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by mcrae 7y ago
> because Telegram is decades ahead in terms of UX/speed than any other messenger I'm curious in what ways you feel Telegram so far ('decades') ahead of others? Honestly in my experience Telegram / WhatsApp &#x2F
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by mcrae 7y ago
Because its unambiguous -- DD-MM-YYYY could be confused for MM-DD-YYYY
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by mcrae 7y ago
Don’t think so. I’ve used Korean, French, and Canadian cards with no issues in the US at gas stations. Meanwhile, good luck getting gas or paying tolls in France without a French or other EU card. French companies are also terrible at accep
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by mcrae 7y ago
Isn’t price discrimination embedded in nearly every transaction we engage in, though? What is the difference between price discrimination between classes of individuals (to your point, business vs leisure travellers), and individuals themse
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by mcrae 7y ago
Uh really? Check any list of the world's tax havens, and you will see the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, and Bermuda. The City of London has been a conduit through which wealth has been pilfered to these t
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by mcrae 7y ago
I reckon authorities have much lower-hanging fruit to exploit in order to detain you. This method seems to require too much trouble and too much competence to be useful for them.
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by mcrae 7y ago
I mean if they increased their prices by 10%, their sales quantity would certainly decrease. So to make that 10% revenue increase would take potentially a significantly greater price increase, substantially changing their value proposition.
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by mcrae 7y ago
My girlfriend was speaking to her father (mid-60s?) who was complaining about what a pain in the ass it was to get his new iPhone configured. He had called Apple support who would come the next day, but now he had to go to Wal-Mart to picku
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by mcrae 7y ago
I wonder if this is a fake job posting to satisfy a Labor Certification [0] for a US Visa application. For some types of Visas, the company has to prove that there are no qualified US workers to take the position. One way of proving this is
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by mcrae 7y ago
Even in India, Rs is used to denote rupees most often. If the rupee symbol weren't on the notes themselves, I wouldn't recognise it.
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by mcrae 7y ago
I'm not sure what you would've liked to have happen here? Canada has a valid extradition treaty with the US. It was a lawful arrest of a person who violated American law. Should Canada not follow it's own international agreem
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by mcrae 7y ago
Yeah, and it is like the best delivery service ever. In urban areas in Asia, it is always less than 20 minutes. Occasionally it arrives in less than 10 minutes. Which is as close to instant as is possible. Mind blasting. I don't even l
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by mcrae 7y ago
> I guess but that's not their business. I mean my point is that it is a total show stopper for their business if they cannot have US apps on their store! Good luck selling a £800 Android phone in the UK with no Instagram! Or a $200
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by mcrae 7y ago
Don't think it is that simple for a couple of reasons: 1) Without GMS, developers will need to fork their apps and reimplement everything they use Play services for today. That's non-trvial and I suspect a substantial number of de
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by mcrae 7y ago
Mostly for business. Maybe some people are comfortable to Whatsapp you, but it's inappropriate for a lot of situations. Also, in a lot of places you need a local number to get things done. Like when making reservations at restaurants o
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by mcrae 7y ago
I’m totally with you. The dream would be to have a single SIM which roams globally and to which you could attach multiple numbers from various countries. Closest I’ve found is https://www.truphone.com/ but they seem not to
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by mcrae 7y ago
Fairly common in Korean cooking from my experience? Usually some stew with tofu and pork and whatnot. Rarely is it eaten on its own except for banchan/side dishes.
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by mcrae 8y ago
Why is it nuts? Last year Amazon did $10B in ad sales. That was double the year before. Google did about $130B for the same time period. Doesn't seem nuts to me that Amazon can grow their share of the pie quickly. They are #3 globally
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by mcrae 8y ago
In the article, it mentions several times that Apple has rejected apps for linking to the web page to upgrade, or for even mentioning it is possible to upgrade (when IAP is not enabled).
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by mcrae 8y ago
Sure, but if another company with a $1T mkt cap is abusing it's market position to the detriment of a $30B company, wouldn't you want to hear about it? After all, if they treat Spotify this way, how do you think they'll treat
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by mcrae 8y ago
Not sure I agree re: the seat being semi-private. Surely it must be expected that there is surveillance in general on airplanes? As there is in any other public transportation (train, subway, taxi, etc..) I guess the whole controversy seems
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by mcrae 8y ago
What's the big deal, though? Its not like these devices are in your home -- they are in a public space that is well known to be heavily surveiled. So I guess, even in the worst case scenario where these cameras were recording you, what
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by mcrae 8y ago
That's an odd selection of cities you propose.. there's not even daily flights between some of those city pairs, let alone an a380
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by mcrae 8y ago
Just looking at Q4 results [0], looks like operating margins for the businesses are: US Retail: 5% [$2,251 / $44,124] Intl Retail: -3% [-$642 / $20,849] AWS: 29% [$2,177 / $7,430] Really striking diff between Retail and AWS b
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by mcrae 8y ago
I rented a place with AirBnB in NY once. I knocked on the door and the guy answered with a lit joint in his hand. Another was passed out on the couch. Gross, unclean bathroom. But whatever shit happens. It was cheap so maybe buywer beware.
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by mcrae 8y ago
I've thought about the idea of creating a 'global MVNO'. Like a plan with multiple foreign numbers being bound to one SIM, and being able to roam seamlessly and pay a fixed rate + reasonable usage fees. For example, someone i
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by mcrae 8y ago
Despite everything else said, I’ve gotta say that there’s no better feeling than touching down in a new place, turning on your phone, and having it just work . No stupid voip apps. No managing prepaid balances. No switching sims. Just dire
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by mcrae 8y ago
TMO only gives 2G internationally which, while it doesn’t sound terrible, it ends up being unusable in practice. Your experience may vary though I guess.
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by mcrae 8y ago
Labour might be priced in CNY, but most of the expensive bits in the BOM are from non-Chinese firms like Qualcomm, Samsung, and others and would be in USD denominated contracts most likely.
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by mcrae 8y ago
I think the issue in question is that these were areas that were originally not under the flight paths, but the flight paths were recently changed to put their homes under them. So, perhaps they deserve some sympathy for the reduction in th

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