IanDrake

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by IanDrake 12y ago
Just wait until the drone bumps into someone... https://www.google.com/search?q=quadcopter+injuries&num=50&e...
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Sure they will, but they won't blame themselves.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>This seems to be strong evidence that government is better at keeping trade free than an 'unregulated free market'? X isn't perfect, so Y must be better? That makes no sense. I'm pro-free market because I go into th
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Future HN comments when things go wrong: This isn't what we wanted... We never indented for X to be interpreted that way... It would have worked, but they didn't go far enough... It would have worked, but they went too far... We n
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Has it ever crossed you mind that I'm happy with my broadband choices? And I'm not particularly happy with my water and power company? The difference is that your ISP may get better, but my water and power won't.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
While I understand what you are saying, please try to understand what I'm saying...which might be difficult because you probably didn't live through this era. AOL was responsible for getting more Americans online than any other co
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by IanDrake 12y ago
The Internet as you know it? No it wasn't. Darpa created TCP/IP with the help of private contractors. Private companies like AOL made the Internet what it is today in the US. Sorry, I know the Al Gore created the Internet for s
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by IanDrake 12y ago
The devil will be in the details. How much is the price of the lease? Who determines that price? What then would be the motivation for upgrading the last mile infrastructure for the owners of it?
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>The simple fact is, getting approval to put your network somewhere is not only really expensive, but already heavily regulated Very true. How does adding more regulation make things better? Are you telling me that the new FCC ruling w
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Comcast is not a monopoly. This is the sort of misunderstanding that I'm talking about. AT&T was a monopoly and the USPO is still a first class mail monopoly. I suspect Comcast is just the best option in your location and you&#x2
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by IanDrake 12y ago
I realize HN is full of idealistic kids who never lived through the government taking control of something to "improve" it, so your down votes are forgiven.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
That will be a sad day. Internet technology still has a lot of room to improve before the government steps in and kills all market forces that encourage those improvements. If you don't like your current service levels now, just wait
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Someone must have just read "The big fat lie". I could have written the same article after reading the book. A real eye opener and I suspect a similar book will be written about climate science in 30 years.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>how can you believe it won't have an impact? For one, that's not how science works. Science isn't about belief, it's about proof. Two, because you're not considering the scale of the issue. You're so focu
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Great. One idiot with the non-scientific view that the HCGW theory is unproven get's all the headlines, but scientists with real scientific skepticism are ignored.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Yeah, it was pretty boring when they announced the iphone. Hardly anyone talked about it.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-9343-laptop/pd?ref=PD_OC The new Dell XPS 13. Lack of bezel on the screen puts it at MBA 11" size.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>they've proven themselves unable to meet customer demand in a timely fashion Well, that's a good thing, certainly better than the opposite. >What makes them different from any other meal replacement shake vendor? IMO, a foc
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Probably the place to start is with an offshore attorney on Grand Cayman that specializes in this type of setup.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>but none of the solutions have ever set our devices free from a charging pad, which is tantamount to plugging them in, really. No, not really. I love my wireless charging pad it's as easy as putting my phone down, which I do when
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Freshbooks + a stripe account. The integration is perfect. However, you will lose ~3% of the total amount billed. I did this for my monthly SAAS clients ($900 per month/client), but my consulting clients pay via check or ACH (10-20K
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>Well, just a little while ago the roads were meant for walking No. Just no. Am I being trolled at this point? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_road_transport
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>Blocking and using are not mutual exclusive categories of human behavior. Huh? I suppose one could say, bathing, singing, peeing, blocking, using, and jazz hands are not mutually exclusive categories of human behavior. All these people
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by IanDrake 12y ago
I started using outlook.com and related services about two years ago and loved it. Now that I'm on Office 365, I miss the simplicity of outlook.com. On top of that, there was no upgrade path between the two products.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
>You want to use the road. They want to use the road. No, I want to use the road, they want to block the road. It's not magic. As a society we have come together, formed a government, and agreed upon how land should be used. The m
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by IanDrake 12y ago
You're absolutely right. Freedom isn't the ability "to do" something or anything, it is simply the absence of coercion. Blocking someone's ability to navigate on public property is coercion, it is not a right, it c
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Neat, but something tells me this won't be catching on.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
Thanks. Looks pretty awesome!
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by IanDrake 12y ago
As I mentioned in a comment above, I no longer develop calf cramps while surfing in cold water for an hour. A problem I've tried to solve many times but never could.
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by IanDrake 12y ago
My experience so far has been mostly positive. After being on Soylent 1.1 for about two weeks (for 70% of my meals) I no longer have a problem with my calves cramping while surfing in cold water. I've tried a bunch or recommendations

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