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by jarek 12y ago
Modern electronics don't really need that much, and/or the dynamos have improved. I had a bike with 90s-style dynamo and it was indeed a slight pain. Today I ride Bixi/Alta bikeshare bicycles - they have something to power th
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by jarek 12y ago
> Is there a Big Data / NLP / Machine Learning scene in Vancouver? Not a big one; I could think of one or two companies but it's nowhere near e.g. NYC. But that's just specialization, just like there aren't many
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by jarek 12y ago
No statistics, sorry. If you want to look yourself try the usual suspects, India, Iran, ex-Soviet states...
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by jarek 12y ago
> but maybe weren't wealthy enough to get an advanced degree. Of course, in many countries the ability to get an advanced degree is not very dependent on being wealthy
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by jarek 12y ago
In England cans of cider are 500 mL. Honestly I don't really think a pint is a unit (except for old people buying milk?), it's a descriptor like "a glass" or "a pitcher" that just happens to have a legally re
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by jarek 12y ago
ajuc's examples are for Poland
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by jarek 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-2-5_series#1-2-5_series and start at 10c or 20c. Actually, arguments advanced to support the American penny are interestingly similar to those advanced to support the American customary m
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by jarek 12y ago
Eventually you'll be able to get a shared "bus" in five minutes to take you to most common destinations and at night you will be able to get a less-shared "taxi" that will cost more since there aren't people to
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by jarek 12y ago
> The obvious next step for this sort of service is to use self-driving cars, reducing the cost even further as there are no drivers to pay. Maybe eventually you can put some sort of a fixed guideway along most common travel start/e
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by jarek 12y ago
> I'm just doing my part of spreading awareness about his unforgivable hypocrisy. He did his part to spread awareness about U.S. government's unforgivable hypocrisy so I suppose that just about cancels out in terms of impact on
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by jarek 12y ago
Some car manufacturers will be perfectly happy to cannibalize the business, see e.g. Daimler's car2go
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by jarek 12y ago
I brought up YC as a lot of people on HN hold it in high esteem and look up to it for inspiration and leading-edge best practices about running businesses. Obviously not everyone. It also appears our discussion has ended up as generalizatio
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by jarek 12y ago
> It is happening for me right now Yes, but for 90+% of the working population it is not happening right now, nor real soon. > The "giant office" model is one that some companies still pursue For values of "some" a
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by jarek 12y ago
> The "people tried before" argument is never convincing. Perhaps, but "it'll happen Real Soon Now" isn't either, really. > I once was a unique butterfly. Now I can name dozens of people who operate just
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by jarek 12y ago
Well I mean this product as it currently stands will give him an idea about traffic to a crowdsourced comparison site and little else. What'll be the business, putting on ads or allowing cities to pay to become "featured" nom
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by jarek 12y ago
> How do people deal with moving costs? I have a lot of random stuff that I "need" or would like to have Have less stuff. Most people probably end up having a storage unit (either at family or a storage business) "back hom
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by jarek 12y ago
1991, at least as far as UEFA is concerned
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by jarek 12y ago
> P.S. this is part of my goal to launch 12 startups in 12 months (see http://levels.io/12-startups-12-months ) Not to be mean, but is this one really a startup? What's the business model?
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by jarek 12y ago
Not exactly colder regions of the planet, that...
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Working at home has been the next big sustainability thing for about 30 years now. Why does 90+% of working population still congregate together in offices? Why does YCombinator insist on having everyone in one geographical area and meeting
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by jarek 12y ago
Well the whole "tipping" mindset leads to that. It's supposed to be something extra, beyond what's required. Now they've started using it instead of having realistic prices and wages and developed social standards w
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by jarek 12y ago
Back up a pick-up with a house maintenance/painters/renovations company logo on it and no one will look twice. But yeah, probably not worth their time when new 60"s sell for under $1000 at Best Buy.
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by jarek 12y ago
So the rate the problem is being reported at should be comparable to other premium cars? How does it compare with BMW, an enthusiast brand with high online engagement, many unofficial forums and so on? Audi?
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by jarek 12y ago
Car theft scenarios: - look on instagram for nearby recent photos of fancy cars to steal - visit neighbourhoods where rich people live and look for fancy cars to steal
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by jarek 12y ago
That's 1.8%. What are the current spread rates for AUD-BTC and BTC-USD? For comparison I get 0.6 - 1.4% from an online specialized currency service, taking a couple of days. Set-up was a bit involved. How good is connecting BTC to real
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by jarek 12y ago
Much of the real world is low-tech and works just fine under 80/20 rule (usually 99/1 or higher). Try asking any store manager for detailed data on shrinkage. But as we're on the subject on containers, here's an interest
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by jarek 12y ago
The CN Tower is at M5V2T6 - 6 chars This is unique within Canada and the physical area is small enough to be sufficiently useful for navigation. Add country code and it gets you to 9 or 10 chars. UK has similarly useful alphanumeric postcod
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by jarek 12y ago
As a developer, I want to have a record of my work just as an artist wants a photo or a mould of a sculpture they sold. I'm not about to not do it based on someone on the internet's interpretation of IP. If a programmer is working
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by jarek 12y ago
A few coins are much heavier and thicker than a card, for one. Just tapping a card is faster than picking out coins then waiting for change. And when paying with card I know I won't get any two pence coins back.
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by jarek 12y ago
It's definitely a matter of getting used to it. I moved from Canada where contactless has been standard for a couple of years now and being unable to get a contactless UK card for now I'm super annoyed every time I have to punch i

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