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This:

https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-GhostCover-Premium-Keyboard...

$12. Problem solved.

dearon Japanese railway company starts testing 249mph bullet train speeds

Why the US has no high speed rail?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaf6baEu0_w

dearon Pufferfish in China bred poison-free

Just so you know - that "throwaway" account has a longer history here than your named anonymous account and has a lot of higher "karmas" than you. Just need to point out.

dearon China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

That can be used to fertilize the sprout!

dearon The Shinkansen Story [video]

I would go even further to say it's not even broad enough to reflect the general culture in the US.

dearon We designed Canada's cities for cars, not people – and the people are dying

We are talking about Toronto here. Your laws don't automatically apply.

dearon We designed Canada's cities for cars, not people – and the people are dying

As a long time resident and a daily pedestrian in downtown Toronto, I have seen far far more cyclists ignoring traffic regulations than car drivers. They feel they own the road and rules don't apply to them - ignoring stop signs, bus/streetcar stops and the safety of pedestrians, expecting everyone including pedestrians to yield to them. But when they are inconvenienced by a car they yell.

When a streetcar stops, you must stop, like all the other vehicles to let the passengers to get on/off, and not try to bully your way through.

If there is a stop sign or it's a red light, you must stop, period. Don't pretend you are just a pedestrian trying to "jaywalk" across.

If cyclists want to use the road, they need to obey the same rules like everyone else. They are not above pedestrians and cars as they think entitled to.

dearon Always-on Alibaba office app fuels backlash among Chinese workers

It's called facetime culture. It exists everywhere.

https://hackernoon.com/how-can-we-kill-facetime-culture-once...

dearon Always-on Alibaba office app fuels backlash among Chinese workers

Just did a google of the tencent building. Wow.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/07/inside-new-tencent-headquart...

dearon Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years

You can live in Waterloo and work in Toronto. Commute by greyhound daily. I know people who do that for years.

dearon MacBook Pro with i9 chip is throttled due to thermal issues, claims YouTuber

Yeah but I don't think buying a race car and use it to race should be considered as "using it in a very specialized way".

dearon Wireless system can power devices inside the body

Because animals have no say and they don't have to pay the animals. Once it's done the animals will just be euthanized.

dearon A $10K tiny house 3D-printed in 24 hours

Another one here:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/apr/29/3d-...

dearon Apple Losing USB Is a Loss for Music

Why can't Apple just make a magnetic USB-C?

dearon Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world?

...Prometheus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(2012_film)

dearon Why we shouldn’t worry about leaving print behind

They don't stop storing bits but to make them useful there are a lot of prerequisites, unlike hard copies.

dearon Why we shouldn’t worry about leaving print behind

I have books and newspaper from decades ago. They are still fine. No special treatment.

dearon Why we shouldn’t worry about leaving print behind

Exactly! With "digital copies" you don't even need to destroy them to render them useless. Just turn off the power!

dearon The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

Link would be much appreciated! :)

dearon I.M.F. Makes China’s Renminbi One of World’s Select Currencies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard

Origin

"The gold specie standard arose from the widespread acceptance of gold as currency.[7] Various commodities have been used as money; typically, the one that loses the least value over time becomes the accepted form.[8] The use of gold as money began thousands of years ago in Asia Minor."

dearon I.M.F. Makes China’s Renminbi One of World’s Select Currencies

I think Gold was the 'global reserve currency' before the 20th century.

dearon Bitcoin Surges Past $400

"The blockchain is the new shining star, and it spills over to the bitcoin world as well.”

dearon Software Is the New Oil

So California Is the New Texas.

dearon How Can We Achieve Age Diversity in Silicon Valley?

Maybe start at YC first?

dearon The TV antenna is making a comeback

Same idea as Google, Youtube, Facebook, etc. The business model has existed for far longer than the internet.

dearon A global movement to ban urban billboards

"if you want or need something, google it.."

Ban advertisement and there goes Google.

dearon One founder, zero staff, making $1.2M in monthly recurring revenue

Markus Frind

dearon IEX, Ideology, and the Role of an Exchange

If they let the market itself to take care of everything, they would have no gimmicks to sell.

dearon GravityLight: Generate light with gravity

So by your logic fossil fuel is solar energy.

dearon Ask HN: How would you fire a cofounder, when you aren’t one?

I used to work in a tech company where the cofounders hired a lot of their family and friends/hobby buddies, beside the real workers. Of course it was the real workers who did the actual work. The family and friends just sat around chatting, surfing all day everyday but they were getting paid and getting stock options. Some of them were in 'technical' roles and a few of them were in 'managerial' positions. If they were to do any real work, they usually screwed up. So nobody would expect anything from them but they stayed anyway. Unreal!

But they were quite friendly! People didn't hate them.

What you are dealing with is quite common in the corporate world. There are incompetent people everywhere at every level. They take a free ride. There is not much you can about it if it's coming from the top.