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by lotso 13y ago
>Perhaps they've got some cool stuff going on underneath somewhere They definitely do. >they just seem sort of lackluster to me for much the reasoning that you've mocked above. Not everyone is capable of being Elon Musk and
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by lotso 13y ago
Things people say at early stages of tech companies: Facebook... it's just a way to create a profile of yourself and share pictures and messages. Color me unimpressed! Tumblr... it's just a basic blogging platform... nothing new?
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by lotso 13y ago
Having cybersex on Skype is a thing, but you people just don't say Skype is used for cybersex.
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by lotso 13y ago
People will pay attention to it, but there isn't as high of a pressure to respond, in contrast to a Facebook wall post or message.
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by lotso 13y ago
>That being said, I don't think it's legal to block a vehicle, and protesters would probably be better served doing something productive rather than complaining immaturely in this matter. Would you have said the same thing abou
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by lotso 13y ago
Aborted. Bummer.
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by lotso 13y ago
Have you used Windows Phone or do you just Microsoft bash?
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by lotso 13y ago
Not a good day for this to happen. Xbox Live is impacted as well.
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Xbox One: The Review(polygon.com)
99 points by lotso 13y ago|104 comments
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by lotso 13y ago
Uhh Microsoft is definitely in a position to offset the losses from Windows and Office through their strong Enterprise division.
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by lotso 13y ago
Incredible low-content article for how many points it has. Terrible linkbait. It seems more like HN likes to upvote anything anti-Microsoft. If you actually look at Microsoft's ads, they are definitely poking fun at these use-cases, w
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by lotso 13y ago
No. The comment is "Why is Snapchat worth $3 billion? Because Facebook is willing to pay that much and investors are willing to invest at that valuation."
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by lotso 13y ago
Snapchat is worth 3-4 billion because someone offered to buy them or invest for a percentage that valued them at that price. People arguing whether or not it is worth that price are silly. It's like arguing whether a house is worth the
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by lotso 13y ago
Poke was made around the time Snapchat had a $70 million valuation.
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by lotso 13y ago
Console + TV in one is still better than having to switch inputs. Also, with SmartGlass, Microsoft will probably do very interesting things combining your phone + tv + Xbox.
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by lotso 13y ago
I wouldn't say adding pen input would make the iPad a multitasking device.
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by lotso 13y ago
Great comment on my history of the field... Except I also studied this in university and I am a designer as well, who also reads books, articles, and academic papers as well. If you want to argue that designers should be knowledgable about
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by lotso 13y ago
From the Wikipedia page on graphic design: "Graphic design is a creative process between a client and a designer, traditionally completed in conjunction with producers of form (printers, sign makers, programmers etc.). Graphic design i
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by lotso 13y ago
Has GTA V been announced for PS4/Xbox One?
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by lotso 13y ago
What is the average "Italian" restaurant, and why would you ever eat at it? zagat.com and stick to 23+ rating restaurants.
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by lotso 13y ago
Skype is about to pull in 2 billion in revenue. Surely there's some profit there.
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by lotso 13y ago
So why would Intel dump hundreds of millions pushing the ultrabook, if the OEMs were creating the right devices already?
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by lotso 13y ago
>Microsoft has been a stain on the last decade of the computing industry Pretty easy to make bold claims without expanding on them.
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by lotso 13y ago
Bradley Manning released a dump of over 700,000 files. Although there were some documents that revealed possible war crimes, there was no do due diligence performed to verify that the rest of the files were not putting people in danger. I&#
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by lotso 13y ago
There's some research that, that people like content paged. Here's one such paper http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/25/3/279.short
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by lotso 13y ago
Except BB10 has a YouTube app.
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by lotso 13y ago
I know more people with Fitbit's than Nike Fuelbands. Obviously anecdotal, but definitely surprising for me.
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by lotso 13y ago
I'm not sure about the others, but Lexity has an actual business model.
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by lotso 13y ago
>Androind could eat away at Apple. Google's search could in theory be disrupted. Facebook seems more vulnerable by the day. Microsoft is a dead man walking. >Microsoft is a dead man walking. Why is the company with arguably the m
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by lotso 13y ago
Sure it renders fine, but it isn't particularly suited for small screens and touch interactions.

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