alexhawdon

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by alexhawdon 10y ago
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Anyone not familiar with this, do go to the link and check out the Control Room. Beautifully retro-futuristic, looks like a '70s sci-fi film set, but they were actually using the thing.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Really interesting! Thank you both. I would love to know what a 'typical day' and the general working environment are like. (A vague question, I know, but sort-of on purpose.)
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Okay, so a Chrome Extension that interrupts the user at the checkout stage when buying luxury items? The interruption could range from a simple nag screen, to an enforced cooling-off period before you can proceed with the purchase. Perhaps
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
That would be sadly similar to Black Arrow 'R3' in 1971, Britain's first and only successful orbital launch. After that we abandoned the project, the only country to do so after such an achievement.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I think that's what Mobileye sell to Tesla. Per comments on Twitter[1] (and the fact that they fit a radar) the car's combining output from the Mobileye unit with the other sensors when decision making. 1. https://twitt
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
I don't think the weight of the glass is the main problem here. (Though obviously plastic will be lighter and easier to transport.) Where do you mount this contraption? Solar PV is light enough for any roof - otherwise wasted space. Yo
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
No, partycoder is educating is educating varadg on the correct site etiquette; the 'upvote' button should be used in place of 'I agree!' or 'This!' type comments.
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by alexhawdon 10y ago
Absolutely. I recommend GP reads some Thomas Hardy to get a sense of what you mean. Back before the industrial revolution the lower classes would work 'enough' to sustain themselves.
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
I'm as incredulous as the next person that a mostly self-driving car will be available by 2017-8 and that this will be it. That said, on the way to full autonomy I can foresee a car that can handle 99% of the driving itself but calls o
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
I enjoyed it. As someone unfamiliar with these things I was pleasantly surprised to learn how inexpensive it was.
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
I've no idea why this has been downvoted as it's correct. For the last few years this has been written into law and employees don't get their full employment rights (such as the right to contest an unfair dismissal) until you
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
This is already happening, at least in the UK. I don't have the numbers but leasing is being pushed heavily by advertisers and is becoming the normal way for people to get hold of a new car who mightn't otherwise.
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
In practice, I should imagine fraud protection would kick in and prevent the transaction.
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
If the bus is full, I'm sure you're correct. I think there will always be place for mass transit along popular routes. In the UK there are a lot of buses that drive around with only a handful of passengers. It's a subsidised
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
Is this like a self-hosted Tutum?
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
I assume he's using the hotplate as-is with a large pan of water on top and the thermostat controlling power to the hotplate and the temperature probe in the water. If Steve could continue to be a Cool Guy (sorry!) and confirm that wou
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
I also thought that was a totally bizarre feature. The only use I can think of is collecting the data and using it to determine and suggest enjoyable routes. So the Sat Nav can suggest an alternative route that might be slower but is a lot
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
In Finland, fines DO correspond to income. See: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-... From the article: "Finland’s system for calculating fines is relatively simple: It sta
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
Another data point from the UK: I feel relaxed and safe when I encounter the police. Were I stopped an officer I would do my best to assist them, and to be courteous. I would be surprised if the courtesy were not returned. My interactions w
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
Maybe to get permission for your flight plan when using an experimental vehicle you have to be able to show that the manufacturers of the major components have confidence it will be able to complete the proposed route safely?
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
That would be an interesting extension to develop. I agree it should be optional. I'm envisaging scraping colours and fonts from the target domain to recreate a text-only logo.
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
> If I understand this correctly I didn't. I've since followed the link through to their Crowd Rise funding page and their idea is indeed Consumerism-as-a-Service. They are delivering consumables. If there are things you don&#x
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
So do you think you might have been a good target for this service? As a new parent, would it have allayed your concerns and been an acceptable alternative to new items? And as a smart parent would this be sufficiently more convenient than
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
If I understand this correctly, it's a great idea. Can anyone comment if this is a new idea or are similar things available? Someone has likened this to Loot Crate (a 'consumerism-as-a-service'/we send you things every m
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by alexhawdon 11y ago
Although I'm no hater of the good old USA, this is a little self-congratulatory. You're certainly technological leaders in most fields for the understandable reasons of wealth, size and necessity (military driving cutting-edge res
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by alexhawdon 12y ago
https://developers.google.com/qpx-express/ is the API you can use to make your own service like Google Flights/Hipmunk.
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by alexhawdon 12y ago
Tesla cars are popular in northern European countries and I imagine these will work along the same lines: active heating of the battery. In the cars the capacity sacrifice is minimal and I imagine stationary batteries will be even better as
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by alexhawdon 12y ago
Watson's good, but it's not that advanced. It's an 'expert system', in that it's a system for experts, not a system that is an expert. This is a smarter, domain-specific search engine. You still need to be able
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by alexhawdon 12y ago
There's a whole branch of CompSci/AI exactly to do with this, known (sometimes) as "Bio-Inspired Systems". It is as false to say that nobody is looking to nature for inspiration as it is to say that human-level intellige

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