beats didn't require much "energy" to produce I think the point is that the "energy" isn't what was required to make the product, it was the energy expended to acquire the it. Collecting shells means time spent not…
Following identification of the beneficiary households through a participatory process in the village, the six activities are: 1. Productive asset transfer: a one-time transfer of a productive asset 2. Consumption…
A recent article on HN made me realise that the U.S. might be on the right track for fixing this. The article was called Game Theory's Cure For Corruption Makes Us All Cops [0]. The solution is in your pocket. Imagine a…
$249 is a lot of money - you're talking the cost of a subsidized high-end phone for something that has less functionality. My intuition tells me smart-watches wont sell in big BIG numbers unless: - It's a phone,…
Charge a not-inconsequential fee for in-air calls so that people only use it if it's absolutely necessary. Perhaps make the charge go up exponentially with time so that calls remain brief.
Agreed, it would have been better to have the chief scientist discuss the core technologies, design and potential applications than watch an Elon Musk/Tony Stark ripoff drive his Tesla-S home to his sweet pad and knob…
When the executive negotiates without Congress's participation, citizens don't get a say in the process. We don't get to review the agreement, or pressure our representatives into changing or rejecting it. However,…
No, that's just Tony Abbott. Expect more hilarity in the years (days?) to come. If you can't wait, just Google some of his past statements. If you like prejudice, two-dimensional thinking and more meaningless rhetoric…
Good question - looking at the OECD Better Life Index [1] for the Netherlands: In general, 86% of people in the Netherlands say they have more positive experiences in an average day (feelings of rest, pride in…
"So what do we think they're manufacturing with sapphire?" This is just fun conjecture, so take it with a grain of salt the size of a racoon's head, but considering you can make sapphire panels large enough for vehicle…
"But that's exactly what Rockstar does" Rockstar acts as a firewall, sure, but the parent companies make things. IV made a mosquito-killing laser that no one could buy, then allegedly got down to business by flicking…
"I thought it was impossible to be more of a douchebag than Intellectual Ventures, but apparently, there's a new winner in town." What Rockstar is doing is very shitty, but IV takes the cake because they're a…
I LOVE the fare adjustment machines at the train stations in Japan. Just buy the cheapest ticket, get to your intended destination, then go to the fare adjustment machine and slip the ticket in. Short by 100 yen? Dump…
"The law is and should be subservient to morality; people who've done something good but illegal are naturally lauded (and those who've done something bad but legal are condemned)" Really thoughtful response. I think…
"a man who wants to assert his ego, against others and the state, vs a man who entertains the middle class with whimsical, nostalgic, left wing drawings" I'd argue that Banksy achieves both - his work is treated as…
"banksy wouldn't even exist without what filtered out of upper manhattan and the southern bronx and was known as 'tagging.'" Fair, but we've reached the point where we can discern the difference between something that…
"If the amount is greater than zero, then you're admitting that you're really buying an experience and set of emotional states in addition to a physical good." Absolutely, and I think that's the message being conveyed…
"I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the West Bank and Israel." And this is why I roll my eyes a little when people deride Banksy (not necessarily on…
> Ironic It's zero-day art. The people who try to preserve it by bolting glass plates over the top are missing the point.
Acquiring a high-DPI scan of a fingerprint from someone's phone, printing it to a sheet of plastic with a high-DPI laser printer, then making a copy of the print out of liquid latex doesn't sound easy unless you're in…
"Games are also universal. Girls and boys, young and old, physically fit and physically infirm, poor and rich: pretty much everyone can enjoy a game.[1] It is a form of entertainment that is capable of demanding zero to…
> Jonah Berger at Wharton has done research on WoM and emotions that spread The study (8.3mb PDF) is here: https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?whdmsaction=publi... The main takeaway: "How do specific emotions…
> wait till she goes to work or talks to her friends who expect to see it You can always game the system. My wife purchased a lab-made champagne diamond (colouring is from nitrogen IIRC). It was a pretty damn big rock,…
> Guy says it's not about benchmarks I think what he meant was that the current benchmarks are unable to quantify the benefit to users of having a GPU for computational power while the other is driving the displays. The…
> I think Apple has really dropped the ball with the new Mac Pro Guy English made some great points about potential for the new Mac Pro: "The CPU is a front end to a couple of very capable massively parallel processors…
beats didn't require much "energy" to produce I think the point is that the "energy" isn't what was required to make the product, it was the energy expended to acquire the it. Collecting shells means time spent not…
Following identification of the beneficiary households through a participatory process in the village, the six activities are: 1. Productive asset transfer: a one-time transfer of a productive asset 2. Consumption…
A recent article on HN made me realise that the U.S. might be on the right track for fixing this. The article was called Game Theory's Cure For Corruption Makes Us All Cops [0]. The solution is in your pocket. Imagine a…
$249 is a lot of money - you're talking the cost of a subsidized high-end phone for something that has less functionality. My intuition tells me smart-watches wont sell in big BIG numbers unless: - It's a phone,…
Charge a not-inconsequential fee for in-air calls so that people only use it if it's absolutely necessary. Perhaps make the charge go up exponentially with time so that calls remain brief.
Agreed, it would have been better to have the chief scientist discuss the core technologies, design and potential applications than watch an Elon Musk/Tony Stark ripoff drive his Tesla-S home to his sweet pad and knob…
When the executive negotiates without Congress's participation, citizens don't get a say in the process. We don't get to review the agreement, or pressure our representatives into changing or rejecting it. However,…
No, that's just Tony Abbott. Expect more hilarity in the years (days?) to come. If you can't wait, just Google some of his past statements. If you like prejudice, two-dimensional thinking and more meaningless rhetoric…
Good question - looking at the OECD Better Life Index [1] for the Netherlands: In general, 86% of people in the Netherlands say they have more positive experiences in an average day (feelings of rest, pride in…
"So what do we think they're manufacturing with sapphire?" This is just fun conjecture, so take it with a grain of salt the size of a racoon's head, but considering you can make sapphire panels large enough for vehicle…
"But that's exactly what Rockstar does" Rockstar acts as a firewall, sure, but the parent companies make things. IV made a mosquito-killing laser that no one could buy, then allegedly got down to business by flicking…
"I thought it was impossible to be more of a douchebag than Intellectual Ventures, but apparently, there's a new winner in town." What Rockstar is doing is very shitty, but IV takes the cake because they're a…
I LOVE the fare adjustment machines at the train stations in Japan. Just buy the cheapest ticket, get to your intended destination, then go to the fare adjustment machine and slip the ticket in. Short by 100 yen? Dump…
"The law is and should be subservient to morality; people who've done something good but illegal are naturally lauded (and those who've done something bad but legal are condemned)" Really thoughtful response. I think…
"a man who wants to assert his ego, against others and the state, vs a man who entertains the middle class with whimsical, nostalgic, left wing drawings" I'd argue that Banksy achieves both - his work is treated as…
"banksy wouldn't even exist without what filtered out of upper manhattan and the southern bronx and was known as 'tagging.'" Fair, but we've reached the point where we can discern the difference between something that…
"If the amount is greater than zero, then you're admitting that you're really buying an experience and set of emotional states in addition to a physical good." Absolutely, and I think that's the message being conveyed…
"I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the West Bank and Israel." And this is why I roll my eyes a little when people deride Banksy (not necessarily on…
> Ironic It's zero-day art. The people who try to preserve it by bolting glass plates over the top are missing the point.
Acquiring a high-DPI scan of a fingerprint from someone's phone, printing it to a sheet of plastic with a high-DPI laser printer, then making a copy of the print out of liquid latex doesn't sound easy unless you're in…
"Games are also universal. Girls and boys, young and old, physically fit and physically infirm, poor and rich: pretty much everyone can enjoy a game.[1] It is a form of entertainment that is capable of demanding zero to…
> Jonah Berger at Wharton has done research on WoM and emotions that spread The study (8.3mb PDF) is here: https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?whdmsaction=publi... The main takeaway: "How do specific emotions…
> wait till she goes to work or talks to her friends who expect to see it You can always game the system. My wife purchased a lab-made champagne diamond (colouring is from nitrogen IIRC). It was a pretty damn big rock,…
> Guy says it's not about benchmarks I think what he meant was that the current benchmarks are unable to quantify the benefit to users of having a GPU for computational power while the other is driving the displays. The…
> I think Apple has really dropped the ball with the new Mac Pro Guy English made some great points about potential for the new Mac Pro: "The CPU is a front end to a couple of very capable massively parallel processors…