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by billions 12y ago
Soon each person will have a computer in the cloud. There is no reason why apps shouldn't be as easy to install on any user-provided server as on desktops. I am very excited about this and would be interested helping code it.
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by billions 12y ago
Well put. Instagraham's new thing is spamming push notifications about things you don't care about to get you back on the app. And FB seems to have kept their hands off more than others since the brands continue on. It's i
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by billions 12y ago
It is difficult to maintain focus on software as a hardware company (and vice versa). While Steve Jobs was around he was able to emphasize importance of both hw & sw. Over time the part of the company which brings the money receives in
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by billions 12y ago
How to get investor attention: 1. Write about a controversial topic relevant to Hacker News 2. Show off traction 3. Say you are not looking for $$$ (Bonus: get more customers)
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by billions 12y ago
Before iPhones the battle was between Java and BREW for the language of mobile apps. This was 2000-2005 when Motorola and Nokia were heavyweights.
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by billions 12y ago
When wages are paid through Bitcoin, the fundamental Bitcoin incentive loop will be complete. The primary advantages of Bitcoin, including transaction fees and privacy, are lost when converting local currency to/from Bitcoin via marke
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by billions 13y ago
This. I would add angular is good for teams requiring extensive structure. The cost is control. If you're building a corporate webapp, angular is great to keep everybody neat. If you're doing something unprecedented such as 3D
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by billions 13y ago
Yes, Facebook lost face during this episode. They have a bit of a history of pushing crowd's expectations so the surprise factor has worn a bit. They have already 'promised' to get rid of trouble makers like Google did with
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by billions 13y ago
With a significant number of casual PCs storing bitcoin the virus industry is about to become WAY more lucrative for the bad guys.
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by billions 13y ago
It seems this is a direct step towards putting the brakes on Bitcoin. You can bet the new Bitcoin startup investors are recalculating their risk. And that was the goal with the timing of this takedown- to slow future institutional investm
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by billions 13y ago
The web, in one form or another would have happened regardless. Intellect is limited by the speed of networking brains.
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by billions 14y ago
Just as users will try a web-app before investing in downloading the native app, companies will develop web apps before investing in native apps. Once a company has the resources to go fully native, in exchange for 5-10% more user engageme
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by billions 14y ago
Webkit was the only thing the mobile web had that apps did not: a mostly un-fragmented codebase. Now developers will have to test their mobile web-apps against even more browsers reducing time-to-market efficiency. Hopefully competition w
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by billions 14y ago
Top down thinking is the #1 most underrated skill in large scale problem solving. However, there is an equally important need for fixing narrowly defined problems which need detailed focus. In the end you need both the engineer that proje
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by billions 14y ago
Investors that felt privileged to own FB weeks pre-IPO thought the stock would go viral because everyone was talking about it. Fortunately, FB users and TDAmeritrade users are completely different demographics and even small time investors
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by billions 15y ago
This article hits a note with the startup community. It actually redefines design from "look & feel" to "practicality". IMO this is a much needed awakening, given all the media hoopla around path's new button. Nobody buys buttons.
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by billions 15y ago
Apps are shaping into Native, Hybrid, and HTML5. Native will always own a) 3D & graphics, and b) frequent users. HTML5 is in the immediate future shaping to be a 'try before you download' the app. It will be dominant in one time use
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by billions 15y ago
A Qualcomm tech showed me a picture taken from the web browser in android. Said should be out in a year