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by harryf 9y ago
In Switzerland Apple Maps is missing the public transport, which Google has - a killer feature.
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by harryf 9y ago
well done
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by harryf 9y ago
Google cached version as it won't load for me https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yLb33Z...
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by harryf 9y ago
You might be on to something... https://www.ft.com/content/78146114-15f5-11e7-80f4-13e067d50... > Updated projections from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, based on death statistics from the Office for Nation
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by harryf 9y ago
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2010/12/the-free-...
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by harryf 9y ago
Success in anything challenging gives you confidence in your ability to shape your own life. Success helps you avoid "victim thinking" and gives you a greater ability to take risks. That in turn is an _opportunity_ to be happy, al
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by harryf 9y ago
> I’ve long held that the web experience can be just as performant and polished as native. Recently I've been starting to think the assumption "apps are faster" is wrong when you factor in app start time. Two well known of
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by harryf 9y ago
Your first two points should be pretty easy to implement with this stateless approach. The second two points could be do-able if you're willing to let the tool dictate choices for you (e.g. choice of username). The last - OK probably n
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by harryf 9y ago
It's interesting from Darwinian perspective; that as a species we've produced a system that could select a "less fit" candidate. I wonder if there are other examples of this type of behaviour in nature or if we're t
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by harryf 9y ago
A lot of time, research and money has gone into feeding those preferences and laziness. The patterns to create habit forming products are well known - even books about it http://amzn.to/1PU95Fp There probably needs to a cat
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by harryf 9y ago
I wonder if Slack usage feedback is a valid case for bots e.g. for a chat that's suddenly very active involving multiple parties the bot might ask "I see this is a hot discussion? Should I invite you all to a video conference to d
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by harryf 9y ago
Agree with the problems Jason identifies but not convinced by the solution: his suggestions basically rely on the crowd to "get it right" (or on draconian management to enforce rules). I'd rather see something built from the
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by harryf 9y ago
Bringing crypto currency to the masses?
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by harryf 9y ago
> If you don't address the commoner's concerns, you'll be perceived as disingenuous. True but I argue that the current hype about AI replacing jobs has much more to do with media clickbait than any real issue we should be
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by harryf 9y ago
Very cool idea. I've often thought this approach would work best for teaching kids programming. Instead of "Chapter 1: Strings" present programming bit-by-bit as a mystery (detective or spy) story - you need to write simple b
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by harryf 9y ago
Shame they didn't map some of the Fighting Fantasy books ( http://www.fightingfantasy.com/ ) or Steve Jackson's Sorcery Series ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcery ! - now made into a serie
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by harryf 9y ago
Reminds me of https://github.com/illacceptanything/illacceptanything which came up on HN a couple of years back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338088
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by harryf 9y ago
Not sure kettle is the right analogy here. It's too simplistic. As a product Facebook is vastly more complex beast, and the argument is much more naunced. Many feel compelled to use Facebook. 99.99% didn't read the Terms and Condi
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by harryf 9y ago
Oh I hear you - I'm closer to 56 than I'd like to be (mid forties). The point is Ford apparently tries to send a signal to shareholders that they have a clue about being a real player in self driving cars and this message is odd -
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by harryf 9y ago
How about: "Ford hopes to push self-driving cars by replacing 56 year old CEO with 62 year old CEO with a background in office furniture" ?
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by harryf 9y ago
It's not a mystery. It's obvious. What works better for watching Netflix in bed? A laptop which naturally stands up on its own or an iPad which you need to hold?
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by harryf 9y ago
I get your point but I still disagree. Take a job like a plumber for example. Could you replace it with AI and robots? In theory yes. Will it ever happen? No. Why not? Because it makes no economic sense to do so. Developing, testing and mai
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by harryf 9y ago
> AI has made tremendous progress in just the last few years. There are very few jobs that can't be automated with technology that already exists. I'm tired of hearing this argument again and again. It amounts to saying this...
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by harryf 9y ago
Either that or they launch their own film festival to eclipse Cannes.
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ಠ_ಠ
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by harryf 9y ago
Great point. V for Vendetta / Anonymous would be the most visible example
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by harryf 9y ago
Been free of Facebook for more than 3 years. There's never been a single moment where I felt I was missing out. Even the staying in touch - for those that matter we found other ways to stay connected. The final straw for me was actuall
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by harryf 9y ago
Meanwhile I'm an outlier that thinks typing on a Nokia 1100 was more innovative than recreating a typewriter design that goes back to the 1870's
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by harryf 9y ago
Funny to think this the nation that once produced the Magna Carta ( https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/why-magna-carta-still... )
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by harryf 9y ago
PS that first sentence was supposed to read... "Don't think permissions really protect you from this."

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