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simbas··on VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part of Ford alliance
They do?
simbas··on The US Is Now in the Longest Bull Market in American History
something something list
simbas··on Did Qatar pay a billion dollar ransom?
saudis?
simbas··on Boom in American Liquified Natural Gas Is Shaking Up the Energy World
No. It is not practical to liquify by compression. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgtSoEJD9HE

It seems it's hard to liquify by pressurisation.

simbas··on Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
Man, I use these SMART boards at work (teacher) and is it just me or the software sucks (especially the usb dongle with the software in it)
simbas··on Seriously, we don’t need smartphone-controlled candles
I wish you need to be on the local access point to light it, because it would be a nice way to remotely set fire.
simbas··on Bringing Nixie tubes back to life
GPS/Glonass satellites are (by simplification) only orbital atomic clocks with a radio transmitter.
simbas··on Super-hard metal 'four times tougher than titanium'
Plastics aren't hard, as are ceramics, metals and other cristalling structure, because you can scratch/penetrate it.

Check this out for a quick comparaison about toughness: elongation of polymers is pretty easy. http://images.slideplayer.com/32/9819762/slides/slide_7.jpg

For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_materials_properties#M...

simbas··on CueCat
no but you can take a picture of that map
simbas··on OnHub
This seems to show that they will launch the device in Canada (en_ca, fr_ca)
simbas··on Point – A smart house sitter
does that detect "any" kind of smoke?
simbas··on The story of pro wrestling is the story of American capitalism
There is this interesting movie from Québec filmmaker Pierre Falardeau about wrestling in french-canadian society

http://www.vitheque.com/Fichetitre/tabid/190/language/fr-CA/...

simbas··on Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy Protection
It was all orchestrated by GPU vendors and electric utility companies...
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