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by davidcbc 9y ago
The CSS for ESPN wouldn't load properly for me which accurately replicates the experience of using ESPN's site 10 years ago
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I don't see how you can possibly claim that society doesn't discourage women from pursuing "manly" careers. By the same token men are discouraged from pursuing "feminine" careers. If a man says they are going t
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by davidcbc 9y ago
You've never chosen to use a set over a list because it is quicker to see if a value exists in a set? You've never had to choose between an array and a list?
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I think the claim that the "vast majority" are against ads because of privacy is questionable at best. HN is not a good representation of the concerns of the "vast majority". I don't have any data either but my gues
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I'm referring to the cards in circulation number. The original claim was about a percentage of consumers, not a percentage of transactions so to me that is the more relevant number. Either way, 100% - 23% = 77% which is > than 70% s
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by davidcbc 9y ago
American Express has a pretty small market share (7.5%) https://wallethub.com/edu/market-share-by-credit-card-networ...
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Not really, there isn't enough information in the graphs to make that kind of claim. You can say that 45.9% of startups that raise $10m have 1 founder, but unless you know percentage of startups that have 1 founder you don't know
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I would say this counts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/birkenstock-...
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by davidcbc 9y ago
This works great if you measure value in terms of dollars spent per hour, but most people don't. I don't pay the mechanic to fix my car because it is cheaper than doing it myself, I pay the mechanic to do it because I don't
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by davidcbc 9y ago
What's the alternative for those neighborhoods? They weren't exactly in great shape before the tech companies came to Pittsburgh.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
The average user is going to care more about whether or not websites work than about privacy, freedom, and avoiding the monoculture of a single web engine.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Comcast is already despised by its customers. There is already demand for better service but most people don't have any other option. It is naive to think that the loss of net neutrality will be the straw that breaks the camel's b
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by davidcbc 9y ago
No, an example of a mental sick day would be someone who has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder having a severe anxiety attack that prevents them from doing their job so they take the day off to try to recover. Mental illness is a real
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Craps really is the best game. It is nice to play a game where everyone is on the same team (generally). There is a nice camaraderie that goes along with playing craps. Another key to go along with this is don't go to the casino to win
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by davidcbc 9y ago
You're missing the point. The comparison isn't everyone taking a single car vs using Uber pool, the comparison is people using Uber (pool or not) vs using public transit. Uber pool might lower the amount of greenhouse gases compar
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Don't forget your Roth IRA (if your AGI is <= $118,000). In that scenario I would recommend this priority: 1) Put enough into your 401k to get your full company match. If you don't you're throwing away free money 2) Max ou
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Seems like a really bad solution for people who are poor
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by davidcbc 9y ago
It just signifies that someone has worked with enough pedantic developers that they had to form an opinion on something as insignificant as this, or that this person is pedantic enough to have a strong opinion on it. I wouldn't conside
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I interpreted it as the dinner they provide for people working late.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I'm not understanding what you are saying. Are you saying working until after 8:15 is perfect for you so that you'll never see your family? Or that you'll go back to work to eat after your kids go to bed? Both sound bad
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I work at Google (with the standard disclaimer that my opinions are my own), with a history in the financial and defense industries. Nothing particularly related to Facebook, but I'm sympathetic to the concerns around Facebook. I just
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by davidcbc 9y ago
You could provide a one stop shop for sharing information with the people you care about that is easy enough to use that even people who are afraid of technology can handle it... also everyone they know needs to already be on it... but then
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I'm not an advocate for anything that results in even more people bugging me to do "computer stuff" for them
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Given the number of bad financial decisions people make because they don't really understand those things I'm not sure that those comparisons are helping your case, but even so, for a lot of people it IS more complicated than thos
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Registering a domain name may as well be magic to a large portion of the population.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Is there any reason to think this will actually gain traction with a significant portion of the population? This seems like the kind of thing HN gushes over but the general population couldn't care less about.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Why would my mother do that instead of just using Facebook which is already there and already had all of her friends and family on it?
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by davidcbc 9y ago
I don't think the "average consumer" sticks with Apple because of their privacy stances though. They stick with Apple because of the well polished "cool" devices. If Apple can't keep up with the cool features o
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by davidcbc 9y ago
"People use it" is a pretty important feature for a social network though. Whatever replaces Facebook will have to be "cool" enough to get people to actually want to use it. "Facebook but with better privacy" j
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by davidcbc 9y ago
Facebook has never been the only game in town. It has just been and continues to be the best game in town.

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