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johnm1019

723 karma · joined February 13, 2014

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johnm1019··on List of April Fools' Day Announcements
Prysm announces headband control for collaborative display walls

https://vimeo.com/123800794

johnm1019··on The New Messenger App from Google
As someone who does not have unlimited SMS and also communicates with many international phone numbers, this is a step backwards. The unification of hangouts and SMS allowed me to control which medium my messages took, which saves me a lot of money and allows me to stay in touch wherever I am in the world. Before, I had to straddle two apps to make this happen. With Hangouts, it's all one interface and conversation threads are combined.
johnm1019··on “You will not be arrested for using drugs”
Bravo to the Dutch authorities for using public information and a focus on public health to try and keep the public, and tourists, safe. I like this approach a lot more than throwing everyone in jail.

TLDR; Sign says tainted cocaine is on the streets, call for help you won't be arrested if you need it.

johnm1019··on Electricity-free air conditioning
I think with a material like this you would use both. Based on the article, it sounds like this material has a fixed cooling effect for a given temperature and incident radiation flux. So if you want to maintain 75F in a building and outside it's 110F -- this material would reduce the cooling effort to the same as a normally insulated building where it's only 100F outside. A substantial energy savings. (I made up the 10F cooling effect, pick your favorite constant)
johnm1019··on VR Coaster: The Discoveries we made
Hopefully these guys will soon be picked up by a ride development company or integrated into Disney so we can see this on a real ride very soon! This is great work!
johnm1019··on Microsoft Xim
This is a surprisingly simple idea which I'm surprised nobody else did first. Neat idea. +1 on you guys for making it so only one person needs the app too!
johnm1019··on The amazing progress of LEDs
I'm a bit disappointed they didn't include a legend on the giant chart they put in the middle of the page.
johnm1019··on A Driving School in France Hits a Wall of Regulations
Definitely more than 2. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/graduatedlicenseintro
johnm1019··on Announcing Calibre 2.0
upvote for describing a UI experience as "a jet-powered unicycle ride to Crazytown"
johnm1019··on Meep – Free simulation software to model electromagnetic systems
So could this (would this?) be used to simulate antenna design?
johnm1019··on Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone
No one hides from google http://www.haaretz.com/business/economy-finance/1.574805
johnm1019··on Hexo+: Autonomous Aerial Camera
This seems like a really cool product if you're above the treeline or on the ocean. Otherwise, I'd worry about not having enough tree and lightpost -disposable go-pros.
johnm1019··on Show HN: I built this notifying device – electronics, code, design, marketing
As an outsider to the space, your comment makes it sound like ZigBee is never a good option. Is this so? Is there a 'target market' for ZigBee?
johnm1019··on Opera is really nice.
Like Chrome? https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/data-compre...
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