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cloudwalking··on Industrial Designer Explains Methods Shown in Apple Watch Manufacturing Videos
Here's the primary source: http://atomicdelights.com/blog/a-glimpse-at-how-the-apple-wa... -- absolutely worth a read.

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9195042

cloudwalking··on Elon Musk: Tesla cars will have “autopilot mode” by summer
Nope, these Teslas will only self-drive on private property. Or if you fall asleep at the wheel.

Source: listened to the call this morning.

cloudwalking··on SpaceX's New Spin on Falcon 9
"It's about a 30% increase in performance, maybe a little more." That's pretty amazing increase in performance for an existing platform.

Also interesting to see that the Falcon Heavy boosters are literally just Falcon 9s strapped to the sides of a larger rocket. They will be producing just two separate rockets on the factory floor. This is how SpaceX will really squeeze out manufacturing efficiencies.

Given the Falcon 9 reusability, we're going to see launch costs drop by two entire magnitudes. Instead of destroying an $60MM launch vehicle, each launch just burns $200,000 in fuel. This will open up space in ways we have never imagined.

cloudwalking··on GPS tracking device found on an activist's car
It does take place in the US though, just not this instance... http://www.wired.com/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/

Edit: this is downvoted, but a similar comment with the same link, posted 10 minutes later, is upvoted? I don't understand.

cloudwalking··on Etsy IPO Form S-1
> Why bother raising so much money if you're not going to utilize it?

How do you know they aren't going to use it?

cloudwalking··on Etsy IPO Form S-1
I think people said the same thing about Ebay.
cloudwalking··on Can you save yourself a lot of time on HN by applying Betteridge's Law?
FYI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
cloudwalking··on Dear FCC: Thanks for Listening to Team Internet
I hope so.
cloudwalking··on Microsoft Is the New Google, Google Is the Old Microsoft
Inbox is built by the Sparrow team.
cloudwalking··on Microsoft Is the New Google, Google Is the Old Microsoft
Would you argue that Glass did not move the market, regardless of its success?
cloudwalking··on Microsoft Is the New Google, Google Is the Old Microsoft
Have you used Inbox?
cloudwalking··on 'YOUTUBE is EVIL': Somebody had a tape running, Google
That was the initial threat; later the rep mentioned a "work around" where her channel would not be removed.
cloudwalking··on 'YOUTUBE is EVIL': Somebody had a tape running, Google
Right, but they aren't losing the ability to monetize the content they want, as the parent comment suggests. They are restricted from ContrntID, but they can still upload and monetize video.

Personally I don't really like these changes, but let's not be disingenuous.

cloudwalking··on 'YOUTUBE is EVIL': Somebody had a tape running, Google
No, this is also incorrect. Artists can still upload and monetize to their own channel just like every other YouTube creator.
cloudwalking··on 'YOUTUBE is EVIL': Somebody had a tape running, Google
There is a (c) as you describe it, OP just neglected to mention it. The third option is to just monetize videos uploaded to the official channel. They can continue uploading only specific songs they want to monetize on their channel.
cloudwalking··on SpaceX CRS-5 Launch
Liquid oxygen! Beautiful blue color, even more so when floating around in microgravity. I love that they light up the interior purely for our benefit. It's Elon's art piece.
cloudwalking··on Roadster 3.0
Most likely the Model S already has many of the battery advancements that are now coming to the Roadster.
cloudwalking··on Special K, a Hallucinogen, Raises Hopes and Concerns as Treatment for Depression
Heroin is very addictive, Ketamine is not.
cloudwalking··on Gangnam Style breaks YouTube viewer count
YouTube targeting is a lot more accurate than TV targeting...
cloudwalking··on NASA: We're sending humans to Mars
Everything else. Lift to orbit is only one of hundreds of factors.
cloudwalking··on Alibaba's Singles' Day sales exceed predictions at $9.3B
Alibaba owns their own PayPal competitor (Alipay). I don't think you need to worry.
cloudwalking··on Terrorists used false DMCA claims to get personal data of anti-islamic YouTuber
This is not true. It is the DMCA which requires disclosing name, address, and telephone number in order to fight a takedown notice.

  If the work was not infringing and the notice was either
  in error or malicious, the client can then file what is
  known as a counter-notice. That notice must contain the
  following elements:
  ...
  4. The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number,
  and a statement that the subscriber consents to the
  jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial
  district in which the address is located, or if the
  subscriber's address is outside of the United States, for
  any judicial district in which the service provider may be
  found, and that the subscriber will accept service of
  process from the person who provided notification.
http://brainz.org/dmca-takedown-101/
cloudwalking··on Alaskans vote to legalize marijuana
Except in this case, peoples' freedoms are denied. Versus, say, waiting longer in line at the DMV.
cloudwalking··on AT&T Locks Apple SIM on Activation
I bought my mom a Verizon iPad a couple of years ago. Unfortunately I was actually sold an AT&T iPad. There was no indication either way on the box.
cloudwalking··on AT&T Locks Apple SIM on Activation
Americans are not against this. The phone companies who hold oligopolies are against this.
cloudwalking··on AT&T Locks Apple SIM on Activation
The best part about this: iPad boxes never said which carrier it was locked to. You had to look it up via serial number. Non-Apple sales people didn't seem to understand this and happily sold me an AT&T iPad when I asked for a Verizon iPad.
cloudwalking··on Facebook Rooms
I get this message as well.
cloudwalking··on Google Inbox
A lot of people use their email as a place for reminders.
cloudwalking··on What Is Google Chrome Helper, and Why Is It Hogging My CPU Cycles?
This is called Slice Bread. It also helps video buffer much faster. http://www.sfgate.com/technology/dotcommentary/article/Googl...
cloudwalking··on Show HN: Places iOS App – Find beautiful destinations around the world
Re #2: Subclass UIImageView, add a -setImageURL: method, hash the URL and use it to lookup/store images in the documents directory. https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/74a364e168b641e44482

https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/66990a244b249c57f443

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