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Willow Garage Creates Awesome Open Source Telepresence Robots(singularityhub.com)
1 points by ippisl 17y ago|0 comments
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by ippisl 17y ago
Maybe a software sales model would be a better fit here. You give away the instructions on what hardware they need , and how to connect it ,and then you sell an integrated software that handles this. This is also makes far easier for the li
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by ippisl 17y ago
You might be right. But in any case , with his name in such a great story in the news , he greatly improved his resume.
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by ippisl 17y ago
That's a good point. Maybe you know how many different catalog systems re used commonly in libraries?
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by ippisl 17y ago
He captured great job security value.
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by ippisl 17y ago
It took him 15-20 days of work for one unit. won't it take him much less time for each unit if he would build them in quantity ?
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by ippisl 17y ago
It's a long term strategy, and very much dependent on kindle market share. It's not a move that will help the kindle in the near/mid-term future. And that's where they're focusing now. But in the long term if the kindle becomes popular , it
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by ippisl 17y ago
I wonder if there's similar opportunities for cost reduction in other self-service kiosks ?
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Librarian builds self-checkout machine. Costs $1500 instead of $23000(desmoinesregister.com)
122 points by ippisl 17y ago|50 comments
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by ippisl 17y ago
Some ssd-drives have compression on board to save space,speed and help endurance.
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by ippisl 17y ago
Teaching static typing with dynamic languages is possible. just use something like Cython to annotate python code with types.
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by ippisl 17y ago
The Google optimization is more complex than utility. They optimize for clicks * revenue per click. One example they don't optimize for - if there's a free way to achieve something , they don't show it to you. Another - if the competition o
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by ippisl 17y ago
Some version of this can still might happen if Microsoft would be seriously threatened by Google. If Microsoft task would be to replace each google-ad with a much more useful ad(which they probably could, since google optimized for money pe
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by ippisl 17y ago
what parts of flash are not open? When flash opened those parts you mentioned? do their knowledge and control of the closed parts of flash enables them to build better tools? how big a lead did they have for their tools when they opened th
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by ippisl 17y ago
So instead of adobe being the monopolistic developer of tools for the successful flash platform , adobe should compete with everybody else on developing tools to html5? This doesn't seem like a great business move, at least not before they
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by ippisl 17y ago
It all depends on the job and how labor intensive it is. For many jobs that are not labor intensive , reducing wages below won't make a huge difference , but for those who wok for this jobs , it will make a huge difference.
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by ippisl 17y ago
The requirement to win this prize are very very high. The prize is relatively low. And to win the prize , you need to make plans open-source. It doesn't make sense. If you design this much better machine , it would make more sense to commer
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by ippisl 17y ago
Microsoft should built some controlled version of it's os, using applications verified for safety , speed. And then use those applications to conquer many vertical markets for the non-techies crowd. for example: Microsoft should built some
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Ask HN:iPad and chrome-os might be disruptive, how can Microsoft react?
3 points by ippisl 17y ago|1 comments
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by ippisl 17y ago
I'm not sure this is true with an arm processor. A lot of semiconductors companies are working on an arm version , and optimizations for low power. And the arm platform is quite an open platform. I bet any successful company can work with
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by ippisl 17y ago
"""Guaranteach is powered by a vast library of short video math tutorials and a sophisticated array of learning algorithms which allows the software to intelligently guide a student at their own pace, and on their own customized path throug
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by ippisl 17y ago
One big improvement in educational content i can think of , is the addition of personalized content, that fits to your learning style.It seem to really improve learning. Of course this fits very well to computerized platforms , and works ni
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Garage opens doors for self-service auto repairs(sltrib.com)
1 points by ippisl 17y ago|2 comments
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by ippisl 17y ago
This could make big screen HD video-conferencing\telepresence available for cheap in the living room.
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by ippisl 17y ago
I wonder if with this and some other stuff( for example, diagnostics using car computer) , people could easily fix their car on their own?
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by ippisl 17y ago
can't good memory become very helpfull in programming? and how good is the the author working memory ? my point is that being smart is not the only important capability for programming.
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Ask HN:augmenting working memory ?
2 points by ippisl 17y ago|3 comments
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by ippisl 17y ago
There's a u.s. company that reuses abandoned shipping containers , to build cheap homes for Mexican families.a family house built this way should cost $8000. http://renaissanceronin.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/drumroll-pl... So it would be p
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by ippisl 17y ago
What about doctors and nurses going to rich countries ?
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by ippisl 17y ago
I would label those technological advances in a different dimensions than moral acts. And usually the meaning of bad and good regards morals , not other fields of human behaviour. And since as a nation their positive moral acts was so littl

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