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by veemjeem 14y ago
But usually that high barrier is erected by incumbent companies in that field, whereas the "incumbent" in this case is mindshare and perception. I'm not so sure a sole individual or company could change that easily... it's like when slave
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by veemjeem 14y ago
disrupting culture sounds hard. Software isn't a field students in china work towards because there just isn't as many jobs there as other fields. The pay is fairly mediocre so top students from universities aren't exactly dying to get in
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by veemjeem 14y ago
That perspective is from someone who lives in the USA. If you live in China, programmers are as hot a commodity as they are in the USA, but it's hard to find good programmers. I know of several companies in China trying to hire developers
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by veemjeem 14y ago
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Probably because it adds nothing to the discussion. Your comment would probably be modded down too as a result.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
element14 is always on backorder, but that doesn't mean you'll need to wait. They make 4000 rpi boards per day.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Strange, where are you located? I've bought the RPi on amazon.com before, pretty fast shipping. When in doubt, search on amazon. It's $60 on amazon prime which includes shipping. It's about $15 more than the usual places, but with the a
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by veemjeem 14y ago
mcmelectronics, element14, and adafruit all have 3-5 day ship times. you can also buy on amazon.com if you don't mind paying a premium for faster delivery. pretty much everyone sells the rpi now, it's not hard to find. you might even find
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I'm guessing much of the funding comes from the Japanese government. They funded the Chikyu project which resulted in a deep drilling robot they plan to reuse.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Probably not NFC though. You need a much smaller distance to read NFC (or a much bigger antenna). I doubt it could read a NFC keycard through the thickness of the door. I'm sure all that metal in the lock would act as a great RF shield t
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Well, that one is only for the ethernet shield. I'm guessing you probably need more code for communicating over wifi or bluetooth and supporting wpa/wpa2.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I don't understand why you're so negative. It's a new product that has new benefits, and new drawbacks. The same could be said about the calculator when it first came out. You couldn't even compute logarithms on the first calculator mode
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I think the main benefit here is that it works with your existing lock, so it could work on apartments, dorm rooms, office doors, etc. Those key code deadlocks have always existed, but never very popular.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
how do you scan for credit card data with a rfid reader? very few credit cards have rfid.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
when was the last time a bad video inspired a bunch of developers to start working with the product?
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I watched a friend write an app for the playbook, and he kept firing up a virtual machine to do something. Why would the dev environment need a virtual machine running every time you need to run a test?
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Law makers are uncertain about the technology right now. When they're the ones sitting behind the wheel in one of these cars, reading a book while it drives, then we'll probably see new legislation removing the necessity of the driver.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
According to the article, he didn't want to pull any strings to get broadband to his home, so it seems like he enjoys being a citizen like everyone else.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Yeah, I feel like charging stations of tomorrow will be advertised in the same way "free wifi" is advertised today.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
When it hits mass market, there will be charging stations at every metered parking spot. You can pay 25 cents for 15 minutes, or $1 for 15 minutes and a battery charge. Parking meters already draw power from the grid, so all they need to
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I doubt those stations will store the power locally. My bet is that the solar system pumps power into the grid during the day, generating $$ for tesla. Then in the night, it draws from the grid since power is cheaper then anyway.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
You mean analyst (singular). Only Gene Munster made that prediction. Gene also thought Facebook would be the hottest stock... that's how accurate analysts typically are.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
The logo being on top doesn't help either. The usb ports on the side of my monitor are vertical. I can never remember if the I should be plugging in something with the logo facing me, or away from me. My basic argument is that cable conne
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Every cable is different for me. My Evo4G cable has no marking on either side, my jawbone usb cable has an embossed jawbone logo on the top, the kindle cable has no marking whatsoever, my Nexus S cable has nothing on either side, my monopr
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I can elaborate -- the microusb plug is nearly identical on top & bottom, yet can only inserted in one orientation. That means if you're not looking at the plug, you won't be able to insert it. You don't have an issue with microusb be
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Honestly, I don't think that's their reason for choosing something proprietary over usb. I doubt their first priority was to create something so that they can license, control, and collect royalties on -- if that was their motivation, they
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by veemjeem 14y ago
In 15 years time, someone will sell the Galaxy S III on ebay, and people will compare it to the mini processor found in their coffee mug.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I think he's asking why this is a website, and not just a simple javascript library that others can use.
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by veemjeem 14y ago
When you buy a monthly pass, they ask you which zones you plan to travel in. You'll pay more for a monthly pass if you travel further. So the information is already in your pass if you bought a monthly ride ticket; when you scan before bo
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by veemjeem 14y ago
I believe it's possible to migrate your cell number to GV, like you would with any other provider. I prefer GV here so that I can answer calls from essentially anywhere -- whether it be from my home phone, or from my gmail browser. When p
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by veemjeem 14y ago
Rotation on my home screen actually works for me (on gingerbread 2.3, evo4g). I think the author was referring to the apps selection screen. I have a google voice widget and a weather widget, the rotation doesn't seem to make those look ba

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