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Correct, it was not. Though even a moderately healthy swarm today can easily stream (prerecorded, this is important) linear content. It's a lot easier now that residential bandwidth and seedboxes are so prevalent.

And the likelihood of that integration is unlikely. Just because WebRTC operates over TCP does not mean it acts anything like a proper TCP socket. There is an unbelievable amount of overhead involved, not to mention how reliant most modern torrent work can be on UDP nowadays. It simply can't scale, it might be good enough, but it can't scale. In-client WebRTC 'support' would nearly mean an entirely different stack, built on WebRTC's clunky non-standards and take years of proper testing. Why go through the effort? And hell, torrent clients are bloated enough already.

And let's not even get started on the comparable differences in security (personal or code-wise) when running this all through Javascript training wheels, then through the browsers' secret optimization sauce, browser/plugin fracturing, then through the gamut of ads, fingerprinting, cookie drops, and who knows what else kind of tracking can be slipped in from here forward... Let's call it what it is; a cool, non-commercial, in-browser p2p file sharing protocol, not BitTorrent.

Or, what it already has shown to be given the free market, fare multipliers. For better or for worse...

The 'shit' here being Internet Rage on places like HN.

I'm shocked at how often a "bar rush" is the primary example used to define it's utility. Keep it up and people will hate insular millennial techies even more. :/

Also note, even in the bay area, that once you leave the Big City limits the cab companies quickly become small business and not the monopolies we easily blame things on. It's those companies that are getting murdered and shit poured on them unfairly.

The government has the keys.

> Sublime-like

Isn't that just VIM anyway?

Well coincidentally I just saw this a few minutes after you replied ;) We both didn't look all weekend. Our lives went on, and we still made it back here anyway, and we can still have this conversation without urgency (or the distraction of karma, I might add). I save my comment trees for reddit...

Post-Snowden PSA: Remember, they already have it if they want it.

Think of it comparable the difference between "pop science" and "academic science" in book publishing. Its cool, and usually pretty informative, but largely just for fun or minor utility.

Nor the type of fault.

The general HN feature philosophy: HN is a simple site with a simple purpose.

Its worked just fine this way for 10 years. Is it actually broken now and worth fixing, and further, why devote the energy when it continues to work fine? And really, the last thing HN needs are giant tangent comment trees. These rarely remain professional and on-topic.

For the nth time, no.

Good luck boring subways, tunnels, and right-of-ways through mountains, sand dunes, and silt! Buses are the only reasonable answer and much more modular to adjust to changing demands as years go by.

A traffic system that programmatically prioritizes for public transportation, along with traffic citations issued by camera and automation (sorry) is what we need.

Freedom to travel is quite literally a declared Human Right. No need to question it's or why's.

Oh to be young again...

Or, that only title available is this year's version.

Yes, but ultimately the old farts won't admit that code is overrated when it comes to writing real software. The old "programmer" job died years ago. Not to mention how most the tools he rails against are certainly code in any real sense.

Yes, but ultimately the old farts won't admit that code is overrated when it comes to writing real share. Not to mention how most the tools he rails against are certainly code in any real sense.

People are downvoting you because this quickly became blatantly off-topic and distracting from the subject at hand, not because of your political views.

Yes, and it is exactly what folks here are in opposition to.

Good luck further destroying the credibility of startup journalists. :)

One hopes Box didn't acquire a company with only a beta-invite product for simply their ffmpeg one-liners...

IdeaPaint does not compare. It more reminiscent of a white truck bed liner than a writing slate, even when installed by their contractors. It gets the job done for silly after-hours doodles but its simply not as precise as a real glossy whiteboard when it comes to legibility and ease to clean.

All of our old traditional whiteboards mysteriously appeared after a few weeks.

Not even just the plug. I've had outages from bits flipped simply by the static electricity generated when vacuuming near servers.

BTW, this is the right way to do it. :)

Great site! I'd really recommend you change the name though. 'EDM' is pretty cringe-worthy word these days (much like 'electronica' and 'alternative'), and just generally doesn't roll off the tongue too well.

Software is made by teams, and teams that can ship quality products and code consistently are invaluable. Few companies actually know how to ship product or complete projects, let alone succeed.

Early-stage companies are purchased/funded because their teams and not the checklist of experience on the team-members resumes. Successful, or even good products often take second-seat to this. Surprisingly enough, people pay boatloads for functional teams.

> if he's working at Facebook in the future

... beyond what's required by contract

Who couldn't think of a hundred applications you could apply Oculus to any product out there? That's why people get so excited about it!

My point is that its unfair to compare the acquisitions listed above to Oculus simply because it of sticker-price or being so high profile. Oculus is a consumer device, a market that Facebook has tried numerous times and ran screaming from numerous times. Can they do it right? I'm sure they can. Is Oculus the right choice to start? Not my call. But is Oculus a web service? No. Does Oculus, company or product, relate at all to Facebook's product line? Not really. Did Instagram and Parse? Yes. Full stop.