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by froo 18y ago
I think you're missing the point - the reason why Arrington/TechCrunch became popular was because Michael worked his ass off to make sure that he broke tech news in his niche. He paid his dues and now he's reaping the rewards from it. There
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by froo 18y ago
Hey PG, what about enforcing procrastination filters? EG just removing the override link?
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by froo 18y ago
I think it might be interesting to see some sort of user-voted category system so that people who aren't interested in certain topics can filter them. Conversely, if someone was more interested in one topic at any particular time (eg, depen
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by froo 18y ago
Through trial and error I've figured out what times of the day I'm 'switched on' - for example, I'm not a morning person so I leave all the mindless stuff for mornings (answering emails etc). My best time of day to code is around 2pm - 9pm
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by froo 18y ago
I wholeheartedly support the idea of people self promoting if the articles are of relevance to HN readers. If I find the article is interesting, I really couldn't care less who submitted it, I'll upvote it anyway. The only time I actually l
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by froo 18y ago
As a non-US based person, it really doesn't bother me with all the Obama related material that is appearing (which is to be expected as obama-mania is still occurring) It will die down eventually, just let things run their natural course.
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by froo 18y ago
Thanks for the link - I've been reading up on writing for a project that I'm currently working on.
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by froo 18y ago
Agreed about Brad Bird. The other Pixar director I really like (actually more than Brad Bird) is Andrew Stanton. I think that Wall-E and Finding Nemo are Pixar's best works yet :)
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by froo 18y ago
You can solve the viewing angle problems without having to adjust the hardware too significantly - what about adjusting the perspective of the window that you're using depending on the angle that the thing is being viewed at. For instance,
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by froo 18y ago
I stayed up til the wee hours of this morning to watch Obama's inaugural speech (It occured around 2:10am for me) and I must admit I was impressed and saddened at the same time. Impressed that you Americans are getting a leader who is inspi
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by froo 18y ago
This might sound strange, but instead of radio broadcasts, what about the possibility of doing broadcasts with bursts of light utilising lasers? I guess my thought is based off the old idea that you could intercept data off a modem by readi
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by froo 18y ago
Just throwing it out there, but what about the use of railgun or coilgun technology to accelerate the projectile? EDIT - seems aaron above has already mentioned this while I was reading up on railguns... dammit :P
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by froo 18y ago
Yes, but one must wonder if he uses "The Google"
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by froo 18y ago
I quite like Brian Cox's talk on the LHC. Whenever anyone has asked me what the big deal about it was, or if I knew anything about it (I'm the "go to geek" it seems) I've always referred them to that particular talk. He has a very eloquent
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by froo 18y ago
yeah but the thing is, I think of twitter in the classic sense ("this is what I'm doing right now") Combine that with a work channel - eg "I'm currently putting a coversheet on the TPS reports" - then I believe it could be easier to co-ordi
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by froo 18y ago
Flagged as this is an old and very much out of date article. Here is a video of flight 4 that was successful. (awesome to watch too) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To-XOPgaGsQ Also, an update to the article which people might not have see
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by froo 18y ago
Completely offtopic, but anyone else notice all the alliteration that was going on with names? Judge James Jones & Daniel Dove I felt like I was reading some kind of silly comic book, where the RIAA was the villainous organisation (You
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by froo 18y ago
I sincerely hope twitter implement private channels (so that you essentially have the same thing) for their messaging platform. Would be great to have a private discussion area for workmates or project teammates as additional tabs to the ge
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by froo 18y ago
1) I assume they can't get rid of the border because of the camera that comes with it. 3) If you read the article, it will be probably half as thick the final product - this is just a prototype which they left lots of room in it. With the b
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by froo 18y ago
Give it a stand and use in the kitchen for recipes etc while cooking? Perhaps as an entry level product for people who don't know how to use a mouse but might want to use the internet. A basis for some kind of learning device for younger ki
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by froo 18y ago
Well, I'd be inclined to buy this kind of device for my grandmother. Touch screens are intuitive for people who don't have a good grasp of technology, and combined with a decent homepage (perhaps a dumbed down google IG with large bookmark
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by froo 18y ago
It can be, theres varying grades in gyokuro depending on the region its from. I generally go for a lower to middle grade of gyokuro, My palette isn't developed enough to tell the difference (heh) but I pay about $22 Aus for 50g (inc postage
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by froo 18y ago
i've started using ec2 for rendering 3D animations. Much cheaper than investing in a renderfarm for the moment.
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by froo 18y ago
I drink gyokuro and unfortunately I've been unable to find anything local here in Perth that is decent. I know it can be expensive when compared to other teas, but I'm able to get about 4 infusions out of every serving so the price is much
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by froo 18y ago
Agreed re: tea - I get mine shipped from the other side of Australia (because I cant get what I want locally), but even factoring in postage costs its still significantly cheaper than other drinks (except tap water)
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by froo 18y ago
There were a few figures on there I found interesting. The average person spends 1704 hours in front of the TV every year? On average thats 20% of your life in front of a TV... I spend maybe 5 hours per week, so I'd hate to see what some ot
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by froo 18y ago
At this rate, I think the idea of a Googolplex note being in circulation isn't too far out of the realm of possibility.
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by froo 18y ago
I'd be surprised if this wasn't intentional - as the saying goes, theres no such thing as bad publicity. The Seinfeld-Gates ads got how much free press? I'd be willing to lay money on this being a sign of things to come with MS - with so ma
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by froo 18y ago
[bad humor contained within, you have been warned] Hmm, so if the universe is one giant sticker on someone's credit card, then I wonder what the credit limit is on that baby - and if they can lend the auto industry a couple billion bucks to
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by froo 18y ago
I think so too, to put it into perspective - even my mum knows who Steve Jobs is and she is even sad that he's ill. I asked her yesterday if she knew who Larry Page or Sergey Brin was, she had no idea.

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