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by throwwit 13y ago
Mozilla's update page says: "These plugins are up to date Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0 12.0.0.38" (the Jan 24th update)
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by throwwit 13y ago
Try Text-to-speech... the best multitasking trick.
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by throwwit 13y ago
http://world.time.com/2014/01/27/snowden-german-tv-comments/ isn't censored as far as I can tell. The "Sorry This video does not exist." is a bit ominous tho.
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Canine GPS vests reveal dog social network(newscientist.com)
2 points by throwwit 13y ago|0 comments
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by throwwit 13y ago
I'm surprised it hasn't been nicknamed something like the 'entertainment singularity'. It's like a philosophy of maximum productivity has encroached entertainment and now you're either working or paying. Not p
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by throwwit 13y ago
I wonder how much audio compression the signal can go through before getting lost, and if joint-stereo affected it. Might have to check out the data myself :) Props to Oona.
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by throwwit 13y ago
I think I'm fine with this. I'm more concerned with the use of this tech by malls/trashcans. edit: I guess it all boils down to the extent of the use-cases, which tends to be anybody's guess.
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by throwwit 13y ago
The advancements in genetic technologies are dangerous because they deal in creating inherently extreme solutions. A lot of evolutionary stability is dependent on a statistical distribution of genotypic/phenotypic traits that have roo
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by throwwit 13y ago
99.9999999% * 7.14 billion implies seven people and maybe a parrot knows something.
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by throwwit 13y ago
A detailed vid of a fibre plant ... (An Inside Look at BMW's Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Process) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoq8Mc4xxw
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by throwwit 13y ago
Photoshop and some raytraced 3d rendering system... (Blender/YafaRay or Rhino/Brazil perhaps) Looking forward to what apple comes up with, I've got a few guesses, but if my guesses are correct I'd rather see it be a sur
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by throwwit 13y ago
RIP
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by throwwit 13y ago
I was wondering what was happening to the site as well. The bookmark icon for http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com changed to a generic wordpress icon just recently in my toolbar.
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by throwwit 13y ago
What's all the fuss about? I for one welcome our skynet overlords. Privacy is obsolete. All knowing omniscient corporations are the future!
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by throwwit 13y ago
>> "NHS patient data to be made available for sale to drug and insurance firms" read as: Private NHS data given to companies to improve bottom lines and discover new revenue streams
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by throwwit 13y ago
Four suggestions: 1. Lenticular screen for a passenger's detailed view. 2. ?Infrared? sensor detecting which side is using it. 3. Anchor/dedicate screen space to controls. 4. Haptics with physical reference points. All should
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by throwwit 13y ago
I just checked the site and it just seems ridiculous, QA/Security Consults/Engineering/Drupal/GUI/(buzzword) all from the same guy for $4/hr...lol The signal to noise ratio is why I'm not even gonna try us
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by throwwit 13y ago
Seems to be a philosophical shift in the working world & academia overall today. Just need to look to last year, where the guy behind the Higgs Boson said the publish or perish atmosphere today would've never lead to a theory. Th
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by throwwit 13y ago
That had to have been a big headache for them: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/12/2942861/nest-answers-paten...
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by throwwit 13y ago
Exactly... where ~40% of the pop vote leads to a majority government & incontestable omnibus bills.
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by throwwit 13y ago
Next best thing is to bury truth with falsehoods... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/crtc-may-ease-ban-on-broa... This story doesn't belong on HN IMO. But it is a pretty bad trend, among many others, t
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by throwwit 13y ago
I'd say the core concept isn't doomed, but amongst the 'lean-back' (tv, dvd) and 'lean-in' (Laptop, tablet) UI modalities: the 'in-your-face' glass modality is certainly going to have a struggle bala
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by throwwit 13y ago
Continuously stock piling exploits cannot lead to any desired end game. It's probably beneficial there's some deflating of all this stuff.
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by throwwit 13y ago
Unfortunately, a poorly thought through article. This article seems to only promote FUD regarding information security. I hope the overall goal of creating robust systems is not lost by calling out certain tools. Security through obscuri
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by throwwit 13y ago
Hustlers gonna hustle... welcome to business 101. Keep documentation. Set boundaries. Plan! If it's his prerogative to threaten the company's success, he is effectively diminishing his own returns. If mechanisms exist to oust h
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by throwwit 13y ago
If anything, it does seem like it's probably been to sociology: what the Hubble has been to space.
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by throwwit 13y ago
IANA(Psychologist) but I always thought it might have something to do with memory consolidation, that normally happens during sleep, running wild. You can see some themes in the writing, and some semblance of recent news stories. http:&#x
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by throwwit 13y ago
Fahrenheit 451: Digital Edition
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by throwwit 13y ago
If anything things like this are a reason... http://www.fastcompany.com/3023263/work-smart/the-surprising... Facebook has gotta start looking out for it's user's interests.
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by throwwit 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6455799 for ref.

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