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by samemail88 4y ago
I don’t know if the free market can solve certain problems like these. Take the phone charger example. The EU is forcing it to standardize to USB-C. Do you see it as a good or bad thing? Couldn’t you say its going to limit innovation? But s
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by samemail88 4y ago
I feel like corporate interest be only thing stopping it from happening. But the great thing about having standard bottles is one corporation can’t “cheat” and have a more unique bottle. So its fair for all companies. Also standard bottles
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by samemail88 4y ago
Part of the reason of standardizing is to make sure the bottles are of a particular strength, quality, durability. Currently, some bottles break after a few uses, some break easily, some have unique caps that if you lose or break, you can n
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by samemail88 4y ago
I agree. Like a washing machine when it was first introduced is true automation as it washed clothes for you instead of you hand washing it. Taking the washing machine as an example, I would not consider it automation if I had my maid hand
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Ask HN: Why can't the government forced standardized bottles and containers?
2 points by samemail88 4y ago|10 comments
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by samemail88 4y ago
If the dish washer can put the dishes away after they are washed, then yes. If the self driving car can drive without any driver/handler ready to take over, then yes.
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by samemail88 4y ago
But are "self driving cars" really that common? I don't mean a car with a handler to take over when the car gives up, but a truly self driving without a driver/handler.
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by samemail88 4y ago
I know software is eating a lot of jobs, I see those type of jobs as more low hanging fruit. Software seems much easier to tackle than hardware. The robots I referring to are physical robots. Burger flipping robots, fruit picking robots, di
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by samemail88 4y ago
But I keep hearing its coming, only a few years away. Like self driving cars, apple picking robots, etc. I remember reading in the 90's in Popular Science apple picking robots were going to replace all the farm hands in California&#x27
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by samemail88 4y ago
Yes, I agree. All these kiosks and self checkout machines aren't what I think of when I think robots/automation. More like automating the job to the customer. Its equivalent of saying the software writing has been automated but in
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by samemail88 4y ago
Yes, only robot is a LCD touch screen that replaced the cashier. But what about the robot burger flipping machines. I have yet to see or hear any. Something like these: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/s
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Ask HN: What happened to robots taking all our jobs?
34 points by samemail88 4y ago|74 comments
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Ask HN: Gauge interest in a set of personal web services for small fee
2 points by samemail88 4y ago|2 comments
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by samemail88 7y ago
That's dedicated to hosting something online. I've referring to something that runs on your desktop. Something accessible only on your desktop and not the outside world. Like old school desktop apps but with a twist.
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Ask HN: Is there a interest/market for desktop style apps anymore?
1 points by samemail88 7y ago|2 comments
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Bill Gates says he asks himself these 3 questions he wouldn’t have in his 20s(cnbc.com)
1 points by samemail88 7y ago|1 comments