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by brk 11y ago
Many of the same things were said about Amazon back in the 90's. I was sure they were going to go down in flames when they moved from selling just books to selling everything... Though to be honest, I don't think Jet is the next
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Rick Perry selling his mailing list(blog.erratasec.com)
5 points by brk 11y ago|0 comments
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by brk 11y ago
nobody at Twitter really has a feel for exactly why the core product was successful My 2 cents... When twitter launched, Facebook was still closed to the general public, personal "blogs" were popular but somewhat out of reach of
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by brk 11y ago
Ultimately, I think it's not very different. In a Cliffs-notes sense, both vehicles seem to offer an autonomous driving mode in normal conditions. Like any other competitors, they both have a few unique features that are neat but don&
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by brk 11y ago
Does it have to be? (serious question). Right now, IMO, we just need more self-driving cars in general to move the whole concept in terms of acceptability and availability. There is certainly lots of room for innovation, but for now just m
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by brk 11y ago
If you're in a position to be responsible for others, shouldn't you already have a safety net/final arrangements? Yes, you should , but many younger people don't. In your 20's, 30's, even 40's, you fe
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by brk 11y ago
Seeing as how you're concerned about costs... The cost of producing the keys will effectively be $0 in relation to your legal fees if you were to actually pursue doing this.
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by brk 11y ago
I doubt these images really did all that much for people who wanted a set of TSA keys. The locks themselves are widely available and it's easy to reverse engineer a key if you have the lock (especially multiple copies of the lock to d
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Ashley Madison Leak Reveals Its Ex-CTO Hacked Competing Site(wired.com)
2 points by brk 11y ago|0 comments
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by brk 11y ago
Me too :) I remember programming custom characters into my 9-pin IBM ProPrinter so that I could print certain logos and symbols directly as characters. It was the same layout on graph paper and convert to binary format. I think that was h
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How “oldschool” graphics worked [video](youtube.com)
434 points by brk 11y ago|72 comments
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Flexible as FedEx (2005)(utsandiego.com)
4 points by brk 11y ago|0 comments
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by brk 11y ago
I have a 21:9 display, the LG 34UM95. Overall I like it, but I wish I had gotten the curved version (I think). It's so wide that I find the edges a little bit unusable for full-time stuff. It's nice to keep notes and things off
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by brk 11y ago
I had one of the early beta units, and recently received what I guess in the production version. I never set it up and stopped using the beta a while back. Overall I loved the idea, I like to keep my wallet slim and I have 2 credit cards,
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How Big Is Boston, Actually?(sparefoot.com)
1 points by brk 11y ago|0 comments
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by brk 11y ago
You can get the Amex small business platinum card (I have one) without having to show any actual business registration proof. It's $400/year, but you get the 10 GoGo passes, free Boingo, $200 credit in various airlines fees (exce
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by brk 11y ago
So can a similar 4 year run at a typical company. Especially smaller companies, many got from zero to acquisition in that person, or zero to release 2.0, which can be pretty significant. Similarly many people get through college only showin
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Typedrummer(typedrummer.com)
5 points by brk 11y ago|0 comments
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by brk 11y ago
I've been burned by various kickstarter projects that get delayed ad infinitum. Me too. I've decided that there are no new things that I need so much that I can't wait until the thing is actually shipping. In many cases
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Google maps camera calculator(ipvm.com)
2 points by brk 12y ago|0 comments
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by brk 12y ago
Sorry, to be clear, I don't consider 4 "reasonable". It's more like it's crept up and I've set a pretty hard limit on more rechargeable tech.
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by brk 12y ago
Yes, it's difficult to invest heavily in a tech fashion accessory that you know is going to be regarded as one step short of useless in a few years. All of my watches are either made of precious metals, or have diamonds (or both) (yes
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by brk 12y ago
IMO the licensing needs to be free and very simple. For me, this has always been one of the HUGE benefits of linux. If I have an idea I can spin up a full server stack (OS, SQL, HTTPD, etc.) for $0 (outside of hardware/hosting). With
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by brk 12y ago
I already have to charge (and bring cables and charger with sufficient ports for): Laptop iPhone USB Backup battery (many long travel days) Wifi hotspot Pretty much every day. By some counts, a watch doesn't really change that very mu
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by brk 12y ago
I'm really torn on these smart watches. I really don't see the utility benefit vs. the tradeoff of a another gadget to care for. They seem more fragile than a traditional watch, and also quite fugly. I think watches have become a
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by brk 12y ago
But you can still get the TV cheaper . If you're using a monitor, that's implying all your sources are outside the TV anyway. You don't need to plug the TV into a network then. So, the TV effectively becomes a monitor, but
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by brk 12y ago
Not these days (from what I've seen). I think it's mostly a supply/demand thing. Though some monitors do come with longer warranties, it's not worth the added cost.
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by brk 12y ago
I did this for years, but monitors are oddly more expensive than TVs. All my TVs now are actual TVs, but they are more or less permanently set to HDMI1 input and all the other input source switching is handled externally. The exception bei
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The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero(nytimes.com)
1 points by brk 12y ago|0 comments
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by brk 12y ago
Did the OP get permission from the dog to use those copyrighted photos?

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