Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by bombcar » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 3:42 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #29

azinman2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you want instead?

Personally for me: A real smart assistant that knows all the context, calendar invites, messages, photos from using Apple products for many years. Alternatively: Siri that can reliably turn lights on and off again.

At this point I'd be satisfied with a Siri is that just a literal link to a command line. It's horribly useless as it is now, 80% or less accuracy on basic things.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by soraminazuki » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 3:52 PM UTC

orangepanda wrote: post #28

azinman2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you want instead?

I want a mini game as I chop cucumbers. And a wall of my achievements that’s shared with anyone in proximity.

Distracting people with mini games while they're holding a knife sounds like a bad idea.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by zitterbewegung » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 3:54 PM UTC

boringg wrote: post #25

JacobiX wrote: post #20

One interesting coincidence is that the CEO worked previously at a startup that was also acquired by Apple (Emotient)

Second time makes the process a lot easier!

Less training and culture fit.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by agys » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 3:59 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #23

BelleOfTheBall wrote: post #2

Seems like they will really push VisionOS, which is cool. Hopefully this leads to innovative ways to use it, because those initial videos of pasta timers and "smarter" vacuuming were not at all what I wanted.

What do you want instead?

Games! This device begs for high end VR games!

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by OJFord » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:06 PM UTC

mritchie712 wrote: post #11

kristjansson wrote: post #7

Not Mistral, for anyone else that reads the comments first.

If the author was smart, they left the name out on purpose so people would click to check if it was mistral. You saved me that click.

I don't think it is in this case, it's just expecting that the reader hasn't heard of Datakalab and that the interesting thing is Apple and speculating about what they want with whatever they buy.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by BonoboIO » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:09 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #33

boringg wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Second time makes the process a lot easier!

Less training and culture fit.

You know the guys, you speak the same language and everybody likes money. Perfect fit.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by gcervantes » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:14 PM UTC

JacobiX wrote: post #20

One interesting coincidence is that the CEO worked previously at a startup that was also acquired by Apple (Emotient)

Interesting. 2 times acquired haha.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by mrcwinn » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:14 PM UTC

orangepanda wrote: post #28

azinman2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you want instead?

I want a mini game as I chop cucumbers. And a wall of my achievements that’s shared with anyone in proximity.

If I were within your proximity, I can assure you I have no interest in your minigame progress while you chopped cucumbers. I would however hope that you had avoided physical injury.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by croes » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:17 PM UTC

agys wrote: post #34

azinman2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you want instead?

Games! This device begs for high end VR games!

Without controllers?

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Post by ryandrake » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:18 PM UTC

mrcwinn wrote: post #38

orangepanda wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want a mini game as I chop cucumbers. And a wall of my achievements that’s shared with anyone in proximity.

If I were within your proximity, I can assure you I have no interest in your minigame progress while you chopped cucumbers. I would however hope that you had avoided physical injury.

I think it was juicy sarcasm. I laughed!