The blockchain.
The blockchain isn't the problem. It's supposedly the solution.
Readit Newsaltern8tif commented on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team annas-archive.org/blog/an... · Posted by u/jerheinze
Are you seriously expecting them to say "our previous product was bad, this one is good"?
When has any tech company ever done that?
That takes courage.
I wasn't aware anyone from the marketing department of any company was putting a gun to my head. Power of the purse. Don't like it. Don't buy it.
I don't think that's the point. Sure you can vote with your wallet, but it is still pretty annoying to have an insurance salesperson or a telemarketer make an irrelevant sales pitch to you every few minutes.
While targetted ads should technically alleviate this annoyance, in reality it doesn't really work as well as advertised (pardon the pun).
altern8tif commented on Apple Plans Giant High-End iPhone, Lower-Priced Model bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/uptown
Even if the X isn't selling, the fact that a $1000+ iPhone is available will make it seem more reasonable to purchase one that costs $800+ instead of just the base model. Regardless of whether or not X sales have met expectations, I think the X is probably the biggest factor in the ASP increase aside from bumping the cost of the base model from $649 to $699.
Agreed. Similar reason why Starbucks has a Venti size and no longer lists their Short size on the menu – so that it makes it more reasonable (from a consumer standpoint) to purchase the medium-range option (Grande), thus pushing up the average price point.
Not saying that iPhones are priced the same way as lattes, but that's a known pricing consideration.
altern8tif commented on How and why we moved to Vue.js mkdev.me/en/posts/how-and... · Posted by u/fodoj
For some reason the phrase "BEM block technology" makes me cringe. It sounds like something a non-technical manager would say, but these guys are actual devs...
Same here. BEM is not "technology". It's a philosophy or an organisational pattern.
altern8tif commented on Why I left Google to join Grab medium.com/@steve.yegge/w... · Posted by u/kungfudoi
Which project should he work on instead?
I wish more people would work on ideas that would impact the poorer half of the human race.
@yegg, is DuckDuckHack coming back?
That was one of my first forays into open source and was hoping that there is more that I (and the community) can do to help improve DDG further.
altern8tif commented on Ethereum programming for web developers happyfuncorp.com/whitepap... · Posted by u/aaron_p
I like your idea about using blockchains to represent assets. I have been thinking about something along those lines. But a whole set of interesting problem arises. That being the legal issues surrounding transferring ownership of assets globally. Not to mention issues of fraud and recourse when an agreement falls apart. I'd be curious to to have a chat with you about it. Send me an email.
I've got a team exploring the idea of executing a smart contract that transfers assets (be it crypto-asset or real world assets) upon a specific real-world trigger event (via oracles).
But you're right, the legal issues are a dime and a dozen. It'll take some time for the law to catch up (eg. digital wills). The technology is ready for this, we just need to right confluence of factors to make this a reality.
I've also seen speculation that it's an engineering experiment to see if they can squeeze all the essential components of a high-powered computer into a space the size of the camera plateau. Which may eventually lead to viable AR Glasses (or a cheaper Vision).