Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)

Post by icebraining » Sat, Jan 04, 2020, 10:48 AM UTC

SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #428

icebraining wrote: post #409

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It wasn't a school summer camp - it was organized by a left-wing political party - and most of the people killed were adults. He used a Ruger Mini-14 and a Glock pistol for which he had a legal license as a civilian (for hunting and sport shooting respectively), purchased in Norway - the country with the second highest legal gun ownership rate in the EU - after he failed to illegally acquire guns in Prague.

> He used a Ruger Mini-14 and a Glock pistol for which he had a legal license as a civilian You have a source for that? I understood neither of those guns are to be civilian legal. Also... to the topic. If Norway’s extremely strict (draconian) gun laws didn’t prevent this shooting which was worse than any in US history; why would US benefit from them?

Post by netcan » Sat, Jan 04, 2020, 11:11 AM UTC

rjsw wrote: post #357

netcan wrote: post #347

Quick listing some top predictions & my take on right/wrong Iran will Change : I’ll call it NO RFID-Everything : Basically NO… not in consumer-land, at least Cheap Flat Panel Displays : YES Ubiquitous & Wireless/Mobile: YES Ebooks Take Over & Pirates Win: NO. Surprisingly, the opposite happened. monolithic legal markets did really well. Electric Cars Event Horizon: ALMOST Driverless Cars Go Live: NO. Still No Fusion…

> RFID-Everything : Basically NO… not in consumer-land, at least Contactless payment systems grew out of RFID, I would categorize that as a YES.

Post by daveFNbuck » Sat, Jan 04, 2020, 1:23 PM UTC

asveikau wrote: post #184

king_magic wrote: post #17

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I think the Microsoft prediction is even more off...

There was one comment in the thread about what Steve Jobs will do at the end of the decade. As a ghost I suppose? (Another says he will step down due to his health, which is closer.) My favorite is the joke that Zuck will buy Portugal.

Post by scarface74 » Sat, Jan 04, 2020, 2:08 PM UTC

rictic wrote: post #368

scarface74 wrote: post #81

What’s amazing is how little changed. - Apple and Google are still the only two mobile operating systems that matter and they are still in relatively the same position. iOS still controls the high end where the money is and Android has the market share but the OEMs are not making any money. - Facebook is more profitable and popular. - Amazon is still the number one online retailer, the Kindle is still by far the most…

> - Apple and Google are still the only two mobile operating systems that matter and they are still in relatively the same position. iOS still controls the high end where the money is and Android has the market share but the OEMs are not making any money. You're badly misremembering or recontextualizing with hindsight bias. At the start of 2010, iOS had 32%, Android had 4.5%, and there were at least 5 other mobile OS…

Post by rjsw » Sat, Jan 04, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

netcan wrote: post #433

rjsw wrote: post #357

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> RFID-Everything : Basically NO… not in consumer-land, at least Contactless payment systems grew out of RFID, I would categorize that as a YES.

Ok, I'll call it a yes. Payments didn't come to mind. I guess contactless payment just didn't seem important to me, so I forget about it. Nifty, sure but blink and you miss it.