Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by bitwarrior » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:09 AM UTC

Nanotubes. Seemed like it was all upside, the stuff we were going to be making starships out of.

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by aspett » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:12 AM UTC

tlrobinson wrote: post #2

The converse is possibly even more interesting: what tech were you convinced would fail but took the world by storm?

React.

Who would've known people would come to like JSX? I used to think it was an abomination.. now it's great.

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

#23

Post by j45 » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:12 AM UTC

Palm/HP/LG WebOS - JavaScript based os a few years ahead of it's time in mobile form.

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

#24

Post by nafey » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:13 AM UTC

the_decider wrote: post #6

Semantic ontologies that would totally change the nature of search.

You gotta elaborate on that one

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by akkartik » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:13 AM UTC

tehlike wrote: post #19

akkartik wrote: post #5

RSS and Google Reader. What can I say, I was young and foolish.

Take the world by storm? Or become a utility? Looks like neither happened.

Name a utility that didn't first take the world by storm.

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by em3rgent0rdr » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:13 AM UTC

Fuel Cells.

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by em3rgent0rdr » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:14 AM UTC

tlrobinson wrote: post #2

The converse is possibly even more interesting: what tech were you convinced would fail but took the world by storm?

Facebook

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

#28

Post by akkartik » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:15 AM UTC

nafey wrote: post #24

the_decider wrote: post #6

Semantic ontologies that would totally change the nature of search.

You gotta elaborate on that one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:15 AM UTC

nafey wrote: post #24

the_decider wrote: post #6

Semantic ontologies that would totally change the nature of search.

You gotta elaborate on that one

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Re: Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

#30

Post by eyko » Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 5:15 AM UTC

The semantic web, and speech to text.