neonkiwi

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by neonkiwi 14y ago
> Content must be editable offline, when there is no network availability. I'm curious to know why this is a requirement for python.org? I mean, edit contention is an area one has to deal with even if editing with a network connectio
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by neonkiwi 14y ago
This team is aiming at the Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Competition, discussed on HN before[0]. The head of the team, Neal Saiki, has human-powered helicopter experience[1]. They're competing with a quadcopter design from the Universi
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Human powered helicopter on Kickstarter(kickstarter.com)
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by neonkiwi 14y ago
If you have code for an Arudino, you can make a board that uses an AVR microcontroller (made by Atmel[0]) with that same code. It may be possible to use a cheaper AVR if you don't need the same functionality (eg, if you aren't using hardwa
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by neonkiwi 14y ago
There are expensive machines you can buy that do this: CNC wire benders. From the first page of YouTube hits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwygMdpQ8SU
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by neonkiwi 14y ago
I think the figure of added costs is sensationalist at best. The Velodyne LiDAR sensor alone that Google uses is $85,000. I think we'll see self-driving cars soon enough, but I'd be surprised if the Old Guard of car manufacturers will lead
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by neonkiwi 14y ago
The gamble being made here is that customers want to buy clothing that is popular. I wonder if this might signal the exact opposite of what a shopper is looking for. Instead of clothing being an expression of unique individuality, he or sh
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
The physical calculator allows students to use this calculator in the classroom. If a student was using a smartphone on a test, how does the teacher know at cheating is not going on? That said, this calculator does allow a no-estimation-ne
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
It does seem to be generally true that running a business has a worse payout than a normal job, but in this case, the OP says he's spending seven hours a week on the maid business: http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/sblc6/from_a
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
Seems like one of the people behind this, joshbegley, is hellbanned on HN. His comments on this page so far are just showing up dead. Any ideas as to why this is? It makes me wonder about entering my email address on his site. Edit: If yo
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
The reason that $1000 at 90% odds and $900 at 100% odds are used in this example is the expected value is the same in both cases, making the situations 'equivalent'. A 90% chance of losing $9000 has an expected value of -$8100.
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
It's about $10 cheaper than that from Amazon or in stores, but sure. It adds weight. Neither are a large enough weight to impact your carrying of an iPad (the smart cover is nearly 5 oz! :), and if you lift the iPad up to look at somethin
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
There are two issues with extended text entry on an iPad: the lack of tactile feedback, and the tradeoff of typing and viewing ergonomics. They've added tactile feedback, but you still need to keep the iPad near horizontal in order to type
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
You can get your shared items (and a few other things) as JSON here: http://www.google.com/reader/settings?display=import This isn't very useful to the average user, but I'm sure any HN reader can handle this.
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
Google Reader circa yesterday provided an inbox-style interface for all of your content. A feed had read and unread items, and folders allowed you to compose macro-inboxes, and (this is the change) shared content was treated in the same way
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
This looks fantastic, all the best with your launch! It makes me wish I had a smart phone.
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
> I figure if I get big enough where I want to be running out of multiple data centers, I'll be big enough to afford Riak ES I was thinking along those exact same lines, but a big unknown was pricing on their enterprise offering. That
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
I agree, Ikea is popular because of the price. Build-it-yourself and low price for Ikea furniture are related through these aspects: * It turns out assembly does not create nearly as much value as the other steps in the manufacturing proce
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
Thanks for that tip!
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
My complaint isn't about the content, which I couldn't really read, but rather about presentation for a slice of the Internet. This article is 'optimized' for my device, an iPad. I see this bit of code on more and more websites, which is we
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
I've been thinking about this exact approach for a while, so it has been immensely useful to read the discussion taking place in this thread. There's obviously a lot of value in word-of-mouth sales; but I'd like to know more about about app
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
I assume Ilya Volodarsky, a cofounder: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyavolodarsky
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
I disagree with the sentiment that nomography has lost relevance. Anybody worth their salt doing interface design for complex systems is exploiting these principles and combining nomography and computing. For example, a power plant is litte
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by neonkiwi 15y ago
A great read on the topic exists in book format, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, by data visualization expert Edward Tufte. Part of this book is freely available, discussing the involvement of PowerPoint in the Columbia disaster: http