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by glenrivard 8y ago
They now have five of the top ten apps used on all smartphones so would expect those to not going anywhere. So things like YouTube, maps, etc. Plus Chrome not going anywhere as well as the Google home. But would still expect them to ite
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Microsoft's $7.5B GitHub deal set for EU approval – sources(reuters.com)
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by glenrivard 8y ago
I am not yet convinced we will see tons of FPGAs. They are less power efficient than ASICs. Yes ASICs cost a lot more up front. But as the companies get bigger and bigger they can afford that up front cost. The cost of making an ASIC has
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America’s Grip on Children’s Entertainment Coming to an End’ Because of YouTube(cartoonbrew.com)
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by glenrivard 8y ago
If you look at the new kernel, Zircon, you do not have a fork to create a process like Linux and other kernels. Here is a recent article on creating a process. https://depletionmode.com/zircon-process.html One correction on
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by glenrivard 8y ago
This is fantastic to see. I hope Firefox will also isolate sites for better Spectre protection like Google did with Chrome. Takes more RAM but the added protection, IMO, is well worth it. Had heard they are working on it. But had not he
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by glenrivard 8y ago
What will be interesting to see is how other safety standards change. Look at windows in cars today and being able to see. It drives car designs. But with SDC it is not longer needed to make seeing how necessary and therefore would allow c
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by glenrivard 8y ago
When you large fleets of cars you will do maintenance more like how cars are built. With basically an assembly line. But you would also push some of the work out to cheaper labor and centrally. So replace the entire wheel instead of the ti
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by glenrivard 8y ago
Great post and completely agree. Today cars are sold through dealers. Those dealers lose money on every car sold. “Yes, the typical new car sold loses a dealership about $200.” https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/articles&#x
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by glenrivard 8y ago
Would be pretty amazing to see the car makers gang up and basically not sell Waymo cars at scale. Hard to imagine that happening. Ten years ago Jaguar and Land Rover was sold to Tata for $2.8B USD. Waymo parent, Alphabet, has over $100B
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by glenrivard 8y ago
Do not think so. Waymo is rolling out their own robot taxi service in Arizona right now. It was leaked they will roll out in San Fran and Mount View next. They have up to 82k cars on order. It sounds more like they want to buy smartphon