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Re: Ask HN: What is your one tech prediction for 2018?

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subashkc1 wrote: post #21
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #12

Apple will release a new MacBook with no screen, keyboard, trackpad or ports. Conversing with it will be like a scene from 2001. Google will retire search and replace it with something mildly social. Elon Musk will announce something so bizarre that only a person completely isolated from humanity could think it's a good idea. Oracle will continue to screw its customers (this is the only one I'm certain about). Window…

Apple will release a new MacBook with no screen, keyboard, trackpad or ports. Conversing with it will be like a scene from 2001. - This is the only one I'm certain about. :)

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Re: Ask HN: What is your one tech prediction for 2018?

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Post by imhoguy »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #12

Apple will release a new MacBook with no screen, keyboard, trackpad or ports. Conversing with it will be like a scene from 2001. Google will retire search and replace it with something mildly social. Elon Musk will announce something so bizarre that only a person completely isolated from humanity could think it's a good idea. Oracle will continue to screw its customers (this is the only one I'm certain about). Window…

> Apple will release a new MacBook with no screen, keyboard, trackpad or ports. Conversing with it will be like a scene from 2001.

Dave: Open the bank app, MAC.

MAC 10000: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

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Re: Ask HN: What is your one tech prediction for 2018?

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Post by jotjotzzz »

Bank runs drive crypto up.

Real estate will crash (again).

Blockchain voting.

AI as political representatives.

Self-driving car advancements.

Mobile payment will increase in the U.S. (just as it already is in China).

Facebook partners with crypto to launch mobile payments.

Google partners with Disney.

Netflix acquires major U.S. studios.

Jeff Bezos cheats on his wife.

Bill Gates wins Nobel prize.

EU total collapse.

Mars space race begins.

Rise in sea-level averted by new energy sources

Re: Ask HN: What is your one tech prediction for 2018?

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Post by elyrly »

jotjotzzz wrote: post #43

Bank runs drive crypto up. Real estate will crash (again). Blockchain voting. AI as political representatives. Self-driving car advancements. Mobile payment will increase in the U.S. (just as it already is in China). Facebook partners with crypto to launch mobile payments. Google partners with Disney. Netflix acquires major U.S. studios. Jeff Bezos cheats on his wife. Bill Gates wins Nobel prize. EU total collapse. M…

*[C-Level Role] cheats on their significant other

Re: Ask HN: What is your one tech prediction for 2018?

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

athesyn wrote: post #38
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #12

Apple will release a new MacBook with no screen, keyboard, trackpad or ports. Conversing with it will be like a scene from 2001. Google will retire search and replace it with something mildly social. Elon Musk will announce something so bizarre that only a person completely isolated from humanity could think it's a good idea. Oracle will continue to screw its customers (this is the only one I'm certain about). Window…

what makes you think there's better alternatives than a keyboard? siri (or anything else) isn't even close replacing such a fundamental tool.

What makes you think I was being serious?
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