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by jayjay71 10y ago
I thought about that shortly after posting my comment. I could still see it being used by consumers for low quality videos, or maybe for medium quality depending on how much can be salvaged from software stabilization. But then just think
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by jayjay71 10y ago
Neat. I wonder how much work it will take before it can hover. I just spent too much time on YouTube watching people crash drones (often into people). I could see some applications for this filming at crowded venues once it's more d
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by jayjay71 10y ago
dang changed the article so now this comment thread is a little confusing. The original article incorrectly claimed that total production increased 250%.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
This article is wrong. The output per employee changed to 250%. So by reducing the staff to 10%, the total output is roughly 25% compared to what it was before. http://monetarywatch.com/2017/01/chinese-factory-
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by jayjay71 10y ago
This is great data. I'm curious what will happen with all of the talent that recently left Google, including various startups for self-driving cars. That said, Google is doing better than I thought. Kudos to them. Any idea how to be
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I wonder if this decision will be final, or if either party will appeal. Facebook has stated they will appeal, but Zenimax has threatened an injunction. While an injunction seems unlikely to achieve fruition, just the chance that it might
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I think the separation between HN and politics is intentional. In fact, not too long ago they strictly banned any political submissions for a week (although they cancelled it early because nobody could agree on the definition of politica
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I find videos of robots failing amusing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKMysMDK8wU I'm sure by now they've gotten it to work though as it's a pretty simple process. I'll have to head over to the mall
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by jayjay71 10y ago
Honest question - has Elon written any of the code for Tesla or SpaceX? Or has he designed any of the electrical or mechanical systems? I know he used to code at past companies, but a quick google search doesn't tell me he still does
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I'd like to hear more. Can you be more specific about what you think led to the fall of the Soviet Union?
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by jayjay71 10y ago
Overall I like Elon Musk (although I've never met him), but people seem to think he's the über-engineer when really he's the über-salesman.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I saw a comment on HN about this recently where someone suggested a 100% inheritance tax. I wonder what society would be like if we were able to implement this effectively.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
This is great news. Quanergy was supposed to be selling solid state sensors by now, but they missed their deadline and have changed their answer to "soon." Regardless, so long as somebody is selling the sensors for cheap, it&#
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by jayjay71 10y ago
It's refreshing to see an article like this among the many other articles predicting self-driving cars will be here in ~2 years. Volvo has committed to selling level 4 vehicles by the end of this year (in limited locations) - I'd
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by jayjay71 10y ago
How much do you like the Golf R? Is the 4WD worth the price increase over the GTI?
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by jayjay71 10y ago
You readily acknowledge "Our Institutions have failed us" multiple times, but you're arguing they can't fail us again because of "The long history" - I think you're arguing against yourself. And while thi
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by jayjay71 10y ago
> I'm confident our institutions are strong enough to prevent something that blatantly unconstitutional from happening I say this in all seriousness: why?
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by jayjay71 10y ago
> Most economists no longer believe that these kinds of situations are automatically self-correcting through "trickle-down economics", in which just getting out of the way of wealth-creation at the top inevitably lifts all boat
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I find the history of Atari and all things connected to it fascinating, but this was particularly insightful in terms of marketing to your audience: "The reason for doing the animals, believe it or not, was not for the kids. It was mea
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I can agree that many investors will assume that because other firms invested, that is a "signal" that they use to invest themselves, and in that sense raising money can give you momentum. But I disagree that that is the same thi
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by jayjay71 10y ago
"Now, for the first time, we have official confirmation that GDP (in China) has been fabricated." How much have the numbers been changed?
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by jayjay71 10y ago
How often do institutional investors fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy? If you don't meet your milestones, you're probably not getting more money from the same investors. VC's make a lot of mistakes, but throwing good mone
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by jayjay71 10y ago
I've noticed the more nuanced of a statement I make on HN, the more likely I am to be attacked for it. It's getting worse as the site becomes more popular as well.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
> (Amazon) didn't need huge outside cash injections like Uber Amazon and Uber are very different companies, but this wildly oversimplifies the financing of Amazon. Amazon has taken on many billions of dollars in debt over the yea
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by jayjay71 10y ago
Even so, Tesla should be able to tell whether or not you're driving on a highway with all of the data they collect. Why not compare that data to the Autopilot data? This report wasn't made by Tesla, it was made by the NHTSA. So
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by jayjay71 10y ago
So they're comparing miles driven manually before a certain date to miles driven manually and automatically after a certain date? It certainly implies that Autopilot is safer, but why not separate it properly (Autopilot vs manual) a
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by jayjay71 10y ago
> I mean how much more are the prices going to go People have been saying that for years, and yet they keep going up.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
But how do you know you have a great product before you ship? Until you have paying customers, you don't have a real feedback loop.
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by jayjay71 10y ago
Is there a reason you didn't want to join Oculus and continue working on the same (or similar) technology with your colleagues?
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by jayjay71 10y ago
What makes you say that?

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