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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Headline seems click-bait-y, doesn't it? "Kept the ISS Flying"? Last I checked the ISS doesn't fly. Even if we concede that as a term of trade, it isn't going to fall out of orbit because it gets no love from ear
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Ask HN: How do you use 3D printers?
10 points by rebootthesystem 9y ago|6 comments
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Good, but a better idea would be to flag sites that auto play video or audio and penalize them in search. Seriously, this is a frigging plague. I can't understand how designers rationalize the idea of blasting someone with a video or
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
It's worst than this. Every large Internet company has this flavor of totalitarian customer-NO-service relationship with their users. It's like you are an ant that they can step on any given Monday at 1:45 PM and Google couldn&#
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Yup. I am currently studying the idea of designing better (more efficient) mining hardware. That's the arms race. I have a few ideas. Not intelligent enough yet to know if this makes any sense as a business venture given the curren
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I think you are reading it wrong. It isn't about greed. It's about recognizing an opportunity and having the drive and interest to jump on it, sometimes at great personal risk. I have failed to recognize and/or act on a num
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I've seen a different kind of behavior. It consists of taking a project that could be done in six months and stretching it over two to five years. And, yes, it looks pathetic and absolutely ridiculous when viewed with the eyes of a &
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Well, above all, you value experience. Seriously, the degree to which age discrimination is an accepted reality in tech today is a great failing, and one that has enormous hidden costs over time. Sadly I know a number of extremely talented
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I find it so strange. I can understand them having preference or even a mission but it isn't aligned with the reality of what their user base is doing. They are trying to shove something down people's throats even when their beh
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Dear Kickstarter
2 points by rebootthesystem 9y ago|2 comments
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Ancient history few people know. AutoCAD started life as a CP/M application. When you bought ACAD you had to buy an 8087 math co-processor card as well as a 512K RAM drive card. I ran ACAD for many years on such a system using a DEC
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
It would be very good to have one or a few solid legal decisions relating to scraping. Today, as far as I know, the entire segment is still in limbo. It is important to understand that, legal or not, in the US anyone can sue you for anythi
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Of course, restraints let the structure around you disintegrate without you being part of the spectacle. Yet it is true that airbags have probably saved millions of lives as well as untold people from painful, expensive and life changing in
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Well, there's a limit, right? The point of a highway is to move people from point A to point B as quickly and safely as possible. In other words, we need to optimize for both. If we optimize only for safety we'd crawl at 5 mph.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
They control deceleration.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
The spread of personal information across myriad services is, I think, becoming a huge problem. I recently had a case with one such services. They store personal information that could be very damaging if it got out. SSN, driver's li
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I probably have a dozen email addresses across five companies that I need to manage. I thought Zimbra would be the answer but server requirements sky-rocket quickly.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
You missed my point: Speed does not kill. Going off track at 120 MPH was not fun. Dirt, rocks, slashed two tires. Beyond that it was uneventful. The speed just makes it last longer and probably contributed to the huge holes on the tires
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
This is simply not true. What causes damage and hurts or kills is rapid deceleration, not speed. Sure, speed is a necessary component in order to achieve the most violent deceleration but speed alone does guarantee damage at all. The raci
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I've been looking a Zimbra [ https://www.zimbra.com/ ] for a while. I like the general idea of the product. Even the free version is feature-filled. My only problem with it is that it seems to be a resource hog. You&
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Send an email to: <phone_number>@<your_provider's_sms_gateway> For example, with Verizon: 8185551212@vtext.com Doesn't address the self hosting part but this is an easy way to send SMS from a desktop/laptop.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I thought Amazon had the concept of picking-up shelves and moving them about locked-up due to Kiva patents. Is that not true?
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
To go further than that, embedded projects more frequently than not have one and only one software developer. It's not like building a website with a team of several developers. In this context the "nobody" in your scenario
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
You don't need C++ for that. Let's say we are talking about a serial port and a motor driver, all in the same MCU. A programmer would have to be pretty sloppy to use motor controller functions to try and talk to the serial port.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Well, "Embedded Systems" represents a continuum ranging from simple non-smart programmable thermostats to microwave ovens, televisions, engine controllers, navigation systems, high performance servo controllers and more. I have a
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
> as someone who does research in the field > ... > there's currently no other commercial password manager that I recommend. > I'm sorry I can't go into more detail than that. Hmm. OK. Well. How about this? Withou
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I would argue that US manufacturing has had a "boom" because no other option existed. When you find yourself at the bottom of a deep hole the only way to go is up. That's what happened with the crash of 2008. See the chart p
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Cities don't build anything. People, investors, entrepreneurs build. What cities do is prevent them from building. I've been researching buying some land to put up affordable housing. I can buy the land. The permits and regula
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Thanks! I'll read through this. A quick scan seems to reveal consumers in the US don't have as much control over their private data as I thought we might. Which is bad. If someone has my driver's license and credit card da
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Here you go: http://bfy.tw/CrF0

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