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by kirykl 10y ago
[Many respectable technologists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of technology, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of funding series]
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by kirykl 10y ago
their P/E ratio is huge, they are not worthless just overvalued
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by kirykl 10y ago
foolishly tho; they have 4B profit on 18B revenue, pretty short of 300B
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by kirykl 10y ago
At the same time this destroys the lives of line workers it helps the lives of the robotic technicians, designers, producers, and part manufacturers
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by kirykl 10y ago
Some airports used to have an Expert/Casual/Family lane distinction but I haven't seen that in years
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by kirykl 10y ago
Steal something from an airport store and I'd imagine they'll find you
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by kirykl 10y ago
Antivax movement is ignorance of proven science. Expressing the opinion that hackathons are bad is debate.
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by kirykl 10y ago
NSA has a linux distro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux
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by kirykl 10y ago
With the scale of Chinese companies is $1b a large investment? The article says Didi has already raised several billion
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by kirykl 10y ago
Interesting, this could explain internal acronym products/services. Middle management is the decision maker. Helpy McHelpdesk vs ITHD
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by kirykl 10y ago
>Pay the staff a living wage in addition to tips Isn't that a basic assumption for most pay? Living wage + performance bonus
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by kirykl 10y ago
This is from research not production, researchers in my experience are usually up for this type of fun
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by kirykl 10y ago
66 years between first flight and the moon, 500 million years between first rocket landing and ?
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Ask HN: Is it better to apply as a dual iOS/Android developer or specialize?
5 points by kirykl 10y ago|2 comments
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by kirykl 10y ago
>doesn't matter if your parents are drunks or academics There may well be more of a correlation with drunk and academic than not Caring/not caring would be a better comparison. Not being pedantic, its a great point I hadn'
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by kirykl 10y ago
Negative interest rates will chip away at savings in a bank, in that case best to have cash
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by kirykl 10y ago
If OP is actually Steve Jobs commenting I missed my opportunity, I have more important questions than iPad models
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by kirykl 10y ago
The 9.7 Pro and Air are nearly identical. The naming is unfortunate. If the 9.7 Air is v1 the 9.7 Pro should be v2 of the same name. But the product itself is the iPad, there's isn't a competing iPhone XXL. The Pro/Air is jus
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by kirykl 10y ago
The iPhone/iPad lineup is still way less complex than it was when Jobs cleaned it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Inc._product...
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by kirykl 10y ago
What I despise most the is the desk drop in, especially for things that could be easily emailed. Sometimes even interrupting me to alert me in person that you've sent me an email. However I've been told by a manager to use the des
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by kirykl 11y ago
Beating decentralized regulations seems harder. You have to wage the same war in lots of places. Although local regs could be easier to crack. Also if the service is good, it'll get a first opportunity somewhere
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by kirykl 11y ago
On the consumer side its possibly back to a shared PC era. Instead of multiple PCs per household, just one PC to do work that's about 5 years old, and each person has their own annually updated phone/tablet for everything else.
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by kirykl 11y ago
The wealthier countries just use war by proxy
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by kirykl 11y ago
Paying per page and requiring exclusivity seem like a recipe for terrible content.
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by kirykl 11y ago
The social problem might lie in the addictive nature of likes and approval, the pressure to get those degrading actual quality of the photos (live stream vs curating later) and degrading the experience for the vacationer; lose-lose while In
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by kirykl 11y ago
Drivers aren't aware of the tip until the next day and only have a time reference for it, so there's no pressure to tip
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by kirykl 11y ago
It's weird because in a way they should be the same company because they share the driver pool. But the experience is different I think it's a positive feedback loop because drivers expect a happier and more engaging customer with
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by kirykl 11y ago
I think a site like Hotwire for dating could work well. Opposite of tinder. No pictures only a loose physical description + detailed profile that you can search on. Pics come after you choose to share, after a mutual conversation. Have a
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by kirykl 11y ago
In context of US court it might fail the Miller test https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v._California
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by kirykl 11y ago
goat fuckers. see how it works? you can swear with out pretending to

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