JacobDotVI

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Ask HN: Urgent – Where to Find Chicago Food Supplies for Hurricane Irma Relief?
26 points by JacobDotVI 9y ago|3 comments
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by JacobDotVI 9y ago
Whole Foods has a gross margin around 35% https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/gross_profit_margin Bezos is famous for his mantra around "your margin is my opportunity" Amazon has a lot of margin available
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by JacobDotVI 9y ago
You mean brosectomies???? https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-vasectomy-party-snips-chi... >It’s a Vasectomy Party! Snips, Chips and Dips With Your Closest Friends >Pals willing to spend a few thousand dollars are
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by JacobDotVI 9y ago
My favorite approach is after the third or fourth why I turn it around on the child - "well, why do you think?" If they are young enough, they usually contemplate it for a few seconds and then just start on a new line of question
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by JacobDotVI 9y ago
SQL Server Management studio is the entire reason I am running a Windows VM. I would love SSMS on Mac.
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by JacobDotVI 9y ago
Risk reduction can be thought of finding a cheaper / faster / easier way to test a hypothesis than performing a full experiment. Think of it like surveying a sample instead of a population.
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
Same thing happened to me - I thought this was an official google announcement. The domain of an AMP link is misleading.
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
Requiring people to be involved in spending of large sums is often a feature and not a bug. It's not infallible but neither are computerized financial systems (e.g. SWIFT)
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
Overcast link for those interested (It's not linked on the farnam street blog): https://overcast.fm/+Ei1BFuA1Y
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
I still wear a jacket while flying. To me, clothing is an outward sign of respect to those around you and is very effective when interacting with airport staff. A smile and a suit coat can get you amazingly far when your flight is delayed
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
Having been on the other side of a Skype for Business installation I can tell you that it is extremely variable and can scale anywhere from a self-contained single server set-up[1] to a multi-region, multi-fail-over-cluster, highly availabl
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
If you are US-based and remote, I would recommend taking a serious look at the US Virgin Islands. I would explain further but I'm currently sitting on the beach :)
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
Thanks! Unfortunately that's a limitation of the custom framer I'm using :/ I'm sure you could find a framer down there and do it yourself though. If you think they look cool on your computer screen they look amazing b
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by JacobDotVI 10y ago
I have been inspired by these images for years and have wanted one framed on my walls for a long time. After a nomadic few years of consulting I'm finally in a place where I was able to frame a few including the Earth Rise photo from