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Re:Douglas Coupland: Moody on Friday June 26, 2015 @08:52AM (#9783949)
Not everything, surely. Microserfs?
I'm sure you're right but I also think there are many kids who have probably never even thought about the mechanics of what goes on behind the web sites they visit, the games they play (and everything else vaguely tech related they come into contact with on a daily basis). So maybe it will, at the very least, introduce more kids to the fun that can be had, and ultimately, to careers in the sector.
Re:Backblaze is building a 270 TB storage pod on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @02:08PM (#8169177)
Ugh, sorry. Not sure if that was always the case and I've mis-remembered or there's been a change but my NAS point remains. Personally, I'd rather not faff around with an external drive plugged directly into my laptop.

Edit: typo

Re:Backblaze is building a 270 TB storage pod on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @12:41PM (#8168610)
Agreed on the awesome post front and one of the reasons I became a customer in the first place. I'm unlikely to renew my annual subscription this year, though, because they don't support external drives/NAS. I don't like cluttering up my laptop with photos so have to transfer everything I need backing up to my rarely used desktop PC, which is a pain. I can understand there's a risk people might abuse networked storage by backing up multiple devices but in my case I wouldn't mind paying more for that service or simply based on actual GBs stored.

Edit: They do support external drives but not NAS. My bad.

Re:Blitz Games Studios shuts down on Thursday September 12, 2013 @05:38PM (#6377133)
Other than the 175 jobs?
Re:Tesla Model S Outperforms Aston Martin on Saturday September 07, 2013 @07:59AM (#6344798)
It's true that you don't tend to mill around town in first gear but the title of the post is 'Tesla Model S outperforms Aston' which implies to me that both cars were performing optimally. I bet most people hadn't picked up on the fact the Aston was in the wrong gear for a race. I hadn't until I read your comment.
Re:Site Search Should Be Sexy: How Swiftype Raised $1.7M on Thursday August 15, 2013 @06:12PM (#6220925)
There's a recent interview with Swiftype founder Quin Hoxie up on Mixergy which is worth a watch. http://mixergy.com/quin-hoxie-swiftype-interview/
Roughly 30cm to the foot.
Re:xkcd: Instagram on Friday December 21, 2012 @08:21AM (#4952557)
Surely it would have made a better analogy if Chad had ended up hiring out stuff stored rather than selling it.
Re:Engineering RC cars from Dyson's scrapheap on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @01:18PM (#4943884)
I bought mine in '99 and replaced a burnt out motor last year but other than that and a split hose it's been fine.
Yes, but you still run wide into oncoming traffic or into that tree. It's not the laying down/sliding that kills you, it's the sudden stop.

I think it's rather telling the video doesn't show it negotiating a corner at a lean angle. Presumably that's quite a problem.

Having said all that, whereas I doubt I'd buy one as a motorcyclist, I might be tempted as a commuter if the price was reasonable (which, to be honest, it isn't).

Re:2013 Automobile of the Year: Tesla Model S on Thursday November 01, 2012 @07:11PM (#4730265)
There's something very odd about that video. It looks like the M5 is driven off the line from tickover which is not how you would launch it in practice. C.f. http://youtu.be/E-xVVPO8L8s
The only thing I would do with HN is to _force people to comment when they downvote_

How do you prevent a: 'Downvoted for being moronic->No, you are' kind of thread?

Re:The Tale of the $340 CPM on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:24PM (#4080863)
Yeah but CPM is also used to denote revenue. I notice Google now uses RPM in their Adsense reports which makes more sense but they used to (from memory) use the term eCPM.
The vast majority of motorcycles are water cooled and have been for some time.

Incidentally, lane splitting isn't being abused when motorcyclists do it to go faster than cars; that's the whole point.

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