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by adjkant 9y ago
The reason doesn't change the fact that it's too early to say that Kalanick is the next Jobs. His current and past actions can resemble Steve Jobs and Apple, but that says nothing about how the future will occur for Kalanick and U
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by adjkant 9y ago
Far too early to say "correct". Starting a company that burns cash faster than anyone and cashing out is not at the same level of Steve Jobs.
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by adjkant 9y ago
The problem with "freedom" as the strategy is that it calls into question where one exactly has the autonomy to really make a difference. In the US, the cycle of poverty is clear to many, and thus certain types of equality seem ne
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by adjkant 9y ago
Not that you should have to, but buying on GDAX usually solves any of these problems. Also no transaction fee that way if you don't take the market offers and make your own.
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by adjkant 9y ago
> but perhaps this will be the defining event that causes everyone else to think more deeply about letting untrusted code run, regardless of how sandboxed it is. Your average user: Javascript is on the website not on my computer so it&#x
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by adjkant 9y ago
To your examples, I think your interpretation of inequality is a misconception people have on many sides (politically speaking) that perverts the definition, or rather misuses and does not consider justice within the context of equality. Ob
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by adjkant 9y ago
Someone's gotta sell Burger King sesame seeds...
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by adjkant 9y ago
I think this position is incredibly susceptible to collapse from its own argument. > "people can rise where others won't" Why do they rise? Are they in control over these reasons at all, or is that luck too? This brings up
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by adjkant 9y ago
The fact that usage is the same and arrests are different is the whole point - make the drug illegal, arrest only those you want to discriminate. The history and timing of the criminalization of weed, opioids, crack cocaine sentencing, etc
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by adjkant 9y ago
This. Time and time again, drugs and their legal status have far more to do with their most common users.
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by adjkant 9y ago
It's amazing to me that time is really the only limiting factor, I imagine for many others. I've gone to 5 movies in the past 20 days because of being off for the holidays.
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by adjkant 9y ago
I think it's the second, and I doubt the alternative ways to profit is my thing. I think they are banking on one of those paying off. I doubt many people get movie pass and lose money on it frankly. Somewhere around 1-5%. If you are go
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by adjkant 9y ago
outline.com makes this process a lot easier. Go there, paste link, read. https://outline.com/S9t4AN
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by adjkant 9y ago
For me, I certainly have changed my habits, because if movies are free, I am willing to see a lot more of them. Most movies aren't worth seeing in theatres for the previous price point with the exceptions you more or less listed. The l
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by adjkant 9y ago
Who cares if you're in a fish tank being filmed if the video is never viewed and the tank is in a sealed room? Where the fish tank is placed and where that video is going is important. Details matter and trying to dismiss technology wi
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by adjkant 9y ago
I'm aware of PRISM, though I misremembered that Amazon was involved too. Still, I'd argue they are absent because they store little of the things the NSA cared for at the time, reference slide 3: https://en.wikipedia.or
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by adjkant 9y ago
Works for me, though I've trained my voice on it, so perhaps that helps. I'm 100% it's supposed to be both.
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by adjkant 9y ago
It's both. It comes down to the keyword identification algorithm of course, not the design by Google. Google's decision choice was not picking a random name that can be identified but instead working in their brand name. My bet is
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by adjkant 9y ago
I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What voice interface system would you like to criticize again?
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by adjkant 9y ago
The advertisers don't get my life, they get the ability to insert their ad into my life based on my life. I've never understood personally how targeted advertising is really anyone violating my privacy (in terms of how I practical
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by adjkant 9y ago
A level of trust from past actions and comparing each, the branching out of Amazon and Bezoz with media, grocery stores, tech with AWS, and more is scary as well as how many industries they have killed / absorbed. I realize Google is d
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by adjkant 9y ago
The mic quality is my only complaint with the Google Home (mini). I hope they fix that next model cause it's amazing otherwise.
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by adjkant 9y ago
Makes sense, but give me the Google Home. The Chromecast pairing is insane, a better speaker in the mini, and frankly, I'll invite Google to own my life before Amazon.
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by adjkant 9y ago
When I'm rushing out of the house and would prefer to multitask tying my shoes and checking my phone, my new Google Home makes two things incredibly easy: weather and train times. That along with a good speaker connected to Spotify has
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by adjkant 9y ago
It has a romantic and friendship aspect as well though, as the primary purpose over the legal benefits, which are a distant third to those two. Bad wording on my part, sorry. Editing to be clearer. Anyone that knows us would see us external
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by adjkant 9y ago
I feel like the comments here on HN are really missing at least one important angle. Frankly, I think it comes from a too closed definition of marriage and relationships. What a marriage is legally is far from reflective of most relationshi
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by adjkant 9y ago
I am strongly against that first statement. My current partner and I have what we both deem a great romantic relationship and friendship. We plan to get married for legal benefits and stay together for some time. We could care less what it
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by adjkant 9y ago
How is it not still a contingency plan possibly? I agree there could be other reasons, but from the full story that's not what I would expect here. It sounds like a risk to the business that he/others want to remove. An appropriat
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by adjkant 9y ago
How is the timing of the agreement changing the purpose inherently? To me, it sounds like he made the original mistake of not getting a prenup, and now that business interests are being risked on the relationship of two people, it makes sen
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by adjkant 9y ago
A friend and I used to joke that a crash was a sale. Stock up while supplies last!

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