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P90X is a bunch of BS. It's basically HIIT that feeds on people's ignorance by referring to pseudo-scientific stuff like "shocking the muscles".

What I meant above is that currently it's perceived as a hobbyist device. It's not a necessity, or even something that improves one's efficiency and quality of life (like the computer is/was). I might…

3D printers are still several years away from regular consumers.

Far superior user experience and a safe, consistent ecosystem that has a ton of content. I want to like Android. I really do. I have tried several Android devices over the past couple of years, includ…

Most of the reasons you listed are either wrong, or easily addressed. 2. People who get in shape are more likely to want to participate in sports and activities that require being in good shape. 3. Re…

I've been involved in fitness for nearly ten years, mostly as an amateur bodybuilder/powerlifter, and have spoken to (and tried to help, mostly in vain) hundreds of people about the subject. It was on…

P.S. If anything, this demonstrates that Samsung has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the iPhone is successful.

This totally makes me want to throw away my iPhone and get a Galaxy S3. Not.

Are they actually under attack, or is this yet another nutjob throwing around empty threats?

I get the statistics, but I think CNN is drawing the wrong conclusion. Even if all cars are automated by 2040, they will almost certainly be required to have a manual override option, which will almos…

It's funny you mention the guidelines, because they also list this one: Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them.

I admit I haven't been following the drama that Mayer has been creating in her wake, but if she really quit Google with only a 30 minute notice, this strongly indicates that she really didn't like the…

I swear, every time I read nonsense like this, I want to slap the person who wrote it. Apple did not patent the rounded rectangle. Rather, the rounded rectangle was a small part of what's called the…

In other words, YOLO?

Yeah, pretty much. I'm actually amazed that so many people (nessus included - as he seems to be the most vocal poster on this thread) do not know this.

That's great if you're marrying a woman who is a scientist. Everyone else will just roll their eyes, unfortunately.

>>You are not correct. If anything with information travels faster than the speed of light, then there are frames of reference in which that information arrived at the destination before it le…

Incremental improvement is not innovation. Very few of what you listed made a big enough difference in the status quo that I would qualify them as innovation. I mean, lack of innovation in the compute…

>>The free-fall in PC prices in the 90s "killed" the PC, except that every major PC manufacturer still sells high-end models, and retailers still make money on them. Yes, but how lucrative is …

>>my CEO is a nice person. but he is sharp like a razorblade. have a suggestion? be prepared to have it cut, but never just so, but with publicly stated reasoning - that no one can dispute. it…

It's good to see that Android is improving in this area. And I say that as an Apple "fanboi". That said, it is unfortunate that the ecosystem still suffers from heavy fragmentation, so only a small po…

>>The overall point is that he isn't just dreaming, he is clearly spending a lot of money on doing as well. Furthermore, he is putting his money where his mouth is, by spending his own money…

God dammit. Yet another cool service that uses Facebook logins. As someone who has quit the Facebook crack addiction a year ago, I'm deeply disappointed.

Well, he did qualify the statement by adding, "and not during landing."

I was visiting home over summer, and my 85 year-old grandmother got a chance to use my iPad. I basically handed the device to her, went to the restroom, came back, and found her editing some photos of…

Bruce Schneier wrote an excellent piece about this very topic back in April. It's worth a read: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/04/bomb_threats_a... (Reader comments are great, too.)…

>>Fun anecdote: I was standing in Manhattan today and typed in "24 Orchard" (expecting to call up the address at 24 Orchard St) on iOS6 Maps. It took me to another state. This is asinine behav…

>>The challenge is that as a Canadian it's a lot easier to get a TN-1 or H1-B as an employee than as a founder. It's the same in the US. If you're an immigrant, it's incredibly difficult (if n…

>>Only if you place a high priority on thickness. Most people do. This is why smartphones have been getting thinner with each iteration.

I believe it was Steve Jobs who said that people don't know what they want until you give it to them.