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by clintonb 6y ago
If you lose your car keys, does that mean you can’t drive home? The phone and keycard are keys. If you lose them, you lose access to the car.
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by clintonb 6y ago
According to Wikipedia the building houses 12K employees. Also, not all 137K employees are in Cupertino.
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by clintonb 6y ago
I agree that mobile-only was a poor move. I want to consume content on my own terms, and that is usually on a screen larger than my phone. The fact that the videos are short is great. Most of the content I have watched throughout the pandem
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by clintonb 6y ago
I agree. I’ve seen a few models work in other industries. MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) and edX initiatives relied on partnerships with other universities and institutions. They all pay in to fund the development of the underlying platform. Op
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by clintonb 6y ago
Where are these places? How does the (pre-pandemic) quality of life compare to that of a metropolitan area? At one point I joked that I could buy an entire block of houses in Detroit. It doesn't matter if there is nothing for me to do
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by clintonb 6y ago
Non-profits, like any company, should hire the best people who can help the company achieve its goals, preferably at the least expense. Having employees subsidize the company (via reduced salaries) simply because the employees care about th
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by clintonb 6y ago
Are you referring to taxes and tips? While not always visible, they can be calculated. The last time I booked a rental car or hotel, I paid exactly what I was quoted at booking time.
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by clintonb 6y ago
Uber uses Stripe and PayPal to process payments. They don’t need to reimplement either, and doing so would be a bit of a waste. It’s worth pointing out that not all of the 2200 services may be user-facing. Some may be internal, such as admi
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by clintonb 6y ago
My dislike of frontend work mostly stems from the fact that, at least when I started, there were no generally accepted best practices. I started out with Backbone.js, and it wanted to be “unopinionated” in things like directory layout and t
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by clintonb 6y ago
What about the education market is suboptimal?
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by clintonb 6y ago
I mostly write for myself. The few times my posts have gained traction have been through hashtags on Twitter, or being retweeted by a relevant account. For example, Netlify retweeted my post about moving from WordPress to Jekyll. I have an
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by clintonb 6y ago
> Whether you can fly JFK-CDG in 8 hours or 4 hours, when you factor in how irritating airports are, parking, security line ups, waiting for baggage, etc, it still takes all day to make the trip. Security lines weren't a thing until
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by clintonb 6y ago
Cirque has/had multiple traveling shows. They spend anywhere from a few days to a few weeks in each city, depending on whether it’s an arena or a big tent show.
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by clintonb 6y ago
The podcast "50 Things That Made the Modern Economy" has an episode about this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0504qtn .
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by clintonb 6y ago
The Model 3 also dropped by $2K. The $1000 increase (in July) is for full self-drive. Autopilot is already included.
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by clintonb 6y ago
Avis/Budget have a similar program. I've always found Budget to be cheaper than competitors. I'm amazed every time I rent that more people aren't savvy to Fastbreak. It is very convenient!
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by clintonb 6y ago
I made a similar observation with Budget. Twice in the past year I picked up a car that had less than 100 miles on the odometer.
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by clintonb 6y ago
True. Also, given the number of customers they have, a few banner ads on their own site might work, too.
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by clintonb 6y ago
An advertising campaign to attract drivers is probably a lot cheaper than buying Lyft.
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by clintonb 7y ago
The issue is one of lack of demand, not supply. Automating farms (and increasing supply) would make the problem worse. If anything needs to be automated or improved, it’s distribution. Much of the food supply that normally goes to restauran
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by clintonb 7y ago
What you want sounds a bit like a peer exchange group. I’m a member of one, /dev/color, and it’s great! https://www.devcolor.org/
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by clintonb 7y ago
More productive than what or whom? What is your baseline?
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by clintonb 7y ago
I wouldn’t buy it because I get this support elsewhere. I can see this being useful to new grads. There might also be an opportunity to partner with universities or alumni programs rather than relying solely on B2C.
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by clintonb 7y ago
I've used Voltage for bank communication. Voltage messages are usually sent with prior notice (e.g., someone in regular email tells you they are going to use Voltage). Chase is a large organization with multiple domains, including both
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by clintonb 7y ago
This seems like a violation of roommate privacy.
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by clintonb 7y ago
I remember seeing that repo a few years ago when assessing using Elm for a project. I, also, went with Typescript and React based on that README and the issue full of folks pleading for the package to be restored.
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by clintonb 7y ago
Why are you prioritizing sleep? What data supports this prioritization? I’ve had companies offer wellness benefits for fitness classes, massages, etc. Sleep benefit sounds nice, but it seems a bit too encroaching into my literal personal sp
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by clintonb 7y ago
I have a CS degree from MIT. I built numerous systems at edX that are still in place today. At Stripe I’ve worked on software used by many of the folks here, and far more outside of this forum. I haven’t focused on data structures or algori
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by clintonb 7y ago
Just stay away from people. You can literally do that in your own home. The virus cannot travel very far in the air, so you won’t be infected unless someone in your home is infected. You can have food and other supplies delivered. If you’re
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by clintonb 7y ago
Tech firms have ESPPs. I first learned of them when I interned at Texas Instruments in 2005.

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