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will_walker

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    Comment #48536223

    If you’re a non-profit, I have a formlabs printer I’d be happy to donate :-)

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    Comment #46320639

    As a ux designer, I like this, especially as it solves the problem of dragging mobile elements below the fold or off the visible screen view. One suggestion I'd love to try out- le…

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    Comment #45188986

    It looks like the camera lenses are still raised above the bump. Wobbles look like they remain!

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    Comment #35277465

    Is this something that a paper bag could solve for?

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    Comment #35164325

    To incentivize artists to create and distribute art. The way we conceive of art as an act of embodied novelty differentiates it from commodities which aim for predictable consisten…

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    Comment #35144458

    I'm currently sitting on a home with a basement open with no heater, and trying to find a contractor to install an all-electric heat pump. I'd love to be your customer but I worked…

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    Comment #35144421

    Yes, but the basics of computing (text input, pointing, selecting) haven't been worked out for the new paradigm. Like you point out, how information superiority and affordance work…

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    Comment #35137709

    Physics is working against everyone here, it’s just too hard to get a bright, sharp screen in the form factor, weight & style that can literally appeal to everyone. The processing …

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    Comment #34727011

    My mother did this when her cancer got too bad. She was strong willed but in end, some of her last words were asking me to give her an OD of the morphine in her hospice kit. If you…

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    Comment #33147516

    I read that the glut of salmon might have been caused by iron seeding the local ocean. Are there any studies demonstrating a linkage?

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    Comment #32349090

    Be careful what you wish for. AI capable of writing weird garbage nonsense content that looks truthful is coming down the pipeline, with a reward function built in for user engagem…

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    Comment #31472070

    Please post screenshots of this!

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    Comment #31472063

    Rhinoceros is $800 and used for product design, shipbuilding and architecture. We’re currently getting permits and structural done on our family home with drawings created with it.…

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    Comment #30807006

    Primary complaint document: https://www.lioness.co/post/microsoft-is-using-illegal-bribe...

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    Comment #30703781

    With the size of Russia's SLBM stockpile, this doesn't seem to change the deterrence equation, according to the Wikipedia article. It seems like this allows more orgs within Russia…

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    Comment #30703573

    This is such a helpful post, but it also doesn't factor in the cost of R&D to make a new or unusual product. For example, I spent years figuring out how to make a specific kind of …

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    Comment #30390668

    This is a great analysis. I'd also add that the value of being able to work in-person is not zero - some roles can go fully remote, but things like user research are much more diff…

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    Comment #30173310

    Challenges to keep devices affordable aside ($3.65 is a lot for a BOM add on), Radar is one of the first non-human senses I’ve had to design for. From an ML perspective it offers s…

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    Comment #29974823

    Here in Oakland we have Cafe Ohlone ( https://www.makamham.com/cafeohlone ) which has been featured in the New York Times and I can personally attest creates a Michelin-worthy dini…

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    Comment #29231177

    A thoughtful tour of a Lego minifig as sliced by a CT scanner. This is kind of the reverse of 3D printing - rather than build something layer by layer, the assembly is scanned and …

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    Comment #29229605

    This article is a high effort examination into whether quantitative easing in the U.S. has contributed to the current division of income between different socioeconomic classes. Th…

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    Comment #28633648

    I wish that manufacturer's had to announce supported software lifetime of a product, that you could compare and contrast on a general spec sheet, like energy efficiency. I also wis…

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    Comment #28545370

    When I was there, there was a slack channel rebroadcasting the webcam feed providing desktop & mobile notifications. Based on the quality of the food in the feed, you could conject…