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by byoung2 11y ago
I think that's the real problem...you have to go find an app to read them. If your phone's built in camera detected them and suggested that you visit the link, that might make it easier.
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by byoung2 11y ago
I suspected I was being trolled but I clicked anyway! Well played!
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by byoung2 11y ago
You're right, they never found that killer use case. The use case I'm interested in is something like a purchase receipt from a store or restaurant, and you want the customer to go to a page or open an app to write a review. A QR
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Ask HN: Does anyone still use QR codes?
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by byoung2 11y ago
There are a few in specific verticals (e.g. camera equipment - https://www.cameralends.com/ or clothes - https://www.stylelend.com/ )
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by byoung2 11y ago
I interviewed at Whisper when they were in a mansion in Santa Monica. It was an interesting setup that had all the amenities of home like a full kitchen, shower, pool, laundry. Those are all perks few offices have so you could differentiate
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by byoung2 11y ago
My point was that if I fry or BBQ something and then later reheat it in the microwave, the damage was already done, so the fact that the microwave is safe does me no good. I agree that the microwave is a cleaner way to cook vegetables, for
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by byoung2 11y ago
Dirty jokes are off limits if you want to avoid sexual harassment complaints.
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by byoung2 11y ago
Microwaving cooks food without generating as much carcinogenic char as other methods, so it can actually be healthier. Since the microwave is often used for reheating food that was cooked with these other methods, there's often no ad
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by byoung2 11y ago
I know that MailChimp has RSS to email: http://kb.mailchimp.com/campaigns/rss-in-campaigns/create-an...
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by byoung2 11y ago
I certainly held off buying for a fairly long time because I didn't want to be locked down in that way. In retrospect I might have done things differently but hindsight is 20-20 and all that. In my case foresight was 20-20 since I bo
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by byoung2 11y ago
True, but I don't know who to blame...do I blame DoorDash for ordering it incorrectly, or In-N-Out for fulfilling the order incorrectly?
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by byoung2 11y ago
I ordered In-N-Out from DoorDash and it was quick (~6 minutes) from the time it says the restaurant prepared it, around 20 minutes total from the time I ordered it. The problem is that they got none of my customizations correct. The well do
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by byoung2 11y ago
I invest in dividend-paying stocks, typically a mix of "dogs of the Dow" (3-5%) and high yield REITs (10-15%). For the past 4 years I have averaged 11% returns on my portfolio.
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by byoung2 11y ago
So you don't get to eat dinner with the kids?
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by byoung2 11y ago
6am-10am...this means that when I work a 9-5 office job, my most productive hours are spent preparing for work and commuting.
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by byoung2 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10492087 whoishiring also posts for freelancing gigs
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by byoung2 11y ago
Yes. Startups may not have requirements as strict as bigger, more established companies. For example, at the 2 startups I've worked for, there was no traditional job application, so no questions about criminal history or background che
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by byoung2 11y ago
What are your skills? There are plenty of companies looking for devs with legacy tech experience. Check out https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring for companies that are hiring. There might be someone looking
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by byoung2 11y ago
In a way, being an director or VP involves CRUD and ETL on people instead of computer systems.
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by byoung2 11y ago
The non-removable battery has been a dealbreaker for me, but with 80% charge in 20 min and doze mode, it might be a non-issue in the short term. It will still be an issue long-term when the battery starts to wear down, though.
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by byoung2 11y ago
I bet if anything they would glance at the karma count, and even then it would be a small factor in the decision making process.
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by byoung2 11y ago
I worked for an online advertising company for 3 months. I left when discovered that they were using servers in China to send spam email, and they were using bots to inflate click counts so they could overcharge clients.
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by byoung2 11y ago
We submitted early for last winter, and we noticed 4 complete views of our video, which was comforting.
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I believe Lambda runs on AWS linux distributions, and 2.7 is the default Python version for those [1]. 1. https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2015.03-release-note...
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by byoung2 11y ago
I was in diapers when that was filmed, but it's amazing how much of that still applies in my day-to-day work.
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I wonder why Amazon didn't get into this business 10 years ago...
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by byoung2 11y ago
I've noticed this same pattern with other founders, notably Dennis Crowley with Dodgeball (location-based social network founded in 2000, sold to Google in 2005) and Foursquare (location based social network with different branding).
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by byoung2 11y ago
I don't think that is a link to your resume, unless, you want people to log in using your credentials.
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by byoung2 11y ago
How will they make money? Referrals to recruiters?

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