Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
jballer
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
9 ms
·
61.
▲
by
jballer
6y ago
By “they” do you mean Facebook? Or the rioters? …or were you intentionally toeing the line between sarcasm and anarchy?
62.
▲
by
jballer
6y ago
I'd like to know what possessed the author to celebrate this beautiful plane in Comic Sans
63.
▲
by
jballer
6y ago
Or maybe because the supply side is full of drivers doing the job for less pay than they should reasonably agree to, betting on a windfall from AB5?
64.
▲
by
jballer
7y ago
I usually go with @example.com or @contoso.com
65.
▲
by
jballer
7y ago
Look up the "Moon Machines" documentary series - it's great storytelling with amazing B-roll. The GNC episode has stuff about the core rope, and the "first stage" episode had the story of the surfers who worked on t
66.
▲
by
jballer
7y ago
Maybe California mandates the delay to discourage gas consumption...
67.
▲
by
jballer
7y ago
It's an auction - they used to make great money because there were fewer drivers. If drivers walked away when pay got too low, the pay would rise to equalize with rider demand.
68.
▲
by
jballer
10y ago
Time Warner Cable in NC throttled it for me. I was only able to watch YouTube in HD through my school's VPN. How backwards is that?
69.
▲
by
jballer
10y ago
This title is misleading and borderline incorrect. He accepts that unencrypted traffic to specific IPs can be intercepted in accordance with a government order. He does not accept that all unencrypted traffic can be sniffed, or that any enc
70.
▲
by
jballer
10y ago
Buried in the original form thread[1] there are links to two articles[2][3] about drivers who died when they drove off cliffs in their Model S's. These are absolutely chilling to read in light of the potential suspension issues… 1: ht
71.
▲
by
jballer
12y ago
I wrote about something similar with VP8, which is highly patent-encumbered. Google was like: 1. You have a license to our related patents 2. You're on your own if someone else claims that your use of our stuff infringes their patents
72.
▲
by
jballer
12y ago
Look up the documentary series "Moon Machines" - it does an amazing job of telling numerous stories of the engineering feats behind the Appllo project, with first-hand accounts and some pretty awesome B-roll from the archives
73.
▲
by
jballer
12y ago
I went to law school, passed the patent bar, and worked at the patent office. Even I wouldn't want to write my own claims. There are too many technicalities to deal with in the process. At the very least find a patent agent to do it (a
74.
▲
by
jballer
12y ago
"Comprising" means having at least all of the listed elements. "Consisting of" means having all of the listed elements and nothing more. "Consisting essentially of" means having all of the listed elements, with
75.
▲
by
jballer
12y ago
Former patent examiner here. This is the truth. Only thing I'd add is, read the claims broadly . Anything that could possibly be meant by the words in the claim. If it's broad enough to contemplate what you're doing, look th
76.
▲
by
jballer
13y ago
emailed! (found you on CL, actually)
77.
▲
by
jballer
13y ago
This. There's a reason there are regulations for this sort of product–people need to be able to rely on life-saving devices completely and with 100% certainty. At the very least, I'd suggest researching brudgers' post and add
78.
▲
by
jballer
13y ago
Martha says over. http://www.marthastewart.com/248076/toilet-paper-debate edit: it starts at the 8:45 mark in the video