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by jsilence 12y ago
I don't get it why the former big social sites don't invest in viable protocols which would allow their userbase to connect to other former walled gardens. Their users stick to the platform no matter what. Why not give them some i
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by jsilence 12y ago
If you consider that the basic meaning of Anarchism is "no hierarchies!" and compare that in a not-too-strict sense to core principles of the hacker and maker community, it becomes clear that a hacker culture and anarcism are not
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by jsilence 12y ago
If you take a look at the financial and technical desaster of the new Berlin Airport, you'll quickly change your mind. Financially off by factor of ten and with such serious flaws that some people actually suggest to scrap whats been b
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by jsilence 12y ago
Installation can be tricky and very much depends on the OS you're installing on. The people on the very low volume mailinglist are usually very friendly and helpful. Anyone who is interrested should definitely subscribe and ask for hel
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by jsilence 12y ago
Ah, nice graph! Thanks for posting! I was unaware about the steady progress. Still far away from the 90+% thermal efficiency that is possible with solar heating. My hopes on photovoltaics are on the relatively new contender Perovskite. Real
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by jsilence 12y ago
Converting light into heat is by far not as difficult as turning it into electricity. So don't mix this up with the 20-24% efficiency that are achievable in photovoltaics.
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by jsilence 12y ago
Great work and a great article! Would love to read any suggestions on how to design/produce a sheet of greenhouse foil that fits snugly over the dome.
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by jsilence 12y ago
Interresting that energy wise it is feasible to transport a whole lot of items that are not being used to the picker and back. But I am pretty sure that this has been taken into account when designing the size of the storage pods. Pretty im
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by jsilence 12y ago
First you'd have to file all the neccessary application forms for a project like that. Good luck! ;-) And even if you succeed, in the end there'd be a rule that requires the Pdf to be printed, signed, copied, filed, scanned and f
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by jsilence 12y ago
Please note that another german culture is to be overly pedantic in following rules, no matter if their initial intention applies or whether we just set them five minutes ago. Rules are followed because. This culture makes administrative pr
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by jsilence 12y ago
Please "Stop forcing people to wear bike helmets" http://www.vox.com/2014/5/16/5720762/stop-forcing-people-to-... "While they do protect your head during accidents, there's some evide
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by jsilence 12y ago
Really nice answer to all the iWatches an alike hitting the markets right now. Awesome!
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by jsilence 12y ago
For distraction free writing, M-x toggle-frame-fullscreen and (set-fringe-mode '(120 . 120)). There used to be a bug in earlier emacs Versions requiring a Patch for proper fullscreen. Have not tried this for a while, but now it seems t
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by jsilence 12y ago
If only some of the money would end up in the hands of the young female factory workers who are struggling to make a decent living.
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by jsilence 12y ago
See also: Flynn Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
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by jsilence 12y ago
Why do I have to enable "whatsappsharing.com" in my NoScript filter to see the graph?
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by jsilence 12y ago
Vagrant is there for people who would like to give the Node Red / Freeboard combo a quick shot without the installation and configuration hustle. Convenience.
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by jsilence 12y ago
One of the mushrooms is Node Red ( http://nodered.org ) which you can install on you own machines if you don't like hosted services. Node Red is free and open source and can be combined with the Freeboard dashboard frontend.
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Similar project: Danube: http://projectdanube.org/
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by jsilence 12y ago
Can't the author sell the app over his own website and process the billig over fastspring? At least that is what Peter Borg does with Lingon ( https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx ).
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by jsilence 12y ago
"Hackers" are those who tinker with stuff for fun. "Crackers" are those who break into systems for profit.
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M-x butterfly
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Feed black soldier flies with compostable waste. Use the grubs to feed fish. The fish waste can feed the plants.
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With water conserving aquaponics.
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Quantum mechanics, dreams stuff is made of.
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Another lightweight stack would be Openresty. Scripting nginx with lua. Both blazing fast. Lapis might be an appropriate web framework to start developing with.
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What if you fold the universe in half a hundred times instead? Just sayin'.
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Kickstarter: 30 Second Charging, Rechargeable Battery(kickstarter.com)
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Has anyone read "The Foundation" by Asimov?
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by jsilence 12y ago
Hm, geocaching TNG anyone?

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