Old Jaanix Posts

Collective choice systems have been around for a long time. Since at least the birth of democracy in ancient Greece people have made joint decisions about important issues, and since at least the knightly tournaments of the late Middle Age more...

The guy is giving out funny feedback to others, no way to remove it!

Novice users often don't look at the position of the cursor and simply start typing a url into the search box and hit enter. Google will display the search results and normally the user will find the url they were more...

Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided tape, thick matte paper, and 10-15 minutes for build time.

Speaking of homophobia, it's ironic that the Russian police force, often criticized for violence and discrimination against gays, has "HOMO" written backwards on all their uniforms. LOL @ TEH HOMO PATROL!!!!1

The recommendation process is fully automatic, it follows all consumer trends naturally, and last but not least, it’s fully intuitive for end users.

Any team where the biggest jerk makes all the big decisions is asshole driven development. Comments are fun too.

"The machines have taken over," he told me. "There's no way to switch them off. We tried pulling the plug on a data center. It rebooted using its own backup power generator. We tried taking the generators off line. The more...

Pilot Robert Robertson sits in the remains of his plane, waiting for emergency services.

The terms kook and crank may often be used pejoratively, but they do have a fairly objective, well-defined meaning. Simply put, a crank or kook is someone who believes or pretends to have knowledge of some subject, actively seeks to more...

This is what happens when corporations change pwn3rship.