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torstesu··on How to Expose Yourself to Randomness
I love randomness. Breaking out of the pattern and being impulsive is how 90 % of the fun stuff in my life happens.

The rule is: If you see something interesting, perhaps a group of people you would like to talk or engage with, give your self at most 3 seconds to take action or else; don't do it.

Why 3 seconds? If you spend more time, you will start considering the consequences inhibiting yourself -- your freudian conscious guard is activited.

torstesu··on Photoblurr: Not a video. Definitely not a slideshow.
IMO Animoto.com does a better job.
torstesu··on Is there a non-coders Hacker News website?
Check out www.forlue.com --a replica of HN, only but the green theme an non-hacker focus.
torstesu··on A pulse no longer necessary for life
Fascinating. Similar experiments, but in a bit more disturbing and somewhat cruel setting, was carried out by Russian scientist in the 1940's.

Please be aware that the link provided contains a video which is disturbing to the public in general and pet owners in particular.

http://www.archive.org/details/Experime1940

torstesu··on Standing in the beam line of a neutrino detector
Indeed. The detector, or receiver, I imagine would have to detect variations in the density of neutrons. Given a large enough density range, one could assign different ranges to different integers. Still a technical issue disclaimer attached.
torstesu··on Standing in the beam line of a neutrino detector
All technical issues set a part, beams of neutrinos sounds like an excellent way to transmit information. A beam travelling at the speed of light, trough matter - without any interaction or distortion when passing trough.

Goodbye satellites and fiber-optic cables, we can now transmit ones and zeroes straight trough mother earth.

torstesu··on Intuitive explication of Fourier Transformation
I love the idea that a man can sit down behind his desk, think for days, weeks, months, years or even decades and come up with something which is so abstract and beautiful explaining natural phenomenons with simple mathematical formulas.

It takes some serious entrepreneurial skills and mindset to embark on a problem which is seemingly impossible, and never giving up until the solution has been derived.

Inspirational, to say the least!

torstesu··on Site replicates effects of psychedelic drugs
Funny thing. Site supports it's claims by referencing 3 articles, whilst there are 10^2 articles claiming the opposite. Good old TV-shop marketing trick.
torstesu··on How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?
It would have been really interesting to see if power naps had any effect on the performance of the subjects that were deprived of sleep.

My personal experience is that 15 minutes in the horizontal position improves my awareness and performance. An additional hack is to drink an espresso the moment before you take your power nap - the effect of the caffeine will kick in in about 15 minutes after consumption.

torstesu··on SMS from Chrome, fully sync'd with your Android phone
With the suggested combination, it is just as easy. When you receive a SMS, it will be notified on the desktop as any other IM you receive. Simply typing your response in the text input, will reply to the last received SMS.

I really like the UI of texty, e.g. threaded conversations. That is, as far as i know, not possible with GTalkSMS.

Overall, any seamless interaction with my phone from my desktop is greatly appreciated.

torstesu··on SMS from Chrome, fully sync'd with your Android phone
This service, along with other interactive features, can be realized trough GTalkSMS, a jabber account and an IM client e.g. Pidgin.

I've used this combination for some time, and been quite satisfied with it. The only issue I've had, is that the GTalkSMS app steals alot of resources while running on my android phone. I hope this is not the case with Texty.

http://code.google.com/p/gtalksms/ http://www.jabber.org/ http://www.pidgin.im/

torstesu··on Photo tour of Facebook’s new datacenter
How can this be more energy efficient than systems using cold ocean water to dump the heat surplus? E.g. The datacenters in iceland, where Opera has its datacenters. Would love some more details.
torstesu··on Why the password "this is fun" is 10 times more secure than "J4fS!2"
1. Construct a complex password key with a minimum length of 8 characters, e.g -Kr/2.pq4

2. Make an algorithm based on the URL. E.g. news.ycombinator.com a) Take the last 4 characters in the URL, excluded the domain suffix: ator b) Shuffle the letters based on your algorithm: orat

3. Combine the password key and the output of your algorithm: orat-Kr/2.pq4

4. Always enjoy individual, secure and easy to remember passwords for any services.

The algorithm you use can be more complex, e.g. adding characters in between, but the basic idea should be explained.

torstesu··on Recipe: Easy to remember, service specific and secure passwords
True! Personally, i prefer remembering them by heart as i often need to access services from different devices, e.g. my smartphone. But for users not in the need of mobility, Password Gorilla will suffice.
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