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Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @05:42PM (#9344214)
I would never hire this guy.
Re:Apple Aiming to Begin Electric Car Production in 2020 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @09:10PM (#9078511)
I still don't buy Apple is going to make a completely in-house EV. Historically, Apple only innovates in market categories in which the incumbents suck (usually through an order of magnitude improvement in the UI/UX). But Tesla doesn't suck...it's done a pretty damn good job. A partnership with Tesla makes more sense.
We're better off trying to make Silicene-enhanced transistors rather than artificially engineering a band-gap in Graphene.

Hook Em

Re:Neil Young's PonoPlayer: The Emperor Has No Clothes on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @03:37PM (#8993171)
The problem is that 90% of their 2 mil song catalog is still only CD Quality (16 bit / 44.1 Khz). 256 / 320 Kbps vs. CD Quality is pretty hard to differentiate for most people. But 256 / 320 Kbps vs. 24 bit / 96 Khz should be fairly obvious.

And of course, you need a good pair of headphones.

Re:Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:04PM (#8754742)
Great article. IMO, CVD is the most promising scalable, manufacturing method, but the following advances have to happen:

- Able to grow Graphene of arbitrary thickness on a wide variety of surfaces - Achieving CVD at low temperature - Control of grain size, ripples, doping level, and number of layers - Coming up with a cost-effective way to handle to the Transfer step, or eliminating it entirely

As the current market for graphene applications is driven by the production of this material, there is a clear hierarchy in how soon the applications will reach the user or consumer. Those that use the lowest- grade, cheapest and most available material will be the first to appear, probably in a few years, and those which require the highest, electronic- quality grades or biocompatibility may well take decades to develop.Also, because developments in the last few years were extremely rapid,graphene’s prospects continue to improve.

Palo Alto Hardware Meetup

Hi all,I'm aiming to create a chill hardware/engineering/science-based meetup here in Palo Alto. The one based in SF is wildly successful - but always full / have to take the Caltrain to get there. Hoping to get local startups/Stanford on board as sponsors - going to be a place to discuss, drink, etc.Link: http://www.meetup.com/Palo-Alto-Hardware-Meetup/

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014) on Saturday August 02, 2014 @02:10AM (#8124144)
Experienced PM with strong technical (enterprise/mobile) and engineering background

Location: Texas

Remote: OK

Willing to relocate: YES (ideally Palo Alto or SF Bay Area)

Technologies: iOS

Resume: Will email upon request

Email: [email protected]