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"The police officers you despise hunt down the murderers, rapists, and child molesters that harm society, the soldiers fight against genocidal sociopaths like Adolf Hitler & Sadaam Hussein, and the congressmen you despise fight for things like universal healthcare."

And which of those things was Carmen Ortiz doing?

One of government's very effective dodges is to point at the truly good things it is doing and playing the hell out of them like they are the bulk of the work. But go look at a budget; how much of the budget of the federal government is actually spent on those things? Even just the discretionary budget? And when you see umpty billion dollars going to the "Justice Department", don't forget that nowhere near all of those umpty billion dollars are actually going to things like that. Only a fraction.

Yes, I acknowledge that I want a police force that adequately protects me. But after decades and decades of bloated growth, that is now no more than a mere sideline of government, not its core task.
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Clever idea, it's always time consuming to explain to my father in law that he'd be better off buying something new in the shop or online.
He freaks me out!!!! And they say they are.. erm Boss free???
But he didn't really bend any rule established by someone else in respect of some technique or machine. He didn't bypass a design decision or limitation of an existing thing.

He invented something. He didn't hack an existing specific machine.

It seems to me that, for some reason, people see the concept of being a hacker as a grade. As if a very good engineer eventually becomes a hacker.

For me, it has nothing to do. Someone that creates is as valid and skillful as someone who hacks a given system. But, as the later is not an inventor, the former is not a hacker.

For example, is a physicist that finds that all laws we know are incomplete a hacker?. Not for me. He is, well, a scientist.
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> mandatory schooling is most definitely a good thing for society.

[citation needed]

...and on the other hand putting smart kids _willing_ to learn in an uninspiring and oppressive environment. (Bad for their learning and devastating for their still developing personality.)

IMHO it's hard to find a worse crime against natural curiosity and willingness than _forcing_ people to do something.
Bluetooth headsets are effectively a punchline. Google Glass—in its current form—is even worse. Until that enormous blob hanging out in front of the wearer can completely fade into the frame this will be nothing more than a geek curiosity.

I think Google has excellent engineers, and very poor self-restraint. This product is at least 2 generations away from what it needs to be, but instead of working on it in the labs quietly and diligently until its ready, they trot it out proudly. Beta obsessed indeed.
Some more such public cheats(but marketing genius or were simply played, in an endless loop, by media for free) of his kind

* Anand Kumar - the 'mathematician' from Bihar

* Avtar Tulsi - The 'prodigy'

* Salman Khan - (and many more) Do I have to say anything?

* etc etc.
I personally feel that the problem is not that of having a tactile feedback. While I don't think it can replace mouse/keyboard, I don't see too much of a problem of it replacing touchscreens.

The problem with most of the existing gesture based interfaces is that they are interacting with the interface in an indirect way, as in the gestures are used control something like a pointer on the screen, and users have no way to see how they are positioned relative to the interface they are interacting with. If they are used in ways similar to a touch screens, I think it would be pretty natural, without too much hand-waving in the air.
While I agree with the general point of your post, I think that before resorting to the stock "old man yells at cloud" joke it's worth acknowledging that as a society we've been throwing ourselves at more and more technology fairly mindlessly, letting it take up vast amounts of our time, letting our children use it and develop their minds around it, and restructuring our lives/thinking around it.

So I think we ought to welcome channels of criticism/contemplation rather than just continuing the cycle mindlessly. I get that he hasn't used the product, but at the same time I get where he's coming from. Just because we can do something doesn't mean we necessarily should. It's a worthwhile thought whether or not you agree with his particular criticisms.
The supply problems seem to be solved now, BTW. I've been able to order several Nexus devices in the last couple of weeks, each arriving within two-three days of the order.

Except the one DHL broke on the way, of course...
Do we really want strangers in the crowd constantly pointing cameras at us? Stalkers should love it!
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I'm trying to educate my little girl in standing up for herself. The thing is she is kind and considerate, even to bullies. She's doing judo now and when she's 7 she wants to do kids-Krav Maga. I hope that helps her understand she is not powerless. (Krav Maga for kids is also about understanding bullies and situations).
It could be just a display/HUD for your phone, sure. That might be more human for when you can't use your voice. But most of the interaction Google shows is via voice, so I'm not seeing it yet, and if it's an afterthought, then I'm guessing it won't be great.
This article is from 1999, I think the term flow wasn't as widespread. I agree with you, and with him, regarding the role of muscle memory on achieving flow. And I love emacs but it really hurts me much more than vim.
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This photo montage is a bit misleading, because it's about improvised weapons, and so doesn't show the conventional weapons the rebels do have. And they have an impressive amount. Significant quantities of small arms, RPGs, mortars, even tanks, and other weapons. There are plenty of videos on youtube of Syrian rebels taking out tanks of regime forces using ATGMs.
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They also said this kind of stuff about Videophones, and those actually did die.
People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s.

that's a strawman. The primary claim is that Google's implementation is lame.

The primary claim in not that 'Glass-type' hardware is lame.
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Strangely, people have been saying what your comment implied, that no-one could make any money on Android devices, for quite a while. In fact I'd go so far as to say it was considered uncontroversial by many of the people saying it.

And now when faced with the elephant in the room that is Samsung, they are forced to retreat to, well only Samsung can make profits, but no-one else can. But if they couldn't predict Samsung, why would we listen to what they've got to say about the future now?

(Just out of curiousity, did you correctly predict that Samsung would make so much money from Android?)
> I can only imagine my morning commute on the bus, with 15 different people talking to the screen on their head just trying to check email. I much prefer taking out my phone and pointing to my email.

Of course. But -- envision a Kinnect-like motion sensor on the front. Watching your hands.

Screen privacy is a big win, for me. Not want "so, whatcha doing?" snoops.
So what. In 5 years we may look back and say it was a dumb idea. Live and learn. I am positive that whatever happens some aspect of the technology will morph into something useful and even better.
Some of the worst bullying I received was in locker rooms. Don't kid yourself. It can happen anywhere.
> Puke. I find Glass to be ugly, impractical and completely ridiculous.

Well, that settles it then.

If only in the past we had examples of innovations that were previously considered impossible.
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> And Musk made his hole deeper with his whole "going for the throat" attitude. I mean, is that how he's going to react to a customer complaint?

Potential comedy gold though ...

Customer: Excuse me, I've had some minor problems with the windshield wipers, they stick a bit when ...

MUSK: I. WILL. DESTROYYYYY YOUUUUUUUU!!!!
One thing I am never, ever, going to tell my kids is the stupid "sticks and stones" rhyme. That's just to make you feel better, not them.

I agree. Part of the problem is that adults tend to hold kids to a much different standard than they hold themselves. For instance, as an adult, if I'm working in a company where verbal bullying and harassment is a problem, and HR does nothing to address the situation, then I'll just give my two-week notice and move on to another company. Kids on the other hand don't have the option of giving their two-week notice and moving on to another school because of a 'hostile work environment'.

How many adults do you think would stick around at a company if they had to put up with the level of violence and harassment we subject our kids to in schools? And if the only response they got back from management and HR was a "sticks and stones" speech? Forget about it! Which highlights another difference- it's also in a company's own self interest to address these issues seriously, because if they don't, it's gonna effect their bottom line when good employees start leaving. But, what motivation do schools really have- it's not as if their "employees" (students) get to quit if they don't like the way they are being treated.

What does this teach kids? That there is no justice in the world except that which you take by violence?

My son is only two and a half right now. When he gets older my advice to him will be to first go through all of the proper channels in case bullying comes up. Give the system a chance to work, and get some documentation that you did so. And if it does work great. And if it doesn't, a right-cross to the bully's nose is what worked for me when I was a kid. Will this stop the bully from picking on people? Probably not - but it will likely make him stop picking on you. He'll move on to the next victim - one who won't fight back.
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If you can't see the difference between someone holding a largish device (say, a phone), point it at you and record a video (hence, obviously snooping) versus same said person closing their eyes, pretending they're sleeping, having their head tilted in your direction and recording a video...

Then yeah, I guess you're the kind of creep this product might appeal to.
Actually, the argument for skill-based education _is_ that learning speeds are different.

So for one it takes 6 months to learn something, for another - 3 years. And in such systems it's fine - you got promoted because you have learnt something, not just because you got one year older (and haven't failed utterly).

And again, for the same "level" of subject there can be two speeds - so no risk of smart 8 yo kids in the same class with slow 11 yo.
Sweeping generalizations are ridiculous. Always.
Full Disclosure: I upvoted this article.

On the one hand, it's pretty obviously trying to appeal to this crowd. On the other hand, it actually does appeal to this crowd. I remember seeing the homemade tank in a video someone posted here a little while ago and thinking it was pretty cool. (Though at the same time skeptical of how well it could stand up to infantry, let alone another tank.)

Reddit has this same problem with PR people managing to get thinly veiled ads on the front page of Reddit or various subreddits. [0] Though partly these things make it to the front page because they are genuinely interesting. To me it boils down to a question, "Do I want to see stuff from people who have an agenda, even if I think it's pretty cool?" For me the answer is, "Yes, but only if I don't get drowned in it.".

I wouldn't mind if we acknowledged this and had an overt discussion about it.

[0]: http://www.reddit.com/r/hailcorporate
Me too. Until my family moved to an area, the schools in which didn't recognize ability as an appropriate differentiator. It was not good times for me.

This doesn't mean that ability as a differentiator is bad--I think that it's a great idea. What it does mean is that consistency is absolutely crucial when such an idea is implemented; I was in an environment where excellence was encouraged, and that led to a lot of self-motivation. Not all children are going to be in the same situation, and that could be disasterous.

"The Art of Learning" by Josh Waitzkin tackles the concept of the environment which best facilitates learning and personal growth, and touches on the idea of ability-based classes as well. It's a great read for anyone interested in such.
Couldn't make it past the part where she talked about how everyone said her business model was all wrong... we get it already
Well, eventually the author may have to get one if this succeeds. There is quite a strong social pressure for people to get mobile phones, Facebook, whatever.

Just imagine the conversation starting with we do our company staff meetings daily using Hangouts on Glass, and everybody is expected to join...
Unless I'm wrong, the big ASUS splashed across the back of my Nexus 7 seems to say that someone other than Google made the device.
People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s.

Wait, bulky cell phones did not catch on. Cell phones became ubiquitous once they became practical. Go back in time and introduce a modern cell phone (assume the infrastructure to support it) and it would be a huge success.

Maybe the next incarnation of enhanced reality will be huge, but the argument is that this incarnation will not.
I just used a stark example, you are correct, money isn't happiness. This is something a lot of people don't realize. So what is? In the case the answer to that question is out there, think about a child contemplating that. Can you expect a child to know how to deal with emotional pains at an early age? What are we putting on children if we expect that?
Besides, Gruber will rationalise why wearable screens are the next iPhone whenever iGlass comes out :-)
Asus makes the Nexus 7, so it's not entirely a Google product.
>but wearables haven't caught on, yet...). Instead, objections seem to focus on two aspects:

They have somewhat. I still see a lot of people with those ridiculous bluetooth cyborg ear things.
Engineering is 90%.
Is the guy an MBA?

"I'm deeply passionate about product, UX, customer experience and nearly any topic that involves startups"

Snakeoil salesman.
You are confusing two causes for "no trading".

Collapse will come when no one is willing to buy (e.g. crypto is broken or there is no way to spend/use it). As people anticipate this coming, they'll start selling to anybody who is still willing to buy. The price will drop until no one is willing to buy, at which point the value of commodity will become zero.

On the other hand, if many people are willing to buy (in expectation of future increased usefulness), then the price will go up until no one is willing to sell. At which point every holder anticipates some future benefit, cannot buy more from anybody, but has plenty of people willing to buy from him for some price. This situation will stay like that until anyone decides to "use" money by selling it (e.g. to buy a dinner because people need to eat sometimes). No collapse here.
Yeah, I turned off when Nick said:

Google has never ​had a successful product that people pay for.

And then contradicts himself in the next sentence, saying that he pays for Google Docs. I switched my company to Google Docs Enterprise, and it has been pretty good so far, except for the trips behind the Great Firewall of China. It is definitely worth the money we pay, which really isn't much.

As for Google's hardware, the present generation is pretty good. If I didn't want a hardware keyboard so bad, I'd already have ordered a Nexus 4. I've got the N10, and aside from the occasional crash and video playback glitches, it has been pretty good too. I won't seriously consider a non-Android mobile device for my next purchase, unless it too has an open-source OS.

If they have a version of Glass which has some augmented reality capability, I'd definitely consider purchasing one too. I don't need much, but being able to overlay waypoints over my field of view while navigating would be awesome. I don't currently foresee me using the photo and video capture features much.
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Sorta - I find I spend an increasing proportion of my workday in Google Hangouts. (And of my holidays on FaceTime calls....)
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You mean the small ASUS under the big NEXUS?
Good stuff. My dad had apnea so bad he had to have his nose and sinuses redrilled. I'm looking forward to the study.
I have plugins in my browser disabled and I'm unable to click the media "area" at all (it's hiding behind something??). Just FYI.
Zuck, Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey In Short Film To Inspire Kids To Learn How To Code
I think he makes a good point about having to talk into your glasses.

Like many over-positive posts though this seems overly-negative. I don't get how someone can have such strong opinions about something they haven't touched or used.

The biggest challenge I see for Glass is practical uses. If I am walking down a country lane does Glass do anything? It would be cool to be able to look at a tree and say "whats this?" and it is identified. Similarly being prompted at a fork. "Left will take you past a waterfall. Right will keep you in the forest"

Realistically though I don't expect any functionality like this will exist outside the city, at least to begin with. Best sellers are practical products for practical people. I am not completely sold this is anything more than a niche item at the moment.
Heh, to me that makes it sounds like the politics it would be worse at Valve, not better.
There have been covert cameras available for creeps for a long time. And these are a lot less noticeable than Glass... http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f03a/
Fair enough, but this is not a thoughtful contemplation. He's essentially criticizing the product because it's not being released by Apple.
The true question is, why were we forced to stop IE's box model which was great and made sense to only now have a half-available box-sizing: border-box attr.
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I'm available for work as soon as I graduate (June 2013) and I'm also visiting the US for 3 months after that to help me in my search.

Anyone who has achieved this before, can you give us some helpful tips on finding internships and the entire process? I've read as much as I can but so far I've yet to hear from anyone who has actually done it. I'm sure there are others who'd benefit from it too.

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It would be amazing if something similar to Leap were implemented. Imagine how cool it would be - you would simply point/click in the air with your finger where the interface elements were augmentally displayed to you.

Granted, it would look incredibly stupid for the unknowing onlookers though.
I've never understood the argument against bluetooth headsets. I live in a major city and see them all the time. I wouldn't wear one while sitting at a meal with someone, but neither do I see the sense in holding a phone to my head while walking or working with my hands when I can just as easily use a headset.
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"you can't teach something to someone who doesn't want to learn"

Pretty sure you can, when they're kids. Repeated exposure at the very least.

I'm not going to address the rest of your comment, I disagree utterly with pretty much everything you've said there.
First rule of internet tech blagging: desktop/consumer space is the only thing that matters. See: Linux everywhere on servers and embedded devices, internet still obsessing about whether "grandma" can use it to play solitaire. See also: PHP coders complaining that Java is too slow, because one time they tried to start up Eclipse.

Google has never made anything that this guy and his friends, have paid for, therefore failure.
I think the point is that when someone has a private always-on HUD right in front of their eyes you can't necessarily tell how much attention they are paying to you.

Are they look at me and smiling because they like me, or have they superimposed a cartoon on top of my face?
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So what Google hardware was he referring to when he said it had been a complete failure? Their in-house servers? I suppose they haven't sold any of them...
You desperately need faceted search on that interface. Something like Apache Solr. Otherwise, it is very interesting to look through the projects.

I also don't know if all those 'joiners' icons add much, especially since many of them a blank github images. Social proof is great, but I would put something else in there instead. Something more action-causing.

Just a thought.
He said this:

The world is full of greedy people who seek power over others. Whether it's an ambitious Carmen Ortiz or an up-and-coming young congressman or a mild mannered traffic cop. Each seeks to control others as a very significant portion of his/her motivation and life's goal.

That does imply that everyone who ends up in a position of government power does so in order to control other people. That's the problem when someone uses such strident language and paints with such a broad brush - its very easy to just call them out on their lack of nuance and over-generalization
Although I haven't used one, I can easily tell you why I'll never buy Glass

Wow. This line should be on the top of the article (not bottom).
No, by adding features you add complexity and therefore compromise reliability.

So what we are REALLY talking about is how you want to "endlessly pursue" my devices and "better" them until none of them work anymore.
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ah, then maybe it's the "15:10" that doesn't work. That's what the op originally had instead of 15m10s.
Especially since this states H.264 compliance, I'd be willing to say this can't possibly live up to it's claims.

Video encoders are notorious for their bloated claims and faulty comparisons. After a quick perusal of their site I see they compare themselves only to web-m, and use generalized %'s to claim differences between products and processes.

They say they've optimized for human perceptual quality. Perhaps they have. But did they really do a better job than the open source H.264 alternative (x264) used by everyone from YouTube and Hulu, to Facebook? One thats been in development for _years_ now and beats just about everything thrown at it in a fair comparison?
I think not. I'd love to be wrong though.

When they do eventually come out with comparisons, I hope they have read this first : http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/472
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