johansch

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by johansch 10y ago
That's quite tangential. How surprising is it really that Android sucks if you refuse to use Google services? Where have you been the last 3-5 years?
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by johansch 10y ago
So, just to set expectations: All of the big SV companies need to have a VR play and this is Google's. Personally I believe in the long-term viability of VR, but in this case it just seems like an expendable just-in-case-it-takes-off t
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by johansch 10y ago
> when they were only a few hundred employees So like 3-4 years ago?
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by johansch 10y ago
The recipe is: open the 'web' Google search link in incognito mode and then pick the original url from the results, usually at #1.
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by johansch 10y ago
They (Government-sponsored scientists) were already working on all of these things.
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by johansch 10y ago
Mark ("and Priscilla") are pledging $3B. The Manhattan project cost was "about $26 billion in 2016 dollars" according to the Wikipedia article. They are short $23B.
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by johansch 10y ago
No worries, Zuck and Priscilla will do it.
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by johansch 10y ago
It's so sad to see this. (This entire thread, and its comments are down-voted.) Let me try again. New Microsoft is awesome! Old Microsoft never happened. Double plus good!
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by johansch 10y ago
Hubris, much? Yes, this is a commendable effort, but I don't think they have the smarts/money for this. Even at an investor/patron level.
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by johansch 10y ago
This industry runs on young people. Old people are far and between. (In this context, old means anyone who actually experienced Microsoft's behavior between mid 80s and late 90s.) Most (80%) developer experiences these days are probabl
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by johansch 10y ago
Why would they have to be in Silicon Valley?
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by johansch 10y ago
I think users like you are part of the reason iTunes is like it is. Never, ever, take away a feature. Never ever refactor the UI to simplify things.
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by johansch 10y ago
You're kinda missing the point here.
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by johansch 10y ago
Or quite a lot less: http://prestigefoodtrucks.com/custom-food-trucks-for-sale/
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by johansch 10y ago
Here's the real content, found at the end: "New restaurants, with too-easy access to financing from people like me, invest too much in design, tableware, food, and service, driving up every customer’s expectations of every restaur
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by johansch 10y ago
I think you're an advanced version of a putinbot :).
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by johansch 10y ago
I can't be bothered to dig right now, but you're saying that a company with 5000+ employees did not use any consultants at all, zero, for 2014 and 2015? I really can't believe that. Edit: there are many ways to hide bribes, o
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by johansch 10y ago
He's a self-promoter.
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by johansch 10y ago
You should probably implement a merge comments thing for situations like these.
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by johansch 10y ago
Two words: "consultancy services"
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by johansch 10y ago
But how about the bribes (to get e.g. electricity)? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/business/global/12ikea.htm...
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by johansch 10y ago
Yeah, I probably did mix them up. I was possibly confused by this article just before posting that comment: http://calvertjournal.com/news/show/3035/founder-of-yandex-r... (It's hit #4 in Google for his
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by johansch 10y ago
My feeling is that data center services are much cheaper and more reliable in Europe, so they have probably moved most things that are not directly frontend-facing to CIS there. (Everything just works and there are no insane bribes to pay t
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by johansch 10y ago
They moved most of their hosting to Amsterdam (and Stockholm?) 2-3 years ago, I heard. Since then the founder has been forced out by Putin, so I guess it might be back in Moscow now though. (Haven't really had any semi-inside informati
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by johansch 10y ago
"Bad stuff: .. * Looks just like an iPhone 6 in a case"
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by johansch 10y ago
Using 900x676 pixel ~400kB JPEGs for demoing camera performance is hilarious.
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by johansch 10y ago
Quite a lot of this goodwill went away after GWB was re-elected. We all thought you made a childish mistake at first (do the downvoters of this comment even remember that campaign? perhaps they were in kindergarten), but the second time.. t
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by johansch 10y ago
... and if you only invest in this particular area (with a leading American country giving jobs to Americans, where it counts) with 50 billion USD, you could protect yourself! Would you like to learn more?
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by johansch 10y ago
Also don't forget the A380 RR disaster-that-was-prevented-by-sheer-luck.
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by johansch 10y ago
It's fun to watch Europeans (like myself) use ATMs in the US. They insert the card. Nothing happens. After a while they get confused and pull out the card. By then some infomercial is playing. Eventually they figure out you're sup

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