AdamFernandez

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by AdamFernandez 13y ago
The web is with us all the time. It’s already moving into our cars, into our clothes, into the things we own, into monitoring our health. Is he using the word 'web' instead of 'Internet'? Does anyone know of the web m
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by AdamFernandez 13y ago
I'm imagining quadcopters carrying these out to far flung geographical locations and creating a 'drone net' anywhere (hazardous terrain, repressed nations, etc.).
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U.S. Voters Say Snowden Is Whistle-Blower, Not Traitor(quinnipiac.edu)
10 points by AdamFernandez 13y ago|0 comments
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by AdamFernandez 13y ago
This. It's important to remember that from the perspective of millions of corporate users (not the hacker crowd), this is is THE tool. When you think about it, Microsoft really is Excel. That is their core. Why is it difficult for
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Oldest Water on Earth Found Deep Underground(livescience.com)
3 points by AdamFernandez 13y ago|0 comments
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by AdamFernandez 13y ago
Apple iSight?
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She Hacked The Legend of Zelda So It Now Stars Zelda, Saving Link(kotaku.com)
2 points by AdamFernandez 14y ago|0 comments
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
Thanks. I like the analogy.
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
Do you sense this is a philosophy that is taking hold with most VCs currently?
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
I believe number 6 accurately describes Facebook, which in November of 2004 may not have been on his radar as fulfilling this role.
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Tipsy Fish: When Anti-Anxiety Meds Get Into Rivers(science.time.com)
25 points by AdamFernandez 14y ago|6 comments
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Twitter, Amex Launch Pay-By-Tweet Service(sync.americanexpress.com)
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Robohand: how cheap 3D printers built a replacement hand for a five-year old boy(arstechnica.com)
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House of Cards: The “13-hour movie” defining the Netflix experience(arstechnica.com)
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PayPal: 'Aggressive changes' coming to frozen funds policy(money.cnn.com)
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
It's interesting how some groups are actively trying to hold humanity back. -edit, and by those groups I mean creationists. I don't know why this was downvoted.
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
Could it be that hipsters are unaware they are hipsters?
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How hubris put our health at risk(edition.cnn.com)
2 points by AdamFernandez 14y ago|0 comments
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
Technically voluntary, is still very much voluntary. As is using Spotify, or any other service that requires a Facebook login. I disagree with the philosophy that true online identity is better for all, but also disagree that Facebook sho
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Germany benefits from its apprentices(nbcnews.com)
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
I wouldn't say Stripe is 'enterprise' , but I wouldn't call it consumer either. It probably could generically fall under the category of business-to-business. I'm not sure if the author was lumping in B2B with enterprise. It's possible l
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Mobile payments: A solution in search of a problem?(news.cnet.com)
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
Some would argue that the point of Coursera is to offer education to those who cannot afford it or access it through traditional means. If I come from a poor community anywhere in the world, but have internet access, this certificate means
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
I agree, and would add that Brett Victor is pointing out what he perceives to be valid flaws with the method Khan Academny uses to teach programming (live coding environments, javascript, and processing languages, which other teaching produ
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
That may be true, but that would be a pretty small market.
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
It's also important to note that SpaceX was not Elon Musk's first venture. I'm sure success with PayPal gave him the confidence, clout, and partial financing to take on such an ambitious endeavor.
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How the Internet and Silicon Valley are changing China's office politics(edition.cnn.com)
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Why Designing a Mars Rover Like Curiosity Just Got a Lot Easier(wired.com)
17 points by AdamFernandez 14y ago|4 comments
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What a win or loss on Mars will mean(cosmiclog.nbcnews.com)
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by AdamFernandez 14y ago
You have to think beyond immediate practical applications and consider what an event like this would mean to our species as a whole. Neil deGrasse Tyson makes this argument better than anyone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlGemHL5vLY

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