chronomex

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   by chronomex 17y ago

   While this is funny to read, it's hardly on-topic for HN.
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   by chronomex 17y ago

   Don't forget that they contract out web search to Bing. Try it, query for something on the Web with Facebook's search box. I always ignore it because it's noise -- when I go to Facebook I want to look for people, not essays or blog posts.
3. 303.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   My shoelaces cross over each other four times in each shoe. Using the different directions of crossing, that's eight undetectable bits. You can do a lot with eight bits.
4. 304.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   Retailers are (in general) barred from charging different prices for cash vs card payments. As I understand it, here's how it works in the US: - Amex says: "You can charge a card fee if you do for all the cards you accept." - Visa and Mas
5. 305.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   There's a Five Guys in the Seattle area too.
6. 306.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   I agree with you. I've never really managed to use whiteboards effectively, and people who jump up to the whiteboard at every hint of trouble eventually get on my nerves.
7. 307.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   Apparently there's no such thing as a reliable phone that's good at making calls I have one. It's 50 years old and plugs into the wall. :)
8. 308.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   Geocities is, but not for long! They're scheduling it to disappear on the 26th.
9. 309.▲
   by chronomex 17y ago

   Opera does this for its free Java MIDlet browser (Opera Mini). They also resize and recompress images into JPEG.
10. 310.▲
    by chronomex 17y ago

    Those rows of white LEDs are incredily eerie.
11. 311.▲
    by chronomex 18y ago

    UBNT, as another poster mentioned, makes some good wifi products. I know someone who's used a pair of Nanostations ( http://metrix.net/ubiquiti-nanostation-2-p-110.html ) to do about five miles, crossing a bay beach-to-beach. I'm sure t