amaks

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   Nadella’s Job One(mondaynote.com)

   1 points by amaks 13y ago|1 comments
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Or the opposite, Bitcoin is just hard/impossible for Russian government to be placed under its control.
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   by amaks 13y ago

   It requires a Google account. There is no such thing as Google Plus account.
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Apparently you don't know what you're talking about. Source Depot at Microsoft (rebranded Perforce) can do it, while TFS cannot, therefore half of Microsoft stores its source code in TFS and half in SD. Git scales really well, at
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   by amaks 13y ago

   >> "When you care enough about software, you'll make your own hardware" -- Alan Kay. Sure, but why it has to be a low margin, overcrowded smartphone market? It's better to focus on new category of devices such as t
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   by amaks 13y ago

   What a great post from Gruber. I generally don't like his posts because they are always fanboyish, but this one just nails it.
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Exactly. That's why I believe nothing will change in Microsoft with the new CEO, open sourcing of ASP.NET and other moves. It's simply not in their DNA to change and become fast followers. Lock-ins, closed silos - that's Micr
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   by amaks 13y ago

   >> While Indian newspapers were over the moon about Nadella’s elevation, with some justification, there is another side to the story we need to consider: why is it that India’s tech and other geniuses flower only in the US or Silicon
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   by amaks 13y ago

   We'll see, Gates and Ballmer are going to stay on Microsoft board. I'm wondering how much freedom Nadella is going to have in making decisions.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    This is racist. Anyway, Satya should be having elevated political skills, by being able to climb the ladder that high.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I wouldn't go that far as describing him to be in charge in lives. He's their boss, yes, but he cannot possibly control all aspects of their lives by "being in charge". This is not a feudalism, is it?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    How can we be certain that a stronger, with a strong developer engagement, Microsoft will not start creating proprietary closed systems and protocols again, siloing open systems into a closed ones (by using its embrace and extend tactics)?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'm curious what's going to happen to Stephen Elop now. I was under impression he was aiming for the CEO position at Microsoft himself.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    unfortunately Microsoft in all its infinite wisdom will likely tone down the metro concept instead of fixing it.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    typical for !Microsoft management, why I am not surprised?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    What an awesome gesture. Go Seahawks!
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Bing is what I referred to as "services". Also, AFAIK, he never worked in Windows, at least before Bing.
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    Windows 8.1 update hides tile interface by default(theverge.com)

    6 points by amaks 13y ago|1 comments
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    by amaks 13y ago

    You do realize that you're confirming the previous point of the "consumer side days are numbered". Platforms for business applications are not good for consumers.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Big mistake IMO. I can't imagine Satya "the enterprise guy" being CEO of the devices company (he's probably qualified to be CEO for the "services" part of Microsoft). I'm wondering if him and Elop would wo
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    by amaks 13y ago

    >> awesome UI design concepts for al long time, specifically in mobile Hmm, would you give an example of the "awesome design in mobile" from facebook? I hope you're not referring to their "facebook" mobile app
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I agree, it seems that new facebook strategy is to spread the use of their platform using mobile apps. This will increase their mobile ad presence. But, I'm curious if this is an indication of the weakness in their mobile ad exchange b
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    by amaks 13y ago

    >> I have the feeling that at Facebook they tend to half-ass things, like Home or the redesigned Newsfeed. That's their motto, is it not? "Move fast and break things". It's hard to expect anything well designed wit
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    by amaks 13y ago

    If only FB graph search worked as advertised. However, it's far cry from Google search and knowledge base.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Exactly. Interesting, Yann LeCun in his G+ post ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YannLeCunPhD/posts/LnKBPi9cCWm ) explicitly mentioned that the acquired ML scientists have been focused in reinforcement learn
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'm not surprised that facebook ad is a complete waste of money. First, lots of people block ads in facebook newsfeed. Second, who would click on ad of a game when people are busy posting baby's pictures?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'll probably end up deleting my facebook account. Wait, is it even possible to do?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'm pretty sure they do, in development. But even if they don't, it's a growing huge market.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    "Bing exists than it is that it is equal to or better than Google in every way" How is Bing better than Google (Search) in every way? With worse relevance and smaller index? Although, IIRC, Bing used to train their neural net base
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    by amaks 13y ago

    This might be a case few years ago, but google is clearly trying to diversify its business with the high speed internet, self-driving cars, robotics. It's hard to justify these investments for the sake of ads.