delsarto

12 ms·

91.
Scott Adams : blogging is improving "my odds that something good would happen"(dilbert.com)
3 points by delsarto 13y ago|0 comments
92.
by delsarto 13y ago
Hmm how will monster cables and the like sell their stuff when the standard makes clear that existing cables can already handle the greatly increased bandwidth? I look forward to the spin!
93.
by delsarto 13y ago
Just FYI, [sic] is used when you're quoting something with a mistake and you wish to indicate that mistake is in the source document, and not added unintentionally.
94.
by delsarto 13y ago
The distance is just about what I commuted on a bus for many, many years, also with no facilities. In peak hour it would probably be fine, when everyone is fairly sensible and not drunk. But after hours, I've had quite a few uncomfort
95.
by delsarto 13y ago
No toilet, and no way to get off, or even really stand up? I know some personal jets lack such facilities, but they're not exactly open to the public. At least on BART you can move away from the crazy...
96.
by delsarto 13y ago
Seeing as digg reader just go "only view unread" and "mark as unread" [1] it's pretty much feature complete for me. I found theoldreader has a bit more "information density" but maybe one day digg will ma
97.
Theoldreader.com down for "a day or two" due to database restore(blog.theoldreader.com)
5 points by delsarto 13y ago|1 comments
98.
But That’s Impossible Crazy middleware breaking ipv6(labs.apnic.net)
2 points by delsarto 13y ago|0 comments
99.
by delsarto 13y ago
How is the phone "subsidized" anyway; Apple or Android? Consider, say, buying a 32gb iPhone 5 in Australia on Optus, for a 4GB unlimited plan is $3,120.00 over 24 months [1]. Or, you go and buy the phone from Apple for $899.00, and use Opt
100.
Video: How Chevron Richmond Fire Happened(blogs.kqed.org)
1 points by delsarto 13y ago|0 comments
101.
by delsarto 14y ago
"Exhibited at Ars Electronica 2009". It also resists opening when your account is low, and inflates or deflates depending on how much you have in your account. It's more an art project I think...
102.
by delsarto 14y ago
"Gulf Co-operation Council raises concerns of possible radiation leaks after earthquake near Bushehr nuclear plant." in case like me, you wondered what a compiler had to do with Iranian nuclear policy.
103.
by delsarto 14y ago
I signed up for mt.gox about a week ago, at that time the verification queue was >10,000 and I'm still about 5000 now. My plan was to buy one bitcoin to gamble with; presumably that was the plan of the several thousand others in the qu
104.
by delsarto 14y ago
except they don't deliver on Saturday, don't pick-up mail from your mailbox and a letter costs 60c instead of 44c
105.
by delsarto 14y ago
This seems to work by periodically grabbing a data file like http://www.dsny.com/g2/data/arizona/13m.1 , and then the javascript appears to extract base64 encoded .jpgs out of that which it plays back to make the video? What's interesting
106.
JavaScript video technology only 17 years in the making(cringely.com)
19 points by delsarto 14y ago|2 comments
107.
Retracted papers at USENIX - what happened(microkerneldude.wordpress.com)
2 points by delsarto 14y ago|0 comments
108.
by delsarto 14y ago
THE THINNEST 14" ULTRABOOK™. THINKPAD X1 CARBON Less than 3 pounds Carbon fiber construction Embedded 3G connectivity Lenovo RapidCharge X1 CARBON AVAILABLE AUGUST 2012 August? Why announce it now? As if the literally
109.
by delsarto 14y ago
Yes, but without all the interesting meta-data, presumably?
110.
by delsarto 14y ago
This is true ... but what I want to do -- have my photos for years to come, is pretty much what everyone wants to do (otherwise, why did you take them). But how many people can even move their iphoto/itunes library across when they buy a n
111.
by delsarto 14y ago
Yes, by backing up to my local RAID array and then syncing with S3. I just figure it's not worth re-using the SD cards and they're an extra backup. I actually figured out every photo I take has - one copy on the SD card - two mirrore
112.
by delsarto 14y ago
No way would I trust all my photos to iPhoto, or Flickr, or Picasa! What happens in 18 years when I want to make a slide-show of my daughters baby photos for her birthday party. Good luck with that... I feel the only reasonable approach i
113.
by delsarto 14y ago
It's worthy because within 21 minutes, 32 people, based on their internal criteria, thought it was worth upvoting? Isn't that the whole point of voting?
114.
Everest too warm to climb this year?(himalayanexperience.com)
6 points by delsarto 14y ago|0 comments
115.
VUDU disc-to-digital program(vudu.com)
1 points by delsarto 14y ago|0 comments
116.
by delsarto 14y ago
Simpsons already did it ... Wiggum: I mailed these bogus prize certificates to every scofflaw in Springfield. When they show up for their free motor boats we arrest them and beat them to the full extent of the law.
117.
by delsarto 14y ago
> not justified as some sort of nebulous "investment". I can never understand on these HGTV shows how someone does $X work to a house, then they get appraised and someone says "you increased the value of the house by Y%". There's even
118.
by delsarto 15y ago
I think the guns the parent poster is referring to was the widely publicised statement that they would "shoot in the head" their projects if they weren't working. So they are sticking to that particular gun, as it were
119.
by delsarto 15y ago
Check out the "bubcap", it's a hard band-aid like thing that you stick over the button, and it stops little fingers from pushing it but allows adults to still work it. http://papercliprobot.com/
120.
The SunFlower Home Heliostat(homeheliostat.com)
2 points by delsarto 15y ago|0 comments

More ›