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calbear81
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There are also the enablers (board of directors) who stuck by him even when there was clear damning evidence of sociopathic behavior.
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Actually this makes a lot of sense, basically struck it rich as a child and never had to go through the normal social experiences that help define who we are and our values. Believes that money is what defines him and everything in the worl
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calbear81
9y ago
I really hope someone makes this as that would it so much safer and more convenient not fussing with cables everytime you drive.
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Except for the definition of "evil" is pretty grey. If Google believes that their worldview is the "good", then people who challenge that viewpoint are necessarily harming the good and therefore shutting them down would
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9y ago
Parking spaces go closer to $200+ so that would yield $24,000 a month. Not a bad ROI from this real estate investment! Time for me to go check out this city auction business.
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The shareholders who in this case are represented by the board members. In a public company, an activist investor can bring the votes and force a change in the board. Similarly, a majority investor could technically sway board members to vo
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9y ago
Why is this a throwaway account? Hipmunk is not an OTA, they are a metasearch site. When you find a price on Hipmunk, it's just a price from one of the OTAs like Expedia or Booking.com. Even when it's branded as a "Hipmunk&qu
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Actually, you wouldn't need any of that at the destination which is Santa Monica pier. You get out in the LA sunshine, walk down the steps to the beach and take a dip in the Pacific. When you're done, rinse off in one of the publi
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The buck stops at the CEO. I get why the culture can get out of control and different people have different reactions to the environment created and no one person is responsible for the creation of culture but the CEO is the one who is resp
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9y ago
The setup I normally use now if I know how much I want for an item is to do fixed price listing and not an auction and set it at an upper bound of what I would like to get but allow offers so it's sort of like an auction.
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9y ago
Actually, it's clear the author doesn't understand how to list an Ebay auction to accomplish what they're trying to do. Here's how you could have done this EASILY: 1) Allow local pickup as an option on your listing (Does
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9y ago
Do you mean make a story of the emotions/steps someone goes through when engaging with an awesome dashboard? I wouldn't storyboard that. First, what is the Qliksense dashboard monitoring? What is the key metric you're trying
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9y ago
I sit very close to our "Snow White" storyboards that map the journey for Guests on our platform and a separate journey for Hosts. It's a reminder to think about the "key frames" that we are trying to impact with ou
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They use location tracking even when you're not using the app to predict where the demand might be going and to get data for future products like the Uber Shuttle which runs fixed routes.
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9y ago
You might say that they're a... CHOP SHOP.
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10y ago
Airbnb's and any other types of vacation rentals are not for everyone. There are many different types of properties that you can filter for and you may want to focus on listings that are listed by "Superhosts" who have shown
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10y ago
Their REI-branded stuff is a pretty good value and has consistently become better and better winning several awards annually in Backpacker's magazines Gear of the Year. It used to just be the tent (Half Dome) that was well regarded but
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They took back climbing harness a friend bought two years ago but told them that even though it's in their right to return, they would basically destroy/dispose of the harness since it's a critical safety equipment. Other stu
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10y ago
If we as consumers are voting with our wallets, in most cases we're the ones who have accepted the new norm as acceptable in the spirit of chasing ever lower fares. Consider the success of airlines like Ryanair which charges for every
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10y ago
I can see the flip side to that argument when you're pitching which is that if you're profitable, then you're probably not investing aggressively enough in growth/bets. Consider public companies that pay dividends; that&
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10y ago
I am in agreement generally that people are conflating the actions of the officers (excessive force) vs. what United is responsible for (poor business practices, lack of consideration, poor judgement). It would be interesting to know under
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Sure, they weren't the ones who employed the officers who removed the passenger from the plane but things didn't have to work out that way if United had considered that the passenger did nothing wrong to expect to be bumped from a
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But that priority doesn't influence the quality of the recommendations they make. The data they sell doesn't influence the places they tell you to visit because that would in effect bias the quality of the data.
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I don't think so. The reason being that it sounds like they are still adhering to standard fire codes and occupancy limits to be in full compliance with the law so it's building owner friendly. For a 2 bedroom, it's probably
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10y ago
The new review flow on Airbnb asks for more details about specific aspects of a listing.
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I think most elite athletes already jeopardize their health from too much physical activity. Consider traumatic brain injuries in the NFL or boxing or wearing out your knees from running on pavement for hundreds of miles. My friends and I t
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You forget to Spiegel is engaged to Miranda Kerr, supermodel and is likely to be super visible outside of work.
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$50K for a company I was working for. It's a 7 letter english word, animal, and was the brand for an ecommerce company that was shutting down but had a lot of history behind it.
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Basically makes the claim that curation is censorship, vast liberal left-leaning conspiracy to silence news from the right, strokes the ego by saying users can figure out real from fake news. Also, if you Google GAB there's a lot of ne
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Also most swimming photos of men or workout photos.
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