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by sirkneeland 10y ago
Shame they're rolling out separate Windows 10 desktop and Windows 10 phone Facebook apps. One would think this would have been a great opportunity for a high profile example of how to do a Universal Windows Platform app.
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by sirkneeland 10y ago
When you have optimized your company structure, culture etc for one type of output, it is not easy to do things that are entirely different. It will either deliver a compromised "new" output, or (even worse), compromise the output
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by sirkneeland 10y ago
Ludicrously so. I was talking to an Uber driver there who said the high cost of car ownership (namely the COE - Certificate of Entitlement) makes owning a car simply for the sake of Uber driving to be generally uneconomical. Especially as t
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by sirkneeland 10y ago
While this is mostly true, it is just untrue enough to cause trouble for a non-negligible number of apps. The Intel Houdini software used to make Android on X86 possible is a marvel of engineering but it is not perfect. I worked for a compa
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by sirkneeland 10y ago
Singapore?
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by sirkneeland 10y ago
hey, playing catch-up worked for Nokia, right?
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
In a narrative-focused discussion like this, yes. Conversations with a different focus might lead to Yahoo's problems with marketing, HR, technology, products, etc.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Or like diesel VWs...
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
The Prius is ugly, the new Prius, doubly so. I like the 1st gen volt though. It's sort of chunky-yet-handsome from certain angles, esp rear 3/4.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
GM also has a more expensive unionized-human::robot ratio in its manufacturing process, IIRC.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
There is a (very slight) incentive for an Ivy Leaguer to donate to his/her school: the accursed rankings often factor the % of alumni who donate into their ranking formula. I donate an insignificant amount to my alma mater for this rea
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I think Samsung has a division that makes them for the ROK military (not being facetious, but possibly being incorrect)
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I think the other function Uber serves is not just an aggregator of supply (of cars and drivers) but of demand (passengers). It is far from a trivial effort to have a sufficient amount of users know of your app/service, download and in
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
That seems way harder unless they plan on buying a very small number of car models. Every different car model (even the same model between years) has different performance characteristics (do you issue the same orders for "hit the brak
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Believe me I know. I was there. Although technically MeeGo had no shipping hardware at the time. The N900 ran Maemo, the first (and sadly only) MeeGo hardware to ship to the public was the N9 which didn't ship until months after the &q
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I think the problem is when the regulatory body forms an unhealthy relationship with the companies that end up becoming monopolies (regulatory capture, good old fashioned corruption, revolving doors between the two, erc) and discourage new
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
If they're paid by CPI, do they need you to click on them?
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
What is the "must"? Good hardware or a physical keyboard?
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Nokia was not successful (by any definition of the word) by the time Microsoft bought it.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Well, they DID get sued by Nokia for IP infringement, and lost. And has paid Nokia hundreds of millions of euros. So in the strictest legal sense, yes. (Obviously when not being overly legalistic it is clear that Apple created an entirely n
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
First reaction: "NOOOOOOOO" Second reaction: "It appears this does NOT apply to Amazon Prime." I am assuming this is gamed to drive further conversion to Prime membership then.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Palm really nailed wireless charging with the Pre. Magnets ensured it lined up correctly. And allowed it to be mounted on a stand at a great viewing angle. Too bad about Palm...
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Their tens of billions in revenue suggest SOMEONE must be paying for them.
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I cannot agree with this hard enough. When I went back to my old iPhone 5S after breaking my 2nd Gen Moto X's screen, I was astounded how fast and smooth everything was. I love the flexibility of Android, but there's no doubting i
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I've been on HN for years now and I've never seen someone write "BULLSHIT" in all caps here. Can we not do that?
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
I was wondering if I would be the only one to use the phrase "weird Sony" (first I ever heard it was from the Verge, describing...well, weird Sony)
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
When describing his vision for GV and the health-care areas he wants to invest in, Maris lists genomics, cancer, central nervous system disorders and aging At the risk of sounding wildly selfish, I hope "central nervous system disord
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Aviate was brilliant. Until Yahoo turned it into a less intelligent Google Now wannabe anyway. Sigh...
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
> Not everyone needs to work in a cubical... And not everyone wants to either! (s/cubical/cubicle)
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by sirkneeland 11y ago
Gotta love that old scotch-irish nature! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans

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