pacificleo11

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by pacificleo11 10y ago
because the complexity of development will increase many fold by doing so.
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
I am one of them :(
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
Not a day goes by when i don't see a uber story on HN .
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
Agree with you 100%. This is hardly manipulative, not in the way the author is making out it to be. @ any rate this is not first time that its happening . Ford motors used to turn back clocks on shop floor to steal extra hal an hour of unpa
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
Edge case
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
"In the case of a 97% vs. 3% battery, the call should be exactly as it is currently. Who is going to be the more lucrative for the driver." Well, I disagree. I think they should optimize for Life Time Value (LTV) of Customer. So I
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
Uber currently use low battery status to charge higher surge pricing from the user. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/05/22/uber-app-can-... So its not whether its possible to do this or not. It&
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My fully optimized life allows me ample time to optimize yours(mcsweeneys.net)
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
This is true and its true for women too. So often it's assumed that attractive women irrespective of their job type got where they were based on looks rather than merits
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Foundation – Fall of the American Galactic Empire(theburningplatform.com)
16 points by pacificleo11 10y ago|5 comments
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
"You talk about "losing control" - why not spin your own Dropbox?" I agree that auto update is a net positive and most people will be fine with the arrangement. But your line of argument is flawed . by this logic anyone
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
This is very similar to CPU overclocking. fraudulent warranty replacement claims were rampant untill recently but that intel fixed it .
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
Interesting hypothesis . As far as maximization of opportunity space is concerned its not very different from selfish gene theory suggested by Dawkins . But I guess you are wrong about need to centralized being inbuilt in nature . You are c
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by pacificleo11 10y ago
arron swartz was right