mikecarlucci

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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
The first thing I thought of after trying the Kinect was the robot in the reboot Lost in Space. At one point the kid uses a VR type device to control the robot and right off hundreds of space spiders. Not so great a movie, but very cool lo
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Same. No confirmation. The box had a guys name and Kentucky address. I'm in Boston. Really confused at first. Can't believe how fast they got these out. Edit: Nope, not your name. I had no idea why he would have sent me a box.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
UPS arrived about an hour ago. I had the "apply" tab in Chrome. It runs Wave without much issue, and that crawls on a lot of non-traditional PC devices. They dropped the function keys but the keyboard does have a row of accessorie keys at t
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
I don't know if it's just fears about offshoring or what but anyone who has already been allowed to come and study in the country should have an opportunity to stay. Running a school as a business and then sending "clients" away after gradu
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
China and India each have about three times the population of the United States. While I don't agree with the direction the country has been on since 2000, I think the problems facing the US are not so terrible as to be unavoidable. Being t
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
The Ridiculous Race Steve Hely & Vali Chandrasekaran http://www.amazon.com/Ridiculous-Race-Steve-Hely/dp/08050874... Two friends challenge each other to an old fashioned race around the world with one caveat: no airplanes. Starting fr
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Could it be Google was as surprised as everyone else about Groupon's revenues? During the rumors about Google's offer of $2 billion and then later $5 or $6 billion everyone was reporting Groupon at $500 million per year. After the deal was
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
It would seem that the sales people at Groupon become less valuable as Groupon clones and Woot-type sites gain traction. As they become more popular among consumers wouldn't businesses start clamoring to get listed, negating the advantage
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
The layouts are insane sometimes. I lived in an converted mill in Natick a few years back. The high ceilings and big windows were great, but to "upscale" it the space was divided into two equal rooms (plus bathroom): a bedroom and the _ever
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Like say, The Four Hour Work Week? It got so much buzz I'm glad I was able to borrow a copy and see what it was all about. Just as glad I didn't buy it too. His best example is to write a book that may provide insight into shortcuts.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
That's the opinion often missing here. Just like ideas alone aren't valuable, neither is schooling. If you get something out of it though, formal education is valuable.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Part of the solution will be the inevitable shift away from cash entirely. Paying electronically it doesn't matter if the price is $0.42 or $13.37. Just ceasing production of coins and bills would probably save a tidy sum. The problem of co
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
This seems to be a topic that comes up a lot on HN: the lone hacker working without a formal education is "better" than his/her college educated peers sometimes. I think the author here makes some good points about the role of the universit
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Edupunk'd - Can the Internet replace the traditional university?(bigquestionsonline.com)
2 points by mikecarlucci 16y ago|1 comments
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
I heard the same stuff in orientation and even as someone who was intrigued (my high school US History teacher was a former lawyer) by law school from a young age I went into it open to leave. The first year should definitely tell you if yo
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
While most likely in jest, this is likely going to be a problem at many institutes of higher education. College grad unemployment is just 4.4% but how many people get jobs in their field of study or even remotely taking advantage of their d
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Boston College 3L Asks for His Money Back; Hilarity Ensues(abovethelaw.com)
16 points by mikecarlucci 16y ago|36 comments
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
That just blew my mind.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
The main point is that advice from 37signals is pushed too hard. It's not all bad, but it isn't a business model or company philosophy that can work in every situation. I read and enjoyed Rework. It's refreshing to hear from a source that i
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Exactly. We have airplanes for cross country travel. The train technology that exists in other countries could make even Boston to Toronto doable.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
That's actually a pretty good idea. Chronological and everything. I may steal it :)
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
While it isn't surprising what these people have to see, I was still somewhat caught off guard at the emotional toll these jobs can take.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Good point. A Mach3 triple cut is really a gash that can take a small chunk out of your face. A small slice from the safety razor stops being an issue in minutes.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
As a Red Sox fan, the comedic antics of his character on the show really helped humanize him.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
I did the same thing. The first couple times were a little tricky - longer time and some cuts - but now I shave almost as fast with the safety razor. It's so easy to learn and so much cheaper than a Mach3 I can't believe more people won't g
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Think about people who don't have an Android phone and are deciding between that and the iPhone. If you are a casual tech person who keeps their machine in good shape, edits a bit of HTML/CSS from templates but hasn't taken the full leap in
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
That point is usually missing in the idea vs. tech posts here. The heart of it is that you really need both skills and can decide which is your focus and which is your compass.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Yes. Sometimes both the comment and the author line too, other times just the author line is tiny and the comment text regular size.
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
Consistency is huge. It's amazing what some of those guys will get out of their equipment. I spent some time talking with a guy who builds data acquisition equipment. Most of his customers started using his sensors in the 80s and until the
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by mikecarlucci 16y ago
We may be able to draw some insight from the Apple Store app as well. Like iBooks it was shipped separately. Like the App Store and iTunes apps the Apple Store app lets you make purchases from Apple. Is it simpler to have all the "purchasin

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