mgillett

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by mgillett 4y ago
I used to have this problem with my Plugable dock and managed to permanently fix it by changing the orientation of the USB-C cable. The pins are not perfectly symmetric, and some devices don't handle one orientation correctly. You migh
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Inside Venezuela’s Crumbling Mental Hospitals(nytimes.com)
2 points by mgillett 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgillett 10y ago
One that I heard last week: There is an 8x8 checkerboard in a room with a coin placed on each square. Each coin is either facing heads or tails up, and the face is determined randomly. Before you can inspect the board, a "master"
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Wikipedia: Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by mgillett 12y ago|0 comments
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by mgillett 13y ago
I have the same gripe. Think about giving Switch ( https://github.com/numist/Switch ) a try. Cmd+Tab still functions as normal, but Opt+Tab (you can change the default keybinding) will allow you to cycle through all avai
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MIT Media Lab: Dynamic Shape Display(youtube.com)
4 points by mgillett 13y ago|0 comments
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Kill Math(worrydream.com)
2 points by mgillett 13y ago|0 comments
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Lessons Learned from Vanderbilt's MOOCs(cft.vanderbilt.edu)
1 points by mgillett 13y ago|0 comments
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by mgillett 14y ago
Only tangentially related to the article, but I have to commend this guy on his design chops. The new Quizlet site is fantastic. Great job Anand!
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by mgillett 14y ago
I'm pretty sure it has to do with local laws covering disclosure of viewing records. The reason this is now possible in the US is that Netflix just managed to get Congress pass an amendment to the VPPA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_P
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Temporary Tattoos Could Make Electronic Telepathy, Telekinesis Possible(txchnologist.com)
32 points by mgillett 14y ago|7 comments
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by mgillett 14y ago
Really glad you find it useful, and you're completely right that I need a section on compatibility. The nice thing is that for browsers that don't support Blobs, Amazon allows you to just upload the file as one giant chunk with the same mul
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Direct Multipart Uploads to S3 in Rails(blog.bitcast.io)
30 points by mgillett 14y ago|10 comments
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by mgillett 14y ago
I just think that very much depends on the field and the problem domain. Taverna seems like it's more targeted towards academics that don't know how to code, and that most people that use it are comfortable staying within its limits. I mean
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by mgillett 14y ago
This is what turns me off so much from academia. Is this really that typical at most universities? I know that there's always been a large emphasis placed on publishing in high-impact journals (and often), but isn't the open publishing move
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by mgillett 14y ago
I think this is more a comment on how the system is broken. Researchers should be notified of new libraries in their area. At the very least, they should be able to consult a single site that everyone uploads their code to (think Github for
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The Power of Suggestion(chronicle.com)
2 points by mgillett 14y ago|0 comments
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Transform Videos into eBooks with Storyboard(syntaxi.net)
3 points by mgillett 14y ago|0 comments
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by mgillett 14y ago
Really like the concept and the product feels great. I'm curious as to why voice chat was not included though. Is that planned in an upcoming release, because it seems like a pretty big setback. You may not be fighting over a single cursor
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by mgillett 14y ago
I think what's so great about Dropbox is that they don't really have a focus. They do synchronization, and they're superb at it. It seems to me that Dropbox is trying to change how customers perceive them and that managing photos is just th
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by mgillett 14y ago
I think he's talking about a data breach or an untrustworthy middleman.