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by beachy 4y ago
This is like a roulette clause in company ownership by two parties. Either party can request the other to buy them out for, say, $1M. If the other declines, then the first party then has the right to buy the other out for that same amount.
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by beachy 4y ago
It's a good point but worth noting that the Mullvad VPN (which, like porn, has a strong driver for privacy) recently got rid of susbscription payments altogther. Their reasoning was that you can't handle recurring payments withou
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by beachy 4y ago
The sibling comments cover the bases really well, but just in case it's not obvious, what you are thinking of as a relatively simple machine - with a limited range of operations and registers - is actually itself an abstraction. You se
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by beachy 4y ago
It actually negatively impacts Microsoft's bottom line. A slow machine means a new PC purchased which usually means a new Windows licence, so there are negative incentives on Microsoft to improve Windows performance.
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by beachy 4y ago
That's a little harsh. A common misunderstanding about introverts is that they don't much enjoy talking with others. For many, it's rather that they are seeking meaningful communication, not vacuous chitchat about the weather
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by beachy 4y ago
I worked in CASE product team at Oracle last century. We had a significant development effort around autolayout algorithms. It's funny seeing all the same discussion decades later.
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by beachy 4y ago
Is it possible that you are "laggards" as described in the seminal book "Chrossing the Chasm"? Laggards: Laggards are consumers who avoid change and do not adopt new technologies until all traditional alternatives are no
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by beachy 4y ago
These are good points. I have seen this over and over again - e.g. in a SaaS which is data configured, how do you a) develop and test your work in a sandbox instance, then b) ship those changes across to a prod instance. This is especially
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by beachy 4y ago
That would only be relevant if you were already in the vicinty. I would guess that many/most users would check things out first from home, maybe hundreds of miles away. They might use the results to decide which field to go to.
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by beachy 4y ago
That's an interesting premise, but as someone who does regular trapping for exotic pests, actual trapping is very much work. You do your rounds (a lot of walking), pull out dead animals and carry them with you, re-bait your traps, repa
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by beachy 4y ago
Worth noting you can get a free poster of these, which are great for the wall and the wow factor. Took a few months for mine too arrive.
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by beachy 4y ago
I am 100% sure there is no way you can actually be 100% sure about that.
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by beachy 4y ago
Apple doesn't harm your mental health or facilitate threats to democracy though. They just want your money, and they'll sell you beautiful gadgets to get it.
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by beachy 4y ago
Appreciate your thoughts and I will try and give my perspective, having been a responsible gun owner/user for many years. > I'll try to unpack this. The statement is conflating looks, cartridge action/mechanism (bolt-acti
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by beachy 4y ago
Thanks for your very considered reply. Got my licence over 30 years ago, and just to share my perspective after seeing many changes over the years: > I know a lot of people say that licensing makes a lot of sense, and on the face of it,
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by beachy 4y ago
Why would you not require a licence to own and operate a lethal weapon?
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by beachy 4y ago
The slippery slope/edge case arguments. These things seem to be so complex in America. They're not. Can you loan a rifle to a buddy for a hunting weekend? Yes, as long as your buddy has his gun licence. Otherwise a hard no, as the
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by beachy 4y ago
I feel like my brain is now trained to skip over any Google chat-oriented product names or any information whatsoever about them simply because of the continuous churn. Instead I'm trained to just look for something that looks like a c
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by beachy 4y ago
Not really a counterexample as zulip started life *outside* dropbox.
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by beachy 4y ago
That guy sure can tell a story.
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by beachy 4y ago
Whatever. It's dog eat dog, good on OP.
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by beachy 4y ago
Garmin seems to be nailing it. I've recently got more into golf & snorkeling and Garmin have attractive devices for both those random activities that I could definitely see buying at some stage.
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by beachy 4y ago
In many legal confrontations you're best not to put all your cards on the table up front. Apart from anything else, it creates information asymmetry - your opponent certainly won't tip their hand to you until they feel the time is
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by beachy 4y ago
Our EV (a Hyundai Ioniq 5) emits an artifical sound, presumably to warn pedestrians, which I find interesting. It's an attention grabbing electronic hum, swelling, but not overtly threatening. Sounds something like a well tuned very re
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by beachy 4y ago
Bike theft seems like a problem that could be solved, or at least beaten down a lot. Super easy to attach tracking devices and monitor remotely, then just go around and arrest the thieves. There could hardly be an easier enforcement activit
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by beachy 4y ago
They could work out when you're home or not to burglarize your house.
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by beachy 4y ago
Or tank (rain) water. Living on tank, you have free water unless you run out, when it is hideously expensive to truck it in. But as long as you have your consumption under control, you are your own water company and you may choose not to bo
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by beachy 4y ago
I feel you're just reinforcing the parent's points. > the MPC 3000 has its own unique sound and timing Why would I want "unique" timing? The article says "The timing on the MPC 3000 is extremely tight and about a
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by beachy 4y ago
Or lauded for showing that the emperor (Google) has no clothes (decent spam prevention).
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by beachy 4y ago
To avoid the innovator's dilemma?

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