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by jameslk 5y ago
I'm very curious how this tasted and I wonder why there isn't anyone selling them anymore (based on a quick Google search). If it tasted half decent I'm curious if there could still be a market for something like this, given
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by jameslk 5y ago
Location matters a lot. Larger cities where there's more job opportunities will usually attract a lot of people from smaller cities with less opportunities. Since these people are generally new to the area they are less likely to have
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by jameslk 5y ago
Wasn't Internet Explorer free?
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by jameslk 5y ago
It seems you're insinuating this person is a shill for Epic. May I ask what point you're trying to make about OP's quote?
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by jameslk 5y ago
We must have Apple's monopoly so we can prevent Google's monopoly? And if we tear down Apple's monopoly somehow we won't be able to tear down Google's? Or am I missing something in this logic
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by jameslk 5y ago
"It's not what you know, it's who you know" Probably not a popular tip for many on HN who enjoy tinkering, but its truth has served me well in my entrepreneurial endeavors, where as my nerdiness less so. One cannot kno
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by jameslk 5y ago
It's debated whether current inflation is predominantly caused by supply-chain issues in the first place, so assuming that as the base case isn't stable ground. But let's not focus on the cause of our predicament for a moment
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by jameslk 5y ago
Inflation is not "transitory" anymore according to the Fed chairman [0]. It's now just inflation and will be permanently affecting prices (i.e. higher prices today and the future will be staying higher, unless an unlikely def
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Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford completes solo round-world record(bbc.com)
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Fed Vice Chair to step down early following scrutiny over trades during pandemic(cnbc.com)
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by jameslk 5y ago
They're taking a play out of Facebook's strategy book: copy every feature of your competitor as quickly as possible. In this case, it seems they're going after WhatsApp and they're copying WhatsApp's status feature.
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Messaging Tool for Early Stage Startups(black.design)
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> Mr. Schorer has traveled the world to learn about art, but he remains astonished that the greatest piece he helped discover was found, as he put it, “in my backyard.” > “Life is downhill from that moment forward,” he said. “I’ll
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by jameslk 5y ago
Why would you buy a Gucci bag when any other bag can hold your belongings too? You're going to pay 10x more for a bag because it's constructed a little bit better? No. There's a reason they plaster their logos all over those
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by jameslk 5y ago
Inflation is not "transitory" anymore according to the Fed chairman [0]. It's now just inflation and will be permanently affecting prices (i.e. higher prices today and the future will be staying higher, unless an unlikely def
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by jameslk 5y ago
I didn't understand either until a friend of mine who makes these explained this to me: NFTs are being used more for social status signaling and as passes to exclusive clubs/parties. For example some celebrities are buying them to
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by jameslk 5y ago
Not malice, just lazy ass covering. It's easier to throw up a cookie banner and not get fined rather than reading laws and changing business practices instead and potentially get fined . Also lawyers are expensive and many of them wil
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by jameslk 5y ago
> I also want to note that the goal of the organization behind this article is not transparency, but to sway public opinion against public spending in general. They might spin their findings into something you dislike, but consider that
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by jameslk 5y ago
> A group will never admit they were wrong. A group will never admit, “We made a mistake,” because a group that tries to change its mind falls apart. I’m hard pressed to find examples in history of large groups that said, “We thought A,
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell retires the word 'transitory' in describing inflation(finance.yahoo.com)
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It seems like you've been on HN long enough to know the guidelines so I won't parrot them. I think these type of "assuming worst intent" type of comments don't help the community honestly, they just piss people off
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by jameslk 5y ago
> you might get a better reception on Infowars Can you elaborate why you added this part to your comment?
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Michael Burry says Elon Musk is selling Tesla stock to profit from its surge(markets.businessinsider.com)
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Clever, but I think the real business model behind this has more to do with the economics of lotteries. That is, perhaps they could have pulled the same stunt without making 999 replicas but rather selling a ticket to win the Andy Warhol an
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Can the US tackle rising beef prices?(bbc.com)
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Brazil's Bolsonaro Signs Measure to Limit Removal of Content from Social Media(www1.folha.uol.com.br)
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I recently went down the rabbit hole of learning about stakeholder theory vs shareholder theory (aka the Friedman Doctrine). Shareholder primacy has been the norm for corporations for decades since the 70s and 80s after Milton Friedman publ
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by jameslk 5y ago
> - Congestion, aka "traffic". Road usage is currently sold for pretty much nothing. Which means highly desirable road usage is overused, turning 20 minute commutes to 2 hours. > Setting road prices so that road demand match
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Forget the suburbs, the 'exurbs' are the place to be(businessinsider.com)
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CDC study shows 74% of people infected in MA Covid outbreak were vaccinated(cnbc.com)
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