dhughes

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by dhughes 11y ago
Convenience is the key do you really want to go to the grocery store and pay $1.69 the minibar at $3.00 or split the difference and try the vending machine for $2.25? A similar concept is in Vancouver, BC Canada where vending machines in co
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by dhughes 12y ago
What if it's passive? Wifi from the routers of homes emit the RF energy and all the police do is use a detector I could see that as legal since it's energy being emitted just as if it were light shining out a window and you were
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by dhughes 12y ago
Or #shirtgate when idiot "journalist" (The Atlantic's Rose Eveleth) went ballistic over Philae ESA Project Scientist Matt Taylor's shirt. Matt had a shirt on with women similar to WWII bomber girls, fully clothed in 194
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by dhughes 12y ago
If you pay in cash it gets rounded up or down e.g. $1.03 becomes $1.05 if it's $1.02 it's $1.00 but if you pay via debit card or credit card it doesn't change. Here is the government's explanation http://www.
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by dhughes 12y ago
My screen brightness has broken it's so bright why are my eyes so watery, obviously it's the screen.
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by dhughes 12y ago
It should have a gas alarm on it to at least add 10 minutes after a flush.
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by dhughes 12y ago
Yup, Cosmos was on tonight, subject: lead. It's nice to see it got some brains fired-up. PBS also had a great series the Poisoner's Handbook about different poisonous elements and the one about lead was more in-depth about leaded
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by dhughes 12y ago
Possibly this http://fellrnr.com/wiki/GPS_Accuracy It seems Garmin is more accurate. I saw it on reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/236lqy/gps_...
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by dhughes 12y ago
I wonder if I could just use a large bore syringe and some cotton wadding?
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by dhughes 12y ago
I'm a bit farther east.
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by dhughes 12y ago
It's like that where I am in eastern Canada people go out smoke weed and drink every weekend if not every night! Most have menial jobs just enough to get by with government assistance. Yet everyone goes to Cuba, the Dominican Republic
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by dhughes 12y ago
Wouldn't that be something with an umami taste?
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by dhughes 12y ago
It also easier to spit wood when it's cold out -10C to -20C it seems to crack better. I used to hate fall as a kid when wood splitting season began. Pneumatic splitters are great but slow. You learn to hate hard wood when splitting bu
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by dhughes 12y ago
With PM Harper and his goons you know that the nicer the Conservatives try to make it sound the worse it is, just like the Fair Elections Act bill.
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by dhughes 12y ago
It's hard to say it would be a battle between immediate versus long-term. And by that of course I mean I would have to share it with poor around the word I think most people would. Water, food, vaccines, education all important but wa
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by dhughes 12y ago
I've only been to one F1 race in person that was 1988 in Montreal and I couldn't believe the noise, vicious! My teeth vibrated, even my bones I couldn't believe I could feel my freaking skeletal bones vibrate. Some friends a
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by dhughes 12y ago
The super rare Hat.
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by dhughes 12y ago
I find it amazing that the books and manuscripts are still around hundreds if not a thousand years later meanwhile the dye medium of my data CDs from the mid 90s is probably rotten.
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by dhughes 12y ago
It does, the light ring changes to indicate you're seen by the Nest Protect and when you wave to silence a smoke alarm the Nest Protect says "Smoke alarm hushed." http://support.nest.com/article/What-is-
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by dhughes 12y ago
Porsche (pour-sha damn it!) executives were pretty smart back in 2008, but I guess VW owns them now. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/business/worldbusiness/31n...
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by dhughes 12y ago
Taiwan may get "Putin-ed", step 1 cause citizen outrage, step 2 citizens revolt against their corrupt government step 3 China moves in to help stabilize the country without a government.
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by dhughes 12y ago
I think it's amazing how any vehicle maker can idiot-proof any vehicle, the general population seems to be suicidal and then blames the manufacturer for not protecting them during their 110mph missile ride. reddit's /r/
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by dhughes 12y ago
About ten years ago I went to an IT job fair while I was in first year CS I had gone late in life so at 32 I felt I was finally doing the right thing. I thought maybe I could get some tips maybe even get a job even just apprentice/int
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by dhughes 12y ago
Casino chips use RFID chips and special edging as well as infrared marks. Now one company wants to use plant DNA in a similar way as ISIS is used in metal coins. [2010] http://www.casinoenterprisemanagement.com/articles&#x2
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by dhughes 12y ago
Certainly genetics are part of this as you say his parents both lived to 94 and 98. But I would say what may help him live longer than his genetics would allow is the consistency of his health care. Being rich allows him the luxury of heal
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by dhughes 13y ago
At least you don't have to be born with perfect vision like the old days, with laser eye surgery now anyone can be a pilot!
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by dhughes 13y ago
How much of this and the NSA are due to the "gee whiz" effect as I call it? These organizations have cool new technology so they want to use it for no other reason than that. It's like the HTML blink tag it was annoying and
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by dhughes 13y ago
That is what is wrong with this situation, someone with a camera chooses what to show or not show maybe there was an accident, maybe an inexperienced new employee or some technique that seems cruel but is necessary (de-horn, castrate, shea
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by dhughes 13y ago
I recall reading about Amish men and why they grow a bead but no moustache apparently it was a protest against military organizations where a moustache was mandatory.
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by dhughes 13y ago
> Personal Hotspot I always giggle at it being called that.

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