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by j2bax 9y ago
I'm a little confused by your post. You started with "Serious kudos to Sega." and ended it with "I can only imagine Sega has ruined this very noble idea with intrusive ads and a payment scheme for removing them." Sh
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Considering the parent company of this forum (a startup accelerator) and the high profile of Uber in the startup world, I think it's appropriate to watch very closely how this unfolds. It should serve as a cautionary tale for many a fu
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They've got plenty of great content. A good roster of original shows, lots of classic and new movies and on and on. The fact that you can rent/buy new releases before they are typically on Netflix or Hulu, is a major bonus of the
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Seems like a fairly valid business strategy though. Step 1: Provide a solution to a problem that isn't being addressed by an existing service with a large audience. Step 2: Try to convert users of the host service to your own users by
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I appreciate your honest opinion and I am only providing my own honest response. This thread is about AMZN, you talked about how some workers are treated at AMZN so that's what we are talking about. I actually happen to love AMZN as a
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Any job that would cause a good percentage of people to 'burn out and quit within a couple days', would fall into the category of inhumane for me.
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> I know that there are some stories about bad experiences in the fulfillment centers, but keep in mind that those positions are temporary seasonal work by unskilled labor. This might be one of the more tone deaf things I've read on
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A pastry chef is to WF what an AWS engineer is to Amazon.
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Amazon is a tech and logistics company. I doubt very much that their strategy is "buy random company, lower pay of employees, profit". This was a very strategic move for them and I am sure they intend to use their tech and distrib
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According to our president, they are just taking advantage of loopholes in the system... Anything else would be practically irresponsible?!
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One big take away is how much these guys just kept at it despite fiscal failure for months/years on end. This business isn't for the meek at heart. It's so easy to get so discouraged, when your livelihood depends on it.
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Honestly, none that keep me coming back like HN. There are definitely some decent communities within reddit if you are willing to wade through all the garbage that Reddit throws at you by default. I'm sure you are probably aware but pr
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Producer at a game development company. I love tech. I love business. I come across a lot of content I care about despite my lack of programming ability/knowledge. I love HN for its general disdain for trolling & fluff. People are
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Got it! Thanks for the explanation and not assuming I'm a programmer, because I'm not!
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I don't really see that as lazy. I see that as considerate/beneficial to the user. I much prefer to be asked in context what/how the app is going to use the microphone for rather than on initial install, when I might be like
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How large of a device marketshare could a developer count on at this point from Tango to justify investing heavily in that platform? One thing is for sure, developers can count on a significant share of paying customers if they go with ARKi
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I found the simple placement of the lamp and cup on the table to be more impressive and have greater real world use cases.
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Having designed an AR experience for children and doing quite a bit of research into this problem a few years ago... You incorporate thumb controls on the sides of the device where you would naturally hold it. You use physical movement of t
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According to this article, it took 1-4th place for most popular phone in 2016. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/22/the-four-most-popu...
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In my studio with 12 or so creatives, none have shown any interest in trading out their Cintiqs for an iPad Pro + Pencil + Duet (or some other screen sharing app), despite having a few around the office and many of them having played around
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I believe the phrase is often used to define companies that sell users information to advertisers to generate the majority of their profit. How does Apple engage in this practice?
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Apple is nothing like pre-Jobs Apple today. Today, they have the money and manpower to have many focuses and do very well at them. The power of Apple is in their ecosystem, and the wider reaching that ecosystem becomes, the larger and more
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Are stocks and houses aspiring to someday replace fiat currency?
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As a step before firing for a junior employee that shows any sign of promise, a 3-6 month performance improvement plan with regular check-ins and measurable progress points could make a world of difference. I currently have multiple juniors
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The death of Flash was definitely bitter sweet for me. Working at an agency that mostly made Flash games/experiences from 2004-2011, there were a few years there after the final nail was put in Flash's coffin where we had to compl
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>And teachers? I have respect for them, but I don't consider what they do necessarily difficult, especially in lower grades. There's a difference between a "teacher" and a great teacher. Even in the lower levels I th
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All I'm saying is I think you are making it a little more personal/deep than it might be. The seating arrangement in many/most instances may in fact just be a logistics issue of fitting a large number of people into a economi
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Kids can always watch documentaries like Planet Earth.
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>Do I think we're fully at equality of opportunity yet? No. I think this would be the issue most people have with the increasing income gap. As long as billionaires can pay a lower tax percentage than the lower/middle-class, I
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Self driving vehicles will make this a lot more accessible since the car can essentially operate like Uber without a driver. Hail a car via App (or schedule) the car picks you up and drops you off where you need to go, and then its on its w

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