italophil

Half-Life just had its 25th anniversary. It’s crazy to think there were only 5 years between those two titles.

Deutsche Boerse tried to buy LSE for years, but the EU blocked it in 2017. I fail to see how this deal would be any better; financial markets are global so why does it matter where the acquirer sits.

In Germany Ordnungshaft (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnungsmittel) is the measure for refusing to testify. It is strongly regulated and can't extend longer than 6 weeks without going to a higher court.

Erzwingungshaft is incarceration for failure to pay fines or penalties.

Retroreflective road signs get close to 100% light returned and are a problem for most LIDARs because they blind the sensor. Some companies are working on car paint with higher visibility for LIDAR systems (https://automotive.basf.com/news/read/improve-lidar-detectio...) but that seems the wrong approach to me. The LIDAR needs to work with legacy infrastructure and nature.

Does he mean full-autonomy as in: "enter a destination and be done with it"? That would be an amazing jump forward from the current system.

I am curious what that means for fantasy sports companies like DraftKings that ran into issues with gambling laws in the past.

I believe they licensed the mycelium technology from a NY based startup called Ecovative, that has been shopping it around for furniture for some time.

I read about that service somewhere, they basically cut the boat in half to replace the engines and then welded it back together.

There have been several Chromebooks (Pixel, Samsung Pro / Plus) with great 4:3 displays.

Too bad they didn't bring the 4:3 aspect ratio of the T60/61 back.

It might not be your skin, but your skin care products. Some contain aluminium oxide or magnesium oxide. Both of these can oxide tungsten.

Based on that definition the nuclear powered aircraft carriers would the biggest electric vehicle.

I see the Medium post titled 'Your logo is copied', which is a better description.

'Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders both want big tech treated as, in Bannon’s words in Hong Kong this week, “public utilities.”'

This is bizarre to me. Especially considering that ISP are not considered "public utilities" and net neutrality might be revoked.

Both the B250e and i3 are electric as well. The B250e actually uses a motor from Tesla.

In Germany the president is limited to two 5 year terms. Neither the president nor the chancellor are not elected directly, but by a majority of the members of parliament. This majority can shift during one election period if coalitions change. This could also lead to a new chancellor without a new election.

Volvo was owned by Ford. GM owned Saab.

This looks like a death trap. Take out the engine that makes the front stable, as well as dashboard and airbags and put hundreds of pounds of batteries right behind the driver.

That they might need to liquidate wihtin 12 month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_concern

There is a link in the second sentence. The rest of the article after that is basically just repeating recent issues around Uber. Guess they need to fill the space.

Too bad the OEMs don't keep up. Only 2% of devices have Android 7 (N). http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-distribution-new...

That doesn't make it much better. I thought about white board makers.

Do you have more information on that? I assumed the keel was for balancing the torque that the forces on the sail generate so one doesn't capsize. In land sailing or ice yachting you don't have two medium with different densities and still achieve forward movement using a sail.

Do you have any of their cheap ($10/month) instances? I follow them for some time and the cheapest ones are always out of stock.

It might seem outdated but still in use today. When entering a new country you still need to fly the Q (yellow) flag till you cleared customs / immigration.

tvOS and watchOS

This sounds like the equivalent to the TSA approved locks for luggage. Just decoration and no real protection at all.

Not very long before they get NSA data, Obama just took the first step: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/politics/obama-administ...

The article states that the vast majority of the Amazon employees works in the fulfillment centers. And yet they compare Amazon to Microsoft and Facebook. A retail giant like Walmart (1.4m employees in the US) or Target (370k employees in the US) would be a better comp in my opinion.

I wonder if this was a move by the company, or the departing board members. Perhaps they don't want to have their names associated with the current situation.