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by cpkpad 10y ago
Uber's reputation system and screening and similar play the same role (together with normal vehicle inspections). Uber vehicles in Boston are in much better shape than cabs.
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by cpkpad 10y ago
This is much more the case. The digital reputation system works better than all the taxi background checks. The routing works better. And it eliminates insane rules which effectively make taxis drive half the time without passengers (e.g. r
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by cpkpad 10y ago
... Only one of the cases he listed, the developmentally-challenged kid, would result in a lawsuit if he didn't accommodate. That's one where you throw money at the problem. You hire a custom operator to handle ADA-requests (and s
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by cpkpad 10y ago
It depends on the culture, but I prefer cultures where everyone, including management, gives input, and the creator picks-and-chooses. Management, even upper management, giving input shouldn't necessitate a change. Management has a big
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by cpkpad 10y ago
I would guess two issues: 1. In many cases, there is a ~30ms floor on operations if a server is non-local. That's true of virtually all services on AWS -- whether SQS, SNS, SES, RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), etc. 2. In many cases, rows
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by cpkpad 10y ago
They're all ideologies, and some work better than others. We just don't recognize ours as such from the inside. RMS's ideology seems to work better than the mainstream one.
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by cpkpad 10y ago
Or to paraphrase you: "I don't know how to read. Ouch. Big words hurt my brain. I know! It's too complex for me, so I'll mock it."
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by cpkpad 10y ago
This is a little bit different. The only reason proprietary software exists is the copyright clause in the Constitution, which grants the government a right to issue limited-time monopolies to creators of original works. Revoking a governme
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by cpkpad 10y ago
Kinda. They act more like a for-profit than like a non-profit.
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by cpkpad 11y ago
This isn't the public. This is military-funded research at Rutgers. The military generally doesn't have a reason to fund things it has (although DARPA might just not know about classified technologies developed by different branch
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by cpkpad 11y ago
Conformist lets you hit 6 figures easily. Going beyond, non-conformists have the advantage.
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by cpkpad 11y ago
As a serious non-conformist, those were actually the hardest lessons to learn. I changed the clothing I wear (which doesn't matter much to me), how I communicate, and stopped alienating people over things which don't matter. That
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by cpkpad 12y ago
Sue for misrepresentation. Will you win? I don't know. But it will likely be cheaper to give you service than to defend against the law suit.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
Why not 16k? Microsoft has never done too well with the forward looking bit. We were stuck at 1080p because software did not support more, and there was no demand for monitors and vice versa. Cell phones and Macs validated the market, and 5
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by cpkpad 12y ago
The core problem is that practicing law without a license is illegal. That actually is a pretty low standard to accidentally break unless you read and re-read your posts to make sure every statement is non-specific enough. I am perfectly qu
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by cpkpad 12y ago
How much did they surcharge?
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by cpkpad 12y ago
I hope their business model is to provide sane-cost concierge.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
Bad idea: Giving legal advice without a license. Worse idea: giving incorrect legal advice without a license. Jurisdiction is complex. With the Internet, you do not need to have a physical location somewhere to do business there.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
A toddler won't make 5% of the population sick when in an enclosed air system like a plane, some to the point of needing an adrenaline injection or they will die of anaphylactic shock, or a beta antagonist inhaler for an asthmatic atta
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by cpkpad 12y ago
As someone with both allergies and a child with life-threatening allergies, I have noticed this trend and find it disturbing. There are stores I cannot go to anymore because of this sh*t. That's about 5% of the population and rising.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
edX is not OpenCourseware. Very different courses. Same material taught, but OCW is just lecture captures of MIT classes. edX is full courses designed for a global audience.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
I hate dealing with tipping, so I almost always go with uber.
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by cpkpad 12y ago
From my seat in back, the difference is tipping. I hate tipping. Increase fares 15% if you want, but not dealing with tipping was one of the nice things about Uber.