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Re:Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @04:54PM (#8926032)
Note to self: Add to list of things I should make.
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:16AM (#8916753)
"Suggesting that we ought to give up doppler radar entirely"

Wait who did that? I missed that...

Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:11AM (#8916730)
Seems like the type of thing Big Brother would do to make it more palatable. Personally, no, I would never do sacrifice my privacy for whatever amount they'd give you. But I guess that choice is up to each individual, really.
Re:Microsoft researchers use light beams to charge smartphones on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:07AM (#8916716)
Like come on, this is the stuff we've all dreamed about. The future is fast approaching!
Re:Twindr – Tinder for Cleaning Up Your Twitter Feed on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:59AM (#8916687)
Same! That's also what I've found over the years...I've unfollowed so many brands and official accounts in favor of reporters and other individuals.
Re:Ask HN: What to do when you are compiling/wating? on Sunday January 18, 2015 @09:29AM (#8907590)
Depends on the project. Often while I'm stuck on a bug or something that causes me to wait, I'll switch to something like designing iconography or working on the user interface.
Re:Amazon Echo on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:27PM (#8568718)
So your worried Amazon will be specifically listening in to your conversations and use the content to...what? Blackmail you? Share clips of your conversation on the Internet? Inform your wife/husband you're having an affair?
Re:Amazon Echo on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:24PM (#8568696)
You are correct. And those few people NOT having their lives online are decidedly not the target audience to begin with.
“I think the possibilities for new futures come not from resisting but from accelerating technical development even under present conditions. There’s no way back; we can only go forward.”

Brilliantly summed up.

Re:Lotus, a web framework for Ruby on Monday June 23, 2014 @04:29PM (#7934429)
Hear, hear!