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hippari2··on Ask HN: Should we bring software dev in-house?
A bit of a naive question but can you acquire your provider's company, or poach their programmers ?
hippari2··on Survey reveals translators and illustrators losing work to AI
Yeah but only because it's probably the only foreign language left with large fanbase of popular media, and thus a good number of critics for bad translation.
hippari2··on Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs
I'm afraid this will be the plastic straw of consumer electricty, minimally effective while drawing a huge backlash.
hippari2··on Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs
Where in Asia specifically ? south east / east asia now mostly use LED, even CFL is starting to run out of stock.
hippari2··on Could a video game developer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
I think the articles is missing out by not mentioning Visual Novel, which I think will most likely be the first of such case. The genre is very close to traditional novels.
hippari2··on Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US
Those 7% is ultimately what makes owning a car enjoyable. I have never heard anyone talks about how fun their commute is.
hippari2··on Akiyoshi’s Illusion Pages
-3.5 here, the illusion is both effective with or without glasses
hippari2··on Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chats
HN certainly doesnt feel like that, small reddit sub is just barely.
hippari2··on EU’s plan to digitising travel documents might affect you
you still get bottle neck at security scanning anyway so idk why rfid passport is needed
hippari2··on To save money on insurance, drivers agree to intrusive monitoring technology
I don't think this works anymore, COVID tracking apps basically said fyou if you don't have a smartphone, or even when your phone is old enough that the app doesn't work.
hippari2··on To save money on insurance, drivers agree to intrusive monitoring technology
Well we can build a startup that offer cheaper health/life insurance based on phone data tracking and see how people would react.
hippari2··on The rise and rise of e-sports
>There's no special knowledge needed to recognize an amazing shot, a great catch, or a stunning goal. It's just obvious.

It's not. This is like saying anyone appreciates classical music.

hippari2··on Kids and music lessons: why do many promising players quit early?
yeah and when those kids do manage to practice, i see they often turns into highly technical, but less musically developed players.
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