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by bprater 14y ago
You have to wonder why they are using magnetic strips -- in an era with tons of computing power, video would make more sense. Especially with a $400mm investment! Not only could a human agent watch the street from a command post, but comput
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by bprater 14y ago
Is that a Schwartzian transform hiding in the sample code?
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by bprater 14y ago
Is there a more accurate translation of iPhone "Math"? I don't see Cupertino naming a phone that.
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by bprater 14y ago
With as much ram as people have on their machines these days, try virtualizing!
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by bprater 14y ago
Why even say anything in the first place?
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by bprater 14y ago
This site looks cool. How do you keep track of some of the best jQuery plugins?
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Ask HN: Time for collapsible comments?
1 points by bprater 14y ago|0 comments
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by bprater 14y ago
Is it getting safer to say that antivirus software may soon be a thing of the past?
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by bprater 14y ago
One of my suggestions: sub-contract with one or more web development "house". I've been consulting for 15 years -- and it is one of my favorite ways to work. They do all the work of collecting requirements, billing the client, etc. -- and I
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by bprater 14y ago
Unfortunately, from what I've read, the image is somewhat degraded -- you won't be getting Retina-level resolution.
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by bprater 14y ago
Cool. To see it, turn on inspector (right-click page, inspect element) and on the info bar at the bottom is a "3D View" button. Try both mouse buttons and the mouse wheel. Too bad they didn't put some inertia in it, it would be fun to flick
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by bprater 14y ago
Perhaps. But the smart people working on these problems are very different than the politicians who make choices on how things will operate.
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by bprater 14y ago
Quickly clicking thru the options on this webpage will give you an idea on how automatic transmissions work in automobiles -- using the planetary gearset. The core mechanic is the locking of different combinations of the gears. This is a co
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by bprater 14y ago
What is Magenta -- in plain english? And what does binary compatible with iOS 5 mean?
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by bprater 14y ago
Wow, Tinkercad feels really good as CAD in the browser!
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by bprater 14y ago
Does anyone have info as to why Microsoft decided to go with an all caps menu?
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Kickstarter: Make a Better CoffeeScript Compiler(kickstarter.com)
2 points by bprater 14y ago|0 comments
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by bprater 14y ago
I agree, it's cool. The only drawback I noticed is that my browser seemed labored in scrolling. Anybody know why?
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by bprater 14y ago
They often do short clips of previous "contestants". Quite often, their business has grown successfully, even without an investment because of the exposure they gained on the show. I'd say that if you get on the show, present well and have
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by bprater 14y ago
I heard about Shark Tank here on Hacker News. I grabbed a couple episodes and I was hooked. More than anything -- watch for the patterns of investments the sharks make. Consistently, they love companies that have done all the early groundwo
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by bprater 14y ago
The real issue is this: if I Google 'more', I'm less likely to find what I want than if I search for 'MoreCSS' (or similar). And you'd also be surprised just how a name can click in people's minds. "MightyMouse" feels much cooler than "More
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by bprater 14y ago
In a similar vein, I'm curious what thoughts hackers have about Monsanto.
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by bprater 14y ago
Demo?
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by bprater 14y ago
Why do you think the author is using Cufon?
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by bprater 14y ago
The interviewer says something about the board having WiFi. Last I heard, it doesn't ship with WiFi on-board. Which is accurate?
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by bprater 14y ago
$200k feels like a pretty random number -- and maybe even a bit high. Draw people into your story and elaborate on where the $200k will go. What kind of a team are you going to put together? A team of 8? A team of 2? Water-front office spac
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by bprater 14y ago
They mention returning items from ISS. Does anyone know if this is the old standard method of using a parachute and dropping into the ocean for recovery?
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by bprater 15y ago
I also recommend the podcast, "Trance Around the World" -- two hours of awesome trance. I program with it on, I go to sleep with it playing, we just had a party with it playing in the background. (Also, if you are a Spotify user, try the Ra
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by bprater 15y ago
> There needs to be a very compelling reason For instance, it would be useful to crop an image with the online Pixlr editor, save it to Dropbox -- and then inside of Wordpress to select the image to be viewable on my blog. I guess this
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by bprater 15y ago
I'm surprised we aren't seeing more web apps using Dropbox as the datastore. Anyone know why?

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