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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I imagine the 3D would be fairly limited because the lenses are so close together. Would this be the case?
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Personally, I was quite interested in it, I spent 10 minutes reading it before I realised how long the article was. Clearly others are interested too, as it's on HN. But who actually read it all the way through? Did you?
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Be honest, did anyone read the entire article? I don't like this trend of writing incredibly long articles. It's as if the length alone somehow makes it more intellectual or credible, or perhaps just makes the author look good. An
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I disagree. I think a volunteer from the US or Europe can have a big impact for exactly the reasons you list as negatives. For a start, they come bundled with the optimism, determination and an innovative mindset that is normal in the Weste
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Is it cheaper? It depends on how long you expect your investment to be relevant for. If you accept that FTTH is going to be an ultimate 'end game', at least for the foreseeable future, then going FTTC is not cheaper. It may requir
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I wonder why long movies are consistently rated higher? My guess would be for two reasons. The first being audience selection. Long films are (IMO) more likely to attract, and retain for the entire length, an audience with a prior interest
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Clint Mansell's original soundtrack is absolutely fantastic. I read they managed to get him involved in the film because it was during the writers strike 07-08 (remember that?!) and Hollywood had ground to a halt, hence Mansell and ilk
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Competition Theory does suggest every market tends towards a Monopoly position. As companies get bigger and bigger, they acquire one another, until eventually there's only one huge 'Company' left. Of course, that's one r
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I see what you're getting at, but I disagree; you can't really chose your parents can you. So from your point of view, however you end up when you're born, is actually completely random and out of your control.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Just to play devils advocate here, but has anyone fully considered the impact on ISPs that this massive increase in demand is having on them. Especially the hated Cable companies who are seeing customers turn their backs on their own TV pro
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Perhaps take a look at AirBnB and the way they categorise some of their 'highlight' hosts. Perhaps you could suggest similar categories, "Scottish Hikes", "Mountains", "Ice Hikes", "River Hikes&q
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Seems to be a confusion of terms. 80% of the population is not normally the same as 80% of households.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
It's not as extensive as the Scottish version though. It basically just applies to government owned land (Forestry Commision, National Parks) and uncultivated moor/mountain land.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
The Navigation example is a not a typical 'human decision'. We can't decide to avoid traffic if we don't know it's there, Google provides a method of detecting and analysing traffic that Humans could never do. Admit
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Historic?? It was 86 years old, hardly worth worrying about. If you want to see a real 'historic mansion', come to Europe.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
This also struck me as odd but for slightly different reasons. Namely, I don't think the statement takes into account possitive externalities that may arise from 'ethical' investing. Perhaps this lost money is just reallocate
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
>At some point a telecom is going to realize that they could make a tidy profit by selling location traffic data to third parties, and that sort of thing needs to be prevented in law. The year 1990 called and wants it's comment back
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
But a self-driving car would be the perfect antidote to DUI offences! Interesting that you would place overblown and misleading fears over Government tracking before the increased personal safety a self-driving car could potential bring (el
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Quite right, and lot's of places don't. You can ask them how many Datacenters they have. Seriosuly though, you're right, if nobody offered subsidies, they would all be on a level playing field and market forces would win out.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
You're right. I did find it interesting to contemplate though, and has encouraged me to reconsider my requirements next time I travel, or just in life.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I think it's a great Idea. But you'd still be using more electricity breaking the Hydrogen than you would if you just used the Solar power direct. Also, not sure how much energy this would require to do at scale.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
I'm not intending to offend or be sexist here but... Do women actually have a problem looking at pictures of other women? Whenever I see some media 'designed' for women, usually a magazine or a newspaper article, it's in
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Whilst I do partly agree with your comment from a very existentialist viewpoint[1]. This has to be the worst comment I've seen on HN. [1] Yes, there would be a big difference to living under Nazi control or not. Whether we would know,
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Heroic how exactly? If the US had not entered the war when it did, the whole of Europe, and perhaps the rest of the world, would have probably ended up under Nazi control. There are many instances of Allied forces breaking codes but not act
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Kudos for being so open. (Although to relate the point back to the Original thread about Government openness, Governments (and lots of Big Corps) also tend to be quite transparent about Salary bands, Bonus, etc.) Now to derail the discussio
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Well yes, kind of. I'm all for encouraging the science (they may make a breakthrough whilst researching it) and don't wish to belittle their achievements. But the article presenting this as a feasible fuel is wrong. It's like
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
It is very energy intensive to get Hydrogen into a usable form, especially when not just deriving from existing Hydrocarbons. [1] They do at least acknowledge this in the article. If they manage to crack that problem, there will be a lot mo
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Or the fact that they keep half of their leaked material secret from us.
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
>"governments will become incapable of keeping anything a secret." The fundamental problem with this is that a government isn't a single entity. It's comprised of thousands of people all working on their own specific
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by _mulder_ 13y ago
Would you mind posting your company salary information here? I've always been interested to see how a real-life startup salary structure looks. Or is it only transparent if you're in the club?

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