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by jgroszko 10y ago
Alternatively, Alexa could ask "I just heard a ding, was that your dishwasher?" and maybe compare against a database of known devices.
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by jgroszko 10y ago
Sounds like a problem that would lend itself well to machine learning
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by jgroszko 10y ago
All first past the post systems like we have in the US will trend towards a two-party system. It sucks because voting third party just takes votes away from the major party candidate that most closely represents your views. To maximize your
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by jgroszko 10y ago
Sure, straight white cis men can say "Oh that's all just political" but for someone who's gay, black, transgender, or female these issues effect nearly every aspect of your life. Every situation is viewed through that le
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by jgroszko 10y ago
I can't attest to Eich's personal views, but giving money to maintain a status quo that is discriminatory against gays is anti-gay.
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by jgroszko 10y ago
He mentions Brendan Eich who was ousted from Mozilla for his anti-gay views. I have little sympathy for someone who feels marginalized by views they choose to hold and express when I, as a gay man, could be marginalized simply for who I am,
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by jgroszko 10y ago
That's... not how US debt works. Countries use the dollar as a reserve currency through buying up treasury bonds. It's simply a safe place to park their money. The US 'owes' China 1.2 trillion in the same way your bank &
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by jgroszko 11y ago
There were a couple different movies that explored this theme around the time The Matrix came out. eXistenZ is another one that I enjoyed a lot, where video games become completely immersive, but there's still a few tropes like vapid N
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Do people actually ask random people from other companies out for lunch? I've never heard of someone actually doing this, and I feel like if I was approached at a meetup this way I'd be very unlikely to accept, if not a little unc
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by jgroszko 11y ago
It helps to keep in mind these groups are just constructs to help sociologists talk about large groups of people. While they're good for talking about differences in generations, no single person is going to fit into any generational g
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by jgroszko 11y ago
You're probably thinking of the City of London, which is an area inside London that has it's own government and special privileges apart from the rest of what we think of as London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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by jgroszko 11y ago
I was always a fan of HammerJS's branding, but it looks like they removed the silhouette of MC Hammer from their front page :( http://hammerjs.github.io/
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Ahhh good point, I haven't actually been following that story very closely.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Not even as sinister as sibling comment here talking about genocides, these billionaires are wielding disproportionate political power to encourage policies that effect lower classes negatively to the benefit of their own bottom line. On a
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by jgroszko 11y ago
It seems like the high reflectivity of snow would help in case of following the tracks of the previous car, where I'd guess the car's tracks are a little bit less reflective than the fresh untouched snow on the rest of the road?
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by jgroszko 11y ago
I suspect they're never going to go completely away. I still like to keep a set in my car in case my phone is dead and can't charge it from the car for whatever reason. I believe the Navy is adding celestial navigation back into t
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by jgroszko 11y ago
As a tourist the DC Metro at least seems much cleaner to me than the Chicago L that I commute on every day. The displays that show arrival times for the next train in DC are slick, but many L stations have those now too.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
What's the inspiration for 6? I know it's a running joke that evidence goes missing, but I don't think I've ever seen a news article about a specific instance in Chicago.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Wikipedia has a yearly donation drive. I'd be incredibly surprised if Twitter took that path though.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
There was a bunch of research when Facebook started becoming big around what could be determined just from who your friends are. Basically, Facebook can already figure it out based on who your friends are, even if you didn't check it o
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Why Millenials Keep Dumping You: An Open Letter to Management(linkedin.com)
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by jgroszko 11y ago
> Ever see those studies that show that the most vocal person in a meeting is considered the most knowledgeable by the group (even if they're the least knowledgeable)? Yeah - software development has this to the extreme. I think thi
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Agree that it's a pretty naive argument. There's probably a lot more to be said about how it would give even more influence to lobbyists and staffers that would stick around in DC for years and be far more knowledgeable about how
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by jgroszko 11y ago
> I've long maintained congress would be much more representative if eligible citizens were randomly selected for 1 congressional term, like jurors are in juries. And like jurors in juries, wouldn't we then be governed by peopl
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by jgroszko 11y ago
I like the Replay cameras, you can set them to overwrite old files, and to turn on and start recording on external power. So basically I just had to plug it in every time I went out on the bike, and then unplug it when I was done. Unfortuna
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Illinois is an at-will state, so like any other employee in the state they can be let go at any time for any reason, with the exception of a few protected classes, since we also have a state Employment Non-Discrimination law.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
This approach, at least for my setup, would require opening up a port in my server's firewall as well. The other benefit is that ngrok provides a nice web interface so you can watch and inspect web requests as they go by.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
> I definitely do the "manager doubling" when it comes to estimates. If I think it'll take a month, I estimate 2 months to my boss. If I have to report several levels up, I multiply by 2 for every level. Hah, I like this.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
Yeah not sure how accurate the calipers are, I pay more attention to if it's going up/down than the absolute value.
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by jgroszko 11y ago
As a lifter with a BMI of 26, it's not a very useful metric. Last time I measured my BF% with calipers it was around 9%... Edit: Okay checked my spreadsheet, I misremembered. Honestly I don't track it that closely

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