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I very recently saw this building for the first time from the hills overlooking Vienna. I didn't know what it was but thought an interesting looking building that fit in with the relatively progressive feel of the city.

Maybe that's what modern buildings are lacking? Are we to surmise that architecture is dead if the proposed positive effects of architecture are better accomplished with decoration? The issue with architecture (edit: as practiced) is the resulting abundance of boring, dull or plain ugly buildings. If all it takes is some decoration, away we go, problem solved.

Any interest in one with programming language and musical, car, computer, phone, tipple, OS preferences?

Just added wired.com to my ad blacklist.

Is it a little strange that computer science types aren't leading the way in this sort of thing?

It's more prevalent than you would expect. People pay for cable and magazines. People even pay to become walking ads when they buy brand name clothing.

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weeks away from forever?

It's difficult to discover new music on SC outside of what's currently popular. Maybe it's there somewhere but I find the UI frustrating.

Think the work explode is overused. It just reminds me of lemmings (the game).

Could do with a link to comments.

Will this keep a cache of all files I listen to, essentially building up my local music library as I listen?

How is incorrect meta-data handled?

The key flaw is the humans!

I hadn't heard of DSC before and wish it was available in Europe. Would be interested to know how much of a streisand effect they are experiencing. And given the season that's in it, a year's subscription to this would make a handy gift.

You can redirect dns names to localhost in your hosts file. Super simple.

How intuitive a language or API is is somewhat subjective. I get the feeling there are diminishing productivity returns from the latest 're-organisation' of a language or API structure. Is this work simply pandering to peoples ever changing preferences?

Tickling aside, anything that removes humans from the process looks good to me.

Very interested to see how accurate this is in practice. Could really help cut down the google -> stack overflow -> copy -> paste round trip time.

This is already in effect as the top comment on HN usually ends up being the tldr, and the creator gets the karma.

It's gotten to the stage where I just read the comments first.

Maybe people shouldn't rely on it so much but I don't think the service is good enough for safe travel. Seems all that's changed is that it is now dominant. My perception of quality hasn't changed since the 'laughing stock' news hype when released.

There's a lot of pretty big "if"s in this comment. Good example of the line of thinking discussed in the article.

If space debris can be detected and tracked, a fleet of garbage collector/deflector bots could clean the path in front of functioning satellites.

Though a giant block of expanding foam might be cheaper.

I block ads because I don't like the idea of ads. I'm tired of the constant attempts to persuade me this way or that. I want my attention span back. Plus, the vast majority of content on the web just isn't worth putting up with ads for. I don't even read the content any more, the comments are much more informative and entertaining. ;)

I'd be fine with reviews being openly attributed to the author. Authors reviews could be counted as contributions. Also, it might improve review quality.

Is there a script to check for these pitfalls? (And offer example solutions?)

Has anyone forked bash to remove or fix these pitfalls, while maintaining maximum "bashness"?

edit: http://www.shellcheck.net/

There are a few companies offering designs with only a single larger wheel which should be a bit better still on rough ground. What could be neat is if they could fit all electronics inside the wheel itself.

http://www.amazon.com/X3-Upgrade-Balance-Electric-Unicycle/d...