awaz

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by awaz 15y ago
That's a good idea for frontpage and best polls.
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by awaz 15y ago
That would work if I were to submit from a single account but not to submit on your behalf.
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The 100th Monkey Theory(wowzone.com)
1 points by awaz 15y ago|0 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
This is interesting. So Google can claim that 160K mile of automated driving with the driver on-board and a single accident is blamed on the human.
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by awaz 15y ago
I am not disturbed. Why would a human driver be driving an automated car? What is the security mechanisms that allow such cars to be in the streets? Isn't there a need for independent monitoring for such experiments?
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by awaz 15y ago
Me second
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by awaz 15y ago
Since Square adapter interfaces with mobile devices using the audio input, the swipe basically produces a sound (corresponding to the credit card) that is fed to the mobile device. By recording and replaying the sound, the credit card trans
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by awaz 15y ago
Should we consider this a ray of hope or an exception? Also, as per the article, the case concluded last week. I am surprised that other tech media did not cover this given the buzz around patent trolls these days.
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by awaz 15y ago
I suggested 2D if he wanted to build a system for himself. May be multi-angle snap-shots or a video capture could be processed for capturing conventional chess boards. But even that would not work for all chess-boards. I have come across so
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by awaz 15y ago
I have worked in machine vision projects in past. It's not going to be easy to recognize the pieces as is; I suggest that you use 2D pieces for chess. Even better, use some unique design like this one: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/gener
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by awaz 15y ago
This detail fires back on Google. Google too had a partner for bidding; just that they didn't want to partner with their competitors. They were trying to portray their defeat as a conspiracy which this post proves it was not.
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Ask HN: why can't other webmail providers filter spam like gmail?
1 points by awaz 15y ago|0 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
I read few weeks back in Y Combinator FAQ page that the average age of Y Combinator funded entrepreneurs is 26. Vivek's survey found the average age of founders to be 40. It would be interesting to know the average age of Y Combinator appli
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by awaz 15y ago
I was surprised that the article did not mention entropy even once. It rather used the term 'information content'.
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by awaz 15y ago
Mobile phone is the second technology that has reached the grassroots in Asia, the first being the radio. Given the wide adoption of mobile phones, people are trying to solve every day problems sans computers.
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'Anonymous' hackers arrested in US sweep (heraldsun.com.au)
2 points by awaz 15y ago|0 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
Innovation Endeavors provides some details about what Zappedy does: http://innovationendeavors.com/portfolio/zappedy-3/
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Zappedy has been acquired by Groupon.(zappedy.com)
1 points by awaz 15y ago|1 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
Yeah, let the trillion sub-domains bloom for this season. The next animal that will come around (panda?) will then decide their fate.
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by awaz 15y ago
The original article doesn't mention mathematical constant at all, just mentions dismissive behavior. Do you think Google was following something like what I proposed in another comment in this thread?
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by awaz 15y ago
May be this was Google's algorithm during the auction: while(bid < lobbying_cost) { bid = getMathematicalConstant(current_bid); }
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by awaz 15y ago
I mean the initial user distribution was different and then there wasn't a strong competitor. The initial user base was the appeal for the masses.
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by awaz 15y ago
I am fully aware of it. The question is what would create the appeal for the common masses.
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by awaz 15y ago
The statistics link on the page has the following stats: Male 698,703 (73.70%) Female 234,504 (24.74%) and top occupations: Engineer , Developer , Designer , Software Engineer, Writer , Web Developer , Software Developer, Programmer Exactl
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Netflix: Because you love DVD, we'll make you pay for it(blog.netflix.com)
4 points by awaz 15y ago|2 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
Here is a link to another specimen that I didn't see in the Zoobotics artice : http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/20/us-robotfish-idUST...
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by awaz 15y ago
Peter Riche tells us in an exclusive interview that compared to some of the previous movies that have profiled tech startups (i.e. The Social Network), he wanted to find a story where success in the entrepreneurial tech world has helped br
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Google+: Use your nickname to help fight spam and fake profiles(google.com)
1 points by awaz 15y ago|0 comments
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by awaz 15y ago
I used the fool word in my reply to show that the story makes a wrong point. Engineers are being smart in Including the sound aspect, customers are being smart in paying attention to the sound as a cue. That means the author of the story is
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by awaz 15y ago
The engineers are NOT creating artificial sounds to fool customers. As the article describes, customers would not buy a good product just because it does not sound good (which means customers are fools). Engineers are designing the products

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