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811.
by roc 14y ago
> "Self-driving cars ... won't be materially different than having a good bus route." By this definition a cell phone is not materially different than having a personal land-line available regardless of where you live, work, eat, play
812.
by roc 14y ago
> "This isn't precise, but it's not unclear." When draining swamps qualifies but cell phone coverage doesn't, I argue that it is still unclear. > "A Herculean task for a nation." So the internet is not big because it wasn't crea
813.
by roc 14y ago
There are plenty of ways to define 'big', I'm just saying it's worth defining more clearly before you make a sweeping judgement that it isn't being done. I'm not trying to posit a 'good' definition. I'm just pointing out that the one on
814.
by roc 14y ago
Self-operating vehicles have a huge potential to upset travel and shipping and blur the distinction between transit and last-mile. To say nothing of the generic bipedal utility robot. CV is the big roadblock there. [1] No, these things ar
815.
by roc 14y ago
> "if we once did big things but do so no longer, then what changed?" Our definition of "big", I think. I can't be sure because the article leaves it so loosely defined that one could cherry pick data to suit their mood. Is no space
816.
by roc 14y ago
That's like saying Pets.com could have worked out -- given how readily people took to buying pet meds, food and accessories over the internet -- if only they hadn't grown so fast. Growing so fast is not only a problem of expectation, it's a
817.
by roc 14y ago
I think we may benefit from drawing a distinction between processed foods as in processed flour and processed foods as in "rolled off an assembly line with added sugars, preservatives, etc." My concern is much more for the latter. Paleo-fan
818.
by roc 14y ago
I'd rather the role of government in correcting society-wide problems caused by hidden costs be simply ensuring those costs are properly accounted for up-front. e.g. You don't stop industrial pollution by educating Americans to not buy pro
819.
by roc 14y ago
The general algorithm that more activity, better quality food and less total food will lead to weight decrease holds for even those unfortunate individuals who have genetic disadvantages and/or a history of obesity. Yes, they may need to do
820.
by roc 14y ago
It used to be that differences in obesity rates worldwide were explained by diet: the French ate rich food, but in smaller portions; the Japanese ate lots of white rice, but didn't eat much meat; etc. That has been found to not hold up over
821.
by roc 14y ago
In my experience, medical technology solutions tend to be geared toward desk workers and bureaucrats because no-one else has the time to champion their needs and 'default' enterprise assumptions map so poorly to the needs of doctors and nur
822.
by roc 14y ago
Yes, because nothing says "Microsoft isn't harming the platform and developers" like "we'll always be able to distribute software that users can run in their VMs".
823.
by roc 14y ago
Haven't we put the "it's an accessory" bit to bed yet? It's awfully tired. Also, the second someone needs to use that keyboard's bizarre-o trackpad to drive the software to write their term paper, you can bet the utility of having "traditi
824.
by roc 14y ago
That's the point. I think we can all agree that site owners are interested in "social networking" as the mechanism by which their content is shared and discovered by people passing links around. Essentially, the propagation of "word of mou
825.
by roc 14y ago
Similarly you could capture keydown events (specifically arrows and tabs) and pare down the false positives from people using other accessibility devices/browsers.
826.
by roc 14y ago
Freedom through bureaucratic infighting? A novel thought. But history and current events suggests it doesn't often play out that way. You just wind up with multiple groups seeking influence, with infighting limited to squabbling for contr
827.
by roc 14y ago
> "If Huawei has indeed acted in bad faith, then make their actions public so other nations/institutions avoid them" What if laying out the evidence implicitly compromises the only window into Huawei's alleged operations? Is it more
828.
by roc 14y ago
Yes, well, the US government can hardly be blamed for not being concerned about its own influence.
829.
by roc 14y ago
> "There are many assumptions in the article and in your comment. " I'm confused. As I read the post, it contains the bits "The most important step comes next, where you try to find out what ketamine is actually doing, since, again,
830.
by roc 14y ago
Game design can quite trivially trigger obsessive and compulsive responses and progressively increase time/money commitment to the next 'hit'. (see: Zynga) Before Zynga and before free to play games were popular, MMO's like WoW were the def
831.
by roc 14y ago
> "The biggest issue I see is the risk of extra-market activity" Unless Get Maid can provide the users and maids with enough useful features that they see a value in keeping the long-term-arrangement through the system. e.g. convenien
832.
by roc 14y ago
Of course it does. If crime were perpetrated, objectively and statistically overwhelmingly, by black people, or black people were objectively and statistically overwhelmingly criminals, it would be fair to talk about crime being a thing bla
833.
by roc 14y ago
If the iPad Mini is an iPad 2 internally, the pricing isn't so weird. Those specs would make it a weak substitute for a new iPod Touch. (lower resolution, slower internals, not as mobile, worse cameras, etc) Beyond the consideration that
834.
by roc 14y ago
If Nokia has suffered about as much as its share-holders can stomach, but Microsoft still wants to push their platform, would Microsoft have any choice? Anyway, the thing I haven't seen anyone consider is: whether the device being 'locked d
835.
by roc 14y ago
Yes? When something is statistically and objectively perpetrated by one group, it's not racist to note as much when someone of said group does said thing. e.g. "Mansplaining" describes a behavior perpetrated overhwelmingly by men. By not
836.
by roc 14y ago
I agree with the general point that the author's own baggage nudges him toward an archetype I find exhausting. But the 'educate' bit is on-point. It's similar to womens complaints about "mansplaining". It's not tit-for-tat racism; it's id
837.
by roc 14y ago
The only OEM making Windows Phones that isn't already also making Android phones is Nokia. And given the resounding thud with which Nokia's Windows Phones have fallen (fairly or not), it seems unlikely that Nokia will exclusively pursue Wi
838.
by roc 14y ago
Medallion/contract holders would get to squeeze out the overhead costs of employing drivers and would no longer need to ensure/insure the drivers' personal safety. This sort of automation promises to increase their profits directly. So long
839.
by roc 14y ago
Unless their work convinces Intel they might be missing out.
840.
by roc 14y ago
Anyone who trades with them? To make an honest attempt at addressing the problem, you'd need an international treaty. And -- not unlike Kyoto -- unless it included penalties up to and including automatic tariffs to collect those penalties,

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