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by gffrd 6y ago
A friend saw 9 move-outs in his building last month, up from a norm of 1. All were AirBNBs.
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by gffrd 6y ago
This is what I want to know. Ridesharing fares are obviously underpriced … and if they were raised 30% to make them sustainable, it becomes "not worth it" for a good chunk of people who use ridesharing as a supplement to car, bus
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by gffrd 6y ago
"Pioneered" might be a bit generous …
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by gffrd 6y ago
I think that reveals the motive: they don't want the line to be fast. Isn't the purpose of the screens less about catching bad actors and more about cultivating a culture of fear/suspicion, and hopefully getting a few effecti
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by gffrd 7y ago
> So the question to ask soon is how will you prepare for the post-recession recovery? This bears repeating.* If you're asking "how are you preparing for a recession," (1) it's too late, and (2) you don't—either
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by gffrd 7y ago
… which reveals a lot of implied preferences that have been made. For in-city drives, what I'm looking for will depend what mood I'm in: Do I want to zone out and listen to a podcast? Blare music, scoot around, have fun? Take the
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by gffrd 7y ago
Hmm! Maybe routing apps should have an initial onboarding (or route-specific questions) similar to 401(k) / investing apps: "what is your tolerance for risk?" and "how well do you know this area?" and "do you l
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by gffrd 7y ago
By jove, I think it's trying to kill us.* I was driving the other day and pondered whether measuring pulse/blood pressure/other factors that indicate stress while traveling a recommended route (or even passively, correlating
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by gffrd 7y ago
100% on this. Every time I use Waze, I end up pulling my hair out from all the stress-inducing second-shaving measures. Left turns zig-zagging across the city? What could be bad about that?? The idea of low cognitive-load routing is great.
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by gffrd 7y ago
… additionally, you have the burden of proving to the user that you’re worthy of trust before asking for something like this. Otherwise, this could come across as malicious. I mean, my first thought when I read the headline was "Direct
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by gffrd 7y ago
> the University of North Carolina uses location-tracking technology to see whether its football players and other athletes are in class. Oh my.
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by gffrd 9y ago
I'm assuming "End Of Day." As in, after a full day, my brain is fatigued from overly-complex discussions and just needs the most direct, un-fussy information possible. That sound right, mk3w9?
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by gffrd 9y ago
Thanks for the answer. Strong point on the directness of the french press: fewer points of failure, and more uniform process. French press was the first technique I used, long before I gave my coffee technique proper attention, so you'
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by gffrd 9y ago
I'd love to hear the rationale behind what makes french press superior for properly extracted coffee. I've always thought of each method as driven by preference and context, but if there's an argument to be made for “technica
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by gffrd 9y ago
Could it be interpreted two ways?* If the purpose of design is to solve a truly valuable problem or introduce pleasure to a process, and if these possibilities—if we're honest with ourselves—do not exist to be solved, one cannot innova
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by gffrd 9y ago
Interesting. How and when does it handle informing you that it’s disabled lane-departure due to your antics? Does it do this mid-drive?
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by gffrd 10y ago
… could also that they’ve just never had one on their home page, too. ( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Google1998.pn... ) I do like to think it's more philosophical: Google is search
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by gffrd 10y ago
We see this in plastic extrusion: ambient temperature and humidity play a measurable role in the product that comes off the line, and the process that gets it there. Shift in humidity = adjustment in drying of raw material & tweak to dr
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by gffrd 10y ago
Spectacular. The quality of the water, sand, and their interplay is a little mind-bending. Storytelling drives technology drives storytelling. I'm reminded, once again, why Pixar is in a league of its own.
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by gffrd 10y ago
Truth on LA. They drive hard, but there's a very clear & consistent code/system everyone abides by, drivers are attentive and bewilderingly polite: signal, and—more often than not—someone immediately makes room for you. Makes
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by gffrd 10y ago
apologies for the long delay in reply … I'm not deeply-read on the topic, but here are a few others I've liked … · Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business by Chet Richards. This one in particular analyzes
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by gffrd 10y ago
Grunt by Mary Roach. About the science, R&D behind "mundane" war things—chafing, noise, etc. so far, so good … I have a fascination with military tactics, specifically when it comes to morale & psyche, so curious to see wh
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by gffrd 10y ago
Because Kickstarter! The uneducated financier model works well for everyone involved there, right? Right guys??
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by gffrd 11y ago
You, me, and everyone else. That's Microsoft's issue with Skype: they fail to realize that the marketplace determines what a product is.* If you took a well-known, purpose-built apartment building and converted it in to offices, y
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by gffrd 11y ago
> against Slack developing an in-house document collaboration service, Office 365/Google Docs style One can only dream …
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by gffrd 11y ago
Exactly. We're used to dealing with either humans, who are intuitive and highly adaptive, and technology, which we manipulate and have total control over (so long as the system displays its status, we can find our way). We're not
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by gffrd 11y ago
… unless you're colorblind.
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by gffrd 12y ago
Regarding number of ports, consider this: Apple already has a fairly well-tested theory undergirding this in the Apple Display + Macbook combination. The Apple Display pushes power to the notebook via magsafe and interfaces its host of port
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by gffrd 12y ago
Designer here. Would be a blast to work on. I've designed resumés for friends which HR managers have told me won their attention and priority simply by looking a level of craft and professionalism above the rest. The difference between