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Ask HN: What technologies available today will remain relevant in 10 years?

10 points by paveldolezal 13y ago

hackaflocka 13y ago
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- aw3c2 13y ago
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tokenadult 13y ago
Almost all of them. Technology is cumulative. Most of the technology that was brand-new the day I was born is still relevant today. Old technologies like cooking and projectile weapons for hunting are still relevant today, after all.
- collyw 13y ago
  Thankfully Visual Basic seems to be dying off. Unfortunately so does Perl. I did get offered a Perl job recently but felt it was a better for future job prospects to stick with Python for the time being.
timfrietas 13y ago
There's a great Jeff Bezos quote about never being asked what isn't going to change in the next ten years, and that those are really the things you should build businesses around and optimize. Cars, for example, aren't really changing too much, or at least the need for them. The love of the automobile continues to run deep in Western countries, and even an innovative company like Tesla is just building a faster horse here. The idea of the personal vehicle is become even more ingrained into our lives if anything and we become a more individualistic society. Cars may become smaller, they may become electric, but they will still remain largely close their current paradigm. Tesla to me is likely to be one of the most successful companies of the next ten years because they are building on a foundation that isn't going anywhere and incrementally improving a key product in people's lives.
- dman 13y ago
  Unless we make progress on building the matrix.
  - kennethtilton 13y ago
    Progress? Do you think that is air you are breathing?
kennethtilton 13y ago
I was going to say the pay telephone but...
- collyw 13y ago
  I am sitting right under one as I type in Doha airport. Only free power socket I could find.
ForHackernews 13y ago
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ankurdhama 13y ago
Keybord (virtual/physical)
eb0la 13y ago
I bet for WebRTC. Don't think about just phone calls, or desktop sharing; but a way to connect 2 application in a P2P (when available) or forward-and-relay way.

10 points by paveldolezal 13y ago

Low Tech, Ultra Low Tech and No Tech survival & solutions: Low tech hacks http://amzn.to/HPp7Ar http://amzn.to/HPp7Ar Water drilling http://amzn.to/1aH6gOH http://amzn.to/1aH6gOH Rooftop farming http://amzn.to/1bytafM http://amzn.to/1bytafM Architecture http://amzn.to/I1Z6Od http://amzn.to/I1Z6Od

aw3c2 13y ago
OP is abusing HN for affiliate spam. Referer-free links (no endorsement, just battling an [censored]): http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597492159 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597492159 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1450580599 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1450580599 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005T1TX9O http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005T1TX9O http://www.amazon.com/dp/841522334X http://www.amazon.com/dp/841522334X

tokenadult 13y ago

Almost all of them. Technology is cumulative. Most of the technology that was brand-new the day I was born is still relevant today. Old technologies like cooking and projectile weapons for hunting are still relevant today, after all.

collyw 13y ago
Thankfully Visual Basic seems to be dying off. Unfortunately so does Perl. I did get offered a Perl job recently but felt it was a better for future job prospects to stick with Python for the time being.

timfrietas 13y ago

There's a great Jeff Bezos quote about never being asked what isn't going to change in the next ten years, and that those are really the things you should build businesses around and optimize. Cars, for example, aren't really changing too much, or at least the need for them. The love of the automobile continues to run deep in Western countries, and even an innovative company like Tesla is just building a faster horse here. The idea of the personal vehicle is become even more ingrained into our lives if anything and we become a more individualistic society. Cars may become smaller, they may become electric, but they will still remain largely close their current paradigm. Tesla to me is likely to be one of the most successful companies of the next ten years because they are building on a foundation that isn't going anywhere and incrementally improving a key product in people's lives.

dman 13y ago
Unless we make progress on building the matrix.
- kennethtilton 13y ago
  Progress? Do you think that is air you are breathing?

kennethtilton 13y ago

I was going to say the pay telephone but...

collyw 13y ago
I am sitting right under one as I type in Doha airport. Only free power socket I could find.

ForHackernews 13y ago

ankurdhama 13y ago

Keybord (virtual/physical)

eb0la 13y ago

I bet for WebRTC. Don't think about just phone calls, or desktop sharing; but a way to connect 2 application in a P2P (when available) or forward-and-relay way.