orblivion

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2071.
by orblivion 17y ago
Reading the title, the image of the product I got in my mind seemed to be a great idea, a solution to some of the awkwardness that I personally feel toward OK Cupid. I don't want to send an email pretending to take interest in something par
2072.
by orblivion 17y ago
If only there were some sort of website where people voted on interesting articles they find to promote them to a front page. Oh, or some sort of RSS reader that allowed you to conveniently share interesting articles with your friends.
2073.
by orblivion 17y ago
I'm assuming the reporter, exaggerating what the scientist describes.
2074.
by orblivion 17y ago
I opened this article with reluctance, because I must have seen 5 "breaking the light barrier" stories now, all of which are based on a fallacy.
2075.
by orblivion 17y ago
The electronic gift economy. People collaborating and working for free to produce electronic goods. The point of the article is that, so far, open source only works when there's a company behind it, and companies are structured the way they
2076.
by orblivion 17y ago
Firstly, open source does (or can easily) have one big usability advantage: installing things, assuming it's on a repository, is much easier. Or, at least, it's very close to there; I haven't asked a lay user how useful they find the "Add A
2077.
by orblivion 18y ago
Well I've thought of Python that way for a while too, before I saw anybody else say it, but I meant it in a good way. It's like BASIC but actually useful.
2078.
by orblivion 18y ago
He probably should have said "inverse".
2079.
by orblivion 18y ago
Better than a password, I would venture to say that this would closer resemble a public/private key system. Suppose the bank could run several tests, and learn the tendency with which your ear reacts, rather than recording a single response
2080.
by orblivion 18y ago
It's exciting, but it sortof scares me to think that this is going to be the focus, rather than dealing with the underlying problem of self-control, or perhaps certain ingredients in our food supply. (I know there is a good argument for gen
2081.
by orblivion 18y ago
I hope it's good advice, because it makes sense to me, and I will probably take it to heart. I see that some people here don't think there's much value in this article. I've grown to believe that different personal/productivity advice like
2082.
by orblivion 18y ago
Makes sense to me. It's akin to a charitable donation. Would you rather donate money to a guy to fix his plumbing (who, by the way, could already afford a house)? Or to someone to get an education so they can drastically improve their finan
2083.
by orblivion 18y ago
Most simple answer I can give: If the resistor were replaced by a wire, the pin would always be connected to ground, rendering the thermistor irrelevant. If the resistor were removed and ground disconnected entirely, the pin would be connec
2084.
by orblivion 18y ago
I understand how guilt can keep a lot of people from gaming the system too hard, but what about really desperate people (homeless people, for instance)? You'd think they'd eat there constantly, once they heard of it, and drive the place und