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by tomsaffell 14y ago
If you're curious where these rivers are, take a look at a Map of California Rivers that I made a few years ago[1]. Note that nearly the entire Sierra Nevada range drains through the San Francisco Bay. Also note the small blue globs along t
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
Thanks for looking that up and providing some data. But 30-40 basis points = ~0.35%, which is ~1/300th of the ~100% difference in price, so it seems like it's not a significant factor.
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
One more data point: I was luck enough to go up with an RAF pilot having never flown before (nor in simulators). He allowed me to attempt to land, with instruction. I got close, but he used his controls at the end. I was having trouble co
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
In terms of 'good / bad', it's basically a trade-off between bandwidth and distance the signal can travel. A high carrier frequency allows a higher bandwidth[1], but it doesn't travel far/well. A low frequency can travel far, but doesn't su
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
We recently faced a similar decision, and ultimately went with angular - the two-way binding sold it for me, plus the concept of pushing all DOM manipulation into directives (declared in the HTML), to get that out of the controllers. We've
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
I fully appreciate that perspective, and agree with they're all socially constructed, and it's the people you need to worry about / I was thinking through similar issues as I wrote my own comment. If I was a victim of one of these crimes I
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
> the Federal government will do some very nasty things -- in court -- to people it knows are guilty but hard to convict of their actual crimes The government can presume the guilt of a party they put on trial. But acting as if th
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
I agree with your sentiment, but just for completeness, there are a few ways existing residents get 'priced out': 1) the 'assessed value' of owned property (used to calculate property tax) can be raised ~2% per year[a], so over a decade a h
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
>Unfortunately, multipart upload is nearly impossible to implement as a web app I am right now writing a library to do just that. I already have a prototype working, and we'll probably open source our library once it's reasonably tested
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
Totally agreed on the pocket layout - don't know what i'd do without my cargo pants/shorts - must be an engineer thing... http://xkcd.com/806/
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
Moderately appealing. I guess I'd better give the context... I ride my bike whenever I can, which is >90% of my journeys (I live in SF; the same was also true in London). I've only ever commuted to work by car for a brief period of time
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
A robot-driven version of my personal car (and how I use it today), is moderately appealing. But as a stepping stone to a future where an autonomous robot-driven (flying?) cab pulls up curbside, picks me up, and smoothly, safely speeds me t
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
Yes, there is a time and a place for everything: monopolistic telcos did society good in the past . But now is not the time for a lack of competition / oligopoly in the telecommunications industry.
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
This is sometimes called the Peach and Coconut model (1). As a Brit living in Cali, I subscribe to the idea. Have a nice day! 1. http://martinsbusinessenglish.blogspot.com/2012/02/small-tal...
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
I didn't know that. Where? Please post links.
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
I totally agree. I've been wanting an app like this for the last 6 months (wondering why one didnt already exist), and a lack of fluid layout doesnt put me off at all. The one thing I really want is realtime collaborative use, ala google do
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by tomsaffell 14y ago
No test key required. Inputting the actual key prior to the scheduled slot should cause the projector to show a randomly chosen 30 second segment of the movie, with an overlay message at the bottom saying, "Test projection - key valid start
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Funny that you should mention recurring fees in return for lower prices _and_ inter-city rail infrastructure - that's exactly what the Swiss have: http://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/railpasses/half...
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Fantastic job. I have three suggestions on how to be even more fantastic next time. These are all about presentation; I'm not suggesting any changes on position. 1. At 3.27 she asks, "..where's the compromise in-between, is there one?", and
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Economic Graphs of 2011(bbc.co.uk)
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Indeed. ICBMs perform a celestial fix in that case.
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
The book about GO is a pretty good read: http://www.amazon.com/Startup-Silicon-Adventure-Jerry-Kaplan...
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What phantom limbs and mirrors teach us about the brain(bbc.co.uk)
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Seconded. The docs great and the support is first class. And the API-request builder extremely useful when getting started.
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
I see you're using wmode transparent for your flash fallback. Have you seen (or tested for) performance issues using transparent , rather than direct ? My understanding is that it prohibits both StageVideo, and HW rendering, and may als
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Agreed, but I take exception to Everest and Kilimanjaro being put in the same bucket. Climbing Kilimanjaro is evidence of: appetite for travel; willingness to take on challenges; reasonable fitness; good will power. ~10,000 people do it eac
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Yes, that probably & hopefully is their strategy. But is it mere co-incidence that their first major play of that strategy is for a show that is well loved by geeks? My guess is that the above probability does hold true, and that's part
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
p(viewer loves Arrest Development | viewer has netflix) > p(viewer loves Arrest Development) ?
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by tomsaffell 15y ago
Don't those long-term risks exist no matter what?
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Adobe's view on how and when HTML5 will succeed Flex (see update)(blogs.adobe.com)
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