alexhawdon

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by alexhawdon 2y ago
Questions about how this is going to be implemented and enforced from a technical and legal perspective are missing the point/benefit: this is about empowering parents and collectively changing behaviours. "It's against the l
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by alexhawdon 5y ago
Saran Wrap ( https://www.itconsultancy.org/malware/name/saran-wrap-1-0 )
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by alexhawdon 6y ago
My last ADSL router/modem from Vodafone (UK telecoms/broadband company - unsure who the OEM was) was amazing in this respect. You could configure it to have all the lights off by default, and it had an infrared proximity sensor bu
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by alexhawdon 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_work_triangle
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by alexhawdon 8y ago
Seems to me the quick solution would be to grant a blanket exemption based on the resolution of surface features.
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by alexhawdon 9y ago
I believe it would though. It's already happening higher up the supply chain where conveyor belts of produce are graded using computer vision (and other techniques, I'm sure). This is about moving these techniques further down the
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by alexhawdon 9y ago
A new pair of dark-coloured jeans is enough to mess up light coloured seats; it's probably not 'dirt' in the traditional sense. (I agree with you that the staff should be ensuring the showroom stock is spotless.)
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by alexhawdon 9y ago
Actually some Volvos do have pedestrian air bags! (But your point still stands, of course.)
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by alexhawdon 9y ago
I think it might have been something by William Gibson? I believe she had to cut through the seatbelt and then call a friend to step out in front of the car causing it to career off the bridge and into the water, at which point the locks wo
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_(Palm_OS) could work on smartwatches?
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I'm hoping that this will be the 'solution' if AI eats many jobs. With an ageing population there's plenty of caring to be done. Hopefully society will figure out a way to value it more, so that it becomes a proper, firs
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Don't see why not. Just make sure they have accessible ISOFIX (UAS) connectors and it'd be very straightforward.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
They aren't really 'human rights' until they are applied to all humans. They're merely 'American Rights'.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Hmm. I think if you try posit a canonical definition of the word 'Hacking' here, you're going to have a bad time. The community decides the relevance by voting. > The status quo is established by the actions of large-scale
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
That's a great story. It'd be interesting to know whether that was all they could afford, or if they were being very forward-thinking in using COTS hardware and a failure-tolerant architecture.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
From TFA: "It represents less than one percent of all known water ice on Mars..."
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Maybe incorporate an Ubuntu-style 'suggested payment' part to the signup? You could have one or two reminders during the course if they choose 'Free'. Or supplement with paid-for content that goes beyond the course? I ag
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
If it does actually work faster than fibre then some early high-paying customers could be high-frequency traders (HFT). Those folks already go to amazing lengths and great expense to shave milliseconds off latency. They could get a huge ear
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
That is interesting. I wouldn't say it puts Tesla in direct competition with LG & Samsung, but does address the 'how will they ever catch up?' questions wrt traditional car makers. (Not that I'd give these arguments
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
> This isn't really a place for relationship advice Yes. If we could let people relate their experience as customers without giving unwanted relationship advice that'd be great.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I'd agree with you if this were any other product. The marketing campaign in this instance was so utterly, totally, disastrously successful that it's become a cultural phenomena. Really, you've got to hand it to them. And I h
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Whenever I've seen high-end Windows laptops with a build quality to rival Apple's, they cost the same or more and have poorer resale value.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
The substance of her comment was a distaste for the establishment's views and treatment of African Americans. I wouldn't say makes her a racist. Of course the term 'blacks' is, certainly to the college-educated and those
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
As in external GPUs? Would these connect to USB3 or do they require something more heavy duty?
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Okay, slight hyperbole from OP, but the point still stands: most people need to buy (and find room for) a desktop PC in order to experience VR. Also, you linked to a parts list. This automatically excludes most people who don't have th
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I believe that's because their original focus, and still the primary focus of the mobile app, is 'hyperlocal', near-term precipitation prediction. To do this they require access to high-resolution (spatial and temporal) rain
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I remember some study being conducted where they tasked a duplicate of some Mars rover with finding life... on Earth. It found none. Whilst it might be valid that you could launch a more-effective-in-aggregate fleet of rovers for the cost o
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
As someone who self-labels as an 'agnostic atheist' I'd say an interest in those topics sounds likely; 'Interest' does not imply that you're a proponent, only what you engage with...
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
As has been noted elsewhere, 'unlimited vacation' is usually at best an aspiration, at worst a scam. Has anybody tried asking up front what the average number of days actually taken is? And if you asked and then took the job - wer
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
IIRC Trucks are the shape they are because of maximum length restrictions. (Making the 'nose' longer and more aerodynamic sacrifices cargo space.) I believe that, in Europe at least, these restrictions are due to be relaxed, so we

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