alexhawdon

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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Apologies is this is already made clear on the site -- struggling to load at the moment. Does anyone know if this dataset has already been pre-filtered by some computer vision algorithm to weed out the uninteresting images? If not, is there
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
> one way to deal with this may be to have engineering teams on stand-by, ready to helo to a broken drone ship and do repairs. If the ships travelled in groups of 3+ then in the event of a failure the other two ships could tow the failed
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Apparently there's a key patent that's just expired[1] that some claim will have a big impact on the market. I'm not in a position to comment but, if true, this could be a very exciting time when 3D-printing moves out of the
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Better cables == sharper corners on your bits. Fact. ;)
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
When comparing to established financial institutions and systems, I think it's fair to refer to even the most reputable BitCoin service provider as a 'random website'. That's the point that's being made.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I guess you don't have teenage children and serious wine collection. Or an imagination.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
That's fantastic! Do you speak into your smartphone or have you rigged your home for sound?
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Am I correct in thinking that EasyBulb, MiLight and LimitlessLED are all the same product but rebranded? What are your experience with these products? They seem like a very reasonably-priced alternative to Philips Hue but I'm concerned
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I used ShiftEdit to develop a Python/Django webapp. I appreciated the cloudiness as I was quite mobile at the time and my laptop wasn't particularly portable. At the time it was the only free offering that didn't require a co
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Yeah, they code up their own 'instruments' in Max/MSP and some of their music is algorithmically generated. Of particular note is 'Flutter', a track where no two bars are the same, which was produced in response to
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
A few thoughts on this: Firstly, maybe the cable is part of the antennae, thus negating this issue? Secondly, maybe there's a heartbeart, the absence of which triggers an alert? Finally, in practical terms, this probably won't bec
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Nice little project. A few suggestions to improve the writeup: 1. Consider going into more depth on the workings of the image processing techniques. The ones you have chosen are some of the more readily-accessible and, to the uninitiated, c
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Possibly easy to confuse with http://kapeli.com/dash . I understand this is completely different, but both fall within the category 'programming'. I'm not a Mac user but I'm aware of the older 'Dash&
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I remember reading a typically opinionated article on the The Register where the claim was made that pumped storage doesn't scale very well. Or rather, it scales fine, but your country will look very different when you've finished
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I switched a few of mine to JSON but the clients complained that this undermined the final deliverable. I was forced to switch back.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I don't want to sound abrasive, but if you are a developer of 14 years' standing then why not list your skills and experience and ask if anyone has any actual paid work they could send your way before soliciting for donations?
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Check out http://www.raspyfi.com/ . Their aim is to turn the RPi in to a respectable HiFi source so the DAC is a big part of this.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
And more to the point (well, not really - only for me ;) does anything on Linux handle this? Currently using a hi(ish, not Retina) PPI laptop with a standard monitor and, well, you know the rest.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Reminds me of Palm's 'Graffiti', both in execution and scope: it's a stop-gap solution, possibly to a problem that no longer exists. IMO, their three suggested use-cases are quite flimsy. "...enable surgeons to take
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Interesting. This is nit-picking if I'm right but potentially enlightening if I'm wrong (so apologies if it's the former): wouldn't /insomnia/ be the symptom of mania, and sleep deprivation be the consequence?
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Not completely connected, but I'd be very interested to hear if anyone's experienced something similar. Or, even better, can point to some science that can explain my experience: I find my concentration improves tremendously after
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
A friend of mine is considering starting a cleaning company and I engaged in some out-of-the-box thinking, I'd be interested to hear HNs views on the idea: Cleaners that CCTV themselves. It could be done with something as simple as a l
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Disclaimer: This is largely speculative and WHOLLY me playing devil's advocate. I do not condone this sort of behaviour by my government. Could the case be made that journalists are legitimate targets for investigation following on fro
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
You're talking about inductive charging, which is basically how electric toothbrushes charge. It's recently been built into new devices (my Nexus 4 supports it) but obviously requires they be placed on a charging mat/station.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Probably none. KSP was mentioned to Elon in some post-talk Q&A session - he hadn't heard of it and seemed unimpressed.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Agree with the criticism of the above comment, but I think "the Segway is now entrenched in our society" is a very bold (and unfounded, IMO) claim. I've set to see a single one in the flesh. The only ones I've seen in ph
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Did you miss the energy usage comparisons in the paper? It was presented in a nice (if 3D -- Musk, Tufte wants a word with you.. ;) ) bar chart and everything. For me, that's one of the most significant things about the whole project.
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
I must admit that last sentence certainly isn't without irony! Seriously though, I wish you the best of luck. My advice would be to get yourself a good portfolio assembled and then maybe approach small- to medium-sized companies and ju
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Maybe I'm overcomplicating this: if the vehicles were small, well-spaced and able to stop in the event of a failure ahead of them then the impact that any one passenger could have is equivalent of getting in a car and causing a bad col
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by alexhawdon 13y ago
Taking the baggage separately is an interesting idea and possible solution to the security problems. If the 'Loop is as I'm imagining it (based on scant details, granted) then the actual vehicle components are small, numerous and

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