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by swatkat 13y ago
Cool! I was experimenting on something similar with BeagleBoneBlack and libVLC. However, the 3.8 kernel doesn't have drivers for onboard SGX GPU; and I couldn't get decent resolution with software decoding. Are you using OMX libs
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by swatkat 13y ago
Site is down. Here's a usersnap of usersnap ;) http://i.imgur.com/YEdsPr7.jpg
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by swatkat 13y ago
Here's the story :) http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/10/obligatory-grindr-joke/ It's from a music video made by folks at Exec.
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by swatkat 13y ago
Dot to decimal/hex/octal format conversion, and vice versa. You can use online tools like these: http://www.kloth.net/services/iplocate.php
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by swatkat 13y ago
Here's the official stance of Nintendo on ROMs, emulators and mods: http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#helping But, it seems Nintendo is pretty lenient on fan-made content: http://kotaku.com/55
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by swatkat 13y ago
IDA 5.0 is available for free. Worth trying it out, for experimenting and for having fun :) https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freew...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Also, if you're looking for open-source firmware for 3G/4G USB-enabled routers, then check out ROOter. ROOter is based on OpenWRT, and supports most of the popular routers and 3G/4G USB dongles. http://ofmodemsandm
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by swatkat 13y ago
WinBuilder is another similar project. http://winbuilder.net/
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by swatkat 13y ago
Nice. In about page, should it be "Let the world know why your city rocks!" ? Also, I get a 404 when I click on top-left corner logo or "Be the first one" button in about page.
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by swatkat 13y ago
http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&n...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Off topic: Why does it say Urasium Michael Arrington ? Urasium was a typo in some Apple demo event. [0] https://twitter.com/onesleepynerd/statuses/34425107788713164...
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Panel falls off Air India Dreamliner midair(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by swatkat 13y ago
This reminds me of BMW's asymmetric design concept car X-Coupe [0]. I remember reading something like "a little bit of asymmetry is more beautiful than perfect symmetry" in an auto mag back in 2001. [0] http://www
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by swatkat 13y ago
MOM probe will be carried by ISRO's PSLV-XL (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - Extended). More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission
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by swatkat 13y ago
10. How can we get more energy from the sun? I would love to see high efficiency[0] photo-voltaic cells in all sorts of consumer electronic devices. Imagine solar cells embedded in Gorilla glass on the back of your phone, camera, laptop e
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by swatkat 13y ago
Not necessarily. ISRO needs NASA's Deep Space Network to communicate with spacecraft only when it gets too far away from Earth. ISRO's Bangalore DSN can handle it during initial days (how many?) of launch. Moreover, NASA is launch
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by swatkat 13y ago
Can someone explain how ISRO is gonna compete tomorrow, and do the same space exploration at a competitive cost, when the rest of the world would have moved to space industry being managed by private players and even start-ups? ISRO is al
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by swatkat 13y ago
> Then they launch this rocket and it seems meaningful by then. Why do you think that India should launch rockets only after all its socio-economic problems are fixed? There's no need to serialize them; they can all go hand in
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by swatkat 13y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6487042
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Another one: http://www.space.com/20146-russian-satellite-space-junk-thre...
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by swatkat 13y ago
> As much as I support technology development and private space exploration efforts, I think that private companies shouldn't be allowed to pollute the orbit without retribution Yes; even governments shouldn't pollute orbits.
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NSA targets Indian politics, space & N-programmes(thehindu.com)
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by swatkat 13y ago
FinFisher wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FinFisher It talks about the "infection" and its "use by repressive regimes" among other things.
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by swatkat 13y ago
Lunar Ranging Retro Reflector: http://physics.ucsd.edu/~tmurphy/apollo/lrrr.html Retro Reflector coordinates: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_tables.htm... Experiment:
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by swatkat 13y ago
Also (slightly OT): * Link to homepage is on the right-side!? * Somehow, content text feels too thin/dull. Little bit difficult to read :)
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by swatkat 13y ago
Atlantic hasn't been spared too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Rim_(film)
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by swatkat 13y ago
I used to see occasional, unexpected reboots (crashes?) when I had Linux Mint Cinnamon on two of my laptops. So, I switched to Crunchbang on one and Linux Mint Debian Edition on the other; they're lightweight, simple and rock solid.
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by swatkat 13y ago
http://xkcd.com/927/ :)
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by swatkat 13y ago
Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, a popular hospital in Bangalore, publish procedure charges (in Rupees) on their website. Might be interesting for comparison. http://www.jayadevacardiology.com/proc
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by swatkat 13y ago
Subhas Chandra Bose too; albeit not in sci/tech context.

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