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re1son Amazing robotic dustpan for greasy material

Even more impressive when the sauce was smeared everywhere.

Apparently this will be used for handling dough in industrial bakeries.

re1son What Location Tracking Looks Like

This is insane.

Can this information be used in court?

The information here is inconclusive ( https://www.eff.org/issues/cell-tracking ), but I'm surprised I've not heard of a case where this sort of data was presented as evidence?

re1son BBC is down... internal error or ddos?

They're up again.

re1son Ask HN: If I believe there's a tech bubble, how should I proceed?

There was an interesting link here the other day, a post titled "What are the picks and shovels of the digital Gold Rush?". It makes some good points.

http://erehweb.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/what-are-the-picks-a...

Other than that, take advantage of the number of willing investors!

re1son Restaurant Menu Pricing

"Predictably Irrational" Dan Ariely is a book on exactly such marketing tricks, it's a really good read.