chris1993

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Critique of pro-nuclear NYT article(crookedtimber.org)
4 points by chris1993 8y ago|0 comments
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by chris1993 8y ago
At least there are some limits to the use of the data when it is restricted to a few elites. When any loony or malcontent can use it then it just makes things much worse for those at the bottom of the heap.
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by chris1993 8y ago
Yes, but you don't know your stalker exists until you are attacked and perhaps they just don't care if their routine is known. Consider that your stalker/attacker may enjoy the power of forcing you to monitor them back. So no
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by chris1993 8y ago
It seems technically interesting but societally problematic. For example it appears to greatly simplify stalking and harassment. How can a domestic violence victim avoid their attacker if their movements are so easily monitored? Perhaps use
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Handsfree Off-Road Wheelchair(omeotechnology.com)
41 points by chris1993 8y ago|21 comments
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by chris1993 8y ago
This is essentially the system sold by Blamey Saunders in Australia. My pair work reasonably well.
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by chris1993 8y ago
I'm fascinated. What sort of software needs to run with ten years uptime? How do you avoid downtime for operating system updates on those cheap servers?
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by chris1993 8y ago
It's as if the post-conflict civilian deaths are a useful side-effect. Monstrous
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by chris1993 8y ago
From what appears in the media it looks like not so much back-door dealings as realpolitik. There is considerable domestic politics in play where the opposition (Australian Labor) party didn't want to get labelled 'soft on terrori
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by chris1993 8y ago
Similar lights in the Australian desert appear related to inversion layers refracting headlights over the horizon ( http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s818193.htm )
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by chris1993 8y ago
81% of employees in IT, media, and telecommunications report experiencing sexual harassment at work in the past 5 years
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81% of Australian IT workers experience sexual harassment at work(abc.net.au)
2 points by chris1993 8y ago|2 comments
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Australian country towns attract tourists with electric vehicle charge stations(abc.net.au)
1 points by chris1993 8y ago|0 comments
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by chris1993 8y ago
I'm guessing that DAU in this context means 'daily active users'?
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by chris1993 8y ago
How do gangs end up 'ruling' areas when you have a functioning and professional police force?
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by chris1993 8y ago
Human scale because it's approaching the range of normal human experience (width of a hair).
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Quantum “spooky action” approaches the human scale(theconversation.com)
3 points by chris1993 8y ago|4 comments
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by chris1993 8y ago
I hope there was no possibility that the brains regained consciousness in any sense, otherwise it seems like incredibly unethical experimentation.
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by chris1993 9y ago
Has any of this tech "trickled-down" to agricultural applications? The ability to track an individual seems like it could be used very effectively for livestock monitoring.
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by chris1993 9y ago
BPA is apparently easily absorbed through the skin. For example: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2014/10/23/more-than-skin-deep-h...
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by chris1993 9y ago
It's probably complicated by the fright response in kangaroos which is to jump in a random direction. They don't all head in the same direction which is why when you drive past a mob feeding on the verge you often get a couple jum
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by chris1993 9y ago
"eco-friendly water-based paint"
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by chris1993 9y ago
It might motivate Europe to improve relations with the region
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by chris1993 10y ago
The global climate is changing faster than at any time in recent history and this will impact on society and is already affecting people in marginal regions. We have tools (taxation, among others) which can slow and perhaps stop the rate o
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by chris1993 10y ago
Lots of research and some algothmic stuff for cross-season planting.
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by chris1993 10y ago
I launched http://gardenate.com back in 2007 initially just for Australia/New Zealand and mainly for my own use (Perl with Amazon SES for sending out about 70,000 subscriber emails/month). Since then I've grown it