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by avdempsey 13y ago
Agreed that there are some UX rough edges here. Most importantly to me it wasn't immediately clear that the article commentary boxes could scroll. Cool concept though, and I'm a sucker for discussions about autonomous cars.
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Glad I'm not a mouse: "After two weeks, half of the mice in each group were exposed to a searingly bright light for four hours. The other animals stayed in dimly lit cages. This light exposure is a widely used and accepted means o
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Losing a talented employee can hurt regardless of the size of the company that snaps them up. A larger company will often have more resources with which to compete in the job market. A smaller company might (illegally) join such an agreemen
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Yes it is a common business model, and great work if you can get it. To be successful at it you need to be more than just a middle man; you provide value by solving an impedance mismatch between sets of buyers and sellers. For example: eBay
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Could this be packaged as an insurance product?
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by avdempsey 13y ago
My uncle was one of the programmers on the Cat project, he still has a working production unit. The Cat is a handsome little machine. There's something elegant about its lack of silos: all of your (textual) data is in one space that yo
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Fuller made such a file, look up the Dymaxion Chronofile. Or, check out Stanford's online collection: http://collections.stanford.edu/bucky/bin/page?forward=home
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Except the RAM is upgradeable: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57588607-263/how-upgrad... ...and the GPU may be upgradeable: http://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/25/graphics-cards-in-new
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by avdempsey 13y ago
I bet an awful lot of the open web will be built on systems running Mavericks. So there's that to consider too. Our "trucks" need upgrading too. Making attractive trucks that have all of the powers of creation you want (and a
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by avdempsey 13y ago
You might also be pleased to know that the primary focus of the last release is a powerful format converter, nbconvert. It can do some simple transformation: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/rel-1.1.0/interactive&#x2
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Brad Templeton (EFF board member and prolific robocar blogger) calls this the "humans hate being killed by robots" effect. If you're into robocars you can do a lot worse than checking out his robocar page: http://w
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by avdempsey 13y ago
There may be a protest on Sunday near you: http://1984day.com Many hands make light work.
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by avdempsey 13y ago
Jurassic Park (1993) John Hammond: When we have control again... Dr. Ellie Sattler: You never had control, that's the illusion! I was overwhelmed by the power of this place. But I made a mistake, too, I didn't have enough respect
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by avdempsey 13y ago
It sounds like a straightforward premise: if you're glued to one spot you're eligible for fewer jobs. I wouldn't discount that, except there will be an upside as well: an area with lots of homes might be a good place for more businesses. Th
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by avdempsey 14y ago
Great Kindle Single on breaking up the big banks: http://www.amazon.com/Megabanks-Mess-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/...
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by avdempsey 15y ago
Cute, but with something like a legal defense or a ballot initiative, where a warchest of a given size could swing an outcome, hitting the fundraising goal could be incentive enough to kick in. Here's the classic college example: in Califor
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by avdempsey 15y ago
"Technology is what creates growth, and those who refuse to learn the new technology deserve to be left behind." You might be right, but it doesn't matter what people deserve. Unfortunately, you may find that those that are left behind will
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by avdempsey 15y ago
What's the problem with dual-booting Linux? Heck, Linux in Parallels/Fusion runs great for anything other than cutting edge 3d-gaming (probably not your focus if you want a Linux box). If you want a box to dev on, you have a choice of if yo
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by avdempsey 15y ago
That's actually the whole point of iCloud. You'll have separate devices--screens with an SOC--but they'll all behave just as you describe. Each device pushes your data up to the cloud where it bounces back to the rest. Three reasons why App
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by avdempsey 15y ago
No not new, but I haven't heard of myshape.com. I wouldn't call them a definitive test. TechCrunch says they've raised $28 million since 2006. That is a boatload of money. They should split into at least two companies: one to represent and
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by avdempsey 15y ago
I honestly think there's room for more than one company to make money in solving clothing pain points :) I'm glad others picked up on this idea too.
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by avdempsey 15y ago
Fit parties! Excellent, sounds like they're on the right track :) I bet you could lure a pretty good seed of testers by offering free beer. Even more testers by making it coed. Actually, how do you go to these parties ;) I thought of anothe
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by avdempsey 15y ago
I have considered that, though I haven't seen these two sites before; thanks for the links. One that I've seen like this is http://www.blanklabel.com -- they even have an iPad app Dress Shirt Designer (though the springboard shortens the
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by avdempsey 15y ago
"Does this fit me" has been a dream of mine for awhile. Imagine a world where everybody's clothes fit. Where clothing can be spontaneously gifted, and you'll be sure it fits like a glove. I think he sells himself short here. Women aren't th
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by avdempsey 15y ago
Type exit. ...or, hit the globe icon which takes you to the connections screen, and tap the eject icon.
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by avdempsey 16y ago
The law would create a three strikes system for copyright infringement. Triple violators would be disconnected from the Internet without due process. It's not a national disconnect system, but could lay the technical grounds for one if impl
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by avdempsey 16y ago
Cool for media, not yet super useful if you have directories full of code.
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by avdempsey 16y ago
Do they check filesize too? What are the odds of a hash collision + identical filesize? We might need Carl Sagan to answer that one.
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by avdempsey 16y ago
It sure can, with Facebook Credits. Today, the margin is a little high for physical goods, but it works well for virtual goods.
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by avdempsey 16y ago
First sentence: "Over the past two decades, the mobile industry has become increasingly stunted by fragmented protocols, standards, and regional differences." If the last few years have seen a stunting of the mobile industry, I'm very excit

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