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by tankbot 13y ago
Do these inventions just have to be complete or in widespread use? Smart glass is done and has been for a long time. See Transitions Lenses or Speedglas welding masks. I realize it's cost-prohibitive to scale, but there's also S
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by tankbot 13y ago
Not to be nitpicky, but rather to help: You are using 'me' and 'I' backwards. It's really distracting and made it difficult to get through the beginning of the post to the actual story. The rules are simple: Take
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by tankbot 13y ago
I find it best to move between sitting/standing. I sit in the morning and stand in the afternoon. Standing in the afternoon gets/keeps circulation going and prevents that drowsy feeling that can sap productivity after work. Some
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by tankbot 13y ago
So true and so irritating! Health detriments aside, I can't stand this food. It's too sweet! Once you get used to good food that doesn't contain gobs of salt and HFCS, the stuff that does is disgusting.
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by tankbot 13y ago
That's amazing! I had no idea the F1 was so sturdy. My assumption (probably common) is that these super light exotics disintegrate when hitting large insects, let alone walls.
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by tankbot 13y ago
This made me think of a quote from a movie. Actually it was just the trailer I saw, years ago. Took some digging but here you go, it's from The Libertine: "...you must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In
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by tankbot 13y ago
Someone else can probably answer this more accurately, but I don't see that these two things are related. That is, they may have referenced the Stored Communications Act when requesting the information, but that is not what puts a gag
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by tankbot 13y ago
Yeah Friday. It's Bagel day! But this crap still bothers me. It drags an otherwise nice discussion about good art into the gutter of reactionary judgements. A lot of really good artists had/have problems, but that doesn't
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by tankbot 13y ago
Agreed. Succinctly put.
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by tankbot 13y ago
So you have to like everything about a person in order to appreciate their art? I never realized this was a prerequisite, thanks for clearing that up. You do realize that this ignorant, reactionary stance invalidates the work of practica
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by tankbot 13y ago
Run With the Hunted and Love is a Dog from Hell spring to mind, but for me half the fun of reading him is just jumping in randomly. His life was chaos so it's fitting. If you read enough about "Hank" a picture of who he was
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by tankbot 13y ago
I took "work" to mean purpose, which applies in either case. The problem comes when people limit themselves to a singular purpose and spend the rest of their time being consumers. The don't learn and grow and so end up in th
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by tankbot 13y ago
Can I just say that I love Charles Bukowski? If you've never read him go buy his books now. There's so much humanity in there. Some will think he's a downer or depressing, but I think he's genius. His life reminds me
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by tankbot 13y ago
Please tell me this is Swiftian irony and you are playing Devil's Advocate for the sake of conversation.
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by tankbot 13y ago
My armchair assessment was that its long, finger-like paws were for digging those "crunchies" out of trees, etc. but was disappointed when the article didn't mention anything about it. I never knew until now that there is no
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by tankbot 13y ago
Certainly he has justification. Also, clever use of a Princess Bride quote. Inconceivable!
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by tankbot 13y ago
I don't have the links handy, but it's well know that mail has been photographed for years and it seems likely that PRISM or some gov database is already ingesting this information. Seems like an easy step to upgrade the camera t
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by tankbot 13y ago
You're making the same argument as the post, it's worth reading. He is saying that telling people they can't use "literally" as an exaggeration is wrong because words mean what you want them to. He is also explaini
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by tankbot 13y ago
Indeed. $22 million in 8 days would be some kind of miracle. I really wanted this thing too.
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by tankbot 13y ago
I use all of these except BSD, unless OS X counts in that regard...
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by tankbot 13y ago
iOS is OS X. I'd bet it's someone who either didn't realize that the two popular mobile OS's are variants of common desktops, or someone who is playing with something like BeOS or Plan 9 or some other more obscure OS. C
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by tankbot 13y ago
> a bigger scandal than Watergate. Depends on how you qualify its big-ness. Go out and talk to regular, non-techie folks about NSA spying. In the unlikely event that you even find someone who knows what you are talking about, they won&
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by tankbot 13y ago
Just read the first part, it's only a few pages. It's an exciting approach to high-speed land travel at a proposed cost of far far less than the California coastal rail's $70 billion minimum price point.
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by tankbot 13y ago
You're adding to the problem here instead of taking the constructive criticism to heart and taking action to make things better. This project is now a business seeking outside funding and should be conducted as such. There are no excu
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by tankbot 13y ago
Just finished reading the pdf and now I understand why this is by far the most popular HN post for a long time (ever?). I now post my feeble comment to be lost in a sea of enamored nerd buzz. Fucking awesome, Elon.
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by tankbot 13y ago
> Pick the phone/platform that suits you better. It's nice to have a good idea of what suits you before picking. This post is helpful in that regard.
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by tankbot 13y ago
Seems like another reason to never start talking in the first place. Thanks!
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by tankbot 13y ago
So am I correct to assume that, according to this description and the other answer, that this falls under the 4th amendment and since the person in question initially answered questions they implicitly gave up this right and are thus accoun
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by tankbot 13y ago
> The fact you remained silent after being asked a question can be used against you in certain situations, especially with a non-custodial questioning. How is this possible given the 4th and 5th amendments?
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by tankbot 13y ago
Bzzzt! Wrong answer! Say nothing, ever, for any reason. [0] The only thing you should ever say to Police is, "Am I suspected of committing a crime?" if (crime_suspect) { lawyer(yourself); } else { print "Thank

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