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FDM 3D printers range in cost from $100 to $5,000+. Where is the point beyond which cost does not equate to value or benefits? It seems to me the limitations of FDM are imposed by the materials and rate of deposition…

I am primarily interested in FDM (building in layers by melting filament). A recent report says most use in US and Europe is in professional product development. The image portrayed in every KS campaign of kids 3D…

I just hit "delete" on yet another one of your emails. Over the years I've pledged support for dozens of campaigns, over a hundred I think. Some with excellent results and a few that have been "interesting experiences".…

You collect user data for the purpose of offering a service or selling products through a website. Depending on the nature of the business the range of info collected can span a wide range: Name, email, driver's…

Wondering about the performance of charitable organizations. The data out there lists irrelevant metrics such as CEO pay and percent of funds paid out. These two metrics are irrelevant and shouldn't be used to decide…

The evaluation wouldn't be complete without this guy's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSC_UG5_kU&sns=fb

The recent changes to Amazon's review rules are fantastic. They deal with fraudulent subsidized reviews rampant in the third party seller community. Yet Amazon is quietly leaving a huge source of fraud on the table:…

We have dozens of PC's in need of OS upgrades from 64 bit Vista. Why? Because that was our last upgrade cycle and migrating hardware with Windowns is, well, you avoid it for as long as you can. Windows has always made…

UI trends towards mobile first, I am afraid, are breaking usability of some services and domain registrars seem to be headed in this direction. Mobile first generally means one thing: Everything is larger so fingers,…

These folks came to my kid's school to promote their program. When I see stuff like this my alarms go up quickly. By the time you are through their three level program they are into you for almost $1,200. Who knows if…

Just fired-up Task Manger to kill a few Selenium Chromedriver processes that didn't close properly and came across "bztransmit64.exe" using over 290MB. A few seconds later it went down to 258MB. I like the backup…

I haven't touched Statistics in thirty years. Just haven't had a need for it since university. I find myself playing with a project that needs proper statistical analysis and need to get back up to speed. Can anyone…

Using WebRTC to detect IP addresses leaked by proxy's seems to work reasonably well. It isn't 100% reliable. Using REMOTE_ADDR isn't going to get you anything of value. With regards to fake users, access statistics cam…

With 35+ years flying model airplanes, from stick-built rubber powered planes to "high start" launched RC gliders, glow-powered planes, jets, electrics and and helicopters I've been watching with some degree of horror…

We've been using Ghost for years. Yeah, it's got warts and yes, it has caused data loss. The "feature" I hate the most is how it can fail silently. If it can't complete a backup for any reason you can go days and weeks…

I was looking around for a comprehensive refenence on the current legalities surrounding scraping. Not sure I have a complete image at this point. Perhaps HN'ers know of a definitive resource on this topic? To be clear,…

I wish people would stop using low contrast text on websites (gray text on gray or white background or other low or ultra-low contrast combinations). It adds nothing whatsoever other than perhaps giving the the designer…

This the one day in the year when otherwise perfectly sensible people think it OK to interrupt your day and waste your time with sophomoric jokes. If you happen to have a large family as I do it is almost guaranteed to…

Given DDoS attacks like the one Namecheap is undergoing, what are your recommended best practices before and during such attacks in order to ensure business continuity? In other words: How do you setup DDoS-proof (to…