HN has the same issue as Reddit: accounts tend to get Hell-banned / Voted into obscurity for merely voicing alternative thought processes / not conforming to the 'logical-identity' construct that HN is comfortable with.…
Because the entire industry is a shell game? ~Fundamentals, people, fundamentals. [aka: if you really think that a producer of gadgets is worth more than most countries' GDP, then you're a fucking idiot. Apple et al is…
HN doesn't disappoint! Down-votes, and no-one can do due diligence. <CTRL+F>Push Singh He was named one of the "IEEE Intelligent Systems 10 to Watch," an award that honors young researchers in artificial…
I'd look into AI specialists who all decided to kill themselves in that "very common" way of putting a bag over their head, wrapping duct tape around their necks and then 'doing an oven' to finish the deal. You know,…
Just for an interesting comparison: Top 100 mining companies in the world: You'll note that even BHP only hits ~$200bil. http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=95... These are companies that…
I'd think it would be more likely: "what's the % of players with access to Western standard credit cards for the RMAH". Any country with an acceptable level of security for the "big four" is welcome at the table: nation…
Traditionally Israel is counted as nominally European for this type of thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Israel Note: this might be a little too meta for HN
If no-one noticed, in the video that meatsock posted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iABPKd0vFxQ) you'll notice that in the fluff (audio: "military bases" "border controls", "checkpoints") you'll see real world photos…
As far as I understand the American system, this is a false analogy: your Congressman 'lobbies' for interests within their core voting block. i.e. why your mid-west Congressman lobbies hard for corn subsidies, if a…
I assumed it was common knowledge that Sony offered the PS3 at a huge discount retail <-> production costs to make Blu-Ray the industry standard (which did indeed succeed). e.g. Samsung Blu-Ray retailed @ $1000,…
Thank you, I understand the metric used now, although I'd say you'd have to offset the costs against traditional print advertising (e.g. 1/2 page advert in Guardian / Ha'aretz jobs section etc). ~ This begs the…
Ah, I apologise - I thought they were offering a real-world replica. I'm also fascinated on how they're going to do this: I'll offer good money that says within 5 minutes of logging on they're either town-PK griefed,…
How so? Retail Diablo III ~ $60 <strike>CEO</strike> Intern getting to level 60 ~ 12 or so hours @ $0 / hr 1,000,000 Diablo III gold ~ $4 Cheap Chinese Sword ~ $96 Single / static webpage ~ $200 57…
Ah, this place really has become Reddit. Within 7 minutes, a down-vote, while the comment "fredoliveira 25 minutes ago | link This is quite sad. Signs of a company struggling to be relevant, and failing terribly." that…
HN has the same issue as Reddit: accounts tend to get Hell-banned / Voted into obscurity for merely voicing alternative thought processes / not conforming to the 'logical-identity' construct that HN is comfortable with.…
Because the entire industry is a shell game? ~Fundamentals, people, fundamentals. [aka: if you really think that a producer of gadgets is worth more than most countries' GDP, then you're a fucking idiot. Apple et al is…
HN doesn't disappoint! Down-votes, and no-one can do due diligence. <CTRL+F>Push Singh He was named one of the "IEEE Intelligent Systems 10 to Watch," an award that honors young researchers in artificial…
I'd look into AI specialists who all decided to kill themselves in that "very common" way of putting a bag over their head, wrapping duct tape around their necks and then 'doing an oven' to finish the deal. You know,…
Just for an interesting comparison: Top 100 mining companies in the world: You'll note that even BHP only hits ~$200bil. http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=95... These are companies that…
I'd think it would be more likely: "what's the % of players with access to Western standard credit cards for the RMAH". Any country with an acceptable level of security for the "big four" is welcome at the table: nation…
Traditionally Israel is counted as nominally European for this type of thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Israel Note: this might be a little too meta for HN
If no-one noticed, in the video that meatsock posted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iABPKd0vFxQ) you'll notice that in the fluff (audio: "military bases" "border controls", "checkpoints") you'll see real world photos…
As far as I understand the American system, this is a false analogy: your Congressman 'lobbies' for interests within their core voting block. i.e. why your mid-west Congressman lobbies hard for corn subsidies, if a…
I assumed it was common knowledge that Sony offered the PS3 at a huge discount retail <-> production costs to make Blu-Ray the industry standard (which did indeed succeed). e.g. Samsung Blu-Ray retailed @ $1000,…
Thank you, I understand the metric used now, although I'd say you'd have to offset the costs against traditional print advertising (e.g. 1/2 page advert in Guardian / Ha'aretz jobs section etc). ~ This begs the…
Ah, I apologise - I thought they were offering a real-world replica. I'm also fascinated on how they're going to do this: I'll offer good money that says within 5 minutes of logging on they're either town-PK griefed,…
How so? Retail Diablo III ~ $60 <strike>CEO</strike> Intern getting to level 60 ~ 12 or so hours @ $0 / hr 1,000,000 Diablo III gold ~ $4 Cheap Chinese Sword ~ $96 Single / static webpage ~ $200 57…
Ah, this place really has become Reddit. Within 7 minutes, a down-vote, while the comment "fredoliveira 25 minutes ago | link This is quite sad. Signs of a company struggling to be relevant, and failing terribly." that…