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by tomkin 15y ago
I don't like that we can't question this story because it's fictional . It has legs because of the way it is written, but no one can jab or poke at it without the obvious " well, it's just a story, man " line. I hate outs like that. It's
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by tomkin 15y ago
We seem to be making one conversation out of 2 points. Point one: The video is nonsense, Point two: Will Glass be successful? Video: I agree that it should have been anchored to current reality, like the Google Plus and self-driving car vid
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by tomkin 15y ago
It really depends on the implementation. You're assuming that all of the functionality has been revealed. For example, it's not completely out of the question that their technology will b, in part, completely mapped and trained co-ordinates
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by tomkin 15y ago
I love this kind of social experiment. There are a few theories as to why this resulted in a higher CTR. The obvious ones to me are: 1) "Look at the pretty picture!!" 2) "What the hell? EA is allowing this ad? Did they make it? I gotta see
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Creating Intrinsic Ratios for Video(alistapart.com)
11 points by tomkin 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 15y ago
This is tough because I started as a designer who just wanted to make sure my designs worked like I wanted - hacking together what I could find. I slowly developed an understanding of Javascript pre-jQuery, so I was learning the DOM because
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by tomkin 15y ago
I think if RIM was an Asian-based company, that might hold true. RIM's culture is tied to North America. Developers for their platform are mostly in North America/Europe. When there's no apps, there's no users - eventually.
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by tomkin 15y ago
I agree. I'm no allegiant. In fact, I think we're already starting to see a bit of that unfolding.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Nope. An iPhone 3GS isn't terrible...even in 2012.
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by tomkin 15y ago
One area I really want to see this take off in is Medicine. As someone who had suffered from an unknown illness (no doctor could figure it out), I can rationalize how such a system would have been helpful. You see a bit of this with WebMD's
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by tomkin 15y ago
RIM is mercy to the fatal inability to self-reflect and be self-critical. As an iPhone user, just looking at a Blackberry is cringe-inducing. I'm not a Blackberry fan, so I don't know what the latest, greatest is, but I've tried a Bold an
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by tomkin 15y ago
First time I've heard that...but I have to say it's basically true.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Similarly. I then thought it was because I was so wound up all the time that maybe this relaxation was what other people experienced as a normal attribute of their life. Turns out this is not the case.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Wow. Dude. Don't hide behind a throwaway account - this is an incredible find. You have no idea how long I wanted something in hand to explain to others. I genuinely appreciate that.
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by tomkin 15y ago
There's a lot to be said for getting to the cancer before it takes off. Silver bullets are easy to dismiss, but what we're really talking about is stopping a simple process with a simple process. It would be hard to stop a missile once it
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by tomkin 15y ago
> Then look into the conditions of "flow" Since I was a kid, I would have these rare moments of intense calmness. Certain things would set it off: the sound of paper brushing together when someone is reading a book. I've also had this h
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by tomkin 15y ago
I used to think that, until I watched the TED talk by William Li [1]. The process of angiogenesis can be found as the catalyst in every cancer and medicine/food already work to reverse or halt angiogenesis. Doxycycline, for example, is a br
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FCC Approval for Motorola Connected Home Gateway Home Automation(engadget.com)
1 points by tomkin 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 15y ago
Part of me wants to accept this information, but I am worried that some kind of Freakonomics will come into play and we'll find that the reason why there appears to be less poor is because X is no longer being considered as Y.
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by tomkin 15y ago
A lot of what you wrote hit home; I feel like I could have wrote that post myself. So, having ADHD myself, I gotta be that guy who asks the patently absurd but obvious question – have you ever been tested/diagnosed for adult ADHD? And in no
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by tomkin 15y ago
> Are you justifying this completely poisonous and destructive behavior on the basis that you found his Twitter feed too arrogant for your liking and that he got more attention than you would have? I don't expect to get that kind of att
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by tomkin 15y ago
> only a couple of questionable phrases that got blown out of proportion and completely picked apart I don't know about that. So far, many of the tweets from his own Twitter account seem to postulate himself as a genius. I would like to
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by tomkin 15y ago
I don't know how more clear it could be that dcurtis is an egotistical, self-proclaimed genius. I love this tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/dcurtis/status/182986897444966402 And then this one for good measure: https://mobile.twitter.co
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by tomkin 15y ago
As a designer/programmer, I think it's pretty funny to get worked up about having your design "ripped off". We're not talking about intellectual property for profit, where the argument makes more sense: I need to make money, so don't steal
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by tomkin 15y ago
I think this is going to be the Photoshop where people seriously start considering a web-based alternative. Not because CS6 will be poor software, but because I think the division among users who use Photoshop for photo editing/profession
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by tomkin 15y ago
> If we bring in Buddhism to round it out then we find more pacifism. Buddhism still teaches bullshit, in the form of reincarnation. I know because I was a Buddhist for 3 years. It was the last string before I threw in the towel on reli
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by tomkin 15y ago
If your argument is against atheism, you'll find no resistance from me. I could care less about the atheist movement or otherwise. That's the whole premise of critical thinking - to never align yourself because of a few common ideals. Athei
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by tomkin 15y ago
I propose we declare religion a fallacy and declare that it provides no value to a population. You don't need to hurt people to eliminate ignorance. My problem is with the group think mentality. Religion just happens to be a larger manifest
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by tomkin 15y ago
> I think that if all religion where gone tomorrow, that the world would not be a better place. Seriously? You think religions that tell people to behead unbelievers, circumcise (read: mutilation) without permission, kill animals in hor
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by tomkin 15y ago
> You seem to imply that holding philosophical beliefs about our purpose somehow is an indicator of intelligence or lack of and of ones ability to logically analyze the subject. I don't know if I implied it, but yes – if what you believ

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