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by mynewwork 12y ago
I don't see exactly what the threat here is. How am I being harmed by someone choosing to show me an ad for something relevant to my interests than something that's not? I'm not saying that I'm not being harmed, just th
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by mynewwork 12y ago
That actually sounds like a very reasonable mistake for someone to make. I'm not familiar with exactly how the dropbox UI works (if they would have gotten prompts or warnings), but it does go outside of the typical users mental model
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Tragically opening a call center likely wouldn't help at all. Many people in poverty in the US are actually better off staying unemployed because their entitlements (food stamps, housing assistance, free child care, etc) go down or di
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by mynewwork 12y ago
I understand the problems with checking-in as you go places. What I don't understand is the value in checking in as you leave. Why publish a check-in at all? What do users gain by checking-in?
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by mynewwork 12y ago
This may be a dumb question, what is the value in checking in when leaving? I might not understand the point of foursquare, I thought the check-ins were used so people could meet up with friends who were in the area. Are there rewards or in
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Is putting 2XC on default perhaps a strategic move in response to the rise of tumblr? Tumblr has a pretty large number of very-active posters across a broad range of feminism/lgbt/racism/etc blogs. Basically if you can come
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by mynewwork 12y ago
It's entirely possible they are self-aware enough to appreciate being part of the joke. Many people on HN enjoy the show despite having similarities to the characters. I see no reason to believe 'techcrunch can't realize the
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by mynewwork 12y ago
They do if they want to work for Google, Adobe, Intel... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/technology/settlement-sili... http://pando.com/2014/03/27/how-steve-jobs-forced-g
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by mynewwork 12y ago
This is the type of pointless click-bait, flamewar-starting article I used to flag, but I appear to have lost my ability to flag articles. Has the karma threshold changed or was my account specifically stopped from flagging by a mod?
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by mynewwork 12y ago
When you say bitcoin doesn't have them, you just mean bitcoin is currently making it possible for you to commit tax fraud, right? Bitcoin hasn't magically changed the laws of the world, it's not freeing anyone from restrictio
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by mynewwork 12y ago
But this app isn't a bully picking on you every day. It's every potential bully standing behind a curtain yelling non-stop insults against every person in the school. Surely it takes most of the sting out of the insult when every
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Why would anyone worry about being anonymously slandered, on a stream of nothing but anonymous slander? It seems like it would take about 1 day for this to go from truths and half-truths to just a contest for who can write the most shocking
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by mynewwork 12y ago
But, Google+ showed that they were incredibly influential. The real-name policy was the primary narrative about Google+. Feminist bloggers complained it would expose women to stalkers and abusive ex's. Journalists wrote about the un
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Off-topic to OP, but relevant to your story: As a child, I was a very competitive soccer player. The only league available for me to play in was the local rec league, where everyone got roughly equal playing time and many referees, coaches
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by mynewwork 12y ago
I have average health insurance. My insurance pays 80% of my costs until I have spent $5,000 and then it pays 100% after that. As I said in my original post, I'm talking about the middle class not the poor. A maximum out-of-pocket of
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by mynewwork 12y ago
To counter your anecdote with my anecdote, I've observed the complete opposite. An American professional will easily afford a car (and two cars for a 2-adult household), will be able to go out to lunch regularly and go out to dinner wh
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Steve jobs lied to his close friend Steve Wozniak about the payment from Atari in the 1970s so he could keep 90% of the money. His daughter was raised on welfare by a single mother for a period of time while he refused to help or acknowled
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Missing from the conversation seems to be the complete removal of all outlets for energy, anger, aggression or frustration for children today. Maybe if the kid dealing with his parents divorce got to play dodgeball in second period he'
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by mynewwork 12y ago
So you completely rely on a free web service to store something that important to you? It's unlikely now that they're owned by fb, but trusting a zero-revenue startup to offer you free access to some photos indefinitely probably
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by mynewwork 12y ago
Just the opposite is probably more important. Since sales taxes can vary locally (city, county, state) hiding the real price prevents people from noticing they can get cheaper goods by driving across an imaginary line. Example: There is a
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by mynewwork 12y ago
"Become millionaires" sounds a lot sexier than "Will be adequately prepared for retirement when they're 65". If you have a full career in any white-collar profession and don't have a million dollars between you
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by mynewwork 13y ago
People speeding in the far left lane don't bother me. Your advice to "stay out of the left hand lane" and have a "car... on the left side shield you" are bad, dangerous advice. Pass on the left. If you're pas
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by mynewwork 13y ago
It's really 9 to 6 or 8 to 5. Most people take an hour for lunch (nearby restaurant, onsite cafeteria, brought from home).
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I edited my comment several times and I think the message I was originally trying to convey got less clear as a result. I don't for a moment believe the startup actually failed due solely to the designer. And yet, it's more likely
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by mynewwork 13y ago
What a ridiculously terrible article. The company "decided to sell itself to Google as a last resort, after failing to find traction in the market". But the engineers got hired, so probably the product was good but the failure was
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Another example of poor reporting of a poorly designed study. People will read this and come away thinking a vegetarian diet was shown to be less healthy. Yet the exact same study and data could have been written up as "People with h
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by mynewwork 13y ago
If I click a link on my phone and it tries to get me to install an app, I'm instantly hitting the back button. Do people really install random apps because they saw a one-sentence advertisement on facebook? I really don't know wh
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I love when people end an argument with "Do not respond to me about <the obviously controversial part of my opinion>". The fact is, people from all backgrounds and political viewpoints hold opinions which they view as absolu
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by mynewwork 13y ago
A new Corvette convertible in 1970 cost $4,849 when the average white male made $7,011. A new Corvette convertible in 2014 costs $58,000 when the average white male makes $31,335. Young people are going to stop caring about cars when all th
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I had the exact same experience. Eye-rolled at the title but clicked anyway and was pleasantly surprised to find a really interesting bit of research in the actual article. Semi-related, I've lost my ability to flag things on HN. Did

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