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I agree. As posted here, out of context, it sounds silly. But in context: "For those in the bottom quintile, household income in inflation-adjusted dollars has dropped sharply, fro…

I like the idea; it makes a lot of sense. In practice though, there are a LOT of times that it's much, much faster to communicate verbally. I feel like trying to really stick to th…

My understanding from my research into OAUTH2 is that most of the vulnerabilities in it are only issues in a naive implementation. They can be made secure, but it's not easy and yo…

I tried out google glass last fall and this matches my experience of it. It really doesn't overlay info as part of your normal view, which for me removes the AR designation. It doe…

If someone is completely terrified of even attempting a free throw, then there's no sense in worrying whether they sink the shot. Until that terror is overcome, the fact that they …

theaigames.com does this by running the game engine and bots as console apps and communicating by sending simple commands through their input and output streams. They generally pro…

I'm more interested in how it works than to actually use it. I'm assuming it wouldn't be submitted here if it didn't work. Any details?

I saw a good TED talk[1] a while ago about this topic, and the speaker made the interesting point that people use the word happiness to mean different things. You can ask someone h…

Oh, got it. Didn't realize "in the browser" specifically meant javascript.

We've played this off and on at the office for the last couple years: http://www.quakelive.com

The whole point of their platform is that it's not controlled by any central authority and is resistant to censorship, control, breaches of privacy, etc. The fact that even some of…

Weird. I wonder if this is primarily a problem in larger, more congested cities where people tend to drive more aggressively. I live in a smaller city where we've had these a very …

So, it's just a type of cheese? Is it special somehow? Or is it just really tasty cheese?

Yeah, at least in my part of the US, that's very true. The roads do curve a bit of course, but they're straight enough that you drive 55 - 80 mph (88 - 130 kph) for almost the whol…

I'm curious when we'll start seeing people dressing like this: http://ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear

Because it looks so much cooler. And you never have to worry about bumpy roads or rocks or any of that ever again. You can go over water like it's nothing! It's something that seem…

I interpreted it as the latter, and I actually really like it. Since this whole thing started, there's been a lot of debate about whether he's a patriot or a traitor. Without even …

Ironically, after seeing the trailer, that poster, and even the comment above with the spoiler alert, your comment right here is the thing that just made me think, "Ohhh, the kids …

Even the phrase "you were lied to" is bound to make some people defensive. People generally feel embarrassed when they've been conned or deceived, like it's a personal failing on t…

That's a fair point. Personally, though, I see biometric data collection as an inevitable, uncontrollable future, so I figure the solution to it is going to have to be a social one…

I suppose it would be similar to the existing scenario: the person already playing a game or watching TV gets pissed off at the person changing the channel or pausing their game. I…

I think you're right that it's more complicated than just assuming every hour of your life is worth whatever your day job pays you per hour. The point in the article was that what …

I've seen a few that looked a lot like this actually. For example: http://www.amazon.com/ROBOTIC-3-Channel-Flying-Ball-Helicopt... The main difference in the research here just see…

Test your geiger counter, it sounds like. I think that's about it.

Weird. Why is there a three year limit anyway? If the guy is standing in front of you and it's pretty clear he's not dead, why insist that he's dead?