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by jowiar 13y ago
I remember reading something a while ago that there aren't actually enough coffee beans produced of a high enough quality to produce Starbucks-level quantity at current Blue Bottle-level quality. I'm curious whether this is the pr
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by jowiar 13y ago
Presumably the idea being such the delivery fridge key grants access to the fridge and not the house?
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by jowiar 13y ago
This strikes me as something that, without a lot of thought, will expose a user's browsing history (similar to the old "check the visited link color" attacks). Insert script links with a hash, check to see if the browser make
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by jowiar 13y ago
Fair enough, but for me, I've generally used a quick peek at CNN and a relatively large newspaper site as my "Is there some major world event happening right now" filter. Clearly, I was mistaken. Switching to the internationa
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by jowiar 13y ago
Well, apparently there is no trace of Ukraine on the front pages of cnn.com and msnbc.com, and barely a mention on foxnews.com, so it seems that - in the states - that's probably your best bet.
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by jowiar 13y ago
I think pretty much the entirety of AWS would qualify. - https://plus.google.com/+RipRowan/posts/eVeouesvaVX
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by jowiar 13y ago
I read the will.i.am bit differently, in that of all the quotes out there, his is the only one that is not unreasonable and focuses on the student, in comparison to the assorted political and business folks who are saying "learn to cod
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by jowiar 13y ago
The point Victor is trying to make is that the assorted leaders are saying "Learn to program because we need people to know how to program". But the more important question is why do we need people to learn how to program. Maybe p
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by jowiar 13y ago
With regards to TV, one of the big effects of HD was that TVs got larger, but viewing distance remained constant. With 4k, at standard TV-viewing distances, it doesn't really make much difference below 100 inches or so. On the other ha
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by jowiar 13y ago
But the problem is that, among all the things Bitcoin is trying to be, one of them is a currency. A pseudonymous decentralized p2p payment system is a reasonable idea, but since every transaction takes place in a currency with bad fundament
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by jowiar 13y ago
And I've seen likewise from Bitcoin proponents. As far as I can tell, “Belief in Bitcoins” is the technolibertarian equivalent of “disbelief in evolution”. I can see plenty of good arguments for non-physical currency. Bitcoin seems to
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by jowiar 13y ago
I don't particularly want to die, but knowing it's going to happen makes life a whole lot more interesting. For me, the looming finitude of life keeps my inclination to procrastinate in check - Why do today what can be done tomorr
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by jowiar 13y ago
As much as Rap Genius probably deserves it, this seems like it is treading dangerously close to Antitrust territory. Any lawyers on here?
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by jowiar 13y ago
I see far more failure by way of deeming oneself unqualified and not applying than I do by way of train wreck interviews. For me, job applications are like college applications - the best attitude is not to get my heart committed to anythin
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by jowiar 13y ago
> Why not charge a little bit more during off peak times, and then turn around and incentivize drivers using the subsidy from off-peak hours, rather than dumping it all on individuals traveling during points of tumult/crisis? Becaus
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by jowiar 13y ago
I wrote a longer explanation elsewhere on this page, but the "getting screwed" in the current system falls on the drivers forced to offer their services at a sub-market rate.
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by jowiar 13y ago
The drivers are the ones who get hosed in the current situation, being legally compelled to offer their services at sub-market rates. You're a programmer. What about the people who do not have the means to hire you to write code for th
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by jowiar 13y ago
> But if Uber puts heavily regulated cab companies out of business, the alternative disappears. Then we're into antitrust territory, which is a totally different can of worms. > Would you be in favor of stores selling water for $
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by jowiar 13y ago
There's nothing wrong with charging high prices for things that are in high demand and low supply. That's what encourages more suppliers to enter the market. There are two major situations that regulation needs to protect consumer
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by jowiar 13y ago
The goal of regulation is to discourage traffic jams, fights, and the like on the side of the street caused by negotiation over price. With Uber you have the opportunity to see the price before pressing the button. Ideally, there are multip
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by jowiar 13y ago
It's a supply and demand thing - there's a choice -- Some people get cabs at sub-market rate, and some stand on the corner for an hour trying to get a cab -- or -- Some people pay more for a cab, while others balk at the price and
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by jowiar 13y ago
Zipcar is great - I love it. But as far as a "self-driving car network" goes, one of the big advantages is that you don't need to worry about parking on either end. A higher percentage of cars are in the process of getting so
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by jowiar 13y ago
Agreed on all parts - for me, I live in DC, in a neighborhood with good cab density, and Uber is in the cab business as well as the swanky car business. I'll launch the app, hail a cab, and by the time I ride down the elevator of my bu
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by jowiar 13y ago
Taxis are a reasonable "turking" of this concept.
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> can afford high rent. In other words, demand for walkable housing / mixed-use development is high. Supply is low. And we should build more.
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I'll add one to your n - For me, the mental image of where on a page something was, as well as physically, where in the book that page exists helps. I can get something similar from audiobooks by picturing where I was when I heard some
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by jowiar 13y ago
I've kicked around Sys ( http://www.fsd.it/fonts/sys.htm ) for this purpose before and like it. I'd rather code in a proportional font, but I feel like we need an editor designed for one, which we really don&#x
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by jowiar 13y ago
I generally find the 0/O difference to be vastly overhyped - maybe of a "what-if" that comes from the natural OCD-ness of programmers, though that's pure speculation. The number of non-contrived cases where there is actu
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by jowiar 13y ago
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of ... err... bitcoin? </snark> Anyway, in all seriousness, Bryan's speech still holds true today. Currency's role is to facilitate the exchange of goods and services. The valu
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by jowiar 13y ago
Maybe not 20, but 10 -- definitely. Try being a fan of any other Eastern Time Zone team in DC (and presumably NY suffers from the same situation). Even if your team has a pretty national audience (i.e. Steelers, Eagles, Patriots, Giants, et

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