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by jonknee 8y ago
I'd wager the vast majority of money stolen is done so electronically.
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by jonknee 8y ago
American mortgages are a little unusual in that they are typically fixed rate for 30 years and can be paid off at any point without penalty (so if rates drop you can refinance for the lower rate).
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by jonknee 8y ago
Microsoft failed because they wanted their own OS, I bet they could ship a rocking Android phone (but that's strategically opposed to their perceived best interest).
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by jonknee 8y ago
Propane tanks seem like great bombs too, but they are really great for backyard grills. Solid engineering can make these things safe.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Some fancy rice cookers do more than just use a thermocouple. You'll see them advertised as using "fuzzy logic". The brown rice setting uses a lower temperature and takes quite a bit more time than the same amount of white ri
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by jonknee 8y ago
> I value freedom, authority, and responsibility more than money Those don't seem like traits of people who work at Facebook, perhaps this is the reason they don't leave.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Cheap ones don't. More expensive ones do and it cooks at a lower temp for a longer time with a better end result.
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by jonknee 8y ago
The article also notes lots of scooters in the car at the same time, which pretty much negates this issue.
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by jonknee 8y ago
The alternative to is hire staff and vehicles to go on scavenger hunts around the city, also an expensive thing to do (I see Lime Bike vans around Seattle, can't be cheap). The scooters that need charging are ones that have had paid ri
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by jonknee 8y ago
Taxi medallions weren't a huge win for organized labor, they were a huge win for organized crime. Taxi drivers have been getting the short of the stick for a long time, it's not like it was a lucrative position before Uber came al
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by jonknee 8y ago
The type of person who buys a brand new car probably likes a brand new car (new features, status, reliability, etc) and that doesn't change after a handful of years. Or the other way around, the type of person who wants to maintain an
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by jonknee 8y ago
Sure, but now he has someone drive him around (another type of luxury). It's comparing two luxury experiences. Of course driving a beater or riding a bike would be even cheaper.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Everything on your computer, including the OS itself needs to be regularly updated in order to remain safe... It's not just security, it needs to be updated to continue to run on your devices. New versions of iOS, Android, Windows and
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by jonknee 8y ago
> For customers there are 0 benefits to a subscription model. For companies of course there are many. OP described in detail the benefit for customers--constantly updated software. Critical for something as security conscience as a passw
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by jonknee 8y ago
> but operators of e-bikes/boards/scooters will kill or maim another person just as well as a car will If you can't tell the difference between a Bird scooter and an SUV you're not going to get a lot of buy in to your
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by jonknee 8y ago
Ah yes, how disgusting that the developers of this free software that I've done nothing for except use for years made an unfortunate decision a decade ago.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Because the publisher agreed to that when they started the relationship?
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by jonknee 8y ago
Watch the video, he wasn't trying to find silence, he was trying to find the sounds of (just) nature. I imagine going deaf would be quite traumatic for someone who spent their life recording sound.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Somewhat related, here's the trailer of an interesting documentary on finding areas of the US unaffected by human made noise. The jet age has made these areas quite rare. In a sad twist, the man who has spent his life trying to find pl
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by jonknee 8y ago
Well sure, but then you won't have an Excedrin equivalent.
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by jonknee 8y ago
Google's in a lose lose here, if they relent and identify the businesses the press will descend on them to get quotes about how they feel "getting tricked" by a bot and so on. But if Google hadn't left out the identifyin
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by jonknee 8y ago
I wouldn't trust a live demo in that situation even without the AI in the mix. You have thousands of people in the room and millions online and you get "Hold please" when calling a business. Great demo.
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by jonknee 8y ago
I think John Deere is perfectly fine using something that is proven to work. I can't imagine anyone wanting to tie themselves to Tesla's software at this stage of the game.
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by jonknee 8y ago
> In my experience, GPS is great for city driving with clear path to the sky (and >50% battery for any trip that is over an hour). Not so good in mountainous or remote locations. I use my phone's GPS in the wilderness all the tim
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by jonknee 8y ago
> And then, what's wrong with asking someone for directions? The frequently terrible answers!
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by jonknee 8y ago
The NYT isn't a tech focused newspaper so the types of stories you see here are not representative of what gives them such a glowing reputation. This is an article out of their weekly magazine, it's not supposed to be hard news.
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by jonknee 8y ago
If we could be so lucky to have a lot more "laughingstocks" like Bill Gates.
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by jonknee 8y ago
He hasn't been in charge of Microsoft for almost 20 years and stack ranking was actually introduced by Ballmer.
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by jonknee 8y ago
The first 747 is at the Museum of Flight in Seattle and it is actually set up for inflight refueling. Quite the versatile platform! You can see this at the very back in the 3d tour (or in person, it's a great place): http://
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by jonknee 8y ago
Do you have people on staff working on building flying cars? If so you too can probably match the government for $500,000 and research the topic.

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