appleshore

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by appleshore 7y ago
Both local police and the FBI rarely care about fraud or scams. Most local fraud seems to be caught by individuals hiring private investigators that are former law enforcement. And even then, the punishment to the con-artist is often 1-2 y
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by appleshore 7y ago
If there can be violent threats, then there can be emotional violence.
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by appleshore 7y ago
I don’t get the idea of acclaimed non-understanding. Posting live (or recent) random photos that I don’t want permanently on my wall, isn’t a difficult phenomenon to grasp. Trying to maintain social connections by updating and reminding fri
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by appleshore 7y ago
But violent crime is down over the last 30-years, seems to be more cops employed and less petty crime laws being enforced. Doesn’t quite make sense but I often hear this excuse.
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by appleshore 7y ago
I think they thought web traffic was more foundational or sticky. There was this idea of first mover advantage, whoever captured the most traffic could easily sustain it or have it help other services. But maybe it just benefited quarterly
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by appleshore 7y ago
As opposed to what, being a financial engineer or wealth manager? Or maybe he should be a real entrepreneur and open up a well managed brand of gas stations? Or build a better kitchen utensil? Or maybe leverage political relationships fo
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by appleshore 7y ago
On the name, I doubt it would be successful in the US. The “lution” part of revolution makes the word sound better. Without it, it invokes “revolting”. Incidentally, Revolution Money in the US became American Express Serve. Also the no huma
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by appleshore 7y ago
What happens in your real life is still 10-100x more influential in how you feel.
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by appleshore 7y ago
I don’t feel sorry for them because those companies are engaged in something else that’s intrinsically bad. But that doesn’t diminish my criticism for China and their culpability in egregious acts. Our greatest sin is ever working with any
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by appleshore 7y ago
You do agree there’s a difference between Enlightenment principles and authoritarian governments? Not that the US is perfect but they at least acknowledges the concept of natural rights. Relativism is a rather dangerous worldview.
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by appleshore 7y ago
In major cities like LA, bail for misdemeanors can be $80,000 if someone misses a court date. And the jails are horrific, they force you to be racist especially if you’re Hispanic or black. There’s so many LAPD/LASD scandals that it’s
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by appleshore 7y ago
They work on Earth, not in space. And while I think the philosophy of government organizations needs to be improved, if we don’t do this, we’ll be at the mercy of China.
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by appleshore 7y ago
What about banning them for philosophical principles? Why would I buy anything from someone who denies Enlightenment principles and views human rights as “Western rights”? On a long enough timeline, authoritarianism always wins.
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by appleshore 7y ago
I’d agree if iMessages was open platform. It’s beyond ridiculous that Android is limited to SMS (or their messaging app) but iPhone shuts out everyone for a basic utility function. I wish the US Government and regulators were pushing for th
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by appleshore 7y ago
Ordering from an online catalog wasn’t a revolutionary idea in 1996-1999 but in 1992 it was very forward thinking. And obviously placing an ordering terminal in a store at the time was revolutionary.
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by appleshore 7y ago
https://www.opensourceecology.org/marcin-jakubowski
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by appleshore 7y ago
Most gas stations seem offensive and predatory in the items they offer customers. I understand freedom of choice and business models but the entire system is plagued by unhealthy and potentially dangerous products (eg random herbal suppleme
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by appleshore 7y ago
Trying to solve manufacturing while inevitable improvements to battery chemistries and electric motors proceed, is a viable strategy. They’re not inventing a new magic box nor disrupting the art of office leasing, they’re building electric
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by appleshore 7y ago
As a counter point, I think obsession over goals and intense work ethic can bring immense happiness. Allows you to eventually explore and build projects you want to. To live in a home not plagued by disruptions and slum lords. To access law
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by appleshore 7y ago
One of the largest county government insurances in CA reimburses $28,000 for an endoscopy at an outpatient center. Which should cost around $2000 in a hospital. And in reality, could cost $500. Not sure why the AHA didn’t fix things like th
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by appleshore 7y ago
LA and SF are both dominated by workers who can’t afford the products/services offered by the businesses they work at. Not high-end businesses, just regular places.
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by appleshore 7y ago
For 60 minutes of hot yoga, the effort and challenge is occasionally so intense and nearly overwhelming, that it reminds me of the power of doing hard things. I often think if I just did 2-3 super hard things a day with this intensity, then
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by appleshore 7y ago
There’s a hacker mentality to it. Disenfranchised, possessed secrets, passed on knowledge.
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by appleshore 7y ago
This seems incredibly disingenuous. Unless the founders have a history of fraud, your comment is way out of line. And yea it is cool, this overriding principle defies any predefined business model or use case. Novel things come from new thi
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by appleshore 7y ago
Except spending 60% of your income on rental housing is normal in major cities.
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by appleshore 7y ago
Conversely, if someone smashes into my parked car and flees, most major cities won’t investigate. Whereas they could use stop light cameras and a few hours of work to potentially identify the suspect. Likewise, if live in SF and someone bre
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by appleshore 7y ago
I live next to a bank who paid an $8.9 billion fine for money laundering. Another bank, Italy’s largest, laundered money for 10-years for Iran, Cuba and Libya in the United States. They paid a $1.3 billion fine, pled to conspiracy and recei
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by appleshore 7y ago
I check my Uber, my girlfriend checks hers and Lyfts. There’s various promos so it’s changes. And now there’s Opoli but maybe only at LAX.
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by appleshore 7y ago
The first time this happened to me, I instinctively clicked to login thinking Chrome was trying to log me into Gmail or my Google Account. I didn’t realize I was giving info to some random site, I was just trying to swat away a popup.
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by appleshore 7y ago
The only super useful version of this idea is a privacy law that requires services that collect data to offer a “facebook.delete” link to temporarily and permanently remove personal data.

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