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The Neighbourhood Elevator and 21st Century Urban Density(templetons.com)
1 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch (2011) [pdf](lewis.seas.harvard.edu)
11 points by mblakele 12y ago|2 comments
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Ultimate SaaS Metric: Customer Lifetime Value to Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio(kellblog.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is commonly thought(economist.com)
33 points by mblakele 12y ago|45 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
This reminds me of the "bowling pins" strategy.
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The two cultures of robocars(ideas.4brad.com)
4 points by mblakele 12y ago|1 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
There used to be, but it isn't PC: "white mutiny". See also http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79793/phrase-for-...
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Nitrogen-fixing ferns: Aquatic alfalfa(economist.com)
1 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Small startup "Cruise" plans to sell modification kits for highway driving(ideas.4brad.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Live Google transit directions change the value of transit(ideas.4brad.com)
106 points by mblakele 12y ago|36 comments
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BBC iPlayer sees performance uplift after relaunching on NoSQL database(computerworlduk.com)
1 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
https://github.com/socketubs/leselys
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How to get mosquitoes to breed themselves to death(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
In the playground REPL, am I missing an easy way to display errors as they happen? It seems any error messages aren't visible by default. Xcode shows a red "!" disc next to the line, and that's it. The usual shortcuts fo
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Why Google's "ridiculous" looking car is brilliant(ideas.4brad.com)
1 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Brawn v brain: Muscled out(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
So you have 60% of X. If you need X, you have to subsidize the difference. Where does that money come from? Anyway 60% is probably too high, because it's misleading to compare SF alone with NYC. You might better compare SF with Manhatt
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by mblakele 12y ago
Low density. Without enough population density it's impossible for transit to be economically viable. Tokyo has it. London has it. NYC has it. SF is... simply not dense enough to support a good transit infrastructure.
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by mblakele 12y ago
Yes, all forms of IP should have a "use it or lose it" mechanism. Work the patent or lose it. Market and enforce the trademark or lose it. Keep the copyrighted work available or lose copyright protection.
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Tax collection in Latin America: Electronic arm-twisting(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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High-tech farming: The light fantastic(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Google and the EU: On being forgotten(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
Cats have much better long-range vision than short-range. Long range they are probably better than you think. Short of about a foot they don't really focus at all, and rely on their whiskers. Like most predators they key in on movement
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The Box S-1, Delayed IPO, and the Genius of Tien Zuo(kellblog.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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Solve the network neutrality dilemma and make money too(dbms2.com)
1 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
The article is fine, but what I really like is the chart. Excellent visualization of GDP vs GDPPP.
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New data suggest the Chinese economy is bigger than previously thought(economist.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|1 comments
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by mblakele 12y ago
That sounds interesting. What sort of things do you do with AppleScript and the browser?
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by mblakele 12y ago
Pipe that into http://stedolan.github.io/jq/ and you could do things.
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New regulations are banning the development of delivery robots(ideas.4brad.com)
2 points by mblakele 12y ago|0 comments

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