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by fblp 6y ago
Some videos of boats celebrating by honking their horns here. You can't really see the boat moving, but I hope someone's filmed a timelapse! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/suez-
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by fblp 6y ago
You can donate to the trust for the Legal Defense of Steven Donziger here: https://www.donzigerdefense.com/
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by fblp 6y ago
This is interesting. I can't think of a comparison for foreign currency where the seller would reserve the right to refund you with an alternate currency (such as USD), rather than the currency you paid in. However, often brands like A
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by fblp 6y ago
Hey glad to see some more established airtable competition, however one thing you've copied from airtable which you should differentiate on is pricing of storing data. Like airtable, your most expensive self-service (non-enteprise) pla
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by fblp 6y ago
Some background on their crowd funding is here. Looks lkke they raised 20k last year. Scrappy! https://ioby.org/project/help-nyc-drivers-launch-platform-co...
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by fblp 6y ago
I would probably pay 20% more and wait twice as long to contribute to a worker owned coop with each ride. Come to sf asap!
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by fblp 6y ago
This is a elegant writeup that explains how instacart works with detail that I feel like I've never seen from other companies that face similar challenges (uber, doordash). Thank you to the authors!
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by fblp 6y ago
Meditation practice
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by fblp 6y ago
I'm wondering if you've considered an additional option - "donation subscriptions". For people who are deriving a lot of value from a fork, and want to support you!
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by fblp 6y ago
Hey thanks for this response - i didn't read the that as an explicitly example of how you'd handled it. More the blog acknowledged that it might not scale to this. Good luck!
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by fblp 6y ago
The headline is misleading as it suggests causation rather than correlation. The article actually states this: >>""reverse causation” might also play a role here. A longer time being single, for example, may lead to worsenin
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by fblp 6y ago
> "Honda claims Sensing Elite was tested in 10 million unique simulated scenarios and 800,000 miles of real-world testing before it decided the tech was ready ready for primetime" This is not much compared to Tesla's 3 bil
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by fblp 6y ago
This company looks to be pre-revenue and raised a $20mil seed in late 2019. Although I like the ideal of everyone being valued the same - this may be easier to do when the company has plenty of VC cash and just needs to make cool stuff. Ove
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by fblp 6y ago
Understood on voice messages substituting written communication - but what about when they substitute synchronous meetings and calls? Sometimes async voice can be better where you can communicate a couple pages of thoughts in a few minute,
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by fblp 6y ago
Well said my fellow Australian. Hierarchies can push people into all kinda of tribal behavior depending on the org. Checkout the book https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ for some alternate frameworks!
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by fblp 6y ago
Get the panel separately and work with a local woodshop on the frame so that you can test lots of prototypes. Then send your frame design back to wherever the whole thing is getting assembled (assume, china). Also, how much does an e-ink pa
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by fblp 6y ago
Yes I'm wondering how they're going to deal with vandalism in a city like sf.
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by fblp 6y ago
Hi there, if you're a small business impacted by this please comment how below, i can raise the issue with congressional representatives via the national small business association. I've seen a couple posts about this already. Fro
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by fblp 6y ago
Is this actually an ecommerce site? I can't see a way to buy.
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by fblp 6y ago
I haven't worked in tech/IT for 5 years and i keep coming back to Hacker News for the content and insightful comments. I'm curious what proportion of the community currently works in tech?
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Poll: Do you currently work in tech?
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by fblp 6y ago
Yes
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by fblp 6y ago
No
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by fblp 6y ago
Suggested improvement: To be eligible for government electric car subsidies the car maker should meet certain standards for their chargers and charging stations that enable interoperability and a more competitive market.
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by fblp 6y ago
I'm curious if anyone else is wanting a split keyboard tray to go with these split keyboards? I'm currently making one - 2 individual trays that can be moved in and out and tucked under the desk.
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by fblp 6y ago
Can you gleen anything from how Facebook messenger does screen sharing on Android and iOS?
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by fblp 6y ago
The author uses the word "united" liberally, implying there was some kind of collusion between Amazon, Apple and Google. I would imagine it was quite the opposite, they each would have independently banned/limited Parler rega
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by fblp 6y ago
Very informative article, thank you ^ "The water is about 15 to 16 meters deep at the crash site“ Although this is tragic, the relatively shallow water will make this a faster cleanup and investigation compared to other recent crashes.
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by fblp 6y ago
I agree with this law in principle but i hate that it is getting implemented at a state level with specific industry language. Broad federal consumer protection laws could be expanded. For example, misrepresenting an affiliation with a busi
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by fblp 6y ago
i think parachutes for drones is a great idea and i hope advocates for that to the FAA.

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