joncrocks

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by joncrocks 12y ago
UK to allow tests of driverless cars on public roads to start in January. In the same way that has already begun in the rest of the world. Same legal/insurance issues stand (as elsewhere) and are likely the bigger barrier to adopti
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by joncrocks 12y ago
I suspect this depends on where you're talking about. The actual residential streets are probably fine, it'll be the 'major' roads once you move from there where there's heavy traffic/people in a hurry where yo
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by joncrocks 12y ago
This is true. And it doesn't just apply to governments, but any organisation that is large. Once a organisation gets to a sufficient size, organising and allocating resources and communication starts to eat up a disproportionate amount
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Let’s face it no business manager would think about asking for the level of commitment and self-sacrifice that is commonly asked of software developers of a lawyer or CPA I suspect the author has never been a just-out-of-college grad in a
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Never underestimate the power of ass pennies.
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by joncrocks 12y ago
As ealexhudson says here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7975422 , the difference is that in the UK, when you have a 'green man', there is a guarantee that traffic are not permitted to use any piece of road
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Indeed, in England pedestrians never cross when a vehicle has a green light over the path they are going to cross. I.e. completely separate pedestrian phases. In the US, the walk lights go 'green' at the same time as traffic paral
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by joncrocks 12y ago
"New technology". You mean a light? Or a door slider?
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Isn't this a function traditionally fulfilled by a Thesaurus?
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Coming soon, 'the mist'.
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Think about winning the battle vs. winning the war. Mozilla could draw a line here, and no further, and not implement EME. But the consequence might be that FF market share drop significantly, as "Mah netflicks don't werk." S
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by joncrocks 12y ago
Robot CEOs! What a good idea!
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by joncrocks 13y ago
Excellent summary. 5 stars, would read again.
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by joncrocks 13y ago
Indeed. But I'd describe it as modern LCDs have a default brightness that it likely too bright for most uses. Manufacturers likely set this so that the colours 'pop' when being demoed (the same reason they sell/create&#x
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by joncrocks 13y ago
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319897 http://www.edn.com/design/automotive/4423428/Toyota-s-killer...
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by joncrocks 13y ago
Which is fine as long as you aren't planning to change your product at all. Yes, you can try and put it off for as long as possible, only making backwards compatible changes. But it's likely at some point you'll need to chang
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by joncrocks 13y ago
Yeah, sounds like artistic license to me.
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by joncrocks 13y ago
If you read the article, it suggests that the police officer is told that the person is Satoshi Nakamoto and the officer exclaims: "What?" The police officer balks. "This is the guy who created Bitcoin?" I can accept tha
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by joncrocks 13y ago
Even with healthcare coverage however, it's just a lot more complicated. I'm from the UK, and if something is wrong, your biggest challenge is making appointments with the right people. Some of my colleagues from the UK who have h
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by joncrocks 13y ago
But even with agile, you have to have some kind of idea how long an overall project might take, otherwise how do you even decide if a project is worth starting? Estimating is hard, but it's an estimate. Problems usually arise when one
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by joncrocks 13y ago
If anyone's wondering what comic/graphic novel those panels are from, it's from 'Watchmen' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen
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> the latter has far too often been done right before a killing spree There's an important point that should be made here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#Biased_search... You may have good metri