ahains

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by ahains 9y ago
The one that drives me crazy is comparing an ongoing expense to the price of a latte each day.
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by ahains 10y ago
Rather than a fallback driver having to physically enter the car, maybe they could take the drone pilot approach and control it remotely. There would be the latency to overcome, but the built in crash avoidance might be good enough for a re
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by ahains 11y ago
and the name of the company in the episode is Smart Shopper, and a quick google search appears to the website to be https://www.vitalssmartshopper.com . Unfortunately their list of U.S. states doesn't include where I live.
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by ahains 11y ago
How about movements that direct money towards smaller or local entities? It's hard for me to imagine the eat local / farmers market movement as being quietly backed by corporations.
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by ahains 11y ago
I love the simplicity of water / gravity energy storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit... It obviously requires the right kind of terrain etc, but it is very very cool.
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by ahains 11y ago
I have to admit that I don't really understand the spirit of some of the commenters here that feel that the rank and file employees were wronged. Every year my company has to decide how much bonus and equity to give me, if any, and I h
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by ahains 11y ago
It looks like the author's name is Pete Egoscue
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by ahains 11y ago
The keyboard is a Kinesis Freestyle 2 (also referenced by other folks in this discussion). I find the regular one with the 9 inch cord is too short for the separation I need, so I have the 20 inch cord option. Come to think of it, I would b
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by ahains 11y ago
This is my current keyboard/trackball setup. I have been tweaking my configuration for a number of years and this is the most comfortable option I have found for my particular body ratios. I think the best layout may vary somewhat from
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by ahains 11y ago
This is SO cool. I'm going to start adding nanotubes to my morning coffee so I can write the unbreakable codez!
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by ahains 11y ago
FYI - I enjoyed a podcast recently on GraphQL/Relay - http://devchat.tv/js-jabber/152-jsj-graphql-and-relay-with-n...
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by ahains 11y ago
I totally agree with the point that the total number of murders from terrorists has not been that big in the grand scheme of things (not to make light of it). However, this kind of statistic is often used to justify a claim like "you
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by ahains 11y ago
For the basics, I have had a lot of fun playing with the online circuit simulator at everycircuit.com. I just received an email from them yesterday that they have an Android game Circuit Jam for electronics puzzles. I haven't tried it