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Re:Pocket Casts acquired by NPR on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:59AM (#16992298)
I just have to say it: This is one GOD DAMN good app. I've been using it for years and the only issue I have with it is that I've got to pay again to download it on my iPhone after switching from Android.

In a world full of free stuff, this is the only piece of paid software that makes my day better. They deserve this.

Re:Subutai – Primary military strategist of Genghis Khan on Thursday June 15, 2017 @06:23AM (#14559151)
Any good books to check out about him?
Thanks! We've been lucky enough to have a couple of kickass graphic designers help us with our wackiest ideas!

The logo is by https://twitter.com/shmunday Cartoons by http://www.sandhyaprabhat.com/

It makes sense to use AWS because it's convenient + cost-effective (maybe?) to setup a cloud server. It then makes sense to use their services because again it's convenient. Basically the simplicity of the platform get's you there and now all these other benefits are attractive because it's simple and works out of the box.

So what I think the strategy to do would be to solve a basic problem that gets everyone to your platform and then start adding services to it.

Amazon started the cloud server as a business model because they needed a way to monetise all the additional infrastructure they had lying around on the off seasons. People started using it which gave them insight into the other problems users had and they went about solving those.

Does anyone have a link to a simplistic explanation of the block chain and why it seems to be so relevant?
Re:The destruction of Alderaan was completely justified on Saturday December 05, 2015 @02:38PM (#10683004)
Does anyone ever feel like star wars became mainstream all of a sudden? I mean a few years back mist of my friends would've laughed at me when I brought it up. Now everyone can't wait to see it! What happened??
Re:Addicted to Distraction on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:18PM (#10645476)
Software isn't just eating the world, it's eating our lives. I think that this is going to become much worse the more intrusive the "IOT" becomes. Being able to manage our attention will become as significant as managing our health.
Re:Addicted to Distraction on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:12PM (#10645454)
If you meet a professional athlete you'll understand firsthand what drawbacks there are to spending your first 2 decades super specialising.
Apparently major chefs don't care for the Michelin stars:

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/09/top-chefs-michelin...

Re:New Shepard: Bezos claims success on second spaceship flight on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @11:18AM (#10621604)
Investing in space is great for humanity in general but what's gonna stop this industry from going the way of the airlines?

Is this gonna turn into a price war ?

Re:In Defense of Theranos on Monday November 23, 2015 @06:34AM (#10614009)
How did they get so far in the press? I mean they had some of the biggest names in journalism salivating all over them.

How did it get so out of hand?

Re:Bored to Tears by a Do-Nothing Dream Job on Monday November 23, 2015 @03:30AM (#10613437)
I think living a stress free life can turn out to be a bad thing. You need physical stress i.e exercise makes you healthy + happy. I wouldn't be surprised if purely mental stress had similar effects on Humans.

Obviously there's a threshold after which it starts affecting people negatively.

Also, just because a job seems like a dream doesn't mean that the day to day grind is for you. I know a lot of pilots who, after a few years of flying commercial airlines, can't stop bitching about the tedium of the job.

Re:Mass Surveillance Isn’t the Answer to Fighting Terrorism on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @10:48PM (#10585787)
I think that people need to understand that the concept of terrorism is next to impossible to stop. Once people understand that I think that their reactions to a horrific situation like the Paris shootings or Mumbai will be less severe and more effective.
Re:Lyft’s $1B Gross Run Rate in Context on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @10:43PM (#10585772)
Can someone explain the term runrate to me ?
Awesomesauce... Really?
Re:Google Aims a $50M Moonshot at Curing Heart Disease on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @10:40PM (#10585763)
How does Google plan to succeed when the entire medical establishment has been trying to do the same thing for years ?