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  1. Re:Here's a better question on Do Robots Need Passports? Should They? · · Score: 1

    I couldn't get a Russian visa in time to give a lecture, so we used a telepresence rig that we built. This is already here....

  2. Someone tell Squad on Astrobotic To Take Mexican Payload To the Moon · · Score: 1

    a SD card with a copy of Kerbal Space Program would fit....

  3. Re:Interesting person on A Technical Look Inside TempleOS · · Score: 1

    Please mod up, this is very insightful.

  4. Diminishing returns on Ghost Towns Is the First 8K Video Posted To YouTube -- But Can You Watch It? · · Score: 1

    I can only see the difference between 720p and 1080p if I squint... but I blame TV sizes for monitors for taking away my precious vertical resolution.

  5. Re:Interesting person on A Technical Look Inside TempleOS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My understanding is that it's some form of tourette's rather than actual racism.

  6. Interesting person on A Technical Look Inside TempleOS · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This guy hangs out on hackernews, he's... well frankly he's a bit of a religious nut, but he doesn't preach at you or anything (unless you ask). Definitely a work of passion.

  7. The horses left, but keep decorating that barndoor on Apple Music and the Terrible Return of DRM · · Score: 1

    Youtube and keepvid.

  8. It'd have been nice to know on Robots Compete In Navigating Simulation Of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Plant · · Score: 1

    It'd have been nice to know, I would have participated. http://www.robots-everywhere.c... We recently did Battlebots, too.

  9. How do you "take away" encryption? on Tim Cook: "Weakening Encryption Or Taking It Away Harms Good People" · · Score: 1, Troll

    I mean, this is the same guy who wants to effectively "take away" the ability of users to write their own code on their own machines, sure, but how's that even accomplished.

  10. Might make Gamestop a bit more relevant on GameStop Swoops In To Buy ThinkGeek For $140 Million · · Score: 4, Interesting

    haven't been to one since they did a closure sale and I was able to pick up a bunch of Kinects for $20 each. Now if they could also buy Radio Shack...

  11. Re:Obviously on Fuel Free Spacecrafts Using Graphene · · Score: 1

    http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/... It's ghosts! Got to be.

  12. Re:We did this last year on Glowforge is a CNC Laser Cutter, not a 3D Printer (Video) · · Score: 1

    Yep, which is why we stopped talking to them. The design is on my wiki, and I even give you the Digikey part numbers, and a 3d printed jig to help you do the little bit of machining you have to do. :)

  13. Re:We did this last year on Glowforge is a CNC Laser Cutter, not a 3D Printer (Video) · · Score: 1
    It can barely cut tin foil. For doing PCBs, I'm building a different system (which will be a lot cheaper, and is not a milling machine).

    However, it will (very slowly) cut thin copper if it's covered in permanent marker... but at that pioint it's easier to jjust do etch transfer.

  14. Re:We did this last year on Glowforge is a CNC Laser Cutter, not a 3D Printer (Video) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, did so!

  15. We did this last year on Glowforge is a CNC Laser Cutter, not a 3D Printer (Video) · · Score: 4, Informative
    http://igg.me/at/minilaser/

    $200 for the accessory, $900 for the combination tool, if anyone wants it.

    I tried to put this on Slashdot at the time, but failed. :(

  16. But Macs "just work", right? on A Text Message Can Crash An iPhone and Force It To Reboot · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm genuinely confused as to why people keep buying Apple stuff. I can get the same performance for half the price and twice the battery life from a lot of different brands.

  17. Sure, let's make everything tiered on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 4, Funny
  18. Re:only 20 grand? on Baton Bob Receives $20,000 Settlement For Coerced Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Out of karma, but yes, basically this.

  19. Re:The song remains the same on Baton Bob Receives $20,000 Settlement For Coerced Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Or offer to go a few rounds with the bade-wearing perp. Proceeds from the boxing match can go to a charity of his choice.

  20. Re:Pay Settlments from Police Pension Funds on Baton Bob Receives $20,000 Settlement For Coerced Facebook Post · · Score: 0

    Okay, now tell me about the downside.

  21. Re:Sooooo...... on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    It's a great dumb movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  22. Re:Sooooo...... on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 2

    It's a good movie in the sense that Pacific Rim was a good movie. Enjoy being 14 and getting your first beater Vespa again for a couple hours. (If your teenagerhood did not include mopeds and their associate subculture, I am sorry for you)

  23. The IMF should be worried on The Solution To Argentina's Banking Problems Is To Go Cashless · · Score: 1

    once one country gets rid of cash, if it works, it'll avalanche. Goodbye to seignorage.

  24. Re:Straw vegans on Biologists Create Self-Healing Concrete · · Score: 2

    Vegans take more animal lives than non-vegans. Think about insects, small mammals etc. swept up in the harvest.

  25. Looks great for industrial on MenuetOS, an Operating System Written Entirely In Assembly, Hits 1.0 · · Score: 2

    if the timing is that tight, it would allow using secondhand PCs instead of ladder logic controllers.