brian_'s comments

brian_ | 5 years ago | on: Oppose the Earn IT Act

But what if it's a glass door.

brian_ | 6 years ago | on: Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]

If Teslas navigate with cameras, does that mean a Wil E Coyote style tunnel painting will actually work?

brian_ | 6 years ago | on: Honk more, wait more: Mumbai traffic police introduce the ‘punishing signal’

I've often wondered how often honking is actually useful, e.g. for preventing an accident, versus just something to vent frustration. It seems some people instinctively reach for the horn before the brakes.

brian_ | 6 years ago | on: Researchers strapped video cameras on cats and let them do their thing

This reminds me of Mr Lee's cat cam from back in the day. http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/pe_cc_u.htm

brian_ | 6 years ago | on: Advertisement-Based Captcha

https://www.solvemedia.com/publishers/ maybe is a better url

brian_ | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browser

I'm not sure what the desired outcome should be but successive iterations has strange results: https://html.brow.sh/https://html.brow.sh/https://html.brow.... https://html.brow.sh/https://html.brow.sh/https://html.brow....

brian_ | 8 years ago | on: Amazon is said to be building home robots

This is just an aside but why do websites (and browsers) still auto-play video content in this day and age? I thought we ended that disturbing trend..

brian_ | 8 years ago | on: How Shyp Sunk: The Rise and Fall of an On-Demand Startup

"'Shyp' It's like FedEX, but spelled wrong."

brian_ | 10 years ago | on: OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3D printer

My browser tab says [Y]OLO!

brian_ | 10 years ago | on: Musk files to provide Internet service from space

My understanding of it is that when light passes through a medium, it does not do so in a straight line. So, while the actual speed of light remains constant, it takes longer to get from one end to the other.