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by zeeed 11y ago
while it looks like a "fashion piece" it is a gadget, by a gadget manufacturer, with a battery, features, talks to your phone and has apps. Period. The rest is just marketing buzz.
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by zeeed 11y ago
the argument appears to be "I don't sort things folders at home and Google does everything for me, so an era must be over and I need to write an article about it" Sadly the article misses on elaborating on and explaining how
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by zeeed 11y ago
if we find a way of turning an endeavor like this into producing economic value, and if we manage to convince capitalists to see the long-term benefits of sustainability, we can, for once, really disrupt. way to go, VCs
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by zeeed 11y ago
there's security and then there's maintainability and scalability. it's much easier to maintain and fix a centralized (cloud-based) tech than it is to release a stable bluetooth stack. and when it's centralized, there&#x
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by zeeed 11y ago
it would be nice to see how the public facing frontend is organized. sadly it looks like http://bugs.bugseverywhere.org/ is down. is there another place to check it out to get an installation with some actual data?
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by zeeed 11y ago
> until someone runs a full analysis of the "negativity" of HN, we can safely say HN is "neutral" :p I'm not completely certain that lack of a full analyis implies neutrality :)
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by zeeed 11y ago
Same sentiment here, thanks to OP for voicing it. I was taken abash by some personal attacks, the most recent being the thread about airbnb and the nyc eviction/blacklisting here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=96
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by zeeed 11y ago
FTFY :)
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by zeeed 11y ago
no, but it makes starting easier. you have no track record to prove yourself (unless, of course, you do) so having a good education is sort of your entry ticket.
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by zeeed 11y ago
I know about a guy who, after finishing and shipping the nightmare-project-of-his-lifetime went and became a car salesman.
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by zeeed 11y ago
Why is there such a shitstorm going on here? Here's a guy who is now living on the street and, for all that is known, has his private life shaken up. I for my part can understand that he would like to have at least his reputation resto
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by zeeed 11y ago
what is "affordable" to you? what range, wavelength (or: visible/invisible), opening angle, moving/stationary, indoor/outdoor, sunlight resistant, what target materials etc. provide some context if you want a good a
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by zeeed 11y ago
I hope that someone will create some crazy loud alarm that goes off once someone stretches their meeting too long and people who booked the follow-up time slot are waiting outside.
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by zeeed 11y ago
it's research and it's still valuable, even though yours truly might not yet be able to buy it at fry's yet. some research might become available on the end-user, some won't. Often HN worthy stuff isn't really end-u
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by zeeed 11y ago
Exactly. What the cultural diversity does though, is it makes it harder for startups to serve one big market - that's where US startups have it easier. Are they "tougher" because of that? I don't think so.
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by zeeed 11y ago
That vid just makes you want to go afk and DO something.
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by zeeed 11y ago
it would sound like as if there could be office environments for you where you would feel better. are you coding? how long have you been in this (or a similar) position? I would start to ask myself what I'm getting from the job (beside
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by zeeed 11y ago
ordinal numbers come to mind
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by zeeed 12y ago
topic has been covered in wired recently: http://www.wired.com/2015/03/stealing-data-computers-using-h...
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by zeeed 12y ago
and what problem would this solve, exactly?
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by zeeed 12y ago
do you think that this is a phenomenon particular to Russia or would it also exists in other countries?
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by zeeed 12y ago
hubiC had a great campaign a while ago which made me try it out. their client crashed and produced dialog boxes every time my notebook was offline or didn't get an IP address fast enough. My experience is about half a year old now but
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by zeeed 12y ago
The only thing this shows is that people like the OP drank the kool-aid and still believe that Apple (as a company) would care, in spite of irrefutable evidence to the contrary and a history of broken things. The only department I give my k
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by zeeed 12y ago
There are a number of negative reports about their customer service out and about and the OP uses a throwaway account. Their terms and services are scary at best and they make basically no guarantee about their services. Stay away for anyth
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by zeeed 12y ago
Personally, I would never hire anyone who sides with the painting aspect. Why? Software development needs structure, and it needs it to guarantee maintainability, quality, testabiliy, readability. Art doesn't need any structure, it is
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by zeeed 12y ago
1-4 correct. 5 is not about safety. You enter a regulated market once in case 4 the money you give to the stranger exceeds the cost attached to the ride, smartphone or not. On top, you have no insurance coverage anymore.
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by zeeed 12y ago
It's illegal to not follow legislation in the country you're operating in.
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by zeeed 12y ago
Yup, agreed, yet customer satisfaction doesn't cover for you in case of an accident. And since cab companies comply with the regulations what Uber is trying is to create an unfair competition by ignoring them. So the way to do it is to
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by zeeed 12y ago
There is a difference between banning and regulating. If a certain culture finds that certain businesses better be regulated for whatever reason (and your exsmple is actually a good one) that's OK and must be followed. Take for instanc
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by zeeed 12y ago
Giving money is not the same as making profit as there are cost attached to driving a vehicle. It's OK if you reimburse the driver for his cost but once you start making profit things are different, then it becomes a business and as Xy

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