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Re:No User Serviceable Parts Inside on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @10:41AM (#2653147)
I often wonder if there would be a market for appliances designed to be easily repaired and upgraded. Obviously it would be a niche market, but based on the popularity of the "Maker" movement recently, I think it has some potential. The real problem is keeping up with the pace of innovation in the more custom consumer electronics.
Re:$10K for solving a math equation on Monday June 13, 2011 @11:28AM (#2649349)
The careers link jumps to corda.com. Does this mean the company name has already been solved?
Re:Facebook Acquires Sofa on Thursday June 09, 2011 @09:35PM (#2639440)
Does anyone know how often Facebook does this? Is this just one of many that happened to make news?
Re:GitHub, Collaboration, and Haters on Friday June 03, 2011 @04:58PM (#2617947)
Very well said.
Re:Google acquires Postrank.com on Friday June 03, 2011 @04:16PM (#2617825)
Is this the same guy who made vimgolf? And is it in any way related to http://www.vimgolf.com being down right now?
Re:Distributed systems course at UIUC on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @08:56AM (#2607035)
This could keep me busy for a while.
I don't think the bitcoin system is in any way designed to benefit the miners. Its intent is to create a digital currency that has a guarantee of retaining its rarity in the future. Making mining difficult and inefficient is kind of the point.
Re:Top Programming Fonts on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @04:59PM (#2585534)
Trying out Consolas with iTerm2. Wish it was a little more easily portable.
Re:Brushing up on Computer Science Part 1, Big O on Monday March 14, 2011 @10:13AM (#2322504)
The link to the "Plain English Explanation of Big O" is the best part of this article.
Re:Everyone thinks they're hiring the top 1% (2005) on Thursday March 03, 2011 @05:47PM (#2286087)
It's good to revisit the classics once in a while