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by kitcar 7y ago
Kenmore also doesn't manufacture most (any?) of their appliances, making this "study" even more nonsensical.
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by kitcar 7y ago
Or get lucky... lots of people stumble into business... they are not the top of their field - they happen to be right place right time, and have sufficient skill to recognize the opportunity and not screw it up
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by kitcar 7y ago
Complaint was from Nassim Nicholas Taleb ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb ) Elon responded - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1217493904297058304
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by kitcar 7y ago
Check out this book on the topic from Stripe's publishing arm: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Together-build-community-people/d... "Nearly every challenge of building a community can be met by asking yourself, “H
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by kitcar 7y ago
Wouldn't this be pretty easy to confirm by monitoring bandwidth consumption on a dormant computer running NordVPN? If bandwidth consumption is exponentially higher when their VPN client is enabled, then clearly they are passing traffic
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by kitcar 7y ago
This comment on the article is more interesting than the article itself IMHO http://disq.us/p/24slwwt
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Acres of saltwater pools in the desert are growing an algae food revolution(massivesci.com)
2 points by kitcar 7y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 7y ago
I wonder if these are refurbished units (as they are the older models)
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by kitcar 7y ago
I believe Ritual actually currently operates in a number of US markets, like Chicago https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ritual-3
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by kitcar 7y ago
It's affecting all property types. I know of one street corner where there is one newish townhouse which is a full-time AirBnB, as well as a turn-of-the-century apartment walk-up which is 100% airBnB. There is also a 1970's apartm
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Uber says it will start delivering fast food by drone in San Diego this summer(theverge.com)
1 points by kitcar 7y ago|0 comments
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Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble(kotaku.com)
7 points by kitcar 7y ago|1 comments
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by kitcar 8y ago
It is frustrating as there are straightforward, cost-effective approaches the government could take to better understand the problem and they have chosen not to pursue in an expedited fashion either because of lack of effort or an active de
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by kitcar 8y ago
What are the differences between your services and SMS Assist? ( https://www.smsassist.com/residential-repair-maintenance-ser... )
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by kitcar 8y ago
What do you think are the most significant issues re: scaling the model?
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by kitcar 8y ago
Price? Dimensions of print? need more info. Check out https://3dprintboard.com/ , specialized to answer questions like that.
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Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading(technologyreview.com)
2 points by kitcar 8y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 8y ago
The laws regarding exactly what plays out when an HOA(condo board) doesn't pay its bills likely changes drastically by jurisdiction, but higher level you are highlighting an important point - "The Tragedy of the Commons" is
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by kitcar 8y ago
When these services first came out there were lots of technical hurdles to overcome re: web based PDF signing, but it's pretty straightforward to do nowadays. I had our co-op built an open-source esignature API, that produces audit log
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by kitcar 8y ago
Many experts feel they have the right to ignore other experts in their field. It's scary how some doctors pick and choose the research findings to reinforce their perspectives, regardless if it's fact based.
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by kitcar 8y ago
Also see this podcast from reply all: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124
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by kitcar 8y ago
Likely differences in population density caused the different results
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Squirrels eat Honda's bioplastic air filters, wiring(youtube.com)
2 points by kitcar 8y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 8y ago
People generally don't build weallth in Vancouver. Cost of living is too high and salaries too low. Outside of real estate and film production, there dosen't seem to be sufficient scale / diveristy of business activity in Van
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by kitcar 8y ago
In many cases the owners do not view it as an investment, it's a store of wealth that is difficult for the government of their home country to seize. Hence even if they lose money every year it's better then the alternative -
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by kitcar 8y ago
A hedge fund manager told me the whole investment industry is a net cost of 1-2% of global GDP per annum. I don't specifically what study that number came from, but if true its likely one of the main reasoms many see it as a waste.
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by kitcar 8y ago
To enable them to be smoked cheap and easily - which in return means the user feels the effects almost immediately. Same reason why majority of users smoke rather than eat cannabis.
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by kitcar 8y ago
Maybe related to their craiglist activities? ( https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies/airbnb )
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by kitcar 8y ago
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se...
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by kitcar 8y ago
At times redefining moral and ethics to better fit a business plan

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