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That's one of the most important points that most of the statistics miss.

Autonomous vehicles don't need to beat average human statistics. They need to beat statistics based on the best human drivers.

I don't see how Volvo is responsible for Uber's recklessness. Volvo didn't make them test on public roads with unsafe technology.

I don't think Google "sells" any data at all. They use data they have to sell advertising space, and in the case of Youtube I'm sure they use it to inform different platform decisions, but it doesn't ever leave Google.

Their huge amount of data is their strongest competitive advantage.

I remember when I started using Spotify it had one of the most awful desktop clients I've ever seen

That should be called a locust merger

I'm surprised Vue doesn't show up on the list anywhere. From everything I've seen Vue should probably show up in either the loved or wanted categories.

I think in part they do, otherwise OS X wouldn't have gained as nearly as much marketshare on the promise that "It just works"

Do you have a source for that? Because massively increased percentages is a pretty bold claim to make without a source.

You weren't kidding! It looked like you can buy 1kg of uncut rubies for ~$35 and 100 smaller cut rubies for ~$5

That's true but I think part of it is also that once we achieved photorealism, we began to realize that photorealism isn't everything.

That's an interesting thought. Imagine thinking about what time it is and naturally being able to connect that to how much the earth has rotated.

Oh, 3 hours has passed? That means Earth has rotated X degrees.

Google wasn't the first search engine. Facebook wasn't the first social media site.

Keybase is the first product/software of its kind (as far as what I've seen)

Maybe Keybase will be wildly successful. Maybe someone else will come along and build upon what they've started.

Either way, I'm excited to see its continued development, and if this partnership helps fund them and keep them developing the concept, then even better.

Maybe we should build/design houses more like commercial construction. Build the structural components of the house to last a long, calculated amount of time, then build the other pieces with the expectation that they'll be modified to keep the usability current.

Is that a picture of the custom news reader itself, or is the custom part just producing the ATOM stream and you're using a standard news reader?

I think one difference between Dropbox and Spotify and Twitter and Snap is that Dropbox and Spotify sell a desirable, useful product to end users.

In other words, there's a clear function being offered and a clear path to giving them money in exchange for that function.

While both Twitter and Snap are functional, their only real offering is a slight twist on you general social network, and their only way to make money is by advertising to their vast consumer base.

As an investor I'd be far more interested in the revenue streams provided by Dropbox and Spotify.

I also hope Spotify succeeds because this is not an area where Google, Apple, and Amazon bring anything unique or need to succeed.

Would it be illegal for AMD to agree not to enter a competing part in that segment though? It's not as though they're colluding on price or squashing other competitors.

From what I've seen so far, none of the Ryzen APUs pack as much graphics power as the Vega-powered Kaby Lake Gs, which is disappointing.

I was hoping for a Ryzen NUC that would be powerful enough to use as an HTPC and ultra-portable gaming machine, but it appears that won't be happening.

It's kind of a beautiful vicious cycle. As renewables and efficiency increase, power prices increase, which increases the incentives to switch to renewable sources and efficient consumption.

Dart is being used by the AdWords even when no one else would use it. So in a sense it's the opposite of most cancelled Google products, used internally but not externally, vs things like reader that were used externally but not internally.

It's good to see Backblaze confirming that their GPDR compliance will benefit all of their users. That's definitely been a hope of mine as someone who doesn't live in the EU, so hearing that is encouraging.

It's definitely starting to look like Disney should be broken up, I just hope that they can acquire Fox first so they can keep each franchise together afterwards (e.g. all Star Wars properties owned by one entity, all Marvel properties owned by one entity, etc.)

I'd like to hear what better webmail and calendar option you have, because I'm certainly not using Gmail because Google controls the market.

So far Gmail is by far the best email client/service that I've found.

Not to mention, with the NSA, the primary concern should be transparency and whether what they're doing is legal/allowed by the constitution. With China there are real national security concerns.

We can have discussions and concerns about the NSA while also recognizing foreign nations pose an equal or worse threat. At least with the NSA there is some hope of reigning them in when they overstep.

It will be interesting to see the long-tail on Tesla production and sales. If they can get through their ramp up difficulties on Model 3 and get to making a profit per vehicle sold they might have incredible staying power over the long term, and they'll only get better at production over time.

Their strategy of branding their cars primarily as the model (i.e. S, X, 3) vs 2018 Tesla Model S makes them fairly timeless.

Youtube seems to be one of the more egregious parts of the Google ecosystem.

Like sure Gmail has its problems, but ultimately it is an excellent web based email system that's hard to beat because it's a great product.

Youtube's main strength seems to be primarily its first mover advantage, and the fact that building a video hosting site is a rather costly venture.

Neither of those are a very defensive moat against competitors like Amazon and Facebook

> One of Snapchat’s biggest criticisms has been that the app is too complicated to use.

> While the majority of Snapchat’s young userbase could navigate the product just fine, older users struggled to comprehend the layout.

Ok, so younger users are better at adapting to new and unusual interfaces.

> Hundreds if not thousands of teens lost their streaks, some of which had been maintained for hundreds of days, because they were confused at how to send snaps using the new interface.

Hmm...

If they didn't give you a credit that promised you should follow up and hold them accountable. They should have logs of account actions, and if not, you should save a log of the chat where it was promised.

I ordered a graphics card from Newegg back in November and it got shipped via FedEx. What was really nice with Fedex was that I could have it shipped to my house, or pick from any FedEx or several Walgreens locations for pickup.

Since it was an expensive package I chose to pick it up from a Walgreens near my office.

Amazon's shipping is faster, but Newegg/FedEx shipping was a much better experience. It told me who was shipping the package up front and let me choose from several delivery options via that carrier.

If Amazon takes a loss on their shipping service that could very directly open them to an anti-trust investigation