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by narrowrail 9y ago
When I lived in Idaho, my neighbor found his dead dog draped over his mailbox because it wondered onto another neighbors land that had cattle. The law is on their side, and this issue goes back over 100 years, though the details differ.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>I'm talking about deep instinctual fear With a 30-30 or 30-06, I'm not sure what there is to be scared of (not mentioning a probable .45 side-arm)? Guns are scarier than teeth.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>I'm getting the heat for pointing out the existence of someone else's stinking turd. That doesn't require ad hominem, nor unsubstantiated accusations of financial ties. As an obsessive HN comment reader, I would say I&#x2
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>My guess is you're being ripped off because you're tourists. This does not make it OK. If Uber solves this problem alone it will help lift the local economy. I'm enough of HN comment reader to know you mean well, but I ho
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by narrowrail 9y ago
In the US, we've had black car services for years. The difference here was always that only taxi's could take road-side hails (that's it). Now, any commercial vehicle on the road in the US needs to comply with their state Pub
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by narrowrail 9y ago
It seems like the key argument hinges on whether or not venture capital is significantly subsidizing these rides. If Uber ever turns a profit (not a financially engineered one), that might change the discussion a bit.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
What do you think a public offering is for if not to raise cash? It's not like they are giving it back as a dividend, so I'm not sure what the "stock owners" are getting that is great? If the company grows, shareholders
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Quarterly reports (Form 10-Q) are mandated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_10-Q Edit: This is only relevant to publicly traded companies.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This is such a crappy suggestion: That we are all just acting in our own self-interest. I'm privileged enough that this is not the case, and I despise the implication. It's like voting for Trump just because of the huge tax cut I
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by narrowrail 9y ago
If you ever hover over the URLs, Zillow is using a 3rd-party service for the forclosure potential properties. It's lead gen, and you have to become a customer to get actionable data.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This is an obsession of mine, but I'm not a professional. I dated/ lived with a Realtor for ~20mo, and I asked lots of questions about the workflow of the business. I don't think Redfin has much of an edge in go-to-market str
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by narrowrail 9y ago
As long as there are already many anecdotes, I'll just add mine (I've always taken the zestimate as Zillow's working model that probably needs lots of tweaking; it's not like the MLS's are eager to give them data).
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by narrowrail 9y ago
It's simply more efficient. I can go to the store early in the morning where one guy can manage 6 to 12 registers. Why do I need to pay more? It's almost like asking, 'why do I need to think about this?' like there is no
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by narrowrail 9y ago
If you can't type in the code for a given piece of produce or at least use the 'type by name' I'm not sure I can help you. It sounds like we fundamentally disagree about what the experience should be like. I've prob
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by narrowrail 9y ago
While Safeway/ Randolph's/ Ralph's was trying (and failing) to compete with WholeFoods, they lost their way and got bought out by what is now Albertson's. Meanwhile, Kroger was kicking ass and competing on price&#x2
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I can take you to stores where the self-checkout is as good or better in the US as you describe. How many different corporate entities and how many different communities did you visit in the US?
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>Try shopping in the better part of town. I alluded to this in my other comment in this thread. Switzerland is 'the better part of town' in its entirety. Europeans only hear about the lowest common denominator in the US. I&#x27
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I have been using them for 10 years at kroger, and they work perfectly for me. I go to the grocery every other day at ~630am. I am OCD about my veggies being fresh (I also hate wasting food), and the store is on my morning jog anyway. I fin
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by narrowrail 9y ago
'No cost' is probably a better phrase here. Especially because the word 'free' can mean: 1) no immediate monetary cost ($) 2)or shorthand for freedom, as in related to liberty. However, "Generally, liberty is dist
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Most of my fellow classical liberals don't have an issue with state populations choosing to grow state governments, just the federal government (this fact is often overlooked by people who have not taken the time to understand the cl
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by narrowrail 9y ago
When money is no object, you have to get a commercial display (like this [0], w/ 55" class (54.6" diagonal) Edge-Lit LED IPS Digital - $1350MSRP). Otherwise, something like a Vizio P series (which has an embedded chromecast)
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by narrowrail 9y ago
At first I was confused at this thread, then annoyed, and then I read this comment. This is really pretty humorous.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
They still have a king! This is not normal. It's pure crazy town.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Near as I can tell, the oil industry has been a series of boom/bust cycles since the '20s. OPEC has always been this way as well, it's always been a gentleman's agreement of sorts, not to mention the sanctioned countries
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I haven't read an s-1 from Saudi Aramco yet, but in 2014 (when oil was still riding high), they did $1.5T in revenue. Given some of the most favorable valuation methods, let's say 5x revenue== $7.5T. however, margins are important
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by narrowrail 9y ago
And the float will be...5% of the company.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I'm a big proponent of NN, but do you think it would be popular to screw with people's internet? The "internet is serious business" (these days).
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This is well-written, but I worry it will be scanned by a staffer and replied to with a canned response. I'd be interested in hearing about any response if you care to update?
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This type of hypothetical drives me batty, and I was tempted to be snarky. I'm not sure how to respond to the idea that there will ever be a time your ISP requires root cert installation for service, but I will be finding a way to laun
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by narrowrail 9y ago
We were past that point when Clinton raised the issue in the 90's (or even Bob Dole). I just don't think a federalized system with central control/power is the prudent path to pursue until we get price transparency for health

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