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by mrgordon 9y ago
Same. Thinking the custom built ones may not be affected.
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https://www.figure-eight.com/introducing-instance-based-pixe... Yes Figure Eight (formerly CrowdFlower) does a ton of this kinda thing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wxi2dInWDnI
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It runs in your browser which is key to allowing people across the organization easy access to data. Its great! I was one of their early customers and I still use it most days.
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Normally the news articles say its Chinese investors parking their money in Vancouver housing since it is likely to be stable compared to the yuan, etc.
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by mrgordon 9y ago
"All research institutions get additional money tacked on to federal science and medical grants to help pay for general overhead. But federal rules allow institutions to deposit those payments into their general budgets, with no requir
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Yes the source of much of the enormous endowment is Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and private donations (see the new Koch building, for example). The major energy companies (e.g. Shell) are also big donors to the climate chan
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by mrgordon 9y ago
You’re trying to run MacOS on unsupported hardware and configuring it yourself (instead of letting Apple do it as they always do) which is the only reason it’s more frustrating than Linux. Buying Linux vs. MacOS directly from the manufactur
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I’ve seen way too many Dell lemons to believe its as simple as “it just works” with Linux. Also, as someone who used to live next door to the creator of GNOME, saying it isn’t as polished as MacOS is quite an understatement.
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Yes Mac multi-monitor support is a weakness. As I said, the point wasn't that one person had hardware issues. Its that I constantly see people buy Linux laptops and have hardware/software issues as the two are quite related on Lin
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by mrgordon 9y ago
I don’t disagree with your point but it only addresses part of my problem. For one thing, the Linux UIs like GNOME and KDE are terrible. They do the job for some people but I would willingly pay more to use OS X without hesitation. I also h
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by mrgordon 9y ago
This all or nothing mentality doesn't often end up being useful in practice. For example, try doing some deep learning on Linux with CUDA without installing closed source NVIDIA drivers. The important detail is who provided the softwar
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by mrgordon 9y ago
I'm not sure where you're going with this. Facebook allowed these terrible ideas to proliferate which is why we have lost our privacy and rights to "subtle language" and "questionable policies." Now people are
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“That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the questionable contact importing practices. All the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends. All of the work we do to bring more communication in. The work we
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Some of the bigger SaaS companies are missing from the list
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Yep and if they reduce cashback then more people will get a superior cashback card from someone else leaving Citi worse off
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Nope there is competition so Citi can’t just increase interest rates across the board and add a bunch of new fees. The shareholders will take most of the loss. If Citi tries to increase prices, Amex and Chase will laugh and scoop up their c
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Honestly if Citi stole $1000 from me but now everyone has to pay $0.01 towards an audit so everyone can get their stolen money back, it’s worth it. They stole the money and they should pay it back with interest. I don’t care if it’s expensi
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Yes sometimes the owner does it and they are free to value their time as they see fit. If it’s too much I simply won’t stay there especially for a short trip. I would be pissed if it wasn’t clean though. If I had to do your dishes, I defini
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Obviously you need to be able to compare fees, but I don’t see the issue with a large cleaning fee if that is what it costs. One friend has an Airbnb in a ski village and he pays the building cleaners $150 to clean his rather small unit bec
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Sounds like you’re exactly the guest this was made for. Now someone can certify the washer and dryer exist and are functional before you arrive. If it’s not a lot more, I’ll definitely consider using it to ensure a smooth check in and accur
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by mrgordon 9y ago
A lot of people stay in hotels because there is a certain consistency even if they are more expensive and less nice usually. Airbnb Plus is a way to make sure Airbnb is as consistent as possible to compete. If you want the cheapest possible
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Yeah I think this may be partly an issue of what people are used to. In most countries the dryers are terrible anyway so everyone hangs their clothes to dry.
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Works great with the double blind system Airbnb uses
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No the general rating isn't specific enough as you say. You may want a table, a hairdryer, working wifi, etc. which may not alter the overall rating much.
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by mrgordon 9y ago
You can support diversity of thought and still be against billionaires who shut down media outlets and make additional billions off government surveillance and pervasive tracking of individuals (read: minorities)
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Proof that more women (as a percentage) are mathematicians than programmers? I think it’s about equal for many of the same reasons.
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by mrgordon 9y ago
Yeah I was referring to him leaving Silicon Valley / SF as the headline mentions but I agree it’s a self serving move and won’t really change his agenda much. He did buy citizenship in New Zealand so he can flee there if he messes our
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by mrgordon 9y ago
I feel alienated by the awful beliefs and behavior of Peter Thiel and his portfolio companies. Now many people can breathe a sigh of relief that someone who wields billions to support Palantir, Trump, and spurious lawsuits will finally leav
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How was the experience overall?
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by mrgordon 9y ago
It works fine 99.9% of the time. I know many people who have used Coinbase / GDAX for years without any issues. You can also try Kraken (they just upgraded but had a lot of site reliability issues before) or Robinhood once it launches

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