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Comment: Re:what (Score 1) 102

by Bovius (#43918565) Attached to: Temporal Cloak Erases Data From History

My initial reaction to the summary: Okay, I know a lot of us in Slashdot crowd are gullible, but seriously? I demand a plausible lie.

Reaction after reading the article: I suspect that the translation from an actual technical explanation to language intended for the layman was shaky at best. I don't think I've read an adequate explanation of how it actually works.

Comment: It's like running a small business (Score 5, Informative) 257

by Bovius (#42874225) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Making Side-Money As a Programmer?

I have good news and bad news: you can totally get little contract jobs on the side for extra cash as a developer, but you have to put time and effort into drumming up clients, list as if you were doing contract development full time. You have to convince each new client that you're worth their money. I've had some luck doing contract work for previous employers that already know I'm trustworthy, but I can't just turn it on and off like a money faucet.

Your other option is to make something and sell it yourself, which is even more of an up-front investment of time with less guarantee of a return. You'll be spending even more time doing marketing and business management.

So, the short version is you're not likely to get easy money without putting more effort into it, unless you've already built up numerous business relationships. Sorry! I wish I could just write useful code and get paid for it too, but it turns out I have to keep convincing someone to give me money for my work.

Comment: Re:No scientific method (Score 1) 195

by Bovius (#42622537) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity?

Maybe. I don't have any data to refute your claims.

That being said, it's been a long time since I tried to hold a company's marketing material up against the piercing scrutiny of science. I also don't expect most companies to describe in reproducible detail the process they go through to produce their products, or the detailed results of any internal comparison studies they performed. Not for consumer products, anyway.

It may be a placebo, but it's the most effective placebo I've ever had.

Comment: Needs more clarification (Score 4, Informative) 195

by Bovius (#42617993) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity?

I'm used to interpreting "glare sensitivity" to meaning the screen is generally too bright for your eyes, but the subsequent comments about needing to use high contrast color palettes has me thinking maybe you mean something else.

Anyway: I stare at a monitor all day, and for quite a while I had some serious dry eye problems because of it. Then about a year ago I bought some Gunnar glasses ( http://www.gunnars.com/ ) and my eyes got happier within 24 hours. Wear them all the time now.

Full disclosure: I'm not even kind of affiliated with Gunnar. I just wear their glasses and I like them.

Comment: Fascinating (Score 1) 219

by Bovius (#41225201) Attached to: Valve Job Posting Confirms Hardware Plans

One the one hand, this would be a very new business for Valve, even given their previous experience, which means it's a big risk. On the other hand, it seems like it's been impossible for Valve to not make money these days. Fun! I would love to see someone shake up the gaming hardware market, and they're certainly in an interesting position to do so.

Comment: No longer vocalizations (Score 3, Informative) 173

by Bovius (#41143441) Attached to: Man With World's Deepest Voice Can Hit Infrasonic Notes

For reference, 0.189 Hz is roughly once cycle per five seconds. Take a finger and raise it for 2.5 seconds, then lower it for 2.5 seconds.

This doesn't count as anything more than discrete pulses. I understand that the muscles controlling his vocal folds are performing similar activities to singing, but this is not sound anymore.

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