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Alleviating homelessness using technology and data. I recently learned that homelessness is not just about the people you see on the street every day, but that homelessness is in f…

This is a very eloquent explanation, thank you.

Props to the founder for his foresight choosing a name that will perfectly position them for an acquisition when Tim Sweeney decides he's ready to go head to head with Musk and Bez…

Obviously this data set is heavily skewed due to the fact it comes from loan applicants. Can anyone suggest a better, more representative source for net worth data by age, income, …

The way art transforms over time is fascinating and can completely alter our perception of entire classes of art and culture. Check out ancient Roman and Greek statuary and archite…

I'm basically in the process of pursuing this dream. Previously I was an architect in Canada where we did a lot of large scale wood structures using sophisticated computational fab…

> What about the other execs responsible? Well, one of them is in charge now, so...

Water leaks into cracks and cervices when its warm and then freezes when its cold. Since the ice expands and concrete has negligable tensile strength the cracks and crevices expand…

What about debris floating on the surface?

I run a small company that specializes in digital fabrication technologies like 3D printing. We’ve been in business for about 3 years now with moderate success. During that time, t…

I feel like this undermines the true spirit of HN Plays 2048

Think they're out of stock, I'm in Canada as well and I managed to snag one as soon as they went on sale.

I can't seem to find a way to share the local/personalized results I get with others via link. Is it even possible/reasonable? Would appreciate any advice, thanks.

Didn't seem to be a problem, YMMV of course.

Thanks very much for the feedback from both of you. Some of it mirrors what we heard during our experiment. We're gradually going back over the website to clarify the communication…

We tried this just yesterday at a couple Starbucks locations in Toronto for our new lines of 3D printed jewelry ( http://www.hotpopfactory.com/ ). It was great, because we could ho…

If you enjoyed this article, I highly recommend checking out the book Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich (director of Lockheed's Skunkworks). It covers the development of this aircraft and…

Yes, they are .stl files which, for the most part can be opened with any CAD/3D Modeling software and processed by pretty much every 3D printer.