News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

seidlitz

Re:Ask HN: What do you want from your presentation software? on Saturday September 14, 2019 @01:04PM (#20972160)
Slide parametrization ie variables with product/customer names etc.
Re:Ask HN: What do you want from your presentation software? on Saturday September 14, 2019 @01:04PM (#20972153)
An integration with a searchable library of slides and snippets that will allow simple reuse of previously created content. The key is how this library is organized by the type of content and version.
Re:Ask HN: Have You Defined a Minimum Brand Strategy? on Saturday September 14, 2019 @05:16AM (#20969723)
Probably not what you want to hear, but a framework or guidelines won't cut it if you don't understand the basics of marketing and brand management. Don't take the shortcuts—get a good book, or better take a marketing course. HBR's 'What is Marketing?' is a great intro to the subject [https://www.amazon.com/What-Marketing-Harvard-Business-Revie...] Peter Doyle has a number of excellent books that are very practical e.g. Marketing Management Strategy [https://www.amazon.com/Marketing-Management-Strategy-Peter-D...] or Value Based Marketing.
Zero. Well, maybe I do spend a couple seconds, but not more...
Re:Ask HN: Is quantum computing likely in the next 20 years? on Saturday September 14, 2019 @04:52AM (#20969644)
A number of companies like D-Wave, Rigetti, IBM, Intel, and Google already have processors working on quantum principals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quantum_processors). There are also examples of quantum algorithms that are demonstrated to work. The main question is weather quantum computers will be able to do anything that classical computers can't do (or do it cheaper/faster). There is still a number of obstacles that need to be overcome to make quantum computing reality—a so called DiVincenzo's criteria:

- physical scalability of qubits; - qubits initialization - dealing with quaantum decoherence - universal gate set; - reliable reading of qubit states

Re:BLUF: A military standard to make writing more powerful on Saturday September 14, 2019 @04:38AM (#20969609)
Tactics like BLUF are the sad sign of times. We put too much emphasis on hacks, efficiency, and tactics instead of learning and practicing age old rules for good writing or whatever else we need to master.