I would say Azure is one of Microsoft's core products at this point (and maybe Bing as well)
How Tech Companies Own Your Day
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#12Who are these people that only work 3.8 hr per day and get 8.8 hr of sleep. I am lucky to get more than 5.5 hr of sleep and I work far more than 3.8 hr per day. Sounds like the average joe has it made. Oh where did I go wrong :-P
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#13Who are these people that only work 3.8 hr per day and get 8.8 hr of sleep. I am lucky to get more than 5.5 hr of sleep and I work far more than 3.8 hr per day. Sounds like the average joe has it made. Oh where did I go wrong :-P
I suspect that's an average of people who work full-time, people who work part-time, and people who don't work at all, such as unemployed, retirees, and children.
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#14Who are these people that only work 3.8 hr per day and get 8.8 hr of sleep. I am lucky to get more than 5.5 hr of sleep and I work far more than 3.8 hr per day. Sounds like the average joe has it made. Oh where did I go wrong :-P
Maybe they live near the families which have 2.5 children, but the article does cite its sources such as: https://www.bls.gov/tus/tables.htm
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#16Am i cynical? Not at all. I just observe people using systems and their inability to walk away with a sense of ease. Any habitual consumption is bad - only aware consumption is good, regardless of what you are consuming.
Now, if someone could just write an app that redirected every social media tool on the planet to the home page of HN we could at least start opening some minds.
Signed #grumpyoldhackerinasia
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#17Probably sounds absurd, but that's essentially what this article is. Tech is as ubiquitous as furniture, perhaps even more for certain demographics, but for some reason there is a new article every day which sounds like the author looked around and was suddenly surprised to see everyone with smartphones and internet.
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#18Imagine seeing an article titled "How furniture manufacturers own your day". It has graphs on how long on average you spend sitting on chairs from each company. How many companies make desks you use at work as well as beds you sleep on at night. How these companies make their products work better together so you have a chance of buying more, and then sell accessories on top of it. They even fight for your lunch and d…
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#19“How finance companies own your money” “How transportation companies own your commute” “How food companies own your meals”
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#20Imagine seeing an article titled "How furniture manufacturers own your day". It has graphs on how long on average you spend sitting on chairs from each company. How many companies make desks you use at work as well as beds you sleep on at night. How these companies make their products work better together so you have a chance of buying more, and then sell accessories on top of it. They even fight for your lunch and d…