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by ja27 11y ago
But the students aren't supposed to know that yet. That's literally two topics later in the Common Core Standard, so they won't learn that for another day or two. Smh. http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Co
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by ja27 11y ago
Amazon quietly does pretty good business with some school districts. We've made several 1,000+ unit bulk sales of educational apps through them. It's not iPad numbers, but it's a lot better than we thought. This device will s
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by ja27 11y ago
It's interesting that it's only #1 in the U.S. and #20 in Canada. That's pretty good evidence that initial sales were driven by Marco's following on Twitter and friendly posts by people he knows. Now the mass media blogs
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by ja27 11y ago
dumb stuff My wife was on the advisory committee for a local middle school that's struggling. One winner is that they bought SmartBoards for a bunch of classrooms but didn't get stands for them, so they just mothballed them for
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by ja27 11y ago
Students all over the country should bring digital clocks and circuits to school this week as a protest.
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by ja27 11y ago
The previous discussions about this in the past 2 days: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10139734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10144018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10141
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by ja27 11y ago
I keep hoping he'll connect with the Penny Arcade crew. Maybe go collaborate with them on a project.
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by ja27 11y ago
I'm been worried about him since long before the Microsoft sale. I hope he gets some real help.
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by ja27 11y ago
Almost every Fortune 500 and most branches of the federal government. There are a few exceptions obviously. Microsoft, Apple, HP, etc. are unlikely to use IBM technologies internally. Facebook, Amazon, etc. are young enough to not have main
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by ja27 11y ago
I need to get one Dash button and set it up so that pressing it orders more Dash buttons.
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Ys
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by ja27 11y ago
Yeah I'm surprised the Shuffle doesn't sell well among younger joggers/runners. I can't imagine running with a 6+ strapped to my arm.
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by ja27 11y ago
I found myself wishing the first appearance of the cards on the page were bigger so they were readable. I felt like the samples flip too quickly. Maybe showing 2-3 of each at a time and either not animating or doing it much more slowly? May
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by ja27 11y ago
Verizon prepaid Moto G is $20-40 depending on the current sales. No bootloader unlock, no root, no SD slot, and no gyro but otherwise a pretty good little device for running stuff.
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by ja27 11y ago
> If you are using LastPass without 2FA There is no 2FA with LastPass. Don't believe me? Set up a LastPass account and turn on 2FA. Go log in on an untrusted browser. Enter your password. At the 2FA prompt screen, there is a giant r
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by ja27 11y ago
Similar article from last month: http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/headline-story/...
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by ja27 11y ago
Not until I hear some friends and family start talking about investing in tech startups again.
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by ja27 11y ago
> Why do Android users update slowly? Because a lot of phones are locked down by carriers that are slow to issue over-the-air updates. Even non-cellular tablets need manufacturers to issue updates before most users will apply them. Anoth
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by ja27 11y ago
I love stuff like this. A member at our local hackerspace showed me a set of PVC fittings he'd printed for his grandkids that have all kinds of interesting junctions like giant K'Nex or Tinkertoys. Someone on Reddit 3D-printed a v
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by ja27 11y ago
I don't know. My wife taught as an adjunct briefly but we finally had to set the rule that she couldn't accept an adjunct contract that would lose money for us. That's right, they pay music adjuncts so little that gas for a 2
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by ja27 11y ago
Or taught by grad students. My undergrad had maybe 4 classes taught by PhD students and I'd say that half of them didn't really know the material they were teaching before the class started.
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by ja27 11y ago
And for whatever numbers they typed in when I refused to even make up one myself.
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by ja27 11y ago
That's a Bluetooth 2.0 dongle. The Bluetooth 4.0 dongles are more like $3.50 at the cheapest.
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by ja27 12y ago
Where can I plug in my ADB keyboard and SCSI drives?
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by ja27 12y ago
I had one male coworker ask a female coworker what size her breasts were. He explained that his wife was getting implants and he was trying to decide on the size. I'm so glad she didn't tell me until after he left. I saw him once
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by ja27 12y ago
Yes. When Visual Basic first came out, I assumed it was very much inspired by Interface Builder on the NeXT. Kind of weird to not even see it mentioned.
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by ja27 12y ago
> Soon we wont give a rats ass about USB as well. The only times I see most people with MacBook Airs have an issue is when they swap files on thumbdrives or need to download photos. The average (non-techie) user still isn't tech-sav
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by ja27 12y ago
> For a ton of Chrome tabs. Or one Facebook tab.
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by ja27 12y ago
> So the new MacBook isn't the only USB-powered notebook anymore It never was. First USB-C powered though. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/08/hp_chromebook_11/
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by ja27 12y ago
> Perfect for issuing reminders about time and dosage It wouldn't surprise me if that needs FDA approval.

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