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by sjm-lbm 9y ago
There's definitely Cinemark theaters with 70mm. I saw Dunkirk at one. More importantly, though, not very many movies were/are shot in that format. Not enough to really build a business on.
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I honestly think the original vision was something similar to Amazon: bleed money when they are an online bookstore, make it all back when they swing for the fences and go for replacing all of retail. Likewise, Uber might lose money as a ta
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by sjm-lbm 9y ago
Certainly not humor. I've met with my republican legislators (well, met with staffers at one, called others) - their official position really is that Net Neutrality is BigGovernment(tm) and they need to get rid of it to protect the lit
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IMHO, but as a (rather) sports-loving geek, I think a lot of it is the fact that the aspects of sports that (stereotypically) won't interest geeks get emphasized a lot in news/media/sports coverage - a lot of the coverage foc
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As a once-a-decade new car buyer, I think the problem with this strategy is the risk profile. There's a decent chance that the 3 year old car will be fine, but the risk is higher - and a lot of buyers that hold on to cars for a long ti
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North Dallas is getting crazy crowded, though. Enough that housing supply for their potential workers really should be a concern for any additional company looking to relocate there. That said, engineer availability should be fairly good wh
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by sjm-lbm 9y ago
That is, of course, at least partially true. However, in the OSX analogy above, Apple had a very good platform (NeXTSTEP) that had been commercially available and proven in real-world use for ~a decade before they started modifying it to be
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Amazon is also a good example of a content provider offering "streaming bundles" - you can get add-on subscriptions for HBO and other premium television providers.
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There are several data centers that are being built around the Toyota facility in Plano, but none are branded as Toyota data centers - I'm assuming that's what you mean. They aren't online yet. I'd also add that Softlaye
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It's not just about the physical store - Amazon sells quite a few grocery products online.
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Yeah, and it could also be interesting to see if they can quickly acclimate to more advanced technology. Back when the C919 launched, I read some speculation that it was built from stolen A320 plans - the dimensions are suspiciously similar
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by sjm-lbm 9y ago
FWIW, China actually did exactly this with the Comac ARJ21 - the "smaller, regional jet" already flying that was mentioned in this article. Most groups outside China believe that the ARJ21 is produced using some manufacturing tool
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by sjm-lbm 9y ago
Also breaks down for equipment swaps. If we view seats on a given flight as assets that can be resold, there's a lot of ways that normal (even understandable) airline operations can "devalue" those assets, and sorting that ou
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
In defense of the concerts: I'm an F1 fan, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to talk at least one more person to go to the USGP with me this year so that they can catch the JT concert. I mean, it's not like it takes place
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
To be fair, B&H is well known for following Jewish customs very zealously - their website won't even take orders during the Sabbath, for instance.
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That isn't a completely kind way to say it, but I get the sentiment. I live in an area where seemingly intelligent people of all races occasionally mention that they think climate change is some sort of conspiracy and/or belief in
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
I don't think the point is that 'Apple doesn't ever fail anymore', it's 'Apple doesn't release strange and interesting things anymore'. .. to your examples: * Stranger mice have been made than Apple&#
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
"MagSafe is a series of proprietary magnetically attached power connectors, originally introduced by Apple Inc. on January 10, 2006, in conjunction with the MacBook Pro at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California." From: ht
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
To be honest, I feel like the fact that you have to reach back 10 years to find a genuinely interesting Apple experiment more or less supports the point made in the article.
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I actually totally disagree. Their mobile products are, in essence, "me-too" products that are larger and less powerful than a smartphone - and they sell well because they have great software and excellent (for games) interfaces&#
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
Not OP, but anecdotally, this happens a lot outside the US. The most recent airline to make me weigh my carry on was Qantas, but I don't think it has ever been required of me within the US.
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
You answered it yourself: freight. Basically everything about the 747 was optimized around requirements for transporting freight (including fuselage width and placing the flight deck above the main level).
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I'm not saying that I'm entitled to an exception (and do use desktop Linux and macOS in any situation that allows me such a choice, gaming and Office usage being my primary barriers - and I'll leave aside whatever Apple may b
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
If I buy a computer and/or pay Microsoft money, I think it's reasonable for me to expect my computer to do what I'd like it to do (and only what I'd like it to do). The problem isn't data-driven design, it's ho
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
Atlanta used Georgia Tech's campus to house athletes in 1996 (and renovated/added additional dorms as well, at least as I understand it). Honestly, as bad as Atlanta's Olympics look at the time (with commercialism and the bom
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True, but this doesn't change the fact that the statement in the article is factually untrue. Moses preferred roads over all other transport mechanisms, and was shockingly effective in his ability to basically make everyone do what he
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
RavenDB is just a server application. There's nothing stopping you from connecting to it via, say, Python. It's just much more commonly used in .NET apps.
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
Not really related to the OP (except that it's a story from early Apple lore), but your comment about Jobs' employee badge reminded me of this: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story... A
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by sjm-lbm 10y ago
I have almost no data to back this up, but it's my suspicion that the current workweek is something of a lowest common denominator: across all job types, company needs, etc., it maximizes productivity while keeping most HR polices iden
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I'd seen both of them as something like a character out of House of Cards - Rumsfeld in particular as a obviously corrupt and power hungry man (my opinion of McNamera going in was, I guess, somewhat more nuanced). Their respective docu

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