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by iabacu 7y ago
> and is now opportunistically patent trolling Nreal Are you making this up? I don't see any patent claim being mentioned in the article.
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by iabacu 7y ago
Google+ leadership was not trying to build a product and grow a userbase. They were concerned about driving metrics, and only tangentially building a product. As if you could shove a half baked social product down on enough peoples throat b
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by iabacu 7y ago
The problem is: - Autopilot doesn’t work in that area. Driver reports it to Tesla. - Tesla fixes the issue in a software update. - Driver sees the improvement, and happily relies on autopilot. - After a while, a new software update introduc
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by iabacu 7y ago
Tesla needs a “Tim Cook”
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by iabacu 8y ago
Tesla self-driving is like Theranos. A big fake-until-you-make promise that gambles with peoples lives, in exchange for some hype and funding.
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by iabacu 8y ago
People forget that cash transactions also have a cost. It’s mostly on the risk of keeping and transporting cash, and the cost associated to mitigate those risks. Small shops are usually more willing to take the risk to avoid fees.
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by iabacu 8y ago
Forced arbitration is broken, but not entirely useless. The actual problem is vendor lock-in and the conflict of interest in those who choose the vendor. There should be a law that allows you to pick whichever arbitrator you want (within li
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by iabacu 8y ago
Not using lidar for self driving cars is a giant premature optimization (just like premature automation, etc)
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by iabacu 8y ago
Then there are mixed reality applications. It won’t need HFT levels of low latency, but will demand a lot more bandwidth. Many of the tricks won’t work there. That’ll require exploiting edge distribution to its limits, with an entire new le
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by iabacu 8y ago
It was a software engineer role. I did get an offer but in the end I didn’t take it.
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by iabacu 8y ago
When I interviewed at Airbnb, they asked me about one thing I learned in the past that could be useful for Airbnb. I suggested that people who are developing the product should once in a while spend a few hours handling user tickets themsel
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by iabacu 8y ago
Why plug into a hub? I’d rather just wear those (inexistent) googles that create virtual screens anywhere I want.
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by iabacu 8y ago
Wondering if there is a reference/citation you might link to?
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by iabacu 8y ago
Autonomous cars is a solution that is flashy and sexy, and has its appeal with some audience. However, being pragmatic, to avoiding drunk driving, I'd rather go with non-autonomous sober drivers that are already available today . You
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by iabacu 8y ago
No one is talking about reducing anything to zero — that’s a straw argument. It you really want a fair comparison, one can start by controlling statistical variables by car price point, car age and driver demographics. It’s not hard to spot
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by iabacu 8y ago
The argument that autonomous tech will save lives is the most dangerous. This will take decades to be true. The same companies who are pushing for that narrative, are also the first ones to blame the drivers when their tech goes wrong. Ther
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by iabacu 8y ago
Autonomous driving is such a big opportunity, that trying to do it wihtout LIDARs is a giant premature optimization. Just like trying to make fully automated assembly plants. Whatever edge it may give on sensor cost savings in the long run,
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by iabacu 8y ago
My wife received a job offer from a start-up, however her i-765 application (c09 category) has been pending for over 8 months with no action. We filed a service request back in April based on the case outside of processing time. NBC respond
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by iabacu 8y ago
Exactly this.
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by iabacu 8y ago
Well, the same macro economics / historical factors that helped GM, could’ve helped Ford and others. In particular, other 2/3 of trucks must have come from somewhere.
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by iabacu 8y ago
Sometimes, it can be actually worse if the worst parts were implemented by people who still works there. Because you might need to battle the technical issue AND people being defensive about it.
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by iabacu 9y ago
I expect a 10x to be effective, and to know when to pick a fight or not. In this case, it definitively shows a bent for the innovative and smarts, but shows lack of judgement / wisdom. For a 10x, merely completing the test is a lot fas
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by iabacu 9y ago
A lot of people commented on the pay. Most companies don’t have the option to offer more to the good engineers in the first place. First, they don’t apply at all, and if they do, the company will probably fail to identify them as good. And
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by iabacu 9y ago
I guess not in the traditional sense of the “export” word, but from the foreign trade balance perspective, it’s essentially an export product.
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by iabacu 9y ago
So China is basically exporting energy for a hefty amount of foreign currency.
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by iabacu 10y ago
"...only enjoy generalizing, optimizing, refactoring, designing, and take zero pleasure in delivering an actual usable product" Too many projects suffer immensely because of people who don't give a shit about delivering. In t
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by iabacu 10y ago
This is a great article, thank you very much for writing it. I pretty much agree with all points, except number 9 could probably be "Not challenging the Status Quo" instead of "Following the Status Quo". Breaking the sta
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by iabacu 10y ago
Several reasons, but again, it is just guessing that cannot replace actual data. That doesn't mean we should take the only data point available (90 million miles) and declare it settled. Your point about people seeking to drive faster
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by iabacu 10y ago
That's 90 million miles among all cars. I'd wager that if you compare it with cars at Tesla price point -- mostly luxury cars -- Tesla would look pretty bad.
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by iabacu 10y ago
Given how many deaths happen due to car accidents, one would think that any car feature that decreases safety should be considered a bug (UX bugs included). The sad thing is that Tesla has been repeatedly blaming the driver, instead of im

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