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by bruceb 8y ago
Mods: maybe replace this source with a better article from the Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/SF-fines-Airbnb...
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by bruceb 8y ago
For those who see the headline and think wow a bit stiff, this wasn't their first time cheating: The city first sued the Lees in 2014 for evicting tenants, including a disabled person, from one of their properties to rent the spaces on
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by bruceb 8y ago
This isn't needed on HN.
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by bruceb 8y ago
People have said this for years but would it really work with having some type laser keyboard that really works and projector type display that are both built in (unless you have large phone). Without these you are going to need a keyboard
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HTC Launches Blockchain Smartphone ‘Exodus’(ccn.com)
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The quote from the learner: "I learned more real-world skills in 12 weeks than my Stanford degree taught me" reminds me of that both ways penguin meme. On one hand shows App Academy is "better" than Stanford. On the othe
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by bruceb 8y ago
Or just rich. Notice 1 of the 2 main defendants in the case isn't white. As has been pointed out the more complex the crime the more time and money it takes to prove. Generally wealthier people can commit financial crimes that the poor
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by bruceb 8y ago
(Eddie) Lampert rarely visits Sears Holdings headquarters, outside of Chicago—some say only once a year, for the annual board meeting. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/the-strange-odyssey-... Company f
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by bruceb 8y ago
I am surprised how the portal+ with a 15.6" screen doesn't look like it has that big of a screen. Even with the 1 picture that shows it in a livingroom it doesn't seem like it is that big. If you are selling a "plus&quot
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by bruceb 8y ago
TL:DR WeChat was too big for phones back few years ago when many people didn't have space to spare and data was expensive and slow. WhatsApp compressed files so they loaded quicker and you could keep more of them. Then in 2016, Tencent
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by bruceb 8y ago
People should not defecate in the streets yes. But hard to tell people not to poop when they don't have nearby bathrooms to do their business.
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Supreme Court declines to take Martins Beach case –win for CA coastal access law(latimes.com)
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by bruceb 8y ago
I posted to ask last year asking why mid size and larger E-ink devices were so expensive relative to 6inch readers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15787026 might be of interested to some.
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by bruceb 8y ago
USA isn't Poland. Trump says dumb things, some BS, and is boorish but isn't Hitler nor anywhere close to it. "The press and journalists" should realize when you push click bait then you give room for Trump and others lik
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by bruceb 8y ago
hired: "Wall Street veteran Marc Mezvinsky (husband to Chelsea Clinton) as vice chairman." who had already lost a bunch of money on Greece and enjoys skiing. An example of failing upwards. Same with Chelsea Clinton who seems like
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by bruceb 8y ago
US/EU citizens can visit some cities in China for 3-5 days without a visa if you then proceed to a third country and only have 1 stop in china.
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Founder Zain Jaffer may be looking to take back control of Vungle(techcrunch.com)
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by bruceb 8y ago
Whats weird is he never says exactly what he paid for the Range Rover in the first place. I found a post where he said it was in the 30s. but why not tell that info? Then could compare Car cost + warranty vs private party purchase.
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by bruceb 8y ago
"An important note. This data excludes forced migration (slavery) and illegal immigration." So it doesn't give the full picture.
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by bruceb 8y ago
Focus more on Zeroqode's templates and less on bubble. You are throwing a lot of things at people in a short amount of time. Get them to check out Zeroqode first, then let them learn you are powered by bubble when they visit your site.
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Burberry sues Target for allegedly counterfeiting its check pattern(cnbc.com)
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by bruceb 8y ago
Anirudh you are located in HSR right ?
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by bruceb 8y ago
Just using both sites (on desktop, and yes its a mobile first country) Amazon.in generally beats Flipkart on product selection, price, number of product reviews, and search results. Can Flipkart succeed? maybe but 2 years from now if they d
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by bruceb 8y ago
Just got to flipkart.com and amanzon.in, see the detailed reviews on a handful of products and see the prices. General Amazon wins. they may have PhonePe but is that a winner? PayTM dominates.
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by bruceb 8y ago
There will always be people who want the best, but good enough solution serves most people. Smart phones have reached a point where most are at least good enough. A flagship Samsung is say $700. That is $500 more which is more than a couple
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by bruceb 8y ago
Almost any $200+ phone made since 2015 has a pretty good camera, screen, speed for most people. Why upgrade when what you have is good enough? One used to check out gizmodo/engadget when a new phone came out but seems not anymore as &q
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by bruceb 8y ago
Some of those are not stolen, they are just scams for users to send money someone for say an iphone X and then they get the item sent to them, which of course doesn't happen.
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by bruceb 9y ago
$2500 is on the low end, some shops in the Seattle area with everything you are looking at near $4k.
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by bruceb 9y ago
As it is very cheap one can't expect a lot of support but "Warranty: 30 days" is pretty short, 90 is a little more reasonable.
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Tinder and Bumble Are Seriously at War(nytimes.com)
2 points by bruceb 9y ago|0 comments

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