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I guess this makes mostly sense if you plan on extending the firmware. A stupid idea I was thinking about is a table that moves once a day into the standing position. I used to work at a standing desk and after a wile almost never used the feature. Maybe a warning-beep would make sense...

edit: mixed up the price, removed my first sentence

A trend that started already in a lot of companies a couple of years ago and will only be accelerated by Covid. Many places do overbook desks in offices right now and have flex-tables without fixed assigned workers. Seems fair to think about compensating employees for the costs that are being pushed to their side.

One could argue that you don't need a separate room in your house, if you don't work from home. Something you might need if you have a family with multiple people working/studying from home. Also CHF150 is not really a lot for Switzerland, so this probably won't pay for a whole room on its own. But definitely an interesting decision from the court.

There is an upcoming event which is supposedly focused on their upcoming subscription service. My guess is that they don’t want to detract from that, so they are getting these smaller updates out of the way.

Can you point me to any books on this subject? Sounds like a fascinating story to dive into in more detail.

In the US the average length of car ownership for new cars is 6.5 years [1], so it does matter what your car is worth after this time. Not sure if it amounts to ca. 6,000 USD per year, tho. That's a lot of depreciation.

[1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/581017/average-length-of...

The reason for this would be that both, Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (as well as KFC) are owned by the same company: Yum Brands.

> The average maximum force the bricks can stand is 4,240N. That's equivalent to a mass of 432kg (950lbs). If you divide that by the mass of a single brick, which is 1.152g, then you get the grand total of bricks a single piece of Lego could support: 375,000.

But the weight it can support will be determined by the weakest link not by the average. If the lowest brick is of below average quality the tower will fall sooner. So if you plan on building a 3.5 km tower I'd advise you to consider the variation of the brick quality. Bonus points for taking into account that each additional brick has to support less weight.

I think John Gruber over at Daring Fireball said it best:

"I remain highly skeptical that a modular design can compete in a product category where size, weight, and battery life are at such a premium. Even if they can bring something to market, why would any normal person be interested in a phone like this?"

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/04/15/project-ara

There are external power supplies available that connect directly to a disk. I would be more skeptical regarding I/O-performance. As far as I can see, there are only two SATA-ports available.

And releasing more often means that the changes are smaller.

Also, developers have introduced a more clever way of introducing changes to the user. Overlays with explanations of new menus etc. which I've seen first on the web (i.e. gmail) are making their way to more and more "desktop" applications.

Introducing these changes slowly over time seems to avoid the "I will never install this version" effect.

But then again, you can always reset the password if you made a typo.

  - Username and password should enable you to change the email
  - Email alone should enable you to reset the password

So there is no risk in removing both duplicate fields. But maybe by now it's expected to type in a password twice. Users might be so used to it that it feels wrong to only insert it once.

I think what's scary to some is the perceived ease of production. Just download some files and hit print. The engineer in his shed at least has to know what he's doing.

I'm not saying they are right and I have also no idea how hard it is to build an actual (metal)weapon from scratch, but the notion of "anyone can do this" seems to be a big factor in most stories.

As I understand it, it's not a law but an agreement among the industry:

  > As a result, world leading mobile phone producers committed
  > themselves to ensure compatibility of data-enabled mobile phones,

A sample text of each font in a stack would be nice in order to judge if the fallback makes sense.

It seems to be Bing and Bing-related revenue together with ads [1]: "OSD revenue increased primarily as a result of growth in online advertising revenue. Online advertising revenue grew $100 million or 21% to $572 million, reflecting continued growth in search and display advertising revenue"

Xbox related revenue, including Live and Downloads are part of the Entertainment and Devices division.

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...

No, he's loading a different parameter file each time.

This dip was expected and isn't necessary a problem as long as the "positive effects" outnumber the negative ones. By a move like this, you'll lose visitors and attention because your stories potentially aren't referenced as much anymore, but you might make it up in additional revenue and a more dedicated readership.

Great project. Is it possible to include the best time of the day to visit, e.g. "quiet on Wednesday mornings"? Also: Do you adjust for longer opening times? Maybe some venues close sooner on some days.

It's great to see how ThinkGeek uses April Fool's day as a way to gauge customer interest. They did this before with their Tauntaun sleeping bags which they produced/sold after a lot of positive feedback to their April 1st joke.

As with lists like these, the selection is always subjective. What about the XBox360 red ring issues? Also, I'd include Google's Buzz/Wave before I'd put Beacon on the list (Number 8). But everyone evaluates these "mistakes" differently.

The cost of installing new panels can be quite high, depending on where they are installed. Also I'd be worried of a format war - I bet that each manufacturer comes up with his own standard, which would lead to higher prices for the replacement and the possibility that your format disappears from the market in a couple of years.

Yes, this way of interacting with your pc could be a nice addition to existing ways like touch or voice recognition, particularly if this is part of a system wide framework. Locking your screen when you are not in front of it (and eventually logging you back on as soon as your face is detected) could be a not too invasive first step in this direction.

Instead of me waving my hands to mute the sound I'd prefer the microphone to pick up my ringtone and mute itself. From a technical point of view, this all is possible for a couple of years now, no? So what's the reason why this wasn't implemented earlier? Maybe people find running a webcam all the time too invasive or the concepts too unintuitive?

Doesn't it say in the article that in the past, 24% of the Hindenburg Omen were followed by a stock market crash? From the article:

Looking back at historical data, the probability of a move greater than 5% to the downside after a confirmed Hindenburg Omen was 77%, and usually takes place within the next forty-days. The probability of a panic sellout was 41% and the probability of a major stock market crash was 24%.

While the past performance is quite compelling, the criteria seem to be extremely arbitrary.

In the discussion page of this article is a link to a schematic drawing - although it's obviously hard to tell how accurate this depiction is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typhoon_class_Schema....

He points out that minimalism isn't the "best" design, just a different style and a designer has to pick the most appropriate one. While I wouldn't call this an earth shattering new insight, it's still is a fair point.

But his examples are poorly chosen to underline his position. You can't point to designs that have come and gone and disprove that simplicity is an attribute of good design. He should have pointed to other contemporary styles that are clearly not as simplistic as possible but still "good" (for example the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao [1] or the Beijing National Stadium [2]).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium

Sure, I think runmap.net especially offers a great mapping-tool and a good way to discover new tracks, but leaves a lot to be desired in the community area. If you could combine great maps with Twitter (Sending messages like: I just ran X miles in Y minutes RandomRunner.com/runID) and a platform to talk to other runners it could be quite a nice service. Don't know how open for integration these two other sites are.

I thought about something similar a while back, but decided against it when I saw the existing sites. I would love to see/use such a service though.

Running a marathon is hard - really hard. Most people need month to train for a marathon and only run maybe 70% of the distance during training. A designated city marathon offers a lot of benefits that you don't get when running alone:

  - Blocked streets, no need to wait for traffic lights etc.
  - They are at a specific date in the future which helps
    you by setting a deadline to get in shape
  - Spectators to cheer you on
  - No matter how fast/slow you are, there are hundreds of
    people around you, running at the same speed

I don't know about you, but even people who run regularly are physically not able to run a marathon tomorrow or next week. So how many people are in your area who are able to run a marathon and are just as fast as you are?

OTOH: What about a site to set up "running groups". You specify a track/expected time and how often and when the group is running (monthly, twice a week etc.). This way you give people a way to organize groups, let them communicate if they are unable to show up, talk outside of a running context etc.

You might want to look into similar sites. Off the top of my head I know of runmap.net and mapmyrun.com but there are probably a lot more like this.

I really applaud your bold move and wish you the best of luck. But there is a lot of "the grass is always greener on the other side" mentality in this post, especially regarding personal freedoms and the bureaucracy/legal-system. I wonder how the example of your friend (getting sued for defamation) would have played out in China. How hard is it to hire good programmers in China? Does anyone have experience about what to expect for 600$ a month?

I agree that the effort and money spent on conservation is skewed in favor of cute and furry animals. But there is a real upside to getting rid of mosquitoes. From the article:

Malaria infects some 247 million people worldwide each year, and kills nearly one million. Mosquitoes cause a huge further medical and financial burden by spreading yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya virus and West Nile virus.