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by ysavir 8y ago
I'm currently working on a similar idea to what you just described. It's still a work in progress, but with no investors and no shareholders, so no pressure to maximize profits. I'd love to get your input as a creator and hea
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by ysavir 8y ago
I'm not expert on the Boring company, and I don't put in any effort to staying up-to-date beyond the occasional article that lands on HN, so if I'm wrong on anything, please let me know. But from what I can tell, the tunnels
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by ysavir 8y ago
> He managed to do it in a couple of years at an estimated cost of $10 million. Even if that number is wrong by an order of magnitude this is a massive improvement. Exactly! If he can be so efficient at it, why is he not proposing to imp
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by ysavir 8y ago
> It's a prototype of a bold idea, in all likelihood it will fail (like most bold new ideas), but at least they're trying something new. I'm fairly certain that a "tunnel [...] network that will be filled with self-dr
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by ysavir 8y ago
Whatsapp has enough of a userbase and a usecase that enough people will be willing to pay to sustain it. What _will_ happen is that other free services will pop up and be used, and some users will migrate to those. Which is a good thing. We
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by ysavir 8y ago
I agree with your point overall, but we need to recognize here that the problem isn't Facebook being selective, it's Facebook being a monopoly.
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by ysavir 8y ago
> I suspect that the change is more to do with the cost of storage I think you're right about that, but they did address it up front: > Second, you can tell a lot about a product by how it makes money. Giving away vast amounts of
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by ysavir 8y ago
> So the storage was useful and the ostensible reason for the change (reversing the "tonal shift") doesn't convince me. What are you not convinced about? They were pretty clear that people who use Flickr as a storage space
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by ysavir 8y ago
Companies aren't innovating anymore, though. We've reached the point where we have dominant players controlling the field, and any "innovation" we see has to do only with profit margins.
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by ysavir 8y ago
Agreed, and I think that's the blog post's ultimate conclusion: Don't find an adviser that makes decisions for you, but an adviser that helps you make your own decisions. A good adviser won't even reveal their thoughts a
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by ysavir 8y ago
Which is great for users that understand what these security concerns are all about, like typical HN folk. But these people are probably aware of cyber security already, so not much gain here. And people that _don't_ understand cyber s
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by ysavir 8y ago
True, it's straightforward, but knowing Musk's penchant for playing the media, it does come off as an attempt to liken this event to the Uber/Waymo affair. Which is not a fitting comparison.
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by ysavir 8y ago
I think GP's point is that the nature of MicroSoft, as a platform, isn't lined up with your interests. They aren't looking to be developer friendly--that is, present you, as a developer more and better options. Since MicroSof
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by ysavir 8y ago
Here's my one piece of feedback: It's all well and good if you look at places where Scrum has failed, but if you don't look at places where Scrum has succeeded, and offer an analysis there, the research is meaningless. Curren
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by ysavir 8y ago
Interestingly, American Psycho isn't on that list. Nor should it be. It's easy to come up with a few theories as to what sets it apart, but I would love to see a proper analysis of how it tackles the subject matter without glorify
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by ysavir 9y ago
Oh, I agree. They're practicing the data gathering, but so far, it seems aimed at just getting users to buy off amazon more. They want you to restock/replace via their marketplace instead of using their competitors. And even then,
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by ysavir 9y ago
I think you missed my point. Facebook's goal has always been to control the users. There have been numerous articles recently about how Facebook was designed to mess with user psychology to increase their engagement. They're pract
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by ysavir 9y ago
Apple > Amazon > Google > Facebook ? Microsoft ? Apple is a hardware and cloud company. Their incentive is to get you to buy phones and computers and lock you into their ecosystem. Some shameful behavior, but nothing that's no
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by ysavir 9y ago
You are right. If I put more thought into my comment I would have urged them to prompt the user. But I rushed, and the post was invalid and senseless.
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by ysavir 9y ago
Any opt-out features should be disclosed to the user on install. That seems fairly straight forward to me.
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by ysavir 9y ago
While I agree that autofill on its own is not a complete solution to GP's scenario, it's certainly a potential point-of-failure, and I understand their need to eliminate as much risk as possible. While the most significant aspect
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by ysavir 9y ago
In this case, the browser is the agent of those advertising to the user. It's not protecting your interests, it's protecting Google's interests. If it was protecting your interests, it would be a toggleable setting that def
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by ysavir 9y ago
Maybe you're on to something. Perhaps chatbots would be easier to work with if we were able to examine inventory and see a list of available commands?
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by ysavir 9y ago
It happens with the best of us. Even Thomas Jefferson used spaces when drafting the Declaration of Independence, despite being an outspoken tabs supporter.
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by ysavir 9y ago
The article mentions William Dement, one of the pioneer researchers on sleep. His book The Promise of Sleep is a great and easy read, and I absolutely recommend it for anyone looking to learn more about the subject and the history behind th
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by ysavir 9y ago
Profits and usage are different categories. Apple might be taking more money home, but that's not what is being discussed. The points being made were about having control and influence over the ecosystem.
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by ysavir 9y ago
It's one thing when a word evolves. It's another thing entirely when the evolution is the opposite of the original meaning. So let's not get condescending when it's more than a simple shift in meaning, okay?
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by ysavir 9y ago
Well that's.... Sad. I think I will take what little authority I (don't) have and veto that definition, seeing as it literally defeats the purpose of definition #1. And I was invoking definition #1 there, in case that wasn'
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by ysavir 10y ago
> Keep in mind that angular is not made for small, simple apps. It's designed to support large web applications and I think it does a great job doing that. My experience has been the complete opposite. Angular has been best for simp
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by ysavir 10y ago
Yes, but if we started acknowledging that everyone's different and functions on their own level, people will stop giving statisticians money! Who wants to live in that world? [/sarcasm]

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