Hacker News: newmediaclay

I don't think it makes sense to term this prediction in price of gas. Even as they say in the study, one of the most weighted factors in a purchasing decision is the number of charging stations available. It's the cart and the horse, even if gas is $5/gallon, consumers won't be super motivated to buy cars b/c of a lack of charging stations, and charging stations won't be built due to a lack of existing demand.

These things need to happen together to make the change, not just the gas price hike. Like others have alluded to, there needs to be more of a cultural shift or incentives from the government.

I think it makes sense to do this study with more focus on number of charging stations or public/private investment in the space rather than gas price.

New comment by newmediaclay in "Apple Reports Third Quarter Results"

newmediaclay — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:10:29 +0000

Absurd. It's also awesome that they continue to mock the Street by giving their ridiculously low estimates for the succeeding quarter.

Did the CIA Fake a Vaccination Campaign?

newmediaclay — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:15:18 +0000

Article URL: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/wtf-fake-vaccination/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2760722

Points: 3

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New comment by newmediaclay in "Alternatives to GoDaddy"

newmediaclay — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:57:18 +0000

I totally agree. We have over 100 domains and 10 SSL certs with GoDaddy. Sure it gets a little annoying opting out of upsells, setting the domains to manual renewal, and changing the registration to 1 year with every purchase, but it adds a net of maybe 15 seconds to the purchase. That's well worth the savings and the flexibility they actually provide through DNS controls.

Their customer service is great and you can always get in touch with someone if you need any kind of support. Also, the iPhone app is really great. I don't know why that doesn't get more attention, but it's the most powerful Domain or DNS management app I've seen out there.

Like Callmeed, if you want to avoid them 100% b/c of Parsons, then I respect that. Otherwise, they're a budget provider that does a good job when stacked up against other budget providers in different verticals.

The Greatest Video Game on Earth: Trading Stocks

newmediaclay — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:38:44 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/on-the-floor-laughing-traders-are-having-a-new-kind-of-fun/238570/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2532409

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by newmediaclay in "Congress Bans Some Scientific Collaboration with China, Citing Espionage Risk"

newmediaclay — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:22:04 +0000

Great article in the NYT the other day about how these protectionist policies are going to prevent China from investing their massive cash reserves in US ventures: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/business/global/04yuan.htm....

New comment by newmediaclay in "Google’s secret perk? A private hackerspace"

newmediaclay — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:53:59 +0000

This sounds a lot like the design studio at Apple. It's basically Jony Ive and ~10 designers who have full rights to prototype new products, even if they're completely random. I think a telling difference is the fact that this is a part of the core myth of Apple and the emphasis on beautiful design and small teams. It's not some hidden away secret.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1367481/Appl... - "Jobs swiftly brought Ive in from the cold, moving the designers into a building on campus and investing in the latest rapid-prototyping equipment. He also beefed up Apple’s security, locking down the design studio to prevent leaks and installing a private kitchen so designers wouldn’t talk shop in public.

New comment by newmediaclay in "Tell HN: Please bring back comment scores"

newmediaclay — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:12:42 +0000

I don't think you've been a member of the community long enough, then. On YC, I certainly find a correlation between the points for a certain comment and the thoughtfulness put into that comment. This isn't true on other systems (reddit, etc) where clever noise is preferred to depth, but I generally find the most helpful comments getting voted up here.

New comment by newmediaclay in "Facebook open sources its servers and data centers"

newmediaclay — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:09:36 +0000

The only other motive it suggests is garnering as much publicity for their innovation/company as they can. Facebook is notorious for being able to magnify a small announcement into a big event and reap the dividends -- remember the announcement of a redesign via 60 minutes? If you can get media and influences to come pay attention to cool stuff you're doing, why wouldn't you?