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Re:Amazon Fire TV on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:13PM (#7517101)
Any idea how many controllers the system will support?

Ask HN: Are there such things as IT Apprenticeships?

With the high cost of higher education and the amount of MOOC's available for learning, is there such a thing as an IT apprenticeship or something like a developer or SA apprenticeship?Skills for machinists, welders, etc. all have apprenticeships. Would it not make sense to have them for IT as well. Where you could learn under a "master" for a period of time equivalent to a 4 year degree. ...

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Re:Ask HN: Is Apple going downhill? on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @11:05PM (#6806283)
I like apple. I still buy their products, but I do not think that I am a fanboy. I recently bought their new Ipad Air and it has been great. But to me it is "just an ipad"... meaning, if something truly awesome came out to replace it, I may consider that option as well.

It just seems like they really have not created anything recently that has really "wowed" me. Maybe they put the bar too high for the wow factor.