RRL

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by RRL 1y ago
We largely stopped growing avocados in the US when water rates went up. With the increased rates, and NAFTA, US avocado ranchers could not compete. There is speculation that Mexican cartels own/operate much of the Mexican avocado ind
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by RRL 2y ago
Yeah, this is straight up f.lux 2.0 where Apple saw an idea take off, and unlike 'Nightshift' where they connected it to their new 'Health' product to stimulate Apple Watch purchases, they connected Apple Invites to soci
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by RRL 4y ago
The layoff was leaked on Blind 24-48hrs ago
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by RRL 4y ago
I've heard this used as the line of thinking for why we still have zoos as well. To help conservation. If animals are out of sight and out of mind then they're out of my concern. So, let's keep the zoos to keep wild animal
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by RRL 4y ago
This (subset) of the people who attack Airbnb and gentrification at home.
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by RRL 4y ago
Ref final note: Exactly. I have quite a few friends who regularly fly/travel to these scenic ocean/river systems, but will absolve themselves of concern because they're using some 'reef safe' sunscreen when they di
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by RRL 5y ago
Same same. I feel your points really communicate to the attendees that you value their time and input. I can't stand meetings with no purpose/agenda/end goals. In my experience they grind decision making to a halt, increase
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by RRL 6y ago
Back in 2015 I was pitching Optimizely internally. We already had an in house barebones A/B testing tool. Once I got over that hurdle our CTO let fly how his only experience using Optimizely had been a time when Optimizely went down
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by RRL 8y ago
Thanks for the context. So the Chuo Shinkansen = ~ $253,218,691/mi.(9 stations) Est. CA HSR (Stage 1) = $190,384,615/mi (15 stations)
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by RRL 8y ago
It's better to think of Search as less of a historic plain text input field on a landing page, and instead to open it up to where people discover new ideas, products, and opportunities. Facebook and Amazon are enormous in this model.
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by RRL 8y ago
Yelp has a point. Google, and largely Larry Page's insistence on shortening the time between query and answer is starting to stumble under the reality that the source data Google utilizes for its own services isn't the best there
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by RRL 8y ago
They're motorized vehicles largely operating on pedestrian sidewalks. They're also parked aimlessly on pedestrian sidewalks. That's two steps too far on the 'get use to it' scale.
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by RRL 10y ago
Google has tried repeatedly to challenge Yelp. Every attempt fails, but they insist on hurting Yelp and businesses like it that have provided value over many years. This goes back to Larry asking his teams to answer the users' query
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by RRL 10y ago
Saw the same exact thing happen at OldChella. Ticket sale starts at 10am. I enter line. Sit in virtual line for 3.5 hours. Get to the front of the line, the tickets I wanted were sold out (The $1700 GA tickets mind you). Right b
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by RRL 10y ago
Look at it this way, There is at least one lane on either side of the road at full capacity. Always bumper to bumper. But, the cars do not move save 2% of the time when their operators remove them from the traffic jam, I mean parking spot
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by RRL 10y ago
My parent's house has an orange orchard in front of it, a wilderness area behind it, but Uber rides from downtown are still only $11, and everyone I know who lives in that town now uses Uber instead of driving. DUIs are way down. Nig
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by RRL 10y ago
Location: San Francisco Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, SQL, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Git Tools: Sketch, Invision, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Splunk, Optimizely Résumé/CV: https:/
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by RRL 10y ago
Location: San Francisco Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, SQL, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Git Tools: Sketch, Invision, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Splunk, Optimizely Résumé/CV: https:/