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I really like your point on the Unicorns "having their cake and eating it too" in regards to public funding. I am very worried that the technology industry is creating this new cap…

The major advantage of Relay/GraphQL seems to be if you have one monolithic data model for your entire codebase. You are in effect, binding your views directly to your backend. Thi…

I am struggling to find the difference between jspm and npm + webpack or npm + grunt/gulp + browserify. Is it just conventions around ES6?

>>> Of course, there could be a macro collapse in 2018 or 2019, which wouldn’t have time to recover by 2020. I think that’s the most likely way for me to lose. Macro collapse = Bub…

Is there anything like this list for Operating Systems?

Hey HN, I just started learning Android this week in my free time and the XKCD Now comic inspired my first Android app! The app adds a large, transparent widget of the Now Comic to…

"I'm at work and feel like saving the world with your ex to old school dance" gives me some pretty funky jams. I am happy. Thanks Reznor!

I totally agree with your point. Not only does it bypass the need for an OS update, but it also allows more consistent experiences across all android devices. While the cynic in me…

valuation of a social network = * valuation of infrastructure = * The problem is that we cannot get an accurate estimate for the total value of a social network. We can usually get…

I wasn't making a judgement, I was responding to the above comment about the BlackBerry 10. iOS7 is great, and I think this article describes polishing a diamond.

I was referring to the above commenter's feelings of the BB10.

In my UX design classes, we would use the phrase "You can't polish a turd" to describe this situation.

Out of curiosity, is there direct fiber from India to the US?

I appreciated the LCD Soundsystem reference, Tom.