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by mlang23 7y ago
Even that isn't true. She actually grew up with roughly 500m more altitude then I did. Not much, but still.
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by mlang23 7y ago
Does anyone know how tths story actually gained public recognition? I mean, its a dog from 1925, and back then, people weren't posting pics all day and the dog was likely also not featured in the daily TV news :-) Maybe thats a stupid
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by mlang23 7y ago
Some people seem to have a more pronounced bodily reaction to smoking. Your story reads a bit extreme tough. This reminds me of a story that went the other way round. When I walked up a small hill in my home town with my non-smoking ex-g
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by mlang23 7y ago
Since this is a site that actually revolves around everything start-up, I feel the need to mention that there might indeed be a market for this. The Optacon filled a nieche that currently nothing else does. A portable, relatively affordabl
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by mlang23 7y ago
The moving parts of a pre-2000 product were definitely more robust then these days. That applies to piezzo based refreshable braille displays as well. However, when using hardware that actually needs to move parts around, nothing keeps wor
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by mlang23 7y ago
I am not sure if that is really true. It might be cheaper to build, but it will probably not last as long as the 1980-product. We see this in refreshable braille displays too. The newish models tend to have about half the lifetime compar
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by mlang23 7y ago
Maybe the "free market" isn't such a good idea after all...
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by mlang23 7y ago
Actually, all the piezzo-alternatives I know flopped. Piezzo seems the only workable technology for refreshable braille, especially if you want acceptable refresh times. Piezzo does up to 20 Hz, which is really nice when scrolling along i
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by mlang23 7y ago
It basically boils down to the fact that the bussiness around assistive technologies is pretty small. However, I am baffled by this fact as well. I really would love to own a Optacon, but cant buy one because nobody is manufacturing them
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by mlang23 7y ago
No, Whislter used a Braille display. Those utilize the reverse piezzo effect to implement "refreshable" braille.
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by mlang23 7y ago
YOu are right regarding the vibrating dots. Actually, that is what makes the Optacon special compared to say, a refreshable braille display. It is actually easier to feel small structures if they are vibrating. However, one big disadvanta
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by mlang23 7y ago
Life, a lifelong struggle.
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by mlang23 7y ago
Our medical system is completely wrong. Doctors should get payed for the time their patients are healthy. As soon as they fall ill, payment should stop until they are well again.
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by mlang23 7y ago
I noticed that as well over the years. Also, one thing that really drives me crazy is that Google is trying to steer me into using the german wikipedia, even though I am already explicitly searching for the english article name. I really
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by mlang23 7y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing. I didn't knew about the add your own keyword functionality. Pretty nice!
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by mlang23 7y ago
Most of them dont care where the energy comes from. All they care is to keep the stream of tourists. I know, I live in a skiing country which is about to face the end of this era. Nobody from the tourism industry is willing to accept the
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by mlang23 7y ago
In Austria, where skiing is a big thing for certain areas regarding tourism income, we already compensate with artificial snow since many years. I personally find this extremely crazy. Producing aritificla snow is extensive and likely qui
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by mlang23 7y ago
I dont believe this explanation. Not because it comes from you. I never believed it. "Secure enclave", yeah. sure. My point is, if you have sensitive data that you dont want to loose, you should probably not carry it around wit
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by mlang23 7y ago
I totally agree. And I think this is already happening left and right. It sort of reminds of the boy who cried wolf.
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by mlang23 7y ago
So, I recommend, just dont loose your shit... Besides, the typical thief aims to resell the hardware. They dont care about the pics you have of your gf...
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by mlang23 7y ago
I wish Microsoft wouldn't alpha-test their browser-experiment on real-world-users. Since Edge is out, I find it totally useless. It has also been a total fail on the accessibility front. To release something that is inaccessible fro
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by mlang23 7y ago
I disagree that plain "exposure" is worth anything. Let me bring up a sort of unrelated example. Whenever I meet someone that claims they have "some" experience with people with disabilities, it turns out they are wors
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by mlang23 7y ago
I always considered the "you can't get at the data of an iPhone" a marketing slogan, not really worth my trust. I am still off the opinion, once you give up/loose physical access to a device, the game is over. Also, I d
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by mlang23 7y ago
The question is, were they any good in their original profession, and why did they move away from it and go to politics?
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by mlang23 7y ago
I never understood why it is a desireable thing to put the young into unimaginablly high debt just to get educated. This, the death penalty and no public healthcare are the reasons why I dont really consider the USA as the role model for m
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by mlang23 7y ago
Are you a synaesthetist? I am, and your description pretty much sums up how I experience music.
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by mlang23 7y ago
This comment feels like Commander Data having a similar discussion with Picard... I can tell you, appreciating music and emotions are deeply connected.
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by mlang23 7y ago
This is clickbait and not worth your time. The last paragraph in the article is the most important: Almost 75 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs are frequently found in Germany. Disposing of them sometimes entails large-scale
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by mlang23 7y ago
I am concered about the upcoming accessibility disaster. Granted, most games are likely not really essential for say, blind people, to play. But the future will bring UIs to VR. And I doubt that companies will think about accessibility f
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The Fake Like Factories(youtube.com)
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