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by thdrdt 7y ago
I always wonder if there will be displays in the future that combine emission and absorption at the same time. Like a combination of OLED and E Ink. This will also give you the possibility to turn your TV into a painting (without using powe
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by thdrdt 7y ago
It's like a rubber band. You can stretch it far, but then it reaches the limit. That's why people who are burnt out can suddenly freeze and are unable to continue what they were doing.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Well I am on a not so fast connection a lot and what is even worse: click on something and get absolutely no clue the click event was registered. Click again to see if you did something wrong and, yes, youe action was registered 2 times cau
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by thdrdt 7y ago
From yesterday: How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22297963
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by thdrdt 7y ago
I think the click-bait title is the reason why most comments here are about aliens. Also because it has a set interval. People like to assume there is some intelligent life form that trigger the events. But on our own planet we have geysers
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Well for example all the YouTube videos that show how Tesla drivers take over the wheel in case of a failure. Those failures include driving straight into barriers. Other systems like OpenPilot show the same. When it fails you better take c
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Yes. Current self-driving might be safer than the avarage driver, but what most people forget is how unsafe it is when it fails. It fails harder than most avarage drivers and even bad drivers. In my eyes self-driving should still be called
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by thdrdt 7y ago
That's why in the Netherlands you are fined ~$250 for even holding a phone while driving. Holding a device while you are on a bike will cost you around $105. This all because there was an increase in accidents when social media became
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Well because a lot of Firefox users block analytics they won't show up in the stats. And by the way: it is estimated that 60% of all internet users block analytics. So take your stats with a grain of salt.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
What is the likelihood that the generated person does exist? I got the feeling this could turn out the same as people using fake email addresses to later discover that the domain in fact exists (that's why you should always use example
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Exactly what you are saying: FLIF is not new (2015) but is still not adopted in any browser I know. I also believe this was due to some license choices in the past. But in this time of responsive websites it is a great format! Just download
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by thdrdt 7y ago
But I still think this is a failure of SAP. What if the business model of Lidl is way better than the standard? Then Lidl is very wise not to follow how SAP works.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
But why not use the word 'interact' instead?
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by thdrdt 7y ago
This could become big in logistics. For example for order picking. But also for maintenance crews. Want to know which machine broke down? The glasses will give you directions and will even give you an overview of the maintenance history. I
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Well it you look at some videos you can see that there are times Tesla thinks repair lines are road marks especially when the sun is reflected by the lines. When the car has no real idea of its position in 3D space this gives problems.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
After seeing reviews of the Tesla Autopilot vs Openpilot it became clear to me it is way to early to trust Tesla's Autopilot (and Openpilot). They both use visuals only and are easily confused when situations are a little different tha
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Meanwhile in the Netherlands Tesla sales dropped from ~12000 in December 2019 to ~36 in January 2020 because the tax advantage disappeared.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
True. I always turned it on while developing. This saved me from a lot of buggy code. But there are a million questions on the internet about this 'error'. And the answer is almost always: turn the errors off. And I believe this i
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by thdrdt 7y ago
PHP7 already dropped the load on a lot of servers. It was amazing to see that systems like WordPress became twice! as fast by just switching PHP version.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
I don't agree. There are a ton of people on Wordpress, Blogspot and other free places. Geocities was also a walled garden, but the scale was totally different. It is amazing how many people are online today.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Well in the old days this was way worse. Maybe you could get your site on a link list or in a link ring but that was all.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
The moment people start building their own numeric input they create all kinds of problems on different devices. I think people should just accept the browser default. And dropdowns can easily be created CSS only. To me the use of JS to get
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by thdrdt 7y ago
CSS today is so good that I now design websites in CSS and just present a website to the client. If you use grids and flex you can rearrange content very quick if the customer wants to move it. My workflow is now much faster. Great for the
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Damn, I miss those days. There were no big walled gardens, no Twitter or Facebook. If you had anything to say to anyone, you had to put together your own website. It was amazing. I also created websites back in the day with spacer gifs an
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by thdrdt 7y ago
I also think the lack of consequences makes it very easy for people to post all kinds of shit. On HN this is greatly reduced by the point system and the opacity of bad posts. A bad post fades away so it doesn't look as important as oth
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Linux is very 'tweakable' so it is used a lot for custom software and custom pipelines. A lot of software can be run on almost all operating systems. Including software that is used by the industry, like Houdini, Blender, Unity, C
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Painting portraits is not that difficult. Hell, you can literally smear paint on a canvas, even without brush. There's plenty of vids on YouTube showing it.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
I like the interaction design a lot while loading the data. The first time it took very long and after a while it said 'still loading'. Then after a while 'sorry this is taking so long'. And then 'trying another ser
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by thdrdt 7y ago
Unless a house does generate income it is a liability. I think most people underestimate this. There are some many people who can't pay their mortgage while they thought the house was an asset.
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by thdrdt 7y ago
I really like to see what https://dynamicland.org/ is doing at the moment. A team with bright minds, but so little news.

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