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http://support.google.com/wallet/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ans... (linked to from the main article)

> Google properties such as Google Play, Google Drive, YouTube etc. are not covered under the Google Wallet Purchase Protection. Please reach out to those products directly through their help centers.

Is gmail lumped under the "etc." above?


No tech companies in the suburbs of boston? There is Autodesk, RedHat, EMC and many others.

Edit: For a more complete list, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128#The_hig...


Yeah - that person doesn't know what they are talking about. Route 128 rivals the Valley in that sense... just about anyone that grew up in that economy knows that.


90% isn't all that great of a result considering only about 6.7% of the US population suffers from depression each year[1] and the study was done in California. Just returning false would give you better accuracy.

Still Eliza on steroids is pretty cool. Can't wait till they integrate it into emacs.

[1] http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1MDD_ADULT.shtml


They give their hypothesis in the paper, and each is shown with a p value < 0.05, so is statistically significant (and better than just returning false :)

http://schererstefan.net/assets/files/scherer_etal_FG2013.pd...


p values are a measure of the accuracy of the numbers. They are measuring how close the sample mean is to the population mean. In the case of the paper, the p values represent how close the sample mean of the head gaze, eye gaze, smile intensity and smile duration measurements are to the population means of the same values.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value


hahahaha! I guess it's how you interpret that 90% figure.

If you interpret it as a measure of the tests sensitivity, then you're right 90% is pretty easy to beat!

If you interpret it as a measure of the tests specificity, then 90% accuracy is pretty darn good!

A little more accuracy would be nice, but then the title wouldn't be click-bait.

I like the idea though. Accurate depression test: Are you depressed? No. 93.3% accurate!


I realize it is for better sensitivity and control, but the lack of shoes in the picture is amusing.

On a more serious note, maybe taking that talent and having them move up through the ranks on lower series to get the experience to go pro is a viable option. If the talent is as good as they say, then they'll do well on smaller carts and get the experience to race professionally quicker. Nissan should just make it the "senior-class" part of their program.


Eventually, market pressures will result in new accepted standards for training with greater utilization of simulators. Hopefully, there won't be any deaths resulting from using too much simulator training.


Launches? I used it in Boston ~4-5 years ago.


It has been corrected in the content of the post and reddit doesn't let you edit the title of a post.


It used to be the opposite. You could tell which was the "better" product by choosing the one with the worst appearance. The train of thought went something like, assuming the companies paid the similar amount to develop the products and the design and engineering cost a significant amount of money, then the company that didn't put the money in design put it in engineering. So uglier products were better engineered, prettier products were crap. Lenovo/IBM laptops are one of my favorite surviving examples of this phenomenon.


"Lenovo/IBM laptops are one of my favorite surviving examples of this phenomenon."

That is a bit harsh!

"Sapper proposed a design inspired by the Shōkadō bentō, a traditional black-lacquered Japanese lunch box."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad#Industrial_design


The split second decision for me is, "Does it look really nice or does it look really plain/bad." If it's somewhere in between then it takes a bit longer to evaluate.


Pushing technical trading platforms to the public? I don't follow how there is an overgeneralized public here, or how they are pushing something. They are releasing a tool to those who want to use it.

What companies like this do makes the RESEARCH for quant trading available to those who otherwise wouldn't have access. The organizations and people with the means to buy or build their own tools to do this were already doing it. Whether or not they are doing something that benefits the greater good is neither here nor there.

Saying those tools shouldn't be available to the general public is analogous to the old gun ownership argument. If guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns. If only a limited few have the means to do quant research, it puts those who don't have access to those tools at a dangerous disadvantage.

Yes, there are risks to any sort of paradigm shift, but limiting the accessibility will hurt those who don't have access. If you (being someone who doesn't have the means) are unable to adapt to the changes, then you perish.


Jack D'or got me over 40 text messages. A bit of overkill I'd say.


40? Wow - I thought the one for Guinness was rather excessive at 9. They may wanna cull it some, or allow keywords to be added that can just get specific information(i.e. +ABV) or whatever.


yeah, it would be ideal if it could send just some of the highlights (beer type, abv, brewery, country of origin, year first brewed) formatted in just one text.

maybe adding an alternate command, something like "<beer name> details", for the full description instead would be nice


thanks everyone, i totally agree. i wish we could use a db for the app that limited the length of descriptions. right now we're using brewerydb, and i agree, some of the descriptions are excessive as you mention


eep, that's 1/5th of my messaging plan, and exactly why I'm afraid to send a text to any automated system.


Encryption isn't just about hiding your documents. It is also about securing your assets and providing identification.

- The passwords on your bitcoin wallet give you the authority to spend your money.

- Your encrypted signature requires your private key so other's know your message came from you.

So, this law gives the government the ability to impersonate you and consume/use your assets in an unrecoverable way.

While the government might not have the authority to impersonate you or spend your money, they do have the authority to acquire the means to do so. And then all it takes is one dishonest person working for the government to use that information maliciously.


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