Gring

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by Gring 14y ago
Second life was just never "real" enough for me to even try it. Up the graphics a few orders of magnitude, add Oculus Rift support, and I'll be there!
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by Gring 14y ago
"only a minuscule proportion of the sensory data processed by the unconscious mind (capable of processing approximately 11 million bits per second) is referred to the conscious mind (capable of processing approximately 50 bits per second)."
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by Gring 14y ago
Making it easier for a post to hit the frontpage might be desirable to reward people for interacting with the "new submissions" page - if it only needs 3 votes, there is a much higher likelihood of instant gratification. Might be something
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by Gring 14y ago
Mexico's problem is in essense, that outside market pressure makes its inhabitants behave in a way that is at odds with keeping up a state under the rule of law. As a thought experiment, think what would happen if Mexico made drugs legal. T
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by Gring 14y ago
Absolutely. The problem is that the project is driven by Sergey Brin, who trusts his company completely. Privacy would have to built into the project on many layers. Without a push to do so from above, they won't.
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by Gring 14y ago
"We might even see a flying car". Sign me up! :-)
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by Gring 14y ago
Buy some earplugs. Same effect, much cheaper.
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How a game about Tourette’s Syndrome can make us re-examine our lives(penny-arcade.com)
1 points by Gring 14y ago|0 comments
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by Gring 14y ago
Alternative: play a low frequency sound and detect the stereo speakers using the built-in magnetometer / compass sensor.
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by Gring 14y ago
We're talking about Model X, but that's the model S pricing you're linking to.
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by Gring 14y ago
Don't buy the product?
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by Gring 14y ago
Of course it's different for everybody. But please do post more, and how you wound up with them, it's fascinating.
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by Gring 14y ago
The problem with the 48fps solution that Peter Jackson went with is that it is using a 48fps 360° shutter. Let me quickly explain. Traditional film production uses 24fps with a 180° shutter: a film frame gets exposed for half of 1/24th of a
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by Gring 14y ago
This is already one of my favorite articles about videogames, ever.
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Journey – how jumping can be emotional(edge-online.com)
2 points by Gring 14y ago|1 comments
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by Gring 14y ago
Could you explain more?
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by Gring 14y ago
Buckyballs are just magnets of a certain material, shape, and size. There are countless shops on- and offline that sell the exactly same product, among other types, shapes and sizes, to consumers and professionals, sometimes to both. How is
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by Gring 14y ago
This is brilliant. Thank you!
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by Gring 14y ago
As far as I know, there are a lot of Facebook apps that ask for more privileges than they need. The question is, why doesn't facebook look at the app, its requested privileges and reject them if they ask for too much? This would prevent the
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by Gring 14y ago
Shouldn't the platform owner (e.g. Facebook) make sure that no intrusive apps can connect in the first place?
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by Gring 14y ago
Since the speed of light doesn't change in real life, and there is no answer at what speed a changing speed of light would propagate in real life, does it really matter how it's implemented in this game? My guess is that they took the easie
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by Gring 14y ago
A year ago, Apple was asked whether the iPhone 4 or even the 3GS will get Siri. They said no, to do good voice search, you need advanced tech - several microphones, special noice canceling DSPs, fast processors - so get out and buy a new iP
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by Gring 14y ago
I always felt Jar Jar Binks was more the Goofy of Star Wars :)
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by Gring 14y ago
The problem with maps is the back-end data, which he was't responsible for, as far as I know.
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by Gring 14y ago
Exactly. So the question is, when facing the risk of a black-out, why don't they just stop the windmills? And in the long term, why is Europe not building more Pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants, which would solve the issue? ( https:
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by Gring 14y ago
According to kicktraq, they're indeed trending towards not making it (trending to 651k, 86% of goal): http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-super...
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by Gring 14y ago
That's a great idea! But eyes that are randomly wandering around are actually kinda creepy, too... :-)
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by Gring 14y ago
I don't know. It kinda fits the cartoon eyes ;-)
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by Gring 14y ago
They seem to consider a score of 7.5 or 8 "average", much like the rest of gaming publications. Sad, really.
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by Gring 14y ago
You do are aware that on iOS you can tap the top bar and scroll back to the top with 1 tap? And on non-mobile, there is a scroll-to-the-top key that does the same thing…?

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