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by recampbell 16y ago
Heh. There was such a product provided by Debix ( http://debix.com ). It relied upon a law called the Fair Credit Reporting Act which allowed consumers to place a fraud alert on their credit file, which the creditor was supposed to call.
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by recampbell 16y ago
This is reflective of the overall decline of true science reporters who would fact check an article like this, even if they didn't write it themselves. C.f. "CNN Cuts Entire Science, Tech Team" http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/cnn_cuts_
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First quantum effects "seen" in visible object(newscientist.com)
6 points by recampbell 17y ago|2 comments
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by recampbell 17y ago
Here's a chart: http://lifehacker.com/5451127/seems-like-everyones-getting-f...
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The future of web publishing, part seventeen million and six.(antipope.org)
3 points by recampbell 17y ago|0 comments
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Concept video: "Augmented HyperReality"(blogs.adobe.com)
1 points by recampbell 17y ago|0 comments
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by recampbell 17y ago
No, just don't trust those who have proven themselves untrustworthy.
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Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy(technologyreview.com)
106 points by recampbell 17y ago|28 comments
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Js.Fiddle - Online Javascript/CSS Experiments(jsfiddle.net)
3 points by recampbell 17y ago|0 comments
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by recampbell 17y ago
Amazing work. Relatedly, I would love to see an Emacs in the browser, ala Bespin. Is there such a thing yet? Why do we need a browser-based Emacs? 1. All the benefits of the cloud: access anywhere, always available, always backed-up. 2.
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by recampbell 17y ago
I do not think that Google is right to imply in this blog post that the Chinese government is behind the attacks. Unless they have evidence to support that implication...
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by recampbell 17y ago
Is this really augmented reality?
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Open Problem Garden(garden.irmacs.sfu.ca)
2 points by recampbell 17y ago|0 comments
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Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse?(singularityhub.com)
5 points by recampbell 17y ago|3 comments
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by recampbell 17y ago
Agreed, sales engineering is a great way to start if you have a technical background but want to spend more of your time interacting with people. Beyond becoming familiar with the sales process and improving your communication skills, the
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by recampbell 17y ago
It's not much of a business idea, but I've recently been thinking about a way for communities (esp in high crime areas) to do an online neighborhood watch. IE, neighbors put webcams in their front windows and the site presents combined (cu
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Vanadium: Declarative client-side validation(vanadiumjs.com)
2 points by recampbell 17y ago|0 comments
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by recampbell 17y ago
Red Hat's comments: "The Open Invention Network (OIN) learned recently that Microsoft was planning to auction off some of its software patents, which we understand it marketed to trolls and some other non-practicing entities. It also used m
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by recampbell 17y ago
This is where Skype should have been going all these years instead of spending time on pipe dreams with EBay integration. I wonder how long they (Team Apart) can stay ahead ahead of the long tail of all these collaboration apps coming onlin
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by recampbell 17y ago
What do we mean by "technological progress"? Do we mean the quantitative improvement over previous generations of technology? Or do we mean qualitative improvements in our standard of living? When you can eliminate the fear of hunger, aut
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by recampbell 17y ago
Miniature Zepplins are great until the wind starts blowing. Most of the large cities are coastal. Robots on segways are ok until someone decides they need another segway (or whatever it happens to be carrying). Of course, I think the tunne
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by recampbell 17y ago
If banks are too big to fail, they should be prevented from pulling this kind of stuff. If it's a truly profitable venture, spin off a startup to do it. If the startup goes belly-up, bankruptcy can work its magic. I don't see why the financ