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by astannard 10y ago
Deluxe Paint was an amazing tool! I spent so many hours on that tool doing animations and paintings. I wonder what happened to that company?
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by astannard 10y ago
Microsoft have Windows Holographic coming soon that will launch on 3rd party sets for Dell Lenovo etc. These are VR headsets with inside out tracking but without the AR tech. I guess they will be a good rival to the Vive but details are thi
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by astannard 10y ago
Hi, anything I missed in this article? it is aimed at people trying to validate an idea rather that writing enterprise code
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Advice on developing at a startup weekend(medium.com)
1 points by astannard 10y ago|1 comments
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by astannard 10y ago
I just dont like the browser, the things I dont like are: - the search / address box are not obviously that until you click on it - the window bar area to click on and drag the window around is small and not obvious Not major things bu
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by astannard 10y ago
A heard about this, it has a large mouth that it excretes though. I know a lot of humans that still do that
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by astannard 10y ago
I bought a Toshiba passive 3D TV. Never really used it much in 3D mode. I played a few PS3 games in 3D which was fun but ultimatley I preferred watching in 2D once I got bored of the 3D gimmick. I had a few 3D blue-ray disks but just did no
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Amazon makes first UK drone delivery(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by astannard 10y ago|0 comments
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by astannard 10y ago
and then wasted the rest
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by astannard 10y ago
Notes got me over my email checking addiction. Having to use it at work I checked my email twice a day rather than 20 times, since I hated the interface. I guess that made me way more productive in itself. People started using unofficial ch
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by astannard 10y ago
No, that would be illegal, it's up to you as an individual if you are prepared to work more hours. They cannot legally force you to.
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by astannard 10y ago
I remember after joining a nameless company here in the UK and filling out all the paperwork. Someone from HR came over to me to explain I had missed filling out a form. I asked which form and they replied the Working Time directive opt out
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by astannard 10y ago
I am in the UK and had to give samples for a software job 4 years ago. I lost one hire due to that policy
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by astannard 10y ago
I originally heard the projected images directly onto your retina, if that is the case I don't know how it would work with eye movements? Very interested to see what is underneath all the hype.
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by astannard 10y ago
This put a big smile on my face. I do wonder how many people have had a change of heart after the facts came out.
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by astannard 10y ago
I am not sure the watch is a failure yet but not the best start. I wrote a piece on how much the watch devalues which I find odd how high that figure is https://medium.com/@AndyStannard/apple-watch-depreciation-so...
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by astannard 10y ago
Thanks for the link, I am glad they are turning it around.
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by astannard 10y ago
I have little trust in anything from SourceForge, it may look good but it's tainted by being on SourceForge so I wont touch it. Sorry
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by astannard 10y ago
Refreshing post title! It beats the tired old "10 xxxx books you MUST read, or else" you see all over the place
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by astannard 10y ago
I loved the demo, thought it was well thought out and impressive. However I would not want to use it on a regular basis and cannot see many people being that interested in purchasing a VR setup. I think VR outside of gaming is limited appea
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by astannard 10y ago
This looks great and with such an early release date it does seem the tech is not far away. Interesting that they are making the batteries and not licensing the tech considering it works with existing manufacturing technologies. I wonder ho
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by astannard 10y ago
I remember traveling through Delhi and washing my face afterwards at the hotel. The amount of black sooty dirt that came off was startling!
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by astannard 10y ago
I wonder what they do with the online training provider lynda which is owned by linkedin? They could use that to push free training for Azure to increase the reach of its services??
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by astannard 10y ago
They do much better work with use of threads though, so it seems much faster than atom to me with no lockups.
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by astannard 10y ago
I think this just illustrates the Alpha principle, the interviewer was obviously intimated. This is because they are a Beta interviewing and Alpha. If the interviewer had more imagination and confidence rather than the long pauses it could
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by astannard 10y ago
Yeah very early but the detected the signal in both ATLAS AND CMS but well below the 5 sigma rating currently. I'm excited to see what happens next
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by astannard 10y ago
It's a shame that apple to be going with a similar but incompatible strategy: http://www.cultofmac.com/401014/apple-now-sells-lightning-he...
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by astannard 10y ago
Maybe we will get hubs initially where humans make the small journey to their local hub A with a some standardized container load, then the robots take over loading it onto a robot road train as designated by the software for the long haul
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by astannard 10y ago
That is hilarious, I wonder if crows have a sense of humour, sounds like they like toilet humour?
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by astannard 10y ago
My company has just won the Queens Award for Innovation here are my reflections on how we innovate

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