The Geek Post Whore (for the ones who miss out irl)

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http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Imaginary-Computer

[JFC]

THIS is so cool.

Touch-free smartphone lets you text and play games with head gestures

In the Arabian Nights story, whenever Ali Baba shouts "Open Sesame," the door to the den of the Forty Thieves opens. But for the 10 beta testers of the Sesame phone, uttering that phrase means unlocking their smartphones without the use of their hands. Once the touch-free phone is active, users merely have to move their heads to control the cursor on screen. And yes, they can do anything a smartphone's capable of, including sending messages and emails, taking/making calls and downloading apps. They can even play games like Angry Birds and Candy Crush by using head gestures. Once they're done, they simply have to say "Close Sesame" to lock their phones again.

The touch-free smartphone is actually a modified Nexus 5, installed with the Sesame software (on top of the Android platform), which is the one that recognizes voice commands and head gestures through the front-facing camera. This software works only with the Nexus 5 for now, but its developers plan to bring it to other devices in the near future. Speaking of developers, Sesame was created by Israeli veteran Giora Livne, who's been a quadriplegic for past nine years, along with Oded Ben Dov, who once developed a gesture-controlled mobile game. Livne got tired of not being able to send texts or emails on his own ever since he lost control of his limbs, so when he saw the app developer on TV demonstrating a game controlled with head gestures, he challenged Oded to make a hands-free phone with him.

As you've likely guessed, the technology was created not only for quadriplegics, but also for people with ALS, cerebral palsy, severe Parkinson's or arthritis or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Multiple Sclerosis, among other illnesses -- mainly, for those who don't have full control of their hands anymore. Anyone interested can get a Sesame phone package (a Nexus 5 that comes with the Sesame software out of the box) through its Indiegogo campaign by pledging at least $350. Its creators are trying to raise $30,000 from the campaign in order to put finishing touches on a final working prototype and to bring it to production. If all goes well, those who pledged for the device will get their package as early as March 2015.



SOURCE: Indiegogo, Sesame Enable

LINKS
- http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/sesame-touch-free-smartphone-indiegogo/
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sesame-touch-free-smartphone
- http://sesame-enable.com/

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http://siliconvalleyjobtitlegenerator.tumblr.com

[etranger01]

Wow, and I always thought that 'VY Canis Majoris' was the biggest known star, but it only placed 11th on the list of the red supergiants.
ten more wich are 'insignificant' bigger.

'UY Scuti' claims the throne with at least 1.708 time the radius of our sun.
in its lowest circumference it would even swallow jupiter, when placed in the center of our solar system.
it's highest circumference (1.3 billion kilometers) would be close to saturn, wich orbits the sun in a distance of 1433,5 Mio. km!

I hope that was cool enough^^

See that bad boy:

[etranger01]

planning to bring my Morning Musume Vinyl Records to the Teldec-museum in a small town in germany, wich is also known as the city of records.
Teldec started as Telefunken in the 20ies of the last century. during WWII they released stuff like the Horst Wessel Lied, wich was an SS-march song.
Later they merged with the british Decca company, and released stuff like italo disco, wich i still love to listen to today.

That museum has all the cool old stuff, even HMV grammophones, but you cannot play vinyl on that cause they use steel-needles, and are made for shellac only!

But i'd really love to play some Furusato from that old Bingo Box, or another device!

If i can do it soon, i'll make some pics or even a clip.

And at the end of the day i am planning to take the MoMuSu vinyl back home again! they won't stay there 

Morning Musume on this one! < would be so swag^^


Metal-Mastering-Machine (for the vinyl 'mother')

[JFC]

BroBible.com - Here Is A List Of The Apps That Rank The Best And Worst For 2015 At Protecting User Data
- http://www.brobible.com/life/article/apps-best-and-worst-protecting-user-data/
- https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2015

[frblckstr1]

^ Now one about the bugs that expose you to data theft... a few of those would not get the 5 stars (unless they give stars for 'fails this' )

[thatonezombie]

Did anyone upgrade to Windows 10 with an AMD card? I have one, and I'm curious on how that was for others.

[etranger01]

^ lol cant help you, win10 running on nvidia

a nerdy reminder:

Risa Niigaki, born MJD = 47454.00000
Risa Niigaki, next B-day MJD = 57315.00000

So don't f**k this up this year!

for double check:

if month > 2 then Y = year, M = month
else Y = year -1, M = month +12

d= day

h= hour/24 + minute/1440 + second/86400

cause TT.MM.YYYY >= 15.10.1582, gregorian calendar A = int(Y/100), B = 2 - A + int (A/4)

JD = Int(365,25*(Y+4716)) + Int(30,6001*(M+1)) + D + H + B - 1524,5
MJD = JD - 2.400.000,5

[etranger01]

because my mom talks about windows and friends talk about big bang theory, plus there's too man hipster-glasses  :

here's some more stuff for the geeks (MJD's)

Tanaka Reina
born MJD = 47841.00000
next B-day MJD = 57703.00000

Michishige Sayumi
born MJD = 47720.00000
next B-day MJD = 57582.00000

Nakazawa Yuko
born MJD = 41852.00000
next B-day MJD = 57558.00000

Kamei Eri
born MJD = 47518.00000
next B-day MJD = 57379.00000

^all these zeros...daytime of birth appreciated!

here's a joke for geeks.
i think its funny. (lol, nooooo.....)

but if you mix up william tell and edward teller, you get the guy who shot an apple from one's head. with a hydrogene bomb

whoa! hell of an accuracy!

[etranger01]

Fukushima Accident

the 0610-Accident response of the Fukushima Accident, released by the IAEA clearly states that there is a massive pollution of large amounts of Japanese drinking water, caused by Dihydrogene-Monoxide,
also known as DHMO.
Dihydrogene-Monoxide is the cause of death of thousands of people each year.

other dangers of Dihydrogene-Monoxide include:

    -Also called ‘hydroxyl acid’, the substance is a major component of acid rain;
    -Contributes to soil erosion;
    -Contributes to the greenhouse effect;
    -Accelerates corrosion and breakdown of electrical equipment;
    -Excessive ingestion may cause various unpleasant effects;
    -Prolonged contact with its solid form results in severe tissue damage;
    -Inhalation, even in small quantities, may cause death;
    -Its gaseous form may cause severe burns;
    -It has been found in the tumors of terminal cancer patients;
 
if you wanna read the IAEA's report yourself, i provide the link below.
i tried to read it, but it is so unbelievable boring that i ended up falling asleep while my head impacted the keyboard.
this caused a long and delightful dream of Niigaki making me a sandwich and asking me, if we don't wanna cuddle on the couch together with Reina....

LINK: http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/10962/The-Fukushima-Daiichi-Accident

[etranger01]

"you cannot know, what you don't know. but you can know what other's don't know. that is the point."

i made this statement drinking beer with a friend of mine. he's a good soul, a bit naive though

"If you're incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent.… [T]he skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is."
-David Dunnning-

Dunning-Kruger-Effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

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LifeHacker.com - YouTube Can Now Blur Faces, Logos, and More With Its New Motion-Tracking Tool
- http://lifehacker.com/youtube-can-now-blur-faces-logos-and-more-with-its-ne-1761235761
- http://youtubecreator.blogspot.ca/2016/02/blur-moving-objects-in-your-video-with.html

[JFC]

Geez, I remember Windows 95.