skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
IDK, as long as it's NFC and the terminals have firmware that can get upgraded to support additional standards, they could make it work.

I live in a country where banks tend to come up with similar payment technologies at the same time; one example is the Chipknip vs Chipper, both bank card technologies for putting pre-paid amounts of cash on the card to be used to pay without having to enter a PIN or the longish time it took for a regular card payment to process. Didn't take long for the payment terminals to support both platforms.

ATM we've got a similar fight going on; a few banks have contactless payments now, but one bank is going for NFC payments via (very specific models of) smartphones (Samsung Galaxy models; I gathered they're using an already deprecated API/technology for that). But the same argument applies; both technologies use NFC, so all it needs to work is a firmware upgrade.
Easy to get started. Helpful and approachable community behind the project.
Oh wow, good catch. I didn't even see that.
Well, I share my desktop machine with my girlfriend. I could easily get by with a clean desk at home and just the MBA -- that said, it's not completely up to me. :)
Looks like apple.com finally has become mobile friendly.
Actually, this has been working great in other first-world countries for years.

The U.S. is one of the last places to get this.
Well, the point of those payment systems is to make money out of fees and basically control the whole system. You cannot do that with decentralized payment methods.
It's because he's an aggressive dick who's "gotcha" passive-agressive Claim Chowder pieces are often disingenuously dishonest.

His habit of trawling for people's reaction to the very first iPhone ( the glorified feature phone with a 2G connection, no ability to do voice-and-data and no ability to write apps for it who's sales figures were basically a rounding error) and present them as if they are talking abut the latest juggernaut selling release of the iPhone with the justification that they should have seen what 10 iterations and 7 years of development was going to bring makes him an easy and satisfying target to skewer when he so grossly fucks up with his own opinions.
It wasn't infidelity that was the problem, it was honest emotions.
Typically the original title is favored. This matches the original title.
Because the FDA _told them to_:

http://singularityhub.com/2013/11/26/fda-tells-23andme-to-st...
I don't think it's fruitful to engage yummyfajitas in conversation. In my opinion/limited and indirect experience, he cares a little about being right, a lot about being provocative, and not at all for understanding experiences other than his own.
Buzzfeed, an open letter to Ben Horowitz
Professional Yelling Bitch Wanted
> Your note data isnt logged to any servers in this app.

Analytics aggregate data are just the strawman. Note data WAS in fact being recorded from individual users and sent to Inspectlet servers.
A pretty big difference is most other smartphones either didn't have these, or if they did the feature was so unusable it could just as well have been left out.
I liked the watch faces, but I think the iOS 7-style icon design looks terrible except on the colourful Watch Sport. Kind of how iOS 7 seemed to be built for the iPhone 5c. Seems very limiting.
It's really bad that vox didn't mention this info. Nearly everyone will assume this the result of a cheating husband.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/17/apple-ios-7-pr...
I'll ignore your slightly pedantic tone. I'm not calling this a failure or lame. Don't read between the lines. I'm just saying that at $350, for people who take sports seriously (a very very very small niche), there are better alternatives. This is Apple Watch 1.0, I'm sure there are better things down the line. Thinking otherwise is just a mistake. I said it before https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8292596
They didn't say "invented", they said "introduced."
I guess what I'm saying is that if the experience is 10x more compelling (which is what I think it will be), then people will put up with it.

Putting on skis and getting to the top of a mountain is inconvienent but people still do it.
Apple Pay is focused on easing consumer pain and friction, leading to more competition among service providers and retailers since trying new services will become easier for users.
Interesting how the thesis of the article is the exact opposite of the thesis of this one, which was posted to HN a few days ago:

http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/humans-are-wired-for-nega...
The linked to page made me wonder whether Apple had released a watch that was literally just a watch, just a fancy time-keeping device. Its not until you go one level up and go to features that it shows what the watch can actually do.
Apple Watch: Here Is What You Need to Know
While I don't doubt the work is a "massively parallel computing platform", like the IBM chips, but it's similarity or structure is at best only tangentially reminiscent of the brain.

The little we do know about the brain, or any other part of our systems, it functions in far more complex ways than "massively parallel" describes. In a very sketchy way, brains work as distributed circuits of distributed circuits built on sets of massively parallel units whose subunits are variably interacting and in parallel with other similarly, but not identically constructed massively parallel units.

I don't know what I said is true, but comparing human-invented devices to even a "simple" brain is much more marketing buzzword than anything like reality.
Other comments[1] in this thread seem to mention very different percentages. Is there a difference between what these numbers mean that I'm not aware of?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8293282
More than emotions, it was that their lives were being affected in some form: something else was being added to it that was not there when they decided to enter into a relationship. Particularly for the mother, she basically entered into a relationship without all the facts known. Maybe she would have decided differently at the beginning.

Personally, I am not sure why the sister is so upset. It's just another sibling, which should bring happiness. But in a world where lawsuits are common, maybe she also feels threatened (sharing of inheritance, for example?).

I think it is fair that the mother is upset. She has to deal with more "baggage." But I don't think this is worth divorcing over. Things must not have been that solid for this to end up in divorce. A strong marriage should have survived this.
I missed that. If that's an accurate description of events and the cause of the rift between his father and the rest of the family, I'm appalled by their behavior. I'm also at more of a loss to understand why the author blames 23andMe. It's just as conceivable the estranged son could have finally found his father through some means that didn't include 23andMe, and the father decided to reconnect and it tore the family apart. Who would the author attempt to blame in that case? The son, for locating his father?
Interestingly enough, in some ways it does. For example, during our nightly stress runs the fact that the system is under so much pressure helps induce race conditions that are otherwise pretty much impossible to reproduce.
Please, make it so.

Maybe they will start using Watches instead of doing this:

https://www.google.es/search?q=bridge+padlocks&newwindow=1&h...

Seriously, I can see it being used, but it's still very gimmicky.
Computational Linguists are Biased Toward Computers, Say Happy Humans
Former Red Hat Executive Brian Stevens Lands at Google
> no reason it can't be on my phone and buzz my leg instead of my wrist

There's a much higher density of tactile nerve endings in your wrist than in your thigh; even if you can reliably feel your phone vibrating in your pocket (I can't!), that's no guarantee you'd be able to discriminate finely enough for haptic feedback to be of use, especially since the phone's orientation in your pocket is not guaranteed.
Keeping a secret/lying about subjects that are important to another party is a gamble that you won't be exposed.

If the secret/lie comes out later, then the consequences are often far worse than they would have been if you had been honest.

If you have lied or deliberately misled, everything you have ever said might be up for questioning.
I've had the pleasure of working with Dr. Kriegman and some of Dr. Belhumeur's students. Honestly, this is a great match for Dropbox! Super pumped for what's in store.
Or rather, ...generally are initially expected to result...
Absolutely 110%: people can should raise concerns without knowing their complexity.

The problem comes in when these same people make uninformed proclamations of how easy or simple things are to fix.
Interesting. I'd love to see how accurate this method could be, because it seems like there's a lot of variables to account for, and even then, it might not fully determine the exercise and weight.
Fair enough. I didn't have any of these problems. I would say that every Mac OS update ever has generated a bunch of traffic on user forums as well, though it's always difficult to say what percentage of the user base were affected.
OK, I will be more specific: In most jobs, you cannot choose to be homeless and still live in middle class conditions.
Basis points, or 1/100th of a percent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_point
It's okay, you just don't know what you're talking about.

Even when Android tablets run the phone app and the dev hasn't created an alternative Fragment driven layout, it STILL isn't 2x/4x scaling everything on the screen like iOS is.

You're just completely and utterly wrong.
The point of this is to make it easy for sites to show their support for Net Neutrality -- it's not as big a deal for the largest sites, but for smaller sites, especially startups, having to negotiate with every network carrier individually for premium access could really inhibit innovation.
Slice and Dice Your Twitter Data
Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang
Either Apple has left that for v2 just as with the original iPad, or people do actually find all these semi-hidden cameras creepy. I know I do (not a fan of Glass, either).
"Early Start focuses on engaging a child’s attention in everyday activities with the parents – focus on the parents’ faces and voices, interactions between parent and child that foster joy and smiling in both parent and child, the parent’s imitation of the infant’s vocalizations and actions, and using toys to support a child’s social interaction."

sound like any child would benefit from it. And if it is enough to move a child above the autism threshold - that's just great.

That also bring question about the role of technology for parents who can't do that for one reason or another - can a computer/robot or a remote Mechanical Turk or some other technological way substitute the parent here, at least partially?
The USA. The other countries Apple has not been specific about.

I believe this will follow the pattern that Apple normally follows for complex regulatory-involved industries (e.g.: the cellular carriers to support the iPhone). They're probably already working on BRIC and the G8 countries, will focus on them initially and then start rolling it out to wider and wider countries (with deeper and deeper integration in those initial countries.)

I think this is going to be a multi-year process, assuming it's a success, and it will be something that future keynotes include an update on (like "I'm pleased to announce that Apple Pay is now in 80,000 retailers in 8 countries")
If you sell the best tacos, you can charge whatever money you want.
Should you not feel like running this yourself, I Done This is a commercial version of the same idea: https://idonethis.com/

I've used it for a few years now and I am a fan. It helps me keep track of what I've accomplished each day and lets me look back over it.
VoLTE is all-IP, but it is not an "OTT" technology. It's "carrier SIP for your phone number." At best, it could deliver higher voice quality between compatible endpoints. But it hasn't taken off because the advantages are mostly theoretical.

Being a carrier voice product, it probably will not have any advantages over other carrier voice products, e.g. international calls will still be the same price, etc.
I am old enough to remember. Actually, because my mother worked at a university in engineering while I was in another city going to university, I could email her. It was crazy!!! My bestie and I then tried to figure out how it worked, and spammed the entire college with a "Happy Holidays Laidies" email. (It was a simpler time).

That said, no one else was using it back then unless you worked military or university. Once it started to commercialize, then you had all the walled gardens. So although you're technically correct, BBS's were still the majority of the way we were connecting back then.
Here is the challenge site: http://image-net.org/challenges/LSVRC/

The datasets can be found by clicking the links for each year's challenge.
How long does the Garmin take to find you at the start of a run? I admittedly had an old model, but it was basically a dealbreaker with the forerunner. I was wandering around for 5-10 mins with my wrist in the air waiting to start.
Apple pay is a combination of hardware for authentication and security, with a unified payment interface on the backend. It makes sense as a mobile payment solution.

Using your device to authenticate web purchases is a more complicated and difficult (and potentially insecure) prospect, and thus, will take longer before it's viable.

Apple's normal mode of operation is to start with the smallest essential thing that adds value, and then extend it over time. In a way, what we saw today is Apple's idea of an MVP.

If the web isn't an area where Apple can add value, they won't do it. Or put another way, if other people do a better job on the web (e.g.: stripe) then Apple's not going to try and compete with them.
iPhone 6, Apple Watch features: Android's been there, done thataz
Well it depends very much on what kind of trader/investor you are. If you are an active trader you want something with a very low cost per trade while a monthly fee is not such a big deal. Interactive Brokers (IB) immediately comes to mind then. If you are located in Europe no taxes on dividends are withheld by IB and should be declared by yourself. That is if you want to declare them. Not sure if this is the same in US.

If you are an infrequent trader the cost per transaction is less important, you just don't want any monthly fees. I personally use thinkorswim (which is part of TD Ameritrade). But I'm sure scottrade, fidelity, etrade would be fine too.

Finally there is always the question if you want to pick stocks yourself. As Warren Buffett has often said, if you don't want to dedicate the time and effort you should buy an s&p 500 index fund. He recommends vanguards VFIAX or you could buy the ETF VOO. For most people this will do a lot better over time than picking stocks yourself!
The True Story of 'The Crying Indian'
For those who live in an Apple bubble, there may have been something new and interesting in Apple’s keynote today. But from outside the bubble, it was a big yawn.
I haven't seen yet how (or if) recurring payments are supported. Anyone know?
The source of the 30% statistic is from a selection-biased sample of people who undergo paternity testing because there is already a question as to who is the father. It's not an accurate figure.

The actual rate is likely somewhere between 1-3%.

More detail here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2730/whos-your-dadd...
So they say. The CIA are liars by trade (like the NSA) and I would give their pronouncements and oaths as much attention as I give their pathetic apologies for their past and ongoing inhumanity. They will break their "word" tomorrow if they feel it is in their best interests.

I'm an American and I'm repulsed by what is often done in my name by my "intelligence" agencies.
The Arduino block that SparkFun is selling[1] has an actual AVR on it that communicates with the Edison via a UART.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13036
> How so? Google put, it seems, enormous thought and effort into Android Wear. It is a whole interaction and ecosystem built specifically for smart watches. Because Tim Cook gives some trite speech about not using a smartphone OS on a watch (this was, it is worth noting, not long after celebrating how xcode now supports dynamic layouts...you know, the thing that Android did a half a decade ago, and was widely deridden as "running smartphone apps on a tablet")?

Have you ever tried android wear? I read/watched some reviews (even with the 360) and seems to me far to be a completed thing.

Don't get me wrong, I have an android phone (and the only one) however, I really don't get it. Seems to me that the only intent of google is avoid an Apple monopoly without trying to bring something on the table.

Android itself is barely okay, however if you add custom OEM modifications + carrier modifications (really carriers allowed to write software???) to me the matter become just about "flag".
Sorry for the snarky tone. I think your clarified stance is a fair one.
Yeah, it's off by an order of magnitude. For most countries in Western Europe it's about 1%, sometimes less.
looks like a low ballpark figure ; $2 billion .
What Do Most Philosophers Believe? (2013)
When I started reading Gruber, before I was even an Apple fan, I loved how he plowed through the anti-Apple BS that showed up so regularly on tech websites (and that I didn't even recognize as such before I started reading him). I think his style is a reaction to all the nerd bullying that Apple users have been subjected to over the years. (And really, you still see it everywhere in the tech sphere. "How's that one-button mouse?" "Mac gamers? LOL!" "iSheep" etc. Try asking a question related to Macs or OSX on any tech website: you'll get a hundred comments laughing at you for having bought a Mac. If you're into Apple products, it's hard to not grow angry and bitter after a while. Hence the endless flame wars between Apple and Android users on sites like The Verge.)
Not to denigrate the techniques used here, but it is interesting as a computer vision researcher (face recognition in my case) how important good labelled training and testing sets are. Some of my successes over the years have come more from figuring out where to get good data than good computer vision techniques.
My Two Cents : I love watches, but a smart watch is just not for me. I prefer the craftsmanship it takes to create a watch that is delicately engineered to give you the exact time and makes sure the timekeeping is always accurate.

This is what a watch is supposed to do, keep time.

I feel smart watches are somewhat a novelty at the moment. There is simply too much functionality involved in smart watches, although they say its been dumbed own. When I look at my wrist, I want a quick glance of the time and a small moment to appreciate what is sitting on my wrist.

The idea around of smart watches brings so many possibilities.But I don't feel they are solving actual problems.

Design - Motorola is a company that is so underrated in the industry, the [0] Moto 360 was something I expected apple to release.Its actually a nice looking smart watch which seems to complement your lifestyle. Trust LG to follow suit. Square dials are just unpleasant to look at, but that's just my personal taste.

Battery life is another no go for smart watches right now - What if I'm on getaway hike for the weekend where I need to check the time and a watch compass regularly? I can get a Casio G Shock for hiking trip that is solar powered for half the price.

Its still early days to judge from afar. A couple of years, a couple of generations, and the prices falls down as always then maybe I'll check it out.

[0] https://moto360.motorola.com/
The First $300: A Startup Launch Tale
Here's an elected representative (i.e. not an unrepresentative outlier) who wants to make it harder for black people to vote specifically and explicitly because they're black.

http://fortressamerica.gawker.com/georgia-lawmaker-vows-to-e...
Skype? Sounds strange to me.
Well, Gattaca raises a bigger point that just "Should we discriminate based on DNA?" In Gattaca, people can choose to genetically enhance their offspring to attain certain qualities. The protagonist's parents chose to make him in a "natural" way and hence he was considered to be the less extreme version of Untermensch. The director chose to portray such policies / societal norms as morally wrong (primarily through an emotional appeal). But it doesn't touch upon the other side of this issue. How well did humanity perform after humans were artificially evolved into what by some could be considered a new species. Except a few discriminatory cases -- much less than say Women and other minorities experience at the moment -- Gattaca doesn't seem too horrible, with space ships and space colonization. The movie can be thought of as depicting a Neanderthal that happens to be stuck in a Homo Sapiens Sapiens dominated society, and after facing adversity -- eventually succeeds. I think the issue is larger than that. Perhaps it's trying to make us consider the possible collective benefits of Humankind as a whole if it were allowed to fast-track its natural evolutionary processes. After all, if all humans became "Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens" wouldn't we be better off?
(Totally offtopic but running near the Whitehouse in DC is funny because they screw with GPS accuracy so you bounce all over the place)
Russia Releases Photos of Its Submarine Fleet
The %30 cut is for digital goods sold via Apple's stores, such as the AppStore, iTunes, iBookstore and in-app purchase. Physical goods have never had any kind of a restriction or revenue split.

Today you can go to the amazon or target app and buy physical goods using a credit card and Apple's cut of the sale is %0.

This just makes it easier and more secure for apps to take credit card payments. I think Apple may be getting a cut of the credit card fees when this happens, but that's between Apple and the card companies.
Link to read the article without a subscription:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
Also note that if you are not able to get such a kit (or even if you are) you can download the raw text file from 23AndMe and run it through Promethease from SNPedia. It is not nearly as clean and curated as 23AndMe but it's still interesting.
They're all coral reefs.
Great article. My ex and I refurbished an older GMC bus with a fully functioning everything years ago.By that I mean an actual toilet, kitchen, bath, etc. which is different and more difficult to park. We moved it here and there so we didn't get ticketed or worse. It was basically an RV...A couple of suggestions that apply here:
Visibility of activity can get you ticketed or worse in SF where I live. Cover back and side windows with silver Mylar. It lets light in,you can see outside fine, but it is opaque from the outside.
Also, you need to address dampness so you don't end up mildewed and moldy! A small heater, even Coleman lanterns help dry the air. Check camping stores or sites for the latest developments for that problem.Good luck!
Sigh. I thought it's bad manner to give links to resource where you cannot read the article without additional actions like sign-up.

Also it's not hacker news. I am sorry. But quality of links being promoted here degraded in quality and keeps going down.
Nobody caused any problems other than people trying to assign blame for something that is blameless. Technology and information are morally neutral but what we choose to do with that information or technology is not.
The identity could remain unverified for eternity if original keys aren't available, and it's possible there was a deliberate destroying of the keys. Satoshi has said that the losing of coins were a donation to everyone else -- and who else would make a donation to the entirety of the Bitcoin ecosystem other than Satoshi?