Simucal

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by Simucal 14y ago
Did you read the article? This is about the resilience of the internet in these countries based on the number of connections they have to the outside world. This article wasn't about politics, it was about technical feasibility.
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by Simucal 14y ago
I would pay that in a heartbeat. Living in an apartment is a nightmare for receiving packages. I hate getting the missed package slip and then having to call and arrange for me to pick up the package at their facility 20 minutes away. I'
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by Simucal 14y ago
I don't do this, but I could see someone doing it to keep track of where they are in a large article.
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by Simucal 14y ago
If you are taking requests, Go would be nice as well.
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by Simucal 14y ago
I thought the design of their book scanner was very creative. It was also really interesting to see how they were basically able to prototype the entire thing in a day using cardboard they found around the office and a vacuum cleaner. I r
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by Simucal 14y ago
While I enjoyed the article, I found its presentation to be very distracting. The rotational-scroll effect, font choice and the breaking of the back button hurts the page's usability.
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by Simucal 14y ago
"With Surfce looming, Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT to consumers"[0] Not only that, but you are likely much more tech sophisticated than the average consumer which makes this even more damning. [0] - http://www.thever
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by Simucal 14y ago
A few years ago I was playing around with some examples from the infamous 1996 article, "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit". I was somewhat dismayed to find all these new fangled protections like ASLR and Stack Protection that made exec
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by Simucal 14y ago
I'm just curious, but do you live in a rural area?
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by Simucal 14y ago
So that solves it then. That would mean that he did not pull early to preserve Kittinger's record as many people were suggesting. He simply was going too fast and Kittinger had gone too slow (especially because of the drogue).
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by Simucal 14y ago
I see that the rewards for this program are for a limited time (extra 3GB for 2 years). Maybe they realized their free plan + referral space was too generous. I currently have 21.9GB for free on my Dropbox taking advantage of the 18GB of
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by Simucal 14y ago
I'm not saying that Felix didn't intentionally deploy his chute early to preserve that last record but here are a few points to consider: Right before Felix deployed his chute he complained that he had poor visibility because his visor had
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Kindle DX apparently discontinued by Amazon(theverge.com)
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by Simucal 14y ago
I think he was saying that there are certain things that once you learn them, they change how you view the world. For him, Newtonian Mechanics and Calculus both did this as well as the knowledge he gained from Impro. Not that Impro had an
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by Simucal 14y ago
Maybe we'd just have "feed lines" of raw molecules to our homes like in The Diamond Age. Also, if this technology interests you and you haven't read that book, I highly recommend it. It is my favorite Neal Stephenson book.
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by Simucal 14y ago
I two-space because it is was ingrained in me by my elderly typing teacher in school.
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by Simucal 14y ago
Interesting. Why do the bots run with JS turned off?
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by Simucal 14y ago
Maybe the barrier to posting a comment should be low if you don't have a hyperlink but if you include one then you have to jump through some hoops (captcha's, etc).
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by Simucal 14y ago
The entire data throughput of the UK over what amount of time?
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by Simucal 14y ago
Near the end of the video they demonstrate their newest feature: automatic proximity unlocking via BT 4.0. So in the "hands occupied by groceries" scenario you described, using the Lockitron would be even easier than a punch code.
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by Simucal 14y ago
It would seem that the conclusion of this article can't be drawn from the quotes Schmidt gave. "Reuters has softened the tone of its original report which is now disputed by Bloomberg. Bloomberg says that Schmidt declined to say whether Goo
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by Simucal 14y ago
He mentions that you can get additional browsers but that you can't set them as the default when you click on a link. I really wish iOS would get Android Intents.
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by Simucal 14y ago
I think my ear must just be a bit small but the earpods hurt my ears after awhile. I really like the microphone + ability to answer calls from the buttons on the cord though.
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by Simucal 14y ago
I wonder what a better metric would be to account for this contemporary bias?
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by Simucal 14y ago
I could be mistaken but I've read that Android has had vector based maps in its app for awhile.
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by Simucal 14y ago
Well I've used iPhones for several generations now. I pre-ordered before any reviews because I have a pretty good idea of what the general experience will be like and I'm looking to upgrade my phone to one with a larger screen and faster h
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by Simucal 14y ago
I've been using my Nexus 7 for several weeks now. I still think Android has a way to go in the UI/UX area but it seems a lot better in Jelly Bean compared to older versions of Android I have tried. However, the number one feature I wish I
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by Simucal 14y ago
I don't have a source handy but China has been known to censor highly accurate map data because they considered it a threat to national security. I've seen satellite photos overlayed with map data where almost all the streets were off by m
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by Simucal 14y ago
How do the Bing map's transit directions compare to the old iOS maps app?
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by Simucal 14y ago
How did this poison pill work? Did you simply state it verbally or in an email? In a contract?

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