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by skdotdan 9y ago
Ease of development vs software quality for the user is supposed to be a trade-off but I'm quite convinced it actually isn't, and it may be one of the biggest lies of the software development history.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Or even Chrome itself.
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Samsung just got approval to start testing a self-driving car(money.cnn.com)
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Mobile is an obvious existential threat to Microsoft.
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Ask HN: When will we actually see a battery breakthrough?
2 points by skdotdan 9y ago|1 comments
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Thanks!
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by skdotdan 9y ago
I know, but in 2015 or so. Also, Softbank acquired ARM as an investment and it is already paying off.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
IMHO Google/Alphabet's strategy should have been reinvesting their huge profits in buying other big companies like ARM, Nvidia or SpaceX.
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Read Alphabet CEO Larry Page 2016 Letter to Shareholders(businessinsider.com)
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by FHE?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Instead of burning cash by subsidizing travels, Uber could have just bought some competitors but still... The only chance Uber has is becoming a monopoly, and I don't see how they can achieve it.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Very interesting thread. I would like to read answers for B2B.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Can I ask how much do you weight and how tall are you?
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Teaching a driverless car to turn left(apps.bostonglobe.com)
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Are quantum chips supposed to replace the current CPUs and GPUs? Or are they supposed to be "just" another component that we connect to the CPU, the same way we connect GPUs?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Many threads on D on HN lately. Is it a trend?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Redundancy?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
I have to commute by train and bus (1h) and I hate it. I would prefer to spend 1h walking, or cycling, but it's just not possible.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Awesome thread! Starting the first company may be the most difficult thing. Once you are in the entrepreneurship loop, it must be easier to fund new businesses.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
If this is AR, Palm was multi-touch.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
That's right. Musk himself didn't say "power", though.
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New 'Server-Grade' iMac with Next-Gen Xeon Processor Coming End of 2017(macrumors.com)
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Some people criticize May whatever she does. If she calls election, because she wants to destroy opposition or because the election will cause more political instability, and if she doesn't, because she is afraid of democracy or someth
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Rule of thumb: if you want people to do X, make people to have economic incentives to do so. If you want to make the web decentralized again, then think about how would you pitch it to consumers and companies, no tech guys like us.
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100 Tesla Gigafactories Could Power the Entire World(futurism.com)
17 points by skdotdan 9y ago|4 comments
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Either you have searched you doctor, or your doctor has searched you.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Stock buyback?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
How does this compare with the Superbook?
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Apple is good at UX and design. A L5 Self-driving car implies no UX at all, and most people won't care of the design if Self-driving cabs become a commodity. Apple is not about logistics. So, Apple's opportunity will be L2-L3.
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by skdotdan 9y ago
Owning that much cash, why they don't just buy the companies that they need?

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