18pfsmt

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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
This is my attempt at being serious because NFC can enable a_lot of companies and I want the smart folks that read HN to be as informed as possible.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Silicon providers that make tag ICs (transponders): NXP Semi- (formerly Phillips semiconductor) - most prominent being Mifare (14443A) Texas Instruments- (15693/ 14443B) Broadcom- through Innovision acquisition (14443B) Infineon- (1443B) th
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NFC Data Dump: Part I
2 points by 18pfsmt 16y ago|10 comments
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
My buddy is 40 years old, not very technical, but he's one hell of a mechanic. He's been making his living off buying and selling cars off of CL since the recession started. Just an anecdote. I'm not sure an "improved UI" would help him. So
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I remember when you used to write for TC and it sucks there isn't anyone technical there anymore. Masnick is my new favorite blogger. I used to troll you guys, so it seems weird to now defend you :-) I wish there were another blogger with V
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
This is crap. TC was always an extension of Arrington's personal connections. He made friends in the valley 10 years ago which allows him access to info that isn't available to others. He's not interested in the obvious crap like that to wh
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Not that I believe the idea that defense lawyers are pro-murder in the first place, but sharing files and murder are hardly equivalent. Further, I don't think it makes sense to conflate criminal and civil law, and because it is civil, the
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
It's important to note that most of what Square brings to the table is not hardware. It acquires merchant transactions and manages payment risk. Square can simply support other hardware technology, but their focus is on the merchant side.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Are we talking about an african or european swallow?
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I have a built-in filter that allows me to scroll past links that I don't like.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
The concept of openness is not black or white. There are many shades of grey, and certainly wrt mobile OSs, Android is more open than WP7, iOS, RIM, or WebOS. Just like there are differences between FOSS licenses (e.g. BSD vs GPL). They hav
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
The alternative is to learn their native SDK, so I think this is at least a better option than that. Anything to lower the barrier to entry. I have to believe <i>some</i> headache will be involved.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I hope RIM realizes they aren't competing with the iOS SDK from two years ago.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Could you get the relevant twitter account, so people could follow it? Looks abandoned with that last tweet made may '08.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I would assume this person comes from academia with a title like that, so I checked out her about page because of your comment. I found that she is a CS prof on sabbatical.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I believe Silicon Valley Bank does debt financing rather than equity financing. On top of that, I believe all 7 co-founders are worth over $1M each and several are worth multiple $M with multiple startup exits over the last 10 years.