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Re:Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator on Thursday December 17, 2015 @04:29PM (#10754696)
Wish this was posted a week ago :)
Re:Hard Science About Diet on Saturday August 23, 2014 @12:23AM (#8214985)
Of course eating at a calorie deficit will work for everyone if your only goal is 'lose weight'. If you actually want to be healthy it's more complicated than that.
Re:My Treadmill Desk on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @12:51PM (#7971929)
I don't think it's cutting off for them. The lack of margin at the bottom makes it feel unfinished though.
Re:Pencil on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @02:31PM (#6763764)
Useful for sketching but any real work is going to be done with an actual drawing tablet like the ones Wacom makes.
I'm interested in something like this for high-end CGI and graphics work. Being able to use a macbook air with a big workstation back end in the cloud would be a dream. I know there are render farm solutions that big studios use but realtime access to lots of computing power from anywhere would be amazing for freelancers and smaller studios.
Re:Pinterest Raises $225 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @07:53PM (#6602590)
Wired has exactly that in every issue.
Re:Pinterest Raises $225 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @07:47PM (#6602566)
I'm a UI and motion designer. I use it for curating different types of art that I see around the internet. If I need inspiration for a project its helpful to look through some of my boards for ideas. Sometimes I'll make one-off boards for individual projects also.

I've found it can be helpful for research too as just an organizational tool. For example I'm building an LED display so I've been collecting useful links or cool applications of LEDs on a board.

Here's my pinterest if you're interested:

https://www.pinterest.com/briandegman/

Also once this is a real problem, hopefully there'll be enough people up there to fill up their own Battlefield servers with just moon players.
Re:Dawn of Autonomous Corporations, Powered by Bitcoin on Monday October 21, 2013 @11:45PM (#6589693)
I think you're probably right. Except in this case, bitcoin was actually designed. Gold and gold deposits just naturally had the right characteristics to work as a currency.
Re:Square Cash on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @11:30PM (#6557861)
I'm no expert by any means but aren't the account number and routing number both printed on the bottom of every check? Are you saying that simply giving a check to someone compromises your checking account?
Re:Explaining an astonishing slinky on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @11:16PM (#6557815)
As long as you don't hit the ground while fully at rest it'll be fine.
The killer-app for drone delivery is drugs, legal or illegal.
Re:New UI Pattern: Website Loading Bars on Monday August 19, 2013 @02:40PM (#6238839)
The New Republic uses something like this in a cool way. As you scroll down the article, a progress bar on top shows how far you are through the article.

Try it: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114362/odds-clinton-dies-...

Re:What I learned from doing a Kickstarter on Saturday July 06, 2013 @07:38PM (#6000445)
Really cool idea. Just backed a pair.
Re:How Google is Killing Organic Search on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:49PM (#5973461)
It's not pointless if you are looking for a place to eat sushi. You're performing a hypothetical search for something that you aren't actually looking for and then calling the results pointless.
Dining and living in the dorms is an extra cost on top of tuition. At least at the public universities I'm familiar with.
Re:Tesla to triple supercharger network by the end of June on Thursday May 30, 2013 @04:54PM (#5795163)
I'm pretty sure the supercharges are hooked up to solar panels for power generation as well as the grid. I'm sure without the grid they won't be able to charge at full output but they should still work.
Re:Reddit’s Pitch deck to Advertisers on Friday May 17, 2013 @11:48PM (#5727855)
I don't think this is the case. A large number of reddit users either use reddit enhancement suite or hover zoom, both if which allow you to view images without leaving the page. Also comments are a huge part of reddit which all takes place on the site.
Seems like your website is down. Mind linking directly to the video?
Re:The "Public Safety" Exception to Miranda on Saturday April 20, 2013 @12:25AM (#5580191)
Also, it is perfectly acceptable for them to not ever read him the Miranda rights. They just won't be able to use those statements against him in court. Not like they're gonna have trouble convicting him anyways.
Check out @bkktweetup as well.
Yeah its called pressureNET

http://pressurenet.cumulonimbus.ca/