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by graeham 11y ago
Surely this is what Bing was attempted to be
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by graeham 11y ago
Its more than this - its that the model of balancing the weight of water with the vacuum pressure being the siphon limit is not correct. This paper shows an alternative model is more likely to be correct. It is that the water boils easily a
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by graeham 11y ago
The article has the causation backwards: being an immigrant does not make one bold and creative. Instead, people who are bold and creative are more likely to take the risk of packing up their lives for better opportunities.
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by graeham 11y ago
But the critical function for both concepts is re-usability, with a reasonably fast turn-around. Going to orbit with payload is no doubt hard, but has been done by 11 countries, not counting that within the USA multiple manufacturers have b
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by graeham 11y ago
Anyone else find irony that this is published in the Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos (founder/ CEO of Amazon)?
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by graeham 11y ago
It simply get absorbed in the gut (like food or all medicines), into the blood. There is a 'blood-brain barrier' that many things cannot cross, but far from all. Painkillers, caffine, LSD, and other psychoactive drugs all cross th
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by graeham 11y ago
A sobering report for biotech entrepeneurs (and the industry in general). Hopefully more details become avalible, not for blame but to learn from it. There is a duty of care and caution needed in medicine. Of course this needs to be balance
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by graeham 11y ago
Hadn't heard of them before to be honest. With a quick look on their Wikipedia page, perhaps they were too early for post-Wikileaks concern around privacy? Bank payments may be better now too, with more competition and greater use of n
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by graeham 11y ago
I think they're on the right track with a wide pay-for-content subscription, but I think they're missing that what people don't like is being tracked, not ads themselves. Ads can be ignored easily enough, especially with a bl
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by graeham 11y ago
There was a few articles on value per user a few years ago, can't recall anything recently. Probably a bit less for an average user, but someone driven enough to opt out is probably more valuable than an average user http://
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by graeham 11y ago
The article is calling for a "sell low" strategy [0]. The author is mistaking low oil prices as from lack of demand. This is part of the story, but a small part. The major factor is high supply, mainly from Saudi Arabia [1]. The m
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Beyond Fitbit: The quest to develop medical-grade wearables(reuters.com)
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Stop getting hacked, tracked, and profiled online(techcrunch.com)
2 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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Dispel: data, identity, and location protection across online devices(dispel.io)
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by graeham 11y ago
One man's capital (credit) is another man's debt.
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Universities across the UK lose internet connections following cyber attack(telegraph.co.uk)
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by graeham 11y ago
I learned it as part of my 2nd year mechanical engineering design course. It was a great way to teach concept generation to novices and expand awareness of alternative solutions. As our experiance grows, we become more aware of the possibil
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by graeham 11y ago
He was also pretty bold on pricing, electing to set the initial price off what he predicted eventual costs of production would be. Initially, new products would be sold at a loss. Perhaps not controversial in the perspective of modern ventu
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by graeham 11y ago
"I'm AI but humans help train me" The implication to me is that the chat is with a human, who is using an AI tool with the intention of training that tool. What better way to train a new service than to launch it, then answer
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by graeham 11y ago
http://arbutusmedical.ca/ is another example. Its only been going 3-4 years with ~10 students per year, so some of the ideas are still developing. And more so, I think we'll see alumni of the program do great things in
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by graeham 11y ago
How does one tell if an idea was 'discovered' during office hours or not? The system fails if only 'bad' ideas belong to your employer. Most contracts I've come across don't define working hours versus not.
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by graeham 11y ago
Interesting in such cases that the focus seems to be so much on retribution, whereas many other proceedings are more on deterrence (steal something = go to jail) or prevention (murder = locked up to prevent future crimes). Here, the crime s
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by graeham 11y ago
Depends on the user - for some it might be an advantage to reduce input errors from tremors or limited dexterity? Force-based gestures might be easier for some people than multi-touch gestures. More freedom is usually a good thing for adapt
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by graeham 11y ago
Important additional point - many markets (ie Europe) are cost-driven rather that revenue-driven (America). If alternative 'treatments' worked, there would be a larger push from the cost-driven markets.
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by graeham 11y ago
The search function seemed to miss most roles I tried - maybe focus people through the 'explore by profession' until you have a larger index? 'We couldn't find any NHS roles containing "radiologist".' We c
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by graeham 11y ago
I did as well. How do financial instruments (bonds, mutual funds, sporting bets) compare? Surely these would have protection from theft, even electronic versions. But calling Bitcoin a 'Financial Instrument' might open additional
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Show HN: 3D printing without CAD – greeting cards as a proof of concept(3dprintcards.com)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: 3D Printed Cards – Personalised greeting cards without using CAD(3dprintcards.com)
2 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
It should be _possible_ with even a smartphone camera. You'd have to do some clever image registration to calibrate/ re-scale the image.
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by graeham 11y ago
International rates in Canada are more than domestic. When I was there c. 2007, it was about $5500 for domestic and $15000 for international. It was still less than most American schools of comparable standing, although sometimes more than

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