Damn, this web design is stunningly gorgeous work in service to a stunningly dumb joke.
Did you press 'F' to pay your respects though?
Dead Startup Toys
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#32I know it's a joke, but a bit harsh it says OLPC achieved nothing.
I'm not too familiar with OLPC (perhaps they were indeed a money grab), but I feel there is a difference between "oops..my startup that would have made me rich AF failed" and "oops.. my startup that would have made the internet more accessible for african kids failed"
I'd love to see what about hard to repair e-waste dumped on teachers with minimal training was supposed to lead to making the internet more accessible for kids.
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#33Don't forget the ZANO mini drone, the OLO smartphone 3D printer, Peachy printer, the $100 resin printer and Blocks, the modular smartwatch. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/torquing/zano-autonomou... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/olo3d/olo-the-first-eve... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-pr... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2106691934/blocks-the-w...
If they included failed 3D printer startups the Elizacherubs would grow old by the time you reached the bottom of the page.
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#34I'm usually a fan of MSCHF's parodies, but it's a bit disappointing to see reflexive tech-hate using the usual examples, Theranos and Juicero, on the HN homepage.
It's not kind or curious. It's just a bit boring.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not too familiar with OLPC (perhaps they were indeed a money grab), but I feel there is a difference between "oops..my startup that would have made me rich AF failed" and "oops.. my startup that would have made the internet more accessible for african kids failed"
"oops.. my startup diverted funds that could have gone to actually effective charities"
To the (small) extent that it was Jeffrey Epstein’s money I think I prefer it being lit on fire to whatever else he might have done with it
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#36I know it's a joke, but a bit harsh it says OLPC achieved nothing.
Speaking off the cuff, without knowing the insider details, but I would say OLPC helped pave the way for Raspberry Pi; Theranos helped paved the way for a lot of future blood testing companies (and let's hope discourage people from pursuing a secrets and patents strategy), et cetera.
Dead trees feed the next generation.
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#37Damn, this web design is stunningly gorgeous work in service to a stunningly dumb joke.
Calling end-stage capitalism ventures a stunningly dumb joke seems a bit harsh. The fewer people have surplus cash, the more idiotic-exotic the devices & services peddled to them have to become. Mind the gap!
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#38Did One Laptop per Child truly fail as a startup? It was always a nonprofit, so of course it didn't make money.
While the technology was lacking in many respects, it did serve a lot of children at the time, and proved the market that Chromebooks came to later dominate with a similar approach (linux-based OS with minimal resources at $100-300 price point).
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#39Is „one laptop per child“ really as bad as the other vaporware/fraudware in the list?
It's not. Chromebooks just came along and made their goals obsolete.
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#40It's missing "Pryme Vessyl", the "smart cup" that tracked your water intake and told you when to drink water.
You know, just in case you lose the sense of thirst for some bizarre reason.