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Google's Project Tango: NASA SPHERES
(youtube.com)
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12y ago
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mvikramaditya
13y ago
I presume you mean this? http://xkcd.com/378/
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13y ago
Could be that the typical Yahoo mail user is less technically savvy than the users of other email providers and more prone to making mistakes which makes it easier for the account to be hacked.
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13y ago
What the author seems to be missing is that most of what we keep secret can be taken by someone with a malicious intent and used against us. This is a major reason some things are best kept private.
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What is aging and how we can extend our lifespan.
(phdcomics.com)
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13y ago
Thanks, its not very clear. And the mashing just gets harder as you see the red increase. You just helped some people avoid RSI :)
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13y ago
I'm not sure whether its timing based or whether you just need to mash buttons like hell? If it is turn based it makes sense, but not much I can do with 300 ms latency as I watch the bar flying by getting redder and redder. edit: Seems
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13y ago
Here is an extract from MS' statement regarding this: "To be clear, the Xbox Live Policy & Enforcement team does not monitor direct peer-to-peer communications like Skype chats and calls. "
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Valid Credit Card Numbers for Testing Purposes
(getcreditcardnumbers.com)
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13y ago
I meant the attributes that we measure progress by. Quoted straight from the article - "It leads the world in education, banking, shipping and has created a everyday existence of unrivaled cleanliness, safety and stability"
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13y ago
The article seems to be a summary of the consequences of modern living, and the loss of "community", "fun" and "enjoyment" which goes along with it.
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13y ago
Nowhere in the article does the author blame this for the perceived issues he mentions. In fact from his tone, this seems to be a positive in the way Singapore has improved in modern terms.
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13y ago
Paraphrasing from the article, this tool allows the machine to have internet access while being isolated from the local network.
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Lithium Ion Batteries dangerous?
(lithium-ion.weebly.com)
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13y ago
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13y ago
I second this. There are plenty of free, accurate and beautiful weather apps available. I was kind of hoping there would be a page which shows what _unique_ features this app provides which would be worth paying for. The features listed are
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13y ago
This immediately reminded me of theoatmeal's cartoon on how commercial planes should be laid out :) link: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/airplane_layout
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Microsoft Surface revenue less than write-down and advertising
(theverge.com)
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Google tells some Glass Explorers to invite a friend
(engadget.com)
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Ubuntu forums hacked
(itworld.com)
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I'd rather that Airline Websites use their time in improving the usability of their site by using autocomplete suggestions instead of drop-down lists of hundreds of cities, save information in case of failed payments etc rather than ma
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Am I missing something? You only lose accounts which you are not using, correct? It is easy enough to avoid losing the account by logging into it once. If you have lost access to the account, you can go ahead and reclaim the same account ba
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Wasn't this one of the original "Chrome Experiments"? I remember there being quite a lot of them, most of which were fun to play with.
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TL;DR version (Taken from the article): A CFO is paid more than the coal miner because the skills required to be CFO of a Fortune 500 company are scarcer, and more wanted, than the skills required to be a coal miner. It’s the combination of
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Silk – Interactive Generative Art
(weavesilk.com)
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New Yahoo homepage
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SPMF Therapy for Arthirits
(reeteshranjan.wordpress.com)
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Yahoo ordered to pay 2.7 Billion by a Mexican Court
(forbes.com)
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14y ago
Doesn't Google Hangout provide the same feature? Is there any reason for installing a third party extension for sharing your screen?
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14y ago
A little hyperbole never hurt anyone :) But yes, I do not see it replacing the keyboard.
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14y ago
Looks exciting, but kickstarter has taught us to be vary of products until actually delivered. Hope it lives up to expectations.
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