dale386

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by dale386 13y ago
Trash on Roosevelt Island isn't picked up by truck -- it's sucked through pneumatic tubes into the island's central waste center. All buildings on the island are hooked up. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/
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by dale386 13y ago
It's a big jump from "your phone company sees your call logs" to "you don't mind if anyone sees your call logs."
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by dale386 13y ago
Yes, that's exactly what I was going for.
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by dale386 13y ago
This will be cute until donors start being investigated for funding terrorism.
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by dale386 13y ago
They're pretty lenient -- there are all sorts of awful websites that I'm able to visit without issue. They only tend to block sites related to hacking and piracy.
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by dale386 13y ago
This website was blocked by my company's firewall as "suspicious."
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by dale386 13y ago
"My lazy father never taught me how to mail a letter."
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by dale386 14y ago
Then why not say that?
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by dale386 14y ago
We have K-12 civics courses?
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by dale386 14y ago
I'm all for supporting good, independent software shops, but $70 for a ST2 license is obscene. I use the free version and would happily pay to remove the "Buy Me!" popup at a lower price point.
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by dale386 14y ago
No, they are a way to more effectively collect photos for Street View and WiFi AP locations for GPS-free location based services... both are which are products of Google Maps which itself is a vessel for selling advertising.
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by dale386 14y ago
Someone posted a long link below that stretched out the entire page.
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by dale386 14y ago
They're Jewish.
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by dale386 14y ago
An app per city would be great! Here in NYC, with boats, subways, railroad, and buses (and all of this x2 as there are private and public services), no one app on iOS fit the bill. Google Maps connects EVERYTHING.
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by dale386 14y ago
"- Cabs are incredibly cheap here." Is that a joke? A 10 minute cab ride with light traffic can approach $20.
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by dale386 14y ago
Agreed. HN loves to criticize Apple for forcing their UIs to mimic real-life (think Newsstand, leather stitching, etc), but still considers things like this desirable. From a technical perspective, it's cool. Please don't use this on real s
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by dale386 14y ago
T-Mobile is retooling their network to give HSPA+ speeds to iPhone users. This should be done by the end of the year. I am considering leaving Verizon for their bring-your-own device plans with my iPhone 4S. These plans are around $45/mo fo