jamesteow

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by jamesteow 15y ago
Absolutely. I'm not one of those who feels that Airbnb has to compensate her for everything or even anything. BUT, I do think Airbnb needed to do more to inform potential users about the risks involved. No, I'm not talking about a microsite
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by jamesteow 15y ago
There's a couple key issues with it: current comment voting techniques don't do a good job of differentiating validity from user sentiment (how many times have you had someone need to rebuke the community for using the arrows to denote disa
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by jamesteow 15y ago
I agree with the overall sentiment of your statement. I think people have blown this situation far out of proportion. People touting their model is broken or that the company is going to fail over this one inciden... Same with Dropbox. It d
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Sure thing, I'm going to write you an e-mail to give you an idea of what's existing and what we're building in the next month or so as well as an invite.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
"At this point in time, I wonder if it's in pg's best interest to cut loss, and sever the relationship with airbnb altogether. Sell yc's stake in airbnb, and avoid talking about them ever again." Give them a chance to rectify this ONE publi
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Even so, more input fields means more visual complexity. I suddenly feel like I'm at the DMV.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Checkout forrus.org. I'll send you an invite when you do. You can register with your HN name if that helps.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
If someone asks me a question, I give them an answer based on my understanding, and it turns out not to be so, I am not lying. At the time, I thought it was to be so. By going along a strict definition of a lie being "an inaccurate or false
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Non-unified text fields do turn me off. There are some cases where it's absolutely reasonable. But the login to one of my accounts is four input boxes which could be consolidated into two. Drives me nuts and makes me reluctant on going back
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by jamesteow 15y ago
1. Good point. 2. Probably should have an autocomplete feature. 3. Sometimes I see forms specifically mention what format they want.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Going forward, I think that Airbnb has to do a much better job at communicating this. Potentially a message as part of the flow just to reiterate this point.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
How so? I don't think Airbnb is liable for any damages to her property.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Working on a startup is nothing like working client side at a place like the NYT. With the former, one can be agile and code up some easy edits in a few days, and push it out without weeks of deliberation. It's easy to pick out the navigati
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by jamesteow 15y ago
He's actually a pretty stellar designer.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Lots of these team sports require development leagues. And then decades of improvement.
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Twitter ads will now show up in the timeline(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by jamesteow 15y ago
I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a layout/framework... but at the very least, change the colors, button styling... make it yours instead of copying every single detail.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
"Given the context of your statement, this sounds awfully like a criticism. I remember quite a heart warming show of solidarity in the US after 9/11 and indeed an amazing show of solidarity with the US by the whole world after 9/11." Sideno
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by jamesteow 15y ago
For me, it's less about the numbers and more about who did it and the complexity. The coordination involved in hijacking multiple planes. The symbolic effect of destroying and damaging icons. The foreign organization and leader who has a hi
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Surprised by the lack of rdio responses. Most of my twenty-something friends in SF and NY prefer rdio over spotify.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Smart way to get it picked up. Use an app and get paid what some people earn in a year? Amazing strategy.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
I disagree with the foreign policy and ridiculous TSA procedures post 9/11. That said, the more appropriate comparison is OKC bombing, since both incidents involved domestic terrorism.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Honestly, with the recent NPR story and discussions as of late, I thought this was going to be about patents.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Exactly. People (including myself who used the service) felt that it was more legit than Craigslist when in fact, they have the same financial protection.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
I feel the same way. That said, unlike Craigslist (and other forums), they do take a percentage of the cut.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
Perhaps, but I think there is a level of determination that makes people endure the hardships that come with living in very expensive cities. Often that is to grow their career.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
If you are a designer or developer and moved to the Bay Area or New York City, chances are, you are a very driven person.
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by jamesteow 15y ago
As a person who worked at a company that has expanded to a couple other cities, the problem is bringing the culture of the company to the satellite office and ensuring that such an office has enough of talent pool to make that investment. H
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by jamesteow 15y ago
"Over the past few years, Apple's been slyly but deliberately severing ties with a piece of hardware that most rational humans still view as essential on a full-scale computer." I can count the number of times on one hand I've needed an opt
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by jamesteow 15y ago
I'm using the latest Chrome. No image preview is showing up.

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