relet | 10 years ago | on: Animals Spy a New Enemy: Drones
You've never met a horse.
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relet | 10 years ago | on: When a dev dies, their apps should live on
The same issues pretty much existed before $TECH.
relet | 10 years ago | on: 81-year-old man driven to death by phone scammers
At which point you can relax, because you have a boy called Josh.
relet | 10 years ago | on: A Sprawl of Abandoned Homes in Tokyo Suburbs
And you will be competing for resources and attention with all the politely racist elderly that lived in that place since forever. Does not sound like a retirement plan for me.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Confessions of a Grown-Up Kick-Scooter Rider
You can take them on the bus and get a regular seat.
relet | 10 years ago | on: The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
I think it is all about location. East German concrete slab highrisers[0] are being renovated into fashionable lofts, despite their unfashionable image and continuous deterioration - where they are placed in the city centers that is.
relet | 10 years ago | on: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google
It is a negotiating problem, and I think that that is an issue (be it gender-related or not). It rewards competitive thinking over cooperative thinking - people who'd rather work in a fair and equal environment are more likely to accept the same salary they perceive others will get - i.e. usually the proposed salary. Competitive minds have less qualms about claiming higher rewards.
Mechanisms like publishing salaries allows for a fairer salary whether you are cooperative or competitive. If you earn more, you probably can justify it in front of colleagues and bosses.
Some say cooperation over competition is a 'female' trait, but personally, I feel the same. I am successful at negotiation, but I'd rather know that my colleagues earn the same when they work the same, which is why I try to encourage talk about salaries.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Griggi: A Wi-Fi sharing ecosystem for affordable Internet everywhere
Ha, next you claim it is not an alternative currency you can buy to unlock more features.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Lexus Builds a Functional Hoverboard Prototype
The board is pushing against the ground (and the load!). If you adjust that force depending on the tilt of the board, you can move it (up to a certain point) to stay under the load.
As others have pointed out, it depends a bit on how much lateral force you can achieve through tilting and reaction forces, but if you can balance a quadcopter, you can balance a hoverboard. It gets a lot easier if your load is attached to the platform.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Lexus Builds a Functional Hoverboard Prototype
It is perfectly possible to stand on it if it is powered. The same you can stand on a Segway: As long as it moves itself under your center of gravity when tilting. That would then also be the steering.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Liquid Breathing
Divers don't talk that much, actually.
See, there is an air intake in your mouth - and trying to talk under water does not exactly result in the noises you expect when you're talking into air.
The sign used by divers to alert others is banging your knife against the air tank. There are actual hand signs for 'I'm in trouble' or 'I'm out of air'.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Reaction Housing’s temporary shelters
In summary - how does this compare (technology and/or cost) to common container housing, as seen on building sites and refugee centers today?
relet | 10 years ago | on: Snowden Document Search
Isn't naming the collection after Snowden a bit unfortunate?
relet | 10 years ago | on: Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cost millions
Who do these experts report to? The individual parlamentarian (who is supposed to be independent), or the individual parties, or the governing coalition, or unknown third parties?
At the moment, this is not even well disclosed.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Google Launches Sidewalk Labs
Living space and roads are severely limited resources, but in most cases the proximity to resources is more important. That's why people move into cities, not just because of jobs. Think hospitals, shopping, culture, friends, child care, inspiration, work, face-to-face interaction, play, love.
Unless you find a cost-efficient way to decentralize all of this, people will be attracted to each other.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Jump – Experiences like you're actually there
Next up: Street View 3D?
relet | 10 years ago | on: Jawbone Accuses Fitbit of Stealing Information by Hiring Workers Away
I doubt that there is any clause in your work contract that prevents you from using knowledge gained from the competition. There usually are clauses against carrying knowledge out of the company, but not the other way around.
relet | 10 years ago | on: My Struggle with the Last Great Taboo: Admitting My Salary
No. Tax information is public in anonymized form. That is different from wages, and the effect is absolutely not the same as if you knew exactly what your peers are making.
I'm trying to encourage talking wages at work, and have gotten my division to disclose theirs, but there's a lot of "oh, but it could lead to discontentment" in the rest of the company. And if you know Norwegians, being mildly at unease is the worst thing that can happen.
relet | 10 years ago | on: What one may find in robots.txt
The point would be just as well made if he did not list the actual name.
relet | 10 years ago | on: Lily – Drone camera
Because he was soaring on a hillside while you were riding your mountain bike down the trail.
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