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by jeffool 14y ago
If you have someone's address and an RFID reader, and they have an RFID chip, then what do you need the RFID serial number for? If you're already reading, then just go to their house and scan. If you get multiple, then go again during the d
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by jeffool 14y ago
The article explains that someone (a member of Texans for Accountable Government) filed a FOIA request and got the addresses of all the students. From that a little wardriving will give you recognizable RFID tags so you can at least tell if
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by jeffool 14y ago
They were bought by Sony a bit back, actually. And OnLive folded, and sold themselves to a newly created company named OnLive. So, it's still there. And I think still has a lot of potential under the right person. (With enough money.) I sti
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by jeffool 14y ago
>(Yes, they had some titles, but they needed bigger ones.) The tragedy here is, they had bigger titles. At the last minute before launch, they pulled all EA titles from their service. When rival Gaikai got the rights to offer demos for
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by jeffool 14y ago
I think even a 2d map with a dot for the object would be serviceable and neat in cases like this. Maybe draw the flight path in a swath that changes color over altitude. In example, think how meteorologists on TV use color on a map to show
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by jeffool 14y ago
While I absolutely get your point about addictiveness (indeed many games are designed to be addictive) I've always found it odd when people complain that time spent gaming is "wasted" moreso than other hobbies. I don't think I've ever looke
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by jeffool 14y ago
Having worked as a relay operator for the deaf and hard of hearing, I can not tell you how bad forms are in virtually all software. When calling a deaf person, you may need to call a relay or translation service, meaning two phone numbers.
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by jeffool 14y ago
I can't imagine it would be too hard to have a browser plug-in that asked you to rate video after a viewing, and if you wanted to push your rating to social networks. Pushing yes could prompt "Jeffool just gave 5 stars to <film>" wi
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Anti-Downloading Law Hits Japan, Up To 2 Years in Prison(torrentfreak.com)
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by jeffool 14y ago
I'm with you, but I have a cousin who makes a similar comment with a slight difference. He says if he could get one that could print very hard materials (for mechanical parts to be used in engines, I believe) he'd consider one around $500,
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by jeffool 14y ago
Likely his Twitter. I think he's said as much.
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by jeffool 14y ago
I totally get you; I'm really torn on it. But part of me hopes that there are signs life existed there, and that gets more people on board with wanting to get there to investigate more. Maybe it even raises interest enough to get people the
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by jeffool 14y ago
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I did muddle that. See, sometimes they give Portal away completely for free. They've done it two or three times now. What I'm suggesting is that Valve gives everyone a free copy of Ep3 (or HL3, whatever they call it
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by jeffool 14y ago
That would also be genius marketing if they wanted to "flex nuts" and see just how strong of a following they could get if they ever did want to try to lure more users away from Windows, given Valve's Win8 complaints. Of course, if it faile
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by jeffool 14y ago
I'd love to see Google Drive fleshed out this way. And even if not with a video editor, at least a viewing tool for video. And a better one for images. (Though, obviously editing tools would be nice.) Similarly, I'd like the ability to view
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by jeffool 14y ago
It never occurred to me they'd call their self-driving vehicles "Google Drive". It's the one thing you don't do. Maybe Google Auto, Google Transport, Google Car, or any of a number of names. Though, I guess there's a good argument that "Goo
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by jeffool 14y ago
I'm surprised services like Spotify and Hulu haven't divvied up their content into special subscriber packs like Cable companies do. Spotify Premium costs $10? We have to assume the average listener listens to less than $10 worth of music.
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by jeffool 14y ago
Why should they expect a lower return? While I understand that value in being unique, I can't imagine a high quality production of a public work would be damaged that much by low quality productions of a similar work unless it's just profan
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by jeffool 14y ago
I appreciate it. After spending so much time clicking around and enjoying, and being near positive I've seen it all, I like having this to be sure.
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by jeffool 14y ago
I think you're right; publishers are finally starting to realize that Steam is just as much a danger to them as it is (well, was) to brick and mortar retailers. And you're also right in how unbelievably horrible they are in trying to fight
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by jeffool 14y ago
Which, in my case, allowed for bankruptcy. Until I hit financial hard times a few years later. By that time, they had (in 2005) retroactively removed my ability to declare bankruptcy on private student loan dept. (And for the record, I don'
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by jeffool 14y ago
I genuinely don't see why there isn't more political migration in the US. I mean an effort by large companies like the credit card companies have done by all HQing in Delaware.
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by jeffool 14y ago
Or media outlets, given the whole "celebrity cell/email hacking scandal". Or even rival companies that find dirt.
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by jeffool 14y ago
The very shrewd side of me says "Good. This could mean other phones won't be hobbled with this "feature"." But really, moves like this could start a race to the bottom in terms of user freedom if users don't get pissed. And that worries me.
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by jeffool 14y ago
Exclusionary tagging seems nice. More than giving why you're downvoting, I wish HN didn't ban/banish-to-purgatory people for low karma, but for upheld flagged posts. Someone can be horribly wrong, often, and still learn, and become worthwhi
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by jeffool 14y ago
I think the point isn't that it's harder for grifters, but that it's harder for everyone. Even people who genuinely think they're playing the game, and have made statements too far, lies, or even genuine mistakes. Before, they could say "Wo
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by jeffool 14y ago
There's already a thread above this one on the main page, and it actually links to the AMA: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4450803
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by jeffool 14y ago
Eh. I can buy people being willing to sample Linux given outside influences like Steam. There just has to be a good PR push and easy enough means packaged for them to do so.
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by jeffool 14y ago
heh, I believe you meant raise a toast to Neil. But that said, you're absolutely right, it could have been one of many other people. But having been that guy, I don't know that evoke else would have sacrificed so much, purposefully, as to n
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by jeffool 14y ago
I can't agree with this enough. I didn't actually tune into TV until the local 11:00 pm newscast, and he wasn't mentioned until 11:20. That's just insane to me. And, I think, bad news judgment. The man was a living legend. I've recently see

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