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universaltest··on Ask HN: My free app has gone slighty viral – looking for ideas to monetize it
Demographic indeed is a useful piece of information on your monetizing model. Good to know.
universaltest··on This machine catches stingrays: Pwnie Express demos cellular threat detector
I kind of wish we would just use a more secure cellular protocol to begin with. And I know that's a lot to ask for, but can't we just have nice things?
universaltest··on Japan to open first hotel entirely operated by robots
I have seen a competition in Japan where the robot can recognize successfully what kind of drink is requested and bring it to guest . I feel optimistic about this concept.
universaltest··on How the New York Times keeps tragedies ad-free
> it’s almost an acknowledgement that ads are invasive and uncomfortable. They cross over into the intolerable range when we’re emotionally vulnerable from a tragic story.

Is it really this, or is it that advertisers don't want their brand associated with negativity in general?

How they're doing it is interesting, but I think the analysis is weird.

universaltest··on Carbon3D – 3D Printing via Continuous Liquid Interface Production
Thanks for clearing that up. I was going to ask how this differs from the form 1 which, at first glance, seemed like the same concept.

Is the oxygen permeability what keeps the printed object from adhering to the membrane?

universaltest··on "Yosemite": the first open source modular chassis for high-powered microservers
Have we really run out of new names for things already?
universaltest··on How We Learned to Kill
While I agree that the President is not really able to shake things up any more than his political allies will allow, the quoted statement does beg the question: Who is handing out the orders?

Who is it that we blame for putting soldiers in a position to kill innocents for reasons of such dubious morality?