FrojoS

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721.
by FrojoS 15y ago
I don't agree. The falling prices are holing me and many other frugale people back from buying electronics frequently. The reason people buy new electronics so often, is because there is so much improvement and innovation.
722.
by FrojoS 15y ago
As far as I understand, 2) isn't possible. Its a mess. Every country has different contracts and right holders for all this intelectual property.
723.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Budget at least $80,000 per employee for payroll, benefits, insurance, and miscellaneous costs. You'll have to budget more if you plan on hiring experienced talent. How much salary would this $80,000 approximately be? Can someone tell fro
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Seeking Book Deal, *The Dawn of the Techno-Political Age(mediabistro.com)
1 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Difficult to summarize, since they talk about more than a dozen topics. I found especially the second part about Eric's experience with politics interesting.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
It seems to me, that you and Eric imply, that we are a spoiled generation. If so, I agree. If I had a job in assembling cell phones, I wouldn't be as excited and committed as someone from an emerging country like China. Current unemploymen
727.
by FrojoS 15y ago
True, movies like Andy Warhols "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" or games like "UT" and "Q3", as well as, until now, "Doom" fall into the first, more common category, that you describe. But titles like "Mortal Combat 1-3" and "Castle Wolfenstein
728.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Even though the term 'beschlagnahmt / confiscated' suggests otherwise, only sale is illegal but ownership is legal.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
to add: Of course, there is also print, music and movies [1] that are confiscated and websites that are censored in search engines like 'google.de'. And not all due to violence or pornography but also for more political reasons, mostly hol
730.
by FrojoS 15y ago
We have full blown censorship here. Some titles like Mortal Kombat 1-3 [1] are still illegal to sell, even to adults. [1] http://www.bpjm.com/ (§ 131 StGB, bundesweit beschlagnahmt / confiscated nationwide) Requires a lot of click-throug
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by FrojoS 15y ago
summary: Apparently, Amazon's HTML5 based ebook reader does not use encryption. Hence, it should be easier than usual, to copy the content.
732.
City Gets its Due: Sex Tax Machine Introduced for Bonn Prostitutes(spiegel.de)
1 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
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Manufacturing a Recovery (by MIT president Susan Hockfield) (nytimes.com)
4 points by FrojoS 15y ago|1 comments
734.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Great. So now Apple officially sells it! I love kickstarter.com and this project. I personally have no interest in getting this product but it just shows what a bright future might be there for designers.
735.
France’s latest green idea: underwater nuclear reactors(smartplanet.com)
1 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
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BlackBerry blog hacked as RIM lends support to London police(cbc.ca)
2 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
737.
by FrojoS 15y ago
So much for all that video camera surveillance (CCTV) in London.
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China Gains On Google in Driverless Car Race With 177 Mile Road Trip(singularityhub.com)
6 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
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Wireless Kit (ZMDI ZWIR4512) Uses 6LoPAN for Sensor Networks(designnews.com)
1 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
740.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Great. Kudus for Microsoft for ending the need for bitmanipulation. What I always wonder is, how do you commonly go ahead, once you build a successful prototype? Say you want to produce something like 10,000 devices. The Arduino or here the
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I believe its because there was a TED talk about the Smart Bird posted a few days ago [1]. So now all the US media talks about it. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_JcKSHUtQ&feature=chann...
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Where did I say that it was a part of labs? I was just referring to the parent, that this step might indeed be an attempt to cut costs since the competition makes more profit. And if that is true than they might start cutting elsewhere, too
743.
by FrojoS 15y ago
That might be. Apple now has much more revenue than Google. Though, just today I was thinking: 'Well, Google with their young nerdy founders might just not care as much about profit.' I hope Google won't sacrifice geeky projects like autono
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The Wikipedia Dispute Index: Algorithm rates the stability of states(disputeindex.org)
4 points by FrojoS 15y ago|1 comments
745.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Awesome. I always wanted to build something like this. Next thing, it would be grate if one could adjusted the screen in height, so you can work in a natural position on a desk. What has always worried me, is how to balance the center of ma
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VroniPlag Wiki: Crowd documents plagiarism in Phd theses of German politicians(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by FrojoS 15y ago|0 comments
747.
by FrojoS 15y ago
Well, I learned the same logic in school. I found it compelling, too. And I guess I still do. Our teacher said: 'Because we have this safety net here in Germany, we can take more risks.' Yet, I see more risk taking in the US than in German
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Well, I guess, for most scientists, black and white aren't colors. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_black_and_white_if_they_a...
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Great! I already liked to try Python in the browser and I was thrilled to find the WeScheme that was posted here. But using something, literally so visual as image processing is an awesome idea. One comment: Maybe, I'm the only person in th
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I was just thinking "OCR" when writing that post, too. But yours is a straightforward solution, that I have not heard of before. To make sure that YC doesn't get into stupid IP trouble, I took a random snapshot of a public book that I was r

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