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jjsalamon | 10 years ago | on: Power Wastage on an Idle Laptop

You might like this app which highlights noise :) http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

jjsalamon | 10 years ago | on: Drones learn to search forest trails for lost people

Amazing work! Where I lived in Australia tourists often would get lost and quickly dehydrate, be at risk of hypothermia overnight or immobilize themselves by breaking a leg. Phone coverage is not good in the country so you couldn't call for help. Depending on your location, vegetation is difficult to see through for search-and-rescue spotters in the air. Once you get off trail it's not as simple as backtracking and so have to wait for help to arrive (so long as you let someone know you were hiking ahead of time).

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: RethinkDB 2.0 is now production ready

Congrats guys! I've been looking forward to using Rethink.

Is windows support coming anytime?

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Why Free Online Classes Are Still the Future of Education

Agreed, most moocs follow a traditional method by recording lectures and posting them weekly. For a better way of learning check out udacity. Go at your own pace and is somewhat more interactive. Khan academy is also good for specific subjects.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Terror laws clear Australian Senate, enabling entire web to be monitored

Surveillance aside, You do realize computers can aggregate data? It doesn't take 4 million agents to look at 4 million citizens (or 2 million, or 1 million...). The data can sit there and be deciphered any number of ways.

The word game is two sides of a coin.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Earth’s Water Is Older Than the Sun

>Nothing wrong with calling it out.

Says who, Jesus?

The down votes are likely from sounding entitled and looking to be offended, especially if it was as you mentioned the second comment.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Earth’s Water Is Older Than the Sun

At the time of writing there is only 1 parent comment poking fun at the bible. Let's not get too delicate here.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Terror laws clear Australian Senate, enabling entire web to be monitored

> The average person doesn't care about government snooping.

Last week New Zealand re-elected their head office just days after government spying came to light. The majority of voters don't care. To quote another reddit thread:

> The big reveal was actually that New Zealand was conducting mass surveillance of its population when it's PM and gov't promised it wasn't.[1]

Last year New Zealand was voted 'freest country.'[2]

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2gf9p3/the_kim_do...

[2] http://www.fraserinstitute.org/research-news/news/display.as...

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Australian Government Scrambles to Authorize Mass Surveillance

The governor general can fire the government.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Australian Government Scrambles to Authorize Mass Surveillance

Simply not having the American system doesn't default to 'fine.' Besides, Australian education is now well on its way to a similar system.

jjsalamon | 11 years ago | on: Australian Government Scrambles to Authorize Mass Surveillance

That could be changing after student fees get deregulated[1]. $50,000 for an arts degree and $100,000 for medicine. No doubt that price will go up.

Australia is actively being made dumber as we devolve in to a class system.

[1] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/uwa-to-hike-fees-30-pe...