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   by moreati 14y ago

   It's a windows-in-html simulating tail by vimeo.com Hands up if you were expecting a Vim plugin.
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   by moreati 14y ago

   I was surprised by 2 kW. I have an electric moped that's 2 kW - and in that class 1.5 kW is more typical. Maybe a burst vs steady state spec
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   Simple and Secure Sites Keep Boomers Happy(uxmag.com)

   1 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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   by moreati 14y ago

   It's been done http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/infrared-leds-make-y.html
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   by moreati 14y ago

   For the record that "youth journalist" is Ali G, a character of Sacha Baron Cohen - the same guy who plays Borat.
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   James Webb Space Telescope Mirror and Sunshield Deployment Animation(youtube.com)

   1 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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   by moreati 14y ago

   I'm half remembering a BBC documentary with Robert Winston. He holds a newborn baby and explains we're born with a few instincts. He then looks at the baby and grins, the baby smiles back. Maybe "Smiling is the only intuitive interface, aft
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   Software Architect's View of the Design of Double Entry Paper Accounting Systems(ledgersmbdev.blogspot.co.uk)

   2 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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   by moreati 14y ago

   Quick and dirty screencast http://youtu.be/DoDoOtlomsM
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    Missions to Mars: Remembrance of probes past(economist.com)

    3 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    AIUI the .mac account was the backup email address of the Gmail account. So 1. The attacker compromised the .mac account. 2. The attacker used the I forgot my password feature of Gmail - to get an account reset email for the gmail account
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Possibly referring to this story. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230489870457747... If so, the quote only says they could stalk people with the master password, not that they were.
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    by moreati 14y ago

    This is limited electronics knowledge, plus conjecture. Buyer beware: - Direct (unmanaged) LiPo charging is to be avoided because the cells react so violently to overcharging. - Compared to a LiPo cell even a 100 uF capacitor contains ess
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Cheers for that, will come in handy very soon. For those wondering Deliver a standard test email, requiring CRAM-MD5 authentication as user me@example.com. An "X-Test" header will be added to the email body. The authentication password will
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Glad to see the screensaver/power save inhibit API https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697132 . I was surprised when HTML5 <video> didn't do that from the start
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    Will Unicode Soon Be the Universal Code?(spectrum.ieee.org)

    2 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    I'm guessing a 3G provider other than Three or Vodaphone - said proxy is why I left T-Mobile. Last I tried you can instruct the proxy not to alter your web traffic using HTTP cache control headers e.g. http://www.lewiz.org/2007/01/hacking-
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    Robotic Motion Control Enables Breathtaking High-Speed Video(spectrum.ieee.org)

    1 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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    How to send mail from a PostgreSQL database(depesz.com)

    1 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    I think avshalom was commenting that the HN headline implies the car does 96 mpg, whilst travelling at 100 mph. Which would be a truly remarkable feat.
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Yes, the pricing will be very similar to 2011.
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    Belchy Brainteasers(braintease.turnersoft.co.uk)

    1 points by moreati 14y ago|0 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Sorry Coventry isn't suitable. For reference where would be central/convenient for you? Disclosure: I'm a PyCon UK organizer.
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    by moreati 14y ago

    I wonder if false positives will take off e.g. personal attack alarms that make a sound like gun fire
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    by moreati 14y ago

    This is a 2009 concept, finally becoming a product http://www.reghardware.com/2009/06/24/folding_uk_plug/
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    The Mu - Folding UK 3-pin → USB plug(themu.co.uk)

    36 points by moreati 14y ago|50 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    Not the high speed robot I was expecting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk but just as clever
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    Robot Finger Does What Your Finger Can't(spectrum.ieee.org)

    2 points by moreati 14y ago|1 comments
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    by moreati 14y ago

    I find it plausible. For anything more I'd want evidence, but all I can offer is anecdote. In the UK over the last few years most Android/not-iPhone adverts I saw made it very clear that the phone did Facebook - implying to me that Facebo
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    by moreati 14y ago

    For anything that requires a permanent magnet, on the scale of gadgets->cars I'd say unlikely. On industrial/generation scales possibly. See e.g. http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind/superconductors-for... . For other uses IDK, IAN