HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

dingdongding

299 karma · joined May 26, 2016

submissionscomments
dingdongding··on Apple reportedly under investigation by SEC and DOJ for phone slowdown
Hopefully this will lead to some regulations pertaining to Planned Obsolescence like in France.
dingdongding··on Waze Carpool
Public transportation is not perfect in every part of the world. That's the reason we have Uber/Lyft/Taxis and carpooling apps
dingdongding··on Google, You Creepy Sonofabitch
Otherwise how the hell does Siri find out your accurate location to tell you weather. your IP address?
dingdongding··on LinkedIn won't show you your own connections without paying?
LinkedIn is just copying FB pixel by pixel in terms of design. Just compare LinkedIn feed and FB feed side by side.
dingdongding··on Peter Thiel submits bid for Gawker
Bad ass Move. Thug life !
dingdongding··on Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO
No. You still go thru 6 month lock in period
dingdongding··on Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts
This just shows to what extent Apple is willing to bend its rules for China. They're just too dependent on China. China has upper hand here. I've a feeling that one day China might ditch Apple.
dingdongding··on Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions
Firefox is doing it but as a separate browser for iOS. Wonder why not on desktop yet. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/focus
dingdongding··on Privacy Incident Involving DHS OIG Case Management System
And here we go again.
dingdongding··on Travis Kalanick reportedly plans to sell about 29% of his Uber shares
Does this mean Kalanick is giving up on Uber or not planning to come back?
dingdongding··on Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care
>Kaiser's HMO is much worse than a PPO. It's not that great of care.

care to elaborate why?

dingdongding··on How the Winklevoss Twins Found Vindication in a Bitcoin Fortune
> Everyone and their uncle knows a crash is coming

A crash is always coming. Be it stock market or bitcoin. Everyone knows that but nobody knows when. It is just like saying we all are gonna die. Nobody knows when.

dingdongding··on Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
No it is FICO score + your loyalty to current administration.
dingdongding··on SF built one new home for every 10.4 new jobs last year
What they also need to present is how much lag they have towards demand and supply of housing and how city is improving or not improving that balance.
dingdongding··on Google for India: Building India-first products and features
Remember Android One program? Google has commitment issues to their products/programs
dingdongding··on In August, Apple App Store faced surge in iOS app installs from China
My app had a surge of App Installs from China in August. When I went to Google( I saw that this happened to a lot of people. Does anyone know what happened?

https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+installs+app+store+a...

dingdongding··on D.C. Gives Uber and Lyft a Better Spot in Nightlife
D.C taking a chapter from playbook followed by variety of airports like Las Vegas and airport in India where there is an assigned spot for ride-share pickup and dropoffs.
dingdongding··on Users don’t need a password
You solve a problem for 99% of cases not 1% of cases
dingdongding··on Costco is rolling out new delivery services to compete with Amazon/Walmart
Costco launching delivery service. Is this end of Costco. Will this decrease their store foot traffic? I think so. As they say, disrupt yourself before someone disrupts you. Costco knew Amazon is coming after them.
dingdongding··on Google Pixel Buds are wireless earbuds that translate conversations in real-time
It is remarkable because it happens in realtime.
dingdongding··on Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B
Hundreds? Are you sure?
dingdongding··on Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed
Hello insider trading !
dingdongding··on Eager to Burst His Own Bubble, a Techie Made Apps to Randomize His Life
Everyone has their own way of randomizing. You like spreadsheets, that guy likes creating an app for that. Big deal? To each his own.
dingdongding··on We Evolved to Run But We're Doing It Wrong
The title says "We're doing it all wrong", but after reading the article it hardly says much about what we are doing wrong. The only wrong it talks about is treadmill and that's it.
dingdongding··on Foxconn to Build $10B Factory in U.S
This will be in Paul Ryan's district. Fishy enough?
dingdongding··on Foxconn to Build $10B Factory in U.S
Yeah that's why article says it is gonna generate 22000 indirect jobs.
dingdongding··on On Password Managers
So basically a robber can not just rob you of your physical things, he can rob you digitally as well. How is this more safer than password managers?
dingdongding··on In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete
Why? You don't get anonymity in China.
dingdongding··on Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?
Chamath Palihapitiya says you should keep 1% of your net assets in Cryptocurrencies.
dingdongding··on Podcasts to make you smarter
Depends on what you like listening. I listen to Exponents by Ben Thomson, The Tim Ferris Show, This weekend in startups, Freakonomics radio, How I built this and Planet Money
← PreviousPage 2 of 4Next →