Naritai

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by Naritai 10y ago
"Drinkable" and "Tastes like the water tasted where I grew up" are very different things. There is not one flavor of water any more than there is one shade of white. There's no evidence that the water OP refers to
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by Naritai 10y ago
I highly recommend that article as well. Though yes, like you I was left with a sense that this industry is never going to take off, so to speak.
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Virtually all buoyancy-based aircraft post-hindenburg use Helium or other non-combustive gases for buoyancy. Airliner uses Helium as well [1]. [1] https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/downloads/download/Airland...
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by Naritai 10y ago
Still better than MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-woul...
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by Naritai 10y ago
TNs are very easy to 'sponsor', companies far smaller than Amazon do so with no difficulty. My personal recommendation (don't quote me): don't even bring it up until you're well into the process, it's very easy
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by Naritai 10y ago
Fair enough. I'm sure you can think of a technology, though, that made nice coin for a few years until suddenly it didn't.
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by Naritai 10y ago
There aren't going to be a study on there because the most relevant feature is evolutionary adaptation. Going deep on a single topic works great when that topic is in vogue, but leaves you open to disastrous results if that topic lose
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by Naritai 10y ago
A commenter upstream reports seeing the sidewalk being repaired multiple times throughout the last 10 years as well.
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by Naritai 10y ago
yeah but at least you get the benefits listed.
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by Naritai 10y ago
To avoid being laughed out of the room, you'll have to prove that the growth in residences due to hotel closures is greater than the loss of residences due to AirBNB.
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by Naritai 10y ago
I'm hiring a Canadian SW developer (w/ a Canadian CS degree) on a 6-month contract (currently has no right to work in US). Can she generally qualify for a TN visa for contract work?
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by Naritai 10y ago
We must always take some time to enjoy his seminal work, the BlackBerry cannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1239rkV8bQ
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by Naritai 10y ago
Sure - now take that situation, and throw into the mix having Google and Facebook 30-mins away and them having the budget to outbid you on anybody they want at any time. That's what Joist management is walking into by moving to SF.
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by Naritai 10y ago
It does sound like they kept most of their engineers, and shed mostly CS staff - which shows a remarkable disdain for those positions. I would be very nervous about working for this company in one of those positions in the future.
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by Naritai 10y ago
I came to the valley in a forced relocation some time ago. In that case, we also lost >50% of the team, including engineering. (I stayed until my green card came through then jumped ship.) It was clear, though, that the VPs and up didn
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by Naritai 10y ago
That leads back to the dividend question. As a shareholder, you only make money one of two ways: your stock goes up, or you get dividends. To be attractive, a company needs to be doing one or the other.
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by Naritai 10y ago
The 1/2 loaf probably costs 3/4 of what a full loaf does. That addition 25% is pure margin for the retailer - they thank you for your willingness to pay more for the same product.
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by Naritai 10y ago
S/He also ignores the time invested in cooking. What must your hourly wage be, for the $3 saved by cooking to be worthwhile?
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by Naritai 10y ago
Honestly, when was the last time WWDC had HW announcements? Those almost always come in spring/fall now.
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Among your errors is conflating culture and race. Those aren't the same thing.
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Using cultural traits to explain specific actions is always a tenuous argument, i agree. I do think that such an action will be treated more kindly by the Canadian press than it would by an American one, though. Let's see.
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Oh I agree with you there. But since BB corporate head office is in Canada, I assume that's where the decision to engage in this program was made.
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by Naritai 10y ago
To some extent this is a reflection on the company's Canadian culture. Canadians tend, to the extent that can ever be generalized about a nation of people, to be pro-government and assume that the government may not be perfect but has
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by Naritai 10y ago
To echo the other posters, the entire insurance industry is predicated on the concept that you can plan for something bad happening, even if you don't know the date.
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by Naritai 10y ago
Uber has a review system, yet lots of stories about low quality drivers. They may be low in overall % of rides but get lots of new coverage overtime somebody has an axe to grind. I think you need to consider this more carefully.
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Did HomeJoy not have a review system? I honestly don't know. But are you confident this will be enough to differentiate yourself from competitors?
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Even then, self-driving cards are a single-purpose task (yes, that task is complex, but it's single purpose). Cleaning is the amalgamation of a number of tasks. Furthermore, anyone who's had a cleaner knows that a big part of ho
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You forget that a sugar tax is increasingly popular in progressive circles.
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Serrano doesn't affect your classmates, though - a student who is surrounded by affluent, driven children who are provided with every tutoring and learning opportunity will do better than if surrounded by students without those advanta
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Well, there's street parking, for one. In SF, for example, developers are not allowed to put as many parking spots as there are units. This is supposed to drive people to use mass transit, but more obviously increases demand for stre

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