skreech

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Is this really human? DNA tests on six-inch skeleton of 'alien-looking' creature(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by skreech 13y ago|0 comments
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Outbox Makes Your Snail Mail Digital(mashable.com)
2 points by skreech 14y ago|1 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
Would be decent of Spotify to tell you / ask you nicely. But if you're gaming, why not just quit Spotify and other programs you're not using?
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by skreech 14y ago
You mean "Yankee Sweden", right? Switzerland is not a Nordic country.
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by skreech 14y ago
It seems wrong to teach your children that the machine is a person. Why not tell them "I put a script in the machine that will shut down the screen if you yell too loud"? Same result, more truthful method.
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Most tech startups acquired in 2012 had no VC funding(zdnet.com)
83 points by skreech 14y ago|22 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
I think they're stuck in the desktop mindset. Moving to mobile would require a shift in thinking that might be impossible for such a large and entrenched organization. The teenagers of today, having grown up with smartphones, will likely ex
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by skreech 14y ago
"Zen" doesn't mean "being in the zone" Cool feature, though!
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by skreech 14y ago
There are different kinds of success. Getting cash is one. Maintaining integrity in the face of adversity another. Also I wonder if the (relatively white) lie was necessary in this case.
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by skreech 14y ago
Or as a culture. It seems to me that the gap between what language is acceptable in informal vs formal settings is fairly large in the US, while in other countries, using words like 'bullshit' in more formal settings is less taboo. Wonder i
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by skreech 14y ago
Good point, and IANAL etc, but since we as humans can more or less clearly see the difference between patent trolls and such institutions, there has to be a way to encode those nuances in legalese. But I guess the real problem isn't whether
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by skreech 14y ago
A more nuanced approach would be to stop software patents and lawsuits brought on by non-practicing entities. That way you don't have to pull the carpet from under drug companies and suchlike, or 'burn down the entire house'. Just the rotte
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by skreech 14y ago
Article is ridden with errors, mostly based on a faulty premise. Europe is not a country. Europe isn't even the EU. Laws, regulations, attitudes and tax rates vary widely. If you want to do a startup in Europe, choose a country first and th
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2012 Internet of Things Awards - Open Source category(postscapes.com)
2 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
The SSN is technically a NUID, not an UUID. So legal names are more important in international context (an Indian SSN doesn't mean anything in the US, for example). But yeah, assigning GUIDs to everyone born in the world, like as "a93sz0sz"
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Marissa Mayer Doesn't Mess Around When She Wants Someone Gone(businessinsider.com)
5 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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Contiki Regression Tests: 9 HW Platforms, 4 CPU Architectures, 1021 Nodes(wsnblog.com)
1 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
Regarding "have your contact details on your website, not an ugly, stupid and useless form that no one uses." Is there any advantage to having a visible e-mail address your site vs a contact form?
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by skreech 14y ago
Definitively agree that the OS is becoming a commodity, and there's a lot of exciting hardware coming out. I think the software related value gains in non-tech industries are higher in the stack, on the application and integration levels. A
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by skreech 14y ago
Whether you're adding software to physical items or replacing physical supply chains with software, I think Andreessens point is that software is a high value activity. While the Internet of Things is about connecting physical objects, the
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by skreech 14y ago
Having a kid is like changing the difficulty level of life from "Normal" to "Hardcore". Unlike video games, there is no switching back. So be sure you are committed and finished with playing on the "Normal" setting. You'll probably want to
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by skreech 14y ago
It seems you don't get security from cameras. http://www.aclunc.org/issues/technology/blog/san_francisco_s...
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by skreech 14y ago
Population-wise, San Francisco is also smaller than the city of Stockholm. But it is a tiny tiny tiny startup ecosystem.
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by skreech 14y ago
I'd like to have a credible source, or I'd be prone to believe he just made it up.
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Tado aims to be a smarter thermostat than Nest(gigaom.com)
2 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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Anti-HackerMoms send hate mail, HackerMoms respond(mothership.hackermoms.org)
2 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
Yeah, a "why" is definitely lacking. They must have had either a monetization plan or an aggressive growth plan when they raised that money, and 5 months is a short time to prove either. Could be internal struggles or personal reasons.
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by skreech 14y ago
Doubt they need the $40k at all (and the movie should eat a big chunk of it) but I don't see anything in the Kickstarter guidelines they're doing against the rules.
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by skreech 14y ago
No, I'm saying that will not solve the perceived problem. I suggest more information, such as "Be aware that this software is licensed under a custom license. Click here to view the license." I don't think the author of the article suggests
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by skreech 14y ago
Teensy 3.0 looks awesome. Do you know anything similar with a radio?

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