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so actually I'm running into the following error anytime I try to compile something using swiftc with clang-3.6 installed: :0: error: opening import file for module 'SwiftShims': N…

Here are my results on a Debian jessie box: If you just want to play with the REPL (usr/bin/swift in the Ubuntu 14.04 snapshot), all you have to do is: apt-get install python-dev I…

Oops, forgot to link to the 51KB/page PNG file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cellularmitosis/QR_playgro...

This inspired me prototype out a system which would use QR codes and use a smartphone camera for recovery, rather than a flatbed scanner. Here's a demo PNG file which contains 48 Q…

I was hoping to see this when I clicked: http://cricket.csail.mit.edu/

I wouldn't call it marginal (it's about 7% for the eletrical grid). See https://www.nema.org/Products/Documents/TDEnergyEff.pdf

Skiing: Putting a camera on a tripod, unattended, on the piste? Then get the lift up to the top so you can ski back down towards the camera? Again, I can't see this ending well for…

I'm new to the concept of object storage. Is the thing which distinguishes object storage from key-value storage the ability to also store metadata? I.e., Instead of providing (key…

Or a mix of both: start charging (more) for waste disposal but make recycling pickup free.

It turns out this is referred to as a Pigovian tax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax