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Dubstep Jesus posted:I wonder if it's even that much more efficient than just setting the timer on a thermostat. http://www.theonion.com/video/sony-releases-new-stupid-piece-of-poo poo-that-doesnt-14309
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Dubstep Jesus posted:I wonder if it's even that much more efficient than just setting the timer on a thermostat. It's not, but the number of people who actually bother to program their programmable thermostats is very small. The real win is getting a thermostat that automatically sets its own timer if the user doesn't know or doesn't care how to do it. In other bubble news, Twitter just dropped an unspecified amount - probably in the hundreds of millions - for the right to stream Thursday Night Football. They're doing this because investors demand revenue and user growth. The games will be shown free. They won't even require you to sign up with a Twitter account.
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Huh, I didn't realize the NFL had games on Thursday nights.
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Space Gopher posted:It's not, but the number of people who actually bother to program their programmable thermostats is very small. The real win is getting a thermostat that automatically sets its own timer if the user doesn't know or doesn't care how to do it.
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Does Twitter even have a streaming solution that can handle millions of concurrent viewers? That isn't something you can just build in a few months.
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Konstantin posted:Does Twitter even have a streaming solution that can handle millions of concurrent viewers? That isn't something you can just build in a few months. Akamai et al can probably offer stopgap solutions if whatever they have in-house doesnt work.
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You now, I was just joking about The Idea Can thing where you pay for votes. But if people are willing to pay for leftovers they're probably willing to pay for votes too. The press release writes itself in like 5 minutes. "We don't just give organizations and individuals a forum for ideas. Each idea is a force of nature and we provide a way to channel the idea in a productive and democratic manner. Our suites of apps and services include customized platforms to gauge a communities needs and desires; a broad range of anonymous, customer-centric data analysis; even novel profit-sharing opportunities that empower individuals in creative ways. We believe in the idea. We nurture the idea to its full potential. We allow the idea to translate and transcend cultural barriers. We make sure that the idea, can." TLDR: We have a few superficially different vote-counting apps; collect and sell user data; and let people buy/sell/trade votes. For that last one we split the money with whoever paid to hold the vote in the first place.
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Cicero posted:There have been a bunch of these, I just read an article the other day about how many have struggled/shuttered.
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Konstantin posted:Does Twitter even have a streaming solution that can handle millions of concurrent viewers? That isn't something you can just build in a few months. The Periscope stuff probably scales. Maybe. They might also be rebranding someone's existing solution (Akamai, brightcove, whatever).
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Space Gopher posted:In other bubble news, Twitter just dropped an unspecified amount - probably in the hundreds of millions - for the right to stream Thursday Night Football. Twitter is public, so it's more like they're worried (sanely) that their shrinking user base will mean slow death. But yeah, they need growth.
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Do they get revenue from in-stream ads? I'd expect so, but I haven't thought about it very much.
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Subjunctive posted:Do they get revenue from in-stream ads? I'd expect so, but I haven't thought about it very much. yeah, they can run ads during the ad breaks just like a regular network would. that's definitely their monetizing strategy here, in addition to just cynically trying to boost registrations so they can make a number go up
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blugu64 posted:The nest is an absolutely terrible thermostat. I had one, and it would never follow the schedule you set if you left it in its 'learning' mode. Even with that mode disabled it seems to only keep the house about 5 degrees on the wrong side of whatever you set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpsMkLaEiOY
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corn in the bible posted:yeah, they can run ads during the ad breaks just like a regular network would. that's definitely their monetizing strategy here, in addition to just cynically trying to boost registrations so they can make a number go up In theory they could target those ads to different viewers based on the Twitter account demographics they have, but I'm skeptical that they're sophisticated enough (and could get the inventory) to do that sort of thing at this point. It would be pretty powerful for them if they managed, though.
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Emacs Headroom posted:Twitter is public, so it's more like they're worried (sanely) that their shrinking user base will mean slow death. But yeah, they need growth. Has Twitter made a single cent of profit in its whole existence?
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icantfindaname posted:Has Twitter made a single cent of profit in its whole existence? nope
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icantfindaname posted:Has Twitter made a single cent of profit in its whole existence? They've had profitable quarters, yeah, I think including 15Q4. (Those are "net of one time events" profits, I think, but they're what are reported on earnings calls.)
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Subjunctive posted:In theory they could target those ads to different viewers based on the Twitter account demographics they have, but I'm skeptical that they're sophisticated enough (and could get the inventory) to do that sort of thing at this point. It would be pretty powerful for them if they managed, though. They'd need a new sales staff that doesn't piss off everyone who works with them and under-delivers constantly, but hey, then they wouldn't be Twitter.
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if someone put a Nest inside of an AirBnB home and use Uber to get there I think this entire thread would poo poo itself with the power of a thousand burning suns
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icantfindaname posted:Has Twitter made a single cent of profit in its whole existence? I was going to say has amazon hasn't butseems to make a small profit despite being worlds biggest ecommerce site while at the same time being worse to work for them Wal-Mart.
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sbaldrick posted:I was going to say has amazon hasn't butseems to make a small profit despite being worlds biggest ecommerce site while at the same time being worse to work for them Wal-Mart. Amazon reinvests everything because why wouldn't you, shareholders are greedy and stupid assholes.
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computer parts posted:Amazon reinvests everything because why wouldn't you, shareholders are greedy and stupid assholes. Well, that and they can't keep delivering on their offerings without reinvesting into their infrastructure constantly. Unfortunately they're getting less and less useful as they take on more and more Chinese knockoff sellers and it becomes difficult to find actual products.
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Liquid Communism posted:Well, that and they can't keep delivering on their offerings without reinvesting into their infrastructure constantly. How big is their retail vs prime, kindle, or (the real big dawg) AWS?
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And there are fools out there who want the whole internet of things to be a reality
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Konstantin posted:Does Twitter even have a streaming solution that can handle millions of concurrent viewers? That isn't something you can just build in a few months. Wouldn't surprise me either if they just use the nfl.com system. Friend of mine is the network architect there and it's legit.
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Hughlander posted:Wouldn't surprise me either if they just use the nfl.com system. Friend of mine is the network architect there and it's legit. Yahoo would probably be willing to sell their infrastructure too.
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computer parts posted:Yahoo would probably be willing to sell their infrastructure too. Yea, but I imagine Twitter actually wants their ads to play and their video to not randomly restart on people. Yahoo was never able to get both to happen at the same time on their service...
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Ladies and gentlegoons, I give you Dispatch, makers of the self-driving delivery bot.quote:Robot delivery system "Carry," an autonomous driving vehicle created by South San Francisco startup Dispatch, is currently being tested on the campus of Menlo College. I can see no way in which unleashing a 3-cu-foot robot unattended among a mass of people with a lot of free time on their hands could end badly. Menlo College itself is a business college, but there are a lot of drama-hungry geeks nearby.
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If robots like this are unleashed on towns/cities where they're actually competing with professional human couriers, I don't see this thing lasting a week without an "accident". Not to mention all the people who will just think it's fun to gently caress with a robot/large corporation.
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Menlo College is about 5 blocks from me, I'm tempted to pop by and see if I can catch a glimpse.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I can see no way in which unleashing a 3-cu-foot robot unattended among a mass of people with a lot of free time on their hands could end badly. Menlo College itself is a business college, but there are a lot of drama-hungry geeks nearby. I think I see where you're going with this... http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/
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Yeah, something like this would need some sort of security system. Maybe if it gets disturbed, it could phone home to a human operator, who depending on the situation could give a verbal warning or use a nonlethal countermeasure like tear gas and notify police. You're allowed to use non-deadly force to protect your property, after all.
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Please do not advocate for people to give their robots tear gas. It is not good.
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it should have a gun because self defense is in our constitution
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So who's liable when one of these dives into traffic?
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I can see no way in which unleashing a 3-cu-foot robot unattended among a mass of people with a lot of free time on their hands could end badly. Menlo College itself is a business college, but there are a lot of drama-hungry geeks nearby. People keep saying this, but I don't think it's going to matter. There's going to be a lot of resistance to this stuff and I'm sure a lot of these things will end up damaged or destroyed, but ultimately they're going to have cameras installed, "accidents" will be prosecuted, and people will settle down and let it happen. There's no way that a lot of small deliveries aren't automated in 5-10 years if the the technology to cheaply do so exists.
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Paradoxish posted:People keep saying this, but I don't think it's going to matter. There's going to be a lot of resistance to this stuff and I'm sure a lot of these things will end up damaged or destroyed, but ultimately they're going to have cameras installed, "accidents" will be prosecuted, and people will settle down and let it happen. There's no way that a lot of small deliveries aren't automated in 5-10 years if the the technology to cheaply do so exists. I can't wait till someone roles out this tech outside a place with near perfect weather like SF, I can just imagine how it will work in a mid-western winter let alone a Canadian one.
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