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by calbear81 8y ago
Given the fall in prices of these panels, couldn't you theoretically build a business where the TV is absolutely FREE in exchange it's programmed to track some anonymized usage behaviors for ad targeting AND the TV actually has an
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by calbear81 8y ago
What if we took it to the next level and made it a game where two players compete to clean the most debris via remote controlled vacuum cleaners. A map would show areas cleaned and point values.
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by calbear81 8y ago
I think this person means it's very controversial to try to suggest population control especially when the majority of the growth will come from a population that is potentially discriminated against. Another common pushback point is t
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by calbear81 8y ago
If I remember correctly, they used to offer this at Microsoft. You could waive the benefits you didn't need and get some pay back.
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by calbear81 8y ago
It's called a shielded RJ45 jack (you can also search for a shielded ethernet cable).
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by calbear81 8y ago
It goes beyond what customers want to the intersection of want & willing to pay for. I find that in a lot of companies, there's a lot of "customers said they want x, so let's build it" vs. "customers said they w
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by calbear81 8y ago
Surveillance does lead to that if it's how we identify where someone is located or leads to actionable intelligence which can then be used as justification for dropping a missile from the sky.
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by calbear81 8y ago
... I was somewhat expecting this to be possibility so we frontloaded our movie watching to get our money's worth but also bought through the Costco deal as we expect Costco to cover if they did go out of business given that Costco has
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by calbear81 8y ago
This is interesting, I guess they're closing the current loophole where they can't actually determine which movie you're seeing from the debit charge. Currently, if you get blocked from seeing a movie that you've already
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by calbear81 8y ago
The credit only persists as long as your account is active so if you accrue a bunch of tickets and then cancel, you also lose your tickets.
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by calbear81 9y ago
Private Placement Memorandum - http://www.capitalfundlaw.com/blog/2015/04/05/whats-in-a-pri...
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by calbear81 9y ago
I don’t think they have any actual awareness of what movie is being bought on the card since it’s just money being loaded and a charge from the “Theater”. So if you wanted to watch Red Sparrow, just check into any movie and then buy the Red
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by calbear81 9y ago
I think review inflation is a problem in general across any service where there might be a more human/personal interaction element where you might feel compelled to be nicer or more generous. It's very different than buying a prod
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by calbear81 9y ago
Airbnb employee here: That's a perfectly fine personal preference especially if those are the attributes you care about the most. There are tons of B&B's and boutique hotels that also satisfy those requirements that list on Ai
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by calbear81 9y ago
Airbnb employee here: Re: the check-in and on-demand requirement, this means that there is 24 hour check-in available vs. a pre-set check-in time that you would have to coordinate closely with a host. This would mean that there's a ke
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by calbear81 9y ago
Airbnb employee here: both parties have to leave a review before you can both see the review posted to prevent retaliatory reviews. Also, you can leave public feedback, private feedback, and feedback to Airbnb if you have specific issues wi
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by calbear81 9y ago
I have an iPhone 6 that I brought in for battery replacement. Genius bar appointment was the next night and I stopped by after work. It took about 20 minutes before a technician was free so I enjoyed looking at the crazy large screen they i
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by calbear81 9y ago
Only if they attest that they are "uncomfortable with the guest" as their reason for canceling. Abuse of any type of cancellation in general on the host side will trigger thresholds for follow up action. This type of cancellation
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by calbear81 9y ago
I don't think that's an unreasonable preference (I work for Airbnb) and it's not for everyone. There is however, consequences, for hosts who do cancel on our guests last minute and we take those types of violations seriously
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by calbear81 9y ago
I thought this was going to be a retrospective from the HQ Trivia team about how they were mediocre given the scaling challenges and hiccups they are facing and then they solved it through ML!
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by calbear81 9y ago
This could be easily answered by asking on Blind for an anonymous confirmation of whether or not there is any biasing factor built into the codebase. My opinion is not, the algorithm has been examined by 3rd parties and if there are bad act
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by calbear81 9y ago
I was pleasantly surprised to how much attention to detail and thought goes into the cartography design on Google Maps. Just yesterday, I noticed this little gem when searching for the Channel Islands off of California: https://w
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by calbear81 9y ago
I think what would be helpful is some type of visual indicator on the buds (maybe a pulsing charging indicator) to express that the translation service is speaking so that the other party can see that you’re occupied with listening to the t
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by calbear81 9y ago
Especially the early ones where he just seems to be making shit up on the fly and taking really long pauses to think about a good answer. Then again, maybe that makes him more relatable to the average person?
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by calbear81 9y ago
I think the comparison to Adwords is misleading about what this idea really is. This is just a self-serve and automated marketplace for billboard ads. Adwords is much more specific to the combination of targeting intent through search terms
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by calbear81 9y ago
Congrats on the success Alan!
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by calbear81 9y ago
Would something like this work? http://www.geltechsolutions.com/fireice/product.aspx?Product...
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by calbear81 9y ago
Makes sense, especially if someone divulges this in the comments like "that happened to my friend's son John Doe - read about the terrible event here!"
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by calbear81 9y ago
Could it be that some people who do know the identity of the victims are running searches with some type of pattern like "John Doe nightclub abuse ontario" and then clicking on the link to the reports about the case which Google t
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by calbear81 9y ago
I removed the link and now just referenced that LinkedIn shows someone by that name working at the firm referenced in the story. Didn’t mean to dox just pointing out that there was an employee who claims to work there despite a receptionist

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