rottyguy

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by rottyguy 12y ago
Looks like Icecast supports Opus too "Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports Ogg (Vorbis and Theora), Opus, WebM and MP3 audio streams." Thanks everyone. Absolutely what I love about HN.
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Side question: I'd like to stream some audio content to a few 1000 people (24/7) and wondered if anyone knew (back of the envelope) what the cost model for this would look like? Assuming it's just bandwidth unless I go p2p.
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Thanks. I get the feeling that loud music + yelling = increase in adrenaline = drinking more. I also like the privacy angle and perhaps stressed out vocal cords = more soothing drink. I figured it had to be "sales" related sinc
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I've always wondered why bars crank up the music so high to the extent you're yelling to convey conversation to the person next to you. One of my friends hypothesized that it was done to focus patrons on drinking and not chatter,
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I'm sure this has been discussed on a different (uber/lyft) thread but being a nyc'er and amazed at the prices of taxi medallions through the years, I'm glad to see this bubble finally popping (prices are still insane mi
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Consider the car has the opportunity to get checked and cleaned every time it refuels/recharges, I'd imagine the vehicles would be in decent shape. Until robots take over <grin>, I'd suspect that human labor would be i
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Actually, insurance in driverless cars should be trivial. Accidents should drop to near 0 (over time) due to driver error... at least in theory.
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I was baselining from here: http://www.irs.gov/2014-Standard-Mileage-Rates-for-Business,... but, sure, it would most likely be less.
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Am I the only one thinking a targeted convergence with driverless cars down the road (no pun intended)? Once you remove the largest cost factor (the human), does pricing reduce to $.56/mi (or whatever the Standard Mileage Rate, or der
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I was in Qatar this summer and noticed them. Anyone know how long this has been installed there? http://www.qf.org.qa/content/the-foundation/issue-68/qatars-... QF’s solar project has also brought parking lo
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I actually feel the same way about kids "acting out" in public. The difference is, if the guardians are attempting to control the situation. If they are, then I am much more tolerant to the disruption. If not, well to be honest,
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I doubt you could call this programming but I copied my first program from a magazine called Nibble (Apple ][ mag) for a cheat editor (it was either for Wizardry or Ultima, I don't recall) when I was 11 or 12. So many pokes and peeks
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I never got the pleasure :-). I did see the manuals, which were a couple of binders full of pages, on a colleagues shelf once. I suppose that was the forefather of xul/xaml+scripting language, though I guess we're still trying t
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Been awhile since I worked at AOL. One of the funnier moments for me was when I started working there, someone referred to the client (the one they shipped via CD) as WAOL (pronounced - Whale). IIRC, the executable was waol.exe. Jokes asi
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Thanks for your response. I was always curious about something. My father inlaw was admitted a few years ago for bypass surgery. Upon inspection, they found (I'm doing this from memory so apologies if I get some of the numbers wrong
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Computer with human-like learning will program itself(newscientist.com)
3 points by rottyguy 12y ago|0 comments
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At Johnny Rockets, the Future of Retro Is Drive-In Movies(businessweek.com)
1 points by rottyguy 12y ago|0 comments
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by rottyguy 12y ago
As an aside, please post other suggestions of who to follow (and, if you disagree with those listed, please remark as to why). Thanks!
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22 Brilliant Thinkers Everyone Should Follow on Twitter(businessinsider.com)
2 points by rottyguy 12y ago|1 comments
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by rottyguy 12y ago
I find an interesting intersection with his Tesla efforts (and perhaps more grand, the battery plant in Nevada)that can potentially provide mechanical autonoma on said colony without the need for fossil fuels and their high initial investme
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Not following your distinction. Are you intimating that b/c the nutrients are in these foods, they might not be absorbed correctly and therefore it would diminish their benefits? (btw- the title was taken almost verbatim from the text
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Defining Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables: A Nutrient Density Approach(cdc.gov)
46 points by rottyguy 12y ago|25 comments
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Copenhagen has curbed lanes dedicated to bikes and the people take full advantage. I saw several Christiana Bikes on the road while there (In fact one lady used one to drag back a loveseat sofa!) http://christianiabikes.com&#x2F
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by rottyguy 12y ago
Along the lines of reducing fossil fuel consumption and having just returned from a trip to Copenhagen and Amsterdam, I really wish the bicycling culture was better embraced in the States in the bigger cities. NYC has Citibike which I find
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Vegetating the Desert (Qatar/Jordan)(saharaforestproject.com)
9 points by rottyguy 12y ago|1 comments
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by rottyguy 13y ago
was hoping to hear something more concrete and what you had to do to resolve it (also what finally broke the camel's back to decide to walk away). I realize it could involve a bit of verbage but given the interest in .net openness the
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by rottyguy 13y ago
can you elaborate more on the reliability please?
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by rottyguy 13y ago
Interesting the supply/demand in the extreme is considered Price-Gouging. What should we call Gillette's pricing on razors?
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by rottyguy 13y ago
I'd rather see C# across the board and write once run anywhere (eg release a linux distro with .net support built in).
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by rottyguy 13y ago
What would be nice if you can read and comment/highlight for free and edit for pay. I suspect one typical use case is to have someone send around a doc to solicit comments and incorporate them subsequent. In fact, this model kind of

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