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So it literally was invented after a night of drinking at a bar. :-) I wonder about the origins of <marquee>.

I've personally experienced this decoupling of vision and second sight. When I've had bad migraines in the past, I typically experience scintillating scotoma, which isn't that unusual.

But the odd thing is: even though I can visually "see" certain objects, I don't feel like I'm observing them. For example, I can look directly at text on my screen, but have a difficult time reading the text. It's quite an odd experience.

Agile methodologies can work, but it often requires a feature-centric deployment model, not deadline-centric. Having a fixed N-week deployment cycle can't simply be applied to all products and expect it to work.

I've found that an "Agile" approach can work quite well as long as you apply a healthy does of common sense to it.

I think to often people forget that product management frameworks are there to create a common language and set exceptions, not blindly dictate exactly how one should operate.

Pretty fun to play with. I noticed a "ls -l" makes the shell block for about 10 seconds then produce an error: "error fetching data from reddit"

Articles like this are great. They demonstrate the thought process behind the design and really conveys how much goes into it.

Wait a second... this looks almost identical to http://x.ai which has been around for a while.

This is an interesting concept. But I can't help but think it looks like it's focused on UI design interaction, and not necessarily full app design. What provisions are in place for persistent storage, push notifications, or access to an external API?

I've also had success searching for the exact URL in Google. It usually appears as the first link and you can bypass the paywall.

Amazing! You can actually see the laser pulse bouncing off of the material!

Agreed. My first reaction to seeing this site was, "why on earth would I want this over something like Nest Protect?".

Then I realized it's a stopgap provision for people who don't want to replace all their smoke detectors with new devices.

An optional webhook is a great idea. All notification mechanisms should support it.

If you're itching for VR, you can order an Oculus Rift dev kit right now (https://www.oculusvr.com/order/). The consumer version with significant improvements should be available in about a year.

Thanks for the tip! But this allows you to move your perspective outside of the rail system, but doesn't change the fact that you only have images established on the rail system itself.

It's my understanding that you can't use them simultaneously. You have to choose one of the types: spin, panorama, walk, or wall. (http://photosynth.net/preview/about)

In the previous version, random pictures around a scene could be stitched together allowing an experience you could explore. For example, one of the original, popular photosynths allowed you to explore inside an art studio. You could look up at the ceiling, walk on various paths, move close into pictures, etc. In this new version, you're stuck on rails.

tl;dr: In this version each node has two exit points: next or previous picture. In the previous version each node had an unlimited number of exit points to other pictures.

Excellent point. It seems to have lost functionality over the previous implementation (see my other post).

Also very impressed here. However, it appears to have a huge limitation over the previous implementation: You can only move in a linear fashion though the scene. Gone is the ability to jump around in a 3D environment. At least from the first handful of examples I looked at.

Does anyone see an environment in this new version that still allows freedom of movement?

To be honest, at first I saw this post and thought, "how is a simple post of the Geneva drive mechanism news?". But after reading some of the followup and various links, I've definitley changed my opinion. Some amazing mechanical engineering in here. Thanks for this great video!

Random observation. What's with the crossed out "h" in chats on the landing page?

Yep. Keyword is "transfer" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit

In orbit 1/4 the distance to the moon? Wow! I didn't realize we put satellites into orbit at that height.

Agreed. Nothing to see here. DDoS attacks are a given constant now. Just look at the history below the map.

The Razer Hydra is a great game controller for the Oculus Rift. An outstanding example of its usage can be seen in "The Gallery: Six Elements", which is currently under development and will take full advantage of the Rift used in conjunction with Hydra: https://www.thegallerygame.com/

Great idea. But for the love of everything sacred, they should replace their wall-o-text website with something a little easier to read. I suspect it's hurting their cause.

Who's up for massively multiplayer Double Dragon?

Best implementation of voice-to-voice communication I've seen yet: http://www.vocre.com/

So... you're wealthy enough to own a house that requires 10 thermostats, but don't want a premium system to control it? :-)