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clickbyclick··on Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Mustang Mach-E
Eventually, ALL automotive production records will be held by EVs, only question is when.
clickbyclick··on Tesla Insurance
When the car drives itself, why is the driver accountable?

This feels like a first step towards aligning insurance based on what/how you drive vs. autonomous.

I could see: $.01/mile with autonomous and $.05 human.

Great lever to allow the robots to take over.

clickbyclick··on Tesla and SpaceX Share More Than Musk
If you can send a building into space, land it on a postage stamp floating in an ocean... I have high-confidence you can solve production line scaling challenges.
clickbyclick··on Why I turned down $500K and shut down my startup
Changing behavior is hard, many startups try only a select few can. Adjusting behavior an easier but less rewarding outcome.
clickbyclick··on Sunrise is shutting down
Another angle...

It's sad when we pay $5 for a coffee made in 5 minutes that we'll drink in 3... but not $5 for an app that took 5 months that we'd use daily for a year.

clickbyclick··on Swim. Bike. Cheat?
Is the world's oldest profession prostitution or cheating? Cheating in sport started as soon as people cared about the outcome, only now with ubiquitous data sources has it become increasing hard to succeed at. Cheaters hope they fly just between the fine line of amazement in their outcome and interest that would invoke investigation and lead to their downfall. The bank robber whose holdup note is written on the back of their deposit slip never thinks they'll be caught, so is the athlete who fails to consider the power of the data and dedication of slighted peers to unearth it. I'm not in disbelief that she was caught, only that so many others weren't... Yet.
clickbyclick··on Just Landed Is Shutting Down
Active users = check Value delivered = check Inability to develop profitable GTM plan = check

I didn't read about funding in the article, but outside of $ a VC or Angel will provide a network and path to solve GTM challenges AND get you in front of the right people for an exit.

I'm sure if this app called an Uber/Lyft timed to plane landing it could find a home...

clickbyclick··on ManBun for Sale: The exact moment it jumped the shark
If someone puts one on a cat and films it, they might just break the internetz.
clickbyclick··on NTSB: SpaceShipTwo broke apart when “feathering” activated early
As terrible as it is to write this, (while still really early and I'm far from a NTSB expert), but if you had to pin a failure event on human or design, you'd be better to have it rest on human cause.

Resolution could then be practiced or automated out of existence, versus structural design that could take years to resolve.

RIP Michael Alsbury.

clickbyclick··on The Unofficial Crowdsourced AWS Re:Invent Expo Hall, Events and Session Guide
Glad to see this posted, AWS wasn't initially a fan of it as the artwork used infringed their brand but happy a common ground was found. Attendee feedback has been amazing.
clickbyclick··on Startup Fuck-ups: How we lost 25% of our monthly revenue overnight
That's the straight dope. #truth

Having worked on the IT and Biz side of tech companies (happily SaaS closing that gap daily) I can tell you the logic patterns are diametrically opposed.

IT = born problem solvers, nothing is too big, small or complicated BIZ = friction solvers, nothing can be too efficient

The struggle isn't that 'you' could do it (better, faster or even cheaper) in your mind... but that if isn't a core competency moving your business forward, write a check and let someone else handle the core. Break free from the burden of 'undifferentiated heavy lifting' and improve your core product.

We sell a SaaS solution and in turn I write ~20 checks to other SaaS providers a month to keep me focused on improving our customer's experience.

clickbyclick··on Docker and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of distributed applications
My $.02 as someone involved in the space, it means: * Docker isn't going away anytime soon * All the big IaaS and PaaS players will be re-positioning to incorporate * That the pin has been pulled on the future acquisition

They are becoming too big to be solo... and I'm thrilled for their team

clickbyclick··on Docker and Windows Server, What does it mean for you?
What does this mean for me? As someone involved in the space it means:

* Docker isn't going away anytime soon * All the big IaaS and PaaS players will be re-positioning to incorporate * That the pin has been pulled on the future acquisition

They are becoming too big to be solo... and I'm thrilled for their team.

clickbyclick··on Ask HN: We are running a contest, can you share your thoughts?
Good luck with the app, I read the intro and the first thought that popped up was Wisdom of Crowds: http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/...