AlexDanger

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by AlexDanger 10y ago
I'm amazed they arent more profitable, given that Twitter has become Ground Zero for the daily (hourly? minutely?) news cycle. Are stock exchanges highly profitable? Twitter has become the global exchange for real-time information. I s
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
That's interesting, do you work in the industry? Things have come full circle - slot machines paved the way for gamification techniques and IAP. Flashing lights, the sounds, the 'I almost won' near-misses from the big jackpot
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
If this holo tech gets real traction I'd hope (and expect) that they'd go cross-platform with iOS/Android as first class platforms. I like WinMo but its not exactly hoovering up market share from Apple and Android. Microsoft
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
I thought MS was (quietly) killing WPF and burying it next to Silverlight? Not soon enough I think. Nice idea, headache inducing implementation.
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
There arent currently alternatives in the x86 market. Certainly Intel were the biggest back then, but the market share was around 70-75% not 85%+ that is it now. I remember when this FDIV bug happened in ~94-95, at the time there were ple
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
Oh I agree this is not malice. Sounds like some battery supplier to Samsung screwed up. No excuses from Samsung QA but presumably the battery supplier really screwed up their QA or manufacturing processes. Even with the news that the Note
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by AlexDanger 10y ago
And yet I dont see anyone complaining about Intel processors being unable to do FP calculations. People made jokes for a while with the FDIV bug but Intel just did the recall and moved on. Samsung will get over it. So will consumers. The br
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
So was it just one particular Asrock motherboard that allows this type of overclocking? Whilst my hardcore overclocking days are behind me, I have an i5-6500 and some kind of Asus mobo...I'm curious to take it for a test drive.
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
I agree this sounds a great candidate for YC. I hope you are looking to take this global. The cost/benefit in health outcomes would be enormous. Most importantly, I think a system like this must be non-profit and freely available for
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
Hi, I have not tried Polarr before. It looks great, and i'll probably give it a go. However it doesnt improve my workflow - I still have to download my photos from Gmail (or random websites or whatever) and open them in Polarr. Recall
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
Looks pretty good. Have you considered turning this into a Chrome extension? I've not found a simple photo editor extension that I can use within Chrome. Ideally I'd just like to right click on photos, do simple crop/resize&#
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
Hi. I like the site, well done. It was clear within 30 seconds of visiting your site that you are passionate about knives and stand behind what you sell. That impression is very clear and a very positive sales pitch. I trust you. I am not i
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
What is the metallic taste? I've experienced this before during fasting periods. Anyway to get rid of it without sugary fruit juice?
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
I'm always impressed with people who invent things like this. Well done. It inspires me to push my own skills, particularly when things get complacent at work.
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by AlexDanger 11y ago
Not sure how it is in USA/Europe - but in Australia, some of the biggest banks/telcos still ring up customers (from private numbers) and ask for all your personal details to confirm your identity before proceeding with the call.
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
>Tap water tastes funny In Australia the tap water has very strict monitoring and is tested often. The water here tastes fine. What is absolutely staggering is that bottled water is not monitored as strictly as tap water, yet costs abo
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
You can bet Madagascar will be the first to close their borders.
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
>No. In the case of oil, there's low elasticity of substitution. Trillions of dollars of infrastructure run on oil, not alternative fuels. Is this elasticity of substitution quantified? I'd like to read more about it if you hav
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
What happened to all the typewriter repairmen when computers became ubiquitous? Certainly there will be upheaval in the labor market. I can certainly see unions and lobby groups pushing back against autonomous vehicles and delaying adoption
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
I think you miss the point and are being overly semantic. All I'm trying to convey is my feeling (shared by many) that autonomous vehicles represent a technological step change that will change the way we live. Similar to how the inter
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
I really feel autonomous cars are a prime candidate for Next Big Thing over the coming 10-25 years. Combined with transportation platforms such as Uber, I wouldnt be surprised to see fleets of robotic taxis exclusively servicing dense urban
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
I've had quality issues with some of their previous keyboard mouse combos, particularly bluetooth mice and perishing rubber. However currently I use a M325 wireless mouse and its very tough. Carry it in my dusty laptop bag, dropped it
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
International students coming to Australia for their education is a very big business. In total its about 22% of the student population, up to 40% at some institutions. https://aei.gov.au/research/International-Student-
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by AlexDanger 12y ago
Putting aside the cost/hours of recovering the money, is this the only reason its 'untraceable'? I understand it becomes tedious to unravel the transactions, but is it still a tractable problem? Or do these people eventually
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
I strongly disagree with the assertion that gaming is a lemon market. The information asymmetry doesn't exist and I think the analogy is flawed in this case. The key part of Akerlof's used-car market is the information asymmetry t
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
You should read Transition Dreams by Greg Egan. I've linked to Amazon in the posts above. There may be some interesting side effects when you 'copy' a concious entity.
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
Here for $2.99: http://www.amazon.com/Luminous-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00E84BABW... Get this collection as well: http://www.amazon.com/Axiomatic-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00FDWOBZ...
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
Alas no. I read a range of sci-fi but am not aware of other authors who write such amazing speculative fiction. He really takes sci-fi ideas to unpredictable yet believable conclusions. It is real hard sci-fi. If you do discover similar aut
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
The author Greg Egan addresses these types of themes extremely well. One of my favourite short stories is specifically related to the idea expressed in your post: http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan&#x2F
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by AlexDanger 13y ago
Interesting, I did not know that. Which GPS did you end up using?

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