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by shuw 14y ago
I also use flocking algorithm for a visualization of words on my homepage http://shuw.github.com/ . I ported the algorithm to D3 here https://github.com/shuw/flock if anyone wants to reuse it
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by shuw 14y ago
I think the headline of the original article was misleading. It's not necessarily that the surveyors' moral compasses are confused than that opinions are more nuanced than agree / disagree.
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by shuw 14y ago
sure, this will work if what your doing can be generated essentially off templates. this will start breaking down when you start building components which are inter-related. every incremental change now requires understanding of the ball of
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by shuw 14y ago
> You can sell modified copies of physical products to your heart's content. Yes, but only in a very limited way. You've only mentioned examples where I can modify the original physical atoms. I cannot modify and re-distribute the ideas
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by shuw 14y ago
Let's take a step back and look at the goals of free software. It's not just to modify and tweak things I own, it's to allow me to modify, enhance and contribute that work back to the community. By that yardstick, most textbooks and eyeg
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by shuw 14y ago
That's because the analog market has natural logistical limitations for copying and improvement. I cannot OCR a paper book I own, make modifications to it and then publish it on the web. Nor can I photocopy that book and give it to friends.
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by shuw 14y ago
Textbooks and eyeglasses are guarded by copyright and patents. I cannot improve on the design of Oakley sunglasses and hire a firm to manufacture them. I can modify it for myself, but that is a much more limited form of freedom. Microsoft p
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by shuw 14y ago
I'm curious about your thoughts outside of software. This is a sincere question because I often see so much passion about the topic in software, but rarely outside. Do you only play free games, listen to free music and read free books? What
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by shuw 14y ago
Having gone to school in a small college town (UWaterloo), I always thought that 24hr open libraries and labs were the norm. I can't imagine not being able to work through the night on hard problems. For MIT, such open policies must be more
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by shuw 14y ago
I was referring to the Windows Phone app ecosystem. There is no app ecosystem for WP8 yet, and I assume that it will allow you to run WP7 apps. And I did use WP7 for a week. My impressions of the Metro-style are that it is love-or-hate an
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by shuw 14y ago
Well, Windows Phone has failed to gain traction in the marketplace and therefore lacks a proper app ecosystem. Second, I think the WP8 UI very divisive. You either love it or you don't. Personally, I think it's a Pepsi. Sweet on first impre
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by shuw 14y ago
Bitcoin provides plausible deniability, which makes lawsuits difficult. In contrast to centralized banking systems which leave a paper trail. And insuring bitcoins has its own logistical challenges that will probably scare an actuary. Trust
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by shuw 14y ago
A problem with an untraceable currency is that it's also very easy for an exchange to collaborate with a hacker and vanish (or declare banckrupcy). Not saying that is what happened here, but that would be my fear.
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by shuw 14y ago
I don't think there is anything special about this "video" ad that lends itself to scrolling. You can take any video (infographic, music video, advertisement) and conceptually scroll through it using a mouse, but what does that gain you? If
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Data Driven Olympics Page(wavii.com)
5 points by shuw 14y ago|0 comments
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by shuw 14y ago
great work, it would be great if left/right and more keyboard shortcuts could be enbaled
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by shuw 15y ago
Yes, but those procedures will become increasingly automated and each sysadmin will manage orders of magnitude greater number of servers.
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by shuw 15y ago
Chromebook's claim to fame (or primary selling point) of 8 second boot-up is very gimmicky to me. People never hard power off their tablets and never need to for most notebooks. If they are, that's a usability issue they're having with the
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by shuw 15y ago
Google Analytics sends URLs to Google on a even larger majority of websites. FB was hardly the one to start this trend. The different in FB case, that they are not "required" to track URLs so they could of chosen an alternate implementation
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by shuw 15y ago
Regulation will not change underlying biases. Hypothetically, if employers are behaving irrationally by ignoring a significant pool of talent, then they are shooting themselves in the foot. A rational company would swoop up the talent at be
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by shuw 15y ago
I'm still confused by the outrage. I'm not an expert but a 1/2MM incidence rate seems pristinely low compared to the baseline risk of burglaries. If those 2MM homeowners had not used AirBNB, how many of their homes would have been robbed? A