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At realistic valuations? Sure. At the current overvaluations? Yes. Are these valuations sustainable? No.

Without pricing information, it’s hard to the question "who is this for?". Below $500? Same as the cheap Chromebooks market. Around $700? (Or $600 educational) Direct competitor to…

Instagram and WhatsApp were far from bets. Both were growing exponentially. Both were serious threats to Facebook's money machine. Facebook used their lucky cash cow money to elimi…

To keep it more in line with other brands: - Netflix Max: basic subscription with ads, no 4K - Netflix Max Ultra: basic subscription with ads, but with 4K - Netflix Pro Max: standa…

With zero market share for Google. Living in AImaginationland must be nice. C’mon kids, let’s all sing the AImagination song: AImagination, AImagination, AIiiimagination, …

During an ongoing investigation into illegal Russian influence operations on X, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) researchers discovered what seems to be a coordinated inauthentic b…

I have no intention to pay just for Firefox, the browser. A browser is not that special anymore and there are plenty of alternatives. However, I do want to pay for additional featu…

"It was probably used in hunting, though it might have had cultural or artistic value, perhaps being used in some kind of ritual." Ah, the good, old ritual explanation. Surprised t…

In a lot of use cases you only need to change the host name. https://dns0.eu/ or dns0.eu is not that difficult to remember. The ip addresses are indeed not memorable, but users who…

OpenAI could buy TikTok, together with Oracle. $40B of Nvidia chips would be very useful for that purpose. And it would level the playing field for the next tech wars between OpenA…

You forgot the total lack of enforcing even basic environmental regulations, the massive government subsidies (diect and indirect), Uyghur forced labor, etc. And China is anything …

Not a big deal. Coffee is not a necessity. The coffee monoculture is devastating for the environment. Most small coffee farmers and plantation workers don't earn a livable income. …

That was 65 years ago. There are way more sophisticated ways now to influence things.

Fair enough, but I still prefer the banana. Just a little bit tastier than a raw potato.

That’s how I remember Nokia in the first half of the 2000’s: peak arrogance. Even if Steve Jobs himself would have given them the iPhone for free, they would have rejected it.

Unsplash is part of Getty Images. From 2021: Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26634113 )

And it still doesn't work on on Firefox Mobile. Disappointing.

AI generated podcast. I think it’s quite funny, but on the other hand: "My God, what have we done?" Anyway, as the podcasters say, to end 2024: "Embrace your inner shart and fart."…

Socializing is a skill and requires exercise, but everyone has its own unique limitations and skill levels. Not everyone throughout history has led an exceptionally social life fil…