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Check out the top coins here: https://coinmarketcap.com

From there you can click on any coin and get a link back to each project's website. Exploring those should cover a good chunk of the use-cases that are popular right now.

That's a good start.


I'm not looking for the use cases of the coins I'm looking for applications that can be built on top of the Blockchain enabled by the new cryptographic go i'm not looking for the use cases of the Coins I'm looking for applications that can be built on top of the Blockchain enabled by the new cryptographic coins - what are the non-obvious applications


For those looking for more, here's a quantified (including bloodwork) look by a biohacker who's been on a high-fat low-carb diet for 1.5 years: http://www.quantifiedbob.com/2014/09/bulletproof-diet-interm...


It may exist only to push the consumer to a higher price. 16GB is a low-friction pain point that pushes many people into to an option with more profitable margins for Apple.


This is a shadow, a hint of what AI and machine learning will bring us.


I imagine if this thing sticks around, they'll eventually be able to automate simple things like the pizza ordering and whatnot. I imagine it could call back to a human in case of issues, such as:

Requester: "I want two pepperoni pizzas, one with extra cheese."

AI Response: "I can have 3 pizzas, two pepperoni, and one cheese (with extra cheese), delivered from Dominos for $24.15"

Requester: "No, I wanted two pepperoni pizzas, with extra cheese on one of them"

Human steps in after the "no" is detected: "Sorry, I misunderstood your request, I can get two pepperoni pizzas with extra cheese on one of them for $16.50 from Dominos"

Requester: "Yes, thanks."

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It'll just be a matter of time as the automation spreads to less and less mundane topics.


The first step is just to have backend software make a first pass at the texts and make suggestions to the rep. As it get better, it increases the throughput for the human rep. Like most automation, it becomes about making a human more productive, and that's a lot easier to accomplish.


There seems to be a pattern lately of services that are initially human based but then use that as validation for a human-supported AI model further down the road. https://x.ai/ is one of the recent ones I remember seeing.


Humans are still the most flexible source of labor you can use for a task, so it's possible to learn exactly what the requirements are using a human and then try to automate various repetitive parts of the task until the human hardly does anything but verify that the robots are working properly. Note that this does not mean that humans are the least expensive form of labor, although they are currently the only form of labor that can be created by two completely unskilled humans in about 9 months.


This could totally be automated, text recognition handles the easy cases where ordering can be done via the internet, the rest is handled by humans.

The user confirmation makes sure the automation didn't screw something up, and if the user doesn't responds positively to a certain threshold then humans take over. The threshold can be dynamic depending on accuracy of text recognition.


This is a great idea. Discovery is becoming a much needed tool with the explosion of indie gaming.


Affordable Care Act


The President himself, said he likes the term "Obamacare".


Which still doesn't make it right.


It's a great way that learning to code can produce a ton of content and experimental innovation. Code Academy (and others) listen up: What if everyone produced content while learning to code?


that's a great idea! It's actually similar to the idea behind duolingo.com People produce translations while learning a language


It's such a simple concept though: remove the user's ability to determine how long they have file access for. You could apply that frame to any media; in this case the hot topic is photo sharing. I'm sure tons of people are already trying to make a 'Snapchat with video'.

You could do it with audio too. You could do it with GPS coords. You could do it with any data feed. Photo sharing is just huge right now.


I'm sorry this happened to you, but I don't think the power of crowd sourcing should destroy a small start-up based on what still may be a misunderstanding.

Hell, perhaps this will gain them some needed attention.


"Promotional consideration paid by Microsoft." Curious.


Ah, not so curious. He's on the MS payroll now (as he's mentioned a good 4 times in that post).


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