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mikehineson How I Got my $3500 Camera Kit Stolen on KitSplit

Free publicity for KitSplit, which I hope it won't lead to explosive growth.

mikehineson Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contract finalists

Great to see Pentagon plays Amazon like a champ.

mikehineson No Thank You, Mr. Pecker

This may someday be adapted into "A Very American Scandal".

mikehineson Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

A marketing ruse?

mikehineson Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit

A lot of negativity here. Hey maybe Apple has figured out autonomous car and no longer needs that 200 employees!

mikehineson The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

Resurrect wave and rule them all

mikehineson We are Google employees – Google must drop Dragonfly

I think those Google enployees should take a step further and ask the US to stop trading with China.

mikehineson Google has sacked dozens over sexual harassment since 2016

The rich and powerful have always been living the indulging life since the beginning of time. I guess people have just misplaced their faith in seeking the moral compass from Google and its execs.

mikehineson The Planet Now Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago

Finally that’s some good news

mikehineson McDonald's Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks

I've been using the McDonald's iPhone app, which shares the same objective as the new kiosks. Besides several glitches here and there, I definitely think that's the future. However, I wonder if it is a humanity milestone to liberate us from cashier jobs.

mikehineson Bike Share Oversupply in China

The same goes for mining cryptocurrency.

mikehineson Apple Hires Google’s A.I. Chief

Can someone share the A.I. background of John Giannandrea? I read his LinkedIn profile and couldn't quite see his strength in the field.

mikehineson UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar

> Mr. Aye Swe admitted he had never met a Muslim before, adding, 'I have to thank Facebook because it is giving me the true information in Myanmar.'"

There are so many things wrong about this single sentence.

mikehineson Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers

I was at first skeptical but Google Music was better than I expected that it was responsive and helped me discover new music. Apple Music however...

mikehineson Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

This prediction is as accurate as "Apple Will Buy Netflix This Year".

mikehineson The Worst Job in Technology: Staring at Human Depravity to Keep It Off Facebook

I wonder what AI thinks and then does to us when we have one.

mikehineson Call options used to bet that Bitcoin will go over $50K next year

Bitcoin is the new diamond, perhaps even more unethical and irrational.

mikehineson TensorFlow r1.4

I think Python 2.x is like XP/IE. It's supported so that more people can quickly benefit from the framework, which ultimately pushes the technology forward.

mikehineson If Your Vibrator Is Hacked, Is It a Sex Crime?

The headline sounds like a Philip K Dick title.

mikehineson This tiny video camera makes everything you shoot look amazing

Impressive

mikehineson Hey Siri: An On-Device DNN-Powered Voice Trigger for Apple’s Personal Assistant

Alexa is actually a difficult word to pronounce for non-English speakers.

mikehineson Amazon is the new Walmart

Amazon is also on the infrastructure platform business that powers various multi-billion business like Netflix and Dropbox.

mikehineson Insiders say Google was interested in buying Snap for at least $30B last year

Snapchat is consistently the top 5 free apps in the US. I think it's worth the 30B for Google to break into that.

mikehineson As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace workers with robots

Curious if California can incentivize farmers to train and hire capable homeless individuals to mitigate the labor shortage issue.