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I'd heard of the TomTom SDK, but never even explored the option for quite a few of the concerns you managed to affirm from first hand experience. I very much agree on your point about platform lock-in worries associated with automotive
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"Factoring the problem out of the car to run in a smartphone or tablet itself also has its own frustrating problems, because when you're designing an automotive computer system, you can't predict what kind of technology and s
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This is an interesting (and beautiful) implementation, good to see another fighting the good fight against distracted driving. I suspect though that you may not have tested this during actual driving situations. The amount of concentratio
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It sounds like you misunderstand the 23andMe service. TESTS aren't conducted "through the internet" they're conducted in the 23andMe lab by analyzing your saliva and hence your DNA. Your RESULTS are available "thro
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You left engineers who think their command of technology makes them superior to all of these "recent" luddite invaders off the list. Your comment reflects the essence of what a large part of the article criticizes, an insular tec
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How would you interpret "MBA-culture people"?
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How do you define "real technologists" and how do they handle all of the other aspects (marketing, sales, operations) better than "MBA-culture"? Your statements as a whole seem to take a very narrow view that technology
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This wasn't particularly insightful. "solve a real problem", "listen to customers", and "be accessible to your market" you could replace Uber with Company X. A more specific analysis would have been inte
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I think the US gov't tales cyber security very seriously. They're just getting hammered by everyone since they're the most prominent target. This reminds me of why MS Windows seems so "full of viruses". I don't think it's because MS does