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by shard 9y ago
My doctor gave me a flu test recently, which involved swabbing my sinuses with a cotton swab and putting it in a plastic test kit about the size of a matchbox. Within 5 minutes she was able to tell me that I am positive for Influenzea B. Wh
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by shard 9y ago
Is that still a thing? For small meeting rooms (less than 10 people) our offices have large screen TVs (60 inch maybe?), and for larger meeting rooms it looks like there are NEC projectors (I just checked 1). I don't recall a project i
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by shard 9y ago
This is similar to the situation where some people notices that born again Christians are more religious than people who've been Christians their whole lives. And this makes sense on some level, to have to actively seek out membership
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by shard 9y ago
Is that quote a reference to something?
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by shard 9y ago
Two caveats: 1. That study only applies to venture-funded startups, so startups funded by other sources are not included. 2. There is a small difference between success rates of 1st time entrepreneurs (18%) compared with entrepreneurs who
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by shard 9y ago
3x the double gives 6x.
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by shard 9y ago
IoT seems to be overengineering for these use cases. Doors that automatically lock when closed, gas that automatically turns off after a certain time (mechanical timer), solves the problem without the need for adding always-on electronics.
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by shard 9y ago
The die size is known because the chips get decapped, the cost per square mm of silicon is known, the packaging and test costs are known, sure they have to estimate Apple's volume discount, but in terms of the physical chip itself pret
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by shard 9y ago
How about that old joke: "Pete and Repeat sat in a boat. Pete fell out, who's left?" Whether or not it works for the interview, it definitely works at annoying 7-year-olds.
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by shard 9y ago
Considering the engineering and manufacturing investment in this product, it's hard to see where they are expecting their ROI. It certainly won't be from the product sales themselves, and since the target market seems to be indivi
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by shard 9y ago
I think you will be amazed at what can be written in a single stroke when you are in a hurry.
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by shard 9y ago
Or just replace the brain completely with the computer, like in Greg Egan's jewel stories. http://will.tip.dhappy.org/blog/Compression%20Trees/.../book...
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by shard 9y ago
You are not the target market. The funders want to live forever, and they don't have to worry about money. You are just collateral benefit if this works.
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by shard 9y ago
I use KM Player, which allows up to 3 subtitles at a time, although the 3rd subtitle is placed right in the middle of the video (the first is on the bottom and the second is on the top, which works very well).
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by shard 9y ago
He is answering the question that his parent post asked, which is how can a spiking network be more efficient than a non-spiking one. He provided the details to a specific case of spiking networks which are more efficient, and explanations
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by shard 9y ago
I was looking for clarification as to whether the neurons are implemented as analog circuits as well, especially with the reference to Dr. Carver Mead in the beginning of the article, who has a long history of working on analog neuron circu
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by shard 9y ago
I don't think system administrators are the customers, they are just the employees who keep the systems running. The customers are the upper management who has final approval on the purchases. The problem is likely that somewhere betwe
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by shard 9y ago
Not just 100 engineers, but also a non-exclusive license on HTC patents. Not knowing the terms of the license it's hard to value, but I would suspect it's a significant chunk of the $1B.
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by shard 9y ago
Audio going to the wireless earbuds will require another round of lossy compression and decompression. And I'm sure we all remember what they said about doing lossy compression and decompression multiple times...
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by shard 9y ago
I hope they include a backup iPhone with every purchase.
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Inaudible Command Attacks on Alexa, Cortana, Google, Siri(zdnet.com)
2 points by shard 9y ago|0 comments
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by shard 9y ago
Reminds me of Dan Spitz, lead guitarist of Anthrax and master watchmaker, and John Urschel, Ravens offensive lineman and mathematician.
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by shard 9y ago
Exception on planet Earth, obviously.
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Fired Google engineer files complaint, weighs legal options(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by shard 9y ago|0 comments
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by shard 9y ago
From my experience, Dubai Air has the best food I've ever had on an airplane, bar none. Korean Air and Asiana also have good food, as long as you choose the Korean meal. Their western meals are sometimes hit-or-miss.
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by shard 9y ago
Seems a little more complicated than that. Germany's claim looks to have been reduced on both sides by the fields being operated by Netherlands and Denmark. I'm curious what kind of agreement was made between them such that German
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by shard 9y ago
I would imagine that brand management work would take up quite a bit of his time.
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by shard 9y ago
How would you describe the people who go to each of those schools?
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Why Did a Chinese Peroxide Company Pay $1B for a Talking Cat?(bloomberg.com)
1 points by shard 9y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Fluent Design System(thenextweb.com)
1 points by shard 9y ago|0 comments

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