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by bhups 10y ago
"Hello I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC!" We've come full circle!
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by bhups 10y ago
> I'd go so far as to say that our plurality system all but guarantees bad candidates--it's not the fittest that survive the primary election process, it's the most memorable, the one who we feel will best appeal to our ne
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by bhups 10y ago
There can be if Uber's systems can proactively position the supply to meet the predicted demand.
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Moshe Vardi: Academic Rankings Considered Harmful(cacm.acm.org)
2 points by bhups 10y ago|0 comments
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by bhups 10y ago
Sure, but the company is filled with ex-Apple/Google/etc folks that have worked on successfully creating motor vehicles, physical products, and applied artificial intelligence devices. Remember, a company is merely comprised of
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by bhups 10y ago
> Even more relevant, there's literally nothing in the historical record to suggest that the real breakthroughs when they come will come from a company like Uber. Why not? The team at Uber that is working on this is largely comprise
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Analyzing the Didi/Uber deal(stratechery.com)
1 points by bhups 10y ago|0 comments
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A First Look at Uber's Self Driving Car(triblive.com)
2 points by bhups 10y ago|0 comments
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What Disturbed Glenn Beck About the Facebook Meeting(medium.com)
2 points by bhups 10y ago|2 comments
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by bhups 10y ago
I see striking similarities between Zuckerberg and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which managed to entirely rid India of polio (!!). I'm not sure that it's totally disconnected from reality.
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The Startup Steroid Era and the Use of Capital as a Performance Enhancing Drug(news.greylock.com)
1 points by bhups 10y ago|0 comments
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by bhups 11y ago
That's fine, but providing internet access doesn't preclude others from solving other important (or perceivably more important) problems.
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by bhups 11y ago
This isn't about you , though. It's about the millions of people who can't afford to pay.
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The Extraordinary Reinvention of Square(fortune.com)
24 points by bhups 11y ago|2 comments
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by bhups 12y ago
What do they aim to gain from this? All I see is that Windows Phone and BlackBerry users now have no way of accessing Taco Bell's online presence.
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by bhups 13y ago
You already can. For those that have Glass, if you wake the screen, it gets you to "ok glass", tap again, scroll through the options until you get to "Translate". Edit: More generally, any "Ok Glass..." action
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by bhups 13y ago
English is widely used throughout India, as it's the "national link language" according to the constitution. Most advertisements, street signs and stores contain lots of English.
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by bhups 13y ago
This is a hilariously stupid article. It makes sweeping generalizations of a country of a _billion_ people using nothing but anecdotal evidence. Really, if anyone is going to make a claim as bold as this, and as potentially insulting to a r
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by bhups 13y ago
I see this as a pretty viable alternative to cash. I don't like carrying any cash, and pretty much rely on my credit and debit cards alone. With this, I can simply Square Cash via e-mail the few establishments/recipients that don't accept c
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by bhups 13y ago
Wait, that's not how app development works. Writing a well made app does not somehow allow one to circumvent ToS, which Microsoft very clearly violated. I'm sure if Microsoft merely removed the ability to download videos and restored ads, G
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by bhups 13y ago
Doesn't that apply to ordinary pens too, though?
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by bhups 14y ago
Well, not only are you not using their service, you're using somebody else's service when theirs is available. As per your binding contract, you agree to only use their service in return for getting the phone at a subsidized price. Their in
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by bhups 14y ago
>The real issue is what happens after you've completed the 18 or 24 month contract. The carrier recouped their subsidy on the phone and has profited from your contract. But you can't use your phone (which you have more than paid for) on
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by bhups 14y ago
Yes, but if you foresee that you would need to travel, couldn't you just buy an unlocked phone? (I normally just buy an entirely different phone, a cheap Nokia brick handset, for travel use). This law doesn't prevent people from using unloc
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by bhups 14y ago
I currently own an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus). I've always been fascinated by the WP UI. It's a refreshingly new style that allows enough customization while maintaining a consistent look for the OS across devices. I've been telling mysel
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by bhups 14y ago
As far as I know, they still do this in India. The ethanol that we used in my 12th grade Chemistry lab (back in 2008) was denatured with ~3% methanol.