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by lev99 9y ago
It is very hard to gather statistics on this, but my intuition (casual observance) is that torrent seeding has been declining for the last 10 years, and I suspect streaming services play a non-trival role in the decline.
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by lev99 9y ago
Elastic Beanstalk requires more devops type stuff then lambda.
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by lev99 9y ago
I concede there is a non-trivial number of cases in which my counter-point is irrelevant.
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by lev99 9y ago
My example is clearly assuming the customer is in the United States. I don't think we can copy a few things about Japan's food service industry and expect to have a similar dining experience here. Culture is too complex for that
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by lev99 9y ago
True, there are limitations. It's not a super power.
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by lev99 9y ago
Of course I tip when traveling. Not providing a normal tip when accepting a service is breaking the social contract and anti-social. I do tip more at places I frequent.
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by lev99 9y ago
The tip goes to the wait staff. The bill goes to the chief/ingredients/building upkeep/owner. Tipping won't improve the entire experience, but it can improve the service.
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by lev99 9y ago
1. There can be multiple sets of satellite services an area. How many entities currently own satellites? Maybe 100. Reducing the cost will increase diversity in satellite ownership. 2. Satellites can, in theory, run a mesh network among
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by lev99 9y ago
Counter point -- Tipping is a way to insure excellent service on return visits to service oriented establishments.
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by lev99 9y ago
When you switch to Fi you have the option of moving your google voice number to a different account. When you leave Fi you have the option of moving your original number back to a traditional carrier. Or, at least that's how it worked
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by lev99 9y ago
I'm not sure how laundry services currently work. Assuming there is a robot like Foldimate maybe laundry services will use them and maybe laundry services will be unable to compete with coin-operated Foldimates located at self-service
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by lev99 9y ago
2. In the US it would cost at least $400/yr per person for a pickup/drop off laundry service. Foldimate sells for $850, and can presumably service an entire household. If it was more capable (just put clean clothes in a hopper, o
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by lev99 9y ago
Non-centrally controlled connectivity can be solved by low-altitude communication satellites[1], and other sky based solutions[2]. We should be focusing on tech that makes aerospace less costly. The benefits will extend beyond a free &
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by lev99 9y ago
If your in a position where you could convince an organization to use Discord for Business you could probably convince them to use Slack or Hipchat, both of which are better than Skype.
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by lev99 9y ago
Attracting young smart workers is one of the Bay Area's greatest assets, from an outsider's point of view.
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by lev99 9y ago
I don't think as many people would want to move to the Bay Area is they were forced to either buy a home or rent municipal owned housing.
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by lev99 9y ago
AMD server CPUs currently outperform Intel on some multi-threaded benchmarks. This usually isn't a problem for people buying for peak-performance because you can always buy more CPUs to increase parallel programming speeds, but it&#x2
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by lev99 9y ago
> It's easier for Tesla to find someone skilled in car manufacturing than it is for other manufacturers to build the brand demand that Tesla has. If supply was not a problem Tesla would still not sell as many automobiles as other br
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by lev99 9y ago
Apple Music is my favorite. I like being able to buy things not included in streaming on iTunes or rip music from other sources and have it integrate into the ui. Last time I checked spotify is missing a clean way to integrate music it&#x2
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by lev99 9y ago
Am I wrong, or are iCloud and Apple Music both better than terrible cloud services?
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by lev99 9y ago
I am also under the impression not many people get caught doing a pump and dump.
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by lev99 9y ago
Police presence seems to be mostly contained to the street level.
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by lev99 9y ago
Simple solution. Replace your battery once a year.
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by lev99 9y ago
“People used to think gold was worth fightin’ over, and that shit gets made by every supernova, which means pretty much every planet around a G2 star will have some. Stars burn through lithium as fast as they make it. All the available ore
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by lev99 9y ago
Both companies have questionably trustworthy executives, aggressive expansions, and a cloud computing platform. To me, the biggest difference is Google's biggest successes (Search, Gmail, and Android) come from giving something for fre
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by lev99 9y ago
I have retired baby boomers for parents. I can confirm that they are both somewhat tech savvy and enjoy the dot.
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by lev99 9y ago
30 Rock also had good product placement, often times making jokes about how forced a product placement in the show was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36wUmJGzvA
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by lev99 9y ago
That smells fishy to me. I'd look for hidden fees and watch for price increases.
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by lev99 9y ago
It's not only the car being parked, but the traffic during peak travel times that make cars bad. Roads filled with Autonomous cars might be 10x more efficient then roads filled with cars with drivers, but autonomous buses are 100x mor
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by lev99 9y ago
DC has autonomous trains (in metro) until an accident happened and they switched to human conductors. Autonomous networked trains aren't new technology.

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