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You're not an idiot and everyone reaches this moment. The shock of the post-school world will fade; don't worry about it. Everyone who achieves great things experiences it too.

* Move fast and break things.[1]

To learn what you like, what suits you, what you are good at and what you aren't, the only option is to try things and fail, as much as possible. You can't read about your life in books, you can't find out from Hacker News, and you certainly can't rely on your friends or family to tell you. The only real option is try-fail-try-fail-try-fail. If you aren't failing hard, you aren't trying hard. (In both careers and relationships.) Now you can afford to take these risks, before big commitments take priority (mortgages, employees, family depending on your financial and emotional stability, etc. etc.).

The most important thing to learn is about yourself. 5-10 years from now, you'll need to make life-long decisions: Marriage, career, etc. You'll need to know yourself well enough to promise someone, at 29, that you'll still love them at 69. Knowing yourself is crucial to choosing things that will make you happy, and 90% of your life will be spent with your spouse and at work -- getting them right enables you to live up to the commitments you make to all those people (spouse, children, business partners, etc.), and can feel like more joy than any human deserves. If you don't know yourself, how can you make a promise to anyone else?

Finally, believe in yourself. No matter what you do, there always will be idiots telling you that you are doing it wrong. Smile and ignore them, feeling sorry for their limitations. Like stopped clocks, they will be correct occasionally in a literal sense (that you will fail) but wrong in every way that matters (that you are moving forward with each failure while they stand still, the managing of risk, etc.). Everyone is doubted, from Einstein to Jobs (remember that he was fired) to Lincoln to MLK to prophets to saints. You won't be any different.

Embrace the adventure! Life is what's happening now.

[1] There are many analogies. e.g., use the Agile to work out your life; Waterfall just doesn't work -- you can't possibly know enough ahead of time.
pjmorris: I've still got mine too - I've got all my Nexuses except those made by Samsung as they all broke (wife's too).

Versus the N5, you lose your removable storage and battery, the N5 will feel a bit too big and, though not as bad as Samsungs or the N4 (also LG), a bit plasticky. And for whatever reason they put the headphone jack up top which is irritating. It doesn't come with that nice sleeve nor headphones.

Google does not offer personal engraving on back of the Nexus 5, so no "hello world" for you. No Google-sanctioned car mount or desk dock either, you have to make up your own mind, which is frustrating.

But the screen is excellent, makes you feel on top of the world to have all those pixels. Thin. Plenty of horsepower, plenty of XDA attention, the battery is not horrible but you may end up investing in a cheap portable charger, particularly if you're accustomed to carrying spares with that N1.

It feels powerful enough to really do computer stuff, kind of. Makes you wonder if phones have peaked. Goes nicely with a Chromecast, screen casting and beaming 1080 movies you acquired somehow to your television.

That, and a table of specs you can find elsewhere, is basically it..
How I fell in love with Android and how you can too
And at the same time Yahoo doesn't want employees working from home...
I've actually never had a problem fitting my Note 2 in any pair of pants I own. And I wear skinny-ish pants.
I see Monty Python like hacking/programming, some sketches take things over literal other ones run wild with words and concepts. A lot of "what if there was..." situations.

The names of the characters are something I enjoy (i.e. Mrs Smoker and Mrs Non-smoker) and use similar in making test data for programs.
Thanks! I was trying to figure out why the Watch looks thick from the side, but seemed not too thick in photos on peoples' wrists. That explains it.
I don't see why the face wouldn't be reversible - it detaches completely from the strap, and it's not like the software UI is going to be upside down - your phone can already handle that. The only difference will be that the crown is below the button.
Unfortunately, ambiguity for CFGs is undecideable. If you don't want to accept grammars that may be ambiguous, you lose generality. If you want generality, you have to let some ambiguous grammar slip. And I'm not even talking about inherently ambiguous languages.

In the end, you have to wait for the input to see whether you triggered an ambiguity or not. And what if you did? Stopping the whole thing and giving an error message may not be acceptable in some cases. Sometimes, you do have to chose a parse tree no matter what.

Which is why prioritised choice is so appealing to me. It gives control to the user, should any ambiguity arise. It also allows the user to write deliberately ambiguous grammars, simply because they're simpler. Finally, I suspect some actual languages, like Markdown, are either impossible or very inconvenient to formalize without prioritised choice.
I don't think you're supposed to like it. It's supposed to show you how bad it would get without net neutrality
A $500 watch will certainly still have much use 10+ years from purchase.

It might have minor scratches but that's it.

A smart watch will probably not even power on 5 years from purchase (due to bad battery); or be able to pair with your phone (new phone OS might not be backwards compatible).
"Even with only 16gb of storage, you can upload all your personal photos and videos to iCloud and never miss a shot again"
I went ECC a couple months ago and managed to find some parts that didn't break the bank, mostly because I held back and stayed a generation behind: GA-6UASL3, E3-1230V2. There are other sacrifices: the motherboard is rather no-frills, and the memory bandwidth isn't that great.

Besides price, another issue against server hardware is that it's generally designed for a server case and therefore doesn't play well with enthusiast cases. The board I got is a little odd in that it uses a layout more typical of consumer boards, though the socket placement is still not ideal.
How about archive.org?

Google image search has an option for usage rights.
Impressive how much Intel can shrink their X86 processors and supporting hardware. However I think Intel is making a mistake trying to push Arduino 'compatibility' with this and the Galileo. Unless they actually put an AVR microcontroller on board it will have poor compatibility with Arduino shields (like the Galileo). You also won't have real-time control of the GPIO so making servos move smoothly, talking to 1-wire-like interfaces (like WS2811 LEDs), etc. will be problematic. Lots of folks were excited about the Galileo but unhappy after actually using it and realizing its limitations. Hopefully Intel will get the messaging a little better this time.
I think they could easily sell the 32GB model at the $199 price point. Also, remember that you pay $199 with a carrier but it is something like a $500 phone.
They're still selling the 8GB 5c as their 'low end' phone, too, so there will still be new users hurting for space. For "free" with a $2,000 2 year mobile contract.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the gyroscope for image stabilization.
Interesting article; unhelpful title. Please re-title.
Keep in mind that the iPhone 6 is a very large phone for a 4.7" device. Because of its huge bezels, it's actually taller than the 5" Nexus 5.
Poor camera is not a software problem. It's a matter of hardware. And skimping on the qualitative stuff like a camera is a very easy way to lower price.
Can someone explain to me how integrating your test into the same code that your testing is a good idea?
Patrick,

Curious, was the majority of the work required to support ApplePay related to the format of the PKPayment? I assume in other cases, you just pass the raw PAN + pin, etc, where as now you need to pass the encrypted single use token + cryptographic data + more. Was more work required to support ApplePay?

And if so, did Visa/MC/Amex and the processing networks recently start supporting this payload, or has it been in place for some time?

Finally, what does Apple use the Merchant ID for?
How did that work out for Ping ?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1659306
Wikihouse: Open source, digitally manufactured, house [Live feed]
The Verge has just published a story on this as well: http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/9/4715274/ipod-classic-discon...
I think something like that would have to be relatively massive in order to be functional enough to ditch your phone, though
The Apple watch looks hot, but will it use a different store than the iOS store? Where is the info on registering apps for it etc?
This kind of action from big names is absolutely crucial to halt the ridiculous situation we're faced with.

I'd happily put up with "protest slow-downs" every day of the week if it helps motivate the non-technical masses to understand the importance of what's being slowly taken away from them behind the scenes.
This was true at one point, but no longer. The HTML5 video player displays ads just fine these days.
I believe apple pay is just using same nfc infrastructure already in place for a while. The same infrastructure google wallet and others are targeting.
Beats headphones are really heavily counterfeited at a tenth the price or less. I expect a lot of the ones you saw were fake.
Perhaps, but it is a five minute app. For Apple to spend minutes on the concept of communicating via finger drawings on a tiny screen borders on bizarre. I will say that if Samsung or LG demoed something like this, they would be widely and rightfully mocked. I'm not saying that in a polarizing "camps" perspective, but that people are often surprisingly uncritical of Apple.
"Between big phones (even the small iphone 6 is bigger!), the watch and NFC, Apple is clearly repositioning themselves as fast followers and letting Samsung et. al. foot the bill on R&D"

Just like Apple let Creative Labs foot the bill on R&D and market building with the Nomad before the iPod was introduced?
Yeah I would rent one for a bit first, preferably long enough to try and get water out of a diesel tank and empty the sewage tanks!

You might enjoy it, but I certainly didn't.

Also, literally everything went rusty. Even stainless steel and my windows mobile 5 phone at the time went rusty.
"Don’t worry—Pornhub promises it won’t actually load pages more slowly."

Nice click bait title.
Because people couldn't possibly prefer it due to the UI, or build quality, or app ecosystem. No, it must be about status. Obvious troll is obvious.
And incidentally, T-Mobile was one of the only two carriers listed as supporting this feature...
Obvious question - when can I store my stellar or bitcoin in my apple pay "wallet"? Or have I misunderstood?
So we want to make payments via our phones. My first thought would be to create a protocol for this. Instead we get ApplePay and GoogleWallet and whatnot.

If the internet was invented today, we would have AppleMail instead of email and GoogleTrans instead of http.
Siri could be the big savior here. I'm actually very happy with my iPhone's voice recognition and Siri's performance.

Another gripe, the "digital crown" is on the opposite side of the watch for me. It could be an impediment of being left handed, but having it on the right hand side of the watch increments the awkward factor for me.
I don't think there are any rumors of Microsoft going into this market, is there? I don't know if they have anything to bring to the table.
Google Wallet was terrible because you had to unlock your phone and enter a PIN, making it instantly way more cumbersome than swiping a card.

Since the iPhones that have NFC also have TouchID, they can authenticate you instantly without resorting to a PIN. If it works as advertised, it will be a huge improvement over Google Wallet.

(I still think Square got closest to an ideal payment scheme with Pay with Square, where the cashier verifies your face to charge you without requiring you to pull anything out. Too bad they broke it by requiring you to pull out your phone to check-in before it would work.)
It may support Apple Pay if you pair it with an Watch.
Skeptical about software fixes for camera problems. If the hardware itself isn't very good, then software will only be able to do so much...
Does anyone know how the new devices will handle old apps that were building specifically to the 320pt width? When we got the 4" screen, the old apps were put into black boxes until you updated the info.plist. Any news on if this will be a thing again? Thanks.
> I'm thinking Minimum Viable Phone (or communications device) that I can wear on my wrist when doing thing, and have some casual interactions with text messaging, and glancing at emails)...

The problem's these require extensive radio interaction/SoC, without a phone support (which can stream the information via bluetooth LE) you have to carry that in the watch itself.
Though I take your point about the backup options of swipe and chip, I'm guessing some Stratford mugger is just as happy mugging you for your wallet full of credit cards and cash as they are to bash you over the head for your iphone.
Even better

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Does Google Wallet have similar security features, such as not storing or transmitting your actual credit card number or your name, or use of a secure enclave in the phone hardware?
11 Reasons Dehydration Is Making You Sick and Fat
You could listen to the lecture
Why this site is asking me for some sort of certificate access? And once you select whatever certificate, another Safari process nags for access.
Dedicated backcountry and backpacking apps can now use the barometer to determine elevation rather than having to use GPS approximation.
Ebola death toll rises to at least 2,296: WHO
So Safari stops running out of memory and crashing. (I assume that's at least part of the problem. It's much worse with 64-bit than it was with 32-bit.)
Whether this will be useful all rests on the quality and differentiation of the haptic feedback.

For example, imagine walking down the street towards your destination and feeling the right side of the watch vibrate to signal that you should turn right.

If your watch can communicate contextual information related to your intention and local then it will be superior to (1) wearing a socially inappropriate device like the Google Glass, (2) being called out to by a device, (3) fumbling in your phone in order to then open the correct app.

Apps that correctly use haptic feedback should be able to silently and subtly give users superpowers without forcing them to clumsily interact with a product.

I actually wrote about the benefits of this back in 2012 [0], though I was talking about phones and notification fatigue back then (and not leveraging Future Interface style stuff.)

[0] http://sebinsua.com/your-thigh-as-an-interface-from-your-pho...
Ah yes! Waterproof vs water resistant. Yes, that was what I meant (changed). The AW appears to be water resistant, while many, if not most, sports watches are waterproof. Waterproof is a feature that I'm sure Cook would of mentioned if it were the case.
How much power does it use? In documents I read:

Standby (No radios): 13 mW
Standby (Bluetooth 4.0): 21.5 mW (BTLE in Q4-14)
Standby (Wi-Fi): 35 mW

It this turned ON and waiting on standby? Or is this turned OFF standby? And how much does it use when CPU is working?
After a quick google Lumia actually has very similar specs to iPhone6. And it will probably be half the price.
> I don't know any person who is into serious running ... who would spend $350 on the Apple Watch

People will spend that much money on the Apple Watch. Because it's Apple.It might seem like a ripoff to you but the price was calculated to maximise Apple profit.
Apple still needs payment processors and gateways to pass the cryptogram to the relevant networks and issuers. Now that's not to say in the future Apple can't go build their own processor down the line :)
Lectures aren't for listening. They're for reinforcing the superiority of the lecturer over the lectured.
Well yeah, the smart pocket watch obviously trumps the dumb wrist watch. The point here is that now the wrist watch is smart again, it is likely to take over again for the same reasons it beat the pocket watch the first time.

EDIT: To clarify, I'm not saying they'll completely replace smartphones, just that enough features can be moved to the wrist to make it worth wearing.
My Bank of America Visa recently expired, and the new one they sent me has what appears to be chip and pin. Weirdly, there is no information in the included pamphlet about the technology. I assume they're just preemptively putting the cards out there.
Post Jobs Apple: recycled design with function for the sake of function
does it do the same thing as this: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/ncs/products/core
I imagine they would have to have a new device for chip/pin chip/signature anyway. My guess is they are just adding NFC to the new device while they are at it.
From the keynote, when they demoed the un-updated CNN app, it looks like they're just scaling the app (no black bars) and depending on the resolution of the screen to avoid the blur being obvious.
I would have been nice to have real photographs.
Very clever and interesting. Reading and writing Postscript always twists by brain in a particular way.

Having written web servers in a number of languages, particularly in Scheme, which twists in another, contrasting direction, even though I'm pretty used to it by now. It's kind of like clockwise and counterclockwise squeezing the neurons until they protest. My head spins.

But maybe PS is destined to always take us for a wild ride.
Hate it when articles don't define their acronyms.

PAN = primary account number.

EMV = Europay, MasterCard, Visa. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMV
There's gotta be some expensive parts in there, like that sapphire screen.
I think the idea is that you would raise the watch to your face and say "Siri, directions to closest Starbucks". The little dial is not the only way to interact with the thing.
The cynic in me winces when thinking of the mess all the banks and interested companies would make trying to get together and build a payment standard. Just look at the terrible mess of stuff like OFX.
Interesting. I really like the idea of using the UNIX sockets to be, essentially, a message queue before going to Kafka. This may be used on my next project.
Yes, I bet they wanted to announce it this early (half a year in advance?), because they felt they were missing the train.

You can only wonder if Steve Jobs would have allowed this to be released as well.
I'm downloading everything I see just in case.

It's just 24 hours, but damn, we'll have to get through it somehow.
Gladly... for another Nexus One fan. (still have mine, still fire it up from time to time) Off the top of my head so this may not be entirely complete.

What I don't miss:

- "Do I have enough memory to install this? Nope."

- Apps that need new Android versions

- That annoying touch screen bug

- 3G speeds

- all the hacks and mods to get around memory limitations

What I miss:

- the huge notification light... loved that

- being able to use my thumb across the whole screen width

- removable storage (and USB flash drive mode)

- battery life.. my Nexus One could go 2 solid days

I'll update this as I think of more. Of course the N5 is much faster, incredible screen, etc. The above is more personal notes. I haven't regretted the Nexus 5 buy at all... but I do get nostalgic sometimes. Especially when I'm looking for a charger.. like the people I used to laugh at. :)
Yeah, I agree on the leftie thing. They most likely won't make a leftie variant but I do think that they could make it rotatable.
No. Google Wallet simply blurts the magstripe information into the reader over NFC. It has no security features to speak of.
Could be that they made the hardware more efficient at consuming less energy during talk time, time but those same efficiency gains don't apply to energy usage during stand-by. This can often be the case when extra chip capabilities are added for a specific use.
Apple could argue that a circle is just very rounded corners, so they hold the older patent.
I believe that the people with whom you spoke are referring to getdents() being slow when the cache is cold. That is because ZFS does not at this time implement directory prefetch logic. That will change in a future release of ZFSOnLinux, but it is a low priority because cold cache performance is not terribly important for production use.

I am beginning to think that not only do you not use ZFS, but that you have never used ZFS. I suggest that you try running your own benchmarks and workloads on it. It is a joy to use. I think you would agree if you were to use it in a blind fold comparison test.
I love what moto did with their watch, the shape is great and the design is elegant. I personally dont like the shape of the Apple watch,but I'm waiting for more infos about battery life.
I either always buy big pants or something because my note fits in all of my pants pockets (jeans, shorts, suits, etc.) fine.
Sure it does. The fact that clocks weren't as ubiquitous provided an incentive to move the "personal clock" to the wrist, where it would be easier to check. Pocket watches wouldn't have been replaced by wristwatches in the modern world; they would simply have vanished.
+1 for Trello
I link to Google Docs for anything I can't fit into it.
> preemptively responding to the Apple Watch

That's really interesting way to phrase it. if tables were turned would you say the same thing or would it be Google responding to apple or worst, Google copying apple?
> if you keep your phone within Bluetooth Low Energy range

300 ft.

> in a waterproof sack

Probably the one that contains your wallet and keys as well.
Does Apple charge anything for the transaction?
IIRC, T-Mobile lets you use Wi-Fi calling on Android to make calls abroad for free. Now it's available on iOS. Really useful for travelers.
GPS altitude is not accurate. http://gpsinformation.net/main/altitude.htm
Yeup. So wake me when this becomes a reality: I'm sure somone's patenting building a cellular antenna into a watch band as I type this. Plus, I'm sure 6G networks will be faster and require even less power....
Three of the payment platforms either don't load or show a 'Coming Soon' page. Ouch.
I can't believe I still have to explain to people, in 2014, that tech products are more than just a collection of specs.
How would this work for a 2x as strong person lifting twice as much mass as a normal person? Wouldn't that data look essentially the same?
Japan has a flourishing NFC payment ecosystem, and it's strange it's completely left out on this announcement.

Would they have given early access and bundled the Suica app for instance, they could have boasted millions of users from the get go. I wonder if the upcoming API is even compatible with the Felica standard, but that would be a weird thing to do.
I think you misunderstand the meaning of the word betrayed.
I haven't bought into Apple stuff too much, just an iPad and an Air. No iPhone, I have Android instead and my desktop is Linux.

Question: Is the phone a mere accessory to the iPhone, or can it stand alone or with any phone (inc' Android and Windows Phone)?
I'm actually still on an iPhone 4; maybe I'll try my wife's 5 and see if I can reach the top.
Yes, though unlike the App Store, this will take much longer to unfold since there is so much infrastructure out of Apple's control. But Apple Pay should galvanize the payments and commerce industries, eventually leading to much greater competition among retailers and service providers -- and more benefits to consumers.