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A watt is a unit of power , not energy . Power is energy per unit time, so NIF works by storing large amounts of energy in capacitor banks (transferring it from the grid slowly) in…

I disagree with you on the details a bit, but I think viewing this as good at somethings and bad at others is far more constructive than arguing that this should replace a mouse, k…

I think your numbers are a bit off. I live in Livermore (25 minutes West of Tracy), and it takes me at least 45 mins to drive to SF (if there's no traffic). It's nice that BART com…

> From my personal experience... I'm just curious - are you implying that you've personally encountered this sort of thing at government spy agencies or just that much of the gover…

Is it lacking any major features? I've been using it happily since the GrandCentral days and don't feel like I'm missing much of anything.

There may be some truth to that for the type of person who reads HN, but it's certainly not true for the wider public. Most people don't care about having full control of their mob…

How would this accelerate copyright/IP reform?

As I recall, their issue with the GV app was that it "duplicated features" like the phonebook and dialer. Whether you believe that was their real reason or not, the Sprint integrat…

You should be able to just dial directly from the phone app. I haven't tried this on my phone, but based on the way it works and the way Google describes the integration, you shoul…