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by d1zzy 7y ago
> "Something" doesn't mean "anything". You can't offer your services in exchange for e.g. my body parts. Why are we willing to ban that but not our data? Because if you were to run a survey over the general
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> You just have to change the onboarding process to include a fee, and offer an incentive/rebate of the subscription price to match the cost to basically make it free. That way if they decide to change their mind and not give their
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Last Uber drive that I talked to that did this on the side was in the area for some construction job that required him to be on site some days of the week, others didn't. In those days when they didn't call on him he did Uber for
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I thought that's why most people drink coffee. I optimally sleep ~9 hours every day and start to feel tired if I sleep less for 3-4 consecutive days. I bike to work (and generally tend to go as hard as I can, so heart rate tends to spe
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Except that at least some of the uber drivers that I've seen most definitely do this as a side job (ie they have another primary job that has a lot of off days/variable schedule and as a side job they Uber to make some extra mone
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What about all the underlying infrastructure (hardware, software, services, libraries, etc) that both use? Google has a famously single large repository for almost all their products (except Android, Chrome and a few other things): https:&
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by d1zzy 7y ago
And making that universally available (geographically, economically and for all ages) as "free with ads" is and making it as anonymous as that (because while people complain a lot about Google's privacy invasion, last time I
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I don't think it qualifies since anyone can go and implement AMP. If AMP extensions are being made which aren't documented and they are implemented only by closed source code in Google clients and servers then you can argue that t
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by d1zzy 7y ago
So as a company better to just not provide a great free service or a service that is largely better than the competition because if it's too successful then you get blamed for not keeping it updated.
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> Nobody said that Google cannot make any changes to their products. Moving from a standard 'everyone' can use to a closed-off system could be argued as anti-competitive, hence its inclusion on the list. So you're saying t
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by d1zzy 7y ago
If we replaced large increasing lung cancer rates with acute respiratory issues for some people vaping fake products I say we're much better off.
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Companies buy other companies to eliminate competition all the time, it's normal, fair and expected. It's also not the only reason to make such a purchase, removing competition is just one variable out of many. I think the only ti
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Indeed and it was really fun to work with pointers for programs targeting 16 bit (real mode) MS DOS.
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It all depends on how much time and money you are willing to invest in it, usually trading time for money. This can range from setting up hardware and software for a server from scratch using old PC components that you're upgrading fro
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I do not work for Uber or Lyft. I remember those taxi experiences because those were the only 3 times I needed a taxi in the first few years in the Bay Area, so quite easy to remember. If I had needed to take many rides/often then like
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by d1zzy 7y ago
There are many serious issues around how Lyft/Uber (and many others) treat their "employees" and I'm happy if things are moving in a direction to help them out. However, as a customer, Lyft/Uber has been HUGELY bett
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by d1zzy 7y ago
It is shocking how familiar/similar the thoughts/feelings and fears of ancient people are to that of my own mind today. It was such an eye opener when going through Eliade's History of Religious Ideas.
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by d1zzy 7y ago
One thing I wonder about is if the large sprawl development can scale and is economically sustainable over long term. Looking at bay area cities finances most of them are in debt (and we're at the peak of a 10+ year economic boost in t
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I'm asking for evidence either way. Is there a reason to believe one side needs more evidence than the other?
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Or simply that maybe there wasn't such a big distinction between being very close to a same-sex friend without any sexual relationship and being close and experimenting/enjoying each other bodies whenever people partied/had s
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Years back I came up with answers for those questions that work for me where it doesn't require for religion or afterlife and still makes me want to wake up the next day, YMMV. Also, I'm not religious, don't believe in after
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I would say it's a combination of: - convenience: do not underestimate it, lots of supporting evidence that people want maximum convenience. Notice how a small UI change as "one click purchase" increased Amazon sales signific
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Duplicate? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20779004
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> Google's original post is super gross. It dismisses the idea that there could be alternate ways to fund content (i.e. micropayments). I get why they promote "free content" but it is not free at all when you are trading y
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> I think this can be quite difficult to do just because of the political views involved. For example, how should a gay man respect a colleague who honestly thinks that homosexuality should be punished with death. In such a case, I would
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by d1zzy 7y ago
No, what in my opinion they should do is: 1. use designated/official channels to report such issues (ex. talk to their manager or their HR representative or even bring it up at TGIF) 2. if #1 fails they have a choice: continue working
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> ie, the people who can't handle politics and think the worlds constantly on fire so they think they're justified in ignoring social grace and time/place taboos. That is likely correct but it doesn't change the fact
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I agree, rules that govern large organizations didn't grow out of "mean bosses doing mean stupid things" but out of need for such a large organization to work well together. But, while that is true, it doesn't necessaril
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And Plex is just getting better and better: - Netflix-like UI with integrated IMDB ratings, cast, description, cover, etc - support for many devices and TV players/dongles - unlimited concurrent stream count and full control over the s
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by d1zzy 7y ago
So how do you propose to handle this in a humane and practical way? (separating children from their parents because the parents failed their asylum application is not humane, just to be clear)

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