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by dm2 12y ago
Rather than WiFi built into the device, why not using something like ZigBee (what the Nest Protect uses to talk between devices) to connect to a small WiFi enabled plug that fits into an electrical outlet? Would this work? If the battery li
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by dm2 12y ago
Before 2012 (when they launched Mandrill) MailChimp used Amazon SES. http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f7b9ee22124ff6454424dc10... The Mandrill service is nice, I agree. Also, MailChimp has a very cool 404 page: http:&#x
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by dm2 12y ago
More importantly, where does you data go when business die? To anyone that is willing to pay for it?
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by dm2 12y ago
There's also products such as this: http://www.amazon.com/Schlage-FE599NX-CAM-619-ACC/dp/B0083GJ... This has the option for a single product from Amazon, or a "2 pack" for a $100 surcharge from some
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by dm2 12y ago
The POTUS is unquestionably the most powerful person on the planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_the_President_of_the_... The ability to engage in wars of almost any scale by itself is enough to command the r
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by dm2 12y ago
I had never explored Mandrill, thanks. SES is still the cheapest (especially when scaling up) and extremely fast from my experience with it. Here is a good article I found about SES and competitors such as Mandrill: http://www.ve
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by dm2 12y ago
It was $1 when I saw it, the link below says it's now $3. It's a credit for Amazon movies/music though, so it doesn't actually cost Amazon $3. http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-no-rush-delivery-2012-.
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by dm2 12y ago
"For the last point - why send out your autonomous vehicle and deal with employees at all? That's so 2024 (as you said). I want an autonomous Amazon Fresh truck, or maybe even an Amazon Prime drone to deliver to me. No employees n
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by dm2 12y ago
They already offer (or use to) a credit if you choose standard shipping while being a prime member. The Subscribe & Save does something similar.
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by dm2 12y ago
The Amazon Lockers seem to only benefit Amazon because the shipping is much cheaper for them. If they offered a discount or credit for using the lockers then it could potentially be a useful service. What is the benefit of using an Amazon L
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by dm2 12y ago
Supposedly the plan for the Amazon online store has always been to barely break even to establish their customer base, then to raise the prices of items to start making money. They started doing that last year when the price of their produc
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by dm2 12y ago
See this comment about the site-to-store please: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8028352 For driving it really depends on the city and the persons situation. Many people drive by a walmart on their commute, the ability
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by dm2 12y ago
Site-to-Store actually isn't available for most items. http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=ensu... http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=cent... If it is
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by dm2 12y ago
SES is really the only AWS service that has not been done by anyone else as far as I know. Some of the SES features (spam reporting for instance) requires cooperation between email service providers and Amazon, something that many other com
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by dm2 12y ago
I was not suggesting that Walmart compete in home delivery, I was thinking that they should ship things to their store (which as you mentioned they already have that system in place) where it would be boxed up and ready for pickup by custom
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by dm2 12y ago
I think Amazon should split it's company between AWS and the Amazon store. AWS is great and is a very important part of the internet these days, it would be a shame to have their quality decrease if the Amazon store ever starts losing
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by dm2 12y ago
Then again, it is an airplane, they survive that drop and probably more extreme forces regularly when landing. I wouldn't risk it though, nor would I want to be in it during any kind of storm.
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by dm2 12y ago
It looks like it could easily fall off of it's front supports, it wouldn't be too difficult to build a concrete brace to hold that section up. It looks like it's tethered to prevent it from falling and rolling down the hill.
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by dm2 12y ago
There's also this: http://rt.com/news/172284-nsa-stores-calls-audio/
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by dm2 12y ago
I would prefer being able to propose, modify, and vote on every federal, state, and local law via my computer. That would require a national id system, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, it's not like there are
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by dm2 12y ago
If you are programming something that doesn't want people to cross the street except at crosswalks (for safety and traffic efficiency reasons), then you would code in a wall along the roads with gaps for crosswalks. Reality has many mo
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by dm2 12y ago
Do you think this would be a good choice? http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Magnesium-Complex-Capsules... Thank you for the suggestion. I had never heard of the importance of magnesium and am definitely curious if it could
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by dm2 12y ago
Some new rifles allow you to "tag" targets and with sufficiently advanced software it should be able to tell the difference, unless the two targets overlap, then it's a maybe. Sniper rifles already exist that can tag and trac
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by dm2 12y ago
This rifle by TrackingPoint takes another approach but seems similarly effective, the main thing that it doesn't account for is wind changes. I think you basically hold down the trigger and it fires when it thinks it'll hit the ta
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by dm2 12y ago
"They are not allowed to spy on US persons without a warrant. Full stop." That's what you said that is no longer true. "The FISA Court (FISC) today released a heavily redacted version of its July ruling approving the ren
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by dm2 12y ago
While that use to be true, it isn't anymore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_summary_of_the_Patriot_... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130917/13395324556/court... https:&
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by dm2 12y ago
I personally think that removing the "burden" of voting on so many issues from congress and giving it directly to the people through online voting would be a potential solution. Verification of votes would be very possible. If it
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by dm2 12y ago
"Most users sponsor project to get early and discounted access to cool stuff" There is a reason why KickStarter forbids calling a reward a pre-order. I think a good solution would be to forbid the product being developed from bein
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by dm2 12y ago
That would make a lot of sense and avoid a lot of confusion. All projects that offer items that don't exist yet should only be allowed to have coupons for "1 free" or "half off" of the final product, if it's ev
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by dm2 12y ago
If a project creator takes the money and disappears then it's fraud, that's what that quote is referring to. From that same FAQ: "Kickstarter does not guarantee projects or investigate a creator's ability to complete the

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