algoshift

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by algoshift 13y ago
Reaching a mass of people via Facebook is, to some degree, relatively easy. If you have 50 to 100 people you can reach directly and they, in turn, reach out to their direct connections you'll "touch" a pile of people quickly
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by algoshift 13y ago
I've learned Facebook and LinkedIn can produce really disappointing results. Over the last couple of weeks we've been pushing hard to develop awareness for a worthy cause (special needs education tools). Details here: http:&#x2F
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Special Needs Children Education
2 points by algoshift 13y ago|0 comments
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Crowdsourcing at the local level(crowdlocal.co)
1 points by algoshift 13y ago|0 comments
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Please Help: Educational Apps for Handicapped Children(tommyteaches.com)
5 points by algoshift 13y ago|2 comments
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Please help: Educational Apps for Special Ed Kids(tommyteaches.com)
3 points by algoshift 13y ago|0 comments
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by algoshift 14y ago
I guess the point of the short comment was lost: How can anyone say that any of the current crop of OS's is "wonderful"? Wonderful? Really? Whether you use Windows or OSX (or both, as is my case) you can probably rattle off a sizable lis
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by algoshift 14y ago
> OS X is wonderful ROFL
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by algoshift 14y ago
Here you go: http://www.tak2000.com/data/Satellite_TC.pdf
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by algoshift 14y ago
Can a privately launched satellite in orbit be considered free from control from any one nation? Would my satellite be sovereign territory? Might this be an idea for the future of DNS and highly-independent web hosting in some form? No co
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by algoshift 14y ago
I do wish that they would have included data on the exact measurement setup. IR thermometers are affected by surface material characteristics and can be affected by orientation and distance to the DUT. Thermocouples would provide the most
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CNET iPad 3 heating test(news.cnet.com)
1 points by algoshift 14y ago|1 comments
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by algoshift 14y ago
Prompted by an offline discussion I thought it'd be a good idea to talk about the other effects. I focused my post around the power requirements of the image processor circuitry. However, there are two additional components to an LCD disp
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by algoshift 14y ago
You are right, of course, however, I have built quite elaborate LED-based backlight systems and have metrics on this too. A few years ago we did a custom system with a 1,000 Watt (yes, one thousand) custom liquid-cooled RGB LED backlight.
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by algoshift 14y ago
You are welcome.
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by algoshift 14y ago
I'd sure like to know if those who are for this sort of thing have any experience building and flying these things. It's really easy to voice opinions from the outside. Armed with experience your opinion is sure to change. I don't think
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by algoshift 14y ago
I've been flying model airplanes, helicopters and other RC contraptions since I was 10 years old. Decades. I've flown, designed and built nearly everything out there, from pure (no motor) gliders to aerobatic planes, electric and turbine
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Why hi-rez displays (like the iPad 3) consume more power and generate more heat
8 points by algoshift 15y ago|5 comments
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by algoshift 15y ago
Nah. Not hard. Different. People have a natural inclination to resist the new. My guess is that a competent programmer with OO experience should be comfortable with Objective-C within a week or two of study.
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by algoshift 15y ago
That's really funny partner. Using Excel for generating code fragments that can be cut and pasted into your compiler is powerful and fast. Nothing wrong with it. But, go ahead and don't. I love compete with others doing thing less effic
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by algoshift 15y ago
Of course. This was just one illustration of Excel as an augmentation tool. There are probably thousands of such special applications out there, some commercial, some not, that used Excel this way. The greater point, perhaps, is that maki
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by algoshift 15y ago
>It's hard to experiment with a toolbar in Excel because millions of non-computer-geek users Excel is another of my favorite "Why did they do that?" examples. In my opinion, MS absolutely ruined Excel somewhere in the transition from O
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by algoshift 15y ago
> Why not experiment and try to be better at what you do? Herein lies the problem. The term "better" is most definitely subjective. Not to pic on Xcode, but this is a prime example of focusing too much on making a consumer appliance ra
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by algoshift 15y ago
It isn't clear if you meant to imply that Apple has made better decisions with Xcode. If that is what you are saying, I firmly disagree. This isn't meant to imply that MS is better. Having said that, I don't mind complexity in UI for pro
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Ad supported iOS app don't work?(communities-dominate.blogs.com)
2 points by algoshift 15y ago|0 comments
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50 year old language demo shows that CS is still in the dark ages(youtube.com)
5 points by algoshift 15y ago|0 comments
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by algoshift 15y ago
I have a potential project that would involve testing somewhere in the range of 500 Cassandra nodes. What are the best tools to use in load testing such installations? Is everything pretty much custom?
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by algoshift 15y ago
Scaled integers give you an instant and very significant boost in performance. And, what's best, in most cases the error is far smaller than 1%. I've done tons of real-time image processing work on FPGA's where you almost never use floati
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by algoshift 15y ago
Multiple reasons for this: First, too many stories along the lines of "I built this app for $1,000 in India and it is making me $50K per month". Second, kids who don't know how to value their time who'll work like slaves for $2,000. Third,
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by algoshift 15y ago
With all due respect, if YC wants to focus on something outside your standard fair I'd suggest you look at the problem of manufacturing. The NY Times article that is the subject of another HN post is right on the money as far as the issues

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