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JohnyLy
Joined 11 years ago
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Comment · 11 years ago
This is outrageous but not surprising at all. In my opinion, more than a car safety issue, this is a money-making issue. EU pushes car manufacturers to build safer cars but this has a high cost. European customers respond well to marketing campaigns promoting safety. Therefore, those extra safety costs have a good return on investment. In the US, car safety is not considered as important as in EU because companies don't think there will be a good ROI. Because car manufacturers don't believe is viable enough, they tried to hide this report.
Comment · 11 years ago
Hahaha. I had the exact same reflection. I don't know much about Baseball either. When I was listening people talking about Baseball and referring to Yogi Bear, I thought it was a mascot of one of the teams. Anyway, RIP.
Comment · 11 years ago
This article is so true. We evolved/improved in so many ways, especially technologically speaking but when it comes to parenting, we should go back to the basics. We know how to work, create an app, market a product... but when it comes to raising a child, this is another issue. Parenting is a basic knowledge, which is getting lost. The importance of parenting and the ways to raise a child could be more taught at school.
Comment · 11 years ago
Very nice article. I wasn't aware of most of those projects. I am especially interested to see the results of "World Wonders Project", "Solve for X", "Ingress" and "Google Sky". I am sure Google is also secretly working on other projects that they don't want to communicate on yet (Same as Apple). Note: all those projects really remind me of Hailo's project XYZ in the Silicon Valley Series.
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks for those links (Especially the last one). Resize.ly is just beta, so let's see what they come up with in the near future. On another hand, I hope there will be a resizing/compressing service inspired by Pied Piper (Silicon Valley series) sometime soon.
Comment · 11 years ago
I am not surprised. Last time I was in New York, I wasn't in downtown and it was so hard for me to get a taxi. There are so many taxis in NYC but most of them stay in the same area. As soon as you are not in a populated area, it's close to impossible to grab a taxi. I am pleased that Uber is making things move.
Comment · 11 years ago
Very interesting approach. Choosing a company name is very important. I especially like the name-association part. I would just add 'meaning in foreign languages' because sometimes a company name can sound well in English but could mean something bad in a foreign language.
Comment · 11 years ago
Actually, I don't think anyone can blog well [You need to be able to write well, to express your ideas well and so on.]. The article says that everyone can start learning how to cook or to program by practicing but this doesn't mean everyone can do it well. This is why not everyone can program. The author emphasises on the fact that not everyone can become a good programmer. This is true for almost everything: some people are just more gifted than others. For instance, everyone can learn how to play music, play sports, market a product, learn about marine biology, sciences... but this doesn't mean they will be good at it.
Comment · 11 years ago
So cool and so clever. It's well explained and it looks so easy. It proves that you don't always need great instruments/material to make something awesome. In your case, you didn't need to get a weatherproof inspection machine, you did your inspection by yourself. Congrats!
Comment · 11 years ago
It sounds great and much more protective than passwords. You can't copy/imitate behaviors. However, I am wondering if the system still works if you are tired or sick. Your behavior might change in this case and therefore the system would not recognise you.
Comment · 11 years ago
What a great story. It's so nice to see real philanthropists: people helping others before helping themselves. In the Tech industry, many startups claim they will make a change and make the world better when they actually think that they will make their own life better. This woman is a perfect example how the Tech industry can give to others directly.
Comment · 11 years ago
This is why large companies should be more regulated. They should not be able to put pressure on labels or producers and get all the benefits. What Apple did by killing this startup is not ethical. Plus, by killing it, they tried to get a monopole. Microsoft got so many fines at the time because they had the monopole on PCs. If a large company tries to destroy startups just because they feel threatened, they should be penalised the same way Microsoft did (With huge fines) or I think of another way: forcing large companies to work with startups instead of shutting them down.