brittohalloran

His point exactly

This is an industry ripe for disruption. I took a half assed shot at it last year (still online but left for dead) with shutterhire.com

My basic concept was that at some price photographers would give away all the digitals, customers should be able to "use" them (but not sell them) as they wished, and that people should choose photographers almost exclusively on the quality of their work. The business would be a marketplace fee for arranging the transaction.

I ultimately gave up due to personal priorities (children / day job) and a complicated legal mountain to climb (who owns copyright? Do you force everyone into a contract?).

If anyone wants to pick it up I'd be happy to share the code.

My thoughts exactly. I'm the engineering manager (mechanical engineering) at a design / manufacturing firm and I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth it to buy our own machine. I'd prefer to have access to all the different print types (fdm / sls / sla / objet) and not deal with the upkeep and machine obsolescence issues. There are a ton of shops that can make parts now, which is driving the part cost down.

Really? You worked for 26 hours and didn't realize it because your screen was the right color?

I'm sorry but white on black makes my eyes angry

Hipchat, though hip Munk is also nice

This 10x elitism is total bull. I'm sure the top programmers are 10x better than the worst, but there's a vast spectrum in between. The 10x notion implies that there's the worst, the good, the better, then a massive chasm, the up on the mountaintop there are "the 10xers". I'm not buying it.

Our website is 10x worse than it should be

In the most volatile stock ever

...all using the Netflix API

Recently switched to join.me and I'm loving it. Easier for the inept person you're helping to get started.

Also, if you're using it for remote presentations, all you do is email a link and they can see your screen directly in the browser.

You want a Marpac 980 white noise maker. It's a little fan in a box with tone adjustments (no speaker involved). Amazing white noise.

Flange? Feeling old right about now

Yes, it would be 20 subdomains though, and the user would get a prompt for more storage allowance.

Literally lol'd

Usually my phone is plugged into my Macbook for power, and my Macbook is using my phone for Internet (rooted android wifi tether). The word symbiosis always comes to mind.

Pulling for these guys. Just a great David vs Goliath and they seem to have a chance making a dent.

Amazing that I'm still thinking back to Minority Report over a decade later (released in 2002!).

Yes and it's really good. 599 but totally worth it. Also works as a remote for the HTPC client.

Yeah my connection is really good so that's not a problem for me (20 down, 4 up).

I think the aggregate location to find free content online is a great angle to pursue. Create a nice couch interface like YouTube Leanback and I think you're onto something.

Yeah you definitely need the computing power to handle transcoding otherwise it's a frustrating experience.

A fantastic alternative is Plex (no affiliation). You can host your media on your own computer and watch it anywhere. Plex handles all the network nonsense (no ports to forward, etc...). Depending on the filetype and what your device can play, plex will either transcode on the fly seamlessly or just stream the exact original file.

Downside is you have to have a computer that is always on, connected, and potentially unusable for other purposes when transcoding. In my case it's a Acer Revo HTPC connected to the living room TV.

I actually like that term and think it would have worked well for them.

Interesting, but I think it's stretching the term 3D printing a bit.

Obligatory http://xkcd.com/1138/

I absolutely love that the "4" in "AMMENDMENT 4" on his chest is written backwards (clearly done by himself in the mirror). So good.

He quickly glossed over the fact that these are computer passwords which happen to be 4 numeric digits.

"Given that users have a free choice for their password, if users select a four digit password to their online account, it’s not a stretch to use this as a proxy for four digit PIN codes."

Though there probably wouldn't be drastically different phenomenon, I think the actual PIN distribution would be noticeably different. Particularly 1234. It may still be the top PIN, but I don't think it would have the same dominance. People choose trymynewwebservice.ly passwords a lot more callously than their bank password. I have to believe on average people put a little more effort into disguising it.

Not an expert but I find this difficult to believe. We know a LOT about battery chemistry.

YES. I would love a weekly bestof

How about a Twitter client that in a non-internet situation can just share locally and then when anyone gets internet access it auto-pushes the tweets out. Logistics / permissions are complicated I realize, but a 'layer' on top of Twitter would be ideal.