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by everythingswan 7y ago
Probably received free replacements. I had 3 break down on me and only once did I have to pay shipping, coincidentally that was the last time I asked for a replacement. perhaps I am bitter. Their support was great but when it doesn't p
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I have only rented a car a few times recently, for skiing and hiking far from home, but I like the idea of a smoother experience and I love anything that creates less waste :) https://www.drivecarve.com/search?startDate=2019
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I appreciate it because I've read his other book. If I had not, or maybe if I didn't enjoy it as much as I did, I wouldn't get much from this either. It's purely a promotional component for his upcoming book so it's
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by everythingswan 7y ago
There's shared responsibility with any product/consumer relationship so I think the point is that YouTube is not owning up to theirs. IMO, pretty fair argument to make when you think about people who are not in tech. We hold cigar
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Everyone pursues different strategies to achieve different things. I'd praise you for choosing a deliberate strategy if I was your friend. I feel like more people should be deli
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by everythingswan 7y ago
Really helpful addition to the link, thanks for sharing! Even though I was aware of radar charts, I hadn't linked them for personal use yet and I've been thinking about how I can look a few different measures in my personal life.
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I think the value of a brand is under-estimated by HN in general. Brands make people do irrational things and brands do form moats. So while the hardware might be owned by someone else, is it hard to imagine that Uber might be the first as
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by everythingswan 7y ago
Yea, classic case of low vs. high margin businesses. Travel is a great example. You would think sites like Expedia would make a healthy margin on airline tickets. Due to the way it's set up (booking systems, airlines, competition) the
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by everythingswan 7y ago
Fiction is quite illustrative as well. I don't know how to, or if we need to, draw the line between entertainment and education but I think that it's unfair to say that you cannot be entertained and educated at the same time. I do
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by everythingswan 7y ago
You have a point but I think the fact that grocery stores sell private label goods is the counter-point. Grocery stores re-package goods like rice, beans, paper towels, etc. to compete with their vendors all the time. We call them supermark
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I believe there will be plenty more stories like this coming out and landing well. Some of the testing I've managed hasn't helped end-to-end conversion rate _at all_ and did nothing short-term results even when it looked great at
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I haven't read all the comments in this thread but I do agree with the idea that this _could_ erode trust even more, ultimately being one of the 1,000 cuts that causes their death. I don't see a big problem with it in general or i
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I see a straw man here. It seems like you can argue against the theory or argue against the actual implementation. The latter was chosen...but with made-up parameters that make it easy to defeat. Examples "...a UBI of just $1,000 per m
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by everythingswan 7y ago
What are the constraints based on where you live? I knew someone who grew up heavily on beef since she was from a small, rural country. Is it a similar reason? I'm interested in food insecurity and related things, which is why I ask.
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I'd echo the parent comment. I hope you can get some paying users to sign up. The first place I would spend money is on a top-notch copywriter. I really like some of the copy but it feels disjointed as a whole. When you say that it&#x2
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by everythingswan 7y ago
Fong-Jones, Whittaker, and Stapleton did resign as per this story.
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I think the challenge is that the tech is moving so fast that there is no line where the judicial system has said: "Hey Uber, that's over the line." Credit Card and loan rates are two examples where some people would be so de
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by everythingswan 7y ago
They do this in a lot of places, partially to conserve the area and prevent what you described and also as an added safety measure. Over-nighting in the Grand Canyon is a great example. I think it's a good idea in most places where the
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I think calling people in to the conversation instead of calling people out is more effective over time--but I totally get what you mean. It's really hard to sit and watch people ruin things you love. Most of _the outdoors_ are designe
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by everythingswan 7y ago
It's actually very hard and expensive to do end-to-end reporting, so it's not as simple as you either prove profitability or not. Think of how many SMB's there are out there that have to choose between hiring a new service pr
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by everythingswan 7y ago
In the article, the author describes the people she works with in this exact context. Parent you're replying to is lumping those further up the comment chain with the people described in the article. She says they often talk about how
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I appreciate the analysis. I love thinking about these economics so I deeply appreciate the thought process! My question would be, and I hope to be able to dig in later, is the international ad platform rolled out completely? Ad products te
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by everythingswan 7y ago
You could make it binary and label everything as improving profit or investing in the growth of the company but I think we should define "growth" in this case as the relatively short-term investment made to grow. That's immed
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by everythingswan 7y ago
I think this drives the point of the OP: some of us obsess over the optimal solution and it dries up our happiness.
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by everythingswan 8y ago
You can already file for free if you make under $66k: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-f... Edit: I don't think I addressed your question, sorry!I agree that a simple tool could be a grea
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by everythingswan 8y ago
I definitely overthink purchases but it's also interesting to consider. I think you make a great point that the dash buttons are a terrible fit for many things. Food feels like a challenge since I have ever-changing dietary needs and d
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by everythingswan 8y ago
It's an interesting question. I think where it goes awry is that your choices directly impact the ability of others to enjoy it. So your voluntary choices (assuming they're detrimental) could mean billions of people don't eve
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by everythingswan 8y ago
I've come to love books intensely. Not only because I enjoy learning--before I read books, I found blogs to be great educators. I love books because they create time and space to be alone with a thought. It gives me time to consider th
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by everythingswan 8y ago
A Jewish friend of mine once told me to pay attention to instances where they were classified as white or not and, dang, was she right. She called it being _selectively_ white. I think this is a good example of that.
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by everythingswan 8y ago
What if their knowledge of the market and negotiating helped you get an extra $60k in value on the sale of your home vs. selling it yourself?

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