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811.
by jobu 12y ago
Can someone please make a "low-stress routing algorithm"!? Most days I honestly wouldn't care if a route took me 50-100% longer to travel if avoided traffic backups and stop lights. Call it "sane route" or "roa
812.
by jobu 12y ago
The hope is that early detection will allow for prevention. Right now it's difficult to diagnose Alzheimer's until the brain is too damaged to function normally, but some treatments may be able to prevent it from getting worse at
813.
by jobu 12y ago
Alexandrescu talked about D at Boostcon a few years back, and as I recall he was planning to make it compatible with C system libraries.
814.
by jobu 12y ago
"Which says a lot about the media you read." Would you care to elaborate?
815.
by jobu 12y ago
Where did this idea of GMO being harmful come from? Some of the environmental concerns seem to be legitimate, but I've never seen or heard a credible source claim they were harmful to human health. As a side note, I've always been
816.
by jobu 12y ago
That's it exactly. There are some brilliant people working at the NSA and our country would be better off if they were working improve the security of utilities, local governments, and critical businesses.
817.
by jobu 12y ago
Because anyone trying to keep anything private or secure must be hiding something bad... That's just wonderful. After 10 years of pervasive surveillance and not being able to catch a single terrorist I can't believe the NSA is try
818.
by jobu 12y ago
Because anyone trying to keep anything private or secure must be hiding something bad... That's just wonderful. After 10 years of pervasive surveillance and not being able to catch a single terrorist I can't believe the NSA is tr
819.
by jobu 12y ago
"The U.S. government cannot compel us to produce our customers' data stored in data centres outside the U.S., and if it attempts to do so, we would challenge that attempt in a court." Except that it would happen in a secret
820.
by jobu 12y ago
It would take something pretty amazing for me to allow anyone access to my gmail account. LinkedIn definitely made me skeptical on allowing even trustworthy-seeming companies access to my contacts.
821.
by jobu 12y ago
I kinda thought this was a joke at first... something about thinking outside the box. Has anyone tried it?
822.
by jobu 12y ago
Computer failure, and they recycled the hard drives?! For legal reasons, most companies I've worked for remove and store the hard-drive from people's computers for several years. It's hard to believe a government agency woul
823.
by jobu 12y ago
As an owner of a fairly quiet motorcycle, I've actually considered swapping out the mufflers for something noisier just so drivers notice me. I've only been riding a few years, but I already can't count the number of times I&
824.
by jobu 12y ago
Who do your parents and grandparents go to for help with their phones? In my family everyone comes to me, so even as a fairly technical person this Mayday feature seems great. :-)
825.
by jobu 12y ago
Here's a chart: http://www.att.com/media/att/2014/support/images/MSV_Image_3... With a 10GB plan you end up paying $800 for the phone ($199 up-front, and $25mo extra) under the 2 year commitmen
826.
by jobu 12y ago
"Desert Wolf's website states that its Skunk octacopter drone is fitted with four high-capacity paintball barrels, each capable of firing up to 20 bullets per second." If they sell this in the US our company paintball outin
827.
by jobu 12y ago
Amazon has consistently impressed me with their customer service, so Mayday struck me as a pretty awesome feature: "Simply hit the Mayday button in quick actions and an Amazon expert will appear to help you via live video."
828.
by jobu 12y ago
AT&T made significant changes to their plans earlier this year, so buying a 2-year contract from them is now a terrible idea. You're much better using their installment plan or just paying full price for the phone.
829.
by jobu 12y ago
While I agree that tree plantations aren't as biodiverse as natural forests, I had been lead to believe that young, fast growing trees sucked in more carbon than mature, stable forests. Do you have any citations for why forests are bet
830.
by jobu 12y ago
First time I've heard of "peak cotton". While I'm sure this wood texture could supplement cotton, I can't believe that trees would grow fast or efficiently enough to replace cotton.
831.
by jobu 12y ago
What is the messaging they're displaying to Verizon customers?
832.
by jobu 12y ago
Incentivizing users to watch videos could be bad for advertisers, but I can't understand how it would negatively impact Apple or any users. It doesn't increase downloads unless the app in the video looks decent enough to interest
833.
by jobu 12y ago
The blocks are a neat idea, and possibly not far-fetched. Apple already has at least one "live" icon - the clock app tells the correct time down to the second. My personal wish list: - customizable url scheme handlers (e.g. se
834.
by jobu 12y ago
Does Piratebox support wireless bridging or mesh? This is a super handy feature of dd-wrt ( http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index ).
835.
by jobu 12y ago
This sounds more like the plot of a reality TV show than a y-combinator company. It's definitely exploiting people, and reading the article made me feel dirty and a little sad for society.
836.
by jobu 12y ago
My perspective is that Apple really cares about their users, and only cares about developers inasmuch as it affects their users. Unfortunately I'm a little jaded by some experiences I had with Apple developers at WWDC. Last year I trie
837.
by jobu 12y ago
> I guess the system got what it wanted: the Today show got its feel good story for overfed housewives That comment is as narrow minded as the people that yell at homeless people to "stop being lazy and get a job". This story
838.
by jobu 12y ago
Term limits would help in some ways, but as another poster mentioned it can give even more power to those that control the political money. The most interesting proposal I've heard is to give tax rebates for political contributions. If
839.
by jobu 12y ago
Penn & Teller did a decent job of digging into this a while back on Bullshit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puVBFIciqGU Basically some things are worth recycling (aluminum), some things break even (plastic/glass
840.
by jobu 12y ago
Any post that involves "best practices" or any specific programming language should have a date attached. Programming languages change and best practices change to follow suit. When I'm looking up a topic it sucks to get hal

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