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by Qworg 10y ago
This is the first "Nordic-style" startup plan I've seen from a major tech company. Have any of the other majors tried something like this?
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by Qworg 10y ago
Colonies spontaneously collapse during any time the bees are flying. It is mysterious collapse where most of the bees are gone, leaving just the queen and perhaps some nurse bees to die. Also, there is still brood, just no bees.
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by Qworg 10y ago
You are correct RE: CCD. It actually doesn't show up as "failure to overwinter" ever.
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by Qworg 10y ago
The costs of pollination services were extremely high for almonds last time I checked three years ago. Whether this is due to CCD or some other factors is unknown. The commercial keepers I spoke with were definitely raising prices and worri
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Self-driving minivan reportedly coming from Fiat Chrysler and Google(arstechnica.com)
1 points by Qworg 10y ago|0 comments
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Google and Fiat Chrysler team up for self driving cars(plus.google.com)
1 points by Qworg 10y ago|0 comments
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by Qworg 10y ago
There are companies whose sole purpose is to encourage addictive design and IAP - see http://vungle.com/
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by Qworg 11y ago
I wish there were more shots of the device - that said, I really love the form factor from the front.
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by Qworg 11y ago
It is a hardware version of Space Team! http://www.sleepingbeastgames.com/spaceteam/
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by Qworg 11y ago
What size/stage are you looking for? There are a lot of groups in this space that are pretty commercial already.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I love the idea of story pitches/short teasers being greenlit by the community via prepurchasing the finished work at a discount. An interesting middle ground between the publisher mode and the self-published model. Especially if the o
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by Qworg 11y ago
Unlikely. Someone earning minimum wage couldn't live there anyways. The more likely culprit are the hordes of tech people moving into every nook and cranny.
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by Qworg 11y ago
"See son? That @ sign there represents God and the - is God's finger. The _ is the hand of Mankind, reaching out, and # is of course Mankind."
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by Qworg 11y ago
http://live.arstechnica.com/microsoft-build-2016-day-1-keyno...
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by Qworg 11y ago
This looks a lot like Wave, just within a single company, rather than federated. I'm wondering what has changed that would make this successful now vs. before.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Many more people want to work in the game industry. Very few people dream of creating CRUD apps some day. Also, the pipeline and recruiting is set up for it. Places like Full Sail are set up right next door to major studios - you get your t
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by Qworg 11y ago
No - they let the whole SV lab go, but it was part of a company wide reset. The SV lab was a blow, but it was a very small part of MSR.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Owning a VR headset does not (yet) act as a prerequisite to get most jobs.
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by Qworg 11y ago
"Which is not free but hardly going to break most people" - most people make ~$4500 a month or less (pre taxes). $1550 is a big chunk of cash for most people.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Microsoft Research is close - I'm working on moonshots there AND there are a lot of smart people getting together and solving interesting problems.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Here's the actual page on the research - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/holoportation/ Compare this to previous work at Microsoft, just last year: http://techxplore.com/news
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by Qworg 11y ago
Project Natick: http://www.projectnatick.com No, we're not a startup (but our team/group is run like one). Also, submarines!
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by Qworg 11y ago
I've used all of the different headsets and the Vive is the standout.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I'd certainly love to learn more - can you provide some background/information about this?
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by Qworg 11y ago
Bees are a eusocial organism. While individual bees are dumb/unable to understand their actions, as a whole, bees are remarkably intelligent. Bees already swarm and kill intruders, but simply lack the understanding of how to bake the w
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by Qworg 11y ago
There are other places like Powell's: Haslam's in St. Petersburg, FL - http://www.haslams.com/ and others. Edit: Thanks for the location correction - I lived there for five years and should know better. ;)
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by Qworg 11y ago
OP here (and member of the Project Natick team) - the site has been updated with our video, and there's now a blog post with some more information: http://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-research-projec...
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Project Natick: Microsoft's Underwater Data Center(projectnatick.com)
202 points by Qworg 11y ago|156 comments
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How Microsoft Plans to Beat Google and Facebook to the Next Tech Breakthrough(bloomberg.com)
94 points by Qworg 11y ago|72 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
I really like this play - GM can undercut other organizations that are forced to purchase their vehicles, as well as realizing savings on maintenance. Over time, they can slowly strangle competitors in the car manufacturing business - users

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