mcmacintosh

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by mcmacintosh 8y ago
Could you explain? The kiosk seem super straightforward and paradoxically easier (you can quickly customize any order up until the details).
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by mcmacintosh 8y ago
I guess he/she is arguing that the competition pressure from Amazon contributes in forcing sub-par offerings to get their act together or closing. Whether its level of competition is sustainable is the other side of the medal though.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
A great deal of the deposits are made during discount/promotional periods.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
Thanks a lot for the answer! By networking on xing/linkedin you mean that you were reaching out to people? Asking for positions?
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
would you have any advice for new graduate entering the market? where to look for and how when searching for jobs?
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
You’re not helping your case when you say that a mistake in common courtesy could lead to suicide.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
That's like saying Bezos or Gates aren't really worth ~60B dollars, like the news are repeatedly saying though. Isn't that right? Considering most of their wealth is in stocks.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
While they started ahead of most, I think it's silly to dismiss their returns. They made significant money. Being early in Bitcoin with a significant investment even considering their wealth is very forward thinking.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
It's mainly a marketing event. It was brought mainly from Amazon and then other chains picked it up to 'compete'.
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
Honestly I'm pretty appalled by Musk's statements. There's no indication from recent research that we're close to the "dreadful super intelligence". I think he has an a very naive and scifi-ish understanding of
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
Oh, c'mon. There's plenty of difference between having border control and an insular totalitarian regime. You don't see any difference in the comparison?
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by mcmacintosh 9y ago
This technology can't be used to "oppress" populations more than any other technology can. It's here given as a possible solution for surveillance of military bases and border control. Both seems sensible enough. I think