chrisdbaldwin

Makes sense. I look forward to the revision!

Exactly, and I've started to look at the bright side of Facebook's "centralization" of the internet: it allows niche communities (like Hacker News) that aren't mainstream to thrive again. The end of the Eternal September.

>You don't realize how just ugly and tacky billboards are until you live in a place without them for a few years...

I recently visited San Francisco and was appalled by the billboards. There's something very jarring about seeing internet memes on a billboard.[1]

[1] http://i0.wp.com/digiday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bill...

Simple: We've seen record breaking divorce rates in our lifetime, and wedding ceremonies are a scam.

The popular programming languages seems like it's missing C++ and C#... surely they are more popular than Delphi. Did they just get absorbed into C?

Okay. They are also selling user data.

So short it.

I found this very helpful. Thank you for the advice, Sophie.

No, please and thank you.

There's a pink eye problem with HMDs? This is the first I've heard of it, but I suppose it makes sense.

I've come to the same conclusion: VR belongs in an arcade. The tough part is coming up with a game worthy of a VR arcade... Batman Beyond-style.

Perhaps the fuel matters more than running the engine.

It wasn't just Kickstarter giveaways, but all pre-order sales. They severely underestimated volume iirc.

Bingo! I would bet IBM wrote the piece and paid vice to make it look like news.

"Add to this the fact that we are basically shit at predicting which mutant proteins will produce neoantigens and you have a recipe for total failure, even in concept."

Do you think if we had more data surrounding those mutant proteins we could start predicting better?

As a disclaimer, I stopped consuming VICE for this exact reason. I'm more skeptical of the underlying agenda of VICE than some rando blogger with an axe to grind.

Is it "injecting" if the content was native-advertising to begin with?

It's like a scene out of a Silicon Valley episode.

Don't forget stealing all of the Dota hero/item concepts from said forum. For example, Warwick and Teemo were fan made concepts from the dota-allstars forums, iirc.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Some people did see it coming, and we ignored them. Hell, the politician who pushed those ridiculous TSA body scanners works for the company which made them! Cash rules everything around me, CREAM, get the money, dolla' dolla' bills, y'all.

He tries to explain it at the end of this interview: http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_8_transcript.html

Tarn's dissertation "Flat Chains in Banach Spaces" is truly awesome, if you have enough domain knowledge to understand what it's talking about. I love those guys.

"Accessories that use only Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) (note: BTLE-enabled HomeKit accessories and BTLE-enabled MFi Hearing Aids are part of the MFi Program)"

(MFi = made for iPhone) https://mfi.apple.com/MFiWeb/getFAQ.action#1-2 https://developer.apple.com/bluetooth/

Have fun with MIDI quality. The only way BTLE is sending mp3 or higher quality is through the MFi Hearing aid protocol Apple owns and keeps under wraps.

The technology to achieve custom molded Bluetooth earbuds like you're describing has been around for a few years, but no one is making them. There are a few startups and old dogs (hearing aid industry) trying to move into the space, but damn are they slow to the punch. I certainly blame Apple for locking down Bluetooth LE and not releasing a product.

It takes two to tango.

Google/Alphabet purchased Waze at some point, and they use Waze's tech in Google Maps.

The Steam Link killed any reason for a Steam Machine. Perhaps they are going after separate markets (PC vs. Console), but they are trying to solve the same problem: put Steam in the living room. For this, the Link is a great solution, while the machine was a bit short sighted.

So if its main selling point is being ubiquitous, why the fuck wouldn't they force everyone to the same platform?

Why is anyone using Facebook for chat at all? (Real question)