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by phyller 9y ago
They definitely are trying to build what I want. There is even an Excel spreadsheet in the marketing materials! I didn't think the Oculus Rift had good enough resolution though. Has anyone tried this?
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I guess I'm ok with a virtual screen taking up most of the view. Of course it would be better if it didn't. But I'd still pay for one where I could pretty much only look at one screen at a time, with enough space around the e
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by phyller 9y ago
I don't need a virtual 4K monitor. I can turn my head to see more, just like I do in real life. How close do you have to be to see the pixels in a 4K monitor, and at that point, can you see the entire monitor without looking around? I
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by phyller 9y ago
I don't get the pink plane reference, but this is a good point. I'm conflicted about it. On one hand you are right we should try to use new technology to get to entirely different levels of productivity, opening up "new world
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by phyller 9y ago
Instead of a screen, output used to just be typed on paper like a typewriter. And we have basically emulated that as we worked our way up to modern computers. It's a good point.
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Wow thanks! That looks very similar to what I was thinking, I will check that out.
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Those are valid points, especially your point about fidelity, current tech is good enough for gaming and apparently not good enough for work (or we haven't figured out how to use it right). So they can sell it for that right now. But t
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by phyller 9y ago
That was google glasses problem though, they didn't focus enough on productivity. It was a gimmick. Instead of handing it out to techies to play with, they should have made one single useful application, like for doctors or architects,
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by phyller 9y ago
Myself and millions of others would spend thousands for this, and thousands more for upgrades. When you consider this is the tool that you use to make your salary, anything that makes me more productive with a better quality of life starts
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by phyller 9y ago
I don't understand why this entire field seems so focused on gaming, and not productivity. The single most interesting thing to me was the "displays on demand". There are two things that would absolutely revolutionize how I w
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by phyller 9y ago
Please tell me where I can send my money. I've heard of this, but at really low resolutions which I don't think would work well. Is there any existing VR solution that would be able to show an HD display?
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by phyller 9y ago
If I was Elon Musk, and launching something like this, the reason my Roadster would be the payload is because I would be attempting to land it on the Moon or Mars. It's electric, so it should be able to drive around :) I wonder if that
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Ask HN: Where do you shop for PCs?
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"Destabilizing Nation-states with Math", ha, one of the most insightful summaries of cryptocurrencies I have seen.
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Some areas are not capable of growing whatever you would like. Huge areas of the United States don't get enough water to support most kinds of farming. In northern Montana for example, the average land required for each cow/calf p
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by phyller 9y ago
Possibly because becoming a software engineer often takes years of schooling, requires a level of aptitude that puts it out of reach for many people, and then requires continuous additional effort to keep up with the field. If this sort of
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by phyller 9y ago
Thanks for the input, that makes sense. So the idea is set them loose in the direction of a worthy problem, with hands off management. Which is ideal for a manager in some ways. But if you're a rebel you had better have pretty good te
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Sounds like magic, I'd love to have that skill
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Apparently I'm an "Upholder" and I fail to see why I would want a "Rebel" in my organization. "I'm not going to do this because I can tell that you expect me to do it" How does that personality benefi
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by phyller 9y ago
My understanding is that there are literally hundreds of qualified, passionate applicants for each spot. I've met a few. If we are spending billions of dollars to strap that particular person to a rocket, I think humanity should be abl
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by phyller 9y ago
From the article: “None of those ads on Facebook would have been very effective if they said ‘paid for by Russia.’ ” They wouldn't say that. Just like all other political ads they would be funded through an organization with an appeali
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What happened when I opened a restaurant in Portland(wweek.com)
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The eetimes article is just a short summary of the actual article at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-06/tsmc-read...
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by phyller 9y ago
This is from 2011
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Engineering with feature teams at Spotify (2014)(labs.spotify.com)
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This would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic. You realize this is exactly what every evil dictator in history thought? They didn't wake up one morning and decide to be evil, they were trying to do what they thought was right. In
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"It was a brave action. Had Allied infantry been ambushed as they advanced on Sansepolcro, his court martial would have been brutal." Yes very brave. I'm sure his reputation might have suffered as his fellow officers wrote ho
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I thought Williamsburg was more expensive than most places in Manhattan now? You can find a ton of cheaper places in Manhattan (still expensive) if you are willing to go farther north. But then you have to deal with a longer subway trip. It
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by phyller 9y ago
Ok +1 for the super cynical article about how to stop functional programming :D But obviously that's a cheap shot for an example, no one would have a problem with the function he starts out with, he doesn't need to have a side e
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by phyller 9y ago
I think this is exactly right, but it also shows why bitcoin is actually a very good candidate for a currency. It has every characteristic that makes gold a good currency, and additional ones as well. In the ways that gold is convenient, bi

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