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3327··on Microsoft might crush Slack like Facebook crushed Snapchat
Changing mass consumer behavior by copying a feature into an existing penetrated base is far different than sticky business customers jumping ship. Business’s behave differently from consumers.

Perhaps Microsoft may crush Slack, but the basis of the argument is incorrect.

3327··on Who Owns the Moon?
As far as discovering territory goes historically, whoever plants the flag first, and whoever can defend the territory in the longer run.
3327··on Floating solar farms could make fuel and help solve the climate crisis
Cute idea indeed. Pass me the crack pipe will you please?
3327··on Tesla Model 3 deliveries beat Wall Street targets, shares up 7%
Good point - it shows that those betting against tesla on the short side have some SERIOUS connections and clout.

So who are they?

Koch money and texan hedge funds maybe, who knows. It would be interesting to see when the 13F comes out.

3327··on Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable
they will be stoppable, just like anything else.

radar arrays and space or ground lasers, etc. but essentially lasers.

but a new age of war will be upon us. When all of the weapons get used up and the factories making them destroyed, and the radar installations and satellites fried with EMP's, then again it will be up to 17 year-olds fighting the fat man's war.

3327··on Research group finds way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuel
The only question that matter is net yield of energy per energy expended vs cost.
3327··on Breaking Up Google and Facebook Won’t Solve the Real Issues Facing Tech
Perhaps, but it will jolt the tech economy into hyper growth
3327··on Americans Are Not Prepared for the Coming Mother of All Stock Market Crashes
Agree, I thought i was reading the wrong bio.

A little out of his league i would say.

3327··on Amazon defeated Rekognition shareholder revolt by a large margin
We are moving towards minority report. These powerful tools are great, but in the hands of a Tyrant when that day comes (not if), it will come, it will be very difficult to unwind the grip of power with technology so advanced.

The rebels will still find a way, but it will take years and many lives.

3327··on Crossfit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated properties
First rule of crossfit is you always talk about crossfit.
3327··on The World's Most Advanced Online Privacy Device
I will just say, when pwned = lol.

Big buzz, attracts the bees.

3327··on Tesla: Insane or Clever
Interesting... The guy is landing rockets on Earth. He said, it planned it did it.

So on one hand - do you listen to a bunch of wallstreet know it all short sellers pumping out negative news and counting parking lots and shipping containers.

Or do you listen to the Elon case - that it actually may be crazy to buy a car that that is not a Tesla...

One thing is certain, A car like a boat has been a money loosing investment until today, and consumers have been marketed to oblivion and convinced that, that is O.K.

IF THAT CHANGES, even slightly, well, then... Its GG (good game). because that changes everything, and even the die hard truck lovers will be tempted to make a few bucks on the side.

3327··on How the United States threatens our security
the US cannot disclose why as that would disclose capability used in detection that would teach the others how to circumvent it.

I for one support the decision and would rather have my data and whereabouts in the hands of the USA rather than CHINA.

3327··on “Python's batteries are leaking”
Its never too late to rewrite python
3327··on The many human errors that brought down the Boeing 737 Max
Not surprising boeing a multi billion dollar corp hires an influential PR, to push out these types of articles.
3327··on YC Partners with Atomwise to Fund More Bio Companies
I think I have seen this show before, again its about DATA and perpetual retention of data in a multi-billion dollar drug discovery business. "Internal Research Purposes"

The devils in the details friends...

Each Party shall have a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license to use the other Party’s Data for Internal Research Purposes. “Internal Research Purposes” shall mean any research and development by employees, students, contractors, consultants, or other representatives of either Party. Neither Party shall sell, lease, or license the other Party’s Data. Neither Party shall share the other Party’s Data with any third party, except: (a) as permitted in Sections 5.4 and 6, (b) as required for the performance of the Project, or (c) with written permission of the other Party.

3327··on Can Uber ever make money?
Yes Uber can make money, once they have an EV that selfdrives.
3327··on Ask HN: Why do so many people want to see Tesla fail?
Elon can be obnoxious- I cannot, you cannot, everyone you know should not. We all know obnoxious people and none of them currently are walking around landing rockets on earth are they? When they also do something as such, they can be obnoxious too. I think people being critical of Elon for being obnoxious - are actually obnoxious and are missing the big picture for personal traits of one of the greatest inventors of our lifetime. How about- Sit the fahk down and have popcorn while your car drives you to work while you (and everyone else) watch a falcon heavy auto-landing its boosters.
3327··on Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
>> I mean BMW's are considered pretty low end cars here in the US (compared to Audi and Benz) I feel BMW's have just gotten worse and worse in the last 8 years, however Audi and Benz is another story.

>> however the scale of engineering is something else ---> I had a lecture from the CEO of Benz, and i can tell you they are going all in on EV. Tesla needs to survive a few more years >> it is still significantly hard achieving what they have achieved for VW and Benz -> they have production lines tooled for Gasoline -> guess how hard it is to change that and retool? not easy...

3327··on Scientists are about to unveil the first images of a supermassive black hole
Taken with a potato telescope. I hope they don’t create all this buzz and excite people and release a 4 pixel photo of blackness with some blurry center.

I say this because its been done many many times before...

3327··on Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Report
BA dropped the ball - single sensor, and business shortcut to improve margins.

They are liable for the deaths. The real question now is what is a human life worth to a corporation? (i.e. payout).

Next Steps: + BA should be heavily fined. +scrutinize ties and lobbying with FAA. + Fire head of FAA, and teams involved in approving MCAS.

3327··on I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
HI Please post this and bring to the attention of the DOJ.

Microsoft got broken up for anti-trust behavior that is PEANUTS relatively speaking today. Bill Gates was right, (proven overt time) - that the OS is not the competitive advantage - its the platform and ecosystem as a whole.

Google should be broken up, so should facebook and so should Apple.

Amazon? I don't know they seem fairly diversified and although are decimating e-commerce its a more difficult sell.

3327··on Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private Data
The article is full of hot air. Poorly written and not sure what the point or conclusion is.

PErhaps its a teaser piece of what's to come.

3327··on Ask HN: Is Google a Monopoly or just really good at building useful products?
Google is known in the valley to be notoriously bad at building products.

Does that answer your question?

3327··on Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
Facebook is a criminal corp. And indeed when you are selling data to clients that resell or do with the data as they please (including mining them) they should be under criminal investigation. Thank God the FBI exists and counting for the day that criminal charges are brought against executives who broke the law.
3327··on Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair
DOJ - SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME (SORRY FOR CAPS) HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM USA vs. MICROSOFT (besides the obvious).
3327··on Nadella: Microsoft will sell war tech to democracies to “protect freedoms”
Yeah not really actually, people don't care everyone is on their phones reads this once and then moves on. Its not the 70s any more, just because people say on social media they are going to do something doesn't mean they are indeed following through... I do sincerely wish you were right, but sadly you are mistaken.

And let's face it, The military is a big part of the American institution - you can disagree and argue against it but that will not change reality. They also have the biggest pocket book, so Google, Amazon, Microsoft will always do business with them. If you disagree - leave Silicon Valley or those companies and join an NGO - I am sure they need technical help these days and cannot afford the talent.

3327··on Chinese Jet Shows X-Ray Vision System Only Seen on US Jets
Lets see some tariffs now.
3327··on El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown
Yeah, he is done... a pawn in the big game. poor mofo.

the reach of those guys is scary. HE could relocate to the middle of nowhere but i can't imagine a life of looking over your shoulder.

3327··on No Thank You, Mr. Pecker
Well, if Trump was stupid enough to have any remote knowledge of it or part in it - he is done. Esquirer will crack, Bezos has infinite funds, and determination, and is pissed. The truth will come out.

Stay tuned.

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