2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8822723
2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6994370
2013: none?
2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3395201
2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1970023
2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025681
ISIS will succeed in two or three more semi-large-scale attacks in the west (ten to hundreds dead, but not 1000+).
Optimism about deep learning will continue, but it will not revolutionize the world within 2016.
The economy will continue to muddle through, neither exploding in growth nor crashing through the floor.
Syria will continue to be a war zone. The peace process will not make significant progress. However, NATO and Russia will not wind up in a nuclear war.
In accordance with the $3Million in donations she's received from Tata and Infosys she will immediately move to increase the H-1B visa intake by 5x to "allow American business to be more competitive"
An IT grass roots org will start a petition that draws 5 Million signatures to oppose the move and it will be ignored.
20,000 newly unemployed US IT workers will vow never to back Hillary in 2020 and vote for Carly Fiorina instead.
Record high temperatures
Increased investment in VR
Majority of new businesses to be subscription based
Techno-conglomerates will invest in emerging countries to get them online