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by abcanthur 8y ago
This is a great opener which makes me not want to trust anything this person says, "I have never been into tablets. I’ve had numerous ones over the years from iPads and iPad Minis to Androi..."
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by abcanthur 8y ago
This has been a fascinating rapid reaction by the public. I've been both an evangelist for these and a huge critic. I love the tiniest form-factor, and think the bad parking can be solved by user-incentives. Typical ask-for-forgiveness
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by abcanthur 9y ago
Are humans good or bad at driving? Until a few years ago, humans defined entirely what "driving" was. Now two things can drive, humans and the autobots. Currently it seems we are better than the autobots. We are still the best dri
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by abcanthur 9y ago
The journalists do include two very frank quotations from peers criticizing the experiment and what conclusions could be drawn. So annoying headline maybe, but honestly reported. And in this topic the no-story, no-effect is the story. Perha
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by abcanthur 9y ago
All color considerations aside, one thing I find quit discomforting (first subconsciously, until I put my finger on it, and now even worse) is that led lights are very very often a rectangular array of lighting elements. So instead of a poi
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by abcanthur 10y ago
Yes, typically large buildings are cooled year round, especially when they are cubic (not sure how this effects tall, skinny skyscrapers). Usually when you see "smoke" coming from the top of a building in the dead of winter, that&
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by abcanthur 10y ago
As someone who recently spent 4 years in architecture school, Gins (and Arakawa) were some of the few practitioners of nominal fame who were truly pursuing something different in architecture. That their primary goal is plausibly impossible
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by abcanthur 10y ago
Troughs are great! I'm impressed by the simplicity of it, "this thing must be a cinch to clean! ten seconds of hose, air dry!" I despise the frequent click bait articles about "how to use maths to choose which urinal to
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by abcanthur 10y ago
If interested, here is another podcast featuring an interview with the author of the book chronicling this historical episode. http://archinect.com/news/article/149954286/measured-genius-...
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by abcanthur 11y ago
As we're talking about two+ major players competing to outfit the auto fleet with self-driving software, I'd like to hear discussion of the pros and cons of vehicles sharing software. Technically, economically, and especially rega