acroyear

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by acroyear 1y ago
shedding ppl in the USA, yes. bringing on hordes of cheap engineers from India and Malaysia at the same time though. labor arbitrage was probably MBA-think as well, to your point. (also, Intel was sued along with other big wheels for col
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by acroyear 1y ago
about a year after 'netbook's came out, the iPad was in the wild and it destroyed any chance of these ever catching on.. sure, they were cheaper, but the user experience on a tablet was just so much better. (and tablets got cheape
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by acroyear 1y ago
managers, yeh, intel luvs managers ;)
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by acroyear 1y ago
i don't think it's just the performance .. it's a form-factor paradigm shift in the consumer end. the younger generations just don't care about screen real estate as much as genX and early Millenials did. the devices b
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by acroyear 1y ago
NeXT was a failed rocket launch (analogous to early rocket failures within SpaceX). A great step forward and a necessary step in the evolution of the PC. I thought NeXT workstations were pretty bad-ass for their time and place. Recall tha
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by acroyear 1y ago
Atom was shit. A desperation move. I was so embarrassed to recommend a Poulsbo laptop to friend, it was the worst machine I have every seen.
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by acroyear 1y ago
yes, this was a direct consequence of the Craig Barrett mentality. Intel wanted a finger in many pies, since it could not predict what would be the next 'thing'. So they went on multiple acquisition sprees hoping to hit gold on
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by acroyear 1y ago
yes, they tried with the 'Compute Continuum' .. but this never panned out. They spent loads of bandwidth and money trying to bring this reality into being, but it failed miserably. They assumed every user would have a smart-TV,
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by acroyear 1y ago
I don't know tbh, heard both good and bad things .. he was brought in after many of the problems had already become serious. He probably had a very difficult charter.
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by acroyear 1y ago
Mr. Magoo-ism galore. Intel had constantly try to bring in visionaries, but failed over and over. With the exception of Jim Keller, Intel was duped into believing in incompetent people. At a critical juncture during the smart-phone revolu
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by acroyear 14y ago
are you making an argument for state-employees, or just anyone that gets this type of training? you're off point - I'm saying that you can't look to the state +first+ for your family's needs - it is important to take a primary stake in you
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by acroyear 14y ago
exactly; he's just a bloke like you and I - not some super-helper-expert-because-i-work-for-the-state guy. I'm not saying we shouldn't expect any return for our tax dollars; but certainly not as the primary source of help (read 'assistance'
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by acroyear 14y ago
Author's first impulse is to look to the state for the care of his child. WRONG!!!! YOU and your family are the primary folks responsible for this kid. Your wife had about the same chance of success as any set of teachers or state gov't g
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by acroyear 15y ago
re : "What would happen if creators couldn’t charge for their creations? The same as if you couldn’t charge for lines of computer code: there’d be less of it. Some people would keep on producing for the public good, just for the joy of it –
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by acroyear 15y ago
..and another thing - MIT brains should never engage in 'one-night stands'. ..and another thing - MIT brains should never buy a girl a drink unless they fully intend on making an emotional commitment. (gimme a break)
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by acroyear 15y ago
i prefer the term 'metagaming'.
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by acroyear 15y ago
I like the idea of a Ward Republic (see Jefferson) coupled with a Delegate Democracy.
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by acroyear 15y ago
also, don't discount the Jevons Effect .. another complication that has to be taken into account.
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by acroyear 15y ago
JEVONS EFFECT
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by acroyear 15y ago
Not totally wrong. However, I don't like the idea of having my mobility tied to the grid at all times. Yes, oil comes from an economic grid of sorts as well (you can't easily produce it in your backyard) - but you can store gasoline more
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by acroyear 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self