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Absolutely. No "experienced machinist" can reasonably make this part within spec. The time and cost for a CNC / operator / programming is exorbitant and simply beyond the reach of most people.

3D printing in this context allows for the fabrication of complex geometries that would be incredibly resource intensive otherwise.

You're correct in proposing that measurement techniques have enabled for this. But what good are the measurements if your tools do not allow for you to produce anything meaningful from the data?

there is no way in hell she's getting a better plan while having a terminal illness.

Well it's pretty obvious, isn't it? In order to prove that you were a patron, you can just provide a unique receipt. Yelp can be the anonymizer.

Of course, this requires so many additional layers of complexity (e.g. unique codes, local Yelp POS software, etc)that Yelp would never actually use it--it simply increases the barriers for writing a review. I guess the trick is in implementation. Maybe verifying purchases through transaction clearinghouses?

So you're saying it's wrong for an independent organization to focus its efforts on a particular topic?

This is a completely invalid argument. Should you be working your day job while there's still hunger in the first world?

No, it adds up. There are a lot more available workers than positions in SV.

The problem is finding good people. Good people that are a fit both technically and socially. Superstars get hired. That's it-- everybody wants a superstar.

Okay come on. It's not like this is a ridiculously common use case. Plus there are 2 other workarounds.

If you're playing with Oracle data that often, you're probably an enterprise customer who's going to buy the next version anyway.

It's not like this was happening every time you wanted to save or copy/paste data.

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No idea how to do links. Your link has an extra ">"

I'm not totally positive, but I think it depends on the object. You'll need to tune the arrays of speakers such that they generate some kind of 3D interference pattern that perfectly matches whatever you're trying to image.

So as seen in the video, you can get a cool stepped pyramid shape (when the particles are thrown into the air), but you'll have to be pretty smart about what kinds of images you'll be able to display.

Can someone prove me wrong? I'm speaking at a very elementary wave/particle physics standpoint.

"personally identifiable"

This really drove the point home for me.

I see talks of facts and no substantiation.

Good general advice about doing business and meeting contacts in the US.

Bad link baiting title.

Getting so many levels of meta in here.

For all of the people wondering why he didn't explain what Google was doing wrong, he'll be effectively giving Google the market research that convinced him that Google's doing it wrong. (assuming something's there)

He had to respond to this. To the blind consumer, the two products are the same thing. Except Google made one that sounds like hangouts and the other has the word ninja in it.