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by ccostes 10y ago
People shopping with children would also be a big issue, it seems. Somehow it seems they will need to deal with the multiple-shopper case (no idea how to solve the "Have someone else get the item off the shelf for you" case).
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by ccostes 10y ago
Oh god, "Now where did the bread aisle move itself to today?"
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by ccostes 10y ago
Considering there are no cashiers or checkout counters, cash seems like a no-go.
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by ccostes 10y ago
How about giving back the diploma itself?
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by ccostes 10y ago
Hasn't heard of this before. Really interesting!
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by ccostes 10y ago
Somehow the same meal of neutral-tasing Soylent is more appealing than the same meal of some prepared food. Maybe it's because drinking some Soylent isn't an 'activity' like eating a prepared meal is, but rather just som
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by ccostes 10y ago
Link has an extra semicolon at the end. Here's a working version: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2376272 EDIT: Just looking through the abstract I agree that it is a very scary assessment. A
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by ccostes 10y ago
> It's the only major city I've been to where a white person dropping the word "nigger" (and used in a clearly negative way) not only happens in conversation, but it doesn't elicit gasps or any negative response.
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by ccostes 10y ago
Been using tup in production for about a year now and absolutely love it. The speed is nice, but compared to make projects where you need to 'make clean' to be sure everything gets properly rebuilt the confidence that tup will do
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by ccostes 10y ago
Our development process is currently fairly unstructured. I think this would be a good way to get a better picture of how we're spending our time, but I'm worried about introducing too much overhead.
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Ask HN: How to quantify that a team is overworked
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by ccostes 10y ago
I'm not sure anybody really knows the idea behind Google+.
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by ccostes 10y ago
That's a pretty neat idea to use simulation as part of financial planning. I know I've seen general projections of retirement money, but using the simulation as an interactive tool to help tailor the plan makes it seem much more p
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by ccostes 10y ago
That's a pretty neat watch. Almost looks like a digital display rather than a mechanical device.
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by ccostes 10y ago
tcc?
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by ccostes 10y ago
Based on this short Wikipedia page [1] it sounds like it's done to avoid payroll taxes like social security and medicare. Any other reason to do this? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary
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by ccostes 10y ago
NYC and Chicago seem to be the hotspots, but is anyone familiar with this sort of work going on in the Atlanta area?
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by ccostes 10y ago
I've always wondered if there is a difference between the ETF version of the Vanguard funds and going directly to Vanguard. For the few I looked at it seemed like the ETFs had lower expense ratios and no minimum funding requirements.
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by ccostes 10y ago
Definitely interested in continuing the discussion. My email is in my profile, otherwise I'm not sure where you want to take it offline (just realized HN doesn't have private messaging).
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by ccostes 10y ago
Curious if you can share any more about your approach to fundamental investing. What stage/size companies do you focus on and how do you find an edge? I looked into fundamental investing for a while but came away with the impression th
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by ccostes 10y ago
He does say in the footnote that he was kidding and that this is simply called "economics", if that makes you feel better.
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by ccostes 10y ago
I'm currently sporting a Steel (the original) and went in for the new Time 2. Agree with comfydragon that the Time looks like the new version of the Steel line. Wish they kept the leather strap, though, but maybe they will have differe
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by ccostes 10y ago
As I scrolled through I thought the same thing. I can't put my finger on it, but something about the photos is very off-putting.
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by ccostes 11y ago
Hiring her to lead their diversity efforts doesn't count as endorsement of her views on diversity?
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by ccostes 11y ago
Ah, thanks for the correction. The controversy around unikernels makes a lot more sense now.
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by ccostes 11y ago
Reading through the article I feel like the author and I are describing different things when we use the term unikernel, which is surprising because we both have experience with the same unikernel: QNX. I'm not very familiar with the o
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by ccostes 11y ago
Is anybody else amazed that this was able to do a completely automated flight in 1972? Compared to our reliance on modern computing, it's astonishing what people were able to accomplish figuring everything out manually. Granted, it blo
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by ccostes 11y ago
Is such a 'probationary period' a common thing? Seems like it would be very inefficient since the majority of the hiring cost is up-front. As a candidate, I would be attracted to an offer from a company saying 'we like you, y
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by ccostes 11y ago
I don't think the author meant that you needed to be 100% proficient at the job on day one. As in his example the goal is to avoid answers like 'CEO of Google' At least, if I was asking the question, I would be encouraged tha