stevep98

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by stevep98 10y ago
Those battery swap stations were mixed (... For now?) http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/news/a25...
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by stevep98 10y ago
Reminds me of the Amiga Boing Ball demo from 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ga41edXw3A
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by stevep98 11y ago
Very interesting read. Thanks!
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by stevep98 11y ago
I think they could improve things by controlling the audience more. The presentation wasn't helped by people yelling and interrupting (yes, they were enthusiastic). Apple handles this a lot better, they get applause and cheers, but it
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by stevep98 11y ago
Yes, now what we need is a programmer's keyboard with some nice 'alt-keys' for those sigils.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I clicked on "This presentation is available at..." and got a 404. So, yes, I was confused.
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by stevep98 11y ago
Today they are taking a $1000 refundable deposit. They will release some specs tonight, and the rest of the specs before you place your order. If you don't like it, take your deposit back.
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by stevep98 11y ago
He also came up with FischerTechnik, which is a superb building-block system far sturdier than Lego. http://www.fischertechnik.de/en/Home.aspx Had a lot of fun with this in my childhood.
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by stevep98 11y ago
Although the other explanations in this thread are correct, I fear an analogy might be better. Yes, you can reach mercury quite quickly, but in order to land on it (or get captured into its orbit) you need to match its speed and its directi
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by stevep98 11y ago
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=21&lat=51.5343&lon=-0.0...
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by stevep98 11y ago
Missing child... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exigent_circumstance "An exigent circumstance, in the criminal procedure law of the United States, allows law enforcement, under certain circumstances, to enter a str
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by stevep98 11y ago
Sounds like you have a water-pipe central heating system. You probably have thermostatic valves on each radiator, which control the flow to each radiator. That's why the main thermostat doesn't do much.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I was going to link to this too. It's almost as if the internet is calling for us to write an app called "here, the internet wants to help you researchers... have a video..."
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by stevep98 11y ago
There is plenty of life on this planet, yet we are still alone, in that we can't have any meaningful communication with a single other species. What is it going to feel like when we find little cockroaches on Mars, or fish in the ocean
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by stevep98 11y ago
I'm pretty sure there was a light that did this in Virginia. Possibly on Route 7 North of Reston. Long stretch of road with no intersections, and a light seemingly for no purpose.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I love the TED talk by James Kunstler on urbanism. Here's the bit where he addresses blank walls: https://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_sub...
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by stevep98 11y ago
A nature Band-aid? https://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_sub...
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by stevep98 11y ago
How about this: When a cemetery is "full", temporarily remove all the headstones, add 10 feet of dirt over the whole site, then replace all the headstones in the original positions. Now you can start burying more people. What&#x2
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by stevep98 11y ago
It seems to take a couple of extra seconds to process the transaction, compared to a swipe. I'm surprised that this bothers me so much. I might use Apple Pay more often if this doesn't get improved.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I see this too, in the bay area. There are so many intersections with green left-turn arrows that drivers forget the rules when they encounter a regular light without a left-turn arrow. The particular case is that a driver going straight wi
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by stevep98 11y ago
I agree you overdid it. Also on the table view, the highlighted row spins too fast. But other than those minor quibbles, it's neat!
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by stevep98 11y ago
> You are never asked to enter a password, or type in "Remove Everything" as a fail-safe. Some people will still do that and be surprised at the result. My dad once reformatted his memory card on his camera, losing all his pict
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by stevep98 11y ago
There's a famous Bush Sr debate moment when someone asks him how the economy has affected him personally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBrW2Pz9Iiw It was considered a turning point in the debate, from what I underst
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by stevep98 11y ago
not blocking for me
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by stevep98 11y ago
I went to school with Fred's Nephew! Fred was well known around the area as a steam-machine-tinkerer extraordinaire.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I can imagine this being useful to show how buildings and bridges move in the wind or earthquakes. Could be quite alarming though.
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by stevep98 11y ago
As a french citizen, he has freedom to live and work wherever he wants in the EU without having to deal with getting a visa. I imagine that plays into it somewhat.
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by stevep98 11y ago
An friend of mine told me a story about excel abuse in her company. She's in HR, and it was annual review time. They were passing around a spreadsheet with 'employee name' and 'raise %'. Each manager was supposed t
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by stevep98 11y ago
Anybody know why they don't leave the trunk behind in the first place? It seems like a waste of fuel.
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by stevep98 11y ago
I've used Santa Clara University Library robots, (listed in this article), but I don't think these are a good idea at all. You go to the library computer, look up the book you want, and press 'retrieve', and go to the de

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