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by robmcm 12y ago
I often wonder what my generation won't care about in 35 years that the younger population see as outrageous. My most obvious guess is more rights to non humans, AI/Animals/Environment etc.
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by robmcm 12y ago
Native apps...
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by robmcm 12y ago
It's a lot to expect graceful degradation when we can't even get cross browser support (looking at you whatsapp). I think it far more likely to get a super basic alternative, almost a raw data version. Sadly the main driver for th
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by robmcm 12y ago
I say what if you had a 'sex dissorder' and lived in Russia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30735673
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by robmcm 12y ago
That's normally my go to example, however I often wonder, if this bad government did come into power, wouldn't they just pass a load of laws to snoop anyway? The only disadvantage is they wouldn't have as much historical data
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by robmcm 12y ago
Quite a lot of cars have lane assist now, where they will have a light on the wing mirror if there is something in your blind spot. They also vibrate the wheel if you go over lanes and aid in steering your back. I imagine this is a combinat
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by robmcm 12y ago
There is a warning in the manual about sharp corners. There are times when on coming cars could look like they are in your lane. The biggest issue is that it ignores stationary cars, so if you come around a corner to red traffic lights it w
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by robmcm 12y ago
Mine tracks bikes well, I think it also uses a camera mounted above the rear view mirror. It also uses that camera to dip the headlights, which is often tricked by two lights close together (reflectors on bollards or traffic cones). It&#x27
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by robmcm 12y ago
I took a test drive with a few friends who have BMW, Mercs and they had the same impression. The cars they compete with in terms of cost in the UK (engine etc aside) the build quality and the interior is more line with a Ford at a quarter o
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by robmcm 12y ago
I got adaptive cruise control in an Audi A3 last year and was amazed to find out it was first introduced in the mid 90s! That being said it feels very futuristic having a radar in your car and makes driving on the motorway a lot more pleasa
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by robmcm 12y ago
Most things are tried a few times before the technology or society is really ready. Take the Newton and the iPad, I can't think of a product category which hasn't been tried before and failed. When you have a screen on your glasse
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by robmcm 12y ago
Shouldn't there be more of a narrative to this? What is the goal? I could see kids clicking on stuff for a few minutes, lose interest and close it.
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by robmcm 12y ago
Targeted adverts for drugs, alcohol, gambling, payday loans, credit cards, fast food etc.
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by robmcm 12y ago
Not only intentional abuse, but what about lag? Especially when say, crossing the road!
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by robmcm 12y ago
I was suggesting GPS wouldn't work with most rooms having ceilings. Wifi positioning I would imagine is highly inaccurate, which leaves the gyroscope. Judging by some screenshots and appstore comments I assume its only roughly accurate
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by robmcm 12y ago
I take it the application is RoomScan ( https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/roomscan-app-that-draws-floo... ). It's bugging me that I can't understand how it works, at least not in a way that would produce acc
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by robmcm 12y ago
On an automatic (A3, 2014) you can configure a custom drive setting (dynamic, economy, etc) that turns stop/start off. This is persisted between journeys.
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by robmcm 12y ago
It stops people from uploading the 200 photos they took on a night out, by not having a bulk option. Rather they just upload one or two making the viewing more pleasant.
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by robmcm 12y ago
The best is when your PM goes to one and then comes in on Monday expecting you to implement all your features by 1AM if he gets the Pizzas in... IMO it breeds bad habits of coding, planning and management...
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by robmcm 12y ago
It doesn't seem like a bug, it seems like a trade off. In order to work over wifi it needs to flick between channels, reducing the uptime on the current channel you are using.
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by robmcm 12y ago
You can imagine some designer asking to make the moon look a little different... This makes you realise how old games must have been driven by the technology.
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by robmcm 12y ago
Isn't the size of your arm/hand coupled to the size of your pocket? After all a pocket that can't fit a hand isn't a pocket.
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by robmcm 12y ago
Because it's the opposite of how you deal with possessives in other situations. ...inside Fat Man's casing... I assume you knew that though and were just being an ass.
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by robmcm 12y ago
This is a great place, I was lucky enough to go back in 2005 and even caught a shot of a chunk breaking off https://www.flickr.com/photos/robmcm/63683064/in/set-1381532
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by robmcm 12y ago
Boom, purchased!
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by robmcm 12y ago
Bundle this into an app with some nice photos or live webcam and I'll throw some money at it!
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by robmcm 12y ago
You clearly know a lot about the details here, but from a high up perspective I think the ease of development is one of a few key factors (others being games, price, brand loyalty and features). With the PS2 Sony had a strong enough foothol
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by robmcm 12y ago
To extend the analogy, imagine there are lots of tour guides to the mine field, they make lots of money using it. Imagine their opinion of something that makes their knowledge of all the mine positions they have spent years learning obsolet
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by robmcm 12y ago
No, this has mostly been done in a single human generation. We haven't evolved during the evolution of the plants.
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by robmcm 12y ago
This is very usefull for those people that keep our phones in bags rather than pockets. The more I think about it it more I think this watch isn't aimed at me...

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