Thank you. This isn't to say Google themselves had anything to do with this evil I then quoted from Alice in Wonderland... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 ~Chalk it up to an odd sense of humour: I'd bet this…
http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html The level to which the user base has ignored this, and merely uses the down-vote button to incline their personal displeasure is hilarious. If you don't want to be Digg / Reddit /…
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…
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…
All such deals are offered as "promotions" to the start of the next year. They merely get extended ("through January 31st 2014") as a legal formality once the date is hit. Essentially it's the Legal department's…
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,…
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…
BBR Saatchi Israel is on the hunt for a great programmer, and it's taking its recruiting to the place where most of them are hanging out: in the realms of 'Diablo 3.'…
I was reading through your blog, assuming this was some faux-naivety mixed with socially uplifting product placement (look! hip young designer of the future actually LEARNS from has-been discard of the old materialism!…
Thank you. This isn't to say Google themselves had anything to do with this evil I then quoted from Alice in Wonderland... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 ~Chalk it up to an odd sense of humour: I'd bet this…
http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html The level to which the user base has ignored this, and merely uses the down-vote button to incline their personal displeasure is hilarious. If you don't want to be Digg / Reddit /…
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…
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…
All such deals are offered as "promotions" to the start of the next year. They merely get extended ("through January 31st 2014") as a legal formality once the date is hit. Essentially it's the Legal department's…
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,…
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…
BBR Saatchi Israel is on the hunt for a great programmer, and it's taking its recruiting to the place where most of them are hanging out: in the realms of 'Diablo 3.'…
I was reading through your blog, assuming this was some faux-naivety mixed with socially uplifting product placement (look! hip young designer of the future actually LEARNS from has-been discard of the old materialism!…