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So maybe solution is in changing optics for such events - Demo Days are primary for PR stage play helping humanizing startups and their creators and not for helping entrepreneurs raise money and meet investors?
What helped me personally was buying phone with smaller screen - iPhone SE have all the features of bigger phone I've might ever need but due to 4 inch screen I tend to use it as little as possible. For me it's more private communication device than internet machine - that what phone was suppose to be.
Question - is this a sign of maturity of ARM architecture? Can we really expect desktop OS to move to ARM? Could Apple start transitioning Apple AX into their laptops?
Gaming? More like consumer market, Ryzen 7 is definitely not suited for gamers, advertising it as such was IMO mistake. Nevertheless Naples can be big innovation in server segment.
Slack is down, productivity goes up... after using it for a while I find it does communications within a team well but does almost nothing to increase collaboration, so I guess slack is in area which apps like Discord will disrupt.
OK, this looks promising but one question - how do you plan to avoid rapidshare, uploaded and mega fate? This is not 2006, copyright owners will tear you apart day 1.
It's just too easy to jump on Uber hate bandwagon but I seriously hope their bubble will just burst in 2017, then the whole "economy of sharing" will take a hit and similiar services will start show some maturity. Contract of employment would be a good start.