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by adamb_ 13y ago
Not to nit-pick but the "a" in that font ("15px/20px Swift") is completely distracting...
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by adamb_ 13y ago
I don't think there's much of a correlation between the rise in popularity of Apple products in Japan and Apple's Japanese website.
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by adamb_ 13y ago
This article cuts off right when it should be getting to the meat: What are my options? How do they compare?
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by adamb_ 13y ago
I must ask... What compelled you to watch a movie THAT many times in such a short period?
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Cinefile article at THE TOP of HN. Love it.
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Here's my speculative answer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6687535
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by adamb_ 13y ago
I've recommended Chromebook separately to 2 individuals over the age of 40, and they both own & love it. Neither of these people are tech savy, and just wanted something to "work." The big sell for both of them was: 1) lo
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Phew, this guys a quick-draw-mcgraw.
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Bitcoin breaks $300(coinbase.com)
1 points by adamb_ 13y ago|0 comments
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by adamb_ 13y ago
I think bitcoin (like most protocols) has first mover advantage, and won't be replaced by something similar, unless something catastrophic happens to it.
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by adamb_ 13y ago
What do you think a bitcoin will be worth in 10 years? If it doesn't die (read: get killed), it'll likely stop being a novelty and actually have practical use (currently I have to go out of my way to find a good/service that
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by adamb_ 13y ago
One possible explanation for why Gen Y and younger aren't interested in buying cars is that the smartphone has replaced what the car once was: The primary tool for social interaction & experiencing the world.
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Imagine if it really is just one individual hacker that got extremely lucky (both with Bitcoin's success & maintaining their secret identity)... What must that person be thinking right now?
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This is a TED talk by the creator of think.com: http://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_the_internet_could_cra... He touches on his early realization that he could have taken a ton of domain names & made some money,
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Assuming it's a one mile radius for everyone, making it a chat room the app would either need to intersect or union everyone's area... This would make the novelty of the app unusable or pointless, respectively.
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by adamb_ 13y ago
By [other] I assume they mean [Android], since that's the 4th biggest mainstream OS to sport modern antivirus software.
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CAPTCHA Busted? AI Company Claims Break of Internet’s Favorite Protection System(wired.com)
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It's not that tech news it out-of-whack, people (albeit non-technical) care about the latest iPad. Such events represent for "tech reporters" short windows to report on something that a broader audience will consume & app
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Ask HN: When are we getting better batteries?
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What are they changing? Are we talking "this week's model has softer bezels" or "this week's model has a new FM radio"?(which they do btw.)
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I love open source, but I don't think Americans need this. 1. I'm sure there's little that's technically interesting in their implementation. 2. I'm sure much of the code is focused on accruing information from vari
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Interesting conjecture. Care to elaborate?
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I think it would be more interesting to imagine that such a company could theoretically pay its taxes. If such an entity is to be trusted and utilized by the majority, having it "play by the rules" to some extent could be valuab
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by adamb_ 13y ago
I don't believe the OP is suggesting the company doesn't make money, rather there's no specific group of people who partake in the profits. Why does the money received need to be anonymous?
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Fascinating concept. It would need a very specific kind of product for such a cooperation to be able to withstand human competition though. The OP mentions a storage service & autonomous cars, but I'm thinking that a good candidate
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by adamb_ 13y ago
Personally, I would find it understandable if Google closed checkout because they failed to generate solid profits from it. I saw only after my comment that checkout was deprecated in part because they have another existing product in the s
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by adamb_ 13y ago
For many readers, especially internationally, the high speed rail in California is only relavent because of the hyperloop concept, which has been discussed at length on HN.
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tl;dr: People being relocated because of the track's construction are annoyed. Elon Musk and his hyperloop are never mentioned.
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by adamb_ 13y ago
If this was because checkout was a commercial failure they need to make that public knowledge. Otherwise this does make it seem like you can't rely on any Google product that's not part of their core offering. I'm specificall
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Elon Musk buys 007 submarine car, plans to make it reality(pcmag.com)
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