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hamburgon From hacker to hospice in seven weeks

fwiw, I think it's good to contemplate death and sad stories like this one remind us of it. If we all took 5 minutes each day to think about our own death, and that it can happen to us at virtually any moment, the world would be different. Better, I assume.

hamburgon 3-D Printed Keys Can Pick High-Security Locks in Seconds

Thanks, some good points here.

hamburgon 3-D Printed Keys Can Pick High-Security Locks in Seconds

Slightly off topic: Why don't we just use the same technology that car keys have on door locks?

hamburgon What happens to retired airliners? See a tear-down of a 747-400

Amazing that those winglets alone are worth GBP 400,000. It's just a few layers of metal, no?

hamburgon Hydra: A lightweight OS X window manager with a powerful API

I wrote my own window manager a few weeks ago: http://zonesformac.com

Emphasis is on support for multiple screens, ease of use and snappiness. (which doesn't come across in my video I guess...)

I know my download page sucks, but if anyone wants to try and give me feedback, I'd be happy to read it. Send an email.

hamburgon Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

Ah, self-promotion opportunity! :)

Just finished a little helper app (arrange windows on the screen) for Mac: http://www.zonesformac.com

About to start work on a 3D game engine. Reviewing the required maths now.