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> It is a very Silicon Valley thing to assume that everyone else is an idiot and needs to be disrupted, with not a thought given as to why things are the way th
by acchow 9y ago
> It is a very Silicon Valley thing to assume that everyone else is an idiot and needs to be disrupted, with not a thought given as to why things are the way they are.
This kind of thinking has also lead to a ton of success in Silicon Valley. See Tesla for example.
- coldtea 9y ago>This kind of thinking has also lead to a ton of success in Silicon Valley. See Tesla for example. Well, not exactly a role model for success. 2016 was the first time they made any profit in all those years -- and its uncertain if 2017 will follow. And it might still be beaten up in all its markets (electric cars and eventually self-driving ones), not a sure winner yet.
- justinjlynn 9y agoA broken clock is correct at least once a day.
- idlewords 9y agoThat used to be true (twice a day, even), but now it just flashes 12:00, or the screen is dead.
- caf 9y agoA clock that flashes 12:00 is still right twice a day.
- glenneroo 9y agoUnless you live in a country which uses 24-hour clocks, which is most of the world. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_representation_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_representation_b...
- caf 9y agoDo unset clocks flash 12:00 in locations that use 24-hour clocks, or do they flash 00:00?
- glenneroo 9y agoI can't honestly say I ever paid attention, but I just checked all clocks I could find, one flashes 00:00 and the other 0:00. Most if not all clocks I've used had a 12 or 24-hour mode, not sure what happens if you set to 12-hour and unplug it (probably just reset to defaults).
- idlewords 9y agoFlashing is an error condition.
- justinjlynn 9y agoIndeed, a broken modern digital clock is likely to just be blank.
- Kliment 9y agoSo it's correct at 12 and possibly at midnight too
- dx034 9y agoDid Tesla really disrupt the car market? Sure, everyone is now building EVs but that already started before Tesla became successful. They have no market power on the overall car market. Companies like Uber, Google, Amazon certainly disrupted markets but I wouldn't be so sure about Tesla.
- mikeash 9y agoNobody was building long range EVs before Tesla. Short range city cars like the LEAF are really a different category. Volvo has credited Tesla for pushing car makers into EVs, so at least one incumbent thinks that: https://electrek.co/2017/05/17/volvo-tesla-says-stop-diesel-electric-vehicle/ https://electrek.co/2017/05/17/volvo-tesla-says-stop-diesel-... Audi seems to as well, although it's not quite as clear: http://insideevs.com/audis-electromobility-boss-i-hate-to-admit-it-but-tesla-did-everything-right/ http://insideevs.com/audis-electromobility-boss-i-hate-to-ad...
- vintageseltzer 9y agoThis kind of thinking led to Juicero.
- pdelbarba 9y agoAnd applied to aviation you get the Piasecki PA97