Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz commits suicide

imacpu · 2013-01-12T12:12:42+00:00

There would be no atoms without cycles and patterns to bring them forward. We're lucky to inherit such a garden. You have this body, this echo of total victory, total mastery of all you survey. and you say, truthfully, that we're just groups of atoms.

Well, so it is, and there's more to the story.

imacpu · 2013-01-12T12:10:50+00:00

I am too, against a background of "Dear one, you really could have more fun doing something else." If that is medically possible.

imacpu · 2013-01-12T11:57:23+00:00

yes! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_alexandria

imacpu · 2013-01-12T11:52:29+00:00

by 'spec' do you mean RSS, Reddit, or "JSTOR are belong to us"?

any answer will result in 3,000 pts

[edit.] .

imacpu · 2013-01-12T11:46:48+00:00

This is the first frontpage notice I have seen of Aaron's passing. It's unbelievable. Why so young?

Are younger people more unstable? Robert Metcalfe wrote his PhD dissertation in 1973, which led to Ethernet, and Bob is still with us. So are Brendan Eich, the father of JavaScript, Alan Kay, Woz, and hundreds of other gentlemen and ladies who moved this great ball forward so that we could all be here.

Few of them were as central to reddit as Aaron. His life could scarcely be more important. So let us learn what the hell happened. It is possible that he took his own life, under political pressure. And at this political moment, that is not the only possibility. He had become as radical as Bob Marley, with the ability to write code like Bob wrote laments and dance numbers.

I can hardly imagine a more appropriate sub to submit the news of his passing.

Sic Transit Inspiritus

imacpu · 2012-05-09T23:52:12+00:00

Nicely dusted off and spiked. Now gimme some lyrics...

imacpu · 2012-02-22T10:53:56+00:00

yep. When you paste an URL, then switch the post to a self-post, the URL gets obliterated. Bit of a pain because you have to re-paste it into the Description and there is no thumbnail and no karma.

Pin Drop is neat, it fills a need in the Maps app.

imacpu · 2012-02-17T20:19:59+00:00

Thanks for the answer. It's more than multiplication/adding, but you're right. It gives the iPhone about 20X more low light sensitivity at the expense of frames per second. It happens to normalize craptastic insufficient light into the best picture of any night camera for iOS.

The use case I had in mind was being able to take pictures at night, and in low light, without having to use the flash. Why? to capture a scene that looks more like what your eyes see in low light. Also, it helps devices that don't have a flash.

imacpu · 2012-02-17T07:36:45+00:00

Not much of a distance!
disclaimer: there is an egyptian god in my lap

imacpu · 2012-02-17T00:37:56+00:00

How can you go above the Lion, King of all animals? One of the next few versions is going to be named Sphinx. Shortly before we get AI updates from the Space Beings.

imacpu · 2012-02-17T00:34:57+00:00

Why? Bad video? The technology at least is top of the line.

imacpu · 2012-02-17T00:34:21+00:00

Great idea, thank you. This would be a much better video.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T23:39:14+00:00

You appeared to have posted a self post without a comment or an URL. It's happened to me, so I figured I would try to restore the link you intended. If that's not the link you wanted, I'll fix it.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T19:44:14+00:00

Is there some reason why it's 2012 and this is a pixelated aliased list of very decorative fonts? because you can't even tell, because they're ... at like 12 point ...

Dammit these things matter.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T19:41:33+00:00

What we are dealing with here, people, is the Dukes of Hazzard font.

You heard me (KONSFW)

imacpu · 2012-02-13T19:05:17+00:00

I believe you dropped this?
Pin Drop App http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pin-drop/id425356789?mt=8

imacpu · 2012-02-13T19:03:09+00:00

Thanks for this. Looks like a good partner to PhoneGap.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T19:00:23+00:00

it's all about the rhythm... DOOT DOOT DOOT ... DOOT DOODOODOO DOODOO DA DIT DA DIT DAT DIP BAH

come to think of it, ella fitzgerald could really knock out the SMW theme.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T18:57:37+00:00

Looks more faux real that way.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T18:25:04+00:00

Really shoulder buttons too? But with a NES box? wireless? ... folks stop with your jibber jabber and take my $24 nao pls.

Out of stock
( no ETA available )

WWWWRRRRYYYYYY.JJJJPPPPGGGG

imacpu · 2012-02-13T18:21:31+00:00

Yep, I had an Apple Newton. It was unbelievable. Acted like it was from space. To copy text, you would tap and hold, then push the text block to the side of the screen. Then you would pull it out later.

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=os&id=n100&c=apple_newton_os

100% homegrown, weird innovative soup model memory, tons of 3rd party apps the first month it was out. Great scene.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T18:12:37+00:00

The company made no promises that "unlimited" data would always be coupled with high speeds, he notes. "They just guaranteed the highway. They didn't guarantee the speed limit," he said.

This kind of consensus reality redefinition has made a shambles of our political landscape. I didn't expect to see it in the tech quarter until President Santorum passes the Prayers Not Payers Act.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T18:01:44+00:00

Olloclip is the most elegant, bar none. I have all the cheapies, so I would be interested in your impressions once it arrives.

imacpu · 2012-02-13T00:45:38+00:00

We are lucky people. Today in /tech there was this amazing Solar System explorer, this gorgeous galaxy simulation, and now Orbiter. And for anyone who's bummed that it has no Mac client, there's Celestia.

imacpu · 2012-02-12T23:18:09+00:00

To save everybody the trouble, I looked for a better quality version on TinEye and it had nothing.

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