FrojoS

46 ms·

481.
IPhone Leads Drivers to Middle of Nowhere in Australia(nytimes.com)
1 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
482.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Plain text. In my case Emacs org-mode.
483.
Remarks at NBER Conference on Diversifying the Science and Eng Workforce (2005)(harvard.edu)
6 points by FrojoS 14y ago|1 comments
484.
by FrojoS 14y ago
quote: "Obviously, they assumed that variability decreased proportionally to the number of coins and not to its square root." Why is this so important? The fact, that the variability increases with smaller sample size was ignored completel
485.
by FrojoS 14y ago
tl;dr: mean is $34,455 per year before taxes Would be more interesting to see the median. The mean is diluted by a few super successful so the median should look even worse.
486.
Survey of MIT Students on their Stress(tech.mit.edu)
84 points by FrojoS 14y ago|64 comments
487.
by FrojoS 14y ago
It would be great to have this integrated into a mapping software lige google maps, next to the existing day time satellite layer. For instance, this would be useful to find good spots for watching the stars at night or to find remote camp
488.
Mars One: Dutch company plans commercial, one way, human mission to Mars in 2022(mars-one.com)
5 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
489.
Steve Jobs Lost Interview 1990 - A must watch for any entrepreneur(youtube.com)
2 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
490.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Thanks for the description. So for a conventional rocket, like a Flacon 9, how much of the overall energy used is due to air friction? I would have thought, its just a small fraction.
491.
Brain-like chip outstrips normal computers(newscientist.com)
2 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
492.
by FrojoS 14y ago
I think this idea has great potential. It can work in a robust way with todays commercial car hardware (RADAR, LIDAR). I wonder about legal problems though. The authors envision the lead driver to be a professional. But who will be responsi
493.
Semiautonomous cars follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by FrojoS 14y ago|1 comments
494.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Imagine a future, where you could simply switch your hearing ability on and off. When I first thought about this, I got so excited, that I started writing a science fiction story around the implications. Unfortunately, I'm a horrible writer
495.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Is this smart? What if hundreds of millions of people now start doing hour long calls during this month? If the quality goes down, this wouldn't be good advertisement and would also anger existing costumers. Is VoIP bandwidth so low by toda
496.
by FrojoS 14y ago
While I agree that Americans are especially prude, its not like these toilets are noticeable more common in Europe. Of course the French have their bidet...
497.
by FrojoS 14y ago
I don't have the source handy, but I remember there were at least two very attractive features that started the trend of "advanced" toilets in Japan: 1) A seat heater: Bathrooms used to be unheated so without this it would be very cold in t
498.
IEA: USA To Become Number One Oil Producer and Energy Independent(forbes.com)
1 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
499.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Here is a GREAT talk by Geoffrey Hinton (the Prof running said lab) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleXA5ADG78&hd=1 where he explains the method. Unfortunately, even though it was posted three times to HN http://www.hnsearch.com/sea
500.
by FrojoS 14y ago
I never understood why we would go for electronic voting. I couldn't care less about the discussion here about touch screens or GUIs. Computer should have no buisnes for important, secret elections! In my opinion the risks and downsides of
501.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Interesting. Thanks for the clarification!
502.
by FrojoS 14y ago
quote: The big disadvantage of the U.S. program from the standpoint of Chinese investors, said Du, is that their immigration status is contingent on the business succeeding. "If the business fails, you lose your green card too."
503.
by FrojoS 14y ago
"[..] IE6 fell 0.37 percentage points (losing everything it somehow managed to gain the previous month)[..]" And whats their error margin? Sounds like bad journalism to me.
504.
by FrojoS 14y ago
This is sad to watch for someone like me who still sees the US and particular areas like SV as the pinacle of our modern world (I wasn't born nor currently live in the US). No politics on HN? Fine, but this should be on the front page!
505.
by FrojoS 14y ago
The Heritage Health Prize is $ 3 million! No exactly 99designs regime. [1] https://www.heritagehealthprize.com/c/hhp
506.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Personally, I have mixed feelings about integrating the skeleton trackers into the hardware. While this might drive down cost for specific use cases, it limits the capabilities of these natural interface devices. The skeleton trackers are b
507.
by FrojoS 14y ago
Amir, thanks for writing this article. Very informative! Just a few weeks ago I tried out ZigFu and really liked it. I'm sorry to hear the team has left. But I hope, ZigFu keeps being successful, even if not in the VC sense. In my humble op
508.
Paul Graham on presidential elections: It's Charisma Stupid [2004/2006](paulgraham.com)
2 points by FrojoS 14y ago|0 comments
509.
by FrojoS 14y ago
So how long until someone makes such a cover/touch-keyboard, with bluetooth, for the iPad?
510.
by FrojoS 14y ago
When you are in school, "I don't know" is the only answer that is guranteed to gain you no points. Any other answer has at least a chance to be perseived as correct or partly correct. Given that most of us were raised in schools, there migh

More ›