jakattack

Hackers Assemble and make things louder

Posted by jakattack on Sunday October 18, 2009 @04:33PM
from the self-post dept.

Okay, so maybe this is totally impossible for some DSP related reason but it seems like it should be possible.So, I'm half-deaf. Whenever I'm playing music or watching video, I'm always wishing I could make it louder, even after I've maxed out the volume in windows and in the media player.There must be some way to make things even louder? To amp the sound and make it louder still? Maybe a...

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Ask HN: What should happen to your gmail account if you die?

Posted by jakattack on Monday November 10, 2008 @04:45AM
from the ask-hn dept.

So I've been thinking about death a lot recently and I thought of a question that I don't know anything about. If you die, what happens to your gmail account? By extension, what happens to all your electronic accounts? Normal physical property is handled in probate court, which sorts out your will (if you have one) and the next of kin, etc, etc.These days more and more of our "property" is...

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Re:Prolonged Partial Sleep Deprivation for a Job (The worst year of my... on Monday November 10, 2008 @04:38AM (#359069)

"delayed sleep phase syndrome", so that's what its called! I didn't realize it had a name or was even a condition. I've had this for all my life it seems. How did I deal with it? For starters I was able to negotiate a better deal with my workplace and I figured out other ways to deal as well, email me at janak at kahoots dot biz and I'll tell you more about my experiences.