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by eksith 12y ago
Friend of mine is still on EarthLink DSL, as Verizon wouldn't rollout to her town, and I think they're really the market for this. I can't be sure about this, but I've read somewhere that FiOS has stopped new deployments
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by eksith 12y ago
True, but we have our own version of "three strikes" via Yelp, Angie's List etc... Also, I hang out on a lot of home improvement forums where cleaners, contractors and customers frequently trade information and recommendation
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by eksith 12y ago
When those in charge fall asleep at the desk, this is the mess that follows. What's really sad is that ordinary folks are complicit in the exploitation as they don't see anything past the pretty UI. They think they're hiring
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A Full-Body Mouse: Click with Your Leg, Scroll with Your Hips(wired.com)
5 points by eksith 12y ago|0 comments
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by eksith 12y ago
This was posted on HN a little while ago. It gives some great insight into their process : http://www.openbsd.org/papers/dev-sw-hostile-env.html Summary: Basically, the development process for OpenBSD is the same as st
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by eksith 12y ago
Also things are deceptively simple. There's of course the initial hiccup for new users since the setup is a tad esoteric, but once past that, using it is very straightforward. It's not quite "set it and forget it" for se
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by eksith 12y ago
You answered your own question: "journo". Our standards for acceptable behavior for private citizens is different based on occupation (or ostensible purpose in life).
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by eksith 12y ago
Maybe not their post, but the tone in which it was posted. "Obsessiveness" != "the work of a dangerous lunatic" as you say, but the hyperbole was obviously not welcome. But also worth noting, as mentioned above, this was
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by eksith 12y ago
"I troll therefore, I am" : An odd, yet perfectly acceptable lesson on the motivation behind their actions. As an aside, this is why helbanning exists. To delete a comment or ban an account, (or in the case of the article, block a
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by eksith 12y ago
Would you be willing to share the program or source? That sounds like an interesting project.
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by eksith 12y ago
The same model is listed on AliExpress http://www.aliexpress.com/item/World-Smallest-Portable-Mini-... Unless that's a massive coincidence, they're buying off-the-shelf and modifying it. But there are other p
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by eksith 12y ago
"Seeing" and "Perceiving" are likely very different. Yes, we only have binocular visual input, but the excess in processing in the brain takes perception to another level. However, machines have trouble with the percepti
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by eksith 12y ago
Shouldn't this be qualified with "...if you signup to KISSFLOW"? There are certain types of customer that would consider it superfluous, but often a welcome email will have other information that would be nice to have, just s
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by eksith 12y ago
Some detail by Chris McCormick http://chrisjmccormick.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/hand-pose-re...
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by eksith 12y ago
Exactly. We adopt a different tone based on the venue and, since no one shows the same face everywhere, even with the same name, these are going to be wildly different. Ironically, this really did feel like a machine based cold-reading.
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by eksith 12y ago
"proceeds to live on a boat" This fits you perfectly ;) Actually, I've been designing my own small cabin[1]; nothing fancy, solar panels, a decent cooker, pellet stove heat etc... And it occurred to me that the thing
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by eksith 12y ago
I ran a forum on SQLite for a few years before switching to Postgres fairly recently. This is not due to any shortcoming of SQLite, which I believe could have handled far more traffic than what we were already getting at the time (6K - 10K
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by eksith 12y ago
Psychopaths have a wide range of traits, but I believe those who would consider doing something like this, also tend to have poor impulse control that may interfere with their plans ahead. What makes it a terrifying possibility is that terr
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by eksith 12y ago
There is AUVSI http://www.auvsi.org/auvsi/home/ (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International). I don't exactly know how effective they are what they do or even what they do, for that matter. They d
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by eksith 12y ago
Ubiquiti was linked here a little while ago http://www.ubnt.com/broadband Their point-to-point wireless can travel a fair distance, but I don't know how resilient it can be. Something similar that is resistant to jammi
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by eksith 12y ago
I'm not a starry eyed idealist (most of the time) to think everyone can hold hands and bring peace to the world, but there has to be a peaceful resolution to this somehow. A civil war is the absolute worst thing that can happen now as
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by eksith 12y ago
I think this is it (from May) : http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-tesla-first-q...
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by eksith 12y ago
Delivery ETA is now Fall of 2015 http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx Not too bad for a new design.
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Detection of a branched alkyl molecule in the interstellar medium(sciencemag.org)
2 points by eksith 12y ago|0 comments
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by eksith 12y ago
A cursory browse shows an interesting pattern in the names of the researchers. edit_ Perhaps I should clarify: It's entirely possible that exposure in the West has a large part to do with the media, who often don't wade too deeply
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Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults(plosone.org)
3 points by eksith 12y ago|0 comments
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by eksith 12y ago
How would you rate their support? Are they good with fixing issues or are there fewer issues than the other hosts you use? Would you recommend them for a site with, say 100K visitors per day?
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by eksith 12y ago
Honestly the premise, the model and database matter a whole lot more than the language. The premise is the most important as how it's presented to everyone is determined by it. The model is only to help you get your head around it; use
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by eksith 12y ago
To be clear, the issue here isn't that they want to stop the upstart solar revolution (although I'm sure that's a factor too), but the bigger problem of grid spikes due to tie ins. Solar comes in two flavors: Battery and grid
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Spyware executive arrested, allegedly marketed mobile app for “stalkers”(arstechnica.com)
3 points by eksith 12y ago|0 comments

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