I agree - it kinda sux that the sshfs implementation on android needs root. However, if you want to stream to an android media player from your home server, and you don't want to root your device, a combination of an openvpn vpn, and samba filesharing will do the job. A lot of routers support openvpn out of the box now - but failing that any linux server can be configured to provide vpn addresses.

Exactly - in the biotech field I've heard it referred to as the 17-year problem, because that's the amount of time it can take to get FDA approval for any new tech.

Try to get people to fund or work on your product when it can take up to 20 years to start getting a return on your investment.

Not to mention that

sudo apt-get install openssh-server sshfs

gives me my own cloud. Why would I use "the" cloud?

So I can get spam emails every time an artist on my list of music visits town? So I can lose all my media when the cloud provider goes broke, or has their assets frozen by the feds because some content elsewhere on their network is allegedly infringing copyright (ala kim dotcom)?

I don't know why I don't fall over myself to take advantage of such an opportunity.

This may be true, but I've never had anything go wrong with a roller-ball mouse than couldn't be fixed by cleaning out a bit of lint from the ball.

My current optical mouse has lasted through at least 3-4 computers, possibly more.

Shark attacks are rare. Another interesting statistic is that you are more likely to be bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.

It would only be discussed in Dutch parliament, as the Netherlands is very flat and has no mountains or tunnels.

But why wouldn't they just use the car odometer?

This. A couple of years ago I plugged a defective DVD drive into an alienware notebook. It smoked the DVD drive, then blew up the entire USB subsystem of the notebook.

Needless to say, I don't recommend alienware to anyone anymore.

Exactly. Governments spying on each other is non-news. People getting upset about it is idiocy-porn. If Snowden and Greenwald had any sense, or ethics, they would have focused on details related to spying on private citizens, and suppressed this kaka. But this kaka has sensational appeal -- and delightfully spikes the news-cycle with international dischord -- hooray! And they are both total whores, self-obsessed pseudo-saviors of no one and nothing.

I see what you did there.

Electric motors typically have way more torque than internal combustion engines.

If I recall correctly, Priuses (Prii?) have their electric motors limited below 30 kph because otherwise the fast acceleration will break the drive train.

You know that open usb io board is twice the cost of a raspberry pi, right?

If you feel this way, you should realize that it's never too late to go back to university, get a PhD and join the research effort in some capacity. You'll likely find that you won't earn as much as an academic than if you had stuck to a career in programming, but your work will be more interesting and fulfilling.

What's the point of 64 bit on a device that has less than 4 GB Ram?

In our cleanroom, some of us use noise-canceling headphones without anything playing to filter out vacuum pump noise, etc.

They work quite well to filter out the industrial noise, but they still allow you to hear alarms and co-workers talking, so better and safer than regular hearing protection earmuffs or plugs.