Hacker News: bioweek

New comment by bioweek in "Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review"

bioweek — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:56:38 +0000

So prepaid works? They allow it? Also are there any issues with keeping my AT&T phone number with the prepaid plan?

New comment by bioweek in "Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit"

bioweek — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:50:37 +0000

I could do that. I was really hoping there would be something off the shelf I could use (even if I have to install it on a server.)

New comment by bioweek in "Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit"

bioweek — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:20:14 +0000

That would almost work but I'd need a way for the parents to view the spreadsheet without exposing it to the internet or requiring them to have gmail accounts.

Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

bioweek — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:59:33 +0000

So my wife is coaching a team, and she wants a way for the parents to all post their contact information somewhere online where only her and other parents of the team can see it.

What's the best method to accomplish this?

(I thought a google spreadsheet might work, but not everyone has a gmail account, and if I make it public I wouldn't want to take the chance of exposing everyone's contact info to the internet.)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1743687

Points: 1

# Comments: 4

New comment by bioweek in "Woz says there's an acceleration problem with his Toyota Prius"

bioweek — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:30:03 +0000

So the answer is learning software!

New comment by bioweek in "Steve Yegge's predictions from 2004"

bioweek — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:54:40 +0000

It sucks he didn't put a date on that post. Kind of an egregious oversite, right.

New comment by bioweek in "Fusion energy hurdle swept aside"

bioweek — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:07:31 +0000

A nuclear reactor uses fission. My idea uses fusion triggered by fission (look up how hydrogen bombs work). Fusion is much more efficient that fission which is why my idea has merit.

New comment by bioweek in "Fusion energy hurdle swept aside"

bioweek — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:27:12 +0000

I've always wondered why we can't just blow up hydrogen bombs in a giant underground chamber and extract energy from the heat produced.

New comment by bioweek in "Roasting coffee beans with Python, a bread maker, and a heat gun"

bioweek — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:22:50 +0000

Hook up a smoke detector to turn off the roaster. If smoke doesn't clear in 1 minute, have it shoot off a fire extinguisher. Problem solved.

New comment by bioweek in "Tell HN: I'll work for you for free this summer"

bioweek — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:29:00 +0000

So dumb question. How do you make money doing that? Is it that software companies want their security tested so they hire you? (I wouldn't think most companies would be so proactive.)

New comment by bioweek in "Roasting coffee beans with Python, a bread maker, and a heat gun"

bioweek — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:55:25 +0000

Ok now that it's hooked up to a computer, how about using a genetic algorithm to find the perfect roasting settings? (As a bonus it could evolve over time to match your gradually changing tastes.)

New comment by bioweek in "Tell HN: I'll work for you for free this summer"

bioweek — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:46:53 +0000

I just finished reading "Gray Hat Python". It was pretty interesting talking about fuzzers, and injection stuff. Is that what you guys do?

New comment by bioweek in "14 Megapixel, Six Monitor Ubuntu Karmic Setup "

bioweek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:45:15 +0000

Do a blog post about this. I think it's a question everyone has had at some point. How much of the bezel is really neccessary? Can it be removed DIY?

New comment by bioweek in "Ask HN: Why is there no stylus with the iPad?"

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:45:04 +0000

So you could make a thin stylus if you put a charge on it? I guess otherwise using a conductor it would have to be the size of your finger.

Might be a good idea for a third party product?

New comment by bioweek in "The iPad Big Picture"

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:49:09 +0000

sign with your finger? That's probably harder than signing with a mouse.

New comment by bioweek in "The iPad Big Picture"

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:47:40 +0000

Counterpoint: my mac stopped seeing my iPhone. There was no advice on the internet on how to fix it. I'm completely lost at what to do. I can't upgrade the phone's software, and can't load new songs, I can't backup my phone :-(

Ask HN: Why is there no stylus with the iPad?

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:43:12 +0000

Shouldn't any tablet have handwriting recognition, or at least let you make freehand notes and drawings? I think that would be really useful to me, or to edit photos by drawing on them, etc.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1083734

Points: 3

# Comments: 6

New comment by bioweek in "Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction"

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:35:00 +0000

Could I train a robotic hand to catch a ball with this? What would be involved?

New comment by bioweek in "Panopticlick"

bioweek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:52:36 +0000

Does my browser send all of that stuff on every HTTP request? It seems wasteful.

New comment by bioweek in "Ask HN: Cases where software patents have prevented progress?"

bioweek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:41:21 +0000

Were there patents on compression algorithms? Are there any weird things Linux has to do to work around patents?