A little bit of planning can go a long way when moving oversized cargo, like in the case of this nice little 200-ton spectrometer that needed to take a 400 km drive, but went on a 8800 km trip instead, all for just 600,000 Euros! :)

Um, no? I’m usually all for the Apple copycat bashing (I program for both Android and iOS devices), but in this particular privacy arena, Apple is lightyears ahead. Speaking as a developer, I can tell you it’s far easier (and permitted) to get various IDs on Android devices than on modern iOS devices. It’s a night and…

Its weird seeing a website that reviews $300 mechanical keyboards, $400 Bluetooth headphones, and $900 graphics cards complain about a $500 satellite dish.

There seems to be a lot of worry about this thing freezing over, getting knocked over, etc.. They also have very low expectations of it, and are only planning a few flights. Does it really make sense to have it just sit there for another week? I’m all for meticulous planning, but it doesnt seem like they have a lot of…

I’m happy to see President Xi announcing support for the LGBT community, hopefully it results in some policy changes.

Shhh... don’t tell them, I’m trying to unload a few dozen pairs of Nikes with dildos for soles that are called Nike Pricks.

Nike gonna be mad mad when they discover Etsy...

Can’t wait for that dude to die

Sometimes, I have to disable my ad blockers for some reason or another, and I always find myself shocked by how the web looks with them. Pages take three times as long to load, jumping distractions everywhere, every bit of white space infested with shit just waiting for an errant miss-click. Once you go adblock, you…

13. Load it up with ad-blockers and make Gizmodo readable.

Andy Muschietti’s very good It and It: Chapter 2,

As an engineer in life sciences and filtration, I need you to understand how long you would have to hold a low-powered device like this in one place to see any difference.

Uh didn’t the princeling fight in Afghanistan?

The quote I referenced mentions a 5GHz network, so that could be something like your 5GHz wifi connection. Although it suggests using a wired connection, which is the best thing to if you are streaming games from your PC to another device. The custom low-latency network protocol is on the Steam side, although thru the…

From Steam’s website:

My daughter took her first steps while I was playing Capture the Flag on Colossus on Halo 2. I thought my teammates were cheering for me because I was so excited, but then I found out that they were really screaming at me because I didn’t stop the flag carrier and the other team won.

I was berated by a person with the…

Ummm...the “inventor” of the Internet was DARPA. Though if you’re looking for a person, I guess you could pick Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn who invented the TCP/IP protocols.

Ummm...the “inventor” of the Internet was DARPA. Though if you’re looking for a person, I guess you could pick Vinton…

Nice admission of stealing/criminal behavior.

Nice admission of stealing/criminal behavior.

That’s what I use mine for

That’s what I use mine for