kirykl

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   by kirykl 10y ago

   Yes http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/toyota-offers-to-...
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   I understand the hydrogen line to be used tho because the noise is constant and any deviation or pattern could be easily identifiable
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   Youtube pays red share to creators by total minutes watched by YouTube Red users, each minute of playback is a transaction
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   YouTube Red seems to be a form of micropayments that works well. I signed up for the service as part of Google's July 4th promotion and its made YouTube so much better as a product. I assume the monthly fee is somehow distributed to co
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   With a house you're hoping to just maintain equity by avoiding rent, not make 5-7% yearly returns
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   I'd like to see brainwaves being used as passwords. And the fun accompanying the government forcing suspects to think "unlock"
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   Houses build equity, I'm not sure if they have been expected to be a good investment that beats inflation. This was pushed hard though by multiple industries during the mortgage bubble
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   They can ban someone from using AR inside the store to protect their brand. But making it illegal for Burger King buy AR ads that display inside the store - I wonder if there's some precedent with radio
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   by kirykl 10y ago

   But why couldn't you be free to see the Whopper poster in that case? McDonalds owns the store, they don't own my vision while I'm in their store. Until we are given implants at birth, the user chooses to enable augmented real
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    If its one thing I'd rather not augment my reality with its more ads
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Even if this never nets a profit on the service, big Gas has deep enough pockets to make it worth a potential sell out exit
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    My facebook feed has helped me realize how much I hate my friends and family
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    That they don't need inventory or more than a few hundred employees makes me wonder what their real value is. Is the brand alone worth $30B ? You could have the same office staff running airBnb and uber. edit: I'm also thinking of
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    If the laptop is administered by Facebook's IT, maybe they have a way to use the cameras clandestinely (Unlikely with Apple's hardware but if I were an employee and the CEO was taping I'd do it too)
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    would the observer's time slow down enough to run negative (backwards) from the POV of those traveling FTL ?
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    if a method to violate causality is discovered on Earth it probably wouldn't lead to intelligent expansion, but mass destruction
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Reminds me of this that fizzled out http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Not true http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36478641
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Some nice visuals to explain the concept http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/15/481934630/...
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Difference was how Steve sold it vs the two presenting iMessage today
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    biggest hack being credit card reading dongles
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    The great filter could well be going from single to multi planetary, on a single planet our survival (quite) long term is zero.
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    I've tried advice like this before, and always results in rejection to even talk or after talking a nice referral to a frustratingly useless Taleo application portal. Maybe i'm not asking the right people but in my experience talk
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    it'd be like Pharma companies refusing to manufacture lethal injection
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    They'll just use pinless debit
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    I think when leisure time becomes cheaper this prediction becomes true. Leisure still depends somewhat on others working while you don't
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    I've seen this idea but can't understand it. By owning or leasing a fleet of driverless cars Uber only increases its operating costs
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    Is having a trust-fund a form of Basic Income ? I wonder if there's any research there
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    so they're trying to revive AOL's business model with a little yellow pages thrown in?
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    by kirykl 10y ago

    It takes time, money and permission to convert new customers. Small business usually doesn't have enough time or money, Facebook users don't give permission unless they've searched for something specific. Small Biz is better