason I want this watch is the exact features they were demo'ing:

Quickly respond to texts without having to pull out and unlock my phone

See who's calling me

Using the map to track where I am in a route

It seems like they nailed the low-hanging fruit and designed a pretty nice looking watch. Apple watch and the moto 360 both deserve credit for making smartwatches that don't look like total nerd gadgets
Diminishing returns does apply to some problems, but there are enough researchers in most areas to justify investing hundreds of millions or billions, and for that matter you can fund research grants for students to expand the number of people in that field.
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If someone could get control of minecraft that was willing to invest in it's development amazing things could be accomplished. Imagine big budget lego minecraft expansions

You don't understand. The whole point of Minecraft is user created stuff. In a Lego-like world, for profit expansions are not needed.

The mod community is what has made mc what it is, but it gets no support from the developers.

Minecraft is more open now, than it will ever be at Microsoft.

minecraft re-written in C with a good rendering engine

How do you think they got it running on PS4. It was completely ported to C++.

Minecraft has been so wildly profitable but the company is set up in a way which Mojang the developers get a tiny portion of the profits to re-invest in development.
Notch essentially diverts all the money into his own pocket while leaving a very small staff to work on what is prob the most profitable video game franchise in history. Just from a very basic business standpoint this seems to make very little sense to me.

That is simply not true. Do you have any data to back that up?

what is prob the most profitable video game franchise in history.

Nitpick, but Minecraft doesn't make it on the top 10.
Google Wallet required Carrier SIM support which forced consumers to actually go and get a SIM that supported it, as well as a handset that supported said SIM. Apple's solution does not require this and cuts MNO's out entirely
What kind of TOEFL exam you will take? IBT? ITP? Those exams have different target and different type of tests. In my local, there are two types: IBT and ITP. The ITP is the easiest one, but it is no more recommended (since most graduate school need TOEFL IBT).

But for grammar (although it is not directly test you, but it might help), i really recommend Azar's Book on Grammar [1]. http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Using-English-Grammar-Az...
This is pretty ridiculous comparison. The Apple watch is clearly not targeted to any serious runners/triathletes. I don't recall anyone claim it's a "sports watch".
You're reading me wrong. I wouldn't be up in arms about it -- I'd be giddy at the prospect of giving my friend shit over it. As presumably, my friends would be for me if I sent them sketches.
Another approach would be to choose a client server architecture but this is probably faster done in a separate project. But the idea would be that we have something like an editor core that exposes a SMALL API (e.g. "change cursor position to x/y", "insert 'foobar'", etc.) in a well-defined protocol.

On one hand you can then implement the famous VIM UI on top of that (i.e. in the tty sense, a curses program that communicates with the server, sending stuff like "change word") and on the other hand it is really easy to make it scriptable in any language that supports sockets. Obviously the networking/parsing stuff would be hidden by a neovim <LANG$> module.

Obviously this would be a multi-process architecture but the number of processes would be really small and peanuts in a modern system.
But anyway, thanks for your work!

/update: just read https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Plugin-UI-architecture so it IS the chosen architecture - never mind then!
Only 2 billion and WhatsApp goes for 18 billion?

Im not sure of how wide a net Minecraft has globally, but based on every kid you know (U.S.) who spends hours on it, it has to be worth more then 2 billion. Especially, when compared to the WhatsApp acquisition.
Glad to know that you have inside knowledge from Apple about this. Clearly, the ATV is EOL, or we'd have seen a new rev. Same goes with the Mac mini, iPod Touch, etc. Apple is still selling them, and "clearly" intends to do so for the near future.
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Google wallet was unpopular and was impeded by the cell carriers. It was a business failure, not a technical one.
Apparently, the orientation of the display will be a matter of setup configurability:

http://www.slashgear.com/wheres-our-left-handed-apple-watch-...

"So, it turns out the Apple Watch really works TWO ways. Apple tells us on initial setup, you can choose to have the watch face orient itself for use on the right wrist, making it friendly to lefties. The watch bands are also swappable, so your band isn't facing the wrong way. Good news for everyone involved, but like most things in life, Lefties will still have to deal with a right-handed design -- the crown will be on the bottom of the left side of the watch when on the right wrist."
Funny you should mention it, but I currently live about 10,000 kilometers from my girlfriend. And like I said, it's maybe an OK thing between partners. I think it's a stupid gimmick that would immediately get old even then, but that's it. You should not send a cutesy picture in lieu of an actual message to anyone else.
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The thing is do you really want to play with fire??? Before the end of next week its very likely this story is going to have a tragic ending.
Weren't most of the Lineage 2 servers running on leaked code, not emulators?
"tenets" (because you're likely pronouncing it wrong too)
As a serious runner, there is no way that I would run for an extended distance without my phone on me. First of all because I would rather not have to drag my injured self out somewhere to ask for help, rather than being able to call for it from my phone. Whenever I do triathlon training, I would also not think of leaving without my phone, as I tend to go for 30-40 mile bike rides into remote areas, and having a way to communicate with the outside world in case the worst happens (equipment malfunction, injury) is preferable. I don't think I have a single watch that can last more than 7 hours of continuous GPS usage, between running and biking, so I'd like to see what the battery life on the Apple Watch looks like before passing judgement.
Does anyone have US numbers for the stats cited in this article?

Side note: while this article paints seniors as maybe getting more than they deserve, financial elder abuse is a huge problem already in the US. Articles like this worry me because some may twist the points to justify stealing. Rich or not, it's very easy to take advantage of the elderly. I've seen family members, caregivers, family lawyers, etc. do terrible things for money. It's sad.
Your workflow sounds eerily similar to how mine used to be. I'm working on Catalist (http://www.catalist.me) and would love to connect. I've built in a timer (via a Play button) to easily time your tasks so might be worth exploring.
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus released now
Well that's kinda crap. Didn't it have the largest capacity? The HDDs came bigger than 128GB. Whoa, we're down to 64GB now?! [1] That's the maximum? We had 160GB iPods in 2006. This is the future? The 201x's kinda suck as far as media players go.

[1] http://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/specs.html
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For less serious runners, the GPS serves no noticeable purpose. Without the GPS, the Apple Watch can still track your speed and distance.
An algorithm not listed is that using "derivatives:" http://matt.might.net/articles/parsing-with-derivatives/. I don't know if it can be implemented efficiently enough to displace simpler (less powerful) parsing algorithms, but it's certainly interesting, especially if you like inductive algorithms.
I am a serious runner (have run 3 marathons, running a fourth in a month and a half), and I'm entertaining the possibility of converting over to the iPhone + Apple Watch. For me though, it's more complicated.

I always run with my phone & wallet for emergency reasons. I don't use a sports watch anymore (I do have a Garmin), but largely due to their bulk & wanting to focus less on my time/pace & more on my body.

I also am getting sick of Verizon getting vendors to lock down Android phones AND forcing phone vendors to toss a bunch of crapware onto the phones. The only reason I haven't switched yet is because I am on a legacy $40/month/line family plan. I am not a huge fan of iOS - I love Google's integrations with its services with Android.

A lot of what I end up doing is taking out my cellphone to check for messages or the time. It's excessive, and quite inconvenient.

Why not one of the existing smartwatches? I haven't yet been convinced that they're built for my desires.

I'm not really in a rush to make a decision here, and likely will wait some before jumping in (probably will try out the Moto 360 in the short term), but the cost isn't really out of the realm of reason necessarily to me.
And SATA! Please someone give me SATA, gigabit ethernet, and a cheap/easy way to do DMA!
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This post reminds me why I fell in love with HN. I use Theano, awesome contribution!
I don't know what this comment means? I got through college, got a job, got married, and all while minimizing my exposure lectures.
I will get the iWatch or the Android ones .. cannot wait until it is in my fingers ... or better around my arm ,)
i looked here http://jmp2.in/getasmartwatch for the one i like most
That's a feature, not a bug ;)
that's what time machines are for
I'd love to see Tesla Inc sue Intel saying that they stole all the tech for their Edison Module :)
A friend of mine did something similar. He helped his client hire his replacement. Setup up a firm and then ended up picking up even more work from his replacement.
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I will get the iWatch or the Android ones .. cannot wait until it is in my fingers ... or better around my arm ,)
i looked here http://jmp2.in/getasmartwatch for the one i like most.
The Pebble, Qualcomm Toq, Galaxy Gear, Sony Smartwatch 2, MetaWatch, an iWatch .. which one will make the run lets see the poll
Open Letter to Oracle: Quit Installing McAfee with Java Updates
I know you have a checkbox that you can uncheck. It seems that checkbox moves around and sometimes camouflages itself really well.

Is this really how you want to sell software to customers? By slight of hand measures? I didn’t even see it this PM updating Java on my VM Win8 but there it was 2’nd inline to install after Java.

Quit doing this! I now have to wait until install is done and remove it.
Sounds like my life 6 months ago. I found it too difficult to manage consulting and my own product. I would always compromise my own resources to ensure my consulting clients were happy. Although it was nice to make a decent amount much quicker than with my product, I really felt like I might as well have stuck with my job. I made the decision to taper off the consulting to maintenance mode (< 5 hrs/wk) and do the product full-time. I fired my freelancers after I ended up learning coding and doing their job faster within a 2-3 week timeframe (shout out to Mattan from One Month Rails). Looking back it was the right decision and I'm proud to say I have my priorities in order. I've built out Catalist (http://www.catalist.me) and currently refocusing on sales after a good amount of time in product development.
But isn't the neural network (like the algorithm described in the article) a mathematical concept?

It is. It's a family of models that (a) can be expressed compactly using linear algebra and (b) can represent a large class of mathematical functions. (In fact, the family of neural nets can learn all continuous functions.) "Learning" is typically some variety of gradient descent (on the "error surface" defined by the training set) in the space of parameters.

Are the computer-based neural networks so closely modeled after biological equivalents that they would inherit such an optimization?

In my opinion, no. Biological neural networks are, in fact, a lot more complicated. They have time behavior, changing network topologies, and chemical influences (neurotransmitters) that play a major role. There's still a lot we don't know about them.

I disagree with GP's contention. While the biological neural network was an inspiration for this class of mathematical models, and convolutional behavior (in ANNs, a regularization, or mechanism for reducing the dimensionality of the parameter space, sacrificing training-set performance but often improving test-set performance) may be used in our visual cortex, but artificial neural nets are quite different and, mathematically, most varieties are quite simple.
The reason for prefacing stories and mentioning uniqueness is at least partially rooted in criticisms stemming from the 'neurodiversity movement'. There are at least some with autism that consider it a gift and criticize anyone who may try to alter the behaviors of children. Autism charities and advocacy groups have to deal with this frequently.

Because of the wide range of the spectrum, you have some with autism who have advanced abilities who feel the need to advocate for low-functioning people who happen to share the same diagnosis. Unfortunately, the autism of my child is quite different than the autism of someone with the ability to speak out for others.

If you have been involved with charities or advocacy groups, you'll see the neurodiversity people on message boards and such.
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It doesn't have its own GPS, so it cannot be a functional running watch without your phone. It's really dumb.
take a look at http://www.wistia.com. It provides everything you asked for.
Nothing they've released so far indicates that it would be. You'd certainly hope so, though.
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[I accidentally posted this comment in the wrong place; it was meant to go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8294635 here.]
Every runner I know, casual or not, myself included. Not to mention other athletes in such sports as football, soccer, basketball, hockey, etc.

It's very inconvenient to run with a phone and almost impossible to play other sports with one.
No, this isn't really true. The NIH's budget is 30 billion a year, and that funding is already incredibly competitive. Private universities, other government sources such as NSF, NASA, and DoE, and private institutions then in addition spend an amount that dwarfs that number. On top of all of that, the last 6 years have seen cuts, layoffs, and an enormous amount of work go unfunded in the life sciences.

Only about 16% of proposed NIH grants alone are funded each year- we can immediately see from that data that funding all NIH grants in just one year would probably take well over $100 billion.

The life scientists of the U.S. could find a use for Bill Gate's entire fortune in a few years. Not that dropping $80 billion on across the board medical research wouldn't be incredibly, enormously beneficial, but the infrastructure and manpower in the medical sciences are there to be able to absorb it and put it to use.
Yeah, that's exactly my point. I used my iPhone 3G for 2 years of running when I first started. Why would I blow $350 on an Apple Watch to get marginal gains that a $150 GPS watch can also give AND let me ditch carrying the phone. Which, arm strap or no, is bulky and at risk of destruction.
I buy them for my son for $8 at Target. So, maybe some of them?
It is possible for this to happen with other filesystems too. The only thing is that when it happens with another filesystem, it is not news.
No, nobody really uses checks anymore. Most payroll is direct deposit, person to person is Paypal, Venmo or your bank's version of them.

Edit: bills and rent are possibly the last hold out, but usually you set up bill payments through your bank.
Sprint Launches “iPhone for Life” Plan
You're surprised that Apple didn't make a fundamental design decision for novelty value? Not sure you have been paying attention to Apple lately.
If you're really confused, the aeon one is the better one scientifically, and reviews a much larger array of science from a number of domains, rather than scanning google books.
"But think of the teenagers! They will love this feature!" - words probably uttered at Apple HQ during the design phase that made Steve Jobs shake in his grave
Woah. That's why I got such tingly feelings when I first started playing.
I think it's interested to see phone companies try to disrupt their industries without really changing their (very profitable) business models too much.

While, yes, unlimited data and a new iPhone every two years sounds like a great deal -- and "iPhone for Life" certainly appears to be novel -- I'm not sure how much different this really is from the normal subsidized upgrade plan that most contractual carriers offer.
It would be really interesting to see what could be done by coupling memory and some SIMD capability very closely. Would probably be some crazy expensive memory, but it could be memory that offloads a lot out of the CPU.
Minetest is most of this : http://minetest.net/

The flat game is a voxel engine that does mostly what MC does. It is written in C++ and is a billion years more optimized than the desktop Java Minecraft client. It is also open source.

It has an actual modding API, and has a bunch of mods like mobs and home decorations, etc, but nothing on the scale of the Minecraft mod scene (which is kind of insanely stupid, since you have to decompile the Java binaries of MC to mod it at all).

I do think the Minecraft mod scene is at its own dead end. Mojang iterates slowly on the game if at all, and its proprietary nature prevents true collaboration. It is a real shame all the effort is being poured into Minecraft at this point.
What would be the point of behaving differently regardless of screen size? The screen size is the difference that causes different behavior between tablet and phone, or at least it should be so. If the screen size is the same, why have different UI?
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This submission is about counting words on Google Books and other online sources.

The other one reviews a few decades of research in psychology.

I would say that books that are happier sell more, so there are more of them written.
>- expert level C++ programmer

Are you implying the Bitcoin client wasn't a botched up C with classes and the team is still trying to make it not crap?
I have a Pebble Steel too, silver one, and if you've gotten used to the battery life of that, I have a feeling after reading Ars Technica's review that you'd find the Moto 360 less to your liking.

I absolutely love the always on epaper screen on my Steel, plus how classy the whole device looks and feels - and the functionality it offers me. None of the new smartwatches have any appeal to me as having to charge them daily doesn't float my boat. If I need more functionality I'll just whip out my Samsung S5.
I completely agree, having watched this year's Google I/O panel on smartwatch interaction design, it is very obvious that Google has put an enormous amount of thought into their watch platform. They came to a fundamentally different conclusion for what a smartwatch should do, and I really enjoy the experience. The contextual information from Google Now is incredibly useful and it feels like my watch tells me not only what time it is, but information personally tailored to my lifestyle. For example, I always go out after work on Tuesdays, and right now my watch is telling me that there is lots of traffic on the way to my favorite bar. In the morning, it tells me how long my commute will be and what the weather will be that day. I can start navigation from my watch with my voice and get every direction as I need it. I can control any music player with notification support. I don't run any interaction-heavy apps on my watch, and I can't imagine ever wanting to do so. The thought of browsing a photo library or sending my heartbeat to someone seem like features for the sake of having features but in reality are completely unnecessary.
GRUB2 upstream has support for feature flags and is compatible with ZoL 0.6.3. If Debian's GRUB2 does not support it, it would be rather out of date. You could make a version 28 pool if you need to use the Debian GRUB2 version.
If you really found the identity of Satoshi, wouldn't it make far more sense to contact him privately and blackmail him? He's got, what, one and a half million bitcoins?
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The 'absolutely' should have hinted that 'semantically' wasn't the full extent of what he meant. Focus your quote onto "differ in just the 'sugar'" and you see exactly what he meant. He didn't misspeak. Sugar is a very specific term.
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It certainly serves some purpose to map your runs even for less serious runners. It would also be cool to have music without being tethered to the phone.
Apple making it could make it un-geeky. I don't know how or why, but when they touch something, sometimes it becomes cool.
It's more than a minor annoyance. The problem is how to carry it. Pockets are out of the question (for those that have them) as is any sort of bag or purse. I used to have a band for my old iPod that would strap to my arm. I suppose going back to that contraption with a phone is a possibility, but considering the discomfort and weight, not to mention the possibility of rain destroying the phone, I would do anything to avoid that. And if it's on my arm anyway, why would I need the watch interface?
How much would taxes take out of it though? An offer of 2 billion dollars is not equivalent to getting 2 billion in your bank account.
Just a guess, but it's probably a similar situation in the US when the same cohort is compared to their ancestors. My mom (66 years old) is certainly way better off than her mother was at 66+. My friends' parents seem to be similarly comfortable in their golden years. Post-WWII largesse really paid off for them, but who's really going to pay for it?
Android may win the smartwatch war but not for this reason. I was expecting Apple to knock it out of the park with a curved unbreakable sapphire wonder-watch that redefines watches. There is a ot more scope for innovating the packaging of smartwatches than there is in phones. Apple did almost none.