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coder1001··on Facebook sues Namecheap
This is going to be great PR for Namecheap! :)
coder1001··on Secret doorway in UK Parliament leads to historical treasure trove
Hence having "system/website/app". The system is there to conserve everything and hopefully it will transcend technologies and be easy to migrate the data to whatever comes next.
coder1001··on Secret doorway in UK Parliament leads to historical treasure trove
Yes I did! Sorry, edited the comment! Thanks
coder1001··on Secret doorway in UK Parliament leads to historical treasure trove
A startup that simplifies the process/visualisation and makes it accessible to whoever is going to use it will always win!
coder1001··on Secret doorway in UK Parliament leads to historical treasure trove
I guess these things get lost overtime if there is no system of documenting what happened and is happening with any building over a long period of time?

A nice startup idea would be to create a system/website/app that documents what happens to any building over time including all maintenance and future plans!

City councils have something like this but I imagine it is pretty simple and does not capture a lot.

coder1001··on Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Stock Underperforms the Most Since 2009
Miss-typed! Thanks for pointing it out.
coder1001··on Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Stock Underperforms the Most Since 2009
Isn't investing with Warren a long term play? One year lower is a big deal?
coder1001··on Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps to Rivals
While this is a good move for users, it can also be a bad one.

Imagine all the chat/calling apps that will try to replace your default Phone/messaging/etc. apps and the amount of spam/inconsistent behaviour this will bring.

Hopefully Apple will make sure only top notch apps can replace the default apps.

coder1001··on Game AI Pro
Thank! Nice to see people releasing this kind of material for free!
coder1001··on Real-time infection and death numbers of Wuhan Virus
Would be great if you include the number of cases that recovered.
coder1001··on Housing is a human right: How Finland is eradicating homelessness
Does this apply to all residents or just Finnish citizens?

It would only work if all residents are covered, right?

In New Zealand citizens and residents can get govt support for accomodation, yet there are crazy numbers of homeless people everywhere!

coder1001··on CERN Ends Trial of Facebook Workplace
Interesting!

"Reactions were not always positive. Many people preferred not to use a tool from a company that they did not trust in terms of data privacy."

So the issue is just trust or the tool is not as useful? How would the results differ had someone else offered them a similar tool?

coder1001··on 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance
Amazing how was take so many things for granted, kudos to the founder of Smart Hand.
coder1001··on An Unanswered Question at the Heart of America's Nuclear Arsenal
Can these things be tested in space? Instead of doing a test on earth, push something way out to space and test it, what would the impact be on earth if it was far away?
coder1001··on Wealth is what you don't spend
Love this summary point: "Money is often a negative art. It has a lot to do with the actions you don’t take and things you avoid."

Applies to a lot of areas in life and business, not just money!

coder1001··on Why Some Doctors Purposely Misdiagnose Patients
Your typical case of measuring a doctor's success by the number of EGGs and the likes that his patients do!

Wrong incentives = unexpected outcomes!

coder1001··on The Attempted Corporate Takeover of .Org
This quote kind of summarises the effect of the attempted takeover:

"Nonprofit websites will be trapped: If they want to keep their longtime brand and their archives, they’ll pay whatever price. “When you buy a domain you own it, but after a couple years it owns you.”"

Hope this ends well for all .org owners!

coder1001··on Tesla races past $100B in market valuation
Given the expected improvements in battery efficiency over time and the brand Tesla built for itself as THE company to buy from if you want an EV, I would say Tesla's best days are yet to come.
coder1001··on Lego ISS
It's great to see Lego innovating in this way, I wonder how much less business they do nowadays given the proliferation of mobile/digital gaming and social media keeping the new generations pretty occupied!
coder1001··on SaaS marketing tactics and case studies
Great list, would love to see a budget range for each of the tactics, the definition of small/medium-high budget can vary greatly depending on who you ask!
coder1001··on Where Do New Ideas Come From?
I feel new ideas come from the opposite, when thinking (and partly doing inner-speak) and not listening.

Listening is just exploring whats already out there?

coder1001··on The Roots of Lisp (2001)
It amazes me how @pg managed to conquer the business side of startups and started YC given his very technical background!

To me it is not very common for (very) technical people to be good at both tech and business!

coder1001··on Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
You wouldn't necessarily have to remove all of the liver. If you take say 50% of it, then the other 50% can regrow assuming a good chunk of it is still alive.
coder1001··on How hard can it be to move our developer account to our new not-for-profit?
"we cannot since Better uses iCloud and apps that use iCloud cannot be moved between developer accounts."

from the article.

coder1001··on Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
One great use of this could taking good parts of a cancer's patient's liver, regrowing the parts independently and then putting back the part that does not show any sign of cancer.

Not sure if one week will do it, but could be very viable when this tech is extended to more than a week.

Major advantage of reusing one's liver is the body would be less likely to reject it, hence relying less on immune suppression medications.

coder1001··on Tesla Surges Above $500, Leaving Analyst Targets in the Dust
For a company breaking new grounds and pushing EVs, I would give them at least another 10 years. It is not ideal, but you have to take into account that it takes time to build your network (charging/service centers etc.). That's why if the money comes, the rest will fall into place (in time of course!).
coder1001··on Tesla Surges Above $500, Leaving Analyst Targets in the Dust
Once Tesla's operations are running smoothly, most of these issues should fix themselves.
coder1001··on Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
There are plenty, but fount his to be a gem!

SuperFastBusiness: https://www.superfastbusiness.com/list-all/

coder1001··on Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
Agree. See my comment above. Having access to info about marketing budget etc. could have possibly changed that.
coder1001··on Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
My feeling is that had Apple not released the iPhone, Android would have probably joined the long list of products that Google killed.

It is competition from the iPhone (and the possible control of search traffic on mobile devices that Apple would have) that forced Google to focus on Android after acquiring it and this lead to the demise of Nokia and the mobile division of Microsoft.

I don't know if Nokia knew the marketing budget going towards launching the iPhone along with other resources planned for its launch would that have changed their view on how serious of a competitor the iPhone is going to be.

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