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by pixie_ 13y ago
Is World War II so far away that everyone forgets how fucked up the entire world can become - and it doesn't take long for it all to go to hell either. The NSA has to get their shit together, but we still need real strategical/tac
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by pixie_ 13y ago
This is a good example where some color would really help. There are points with the same color where their collision count is different by a factor of 10.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
It's amazing what charisma can do. Apple has acted like an evil censor/gatekeeper since the iPhone was released. Microsoft didn't act anywhere close to this bad in the 90s. And Microsoft is looked down on and Apple is still c
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Nevermind, I see now that high quality online education is a bad idea.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Take the best course - package it for online distribution - feed the world high quality education for very low cost.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
I wish I could send this article back in time 20 years. All the prophecies of how the internet would change the social dynamic, and now we see how it has all played out.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Glass is 100% hype. If it were released tomorrow it would flop hard. Any review you read of it is meh, it really does nothing different than your phone and isn't practical to use in social situations or life in general. If you want to
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Can we have a discussion about marketing? Like how does this $60 niche product raise $150k in 2 days? Was it hyped before hand? Did kickstarter hype it? Anyone know the details behind their PR?
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by pixie_ 13y ago
The OP wasn't saying, 'this bug isn't a big deal.' He's saying, 'the bug fix shouldn't break existing programs.' Because people, like you, designed around this. Few people, if any, designed their apps
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by pixie_ 13y ago
I program in a lot languages and C# is heads and shoulders above everything. It doesn't feel hacked together at all. It's like someone with a real vision put a lot of work into making a great language. Too bad project requirements
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by pixie_ 13y ago
I agree... what were they thinking?
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Bitcoin has been at a few 'long term plateaus' right now it's at $100, before it was stuck at $10 for awhile and $5 before that. So yea, in plateau mode, following the dollar makes sense. No doubt though it will jump again.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
All a gas station needs to do is hold enough batteries to match the rate of customer arrival over the time it takes to recharge a battery, plus a safety factor of X. Stations can add more batteries to their pool over time as more people sta
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Price has been pretty stable for awhile now. There's always 'the crazy periods' when it get's hyped up and the price is all over the place, but in general the price hovers around plateaus. Currently around ~$100.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Tolls should go away as well. Everyone in the economy benefits from transportation whether you're on the road or not (people on the road the personal reasons are a fraction of those on the road for business ones.) That plus toll roads
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Nice, and they already styled it to look like iOS 7!
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by pixie_ 13y ago
The value of games on steam is very related to the used game market because there is no used game market on steam, but users still buy old games at used market prices. The difference now is that the money continues to flow to the publisher
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Wikipedia must be wrong then you should correct it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate
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by pixie_ 13y ago
'Not allowing it to happen' would probably be the most galvanizing thing the world could possibly do. Basically damned if we do, damned if we don't. That's why a new caliphate seems like a real possible outcome. Also a new Islamic empire w
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Pretty sure if Turkey falls we'll end up with a new Islamic caliphate in the next 10 years. Who doesn't see one sweeping over this shattered region. For 90% of its history (600 to 1900) the middle east has been under a single empire or anot
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by pixie_ 13y ago
It's the same cycle Bitcoin has been in for the past few years. The price is stable, but when the hype train starts running it goes on a ride for a month or so until it runs out of steam, and the price eventually stabilizes again. This is
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by pixie_ 13y ago
The continue UI change from desktop to metro back to desktop for all kinds of things is the most jarring thing I've ever experienced.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Everyone is asking for it. The entire Metro UI is one gigantic design mistake. Hell people were complaining about it an entire year before Windows 8 was released. Since then it's been like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
If he gets the manufacturing costs down and the volume up, could the service possibly be cheaper than the typical $50 fill up? That would be a game changer.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
If you think having to take a 30 minute break after 2 hours of driving ISN'T a big deal then you are way out of touch.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
Waiting 30 minutes is still a dealbreaker for a lot of people. How about switching out those batteries like propane tanks. I'll let someone else figure out the technical details of that.
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by pixie_ 13y ago
I spent an hour tonight debating someone on how the Oculus Rift is revolutionary while Glass is not. The first hand reviews of the Rift vs Glass are night and day. One is the future the other is meh.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Are you saying that inflationary currency is the root cause of an economy geared towards consumption.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
How about fixing the bug that caused MathML to be removed in version 25.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Is there anyway to block the traffic that anyone knows of? I hate having to use 'offline mode' because my songs aren't scrobbled. Also as a paying user it's a kick in the teeth to have the client taking my bandwidth AND cpu while I'm not ev

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