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by neosat 10y ago
So you would rather that all people (not just you) have less information for making a a massive decision that will influence the future of the country for 4 years?
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by neosat 10y ago
If you can read only one book read About Face 2.0 You can find a somewhat better about most of the topics mentioned there that go into more depth into individual topics (except maybe the core of interaction design) but About Face 2.0 will
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by neosat 10y ago
Technology is broader than just software (though I'm not implying you said it is just software). Apple is a phenomenal technology company - their hardware + software integration is unmatched and they have made advances in everything fr
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by neosat 10y ago
>> i.e. I could build "the Uber for when you want to go out on a date and impress someone in the car" as an overlay service. There is a service for that. It's called Uber Black.
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Uber's self-driving cars will pick up their first customers this month(theverge.com)
1 points by neosat 10y ago|0 comments
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by neosat 10y ago
> "why change what works?" To make it better. And then to make it even better :) Isn't that what a significant amount of engineering and design endeavor is about?
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by neosat 10y ago
Some comments here completely miss the key point of the article and instead go down the route of whether the shifter itself should change or not. The blunder (and yes, it is a blunder and not only in hindsight) in the shifter is that it pro
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by neosat 10y ago
I got this one wrong. I thought no way a computer would be so dumb to have drawer and then drawers in the next sentence and this was a trick question to get one to say machine. Guess I overestimated the algorithm !
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by neosat 10y ago
HR managed services are certainly one big opportunity here as are leveraging Microsoft's B2B connections - however those are just the layer of utility services they can build over a massive 'corporate directory + network' and
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Will LinkedIn and Microsoft’s ‘New Play’ Be a Page Out of Facebook’s Playbook?(medium.com)
1 points by neosat 10y ago|0 comments
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by neosat 11y ago
"Would you design mathematical notations based on the opinion of 5th graders?" Haven't read the entire paper but...learning from something doesn't mean you need to design something 'based' on that. The advantag
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by neosat 11y ago
That matches a lot of my experience. I created a bunch of those lines floating on the screen which never failed to impress classmates who didn't frequent the computer lab and were stuck doing "write a program to calculate compound
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by neosat 11y ago
I'm from one of such Himalayan villages, though I only seldom go back there now. One important aspect to consider here is people don't necessarily think of it as illegal or a drug. There isn't really 'police' enforc
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by neosat 11y ago
The article feels ...well 'obvious'... but without any real insights into what good design really is. It's a little bit like saying "What's a good investment" - One that makes you money. Or "What's
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by neosat 11y ago
Not really (at least the way I interpreted it). PG seems to be saying that attacking the "final state" may not be the most productive approach here. Rather the discussion and consequent solutions should be focussed on the obviousl
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by neosat 11y ago
"This seems akin to suggesting that skin cancer is not bad per se" is not a fair analogy. What PG is trying to say is that the state of inequality can arise from a system (of incentives) that is beneficial to humanity as a whole (