calvertdw's comments

calvertdw | 3 years ago | on: is there a global DNS issue happening?

It works with www. at the beginning. https://www.faa.gov/

calvertdw | 6 years ago | on: How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe?

As observed, it's only 13.8, though, right?

calvertdw | 6 years ago | on: Brains are the last frontier of privacy

I think they mean the difference between "always listening" and "manual activation" or "no voice recognition" which is pretty significant.

calvertdw | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog

Some ideas can't be fully represented in a short paragraph. You can get a surprising amount of knowledge out of a few pages of text. I developed the patience to read slightly longer texts recently and it has been refreshing and rewarding.

calvertdw | 6 years ago | on: Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System

Games like Rocket League are my favorite payment model. ~$20 to get in, with semi optional small transactions over time. $5 here and there. I've spent over $100 in my hundreds of hours in game. I guess that's close to your "O(log(n))".

calvertdw | 6 years ago | on: Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox

The post is still great despite that weakness.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Solar and storage projects drive utility-scale deployment of batteries: Navigant

Just wondering: Is the environmental impact upon decommissioning a consideration? I'm not sure what important variables are involved in that.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate phone number (2013)

I would gladly pay the extra tax to opt out.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Let’s Destroy Robocalls

> - Cost of phone calls decreasing to basically zero

> - Bad actors (telephone companies) benefitting from this traffic by charging for it

I don't think these are compatible.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

One feature I loved when I first joined Spotify was syncing two devices to play in sync. Wouldn't that be a game changer to have back. RIP Sonos.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Airbnb Backyard will sell houses in 2019

Website does not display on Firefox mobile.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: The World Will Be Our Skinner Box

This makes me shudder. Companies with powerful AI and enough data could control the population in ways indiscernible to an individual. By organizing goods in stores and placing the right ads at the right time it could be possible to lead users on a treasure hunt to a political or economic opinion.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

Has the author tried the Pilot precise v7? I'm sure there are more brands with a similar performance that provide low pressure writing without smudges. There is a HUGE selection of pens these days and I would think nearly every issue has been resolved.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app

I'd be really interested to know how you got to "$12/person/year".

I would be interested in the values for other platforms. I think it builds a more tangible argument when explaining the hidden costs of using various "free" products.

calvertdw | 7 years ago | on: Mozilla Global Sprint 2018

Open source software is mostly written under well funded projects. Users shouldn't feel like they "owe".