Paperspace – A full computer you can access from any web browser

Re:Paperspace – A full computer you can access from any web ... by xmonkee on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @02:33PM (#9140033)

I'm sorry, is this a running joke on HN? The first reply is always some bland, obvious attack on whatever is posted. I mean, the fact that a streaming computer in the cloud is sensitive to network hiccups is so obvious to anyone who sees this it's not even a valid criticism.

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Re:Paperspace – A full computer you can access from any web ... by kstenerud on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:49PM (#9140633)

Actually, I wasn't the first reply. TBH I was expecting this to be buried since I was so late to the party.

But regardless, my criticism is that slow speed in the hardware is rarely a problem these days. Almost every "slow computer" problem I've diagnosed in recent times (that hasn't been due to McAffee) has in fact just been a slow internet connection or a misconfigured router. When you're not a computer expert, it's hard to know why your Youtube video stutters.

So yes, they will probably get a lot of sign ups with a mantra of "faster", but IMO this isn't solving the actual problem that users tend to have with computer "slowness". In fact, it will only exacerbate it, although that might be good for pushing towards greater bandwidth.

I'm also not too keen on putting even more of my data on someone else's system.

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Re:Paperspace – A full computer you can access from any web ... by throwawaymsft on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:26PM (#9140470)

Yep, HN is home of the middlebrow dismissal.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5072224

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Re:Paperspace – A full computer you can access from any web ... by ape4 on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:39PM (#9140957)

Sometimes the obvious criticism is the right one.

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