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You should really go see interstellar, I saw it last night and it is probably the closest thing to a 3hr version of that short video that exists. They are both really fantastic films. I would also add that interstellar is worth seeing in IMAX if you can.

Perhaps he means that religions have played an important role over many centuries across many cultures and billions of people. You can argue that religion has been used in good and bad ways but one thing I think is hard to deny is that peoples spiritual beleifs have shaped societies and what social norms prevail.

The pro religion group could argue religion has had a civilizing effect on a species (homo-sapiens) that has compelled us collectivly to higher levels then our instinctual animal predecessors. The collective beleif in a set of shared moral values holds communities and societies together.

The anti religion group could argue that great atrocities have been justified in the name of religion. This group often argues that we should be basing our collective beleifs on science rather then religions. (Edit: I don't beleive there are any examples yet of a large society being held together by a common beleif in science. The efforts to come up with a set of policies around global warming might be the closest thing I can think of and we all know how well that is going, not very well unfortunatly.)

By my estimation the human condition and the struggles we all face leave lots of room for different view points.

If every state stood up and passed bills like this the NSA couldnt have giant data centers in this country.

Project Creator here. Happy to answer anyones questions on this project. I will be around for the next couple of hours.

In the air you have an entire 3rd dimension to play with. You can get far more density of vehicles per route. You can fly in a band lower then commercial air vehicles 300-1000 ft has hardly any vehicles flying. The self driving car always strikes me as a faster horse solution.

There were actually a bunch of vehicles designed for the army in the 1950s that were just to complicated for human pilots... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_VZ-8_Airgeep

It seems to me we have a better chance of seeing low flying autonomous vehicles for personal transportation before we see self driving cars (think quad coptor drone style vehicle with 500 lb payload capability). Autopilot systems are already widely used in commercial air vehicles.

Fewer obstacles need to be accounted for in the air and there is less in grained regulation. It feels like we are going to leapfrog the car all together. I would love to see a detailed analysis that compares these two approaches.

We have a factory in San Francisco which is where we will make and ship these kits from.

Thank you, I appreciate the support. We are lucky enough to have our own factory here in San Francisco so can hop on oppurtunities like these quickly, one of the benefits of DIY manufacturing.

You can order one here...

http://www.dodocase.com/products/google-cardboard-vr-goggle-...

(full disclaimer, this is my company, we make and ship lots of stuff so this will get delivered, unlike some kickstarter projects)

Done... http://www.dodocase.com/products/google-cardboard-vr-goggle-...

I thought people here might be interested in the precut Google Carboard kit we have for sale, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7947715

sorry, nothing we can really do about that unless we get a ton of orders from australia and stock a wearhouse there.

Thanks for the heads up on this.

Most likely we will use a laser cutter but if we get enough orders we will have them diecut.

Also a cutting plotter would dull very quickly cutting through corrugated so edges would not be as clean.

yeah, sorry about that. international shipping is pretty difficult. Let me look into it and see if we can adjust that.

sorry we were just messing around with trying to fix the product description thing. Try going back to product page and adding to cart again and it should work.

dwild, we will cut exactly from the same patterns Google provided. All parts will be equal or better in quality.

I can appreciate the eagerness to get everything instantly. However I hope you can appreciate that physically cutting and shipping lots of stuff that was only announced to the world 12 hours ago takes time. I wish hardware was as easy as pushing something to Git hub but unfortunatly it is not.

You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.

working on that, I think we should be able to deliver faster I just don't want to dissapoint anyone.

Also just added unofficial to the title of the post to avoid any confusion.

All of that copy in my comment is suppose to be displayed on the product page but Shopify seems to be broken at the moment. We are not trying to mislead anyone.

Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.

Happy to answer any questions people have on the kit, our product page seems to be hiding the description so here are some more details.

We did the math and it costs over $45 to order all those bits and pieces Google suggested, and that doesn't even include shipping from 4 different vendors.

We are gathering all the pieces you will need to assemble your own Google cardboard VR goggle (minus the smartphone). We precut the cardboard and you should be able to assemble all the pieces in under 5 minutes. Easy Peezy. Get cracking and place your order.

Here is what comes in your kit.. - Precut cardboard - Lenses - Magnet - Velcro - Rubberband - upgrade for optional NFC tag (not included in base kit)

estimated delivery 4-6 weeks

I wonder what the chances of labor coordinating and everyone deciding collectively to take the offer at the same time? That would put Amazon in a tough spot and allow labor to negotiate a better deal. Amazon must be very confident that won't happen.

Maybe this type of program says more about the weak state of organized labor in the US then it does about breeding a healthy and good company culture. There seems to be something you can read in between the lines with this.

I think you are likely correct on the cost. I would honestly like to know what the most cost effective way is to save a life. My guess would be vaccines in 3rd world.

There is something that still bothers me about laws like these. A very vocal minority drives the cost up for everyone, while the effectiveness of the law is questionable. It is of course a tragedy when a young person is killed in an accident but is this really a good use of the government and law? People need to be careful when they are operating a car. Also who is going to argue against saving a toddlers life? That is probably a poor political move. This just seems like another sign of how weak willed our political system is at standing up for what is in the interest of the general public and not a vocal minority.

According to Wikipedia there are approximately 254 million passenger vehicles in the USA. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_vehicles_in_the_Uni...

Also there are approximately 15 million new cars sold per year.

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1567645#bmb=1

At a cost of ~$100 per vehicle for these cameras that means to get the entire passenger fleet compliment with this law will cost 25.4 billion dollars and 1.5 billion per year in additional costs. The article states that they estimate 58-69 lives per year to be saved, round that up to 70. 70/1.5 billion and we are spending over $21.4 million per life saved. That seems absolute crazy to me. How many lives could be saved with that amount of money spent in a more efficent way?

You might be interested in this startup that helps people track the status of legislation from state to state...

http://www.billtrack50.com/

I have no affiliation with the service, just learned about it this weekend but it seems relevant to understanding and tracking the process of law making.

Not to be snarky but havnt hostels provided this in the past? When I graduated highschool I traveled around Europe and stayed in hostels for less than $20 per night. Far cheaper then typical airbnb rates.

Instead of shutting down these guys should contact this company...

https://laundrylocker.com/

and see if they can sell/partner with them.

Also as a side note I just started reading (yesterday) "LL Bean: The Making of an American Icon" by Leon Gorman grandson of LL Bean and former president of the company. It is a fascinating read on the ups and downs of a 100 year 4th generation family run business. It sounds like something you might find relevant to your business.