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by quahada 10y ago
Reminds me of this article from 2004 of one person making similar innovations as entire engineering teams with huge R&D budgets 12 years later. http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2004-09/obsession-mr-sing.
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by quahada 12y ago
> I also find it suspicious that this article emphasizes how much buy-in LTE Direct has from gigantic corporations The last line of the article is the submarine: "Wireless carriers might even gain a new stream of revenue by charging
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by quahada 12y ago
The main motivation of this sort of technology transfer program isn't the license revenue itself. That's insignificant when compared to their operating budget. The point of this program is to provide evidence that the research has
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by quahada 12y ago
I really like the suggestions on how to crowdsource a11y improvements: -Go Mouseless for an hour -Check Order of Elements -Surf The Web With A Screen Reader For An Hour http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/particip
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by quahada 12y ago
What sort of challenges have you had with OCR? I'm working on an easy to use OCR sdk (iOS), we're going to start beta in a few weeks.
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by quahada 13y ago
The challenge is not technical. The challenge is community. RapGenius is a network effects driven site, so it's utility is driven by how many people use the site. Technology is table-stakes, but branding and marketing matter much more
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by quahada 13y ago
I largely agree with the article, but also agree with your conclusions. >Instead, the "competition" is by delivering Rihanna for free by infringing copyrights. This is a problem for Rihanna and a Maserati problem once a musicia
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by quahada 13y ago
This "dropped phone" search in interesting. This could be the most dangerous aspect of this program. Chances are little scientific research was done on the accuracy. What is the false positive rate? Are there policies and procedur
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by quahada 13y ago
A big topic of discussion in music tech right now is active vs passive usage. Active usage is when someone uses a music service or station with the intent of discovering new songs and artists. This mode of consumption values a diverse playl
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by quahada 13y ago
Not if one of those investments is bypassing the chokepoint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_Canal
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by quahada 13y ago
Best resource in my experience is a business cofounder who will do all that for you. Marketing is more than just getting the word out, but also who to get the word out to, want to say, etc. There isn't enough time in the day to really
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by quahada 13y ago
Agreed. Whether journalists are legally allowed to protect their sources or not, this right (or lack thereof) needs to apply to all citizens. Otherwise, we would have created a new class of people who have different constitutional rights th
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by quahada 13y ago
OK, I read the article wrong. The article is talking about viewing. My comment refers to user signup & composing first tweet.
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by quahada 13y ago
There must be a big disconnect between the tech team & the product team. Time to first tweet takes several minutes because the user is forced to follow multiple accounts upon signup. The latency is not the tech. I wonder how much $ goes
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by quahada 13y ago
This really comes down to the need/demand for the infrastructure. Projects like this do occasionally happen in the US. NYC is getting a 60 mile long, $6B water tunnel. Unfortunately, that tunnel has been under construction for decades,
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by quahada 13y ago
Not entirely. Daft Punk had a big success with free streaming on iTunes a couple weeks before the album was officially for sale. This got listeners onto iTunes, where Apple put up a pre-sale button. Music industry convention is that pre-sal
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by quahada 13y ago
The article mentions the Coachella event in passing, but it had a huge role in building anticipation for the album. Thousands of people (many of them influencers) were hoping for a Daft Punk surprise show. This anticipation (and subsequent
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by quahada 13y ago
I'm using Titanium for my app. Some things are still a little buggy, but it's a lot better now. It is open source, so I am modding the SDK to fix the bugs I have.
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by quahada 13y ago
Along these lines, it was surprising to me that many non-techies never close out their apps. They leave them running in the background and are not even aware it was possible to close an app. As a developer, this means the only time many use
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by quahada 13y ago
I like the takeaway that the only slide that matters is traction. Looking at the Team slide, they have a decent amount of social validation from their advisors & previous investors. I'm guessing this was critical for getting the intro's
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by quahada 13y ago
This reminds me of the time I taught myself photography through online resources. All of the 'photo' tutorials taught how to use the camera, which a) doesn't teach you fundamentals on what makes a good picture and b) is not necessary with m
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by quahada 13y ago
In addition to the other points made on this thread, I think a big factor is that winners don't gain much from war, so why bother. Historically, when economies grew at the rate of population, the only way to become wealthier is to conquer m
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by quahada 13y ago
I'm guessing you're paying for the reliability and range. Does the price include sensor suites? Those are usually big ticket items. Also, since these are autonomous, a crew is not necessary. You also save $ on fuel. I imagine the boat's cos
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by quahada 13y ago
Not even the Saturn V could launch 150 tons into LEO (though it could come close). No current rocket even comes close.
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by quahada 13y ago
Former aerospace, current iPhone app guy here. Each career path has its pros & cons. Working at a place like NASA or Lockheed lets you work on some very cool projects, often times you are working on some project that never sees the ligh
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by quahada 13y ago
We never have all of the facts. Criticism is an important way to learn from other's mistakes. Sometimes you have to make due with the limited data you have. Also, it's actually very common for someone who has considerable knowledge in a cer
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by quahada 13y ago
love it! I used to search each of these sites manually.
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by quahada 13y ago
This touches upon the biggest problem I have with the patent system: The bar is very low on the "novel and non-obvious" criteria. If that were used properly, there would be fewer patents, and they would be higher quality.
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by quahada 13y ago
The economy is not a zero-sum game. I would assume most of the cost of this recovery went to pay labor or procure equipment (whose main cost is also labor, or equipment cost... this is a recursion). That labor cost goes back into the econom
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by quahada 13y ago
You do have the right to take & upload a photo of nearly anything and anyone in a public place. That form of speech is protected by the 1st amendment.

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