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by xcombinator 17y ago
The Wacom tablet computers sells in the thousands, iPad is going to sell in the millions. There is nothing like a wacom for drawing with hi quality, but I'm sure Apple realise a "notebook computer" needs a pen and will add it in the future.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I agree with the article, but I understand the reaction here. HN is a group of very smart people, and logical genius, that despise the power of emotions. Human beings are not machines, and one of the most important things is how they feel.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I don't believe that his strategy is the best one, but if he does, more power to him. Burning your life only gets you so far. It must be terrible to see other people that seem lazy to overwork you. In my experience, the best workers I'd kno
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by xcombinator 17y ago
:-D I'm waiting for the Apple tablet info the 27 of January. It seems too much coincidence that Amazon changes her policy now just at the same fees that Apple Apps Store charges. They must know something that we don't and want to be first..
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Is that idea pernicious? Think in the animal world, is that pernicious that the best wolf leader is the only one that reproduce? Does it make (slightly) sense?. Is pernicious that the best scientist, or athlete that dominates others in thei
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Please, get out of this place.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Reading people comments a lot of people says this man has no backing information, but I got a similar experience in Spain. What happened in USA with education is what happened in Spain with homes: Here home prices exploded, and remain high
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by xcombinator 17y ago
OK, that's right. But think for a moment the quantity and quality of the restrictions that needing a keyboard imposes: -It is a big thing that requires a lot of space. -It is slow to learn. -It makes sound. -Gets dirty. -You can't write wi
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by xcombinator 17y ago
"There seems to be an assumption that the average person finds writing with a pen the most natural way to record information." This is a valid assumption, writing with a pen IS the most natural way for humans to record information, this inc
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Agree, and failure is such a strong word: Did Guttemberg failed because he spend all his life trying to make a mobile types print and he died poor? Did facebook founders failed because their original idea didn't catch? Or the flickr people?
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I love tablets!! I believe they are the future of computers, and Apple will design the thing the right way, changing the interface if necessary. A computer doesn't need to be attached to a typewriter machine. It's good news for everybody. T
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by xcombinator 17y ago
A very good idea. I made myself a blackboard of wood with a very expensive paint so I can use color chalks. I love it, but is bulky and heavy, and dusty. I will try this need method.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
As Oriental philosophy said "Stupid questions bring stupid answers". I propose new questions: Why do so many terrorist have black or brown hair?. Why do so many terrorist are men? Why do so many terrorist are young? Why do so many terrorist
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I love the article, and the Sherlock Holmes analysis too: -Ohh, let me see... a professional photo could be manipulated by Photoshop or Gimp... -mmmmm. It's photoshop what had been used. He is truly a genius!!
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I never understood what sensual pleasure a physical book gives you, and I'm a big big reader of books. It could be that I have no psychological anchors like your grandfather gift, your lovers notes and so on some people have. Some people lo
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I don't see anything bad with that. IKEA is a non profit and its rules apply. Dereck did that too: http://sivers.org/trust Ingvar Kamprad is the prototype of Calvinist, hard working, humble and low expenses man. When he came here to Spain
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Thank god for this mistake, this mistake makes c what it is good at: at low level programming. It just pass directions between functions. Light and fast,no abstractions. I love it, a way of making assembler like coding but multiplatform. If
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Well, I don't know what this startup is calling his innovation because I didn't tested its system, but what I understand for landmark based is something like: +Go straight until you see a school at your right. +Then turn right(left on India
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Yeah, you are right. But that there are bad doctors and engineers and teachers doesn't mean there are no very good ones.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
You are right when you say marketing is important and some very good writers are very bad at it. But there are people that could do both too. There are other books that need artists(text books of history, biology...) and other support peopl
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I mean it is not only one man who makes the company, specially after 1983.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I had a friend in my University, he had spent a lot of time working and studying from what we call a "Distance Education"(They give you books and some video lectures). He had a hard time doing that and valued a lot direct contact with the t
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Well put. With computers you can replicate something ad infinitum. If you get to do something no one has ever done before, you can make input irrelevant.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Well, I can't understand this article, there is not "secret sauce". The google pagerank algorithm is open for all to see and understand. I myself made my own simple implementation. Everybody could do it. This man is not asking for code, is
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by xcombinator 17y ago
It was one of the best companies when led by its original founders. Fixed it for you.:-) That Paul Allen didn't liked to show up on newspapers doesn't mean he did nothing.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
Hello I never said it was simple, I say it has to be simple. But the human being is way complex and error reporting are so simple. Simple doesn't mean "easy". IMHO engineers try to do complex systems they don't understand, instead of simple
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by xcombinator 17y ago
I disagree from the article. There is no paradox in automation, just a simple sensationalism desire from the authors. Everyday, there are thousands of accidents in the world(mainly cars) just because human errors,like distractions, and if n
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by xcombinator 17y ago
As a critic myself, I don't think someone that is a good critic will disable comments(critics) in his blog.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
In fact I bet my two dollars Apple is going to start the authors ebooks market with the Apple tablet making it outdoors-friendly and using their app store tech.
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by xcombinator 17y ago
In the next years, any good book is going to be pirated in the net.In fact, it is today for those that know how to search. Finding books are going to be easier as copying a book is made simpler and more people want to do it because they hav

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