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by johnny99 9y ago
This is fantastically useful both as a side-of-the-barn estimator, and a teaching tool. Thanks! Two things a lot of startup employees are unaware of that are worth highlighting: they actually have to buy their options, which eats into retur
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by johnny99 9y ago
Agreed--many domain-specific searches are already much better done by Google competitors, especially Amazon. I go straight there for information on pretty much anything I might buy. Likewise Yelp for restaurant and other local services. Thi
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by johnny99 10y ago
Yes. "When climate warms or cools, the changes are generally much more drastic at high latitudes than they are closer to equator. Temperatures measured in ice core bore holes in Greenland show, for instance, that central Greenland temp
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Ask HN: What new AWS services do you want?
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by johnny99 10y ago
Schools in SF are a mixed bag, but many of them are very good. We have a 6 and 9 year old, who started in a parochial school. We switched to a well-regarded local public school, and getting a fantastic education. Edit: after reading some ot
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by johnny99 10y ago
A ruler works great: https://cyclingtips.com/2016/09/how-to-check-for-chain-wear-...
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by johnny99 10y ago
I think it's in part because they are their own getaway vehicles. And they're often parked outside, so you don't have to break in to anything.
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by johnny99 10y ago
I've had a chain break once in probably 30k miles of riding, and only because I'd monkeyed with it (taken links out when converting to 1x7 speeds). Pros put unreal amounts of torque on equipment that's crazy light, and their
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by johnny99 10y ago
Same in SF. I carry around a lock that looks like it could have been used to anchor the Titanic.
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by johnny99 10y ago
Depends on the bike, but can be true. Fifteen years ago you might have had 7 cogs in the back, and today you can have 10 or even 11. Which means chains are a little thinner, to accommodate the extra gears. Also, depends on mileage not years
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by johnny99 10y ago
I used to be a bike mechanic, and have gotten to work 90% by bicycle for the past two decades, so I'll take a stab at some of the questions: - Belt drives are great. They're sturdier than chains, cleaner, and something I love, qui
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Dropbox Could Have One of 2017’s Most Interesting IPOs(technologyreview.com)
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Delivering on sustainable infrastructure for better development and better climate(brookings.edu)
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If we took ‘Gamergate’ harassment seriously, ‘Pizzagate’ might not have happened(washingtonpost.com)
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by johnny99 10y ago
Predictive analytics tells them you need more coffee tables. Many many more.
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by johnny99 10y ago
We too almost always reduce the sugar in recipes, and also find it usually improves flavor. Though the article says Nestle has made a "scientific breakthrough" so that you get the same level of sweetness with less sugar--so their
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by johnny99 10y ago
This is great news! I'm an expert in AI and I didn't even realize it :-)
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by johnny99 10y ago
Nonsense on stilts. Extrapolating $3500 in your first week of media-driven traffic into a $15k/mo run rate is ridiculous. Calling it "AI-powered" is a whopper too.
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by johnny99 10y ago
New realities engender binary responses. We haven't had time to develop checks and balances on the seismic shifts in what's possible with privacy, and intrusions into it. I think we'll land somewhere in the middle--carving ou
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by johnny99 10y ago
Thanks for that--great piece.
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Uber Elevate Whitepaper [pdf](uber.com)
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by johnny99 10y ago
Totally. It's like manufactures having their own gas stations, with incompatible nozzles.
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Clayton Christensen, father of disruptive innovation, has a new theory(qz.com)
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Tips for Landing a Career at Your Father’s Software Company(nytimes.com)
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A Drawdown in the War on Drugs(newyorker.com)
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One Unspoken Reason Behind the Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal(nytimes.com)
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Dogs Test Drug Aimed at Humans’ Biggest Killer: Age(nytimes.com)
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by johnny99 10y ago
Solana Generating Station, a 280MW solar concentrating plant, currently, uses molten salt, which allows for six hours of energy storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy_storage#Molten_...
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by johnny99 11y ago
HR software hadn't seen much innovation for years, it's refreshing to see newer entrants getting money and traction. We use Lever's API, it's a delight.

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