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Probably those apps archive everything as well, but they just don't show it to the users.

But... how are we supposed to keep in touch with our friends and families???

I can understand that, but I was referring to the parent comment:

> We make most of our money indirectly from the books: consulting, seminars.

I wonder why authors are still working with those publishers and not switching to print on demand or even giving digital copies away for free in order to reach a larger audience. I never published a book, but to me it looks like the publishers are selling the books for pretty high prices, while giving the authors only ridiculous shares of that. Is the editing, printing and marketing job they do really worth it?

Unfortunately the list gets longer and longer these days.

Yet two other countries on my personal No Fly List.

...

[x] UK (can force people to hand over passwords)

[x] US (probability that they reject people at the border/airport for ridiculous reasons)

[x] Qatar (exit visa required)

[x] Saudi Arabia (exit visa required)

...

Even if I'm not sure if those exit visas also apply to short term visitors. Better safe than sorry.

> The European Space Agency says it cannot predict exactly where, or when, but that it is highly unlikely to cause any casualties.

So they cannot exclude that it crashes into a major city.

This was a sect, not a company.

Daily scrum meetings in voice calls with about ten team members. Weekly team meeting (voice calls) for organizational stuff. We have to plan for time zone differences for that (up to five different time zones). Voice calls on different topics during the day if needed (like discussions regarding requirements). Email and messenger for things like bug reports (bug tracker also) and clarification requests or other short queries. We have face to face meetings occasionally like every few months, but very rarely with the whole team.

I am currently working in a team with people from three continent. It works if people are willing to adapt.

Yeah, I am always happy to pay for defense against myself.

I would epect that it is currently the norm for technologically less developed countries to let foreign companies run their telecom infrastructure. But they might get more sensitive in the future and develop further at the same time. They will probably reclaim their infrastructure one day.

I stumbled upon woodgears.ca after watching woodwork Youtube videos. This guy is so awesome.

Here is his 3D Pantograph:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtm4u583YOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUGkroZus_Y

While I agree in general, one of the biggest sources (if not the biggest) of dust in Beijing's air is the desert Gobi. It will be pretty hard to build an appropriate filter. ;)

In my experience Beijing's air is really "special". Hot, humid, dusty. Not my favorite environment.

Well done!

Probably because it makes it harder for residents to find an apartment.

Go on. Show your meteor version to us in, let's be generous, two hours.

It is impossible to listen to it in the first place.

They are probably totally pissed.

I know from personal experience that LYNQ speeds up the audio stream when the connection gets bad for a short time. It is using time stretching (changing the speed without changing the pitch). I can tell the difference, because I did a lot of audio editing in the past and know how time stretching sounds. I would say that the speed factor is up to 2-3x.

This makes people "speak" incredibly fast occasionally.

And Japan refused to do so.

Looks interesting. How would I use that afterwards?

Thanks for all the tips! :)

> Is it normal for a company branded as the low cost provider to charge above market for rare goods?

At least I would not be surprised if that would be the case... like those red and white "SALE" stickers that some shops have at their windows during the whole year, while being actually more expensive than other shops.

I am looking for something that lets me type the first few letters and when I press the arrow-up key then (maybe in combination with another key), it will only offer those items from the history, which match my previous input.

Something like:

Type:

> ssh

press arrow-up:

> ssh larry@google.com

press arrow-up:

> ssh mark@facebook.com

Exactly. I ordered mine in a pack of ten at ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?Led+lens+60+degree&_nkw=Led+l...

That should be a laser lens as well.

After reading this, I just glued (removable) a 90 degree led lens to my phone. Nice results so far.

Edit: Link to such a lens: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/611389199/Led_Light_Lens_9...

I am happy that I turned my phone into a macro camera for a few cents. :)

Edit2: sorry, I used a 60 degree lens, not a 90 degree one.

So you downvoted something that you did not even look at?

> Wrong. The guidelines aren't that clear on what hacker news is, but they're quite clear on what hacker news isn't.

The guidelines are not defining "hacker news" (or "not hacker news") at all. There is only a section which is called "What to submit" and both definitions (On-topic and off-topic) leave a lot space for interpretation. At the end it is really determined by the votes what is interesting to hackers (or the readers of HN) and what not. If something is breaking the rules, the mods would jump in - especially when an article is on top of the frontpage.

Actually I find those pointless "why is this on HN" comments a lot more off-topic than upvoted links (= interesting to more readers than the other options) that are not strictly computer- or startup-related.

People who want to dictate others what to post or upvote on HN and what not, should probably become mod or pg.