piercebot

13 ms·

91.
by piercebot 8y ago
The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi, is an entertaining space opera with colorful characters. Second book in the series just came out last month!
92.
by piercebot 8y ago
The prices quoted in this article are significantly higher than what I paid. The Toto c100 washlet, which I installed in May 2017, currently runs for less than $360 on amazon [0]. And, despite the fact that I live in the suburbs of Washingt
93.
by piercebot 8y ago
As a senior software engineer who has successfully contributed to startups that were subsequently acquired, and with over 9 years of experience across a variety of technologies, "Who's hiring" is probably not the first place
94.
by piercebot 8y ago
Jittery rendering, hangs, and high-latency are deal breakers in Virtual Reality. I think things will get better as a matter of necessity for VR and AR, and then "veterans" from the field will bring back "new ideas" about
95.
by piercebot 8y ago
This reminds me of the kind of science that Vernor Vinge imagined in his 2006 novel "Rainbow's End:" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End
96.
by piercebot 9y ago
The title "Javascript to Rust and Back Again" had me believing that this would be a tale of how Rust was abandoned in favor of Javascript! I'm so glad to see we're actually talking about wasm interop
97.
by piercebot 9y ago
Zippers! This is definitely a knowledge gap for me; thank you for putting a name to a thing that I've encountered in the wild. Here's a good article I've found with information about them: http://josf.info/bl
98.
by piercebot 9y ago
8 hours of sleep every night Tai Chi Less social media, more in-person interaction
99.
The Ethereum world is now obsessed with breeding cartoon cats(qz.com)
5 points by piercebot 9y ago|0 comments
100.
CryptoKitties: breed digital cats on the Ethereum blockchain(cryptokitties.co)
4 points by piercebot 9y ago|0 comments
101.
by piercebot 9y ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/octopus-city-obser...
102.
by piercebot 9y ago
Something I found interesting when playing with the example code is that, while folding in parallel certainly speeds up the execution for realized sequences, it may not make sense to realize a sequence that you're only going to use for
103.
by piercebot 10y ago
Not just for traders, but this is really important for combating fraud, waste, and abuse. The World Bank, for example, makes lots of overseas investments in places where it might not be convenient to send representatives to check up on the
104.
by piercebot 10y ago
China is hard, though, because it's cloudy very often. Having a fleet of satellites in orbit with a ~15 minute revisit rate will be game changing to making sure you find exactly what you're looking for on the day you're looki
105.
by piercebot 10y ago
BlackSky will also allow you to task ad-hoc; the plan is to have 60 sats in orbit by 2020 with a ~15 minute revisit to any place on earth. http://spacenews.com/blacksky-global-says-its-poised-to-cove...
106.
by piercebot 10y ago
Competitor BlackSky[0] says their objective is "90km^2 in 90 minutes for $90", and they'll be able to do it at 1m resolution instead of Planet's 3-5m resolution. Not only that, but BlackSky's platform lets you order
107.
by piercebot 10y ago
We banked the embryonic stem cells and cord blood from our child's umbilical cord. There are a few companies that offer these services; we went with CryoCell (no affiliation).
108.
by piercebot 10y ago
Perhaps counter-intuitively, I have found that applying more layers to my core rather than to my fingers/hands tends to keep my fingers warmer. Of course, this only works if blood can circulate heat from your core to your extremities.
109.
China claims to have built a working EmDrive(dailymail.co.uk)
1 points by piercebot 10y ago|0 comments
110.
by piercebot 10y ago
> (although I think the name could use a little work) In Japanese (書こうね), it translates roughly to "Let's write, mmkay?"
111.
by piercebot 10y ago
I really enjoy Agricola[0], because there are no elements of chance in the game, only strategy. It's also a little more approachable to people averse to conflict-focused games, because the only victory condition is "everybody has
112.
by piercebot 10y ago
> America’s brainiac class has generally regarded cities with fear and distaste. > If the automobile caused us to disperse, the information age seems, paradoxically, to be drawing us back together. Is the author suggesting that techno
113.
by piercebot 11y ago
Looks like the site may not be hardened for SQL Injection; you can't put apostrophes in the "reason" box without MariaDB throwing an exception and failing to register your vote.
114.
by piercebot 11y ago
The team at circleci actually wrote some great blog posts about this. First, a tongue-in-cheek post highlighting the question you're asking here: http://blog.circleci.com/its-the-future/ Followed by a post answeri
115.
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar(theatlantic.com)
40 points by piercebot 11y ago|27 comments
116.
America's Fantasy of a Four-Day Workweek(theatlantic.com)
1 points by piercebot 11y ago|0 comments
117.
by piercebot 11y ago
Code Climate has a scoring algorithm that looks at the quality of your code, including its complexity. https://codeclimate.com/
118.
Limitless fusion power may be only a year away(t3.com)
1 points by piercebot 12y ago|0 comments
119.
by piercebot 12y ago
Reading about Dr. Stephen Henson reminded me of the article written about Tarn Adams, the creator of Dwarf Fortress. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of...
120.
by piercebot 13y ago
You are correct: we could continue to trade while keeping the tech a secret, and eventually amass millions of dollars. Doing so would take 5-10 years. If, however, we find an institution who understands the potential of FX Machine and is wi

More ›