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    Taming The Energy Use Of Gaming Computers

    Its true, theres almost no ROI on going green other than it slows down the death of the world. It would be nice if other components besides power supplies had better power measurements. One example is a huge power discrpancies between drive controllers, i went through quite a few where...
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    Amazon’s Dash Button Is As Pointless As You’d Thought

    It's probably meant to eventually summon a drone for 1 hour delivery. Chicken and egg i suppose, the button is a lot easier to get to market than the drone. A large scale Pavlov experiment in the making, imagine if they could deliver certain medications in California that way...
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    Alienware 18" Laptop Might Have The Worst Product Announcement Video Ever

    I think there's a distinct lack of manufacturers making higher resolution 18 panels, which is also the reason they dropped the 18 for awhile, since SLI doesn't make any sense. This may mean someone is planning to have higher resolution panels available in volume in the near future, and they're...
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    Alienware 18" Laptop Might Have The Worst Product Announcement Video Ever

    I think my old m18x weighed closer to 16.5 pounds so this is much more luggable, and comfortable in the lap, though I really just ended up leaving it at the inlaw's place because it hurt my back to lug that beast around. I really miss that computer, but last year I couldn't wait and just got a...
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    HAMR HDDs To Debut At 4TB Capacity But Reach 100TB By 2025

    Ah but the worm drives were in cartridges, i wouldn't mind removable 4TB single platter cartridges for my desktop if they ran as fast as HDDs. One for the wife, one for the kids etc. This is probably closer to those Megnetic Optical disks from the mid 2000s. Apply magnetic field, and it only...
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    Google Asked To Remove 18 Pirate Links Every Second

    Maybe we should make a web site where website owners can register their contact information, and when your content is taken down by a false copyright infringement claim, it automatically spams back asking for the content to be reviewed by a human and reinstated, if only to add more fuel to the...
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    The NYC Subway Runs On Technology That Is Nearly 100 Years Old

    It seems like we build our systems out of modules these days, and each component adds a few extra unneeded features, but each has it's own MTBF. It's like switching from a simple 6TB drive to 3x 2TB drives in an proprietary LVM volume set because it's 20% cheaper to source those 2TB drives in...
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    The NYC Subway Runs On Technology That Is Nearly 100 Years Old

    I totally agree, most older gear was designed back when engineering tolerances were huge since they didnt have accurate mtbf and statistical computer models to permit minimal cost manufacturing. Components were expensive so durability actually mattered. Even slightly old circuits with 1mm...
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    Company To Deliver Weed Via Drone

    Well, on the upside, the cartels are hopefully using drones instead of humans these days. The us customs service will probably start requisitioning anti drone lasers from the navy. Walmart will enact anti drone legislation and secretly start jamming amazons drone fleet to protect...
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    People Sleep, Shower, Use Toilet With Their Phones

    I have some waterproof phones, but i also use non waterproof devices in the shower,like a nexus 7 and ipad 3 for a few years now, its no worse than being out in 100% humidity. No issues with any of them, unless you drop them. Good for news, and controlling openhab in the morning. However even...
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    Comcast Charging $300 For 2Gbps Service

    Very tempting. I'm paying about half that for 150/20, and really all I want is more upstream, even 100 down is plenty. But comcast doesn't offer more than 20 up without making the big jump.
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    Robot Kills Man At Volkswagen Plant

    They actually kept that robot in a cage, we must assume that wasn't done because of its gentle and kind nature.
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    Scientists Grow Breasts In Petri Dishes

    Well the reason they want to grow these in a plate is that they can test the results of this research since human experimentation had been mostly illegal for 70 years and even animal testing us getting some bad press. So many medical theories these days are only tested via statistical analysis...
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    Kitchen Table Uses No Electricity to Regulate Room Temperature

    Not a bad idea, i need a company that focuses on 3d printing of thermal management technologies for the computer and consumer entertainment industries. So i can write off all my hobbies as startup research expenses, yeah!
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    Kitchen Table Uses No Electricity to Regulate Room Temperature

    Its not bad, i did a calculation on the amount of energy stored per kilo of paraffin undergoing phase change and its viable. With a 71 degree transition point they don't need huge temperature swings to make a difference, the wax will melt anytime there is net energy increase in the room above...
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