John Hickman

Transformations by day, film/coffee/car fan by night. Geek 24/7. Opinions are all mine.

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1/ Understanding the value of AWS and Amazon Retail integration - a perspective from a long-time $AMZN shareholder.

In the thread, I discuss the value of integration, both the upside and downside of the spin-off, and why the company is correct to never really consider it.

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Zuck on earnings call: frustrated at mis-information being spread about @Facebook

Where. To. Start.

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@kirk__ryan I’ve seen worse make it into production

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@ShitUserStory H! Though I shouldn’t laugh, I’ve seen worse in production

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@davidbrear The article is five years old, I’d be more interested in a more recent view. A car that prioritises others won’t sell, so the developers of coded altruism leave the market anyway. If everybody is looking after themselves pedestrian safety becomes a simpler problem to solve.

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@film_girl I’ve had previous iPad mini for a couple of years. Handy, portable, genuinely useful size. I think it’s my favourite Apple device

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@film_girl Only if I can fight you using a PS2 controller

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@Chris_Skinner Don’t suppose the author predicted winning numbers as well, did they?

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@VanMoof DM with you. Still waiting for a reply

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@VanMoof A support problem with my S3 isn’t solved after 10 emails and a month. A video call with a technician would help a lot. Is the London store the only place in the UK that will work on it? I’m reluctant to take a 300km round trip for help with a brake lever

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@cgledhill @akohli Ha! fintech ftw

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@cgledhill @akohli For all the disrupters, what’s actually changed?

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@mtjwatts While waiting for the lab equipment to arrive, understand I’d build the best scalextic circuit ever

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@SiRedmond Whoever flies the drone doing the catching…I want that job!

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@kirk__ryan Or the start of an economic and science experiment of how a nation copes with chronic post-viral symptoms in larges swathes of the populous

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@davidbrear @paul_langford Would you do a straight buy though? Sleepiest retail bank could take 15+ years to evolve systems to level of agility in fintech. The bank may not have enough to buy but they have enough to make the founders very well off. That might be enough for exclusive use of platform

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@LeeBrookePearc3 @davidbrear Lee, the solvency requirements for start-ups are smaller due to the smaller customer base and consequent lessened exposure. And depending on how you start it, the requirement may not even be present

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@phoebegoh Ha! That’s the bad apple :D

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@phoebegoh They’ll like be Apple devices. Orchard, perhaps?

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@TrialByTruth There’s a whole bunch, all based on the same app which allows the selection. Not sure if it’s deliberate or sloppy because it goes away on an iPad. Poor form either way