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Long Range RFID Card Cloner
(proxclone.com)
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11y ago
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11y ago
For some reason, the map seems to be categorizing technology jobs as green (Healthcare, Education, and Government). Look at SF, and it's almost completely green.
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11y ago
Seems like some serious tech. It looks to be using GPS and some wireless signals to determine distance and direction? Im guessing GPS because their user manual says it can only be used outdoors. I wonder if it can be miniaturized in future
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11y ago
Actually not that surprising, Taylor Swift was featured heavily in Apple's promo video (first album art featured), so clearly contracts were in place. TS was Apple's secret weapon and could be a key differentiator from Spotify. (T
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11y ago
"We're using state-of-the-art computer systems, so this could potentially be a threat to others in the industry," Companies that describe their computer systems as state-of-the-art probably usually have legacy mainframes with
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11y ago
Who is Rasier LLC? This seems to be some sort of shell corp for Uber's insurance.
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11y ago
Why doesn't Zenefits just become a payroll provider? Is the an enormous amount of regulation around providing payroll services?
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11y ago
Why cant zenefits become their own payroll provider?
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Leading Architects Defend Hated Buildings
(nytimes.com)
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Oilfield near Gatwick Airport, UK could hold 100B barrels
(theguardian.com)
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11y ago
Can I get a simple wikipedia explanation? That was the most challenging wikipedia article I've ever read.
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11y ago
If they spin it off, it likely wouldn't IPO, Amazon would be the only stock holder. All profits from AWS are already factored into Amazon's stock price, another IPO would be unnecessary
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11y ago
I doubt it, AWS wills be one of the few profitable bright spots in amazons earnings calls. Clearly they're interested in developing it further and making it a key part of their business. Generally companies spin of areas if it's
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Visualization of UK Airspace
(vimeo.com)
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12y ago
This isn't very groundbreaking, they're simply discovering the inherent weaknesses in neural net learning. We've know for years that neural nets have inherent gaps in their training and this is just taking advantage of that.
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12y ago
Uber Proxy: use uber in cities where it's banned but pay the driver by drawing an equi-distance route in a city that it's not banned in.
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HIPAA Compliant AWS Web App Architecture
(fzysqr.com)
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12y ago
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12y ago
I think this is completely PR - they want to create buzz and excitement in the public for the "hot new spy plane" such that its politically impossible for congress to cancel the program/cut the budget.
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Tensioned Suspension – Sculptures Suspending Themselves
(bldgblog.blogspot.com)
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12y ago
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12y ago
Most car parts are already commodities anyway though. Example: Toyota and Lexus share almost every single part of the power train, its only the finishings that are different. And most car parts are made by a small number of OEM providers wh