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Interesting that services revenue growth (+14% YoY) is less than overall revenue growth (+16% YoY).

It really shows the reliance on the iPhone for revenue growth remains, with iPhone giving 23% YoY revenue growth, while Mac and wearables declined YoY.

This is one of the better articles I've read that clearly articulates the motivations of social media companies (and state variants) and the devastating impacts these apps are causing to individuals (anxiety and depression) and society through misinformation. I'm not yet convinced effective regulation can be enacted, but I respect one of the conclusions that we need to "encourage transparency and accountability in how content is disseminated and moderated on social media platforms".

You can find further works by the artist at their website: http://www.jenshaaning.com

Some really interesting pieces. I particularly like Super Discount (1998), where a temporary retail space was established to sell supermarket goods below regular prices. It mentions the "entire budget of the exhibition" had been spent on importing these products.

"A garage-sale alike supermarket was established in the exhibition space, which among other goods offered salami, cleaning products, biscuits, canned food, pasta, cheese, cat food, cakes, and sweets. The goods were purchased in France, taxed at the border and imported to Switzerland. Hereby it was made possible for the visitors of the exhibition to shop 35% cheaper than in Swiss supermarkets."

Completely agree. I can't see them reviving the Xserve brand with their own silicon, but I could see them introducing cloud hosting services. Ideally with differentiation in something like environmental credentials (reduced, renewable power, etc.) to try and gain market share whilst maintaining margin.

"That uncertainty reached a new high this week, as Google announced that 56.1% of ads served on the internet are never even “in view”—defined as being on screen for one second or more. That’s a huge number of “impressions” that cost money for advertisers, but are as pointless as a television playing to an empty room."

I don't understand the issue here. Unless things have changed over the years, the vast majority of Google advertisers would be paying "per click" (CPC) rather than "per impression" (CPM). When I was advertising it was quite difficult to pay on a "per impression" basis, and the offers to enable this were after considerable data had been calculated using the "per click" method. Switching to "per impression" was optional and appeared to average your existing "per click" spend rather than some program to hide your underlying click spend.

As a "per click" advertiser I don't care if my ad is only "in view" half the time it's displayed. I care that a person is clicking and they intended to click.

While it doesn't appear to be malicious (I got a redirect to here), it also doesn't have the same WHOIS information as the official website. I guess that means it is probably owned by a nice person helping us when we fumble keystrokes, but as it has the potential to become less benign in future, the official domain should remain the preferred option for access.

The early adopters are already "ahead" (pricing wise) on this decision for now, and most new car buyers seem to accept gradual depreciation as a fact of life. I also don't think Tesla could unveil a radical price cut like the iPhone scenario (~30%) without some serious red ink and damaging their price anchor against German luxury cars.

I'd assumed costs gradually decreasing over time - especially in the (currently) very expensive battery technology. I'd guess they'd want to pass these savings on to increase market share as quickly as possible, rather than try and squeeze some extra margin by maintaining prices.

A looming price increase should help convert reservations into sales, swiftly, while simultaneous rewarding early adopters. I wonder how much of an increase it is, and how long before it drops back?

What a beautiful thing to report. A significant reduction from 1990's six murders per day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City).

Melbourne uses a four digit number for tram stops (for use via text, automated voice, web and apps) and it works quite well. http://tramtracker.yarratrams.com.au/phone/

I use ServerTastic (https://www.servertastic.com/) for VeriSign certificates - cheaper than buying from VeriSign directly and it's the same "end product".

Other HN threads with suggestions:

"Ask HN: Where should I buy an SSL certificate for my site?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=464916

"Ask YC: Why are SSL certificates so expensive?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=530600

I assumed someone internally bombed "Suicide: Read This First" (http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/) as it frequently appeared first in my morbid search history (e.g. "i want to die"). I guess that's Google doing what Google does best.

Thoroughly enjoyed the print edition, great to see you offering it for free online.

Good example. Perhaps they're trying to encourage you to tip in whole numbers, further away from your "mental anchor" than you would with a number like $8.99.

Maybe a $10 meal nets a carefree $2 tip whereas a $9.99 meal merits a meticulous $11.49 total in the customer's head.

Meetup: http://twitter.com/mtub

bootload's comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=52955