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hershel
12y ago
Yes, even in non-equal societies people benefit greatly from innovation.But if innovation is not dependent on extreme capitalism , why attribute it to capitalism in this discussion ?
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The norwegian countries(and maybe france) seem to indicate innovation would still happen in more socialistic countries with high taxes.
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Tools to reduce distraction in doing research on the web.
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One of the biggest problem in the new field of medical apps is lack of verification: how do i as a doctor or patient know if an app works, and how well ? Of course this problem is generic for many types of products.Reviews are a partial sol
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hershel
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Mio does look similar. the whole point is make it easier to carry it inside the bottle - less hassle, less forgetting, less things to carry. Even better would be integration inside the reusable bottle cap such as you just press somewhere t
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http://toshnology.blogspot.co.il/2014/03/goji-play-making-30...
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1. Combining the mio water flavoring , which gets very good reviews in his category ,into a cap of a reusable water bottle ,similar to pillid[2] 2. Pcb layout design, in the electronics industry, is somewhat similar to games like pipes. So
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12y ago
http://tempoautomation.com/ is working on a solution for the pick and place part. Maybe they know of solutions to the other parts.
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For the indian market Worldhaus.com has a roof/floor panels that reduce construction cost and time by around 40% and blocks that reduce construction time by 50%.
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There's some research that at least some expert systems("decision support system") implemented in the right culture do improve medical services[1]. But still due to huge resistance by doctors, who like the autonomy of the job
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Google glass doesn't look like a risky bet.It seems pretty safe to start with the workplace market and go from there. If a consumer market appears due to all the people playing with glass, google would have decisive advantages: the bes
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12y ago
Google does invest serious cash in futuristic technology outside of it main business lines, things like robots, drones and construction software. I don't think they lack "goodwill" for innovations.
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It isn't dynamic as far as i know.
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You don't need to review all that code. From the qubes architecture document: "it is possible to move all the drivers and driver backends out of Dom0. The same is true for moving the IO Device Emulator (ioemu) out of Dom0."
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The idea behind qubes is to use the security properties of virtualization layers to enable a secure , easy to use system. Given that virtualization layers are relatively small ,code wise ,that's a good place to start. Given that amazon
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12y ago
There are modeling innovations in research, few I know of(probably many more availble) : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7458922 Another huge innovation in modeling is machine learning, and it can build very complex m
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Lack of eye contact in video chats greatly hurts the experience and is probably the source of the difference between it and face to face chat. Using something based on [1] but a bit better(for example , let's you cover maximum screen a
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Dynamic search anonimizer: most of the times google's personalized search is much better than anonimized search services like duckduckgo. But in certain query types anonimized search is highly preferable. What about a service/brow
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Easy Laptop Mod allows Eye to Eye Video Chat
(hacknmod.com)
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Since private marketplaces over the internet seem to spread everywhere and do have some monopolistic power ,i wonder, is there a more open strategy that works against such markets ?
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Amazon’s Subscribe and Save: Bait and Switch?
(medium.com)
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Technologically it does seem possible. But if they have built it, won't somebody else built similar factories, and than a race to the bottom would have begun and nobody would have made that much money , especially relative to the money
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Ask HN:have moore's law slowed innovation in chip manufacturing?
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The problem with wearables is that it's far easier to design a new wearable than a mobile OS. So this field is swamped with competitors ,some of are pretty innovative and some are very good at the cost game , and collectively they try
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Does buying groceries online in the UK is cheaper than buying them offline?
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The median income for game in the app store was less than $1000 in 2011. I'm sure it has came down since.
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For critical jobs that can't find workers, there can always be some draft like mechanism, wheres people share this work. Once in while(probably long while) doing some dirty job isn't that bad as a price for basic income. But i agr
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Do it slowly. Yes inflation can happen due to increased demand , but raising the amount of money slowly enables increased supply, which will cause prices to go down. It doesn't work in supply restricted things like real estate thought,
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There we're rumors they are working on watch that detects heart attacks by listening to your pulse.
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You're probably right, and maybe smartphones are unique in that case. I wonder what will happen if amazon would decide to strongly promote online-only (or even amazon only) products, offered at a lower price ?
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