At least this guy was wrong
> I predict lots of people will make predictions, but we'll never go back to check and see if they were right.
Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
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Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
The dynamic languages slower than ruby prediction didn't hold up either. The past ten years have just seen nibbling around the edges for dynamic languages, without any compelling ideas about how to make them fundamentally more expressive.
Doesn’t that describe the rise of JavaScript? I haven’t done or seen any specific benchmarks, but I gathered that JS was among the slowest of languages.
JavaScript is now both faster and less productive than Ruby, so it doesn't match his prediction that a slower and more productive language will become popular.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my opinion, Electron is the fulfillment of that prediction.
JavaScript is quite a bit faster than Ruby in most cases.
Electron isn’t just JavaScript, else I would have said JavaScript. Electron is front and center in the movement to shorten development time by consuming more PC resources at runtime. I feel that’s the spirit of the prediction.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#154It's common to own a laptop, iPad, a Kindle, and sometimes even a drawing tablet. They are have a tablet form factor, so these devices will probably converge into a single one.
Once the tech becomes good enough, it'll no longer make sense to own all these devices.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#155If something can be predicted, or if many people agree with you, then it's not that revolutionary. ctrl+f "bitcoin" returns 0 results. Disruptive ideas take humanity by a storm few people believe it's coming, the rest can only connect the dots looking backwards.
Not sure what sort of disruption btc and the like have caused thus far. Just another speculator's market.
Over priced an entire generation of computer gaming culture. Probably didn’t help getting to 4k content either.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
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Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#157TikTok is gonna go down in flames by dec 2023
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
If someone saw it coming in 2010 they are extremely rich now :)
You forget how hard it is to look after it. Bitcoin is like fairy dust , nearly impossible to grasp.
Printing the keys and sticking them a safe would have done the trick - but you'd need the foresight to know that not touching it for 10 years is the plan.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#159No one saw Trump coming.
Re: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
#160well after today's news I'm going with war
I fear you may be right.