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Re:Amazon Dash Button on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @07:19PM (#9300543)
The cost is at least another box to fold, move along a conveyor belt, fill with padding, attach a label, route for shipping, gas/diesel/electric energy to deliver from end-to-end and waste to recycle.
Re:Amazon Dash Button on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @07:07PM (#9300497)
The button is a cute idea but ...

There should be a button for the construction of Moai and another for a family set of inflatable row boats complete with solar-powered floating kitchen (the latter delivered by amphibious drone, of course).

Clearly, as a species, we have not yet learned anything about the collapse of civilizations, and in so doing, proceed to another Tragedy of Commons at a gentle pace, because it's "not an emergency." ("Boiling frog" parable.)

Carbon emissions need to be cut drastically, and this product sets a terrible example contrary to that.

Re:Kernel panic in latest OS X in 10 lines of C on Sunday February 22, 2015 @09:36PM (#9092262)
Instapanic on 10.10.2 (build 14C109, xnu-2782.10.72~2), without root. See also (works on iOS and OS X (if you change the target in Xcode)): https://github.com/jdmoreira/KernelPanic-10LOC

Update: here's the panic report:

https://gist.github.com/bd096ba0194df8a579d8

Update 2: here's where the panic occurred

vm_map_store_entry_unlink_rb

https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/osfmk/...

Update 3: other panic reports http://pastebin.com/w3pTx3bh https://twitter.com/dcbz32/status/534452119819276288