Search results for: “automotive”
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Aston Martin classics + more things
Aston Martin Will Make Old Cars Electric So They Don’t Get Banned From Cities – Slashdot – surprised more companies like Porsche aren’t doing this. This upgrade process reminded me of the service that Bristol Cars have provided for years. Like Aston Martin has planned, Bristol Cars has steadily upgraded cars with better brakes, handling,…
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Erooms Law – jargon watch
Erooms Law is a metaphor that compares other business processes to the virtuous circle of Moore’s Law. It is literally Moore’s Law in reverse. Industries have developed processes that are getting ever more expensive. Once could consider that is inversely proportional to the way semiconductor manufacture reduced the relative cost of computing power over time.…
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Mercedes’ China Syndrome
China Syndrome definition: a hypothetical sequence of events following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor, in which the core melts through its containment structure and deep into the earth. A term the American’s used to imply an accident so bad that hot nuclear material burnt through the centre of the earth and out the other…
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Google Facebook Amazon and Apple + more
Lost Context: How Did We End Up Here? – NewCo Shift – how did Google Facebook Amazon and Apple get to a position similar to that of the gilded age giants? What can be done to regulate Google Facebook Amazon and Apple? Online Facebook (FB) on Russian ads: Our platform doesn’t influence people; people influence…
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Samsung smartphone + more
Samsung smartphone sales Samsung Smartphone Sales – Korean analysts report that the Galaxy S8 is Selling 20% below last year’s S7 – not terribly surprising. The market is mature and Samsung smartphone sales will be losing ground to the Chinese Android players like OnePlus, Huawei and ZTE. Samsung smartphone sales are caught between two prongs.…
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Jet set + more things
Jet set A great documentary on the transient lives of the jet set. A lot of perceptions about the jet set come from the golden age of air travel. The jet set reality is all the glamour of being a truck driver. </p> Culture The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien | New Republic – great review…
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SGI acquired & more news
SGI acquired Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquires SGI for $275 million | VentureBeat – death of a legend. SGI stands for Silicon Graphics International. SGI workstations and servers were legendary. The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were rendered on SGI hardware. Much of the early web was run off SGI servers and SGI were involved in early efforts…
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Power consumption + more
Power consumption Daring Fireball: Safari vs. Chrome: Power Consumption – interesting article power consumption. Power consumption has come a long way, when I got my first laptop, an old Apple PowerBook 165, it would last me a couple of hours in the university library if I wasn’t able to find a power outlet. With the first…
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Yahoo Q2 2015 progress report on product prioritisation
With the Yahoo Q2 2015 progress report on product prioritisation – Yahoo! published a list of properties that it was closing down and services that it was changing support on over the next few months. Most of the coverage amongst the people I follow has been around the shutdown of Yahoo! Pipes, as despite its…