fallse7en's comments

fallse7en | 10 years ago | on: Tesla recalling 90,000 Model S sedans to check seat belts

I think it makes sense - you'd probably be driving the car in for the inspection, so it'd be nice to have some sort of confidence in your seatbelt for that drive.

fallse7en | 11 years ago | on: The Highest-Paid CEOs Are The Worst Performers, New Study Says

But whereas the NBA can enforce a salary cap for its players, who would enforce the salary cap for CEOs?

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: My Quest for a New Browser

I don't think the studious hermit going over every line of open source code was how it was supposed to work either though.

It's more just that you have lots of groups exercising the code and looking into various portions of the code - if every group decides "Yep, the portion we use/looked at is solid", then you gain some confidence that the code does what it's supposed to. The more groups using/perusing the code, the more confidence you gain.

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: Hyperloop

This is also disgusting. Can you imagine a Greyhound where every seat was also a toilet? I would definitely think long and hard before riding it.

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: The Decline In Male Fertility

Wow, so you're saying the UMP game in Starcraft 'Break the Condom' was actually fairly accurate.

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is Facebook secretly keeping accounts open?

I've got a friend that had her account deleted for awhile and then logged into Spotify; apparently, Spotify silently reactivates Facebook accounts if you use the same email for both services.

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: The Get-Rid-Of-Crap-Every-Month Club

I'm wondering the same thing. I mostly enjoy articles from Medium, except that they seem to frequently present foreign-language articles that I can't read.

fallse7en | 12 years ago | on: Apple Fan on iOS 7

Just a note:

If they’re going to reinvent the whole thing, I’d just go for three dots. One dot for low service, two dots for ok, three dots for none, and no dots for none.

I think you meant "...three dots for excellent" or something along those lines.

Great idea though!

fallse7en | 13 years ago | on: Google Talk Chat History can no longer be turned off by default

Yep, they keep a history of chats even when you're using Pidgin. This is pretty easy to confirm...

fallse7en | 13 years ago | on: Prosecutors' deal for Swartz: Felony plea and three months in jail

I think the third paragraph explained their thinking:

    While they offered a relatively short sentence, 
    prosecutors were absolutely determined to get a
    felony plea and some kind of prison time, according
    to sources cited by The Huffington Post. They wanted
    those results because they believed it would justify
    their bringing charges in the first place, according
    to HuffPo.

fallse7en | 13 years ago | on: Buy a car with Bitcoins, save $5,000

Is it just me or does that car look like it was printed with a 3D printer?

fallse7en | 13 years ago | on: Bounce ball camera to help first responders

There's nothing preventing an RC copter from detecting chemicals as well..