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by bobds 16y ago
> humans can realize that it may be desirable to change a behavior. Animals can not do this. Are you sure about that?
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by bobds 16y ago
I think that part of jrockway's point is that at least some of the people complaining on a bug tracker, have the skills to help.
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by bobds 16y ago
Corporations originally were a form of monopoly granted by the state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#History
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by bobds 16y ago
I prefer GoogleSharing. http://www.googlesharing.net/ "With Google's introduction of SSL support for search requests (encrypted.google.com): The result is that Google knows what is being searched for, but doesn't know where the requests a
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by bobds 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28technothriller_series... Came up as the third result for "daemon" on Google. There's a lot I don't like about Google, but sometimes it just works.
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by bobds 16y ago
Google sort of encourages this kind of cloaking. It's called First Click Free. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en...
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by bobds 16y ago
There is also this part: "The franchise was long known among activists in Belarus as an unsafe place."
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by bobds 16y ago
You can probably get a spec-sheet for their proprietary materials if you ask. You might have to reverse-engineer cartridges with security features though. The Fab@Home guys are trying out various different materials, since their syringe-bas
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by bobds 16y ago
They come a lot cheaper than that. The biggest cost is the proprietary materials they use, I'm guessing it would easily add up to more than the cost of the printer over time. Servicing costs should also be pretty high. I've compiled a list
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by bobds 16y ago
As far as recycling goes, it's very exciting that you can recycle plastic bottles into plastic granules/filament and use them for printing. I think we are not that far away from a self contained fabricator that turns garbage into everyday p
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by bobds 16y ago
> it's only natural that the value of one coin would constantly increase Not really. As I see it, the value is a function of demand. The fact that bitcoins have risen in value so fast, means that demand and confidence is also growing. T
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by bobds 16y ago
I've been watching Bitcoin for the last few months. It all seems very smart and cool. BitcoinWatch offers an overview of what's happening in the Bitcoin network: http://bitcoinwatch.com/ One bitcoin was worth 0.25 USD first time I checked
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by bobds 16y ago
This reminds me of these designs: http://www.aleph.se/andart/archives/2006/10/warning_signs_fo... Nanoparticle Hazard, Nonstandard Spacetime, Macroscale Quantum System...
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by bobds 16y ago
Damascus steel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel I'm sure there's tons of tools that are extinct and no surviving record of them exists, so we don't know about them. In that sense, you could say it's all a matter of documentati
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by bobds 16y ago
Wouldn't you want that app even more if you were buying them in bulk?
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by bobds 16y ago
> "I’d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day." Or you could make an app for your smartphone that uses OCR to instantly tell you whether you a
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by bobds 16y ago
"DESIGNER TEMPLATES" When I looked at the old website, I knew what service they provided in a few seconds. Now, I'd think they are some kind of design shop.
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by bobds 16y ago
> just basic stuff presented as if it were obscure or clever. I think the part about the three filters is at least somewhat obscure and probably the most useful thing I learned from the article.
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by bobds 16y ago
Site was temporarily unavailable when I tried to post a comment, so here it goes: This post clears up a few misconceptions for me, thanks for that. I think you will enjoy the following link about "context" related illusions: http://www.psy
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by bobds 16y ago
> proving to management that they don't necessarily need you. You really shouldn't let them know how easy you can make your job. It's quite easy to look busy in front of a computer. Even when you are spacing out.
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by bobds 16y ago
Here is the other thread about remote workers. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161368 By the way, it's 2011 now. ;)
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Spreadsheet Horror Stories(eusprig.org)
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by bobds 16y ago
The ability to feel electrical/magnetic fields has been achieved by a couple of people. http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Magnetic_Implant http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/news/2006/06/71087 Of course it didn't go well in the long term
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by bobds 16y ago
... and a thousand geeks cry "Noooo!" in unison. Why do so many people think that HN will be ruined if a few more people join? I've been reading HN a lot longer than my account's age implies and I don't think the quality has changed. The on
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by bobds 16y ago
Smaller UAVs might be hard to recognize among birds and other clutter. And you can probably apply some stealth technology to increase your chances of staying undetected. As far as assasination machines go, an insect-sized UAV with a tiny do
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by bobds 16y ago
This was posted a few days ago, probably related: "sourceforge entry point seems still active." http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jan/424 http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2011/01/sourceforge-entry-p...
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by bobds 16y ago
I didn't mean the OpenBSD alleged backdoors. I meant future backdoors that would be required by law. I remember reading a news article about that recently (might have been a few months ago).
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by bobds 16y ago
http://www.cryptophone.de/ This German company has been selling commercial phones enhanced with their crypto software (for SMS and voice) for a while now.
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by bobds 16y ago
The recent buzz about NSA, or whichever three-letter agency it was, pushing for crypto backdoors. And by friends, I just mean other people in government/military/intelligence. I don't really have a point here, just a thought that popped in
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Recall versus recognition for search(contrast.ie)
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