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by hownottowrite 4y ago
These people need to get out more often.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
It may be possible but it is not probable.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Looks like Tocify to me http://gregfranko.com/jquery.tocify.js/
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Then I guess we'll just have to get used to buying everything from Amazon.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
The last part of your reply is an interesting point. As one of those little guys who enjoys getting a kick at the can, I see self-feeding spiral of the present ad marketplace with disdain. Two years ago it was different and a lot of small c
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Dan’s not getting away with anything.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Yup. The advertising apocalypse has been a complete horror show for many small businesses. But super excited people have their privacy so that only the bigoted of the big can afford to show them ads.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
What about small mom and pop businesses that leverage targeted ads to compete against mega-corporations?
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
What year did I wake up in? Is this 2005?
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Indeed, which is why I put the archive link underneath.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
The NYT covered it yesterday https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/science/jaws-fish-fossils... https://archive.ph/FlH5B
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Don’t equate precedent with morals.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
I see a couple other folks jumped in. It’s basically a way to estimate duties and taxes up front so the EU customer knows the full price before they order. The reality it that most EU customers already know the price before they order (or h
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
DDP is probably the only good solution here for most EU customers, but frankly the hassle and expense of doing business in the EU is what keeps most US e-commerce companies from entering the market.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
More reasons for a 90% top marginal tax rate
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
I do abstract paintings for fun. To be honest, they’re not that good but they are fun. Anyway, what I’ve notice though is that people tend to respond strongest to the brightest colors often with an exuberance that feels a bit like they are
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Fwiw, they’re not buying Roomba for the tech. They’re buying it for the brand and the customer base.
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Leaked memo reveals Amazon’s plans to combat the Teamsters in California(vox.com)
235 points by hownottowrite 4y ago|181 comments
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
His antics are only going to hurt their sales more as new (and frankly better) options hit the market.
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Saudi Arabia reveals 170-km-long mirrored skyscraper to house 9M people(dezeen.com)
36 points by hownottowrite 4y ago|59 comments
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
I don’t see “failing to fire bad engineers” on this list, which is a huge problem but easily fixable. A good engineer can put up with a lot of BS, but working with B and C level talent is a fast path to burnout.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Yes indeed. The sexy world of academia. Fast cars and easy money.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
So what you’re saying is that you are offering a blogging service that happens to have an open source platform behind it that one could self-host if desired.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
What style?
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
The privacy-first platform that cannot be self-hosted. So many contradictions.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
I find it ironic that an inanimate corporate entity like Google, which enjoys many rights of personhood, is making decisions about whether an AI is sentient.
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Which version actually worked?
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Ask HN: When was the last time you shipped a great product while working remote?
1 points by hownottowrite 4y ago|0 comments
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DuckDuckGo and Microsoft(twitter.com)
6 points by hownottowrite 4y ago|0 comments
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by hownottowrite 4y ago
Watch the Taco Chronicles on Netflix then reconsider your life choices.

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