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by w00kie 14y ago
The water comes out of a little nozzle on the end of a wand that extends only when used. While you do your number 1 or 2, the wand is retracted inside the toilet seat (not bowl, above the bowl). Plus, after spraying, the nozzle will auto-cl
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Totally Bizarre Experimental Video Explores Slit Scanning(thisiscolossal.com)
2 points by w00kie 14y ago|0 comments
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by w00kie 14y ago
I first misread the HN link's title as "gamma rays" and thought a radioactive monk sounded awesome! Then I read the actual article, I am disappoint...
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by w00kie 14y ago
So you posted a "completely random-topic blog posts where [you ] come to some conclusion, which conveniently allows [you] to segue into a quick little pimping out of [your] app, startup, or whatever"?
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by w00kie 14y ago
http://sunsetter.herokuapp.com/ - a small web app that tells you when the sun will rise or set in a particular direction (when you want to take a picture of the sunset behind Mount Fuji or when something like Manhattanhenge happens in you
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USTREAM of Softbank Press Conference announcing purchase of Sprint(ustream.tv)
2 points by w00kie 14y ago|0 comments
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by w00kie 14y ago
I see Mount Fuji from my living room window, facing west, and I wanted to take a picture of the sun setting behind it, casting a nice V-shaped shadow, like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/4161767317/ So I looked on internet
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Show HN: Sunsetter - find out when the sun will set over there(sunsetter.herokuapp.com)
2 points by w00kie 14y ago|2 comments
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by w00kie 14y ago
Google Chrome asks for authorization to enter fullscreen mode. I've updated my browser this morning to Version 22.0.1229.92 m, is it new?
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by w00kie 14y ago
Well, for one, this was kind of a sarcastic comment. Second, if I really did this, once the interviewee refuses to give out the password I would congratulate them, saying they passed my test of modern technological common sense: "never EVER
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by w00kie 14y ago
Next time I interview someone for a position at my company, I'm going to ask them for their Facebook password. If they give it to me, they will be automatically disqualified from the hiring process for lack of common sense.
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by w00kie 14y ago
Looking at the maps for Japan on OSM and iOS 6, if they are using OSM data it must be a very small subset and they're adding a ton of crap over it. For example: they usually have one label for a train/subway station which is well placed and
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by w00kie 14y ago
It's true that, had I been stuck with iOS 6 maps on March 11th last year in Tokyo, instead of good trusty Google Maps, it would have been much harder to find my way home. Now all I was doing was walking the 5km back to my safe home. Think a
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by w00kie 14y ago
more importantly, how do you get your sucky manager to read that article without being too obvious?
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by w00kie 14y ago
I just tried it out and found this: http://i.imgur.com/KL0bW.png Interestingly, I did a search through Chrome to get to the Google search results page, I was not logged in and everything was in English. I proceed to login and get reverted
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by w00kie 14y ago
I have a similar compounded problem: I live in Japan, my systems are configured in English, but when I'm at the office my internet is routed through a proxy which is somehow localized to India (I have no idea where is its actual location).
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by w00kie 14y ago
A better explanation is that Yahoo! Japan believes you are a cross-dresser...
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by w00kie 14y ago
With Gmail (at least) you can use john.smith+46ia0ygd51tw9src@gmail and it will get to you.
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by w00kie 14y ago
If the founding fathers saw it made sense to decimalize your currency, then why are you people still using stupid feet, inches, pounds and ounces?
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by w00kie 14y ago
I wrote a program for playing video in ASCII on an OpenVMS console (VT220 orange text serial console) for a university project. I played the Matrix dojo fight scene for the final presentation, it was a big success! :)