joyj2nd

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by joyj2nd 6y ago
Ok, let me try for the US: newegg.com (Electronics) alibris.com (books) monoprice.com (electronics) bhphotovideo.com (photo) purebulk.com (dietary supplements) ebay.com (everything)
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
I know the German market is not relevant for most HN readers. But please don't recommend thalia.de, there are enough other options. thalia not only has unorthodox business practices: https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
Depends on the country. But why would you like to purchase one? I asked this business if I can buy a stake before they filed for bankruptcy because I saw potential and value that I could bring to the company. I still do. If a restaurant of
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
They were "bankrupt" before. They just selling what is left of the stock. I was always impressed by the quality of their products. It is a comparatively "old" company, they produce their stuff in Eastern Europe, not Asia
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
I buy always used if I have the option. I was actually sad when Amazon bough Abebooks.com I think this should not have been allowed due to monopoly rights.
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
This may change soon Worldwide shipments within 72 hours Alibaba owns more than 50 % in Cainiao, a logistical company, and the latter organized a Global Smart Logistic Summit today, where it revealed new technologies for smart logistics. Th
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
Maybe monoprice is an option for some items: https://www.monoprice.com
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
Yes, sorry, I meant from a buyer perspective. As a side node: I am actually thinking of buying a tiny bankrupt travel equipment company. Friends advised against it because of "Amazon essentials". I would not sell on Amazon but it
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
I had a few bad experiences with Amazon. 1st I got an item from a fraudulent 3rd party shipper. Did not get my money back and amazon claimed they don't know his identity 2nd Packet got stolen. Amazon claimed based on statistical analys
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson
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"The smallest large display would be projected straight onto your retina" Bosch, yes. I am 100% sure I have read about it before on Ycombinator. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/ga
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
"New York's brutal humidity in the summer. " Dude, either I have been away too long from NYC or you have not lived in hot humid places.
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
well, fuck.yu became fuck.me
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
Much easier since you can slowly morph an elephant or pidgin into a mammoth or passenger pigeon (DNA methylation etc. )
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
" we do have the ability to synthesize billions of base pairs" This is a valid point. We don't have the technology yet. There was once an SBIR opening for long DNA synthesis but I did not keep track of it. But, given we have
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
I read that we can advance physics the most by research into mathematics. Sooner or later the oddest math finds application in nature, which is odd. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
"alternative schooling methods (e.g. AI remote teaching, virtual classroom environments)" My bullshit indicator went far into the red... Let my try: "alternative schooling methods (e.g. AI remote teaching, blockchain enabled
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by joyj2nd 6y ago
More like WWWL ? Dead cat bounce and then stagflation?
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
I think it is just good practice to have all your data encrypted.
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"The only school that has any explanation for this is the Austrian School of Economics. Their theory of the business cycle is the reason they successfully predict every crisis to the tee (except for timing, no one can do that), while o
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
60 USD for unrestricted per year? Can I store 10 TB there?
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
I hoard because shows, youtube videos (youtube-dl) and websites disappear. I use some GTD methods to organize my data (e.g. folders a,b, c...z) I use recoll to find data https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ I would l
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
Great. But I don't want a f. Newspaper on my f. wall, I want a working, decent priced eInk screen for my computer.
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
HP48 Thanks god there is Droid48
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
"I assume there are formulas to determine how substrates and reagents will react with each other?" There are rules, yes, of cause. But always the question: how much will react? And not: will I get the (reaction) product? But: how
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
"liquid chromatography, is frequently used. On a small scale this is fine, but when kilograms of material are required the process becomes unwieldy." I did not understand this. liquid chromatography scales up quite well. There are
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
Short answer: Yes Long answer: No. It would be an incredibly complex undertaking.
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"For example, with MissionU, I used the research phase to understand what the CEO needed and then created a 13-page PowerPoint deck with data analysis and recommendations on what they should do." Well, sometimes it works and somet
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by joyj2nd 7y ago
Touchpads can't even be operated by a cat https://ask.metafilter.com/91541/Why-cant-Godfrey-work-the-t...