brownBananas

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Comment · 11 years ago

The stylesheets aren't loading for me. Let me know where I can send you information to help you reproduce this.

Comment · 12 years ago

Looks good! It would be nice to get more information about the OpenSpatial framework.

Comment · 12 years ago

Agreed. Especially since University of Waterloo seems to be churning out more talent than ever.

A little more info for those interested:

University of Waterloo has the generic Computer Science program as part of the Math faculty, as well as an another Software Engineering program as a joint program between the Math and Engineering faculties. Both programs offer co-op all year around. For more information, check out: https://uwaterloo.ca/jobmine/employers

Comment · 13 years ago

Hold on a second, what happens when some birds, winds, or malicious citizens damage the drones? Does Amazon keep sending new ones?

How do the drones deliver to apartment buildings or any address that does not have a lawn?

Would return service work the same way?

I love the product, but a little disappointed by the limited FAQ section.

Comment · 13 years ago

+1 for conference rooms. Need more demos of what else can be done with this! Signed up for now to get more updates.

Comment · 13 years ago

Comment · 13 years ago

No, I don't think it's backwards thinking to me, but I do agree with you. People loving hacking because it's a fun thing to do. And most of the times, building a business isn't even the point of it all.

The problem I have with this article and your comment, is the generalization of the term "hackers". Is anyone that codes in their free time, a "hacker"? Is a software engineer that works full time at a company, a "hacker"? What about UI designers that write CSS? What about business guys who throw something together in HTML and jQuery? Are they hackers as well? Different people have different goals for what they are building or hacking on. I really don't understand how we are still throwing such vague terms around like we all fit in this one category of people, and we all want to achieve the same things.

Comment · 13 years ago

> Back in May 2013, the German-French team of Fraunhofer ISE, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center Berlin had already announced a solar cell with 43.6% efficiency.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-world-solar-cell-efficiency.htm...

Comment · 13 years ago

Probably just a benchmark. Goal # 1: "At least get half the way there".

Comment · 13 years ago

Is the composition of this one solar cell from 4 subcells of any significance? Is it just 4 for a reason?

Comment · 13 years ago

http://sivers.org/zipit

Also a TED Talk by the same guy: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...

Comment · 13 years ago

Nice logo animation, the site looks great, but I have trouble figuring out why I would want to edit just a few files via a web browser.

Read-ony makes sense, and something like Cloud9 makes sense. But just editing a few files? You might have to help me out here. Genuinely requesting.

Comment · 13 years ago

Good stuff! I personally don't have a use for it, but I think other's need to see this.

If anyone is looking for a front-end job, look in the right place. Look in the source.

Comment · 13 years ago

People declaring their cynicism about humanity (or trite variations like "faith restored") make me cynical about humanity.

This is very intriguing. Although I have some idea of what you mean, I would love it if you could elaborate on this.

Comment · 13 years ago

Seamless in which sense? Across different devices, mail services, accounts, etc?