skreech

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by skreech 14y ago
If you see it as a market, this is a typical market failure (externality and / or information assymmetry). Since the author has chosen a non-standard license, I doubt government regulation would help (unless that regulation outlawed non-sta
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by skreech 14y ago
Right now we should focus on what can be created using existing technology (such as amazing battery-powered IP-capable wireless hardware and open source software). Let the afterworld come up with a suitable acronym for a society-level overv
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by skreech 14y ago
Or almost like a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity from a Nigerian bank clerk.
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by skreech 14y ago
Whitelist the things you actually need and use. Probably: 1. Five sets of clothes 2. Laptop 3. Phone Donate everything else to a good charity. Especially the valuable stuff. (Assuming you have good finances and don't really need the money)
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by skreech 14y ago
It is indeed not the best title. Is it the best article?
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by skreech 14y ago
Brevity facilitates content selection.
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by skreech 14y ago
Agreed, though 802.15.4 (mesh) would probably be even better for an "army" of nanobots.
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by skreech 14y ago
Is this a conspiracy of the color blind to level the playing field?
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by skreech 14y ago
341000 visitors since January last year?
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by skreech 14y ago
I may be old, but when the apocalypse comes, I know how to assemble a 286 from junk parts, edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and play games in stunning EGA graphics. Meanwhile my kids will be digging into piles of radioactive junk looking for Lightning ada
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Contiki: An operating system for the Internet of Things(techworld.com.au)
4 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments
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by skreech 14y ago
You cannot remove the interface from a human-machine interaction. A doorknob is an interface too. What you can strive for is interfaces that are so intuitive and easy to use that you don't need to fight them or rtfm. Great UI designers know
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by skreech 14y ago
Startups don't have time to worry about who calls themselves startups, they're too busy shipping awesome products. Or in the fine words of Shakespeare: "What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;"
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Contiki protothreads(lifecs.likai.org)
2 points by skreech 14y ago|0 comments