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@ferdinand
Nintendo: The Console Wars
How Nintendo Invented The Game Boy
AI Key Takeaways
- The Game Boy was a successful console because of its Tetris game.
- Nintendo was able to beat Sony to the punch on technology with the Game Boy.
@kevin
Mark Zuckerberg is Burning Meta to the Ground w/ Dave Karpf
The History of VR & Why It’s Not Going Anywhere (from 2022)
AI Key Takeaways
- VR was hyped up in the late 80s and early 90s but never caught on with consumers
- Second Life was briefly popular but ultimately faded into obscurity
- Current VR technology is still not widely used despite being hyped up by the media
- VR is judged on its potential rather than its actual results
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@kevin
Nintendo's Origins
The Fall of the Home Video Game Market in 1982
AI Key Takeaways
- Intense competition arose with the profitability of video game consoles
- Many companies jumped in with inferior software to make a quick profit
- Atari, Mattel, and Activision focused on getting quality games into stores
- The royalty model for consoles led to numerous companies trying to enter the market
- Toy stores were flooded with games and consoles, leading to concentration in the selected ones
@kevin
Nintendo's Origins
How Nintendo Created the First Programmable GPU - 10 Years Before Nvidia
AI Key Takeaways
- Nintendo's R&D2 team has developed a home video game console that is years ahead of the competition and cheaper to produce
- The team came up with an innovative solution to the cost constraint by using cheap and off-the-shelf technology for the CPU
- Innovation and creativity played a crucial role in Nintendo's success during the 80s and 90s gaming industry
@kevin
Nintendo's Origins
The Accidental Gold Mine: The Invention of the Video Game Pong
AI Key Takeaways
- Nolan gives engineer Al Alcorn a training project to start on
- Magnavox created the first home video game console called the Odyssey
- Before a category is created, new inventions may not be seen for their full potential
@yokeshi
Lockheed Martin
The History of the Blackbird Airplane
AI Key Takeaways
- The Blackbird is one of the highest and fastest planes ever flown without rocket propulsion
- The plane had to be built with titanium due to the heat produced by running with afterburners on all the time
- The titanium had to be sourced from outside of the US due to limited availability
- Custom tools had to be made to machine the tough titanium material
- The plane had intentional panel gaps to accommodate for expanding metal when flying at high speeds
- The skin of the aircraft served as the fuel tank, leading to fuel leaks on the ground, which required a custom non-flammable fuel
@bissell
#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI
The Economics of Software: Transmuting Labor into Capital
AI Key Takeaways
- Software is like our modern philosopher's stone, in economic terms it transmutes labor into capital.
- Software creates value out of purely human thought.
- Software engineers transmit their own labor into an actual capital asset creating permanent value.
@janesu
Clickbait’s destructive legacy
Legacy vs Digital Media: What People Really Want
AI Key Takeaways
- Legacy media fed people what they wished they wanted while digital media gives people what they actually want.
- The consequences of digital media giving people what they actually want may have been underestimated.
- Flying with instruments allows for seeing media pandering and driving subscriptions in exquisite detail.
- John O'Paretti's formative experience with Nike's customizable shoes birthed his interest in the new kind of media distributed by its users.
@kevin
Amazon Web Services
The Origin of the Term “Cloud Computing”
AI Key Takeaways
- The term 'cloud' as applied to IT infrastructure started at General Magic.
- They called what they built for a distributed, always accessible back end IT infrastructure a cloud infrastructure.
- General Magic was a pioneer in many ways.
@kevin
Nintendo's Origins
The Origin Story of the Name “Nintendo”
AI Key Takeaways
- Nintendo was founded in 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a playing card company.
- Fusajiro Yamauchi took on the Yamauchi family name to inherit his adoptive father's cement company.
- Nintendo transitioned from playing cards to video games in the 1970s.
- Fusajiro Yamauchi's interest in new technologies led him to explore the playing card market.
@sijan
#292. How to Lead Yourself to Accomplish Goals, Improve Your Health, & Make Better Decisions | The Art of Self-Improvement with Dr. Alex Auerbach
The Core Skills of High Performance: Self-Regulation and Learning Optimization
AI Key Takeaways
- Self-regulation is essential for high performance
- Self-regulation involves managing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
- Investing in one's own health and performance is crucial for longevity and better work
@kevin
Just acquired Blinkist Founder on life-changing books, mistakes & finding your ikigai - Holger Seim
The Founding Story of Blinkist
AI Key Takeaways
- Blinkist was not an immediate idea after graduation and the founders worked at other jobs first
- It took one and a half years before the idea of Blinkist was developed and the founders started the company
- The initial idea for Blinkist was combining book summaries with a mobile format that could be read on smartphones
- The founders saw a need to help people learn and read more, and saw an opportunity with the rise of smartphones
- The founders were initially afraid to fail and took time to decide to quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs
@meltedlaughter
Adam Cheyer Co-founder of Siri and Viv Labs on Assistants, AI, and ChatGPT - Voicebot Podcast Ep 324
If Steve Jobs hadn't of died, Siri might have developed much differently
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker had a vision for a technology but it didn't fully come to fruition
- The release of Siri was only the first step towards the vision
- The death of Steve Jobs impacted the path towards the vision
- The speaker wonders if they would have achieved the vision sooner with Steve Jobs' influence
- The speaker would have stayed at Apple if Steve Jobs was still alive
@joshboone
#23: John Heers – Sacrifice, Spirituality & Old World Wisdom
Technological Growing Pains: Why Society is Struggling and Humanity’s Next Big Evolutionary Step
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker usually tends to be pessimistic on shows.
- The narrative of modern society is out of balance.
- Only those who are wealthy may think things are great.
@ferdinand
Roku: Anthony Wood
Roku: The Story Behind The Company Name
AI Key Takeaways
- Roku, by the way, it means six in Japanese.
- Roku is my sixth company.
- Roku was a failed tech company.
- Inactive:.
- The main take away from the conversation is that:.
- Roku, by the way, it means six in Japanese.
- Roku is my sixth company.
- Roku is a successful consumer electronics company.
@soleio
AI With Sam Altman: The End of The World? Or The Dawn of a New One?
Importance of Design in a New Technology
AI Key Takeaways
- Making a simple user interface that fits the new technology is usually neglected but important
- It took some time to find out how to make the technology easy to use
- The language interface was a focus and has been found valuable for learning, improving job performance, and creativity
@parosilience
Into the Aether VI: The Sega Dreamcast
The Dreamcast: Arcade, Ambitious Disasters, and Actual Dreams
AI Key Takeaways
- There is a little bit of the arcade in every game.
- The Dreamcast is a combination of arcade, beautiful ambitious disasters, and actual dreams.
- Beautiful ambitious disasters refers to games that may have flaws but are still commendable for their ambition.
- Actual dreams are games that are successful and well-executed.
- The Dreamcast represents a combination of these three characteristics.
@davidmorales
Hunter Biden Will Plead Guilty
$250K per person
AI Key Takeaways
- The CEO of the company that operates the Titanic exploring vehicle expressed doubt about the technology being used.
- A French researcher, a British adventurer, and a British Pakistani businessman and his son were among the four other passengers on board the missing sub.
- The US military is now involved in the rescue mission due to its critical nature.
- The search for the submersible is taking place in the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean off of Newfoundland.
- Efforts are being made to find the missing sub either on the water or in a range between the surface of the water and the 13,000 feet depths at which the Titanic wreckage is located.
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