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Computing the optimal road trip across the U.S(randalolson.com)
1 points by weej 12y ago|0 comments
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by weej 12y ago
There are numerous studies on sleep deprivation and its impact on decision making and critical thinking; however, this is an interesting spin on it. It focuses on individuals' circadian rhythm and theory "proposing what they call
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Mornings Don't Make You Moral(newyorker.com)
125 points by weej 12y ago|48 comments
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by weej 13y ago
>> But it will mostly legacy code, and by and large unimportant projects which no one really cares about in any company Tell that to Google and Amazon.
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by weej 13y ago
I'm on the end user consumer side (can't speak for enterprise). Unfortunately, no, there hasn't been change for the better. Their primary focus is on reducing operating expenses rather than focusing on technological innovat
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by weej 13y ago
It really depends on the role within IT you're considering: software development, system administration, project management, network analyst, support technician, database admin, etc. What kind of role are you looking for?
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U.S. Army Considers Robots for Support Service Roles(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by weej 13y ago|1 comments
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by weej 13y ago
"via satellite video for a live conversation"
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Amazon Web Apps Distribution for Kindle Fire and Android Devices(developer.amazon.com)
1 points by weej 13y ago|0 comments
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Guy Proposed By Modding Contra, But She Had To Finish It First. Ouch.(kotaku.com)
2 points by weej 13y ago|0 comments
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by weej 13y ago
Reminds me of the NYC Street Art that created some creative awareness surrounding drones: http://hyperallergic.com/61192/street-artist-behind-nyc-dron...
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Stop Freaking Out About the NSA(slate.com)
14 points by weej 13y ago|13 comments
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Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'?(guardian.co.uk)
4 points by weej 13y ago|2 comments
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by weej 13y ago
Given that I work full time, have two kids (one being a newborn), and play in a band I sleep very little 4-6 hours a night. That said, I've been doing this for almost a decade when I was in graduate school and working full time. Over the la
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by weej 13y ago
It tells me that SYMANTEC is no longer making a decent enough profit margin to justify the operational and support systems expenses for the product. Google's support by peer group plays towards online tools and web services. If you've ever
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by weej 13y ago
Good call. I'm not sure of the Dropbox client, but API is variable all the way up to 150MB. Typical client is "4MB chunk" https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/api#chunked-upload
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by weej 13y ago
Good point, I only use TrueCrypt for sensitive documents (small in file size), and don't worry/notice the entire volume sync. BoxCryptor does look like a great alternative; however, it's not open source and does come w/ a price (literally a
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by weej 13y ago
This is great; however, folks can still securely store data on cloud services. They just need to take a Trust No one (TNO) approach and encrypt their data to disk. For example you can use TrueCrypt and create/mount a drive volume that is f
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Amazon Coins Launching(developer.amazon.com)
204 points by weej 14y ago|162 comments
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by weej 14y ago
Don't forget AT&T.
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13 Reasons You're Not As Successful As You Should Be(nfib.com)
2 points by weej 14y ago|1 comments
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by weej 14y ago
Well done. Happy to contribute and pick one up. Cheers!
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by weej 14y ago
I could see ChromeOS converging w/ Android into a single platform that allowed for android app emulation while running x86_64 apps natively. I realize they're completely separate teams, but at what point do they converge to provide a greate
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by weej 14y ago
Exactly. Initially, I was confused by this statement too. There's nothing wrong w/ base64 encoding; however, one needs to apply it to the correct context like applying it to: hashes, avoid text collision/escaping chars, or just embedding p
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by weej 14y ago
Amazing. I was fortunate to travel out to Alaska a couple of years ago and do some glacier climbing and hiking. It was amazing, but pales in comparison to the vast, immense power of this photo. Awesome.
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by weej 14y ago
You do realize there are numerous variants of influenza. For the most part, the vaccine is limited to those of the highest level of exposure (infection rate). http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm "The seasonal flu vaccine protects
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by weej 14y ago
Can't help, but think of... they lied to us this was supposed to be the future where is my jetpack, where is my robotic companion, where is my dinner in pill form, where is my hydrogen fueled automobile, where is my nuclea
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by weej 14y ago
This is a great idea. I was literally just thinking about how I wish there was a site for aggregating good-will coding requests & submissions. I'm going to do my best to participate. This is a great concept and execution. Thanks for t
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by weej 14y ago
I was excited when I heard about this initial project, and was holding out for the official release specs. The display is a big disappointment, and show stopper for me. I do agree this is a great first step and partnership for hardware man
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by weej 14y ago
Sshhhh...don't let this individual know that Windows 8 API, Windows Runtime (RT), is available in JavaScript. That said, WinRT doesn't expose Win32 API. Well done. That takes dedication, skill, and lack of sanity. > Edit WinRT API lin

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