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by pcurve 3y ago
yeah. There are countries growing at 7% annually, but they're mostly in Africa. Niger, Rwanda, Congo, etc. But please for the love of God, don't compare GDP to revenue.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Wow, great to see boingboing is still around. Anyway, based on some research, it looks like the person takes pictures from helicopter tour around the premise.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Considering it is far from being his best or well known work, the $62m price tag is still shocking. https://news.artnet.com/market/chinese-film-magnate-buys-van... His most recent work sold is even lesser known work at
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by pcurve 3y ago
I have no idea what the actual cost incurred by Reddit is, but they're asking for $0.24 for 1,000 API calls. (basically fetching content) Does anyone have a ballpark?
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by pcurve 3y ago
Yeah, the resemblance is too strong to pass off as coincidence.
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by pcurve 3y ago
100% this. The worst software in the world could be forgiven if it were fast. Ours was self-hosted, but it's depressing to hear that the cloud version isn't much better.
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World’s best airline for 2023 named by AirlineRatings.com(cnn.com)
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by pcurve 3y ago
They're awesome. Their Klimt hard cover book is a treat. Their prices don't depreciate either.
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by pcurve 3y ago
JFK and Newark don't have a lot of overlapping routes that I use. They used to pre-9/11, but a lot changed since then. Big international airlines and routes that I take don't fly out of Newark. Believe me, if I had the choi
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by pcurve 3y ago
It's so random. Sometimes I click submit thinking it would fail because I forgot to select a metal pole of a traffic light, or confuse bike for a motorcycle.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"For instance, Google always presents drivers with the fastest route, regardless of tolls. But sometimes, paying a toll would shave only a minute or two off the ride, while adding significantly to the cost." Ah... the joy of NYC t
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by pcurve 3y ago
The trend has been going on for couple years. It's not a clickbait. Hardship withdrawal is up by 3x fold looking at 20 year chart. https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/107162765-167043620853...
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by pcurve 3y ago
Compared to prior year same period, it's 28-33% jump for both Fidelity and Vanguard.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"Fidelity found that 2.4 percent of 22 million people with retirement accounts in its system took hardship withdrawals in the final quarter of 2022" That's a lot... over half a million people dipping into the account in a si
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by pcurve 3y ago
Posted above. Caution... it is basically a rant.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I led a team of 18 designers with several managers in between, supporting large web and mobile products. Chances are you or at least someone you know uses them regularly. I feel people in the UX profession have a chip on our shoulder and su
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by pcurve 3y ago
With all the virtue ux espouses, usability of digital products is worse than ever. I resigned from my ux director position a few months ago partly because of what the profession degenerated into.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I think that’s all accounted for.
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by pcurve 3y ago
For our non-American friends on the board, check out how much Nursing home costs in the U.S. by state. https://www.seniorliving.org/nursing-homes/costs/ I'll save you the click. It's $100,000 / year
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by pcurve 3y ago
Who is more replaceable? You or the cuxo? What would happen if CUXO were to quit? Who is more qualified to be a CTO between you and him going forward? i.e. If the company were to scale x2, x5, x10, would you or the him be able to fulfill
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by pcurve 3y ago
Microsoft has made good peripherals. Microsoft intellimouse was my all time favorite mouse. https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-d58-00015-intellimouse/p/N8...
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by pcurve 3y ago
Considering the enormous size and weight of 20ft x 20ft brick wall, I wonder how much the work would go for. Perhaps not as much as we think?
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by pcurve 3y ago
What do you hate about it? I've grown to like them. The only thing I don't like is, YT doesn't let you save Shorts in your list.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Experts theorize this is a revenge behavior resulting from one of the orcas encountering traumatic event with a boat. The problem is, other orcas are emulating it.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Considering they made half a Billion in sale from bribing, $1.1B in fine will hurt. That's over 70% of their 1 year profit.
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by pcurve 3y ago
That's one of the more enjoyable trailers I've seen.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"The action — which will only go forward if at least 1,000 Seattle-based employees sign up to participate — is the combined effort of two parties: one is an informal group that sprang up in response to the return-to-office mandate, and
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by pcurve 3y ago
"Is there anything to prevent the pay for our most important and meaningful jobs from approaching zero?" One way is to raise the bar so it is harder to become a teacher and increase pay. The problem though, is in the U.S., pay dif
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by pcurve 3y ago
They didn't break any law. They failed to practice common sense. "In the 2015 model year, immobilizers were standard on 96% of other manufacturers' models, the institute said. But they were standard on only 26% of Hyundai an
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by pcurve 3y ago
Because of lack of electronic immobilizer in many cars made through 2021 that made it easier to steal compared to cars from other makes.

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