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by llbowers 6y ago
I wonder if this will eat into their Beats market. What is Apple’s long term play with Beats anyway? These are beautifully designed and no doubt they will pair seamlessly with other Apple devices, but that price tag seems...audacious to put
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by llbowers 6y ago
C++ is, quite rightly, considered an overly-complex and bloated language. A lot of newer features are papering over poor design from the beginnings of the language. But.. There is something about the use of destructors, RAII, and even smart
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by llbowers 6y ago
Please, for the good of this site and the wishes of his own family, don't post baseless conspiracy theories like that. Edit - as the original post I was responding to has been removed I have edited out my response to it delving into mo
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by llbowers 6y ago
Bill is often used as shorthand for William.
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by llbowers 7y ago
I believe Mixed Reality was a term coined by Microsoft to differentiate their products, basically a marketing term.[1] [1] https://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/11615046/whats-the-difference-...
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by llbowers 7y ago
Very interesting. I loved both but for some reason I did enjoy the short story better (I'm definitely not always a "The book was better"-type person either), and I think this explains why. I'll have to go and check them
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by llbowers 7y ago
I'm always impressed by those who follow their more creative side. Best of luck to you in your endeavors.
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by llbowers 7y ago
If you're undecided on reading Chiang's work, I would suggest checking out the movie Arrival based on one of his short stories. I found it to be a wonderful adaptation and inspired me to dive into his works. I've found a joy
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by llbowers 7y ago
I’m sure this is a dumb question to anyone with knowledge in this field but is there any reason to not use all three together?
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by llbowers 7y ago
"Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, who has now also taken over the company’s legendary design studio." This might be a dumb question, but does the COO usually manage design? Our COO is very much a supply chain, logistics, pro
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by llbowers 7y ago
Now give me the option to opt out of amp results in my search and it'll be perfect.
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by llbowers 7y ago
I sometimes wonder what it would be like if another species had survived and developed alongside us. They would be humans but....not quite what we conceive of as human(basically our species). What would their culture have been like? Music,
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by llbowers 7y ago
Wow! Thank you so much the time and effort you put into your response. I really appreciate it. I've been going through Unity but it's been a lot harder than I thought. I'm hoping to get to a point where I can participate in a
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by llbowers 7y ago
Hey,you sound like you know a lot about this topic. I'm really interested in learning about it, do you have any recommendations for resources (books, youtube channels, etc.)? Thanks!
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by llbowers 7y ago
Seems like the vast majority of those who make the 'we are a republic not a democracy' type have misunderstood both terms and conflate republic as representative democracy and democracy as only direct democracy.
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U.S. measles cases hit highest level since it was declared eradicated in 2000(axios.com)
1 points by llbowers 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Newsletter Recommendations?
1 points by llbowers 7y ago|1 comments
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by llbowers 7y ago
Is there any prediction on the future of stand-alone gaming consoles with 5G and streaming games(e.g., Google Stadia) coming soon? While I'm not really much of a gamer now I spent a lot of my childhood playing video games and the thoug
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by llbowers 7y ago
Just some casual observations from someone who doesn't know a lot about city planning, zoning laws, and other things like that but... I have spent a lot of time in various cities in eastern Asia, namely Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Seo
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by llbowers 7y ago
Maybe I'm just in the HN bubble, but it seems AMP is pretty unpopular. I've found numerous requests online asking how to disable it from others, though again, only anecdotal. Is it unpopular? Or are most users ambivalent? And if i
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by llbowers 7y ago
That's very clear. Thank you for your response.
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by llbowers 7y ago
>He contends that there likely isn't a sentient civilization within about a billion light years of us because the signature of Dyson spheres would be unmistabkable and unmissable. How do we know an advanced technology would absolute
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by llbowers 8y ago
He basically spends a week in VR, though allowing himself a passthrough - which is, from what I gather, a video stream from a camera within(?) the headset that allows him to "see" his room. He does various games and activities and
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“I spent a week in a VR headset, here's what happened”(youtube.com)
29 points by llbowers 8y ago|2 comments
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by llbowers 8y ago
Any recommendations for newsletters pertaining to typical Hacker News interests, e.g. programming, start-up business, cybersecurity, technology, gaming, etc.?
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Private Messages Are the New (Old) Social Network(wired.com)
2 points by llbowers 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Recent sci-fi recommendations
38 points by llbowers 8y ago|32 comments
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by llbowers 8y ago
Surprised at Zuckerberg/Facebook's response to all this. The cynical part of me says it's only due to the negative PR all this has generated but I hope this works out for better privacy for all those who continue to use Faceb