mmanfrin

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811.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Well, I mean, you can do anything at zombocom. The only limit is yourself.
812.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
I ironically only ever use the amazon ordering feature on the Echo to buy catfood.
813.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
I use the Echo/Alexa for calling an uber (because my last step for getting ready to leave is usually 'find my phone'). Also, reservations are pretty easy to do over voice. "Book me a table for 2 at Hakkasan this Friday a
814.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Ditto, the Echo is worth it alone for this. "Echo, what time is it" "Echo, set an alarm for [+8 hours]". And when I'm about to sleep and I realize I've forgotten the alarm, I don't have to turn on a glarin
815.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
And who is the servicer of broken phones? Is there a warranty? Can I get a customer service agent on a real voice line? This was one of the things they announced; Fire-phone-like support tools and access.
816.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
"Their debut signals Google’s push into the $400 billion smartphone hardware business and shows that the company is willing to risk alienating partners like Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. that sell Android-based phones
817.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
They released an 'updated' OnHub 3 months later; they really don't care about early adopters.
818.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Because it's not just shipping. Shipping is the avenue for entry, but the last-mile delivery market is suitable for lots of things, like: Amazon Fresh (groceries, which UPS/Fedex cannot do) 1 hour delivery (which UPS/Fedex ca
819.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Late one night (like 9pm) I was just arriving home in my car and hit my garage gate when I saw someone with a flashlight at my front walking gate (like 15ft away). I drove in to my driveway while looking at the person, got out of my car and
820.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
That is a fantastic landing page. Immediately shows what it is and how it's used without being an over-the-top display of CSS like half of all the app/service landing pages out there.
821.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
So will this P2P insurance company employ an AI with a Bot interface to help people handle their claims? Maybe they can apply some Deep Learning?
822.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
That doesn't sound right -- a claim should be paid out or denied based on the veracity of the claim, not on the profit motive of the company. Sure, a for-profit company has extra incentive to vet claims, but so does Lemonade (since the
823.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
I just don't understand why. Encryption and stickers and gifs are things you could add to hangouts easily. 'Assistant' is just a wrapper for google now in a less convenient form. What is the point.
824.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Noone is smart, but Anon is pithy. Anon came up with a ton of choice quotes and sayings, I wonder if he was a contemporary of Aesop?
825.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
But how else are they going to push-notify you about their new Local Deals section comprised of ads?
826.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
It is astounding to see so many people here who think employee cost == employee salary.
827.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
I think it is unfair to look at the homelessness of SF as an attribute or failing of the city or to extrapolate out as if it were synecdocheic of the country. Homelessness in the whole state gravitates to SF because of the climate: sure, it
828.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Can someone provide context?
829.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
WISPs have higher latency/loss than wired, correct? Also, how would you go about making an ISP for a dense urban area with no real higher-than-everything-else structures? Like, say you wanted to build out fiber in Berkeley: there is da
830.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
"Mysteriously". My first thought (and indeed the end half of the article) points potential blame at the 'harvesting' of blood. Horseshoe crabs are captured, have some blood drained, and then are released. Maybe some grou
831.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Well, I personally upvoted this because I have used Anker stuff before, and they usually pop up in verticals dominated by no-name things banking on taglines/designs for sales (e.g., cables, battery packs, etc). They managed to distingu
832.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Concur feels like an odd company to acquire them, but maybe it's to streamline business travel? Also -- I recently used Hipmunk (been using it for a few years now), but found that it didn't find deals that Chase's rewards po
833.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
For those of you who are claiming that this "jackass" is throwing "waste overboard", I recommend reading up on the process used[1] and recognizing that this is something that has been studied and experimented with. [1]
834.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Iron seeding for plankton is a pretty well talked about solution to introducing forces to work against the warming of the planet. It's not like he's concocted some wild new idea.
835.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
These are linked; every time NK wants something, it starts rattling its sabres so that when talks over aid happen, they can leverage more.
836.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
I had a surprisingly hard time reading this; but I don't subvocalize, and words are 'things' to me (for example, your/you're is read differently in my head and makes me very sensitive to that mistake).
837.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Truffle oil is just the less-scary-sounding version of adding msg to a dish. 'Truffle flavoring' is plain msg, most likely. MSG is great for cooking, it is the taste of "Umami". Umami/Truffle/Parmesan are all j
838.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
The problem is that people don't stop immediately. You stop, the person behind you stops just a little bit later, the person behind them a little bit later than that. As you're walking the gaps in between people shrink. Finally th
839.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
You want peace & love? Have a solar panel installation party. Plant trees party. Pick up sea trash party. Not a check out my dreads, tattoo & flashy bicycle party. You have zero idea what burning man is. If you think it
840.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/google-discontinues-t...

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