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by vhold 11y ago
Then Apple comes out with a big google-cardboard type HMD that fits the iPad, creates a bunch of pretty decent 360 3D streaming video based experiences, steals the market.
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by vhold 11y ago
Same with MUNI in San Francisco, I can have a bright flashing light, be in the bike lane, and be able to see the driver in their sideview mirror, and they'll just drift over without ever even glancing in the mirror and almost kill me.
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by vhold 11y ago
Legislation making companies force themselves to have backdoors doesn't stop terrorists from using encryption.
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by vhold 11y ago
I wonder how that will affect this: "Tableau confirms big Kirkland expansion, plans to hire 1,000" http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/tableau-conf...
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by vhold 11y ago
I've heard the argument before, not sure if it was backed with any real data, that perfect enforcement leads to wiping out tickets as a source of revenue, because people start actually obeying the law. In some cases it actually makes t
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by vhold 11y ago
> We make sure you aren't being tracked while you shop online and browse your favorite sites. That's not a realistic claim. Nothing is stopping publishers and advertisers from sharing back end data.
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by vhold 11y ago
Imagine how different San Francisco would be if plans like this had moved forward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain#Westbay_Con... Not only did they want to fill the bay in with the mountain, they wante
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by vhold 11y ago
No, because throttling a kind of traffic is also non-neutrality. Imagine cable companies throttling video, phone companies throttling VoIP, etc.
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by vhold 11y ago
The biggest benefit imo is that derived works can be created freely, imagine if you could use all music up to the 60s or what not freely in any movie or video game you make, or make a game about guessing the movie from scenes from all mov
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by vhold 11y ago
I believe another key difference between rtl-sdr and the rest is that rtl-sdr cannot transmit?
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by vhold 11y ago
Good ideas except I think the whole concept of fancy smoke detectors is really bad, including the Nest Protect. A smoke detector is something you want to be as simple and reliable as possible, and operate independently. They shouldn'
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by vhold 11y ago
Also when you spend over $100,000 on a car you're less likely to want to diminish its status value and other peoples' perceptions of your choices by complaining about it.
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by vhold 11y ago
The most awesome part is they put the data, and some of the Freedom of Information correspondence that led to them getting this data on github: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/uber-tlc-foil-response
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by vhold 11y ago
I've found that the way they honor this guarantee is that you simply return it for the reason "Did not arrive on time" and you get a refund. I've done it once because it didn't arrive on Friday, wouldn't come u
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by vhold 11y ago
I think Amazon already operates on a risk-taking model for package delivery. When I first started using Prime it was very conservative about requiring signatures, and overtime that became relaxed and I'd come home to find packages on
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by vhold 11y ago
I have a relative who went through the same thing in Kansas in the late 60s... But 15 years ago? Yeah that's nuts.
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LookSmart is looking for growth hackers to guest blog(looksmart.com)
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by vhold 13y ago
This made me realize just how much the media's visual portrayal of computer programming is a problem. When he said "It doesn't mean anything" he's gesturing over to a stereotypical background image representation o
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by vhold 15y ago
This is true, but local::lib has come along and made things much easier: http://search.cpan.org/~apeiron/local-lib-1.008004/lib/local... This very handily includes instructions on how to bootstrap its own installation.