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by acwan93 6y ago
Right, maybe this is where I’m being ignorant, but would there be a way to do the actual sequencing down to a consumer device? I presume the machines used are pretty complex.
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by acwan93 6y ago
I’ve always wondered if this were a worthy business proposition, cause I would definitely buy a product like this: Basically all of the features of 23AndMe/Ancestry/etc, but done offline. You’re given an app to download online, pr
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by acwan93 6y ago
The city of Morgan Hill, CA is actually named after the rancher in the area, not the hill that’s in the city limits. That’s called El Toro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Hill%2C_California
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by acwan93 6y ago
This reminds me of Chris Lattner's tweet saying he was the only one with 7 years (at the time) of Swift experience. https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/877353276676612102
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by acwan93 6y ago
If I understand correctly: it's the idea that you have a direct manager who handles your HR related things (direct line report), and you have product leads and other people you report to who are not directly in your org or team.
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by acwan93 6y ago
I applied for a deferment on my existing mortgage (figured time in the market/savings would be better than paying the bills), but my mortgage broker cautioned that it could affect future refinances and loans since while the missed paym
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by acwan93 6y ago
Seems to be the case with most of Apple's first-gen products since they're trying to see what customers end up doing with the device before iterating.
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First Macs introduced with Intel chips were actually the iMac and MacBook Pro, also the first Mac with a built-in camera and MagSafe. The Mac Mini with Core Solo was introduced a month later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by acwan93 6y ago
I'd love to hear about your thoughts on where things in this area are going. We provide an in-house, completely customizable ERP system for wholesale distributors, many of which have started selling directly to consumers via Amazon, Sh
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by acwan93 6y ago
> - Raspberry Pi is way underpowered to run any SaaS on Our MVP SaaS product was done on a Pi (Node.js backend), and several of our launch customers were using it before we deployed them to production. Helped us simulate micro instances
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by acwan93 6y ago
This sounds like where I’m trying to get my business to be at (I’m leading the on-premise to cloud strategy). PPP to us has also been a lifesaver since our on-premise sales have been nonexistent since March and our cloud offerings can’t sus
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by acwan93 6y ago
Aside from what the peer comments say here, the point multipliers end up offsetting the costs of the annual fee. You’re right that the airline credit is harder to redeem now, but in my case I was luckily able to redeem it all by February. A
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by acwan93 6y ago
I agree that it makes for an expensive moat. It really doesn’t seem viable to sustain a business like this. Unless, ghost/cloud kitchens become a thing and these app platforms start building or partnering with these kitchens. Then they
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by acwan93 6y ago
Yeah, it’s tricky with how to find just a phone number for the business. Luckily a lot of businesses have a website (that looks like a simple Squarespace/Wix template) that list a phone number or direct you where to order online. A lo
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by acwan93 6y ago
I use Grubhub most of the time, and I’ve found the thing that keeps me on the platform is 1) The $10 monthly credit on American Express Gold cards and 2) The 2% cash back from the Rakuten portal, which stacks with the 4x points from the Am
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Franklin Roosevelt? While it's debated on whether the New Deal policies actually lifted the United States out of the Great Depression, it's undeniable that a mix of the New Deal and his leadership during World War II propelled the
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There's some frameworks that are available for old Windows desktop apps to run in the browser. It's main use is for old ERP systems that were originally written for on-premise to be deployed in the cloud and browser based without
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by acwan93 6y ago
Scott Galloway of NYU called it, and has been increasingly louder about it. Like he says, it seems like this is the turning point for many middle-tier universities. Once you start viewing colleges as brands and luxury goods, especially the
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by acwan93 6y ago
Serious question: does anyone know when/why that subreddit became what is is today? I used to follow it in the early 2010s and it actually provided some reasonable insights.
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The trigger phrase for Mandarin Siri is “嘿 Siri”, so anything involving black something would most likely trigger it.
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The only thing I use on a semi regular basis that requires Flash is flight school lessons from King Schools. It's probably the only time I use Chrome. I'd imagine businesses and organizations where software and tech isn't the
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by acwan93 6y ago
It’s similar to many other industries, such as enterprise B2B software, where your buyer is not necessarily the actual user of the product, so you end up marketing and building features catering to the buyer (school administrations, parents
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The Atlantic covered this recently too: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex... >I was told it might be a consequence of the hookup culture, of crushing economic pressures, of
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by acwan93 6y ago
I've seen this one person's resignation on nearly every site I follow this past week. My hope is that this is the start of a substantial shift in the company with more employees walking out (I don't believe senior management
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It exists for some retailers, like Home Depot. It doesn’t work like I would expect though, in HD’s case it looked like it was routed through a Salesforce extension.
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How it looks today: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.055603,-118.2563622,3a,75y,3... That part of the LA Freeway System has always been a mess, with the 5/10/60/101/110 all mashing together in one sp
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by acwan93 6y ago
Out of all the articles, Stripe Atlas ended up being the best for me as well. It's good to know the struggles of pricing a SaaS offering aren't unique to my business.
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Part of me thinks that this is exaggerations as there’s no way all food banks have lines that are miles long, as stated in the article. I did notice that there are security guards outside my Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s now though. > G
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It seems like this would always be a hard task, especially once you get down to the smaller cities. Shortly after Siri launched, I would be sitting in the Bay Area asking Siri “What’s the weather like in Pasadena?”. Siri would return the we
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Back when I was looking at SV companies they had several satellite offices, but the perception at the time was that if you wanted to climb the ladder you had to be at HQ. That would be Mountain View, Cupertino, etc. It feels like that would

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