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by acwan93 5y ago
Yep. This has been studied in MBA networking events too where the only person who ended up meeting everyone was the bartender. >The few new meetings that did take place tended to be with others who were like themselves: the consultants t
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by acwan93 5y ago
>Listen... if you're at Facebook, you've personally made a decision that you'd rather collect your paycheque than stop contributing to the beast that surrounds you. You're fine with the pervasive corruption and rampan
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by acwan93 5y ago
I was going to write this. It’s a way to prevent online identity theft, to avoid someone impersonating you online. I kept my social media accounts even though I stopped using them. If someone ever impersonates me, I can use these inactive a
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by acwan93 5y ago
Also possible in 2035: Ban on gas-powered car sales in New York delayed due to X.
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by acwan93 5y ago
How much of Apple’s current security measures were a result of 9/11? The parking garage, tailgating, and badging everywhere i always thought were due to Apple’s culture of secrecy.
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by acwan93 5y ago
Michelin is back in LA after Jonathan Gold's passing: https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/us-los-angeles/r... Lots of overlap between Jonathan Gold's 101 list and the Michelin star list
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by acwan93 5y ago
Also, "will the other side adopt it?" After working with so many retailers and online sales channels, things that are considered "legacy" or "outdated" by the HN crowd doesn't seem like it will go away unl
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by acwan93 5y ago
Yep, it was installed after an intruder tried to get into his house at night: https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/7/20039771/intruder-at-buffet...
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by acwan93 5y ago
It’s like that Futurama episode where Fry had to teach the future how to generate trash in order to build a garbage ball to save the planet. In the future, everything was recycled, including Bender. They thought Fry was the weird one of h
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by acwan93 5y ago
I can't find the video or link, but Aziz Ansari talked about this in either his book "Master of None" or one of his sketches. He basically boils it down to we're becoming more non-committal because we think something b
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by acwan93 5y ago
All good, the sentiment is very much shared amongst entrepreneurs and fortunately spreading after the whole “follow your passion” BS. Lots of successful people nowadays now say “do what you’re good at” or “do the unsexy things, or the thing
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by acwan93 5y ago
The funny thing is when I googled that phrase I got another Hacker News thread from the same user quoting the same line. It might have been from an event or something.
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by acwan93 5y ago
Devil’s advocate: Why not just go visit LA if you’re vaccinated? If you just wear a mask indoors and follow local health guidelines, I don’t see why you can’t go and have a great time. Most of LA’s attractions are outdoors too, and the chan
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by acwan93 5y ago
Don't know why this comment is being downvoted. I'd prefer to use another client like Transmit or Cyberduck. Having it all in one browser introduces complexity I don't think the team at Mozilla wants.
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by acwan93 5y ago
What's your take on the Willamette Valley becoming the next Napa? I've heard this being discussed as climate change and wildfires become more apparent in California.
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by acwan93 5y ago
Indentured servitude?
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by acwan93 5y ago
Apple is the prime example, touting the massive $5B+ investment into its new campus. Google might be in the same boat with its Downtown San Jose expansion work.
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by acwan93 5y ago
More details here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifica...
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by acwan93 5y ago
It's funny how often I was tapping the rows expecting the UI to drill through a table or play content, only to realize that I was supposed to use the click wheel to navigate.
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by acwan93 5y ago
I graduated in the early 2010s and was told the same thing. Either “everyone” is a software engineer or it was all going to be outsourced to India, causing a race to the bottom in salaries. The field to look at was cognitive science or neur
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by acwan93 5y ago
I totally agree, a Vegas Airbnb I stayed at was a prime example. It was purchased for $500K in 2005 and Redfin estimated its value in 2018 at $220K. Cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh (until recently) are also examples. Large cities along th
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by acwan93 5y ago
>A land with a house on it does not somehow increase in productivity to produce more housing, like a share of Apple generally does with smartphones. It's just a pile of concrete, steel, wood, bricks, and so forth that slowly falls a
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by acwan93 5y ago
It seems like the opposite is occurring. In order to be a licensed real estate broker in California, you have to have a major/minor in real estate (or relevant courses) AND 2 years of full time real estate experience as of 2013. Previo
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by acwan93 5y ago
That’s where I wonder about the FIRE calculations, cause it assumes the S&P 500 will return a 7-8% gain YOY which, while historically true, may not necessarily be the case moving forward. Going back on-topic, it still seems like the big
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by acwan93 5y ago
Before the app economy was a viable option it seemed like real estate or dividend investing was the way to go. But even then rental income isn’t as passive as people make it out to be.
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by acwan93 5y ago
I kinda wonder if there’s a growing number of people who recognize this, hence the emergence of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement. Anecdotally I’ve noticed more of my friends having this same mindset that you’re havin
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by acwan93 5y ago
It means shows that don’t get picked up by the studio making the show can get picked up by other studios to air it. Two immediate examples I can think of: “House MD” was produced by NBC/Universal but aired on FOX “For All Mankind” was
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by acwan93 5y ago
>1. No comprehensive supercharger network. This is a real big deal still. Yes. I considered CarPlay a must-have feature, but no EVs out there matched the Supercharger network, which led to a Tesla purchase. >4. No Autopilot. Tesla is
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by acwan93 5y ago
I don't know if it's apathy or rather just an inability to fight the system. The DMV is what immediately comes to mind.
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by acwan93 5y ago
The crazy thing is when customers demand something that inevitably breaks no matter how much we push back, like: -Years must be in two digits since apparently nothing is built before 2000 -Not require postal codes or the city field for non-

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