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by minthd 12y ago
With all those battery innovations(at the research stage) we keep hearing in the news, how can building a huge factory be considered a stable investment ? at some point in the future,won't something come that will need different manufa
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by minthd 12y ago
But in order for annotation to become a thing, don't they need to be integrated into most browsers ? And the annotation extension that supports all browsers will win once this becomes popular ?
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by minthd 12y ago
I think you don't account how little time doctors invest in a single patient, and how much expertise they've got compared to the net. And on the other hand, many patients have a lot of tenacity ,because those are large problems fo
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by minthd 12y ago
They also released an API: https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-replenishment-service
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by minthd 12y ago
If we're talking about low-power mcu, here's something that might interest the the hacker community: A new API,to be released in april, that enables programming mcu's to very low power,easily(versus very high complexity of c
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by minthd 12y ago
>> ATMEL is always great presenting fabulous MCU than sometimes takes forever to reach the low-volume markets. But in the low-volume markets what wins is usually better software support, and with it's mbed-os(and other software
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by minthd 12y ago
This guys sell components that enable battery free operation(according to their claims) using rf energy: http://www.powercastco.com/ BTW, rf energy is generally among the lowest energy harvesting sources, and in many cases
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by minthd 12y ago
I think tadiran has such batteries. http://www.tadiranbatteries.de/pdf/articles/20-year-battery....
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by minthd 12y ago
Chuck, while blekko is a great search engine(especially due to custom search), it's clear that it is very different quality wise from Google.Same for Bing - it's not upto Google.And not for the lack of trying or money(bing). So ho
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by minthd 12y ago
Of course "the fact that you are using Chrome does not cause Google to receive any special or additional personally identifying information about you." could be true. But Agreeing to sign to the history sync feature is something d
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by minthd 12y ago
>> Notice that this is a feature you have to turn on (try it!) This isn't true , according to this post in google product forums(and others like it who complain about unwanted sharing and how stop it) : https://product
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by minthd 12y ago
Maybe i'm reading this wrong, but this sounds like Google gets your browsing history: "If you sign in to Chrome browser, Chrome OS or an Android device that includes Chrome as a preinstalled application with your Google Account, t
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by minthd 12y ago
Yes you're right. They probably couldn't do those games even if they wanted.
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by minthd 12y ago
It's really pretty weird. Google certainly has the capabilities to offer a great search experience, but it's very incosistent. For example after learning i like the results of a certain journals ,their personalization engine offer
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by minthd 12y ago
So, since Google tracks the full browsing experience of chrome users, and hence gets more relevant data than for other browsers users, it has the theoretical ability to offer better search results to chrome users. Has anybody noticed this h
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by minthd 12y ago
AFAIK ,the deal with yahoo was about putting yahoo search in the front. If it was about tracking Google search data - mozilla should have at least let people known, especially with their claim at protecting privacy. And if they lie ,they ri
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by minthd 12y ago
The only question is that of materials - and since CNC can work with a wider of materials ,which are both very strong, bio compatible, and dentists have decades of usage of them in the industry - it seems that for now the CNC will win - alt
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New chip lets gadget developers build mobile apps into their devices(arstechnica.com)
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by minthd 12y ago
Imon, what about remote work from gaza? how's the situation ? Because assuming there's the right talent and enough stability to work, this seems like something that could attract many employers, both from financial/talent per
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by minthd 12y ago
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that self-driving even without pooling is cheaper or not much more expensive than regular driving - and is sure as hell much more convenient. So i would expect suburb people to use it because they are r
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by minthd 12y ago
Even if they're the developing the tech, they'll do everything in their power as to not cannibalize themselves , and that will also contribute to their downfall. classic disruption. And you can see that in the way they talk: they
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by minthd 12y ago
Poor car companies. Between the possibility of this technology available as retrofits for old cars, the common use case for this as a taxi without the need to own it(and the efficiencies that come with it) ,the possibility of car sharing us
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by minthd 12y ago
True, but given no other job, decent living conditions(but not being rich) plus lots of free time won't be such a bad deal for many.
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by minthd 12y ago
I think Apple's uniqueness is that it used the fact that it invented the iPhone and for quite a long time had the best user experience in it, to create a very strong brand, and even if android achieves similar user experience(some say
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by minthd 12y ago
I have no ill will towards psychology, but to my understanding ,user experience(as in "the way the product is designed") is a different thing from status, etc.
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by minthd 12y ago
Roughly, gamers("true gamers") VS casual gamers.
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by minthd 12y ago
The key for this to be possible is a big reduction in the cost of living. Robots,automation and other tech , combined with the right regulations, could possible reduce cost of living by 80%-90%. Under those assumptions, won't basic inc
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by minthd 12y ago
That's a very interesting theory, but it's supported by very few examples, and the examples are pretty weak. In the example of clothing and fashion - the consumer really buys buys psychological value(status, attention, etc), not u
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by minthd 12y ago
There are unions in the nordic countries. They generally work quite well and don't hurt those countries competitiveness - those nations are quite competitive. I believe Germany is also highly unionized. So maybe we should learn from th
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by minthd 12y ago
There's the arduino zero(cortex-m0) or arduino due(cortex-m3) which are powerful,and mostly compatible with the arduino - and probably have a decent community around them. So i'm not sure they've"dropped the ball".

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