spyrosk

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by spyrosk 16y ago
It is a great game, especially the paid survivor mode, although beware, it's a huge timesink in every mode. Very addicting, gives one a sense of complete freedom to build and hack almost anything he desires. If you search youtube you'll b
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by spyrosk 16y ago
In my case karma has the opposite effect on commenting. In fear of getting down voted I tend to avoid making comments. In reality this is just my fear of failure/getting rejected manifestating, but unless my eagerness/curiosity/certainty th
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by spyrosk 16y ago
The problem is that all of these techniques are based on speculation and/or empirical data, but without solid measurements, especially since google's ranking system is a black box. Personally I have encountered 2 opposing opinions on this s
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by spyrosk 16y ago
Some similar cases: http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcat24/Aircraft-in-flight.htm
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by spyrosk 16y ago
For non-US residents you could use Anchorfree's Hotspot Shield. I dont believe it's secure privacy/personal data -wise but it's an easy way to get a US ip address and gain access to sites like hulu. Be warned though, it is pretty slower tha
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Could you describe a bit more the numbness and inflexibility you experienced when you started using weight machines? I used to work out a while back, 3 to 4 times per week, and one of the things that made me stop (besides boredom to be fran
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Arch
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I don't know why (except maybe for the first ones) but this is what I thought when I saw them together: IBM (v1 to v3) Clipart collection (v3.1) Active desktop has stopped working (95 to ME) Apple (windows 7)
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I think what they mean is that by increasing the contrast on the left picture many features stand out more, like the lips, and a lot of shadows "blend in" the face, which in turn makes it look smoother and rounder. Both of these characteris
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by spyrosk 17y ago
If they can increase the transmission rate of this technology then this could possibly be a game changer. Imagine just shaking hands with someone and having stored his contact information, picture and perhaps a small cv, that would be reall
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I wonder if this, or a variation of this method, could work with a product that the customer was not used to it's price/value. Almost everyone expects the price of a cd to be in the $10-$25 range, but what about something that it's value is
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I don't have anything against posting esquire links, although they are not "hackerish" or have a clear connection with HN. Frankly, I found the previous three interesting but I cannot say so for this one. Way too superficial for my taste. I
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by spyrosk 17y ago
This reminds me of Never underestimate the throughput of a car filled with HD's racing down the freeway at 120 kph I don't remember where I first read it though..
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Wouldn't this cause some trouble on humans? If I understand how this works correctly, unless they have a completely empty stomach or levitate in a horizontal position there could be some unwanted levitation of fluids taking place..
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by spyrosk 17y ago
If I have an obligation in the morning my girlfriend wakes me up, since she is the one who hears my alarm. I am a really heavy sleeper and usually require something around 200 dB to wake me up. I used to have my speakers do the job but the
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I use this rule too with a slight modification. I always try to keep an older vehicle in front of me and a newer behind me, without overtaking anyone if possible, in order to take advantage of the different braking distances of each.
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Just to add to the article you posted, I've heard that scorpions, if surrounded by fire, sting their own head. I haven't read/seen anything that proves it though, so it could be a myth.
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by spyrosk 17y ago
During the Earth observations, the spacecraft's spectrometers were able to detect the signatures of the Earth's water, ozone, methane, oxygen, carbon dioxide and possibly vegetation. I'm sorry but I don't get how they detected life on Ear
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by spyrosk 17y ago
One of the things I thought after watching this is if Archimedes could have been inspired/influenced by noticing the crow's behavior or by Aesop's fable.
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I wonder how Archimedes would feel after watching this.. :P
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I wonder how this relates to magazine ads that occupy the right pages. From what I've heard so far they cost more because of the way we hold magazines and thus it is more likely the viewer will pay more attention to them. Maybe on a more su
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by spyrosk 17y ago
One thing that is puzzling me for some time is why vegetarians think it's more moral/nice/whatever to eat plants and not animals. They too are living creatures and most of the times you are killing a being in order to consume it for your pe
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by spyrosk 17y ago
-Nice weather today.. :P Seriously, my best method of starting a chat with a stranger is making a comment about something in the surrounding environment quickly followed by a question about the other person. Try not to talk about the weathe
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by spyrosk 17y ago
For me it's an hour away from the computer. TV works if I'm watching something interesting enough so that I won't change the channel but not so much that it will stimulate me. Plus I have to remember to set the off-timer otherwise I'll feel
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Could you please explain this a bit more? I'm not sure if this a browser specific thing but on opera I just get to the bottom of the page. edit: Oh, I was looking on a page that had no answers. Didn't realise that at the time.
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by spyrosk 17y ago
The barrier for me used to be that it wasn't free. A few friends were using it but I thought (I still do) that having to pay for a browser was at least.. dumb. After it went free I didn't give it much thought until one day I just decided to
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Phone companies won't do that unless if they are forced to do so by law or a governing authority. Each one of them takes a big percentage of the money that is charged to their client. Last time I checked it was around 50%. Why would they th
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by spyrosk 17y ago
In my opinion they have stopped making games like these and the only ones that escape are the exception to the rule. It's not like i am a hardcore oldies fanatic, i still play games, although less frequently compared to 10 years ago. I can
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by spyrosk 17y ago
I have thought about an ejection mechanism too. Maybe a combined system of ejecting small beacons and the main one, that stays in the plane, would work better. The beacons could be located in multiple locations on the plane, e.g. nose, tail
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by spyrosk 17y ago
Not really, this could be applied to in-car touch screens, as discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=609218

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