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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
This is pretty amazing! It'll definitely require power and motors to actually "walk", i.e. propel itself downhill, uphill or on a straight surface, but much less than what other robotic walkers do. And I don't see the need to make it two le
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
It's also interesting to see how piracy builds a market in third world countries without the companies even being present there. Like their example, Russians were pirating games and software long before Valve or other companies had a presen
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
A fascinating idea is to use solar and wind power to power factories or mining/production sites that are in remote locations - often, that's one of the main limiting factors. The main disadvantage of solar power is that it can't be used 24
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
Heh, collectively ownership and decision making would be great, only it's impossible in our world. There will always be a person who has more influence over others, therefore making him the leader. Capitalism is kind of like advanced social
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
So true! From the networker's perspective, it's called persistence, and it does work as advertised :-). The only thing you need to remember is to actually fit in, otherwise you'll become infamous as opposed to known and respected (although
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
Hi Andrew, what about the reliability? It seems that SSD's are at least twice as prone to irrecoverable crashes as mechanical drives (excluding cases of physical damage like the laptop falling off the desk)? What is your experience? On topi
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
We are now living in the Golden Age of Content Piracy, what with the proliferation of instant exchange and transfer methods, but piracy of intangible goods has been around for over a century, ever since the invention of the gramophone, or e
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
I agree with that, however you have to consider the returns on investment, too: the difference between a personal car and public transport is that you can get to wherever you want in 15 minutes instead of 1 hour, for example, but if you hav
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
I agree with everything except the point about material possessions - they're not bad, most of the times they can help you do things better and faster. It's just that you need to accept their imperfections and problems and stop spending tim
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I've been following the project since it was first announced, and while it's interesting, I don't find it particularly useful... I mean, I got a laptop for its mobility, I knew I was sacrificing a bit of graphics performance (although these
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
"It is his outsiderness that seems most irritating and even alarming" - that's the main issue that people seem to be having with Yuri. If he was American, he would be yet another success story, flashier than the others, but still competent
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
You're right, a lot of the people who decide to "chase the dream" do fail and they do pass up more secure opportunities, but most of the times that's a good thing. The experience and lessons learned when starting a business are invaluable,
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
I'd seriously consider getting a mid-sized electric SUV, but these small sport cars are just plain useless. However, I understand that for novel products like electric cars it's best to start by marketing them to people who can afford them
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by jakeonthemove 15y ago
Exactly - the results for most things are fine, but when it comes to searching for some technical topics, I have to look 5 pages further to find something useful (and I'm not even talking about the age of a lot of first page results - that