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by electric_muse 5y ago
History tends to rhyme, and there’s a lot in common with what we’re feeling today and the period of ~150bc in Rome. - Wealth inequality growing - Land ownership consolidation - Populism Here’s more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com
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by electric_muse 5y ago
I've also recently heard of larger VC firms quietly (secretly) buying tech publications lately. There's a lot of value in the eyeballs -- perhaps also the narrative.
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by electric_muse 5y ago
I've spent some time with Digital Ocean team members, and they're dead-set on having the best technical content on the internet. It's been a core to their growth strategy so far: - Target long-tail searches -- queries where t
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by electric_muse 5y ago
While we don't see updates in this announcement, we may start seeing more because they're getting so much antitrust pressure [0]. Handicapping PWA support by not supporting push notifications works strongly against any arguments t
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by electric_muse 5y ago
A spreadsheet that syncs two-ways with other SaaS apps (like Jira). Been working on something in this space for about 6 years, and it's really just started taking off. https://www.visor.us
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by electric_muse 5y ago
I can only imagine how this came to be: some ultra important type took a meeting without muting notifications. And the builder decided to parody it. Honestly love this.
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by electric_muse 5y ago
I think OP means even slower than the slowest setting. To be actually useful it should be more believable.
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by electric_muse 5y ago
“You’ll own nothing and be happy” https://web.archive.org/web/20200919112906/https://twitter.c... Really taken to a new level
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by electric_muse 5y ago
Thanks for the compliment! Yes! You can copy & paste values in bulk and then sync back to Jira. So you could copy the "Blocked" status from one cell and drag it down to the others. In the interest of trust and transparency, t
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by electric_muse 5y ago
Definitely agree: come from a position of empathy for why the PM chose excel. Spreadsheets offer a lot to PMs that tools like GitHub, JIRA simply can't: - Bulk editing quickly - Very high information density for getting a "bird&#x
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by electric_muse 6y ago
> When changing the world or providing a service, languages/tools take the back seat. The founders of any startup don’t care what language you use to complete the goal. As a founder, I have found that the tech stack choice does matt
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by electric_muse 6y ago
The variants — and their uncertain effect on immunity (natural or vaccine-induced) mean that herd immunity is not that helpful of a concept to track. What matters are the data on infection rate.
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by electric_muse 7y ago
Busses and delivery trucks are the most noisy and polluting! That doesn’t seem like the panacea you suggest.
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by electric_muse 7y ago
But I’m not sure this is a widely held preference. Seems to be a vocal minority trying to impose their will on others.
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by electric_muse 7y ago
Walkable cities sounds great until you have luggage to carry or groceries to lug. It’s all about the collective good over that of the individual.
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by electric_muse 8y ago
Interesting point. We don’t even need to talk about basketballs. I find buses in New York to be a lot noisier than personal vehicles. Even if you take into account the multiplied factor of personal vehicles that would otherwise (possibly) b
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by electric_muse 8y ago
If this is a reasonable calculation, then I don’t think the costs are so insanely high.
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by electric_muse 8y ago
My compelling reason is that I live in Manhattan and frequently make trips to visit family that are not well served by public transportation. And when I'm there, I prefer using a vehicle to get around. I often return to New York with
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by electric_muse 8y ago
This article is a cousin to the other HN favorite, that building roads just creates more demand (which is suggested to make building roads seem futile). Both seem to miss the point that personal vehicular travel maximizes many individuals’
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by electric_muse 8y ago
In contrast to the other comments, I actually found this to be a good read, especially going into 2019. I’ve always wondered why I don’t care as much for vacations as others seem to. This was especially apparent in business school. I spent
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by electric_muse 8y ago
This is happening in New York right now. Massive investment in bike infrastructure. But congestion hasn’t improved at all. Combined with increased ride sharing, NYC roads are now 15% slower. We need solutions for average people, not high br
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by electric_muse 8y ago
Christmas dinner this year was revealing in this regard. As my mom went to whip up a box of Hungry Jack mashed potatoes, I checked the box and found BHT. I didn’t recognize it, so I looked it up and found the “reasonably can be expected to
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by electric_muse 8y ago
Another reason Walmart killed it was because they offered more convenience at a lower cost. That’s what people choose. It’s also why people choose vehicles over public transit: point-to-point convenience for comparable prices to stringing t
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by electric_muse 8y ago
I had a university professor in the transportation department (technically “Operations Research”) who used to joke that transportation policy was mainly receptive to emotional arguments about children. “We should increase investment in auto
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by electric_muse 8y ago
I would second this: each family is different. There are many ways to raise disciplined, motivated kids, and chores and allowances are certainly not necessary. I grew up with strong internal motivation because my parents helped me to see at