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Iowa City to ban red-light cameras, drones, and license plate readers too(arstechnica.com)
4 points by wittyphrasehere 13y ago|0 comments
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
In addition to using some of the newly created wealth for paying fixed incomes, as the author mentions, we should be using that money to make higher education free. The author says, "let them eat cake, smoke pot, and play video games." I sa
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
Never thought about it like that, but I agree. As a person (mini-corporation?) I have expenses; rent, food, etc. It would be great if I only had to pay taxes on my "profit", because my tax burden would then be much lower. Conversely, it wou
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
Maybe they'll turn it into a worker-owned coop and all participate equally in the governing, and ownership, of the company. http://electricembers.coop/pubs/TechCoopHOWTO.pdf
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Smart software; dumb hardware(dangoldin.com)
4 points by wittyphrasehere 13y ago|2 comments
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
As an individual contributor these are definitely the qualities I look for in a good boss.
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
If the heated water can be utilized, then, in a way, the energy has been captured. Even in a hot climate it's still nice to take a warm shower. I agree that the title is misleading though.
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IBM’s solar tech is 80% efficient thanks to supercomputer cooling tech(arstechnica.com)
22 points by wittyphrasehere 13y ago|8 comments
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by wittyphrasehere 13y ago
Considering that a large part of software creation is, well, creative, I'd love to see more of this in the tech industry—like Github, for example.
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by wittyphrasehere 14y ago
I think a lot of people assume that cane sugar is healthier than HFCS although that may not be true. See: http://ideas.time.com/2012/12/27/what-you-need-to-know-about... The reason the big soda brands use HFCS in the US is because it's ch
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by wittyphrasehere 14y ago
This. "Flat UI is bad for usability" keeps getting repeated as a criticism against the flat UI trend but is not actually true. Bad UI design is bad for usability, regardless of VISUAL style. As jack_trades mentions, there are MANY other way
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by wittyphrasehere 14y ago
The vertical alignment of the text is off and the colors are a bit muddy compared to the vibrant palette of http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ (which was clearly the inspiration for this).
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by wittyphrasehere 14y ago
Yes, HiDPI, whatever you want to call it, doesn't change my point. Also, Kleenex is a brand name but if I ask for a kleenex people know what I mean.
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by wittyphrasehere 14y ago
Retina displays. I know they're not common yet, but they will be someday. Designers often use the latest (Apple) hardware, so what looks good on their screens may not look good for everyone else. In some ways I see this as a positive—it hel