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icanhackit

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    Comment #32173514

    Their engineering/status update bogs were really interesting. Particularly injection mold issues and RFID/NFC standards. And I agree, the build quality is really nice - just wish t…

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    Ask HN: Optical phase detection for detection/ranging replace Lidar?

    No background in this field. Can optical phase detection (of a high-enough resolution) be used for detection/ranging in place of a more complex system like LIDAR? I.e. a good-enoug…

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    Comment #30929401

    Nature is advanced technology. Look at the trillions of micro-machines that operate inside of us - we're full of nano-bots. Obviously I'm taking liberty with the terms machines and…

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    Comment #30405804

    Possibly. But your risk of melanoma is reduced. It's just other shit that will kill you.

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    Comment #30254943

    My children need wine!

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    Comment #28559930

    In fairness to Atlassian I work for a charity and we get to use their products for next to nothing and I've found Jira to be a valuable project management tool. My experience is th…

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    Comment #28559816

    While others have said it's an Australian thing, to give an example a popular Sydney based pub-brewery down the street from me has the rule "No Dicks!" on their wall and it really …

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    Comment #28299434

    Would be an interesting situation if someone bricked a large chunk of internet connected TV's. It would possibly drive the mainstream population towards greater internet security. …

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    Comment #27590179

    The federal opposition could one-up them and carry in a PV panel and battery cell claiming it and the light reflecting from Minister Dutton's head is the key to our future (the lat…

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    Comment #26896437

    Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik and Internet Historian come to mind. Nord VPN Man and Raycon Man ads are the highlight of the latter's videos.

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    Comment #26474431

    Direct Image: https://media.nature.com/lw800/magazine-assets/d41586-018-05...

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    Comment #25600477

    > It encourages micro-management. It encourages more and more process. I think it's a case of there being multiple truths, and depending where you sit on the food chain you'll sing…

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    Comment #25600057

    > It's no longer the innovation leader Who is and how do you define that? I'd say in some very important spaces they're leaders, such as performance per watt in the mobile CPU spac…

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    Comment #25501291

    You're joking but interestingly Tesla at the Battery Day presentation revealed a giant injection mould to make the aluminium chassis for one of their cars, which will simplify the …

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    Comment #25040724

    As an ethical vegan (reduce animal suffering but previously enjoyed eating meat) I don't care if it shares the same grill or goes into the same fryer. But I'm also unlikely to go s…

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    Comment #24787899

    It'd be interesting if we could train AI to spot fake accounts. A good sized sample would be lovely...

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    Comment #24504227

    Give it a minute and some decent headphones... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSaKMpN3JC4

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    Comment #24260685

    > whatever Optus calls LTE Optus is terrible. It's worth paying a slight premium for Telstra 4G. I'm on a 45gb cell phone plan for AUD$60 and it works everywhere, even in tunnels o…

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    Comment #22615771

    Maybe, I'm guessing, when you're at such a niche area of science like topological edge states in honeycomb plasmonic lattices you've got to double back to calling things simple shi…