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   by vollmond 15y ago

   Even if it is in the owner's manual - and even if it is prominent in the manual - how many of you have ever actually read the manual when you get a new car? I know I have only ever looked when I actively needed something: the meaning of a w
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   Rider on the Storm(damninteresting.com)

   3 points by vollmond 15y ago|0 comments
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   by vollmond 15y ago

   I believe DDG uses a variety of sources for results, including but not limited to Bing.
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   by vollmond 15y ago

   But in that case, again, it's entirely up to the paying customer. You could have kept your Commodore 6502 to play those games (just like I still have my NES and Sega Genesis) - it's up to you. The actions of the company (and the existence o
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   by vollmond 15y ago

   Power being out, luckily, is something that can be dealt with by the individual consumer (call power company, go to a neighbor's house, etc). The point here is that if Steam goes offline (through glitch or bankruptcy or whatever reason), th
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   by vollmond 16y ago

   I met my wife this way. Both had accounts on a LiveJournal-like site, both gravitated to the same circle of friends, mutual interest became more and now she's been my best friend for 7 years. We've met others (on our honeymoon driving throu
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   by vollmond 16y ago

   That's a great idea; I'll see what I can do towards that end. Will need a way for those users to claim their entries..
8. 278.▲
   by vollmond 16y ago

   Bingo. That's how I am doing it.
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   by vollmond 16y ago

   Clickable: http://hndex.imnotpete.com
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    Ask/Show HN: HNdex, lists to replace spreadsheets on HN

    24 points by vollmond 16y ago|8 comments
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Been following the meetup for a while now, and I'll finally be comeing to this one.
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    Ask HN: what to do with an invention?

    2 points by vollmond 16y ago|2 comments
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    No, No, and with lots of effort. Ironically, I almost never use Google search (thanks DDG!), but I have multiple Gmail accounts, plus Docs, Reader, Wave (though no more I suppose), Gtalk, Calendar, Android (no desire to use other smartphone
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    For any other Eclipse users in here (I see it mentioned once or twice in the comments), check out viPlugin. Works in vanilla Eclipse as well as Flex Builder, and presumably any other Eclipse-based IDE. Not sure how I would live without it a
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    According to one of his comments on OP's Youtube link, he also interspersed work on 15 other projects while he was working on this. Would be interesting to know the actual amount of time spent on it.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    I can confirm it. Anything you want to release that is even tangentially related to cleared work needs to go through the gov't first to vet it for classified info.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Disregarding cost, that probably depends on if the tape/widget goes under the hood somewhere or prominently in the middle of the windshield.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Ok, now I have to read the article. My wife has family in Shippensburg...
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Personal: Stock Dell Mini 9 (originally planned to go Hackintosh route, but never got around to it. UNR 9.04, use VIm for most everything) Older freecycled Dell Inspiron desktop (~2.0 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM, Ubuntu) Work: Lenovo Thinkpad (Core
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    * Keys (car, house x3 [handle/deadbolt/back door], work office, various cards [library/discount]) * Phone (HTC Droid Eris, was great until VZW botched the 2.1 update) * Wallet (always too full; I tend to accumulate receipts in here) * Pen (
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Using Droid Eris for 6 months, and probably do it every 2nd time I type something.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Once, when leaving my girlfriend's apartment after a marathon Halo 2 session, I heard a sound in the distance. Wanting to see what happened, I tried to "zoom in." My right thumb even moved to where "B" would have been if I were holding an X
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    I think GP had it right - now that it's landed and I've read the new article, I see it mentioned that they set a record specifically for manned solar-powered aircraft.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    I'm not sure why "Perpetual Flight" would have anything to do with airliners - typically you would prefer to land those fairly often. This would never need to land, signifying to me that it would be useful as an automated drone of some sort
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    This is exciting news, scientifically. I'm curious what practical applications there are. I can think of a few, but I'm sure it's not exhaustive • Cheap, quick-to-setup communications relay (mobile cell tower with its own satellite uplink t
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Looks like they have an actual cockpit and pilot. I would have thought this would be a good use case for remote control. What reason is there to put a pilot in a (I assume) low-maneuverability prototype such as this?
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Glad to see some love for Iain M. Banks. Easily my favorite scifi author at the moment.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Alternative: highlight all posts by followed users, similar to how fark.com does it. I can quickly scan the page to see the people I'm interested in, and still easily see the context for their discussions.
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    Out of curiosity, why would having an XBox in your home be a problem? I was homeschooled (though only in high school) with several consoles in our house, and it doesn't seem to have been a problem. I wasn't allowed to goof off school time o
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    by vollmond 16y ago

    The difference to me is that HN doesn't reproduce the content of the source - interesting discussion here tends to drive me to the source site, giving them the benefit. TC gives enough info and commentary in their summary that I rarely go t