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by cweiss 13y ago
"it's clearly none of Dropbox's business" Actually, it's a core piece of Dropbox's business. One of the ways they save on storage is by comparing hashes of files (or even parts of files - how many bits of any t
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by cweiss 13y ago
Here's the thing, if FB really wanted to do the 'courtside seats' thing, they should have licensed being able to stream the feeds through the FB web site - In terms of revenue stream, they'd make a boatload more $$ off o
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by cweiss 13y ago
What's Viaweb?
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by cweiss 13y ago
This speaks to a fundamental misunderstanding of the two products. Oculus Rift is about bringing hyper-immersive 3D to the wearer, Google Glass is about moving the Google interface to the eyeball. It's like comparing a 4k TV to a Chrom
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by cweiss 13y ago
Also, WhatsApp replaced something that many people hated on several levels - Ridiculously overpriced, phone company sponsored text messaging. Rift combats no such villain.
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by cweiss 13y ago
I noticed that as well - One wonders what % of that expenditure is on improving R&D processes to lower costs, assuming that most of that cost is on non-renewable hardware modeling (hurling one-off test cars at brick walls and such). Als
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by cweiss 13y ago
Now that it's been a week, would you be willing to post a followup? What did you learn? How's the ROI? Any surprises?
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by cweiss 13y ago
"No one cares that you turn off your lights at 9:43, or that you are at slightly more risk for diabetes. At least not advertisers..." Seriously? Lifestyle information is a gold mine for advertisers. If someone is diabetic, they
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by cweiss 13y ago
+1 on this. Beyond Compare is one of the few reasons I keep a Windows VM around these days, it's just that damn good.
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by cweiss 13y ago
Wouldn't the better analogy be "pervasive in the way MySpace was X years ago and America Online was, X years before that"? The question is, what's going to replace it? The "instant messaging" market is too frag
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by cweiss 13y ago
For VIM n00bs, care to explain what these do/why you use them?
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by cweiss 13y ago
Speaking from experience - This isn't nearly as foolproof as one would hope. I used that process to back up my music collection in the early days and have discovered that optical media/drives aren't nearly as durable or compa
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by cweiss 13y ago
See also tinyduino: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenburns/tinyduino-the-t... smaller, but less accessible hardware interface.
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by cweiss 13y ago
I map it to both - quick tap for ESC and hold for Ctrl. http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/a-modern-space-cadet/#cont...
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by cweiss 13y ago
Is there a workflow that would allow you to import the images via "Camera Upload" functionality to allow for additional free space?
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by cweiss 14y ago
Don't let that stop you - This book is far more about thinking about how to hack than it is about actually hacking the XBox. The lessons learned here apply far wider than Microsoft's game machine and console hacking in general. I bought t
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by cweiss 14y ago
The idea behind NextDoor is that you are invited via snail-mail so you have verified neighbors. You need a "seed" person in a neighborhood to sign up and then sign up some neighbors. It's real power is in community neighborhoods (gated comm
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by cweiss 14y ago
Are you sure? That seems counter-intuitive. If I were a pro gamer (and were allowed), I'd sure bring the mouse I was most comfortable with.
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by cweiss 14y ago
> Power is not free. An electric vehicle still needs to get power from somewhere and that power requires all the normal transmission infrastructure. My understanding is that Tesla's new SuperCharger stations are solar based, charging a
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by cweiss 14y ago
My understanding is that the big issue is that e-Ink displays have a miserably slow pixel update time. The new Kindle Paperwhite is on the order of 450ms whereas the average LCD display is in the single digit ms range. Great for static text
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by cweiss 14y ago
For what it's worth, most generic budget cube work surfaces are essentially adjustable shelves. With a little effort, you can unscrew the surface, move the shelf brackets up a few notches, and screw the desk surface back on. I've done that