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by kbrwn 7y ago
Has there ever been a time in history when a technology was so ubiquitous with so few people knowing how it actually works? Cars, television, plumbing all come to mind
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by kbrwn 7y ago
$1.5 million reasons why she doesn't sue: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000033563&cy...
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by kbrwn 7y ago
It seems like most of the incentives are tax waivers. Georgia also has lots of land for films to work with. Do you think it would work for tech? I'm not sure if Atlanta has the clout to bring skilled engineers from NYC/SF
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by kbrwn 8y ago
No surprise that low income consumers choose to consume rather than save as saving account with a low balance has no direct impact on generating additional wealth.
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by kbrwn 8y ago
There are plenty of mechanisms in the container ecosystem to address each of the problems the author states. Building software isn't all that it is cracked up to be and it isn't very fun. Often times build steps for open source pr
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by kbrwn 9y ago
They could have banned CA from operating on FB much sooner. They could have sued the developer in court to send a message to other bad parties. They could have notified the users that their data was used improperly.
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by kbrwn 9y ago
In my own experience the modern American young adult male is overcome with an intense feeling of powerlessness. Powerless to change the direction of his own life. Powerless to provide for himself and future family. Powerless to effect anyt
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by kbrwn 9y ago
Democrats passed the law that created the agency Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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by kbrwn 10y ago
It feels like such a strange time to be alive. Even if you disagree with the concept of man-made climate change the distortion of scientific studies seems like something that everybody can agree is wrong. So much of science is funded by gov
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by kbrwn 10y ago
There were many popular netbooks before the MBA came out. Apple showed that there could be a popular high-end version with excellent build quality and now the market is responding with a cheaper model with the similar build quality. This is
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by kbrwn 10y ago
"...I think it’s theft, and it’s lazy." Not reinventing the wheel is a great business strategy. Everyone copies everyone in the tech space. Apple didn't invent lightweight laptops.
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by kbrwn 11y ago
How could this be considered immoral?
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by kbrwn 11y ago
Google is all over the place with it's music services. There are 3 apps you can use now to play music on your phone Google Play Music All Access, YouTube, and YouTube Music. It seems like 10 years isn't enough time for Google to f
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by kbrwn 11y ago
This could be huge for small bands and artists. Yesterday at a show in Berlin the drummer kept talking about the bands Facebook page and handing out paper with the link. If a band could just have a becon that sent out push notifications to
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by kbrwn 11y ago
Can anyone at Apple (or perhaps formally at Apple) explain why this is the case? It seems like a raw deal that no sane musician would ever agree to. Imagine if when the first iPhone came out AT&T told Apple they were giving every custom
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by kbrwn 12y ago
Completion rates don't matter as much when the content is free. I've signed up for 10+ of MOOC courses but only completed 2. I meant to just point out that if you consider a low completion rate a negative factor than the current s
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by kbrwn 12y ago
The end of this article describes a "future situation" that is actually the current situation exactly: "Students with means of their own will have the option of attending a four-year institution and obtaining all the benefits
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by kbrwn 12y ago
“We are going to unveil the Tesla home battery, the consumer battery that would be for use in people’s houses or businesses fairly soon,” Musk said during an earning conference call last month. Why the speculation? It seems like Musk alread
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by kbrwn 12y ago
Recently completed MITx 600.001 which had a fair share of lectures along with a textbook. The lectures were mostly just a rehashing of what was presented in the book but there was something about watching the code run that really made a dif
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by kbrwn 12y ago
What did you find to be dumb about the episode?
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by kbrwn 12y ago
E-ink is what made Amazon a device company. Copying the Yota phone seems like it would have been a better bet then going with the 3D gimmick. Yota has a really interesting product but hasn't really gained support due to a few issues (t
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by kbrwn 13y ago
1)The instability of Syria could cause the rebels to gain access to unsecured chemical weapons that the obviously incompetent Assad govt may have. 2) Some rebel groups may have chemical weapons and if they use them Assad might feel like he