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As cool as I find Tesla, they will really have to regain a lot of my trust with autonomous driving. They have taken large risks such as eliminating lidar/ultrasone depth scans to cut corners from the competition (which led to the infamous deathly accident caused by an overlit front camera).

It's a risk relying solely on a platform that hasn't determined its business model yet though. They could easily pull off a Google Maps (read: get 'em hooked, charge a lot).

You could load it as an image, as cross-origin policies are not enforced for images. Not sure if their tracker is server-side or requires loading JS.

Interesting to see how he kept things lean and has gone against the entire 'companies need a co-founder to succeed' stigma by single-handedly growing a multimillion dollar venture. He recruited the first three employees in 2008.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090101/and-the-money-comes-rol...

Have they ever heard of the expression 'the customer is always right'? Well, there he was.. the customer.

Betablockers are for those who want a quick emergency fix (not judging, they have been good help to me as well). A 20-50 minute aerobic workout has the same net effect for many (healthily burning adrenaline instead of using high blood pressure medication to reduce anxiety).

Be sure to check Dr. Medina's brain rules for presenters: http://www.slideshare.net/garr/brain-rules-for-presenters

Many European countries require an opt-in subscription model by law ("EU Opt-In Directive") where the user explicitly states it want to receive the newsletter (e.g. it not being a side effect of a registration).

An alternative to the hand would be a more distinctive finger (by adding a fingernail?)

Or even on those portable Android sticks. I fear this will commoditize the Digital Signage industry on the long run, Android devices need zero support and a fool can install the apps with the Play store. Plus Android devices often have very sophisticated GPUs, making them suitable for visuals.

The mousejiggler is probably because of AD group policy restrictions to screensaver configuration.

I think point 3 is a good example of 'less is more' being applied in a wrong manner. Double email-address form fields are indeed silly, but passwords are invisible. The second field is there to catch typos (it is unlikely users make the same typo twice) and copy-paste mishaps.

I think movie enthusiasts are able to intuitively determine writing styles and assess quality in modern movies anyways, mostly during the first 20 minutes of a movie. An awful lot of recent movies are relying on formula's, blueprinted in screenwriting books like 'Save the cat'[1].

The lack of predictability and formulas are the exact reason that Tarantino and Koen Brothers movies are valued so highly by critics. Chekhov's gun is a commonly used excuse for poor, predictable screenwriting when not used sparsely. It feels like solving a puzzle that is already laid out in front of your eyes to me. Unfortunately, the ingredients of a blockbuster nowadays consist out of flashy CGI, lens flares and constant-climax soundtracks. I think it's no coincidence recent movies and series with a good plot are based on books.

[1] http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollyw...