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"Microsoft is also using algorithms to predict how to open apps on different displays. 'There is an algorithm in there that’s very smart and trying to be predic

by rwc 6y ago

"Microsoft is also using algorithms to predict how to open apps on different displays. 'There is an algorithm in there that’s very smart and trying to be predictive,' explains Panay. “If you’re on one screen and you’re invoking a link, it will fill the other screen." That's if/then statements. You invented if/then statements.

brian_herman__ 6y ago
Nah bro we used a GAN to predict the decision tree.
wilhil 6y ago
It reminds me when I was at a user group at Microsoft for the launch of the new Windows Phone OS... ... The guy gave a long marketing speech about how "beautiful" it was, how they did so much user research on what people wanted and spent a fortune developing and using a brand new font for the interface(s). Then, someone stuck their hand up and said "Is it true that you don't have copy/paste features yet?" Why can't people learn... things may be important, but no one cares about the technicalities... I don't care if this is algorithm, AI, ML... neural network processing or some other fancy new term... ... just give the user a setting for what screen something should pop up on and everyone will be happy!
- emodendroket 6y ago
  The iPhone also didn't have copy and paste for a while. And the trade-off with more options is they're work to maintain and users are confused by them.
  - wilhil 6y ago
    Yep - but, the iPhone came from nowhere, and, "no copy and paste" was put out by Microsoft to say how bad it was... Microsoft basically took a backwards step from Windows CE and then did the same years after it was the norm in other systems.
dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
> You invented if/then statements. I've seen worse from some AI startups.
dang 6y ago
"Don't be snarky." "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by rwc 6y ago

brian_herman__ 6y ago

Nah bro we used a GAN to predict the decision tree.

wilhil 6y ago

It reminds me when I was at a user group at Microsoft for the launch of the new Windows Phone OS... ... The guy gave a long marketing speech about how "beautiful" it was, how they did so much user research on what people wanted and spent a fortune developing and using a brand new font for the interface(s). Then, someone stuck their hand up and said "Is it true that you don't have copy/paste features yet?" Why can't people learn... things may be important, but no one cares about the technicalities... I don't care if this is algorithm, AI, ML... neural network processing or some other fancy new term... ... just give the user a setting for what screen something should pop up on and everyone will be happy!

emodendroket 6y ago
The iPhone also didn't have copy and paste for a while. And the trade-off with more options is they're work to maintain and users are confused by them.
- wilhil 6y ago
  Yep - but, the iPhone came from nowhere, and, "no copy and paste" was put out by Microsoft to say how bad it was... Microsoft basically took a backwards step from Windows CE and then did the same years after it was the norm in other systems.

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

> You invented if/then statements. I've seen worse from some AI startups.

dang 6y ago

"Don't be snarky." "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html