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Hydrogen fuel cells. Elon Musk is talking them down like Steve Jobs talked down native apps in favor of a web app.
Hydrogen is a shitty fuel. Hard to contain, burns too easy, explosive.
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
Hydrogen fuel cells. Elon Musk is talking them down like Steve Jobs talked down native apps in favor of a web app.
In this case fuel cells seem to have the same issues they had 20+ years ago when they were touted as the feature.
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Hydrogen is a shitty fuel. Hard to contain, burns too easy, explosive.
For pedestrian uses, yes. But it could be used in more specialized applications that already require a lot of attention. E.g. commerical airplanes.
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
Could it be confirmation bias? I'm sure there are many videos of people confident everyone will have a flying car, you just don't see them.
https://www.google.com/search?q=where%27s+my+flying+car&oq=w...
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
The decline of the middle class and a new developed world of low wage working slaves straight out of Dickens / Hugo?
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
so idea of smartphone was pretty safe bet, touchscreen was risky choice
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers…
Nokia smartphones were already pretty big at the time iPhone was released, innovative thing was capacitive touch screen instead of resistive so idea of smartphone was pretty safe bet, touchscreen was risky choice