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by ikono 14y ago
Intel's 120mm2 Core chip is built on a smaller process than the ARM based competition meaning there are far more transistors on that $200 chip than the one you are comparing it to. Also keep in mind that Intel doesn't need to charge $200 to
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by ikono 14y ago
Personally, I like to write ideas down as they come but prefer to let them stew there for a while. My problem is that I get excited about something initially but that excitement fades over time especially when I get to the point where I hav
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by ikono 14y ago
Right or wrong, your argument is exactly why Ballmer is still in charge and at the same time the reason many think Microsoft's future is bleak until he's not.
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by ikono 14y ago
I certainly understand where you're coming from but obviously disagree at least partially. There is a difference between saying that the government should invest in and fund all companies and saying that there are cases where the free marke
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by ikono 14y ago
I think their powertrain business has always been profitable. It just would have taken a lot longer to build up to the point they are now.
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by ikono 14y ago
I don't really think you can evaluate government loans the same way you would as a private investor. The federal government has defacto senior equity in every company that is incorporated and/or operates in the US. As a private investor the
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by ikono 14y ago
I'd don't have any particular love for public schools but k-12 is covered by government in the US. There's no reason that it couldn't or shouldn't extend down. In my view, education gets harder the older the students are. Regardless of how
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by ikono 14y ago
I agree. The way the laws have been interpreted are incredibly arbitrary and create way to much uncertainty. Horse racing and fantasy sports are legal because they have friends in high places. Theoretically games of skill are legal but skil
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by ikono 14y ago
That doesn't really surprise me at all yet it still manages to upset me quite a bit.
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by ikono 14y ago
I'd extend that thought and say the problem with American secondary education is American primary education; and the problem with American primary education is American pre-school education or lack there of; and the problem with American pr
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by ikono 14y ago
There's no doubt that there is a lot wrong with education in general but there's also a lot of great things about it too. The value of bringing together a large number of young, intelligent people with all kinds of interests is incredible.
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by ikono 14y ago
I can see what you mean to some extent. The top of the line server parts are still Sandy Bridge-E. By the time Ivy-Bridge-E is out Haswell will be available on the traditional PC side. I would actually make a different argument though. As t
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by ikono 14y ago
What do you mean by Intel is making the wrong bet by going all-in on mobile? By mobile are you talking about smartphone/tablet or laptop? What would you do instead?
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Intel in talks with Apple to build iPhone processors(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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by ikono 14y ago
That doesn't mean it has to be that way, does it? I wasn't implying that the yc model is a replacement today, just that it perhaps could be in the future for at least some subset of people that are currently going to business school.
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by ikono 14y ago
Just thinking out loud here but is it possible that places like Y Combinator will end up fulfilling this role in the future?
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by ikono 14y ago
I completely agree but isn't this really a failing of our current world/society? Many of our best and brightest spend huge amounts of money and two years of their life just so they can have an excuse/opportunity to apply themselves in a dif
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by ikono 15y ago
I guess it depends on how you define sky high. LinkedIn is trading at 2100x earnings according to google finance. Now there are certainly times when P/E is meaningless and LinkedIn probably is one of them but for a company with no track rec
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by ikono 15y ago
How do you conclude that Netflix is overpriced? I've said this before but anytime a stock is trading at an earnings multiple significantly higher or lower than average, the burdon of proof should fall on the person arguing for such a mult
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by ikono 15y ago
That's pretty fascinating. I just assumed that the majority of their net wealth was in the form of MSFT shares. I'm now very curious what the other 2/3s of their net worth is held in. You can see them steadily selling off shares here: http
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by ikono 15y ago
I can't stand Ballmer but I don't think he's going anywhere soon. Some quick math says that Ballmer and Gates own about a third of Microsoft combined. It'd be very hard to push either of them out against their combined will. And while I'm s
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by ikono 15y ago
You should consider taking donations. It'd be a good way for people that can build it themselves to show their appreciation without having to give 30% to Apple.
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by ikono 15y ago
Kasparov wrote another article about this topic. It turns out that a computer paired with a human is far stronger than the computer alone. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/feb/11/the-che...
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by ikono 15y ago
There's no proof that Apple paid Lodsys for this patent. It's almost certain that they have a licence for it from a previous deal with IV who was the previous owner of this and many many other patents. Lodsys can't sue Apple so they're tryi
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by ikono 15y ago
Wasn't this only in the developer betas? I thought they removed it in the final release. The problem with this is some apps already use those gestures for other things.
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by ikono 15y ago
The browser never takes you to a different app and there is a forward button as well if you don't like where it takes you. I'm not saying that iOS task switching is good, I'm just saying there is a reason that there is no global back button
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by ikono 15y ago
This is a deeper philosophical issue. With Android you have to remember your usage history to know what the back button is going to do. In iOS you're never going to accidentally switch to a different app. Once you get used to one philosophy
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by ikono 15y ago
I think the number you're referring to is Apple's gross margin where as this number being quoted by asymco is iPhone gross margin.
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by ikono 15y ago
Why does the countersuit have to be about patent infringement? Just sue them to be a nuisance. I'm sure Apple's lawyers are good enough to be a thorn in Lodsys' side.
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by ikono 15y ago
I wasn't really suggesting that you take his or anyone else's writing at face value. Simply that I think a lot of what he writes is interesting and makes you consider thinking in different ways. It's rare that any piece of writing, even one

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