I’m just impressed this thing uses FILM! Holy shit that must be insanely complex.

I could see there being someone more rich and more powerful (influential with the local governments and suppliers etc) behind Hammond. I could also see the two of them saying they invented the DNA technique because they paid for it and used their connections to get the permits they needed. The scientist in the lab…

I think it would add another fun layer to see these stats in real time DURING the game. Like see which players have the physical edge and who can just push that little extra mile. Though this could also give an edge for teams to watch when players are being played too hard... still, I think that would be cool. I see…

Correct, totally agree with you. From my understanding Coin was designed in a non-EMV payment world (at least when thinking of the US) and just kept missing shipping targets until the environment shifted enough to make them useless.

I’m not certain that would have been true if Coin had shipped on time and EMV standard wasn’t being rolled out. From my understanding the coin swipe fed the POS system the exact same information as a real card swipe. I don’t think a merchant or processor could tell on their end at all that you were using their card.…

That’s the thing though, as a vendor you didn’t even know they were using Plastc, etc. the card basically cloned your traditional cards and then had a rewritable mag strip on it. You would select the card you wanted from a touch style button, or before hand via smart phone app, and then swipe the card. What the…

I think why this failed (and Coin) was chip technology. These products were just breaking out right around the transition point and none of them could get the support needed to make the chips programmable on the fly.

Yep, I was thinking about this a couple months ago when thinking about buying a DJI Mavic. I was curious on how accurate and programmable GPS guided flight plans could be...

How exactly does the Uber app figure out if you use other ride sharing apps or not? Don’t you specifically have to allow it access to do that? Or are there public APIs in iOS that both apps tie into?

Just to be clear, the material is not consumed while collecting water, right? It just acts as a surface for the vapor to collect and condense on?

But they can already do that... they can set the rent to whatever price they want. The units might sit empty, but they can pick the price. I can see where they set the threshold point higher then what they normally would do when they accept a “lower” bid it looks like it went for less then that they want, thus the…

That wasn’t really my point. I don’t see this being good in the whole picture, but I do see some “savvy” renters getting a good deal. Checking the site daily and sitting in their current situation until they score a good deal. But the majority of people that have to move somewhere in a realistic time frame or have a…

Oh paper this COULD save renters money. If you’re in a market where there was an apartment building boom and then a big local company move locations or a federal contract got scaled back then you would have unoccupied units. Instead of a blanket reduction in rents to fill those units (which might not happen, or might…

Ah yes, Discovery channel! This should fit in nicely with them explaining the science of the universe, or physics of huge building projects, or the human body... oh wait, I’m remember back to their programming lineup when I was a child.... 😶

That it’s suspected you need to be lured near them with treats? 🤔

Is that draft budget behind a paywall? Because it would be fantastic if you could post the link. My job is funded in part by government dollars from DOE/DOD so I would actually like to read up on what he calls out for cuts.

Well that sounds like the issue is that GMAIL is handing over extra information to outside sources. There is no reason for them to hand over recovery phone or email addresses.

So someone that signed up with either a vague email or “junkmail” only account just made bank off this.... (because there wasn’t really any risk involved if it was something like “john.junkmail@gmail.com”)

I feel like this should be factored in during my next performance review to give me a few extra points toward a raise compared to the rest of the group... not certain how I approach the subject without having to be referred to our next employee sexual harassment refresher course though...

So if this is truly the case (which it is), I would suspect leasing would see a comparative surge in popularity. While that might be a stupid move in the long term when it comes to total cost. A continuous 36 month lease where new cars were under warranty then that might be the ultimate “subscription” model for that…