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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
If you haven’t already read it, Arthur C Clarke’s The Man Who Ploughed the Sea, which addresses this idea, is a short story that’s pretty interesting.
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
https://archive.is/dh3An
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
It's not really a matter of intelligence, and nobody's smart 100% of the time. Let's take the average person on this forum, who's probably pretty tech savvy. Their odds of falling for a scam on a given day might be 1 in
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I totally agree with that—Walmart, for example, looks to reimburse the seller with the average sale price in that situation [0]. Have to wonder if there’s any limit to how unfair FBA policies can get before it isn’t worth it for sellers. 0.
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Title is misleading; this only applies to items that are lost/damaged prior to being sold. “For items that are lost or damaged after a customer order in Amazon’s store, we’ll continue to reimburse you for the sales price on the origina
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I wish API integrations never took that long! But it's dependent on who you're integrating with and what your product looks like. I'm the engineering manager of the payroll integrations team at a company that does workplace s
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Scratch and Sniff Stickers and the Gas Panic of '87(hackaday.com)
57 points by jlund-molfese 2y ago|4 comments
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Such a shame! I was a happy customer ever since I interviewed for a job with them 4 years ago. Membership with them seemed like a great value proposition, but I never understood how they were going to make money.
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
The straw man is usually that employee metrics should be used as the primary factor in performance reviews. Well, I guess it's hard to call it a straw man because some companies, allegedly, really do operate like that. The steel man ar
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Some companies will actually ask you to share your screen and run a bash script they provide to install dependencies live instead of providing a coderpad link. I don't like those interviews at all. It feels invasive if you aren't
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Likely related to https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/14/24269741/internet-archiv...
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The Wood Database(wood-database.com)
3 points by jlund-molfese 2y ago|0 comments
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I agree with you, and the author is being a little lazy by referencing the NYT article. At the same time, if they didn’t use a clickbait headline, they’d force their critics to make slightly better arguments, so it’s the NYT’s fault too.
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
The author makes this distinction between a "business" and a "job", but it'd be more accurate to call it the difference between "rent-seeking" and "production" imo. Putting aside investing and la
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I don't think you'll find a single framework that addresses everything you're looking for in your last paragraph. That being said, some advice: > Clearly define on-call priorities Sit down with your team, and, if necessary
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I was going to say that Snap's offering was probably cheaper or designed for mass marketing because their page looks like something you could actually buy. But that isn't the case! Snap will only rent them to you at $1200/yea
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
A tangentially related pet peeve of mine is using code names for everything internally. They’re fine in moderation, but should be used sparingly. It’s easier for a new engineer to understand and remember that your “foo-retriever” service ca
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
This is probably the strongest response in this thread and I agree. It's implausible that Uber would directly implement something like "if customer has credits, charge them 10% more" or "if battery < 5%, increase pric
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Probably false, like the urban legend that Uber charges more when a device's battery is low [0]. Claims like this go viral because they're practically unfalsifiable (It isn't in Uber's best interest to make their pricing
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
They do, and I carry it around with me now. In the grand scheme of things, carrying around another key on my keychain is totally not that big of a deal. Still, jealous of the Tesla wallet keys!
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I used Polestar’s app as a key for my car for a few weeks. I think everyone does! “Wow! I don’t need a car key? So futuristic!” All it took is one trip to the Salton Sea where either my phone or car didn’t get cell service and I’m never mak
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Apple’s Recovery Contacts are a similar idea. The main difference is that just one can help you recover your account, but it doesn’t seem too hard from a UX perspective to make 3/5 recovery contacts required to unlock an account. http
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
If I'm ordering a particular product from Amazon, is there a way to know if commingling is done? Does Amazon commingle everything fulfilled by Amazon by default, or just high-volume items?
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Ok, I know this isn’t the point of the article, but I can’t resist yelling at clouds. Where did Bloomberg come up with this idea of an “East Loop” in Chicago? There’s no such thing as the East Loop. There’s West Loop (west of the loop), Sou
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I don't think it's that common with companies that are both manufacturers and service providers. That'd be like Apple charging you $75 if you wanted to use iCloud+. It makes used products less valuable, which ultimately hurts
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
It should, but like you said, Apple’s access is somewhat limited. I don’t think that’s the main problem though. The main reason I unsubscribed is that Apple News+ still has ads and prompts to sign up for newsletters! It’s a usability issue;
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Our Cow Angus(ourcowangus.com)
2 points by jlund-molfese 2y ago|0 comments
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
Sort of—the limits are separate by battery chemistry, but I don’t see any type of battery where TSA in the US allows for greater than 100 watt hours Ex https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring&#x
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by jlund-molfese 2y ago
I had no idea what bipping meant either, and wanted to remove it from the title (I don’t think it adds any context). Ended up keeping it just in case someone thought that would be editorializing though.
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S.F. police are using drones to arrest bipping suspects, officials say(sfchronicle.com)
6 points by jlund-molfese 2y ago|7 comments

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