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by pesfandiar 3y ago
Foodee ( https://www.food.ee/ ) | CTO | Western Canada or US (Office in Vancouver) Are you passionate about food technology? We’re Foodee, a team of food experts on a mission to connect local restaurants to businesses through
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by pesfandiar 3y ago
It's called tiered pricing, and a way to gauge if a customer is at enterprise level, not to gouge them. Are there "premium support" and "auditability" taxes too?
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Legitimately lethal heat doesn't even have to be in typically hot places or require a power outage to be lethal. In fact, the 2021 heatwave in Pacific Northwest[1] (which is known to have a moderate climate), was the deadliest weather
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Have you tried Brave?
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The user base may be small but they'll be unusually wealthy.
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I'd love to know how one gets out of being on-call, when almost all software systems need to be up 24/7.
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I categorize my phone usage (in order of necessity) into information, communication and entertainment. Information would be something like using Maps, but reading news, HN, Reddit, and social media are all considered entertainment. This hel
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Fear of an unknown civilization invading their land, killing them, making them sick, and taking over their resources?
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Or "Türkiye" as the country is now known officially.
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This is so true. I once saw a diagram[1] in an accessibility training that drove this point very well for me. You don't need to have a disability to appreciate accessible software. [1] It looked like this: https://www.course
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These trading services are becoming more like roulette tables. They encourage addiction by providing intermittent Skinner-Box-style rewards, they show inconsequential information to create a delusion of expertise for the marks (e.g. previou
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by pesfandiar 3y ago
I suppose they're referring to line items in each company's earnings report.
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by pesfandiar 4y ago
At this pricing, it might only make sense to embed it in a larger application (e.g. Duolingo) or use it for internal IT.
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by pesfandiar 4y ago
With that kind of revenue, why not just hire an employee or an agency?
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by pesfandiar 4y ago
https://javascript.onl/ Wondered a while ago if I could make a static website where you could solve interview-style JavaScript problems in the browser. It uses web workers and local storage. There are Amazon affiliate links
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by pesfandiar 4y ago
Would an associate on commission give you good advice on budget though?
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When there are too many choices, you have to accept you may not pick the optimal product, and only research enough to bring the options within your tolerance for sub-optimality.
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It seems we're sliding into a new cold war, but the US is still contemplating its strategy. Banning a vastly successful social media outright needs to be aligned with that strategy, and not to mention how unpopular taking away an addic
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It's also Yalda night in some Western Asian cultures: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yald%C4%81_Night
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It depends on your risk tolerance and financial goals. Do you buy individual stocks? Would you buy stocks in your employer if you had the equivalent in cash? Even if you can't sell them some times during the year and there's some
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by pesfandiar 4y ago
While I agree with your point in general, the "manager" in the title doesn't necessarily refer to managing people. e.g. a "social media manager" only needs to manage the function.
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Indeed. Also, the ultimate discount is 100% off things you don't need to buy.
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Right? Two obvious causal links would be stronger and more numerous social ties lead to both increased social drinking and decreased risk of dementia.
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They're also known as cooperative games. A quick Google search gave me many top lists like this: https://coopboardgames.com/rankings/top-40-cooperative-board...
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In this case, they're bored more than they're overworked. Trying to find more meaning within their day job may be more effective than completely cutting off. Sometimes working harder but on a more meaningful project could reverse
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My understanding is the stuff you can see are not a huge problem. They get trapped in the nose, sinuses, or lungs and get pushed out eventually. The problem is much finer particulates (PM2.5) that enter your bloodstream.
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You get somewhere there if you apply it recursively; "and of the top 20%, 20% have 80% of the 80% sales" and so on.
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I wouldn't be so sure about the official stats. We've had a similar phenomenon in Vancouver, where perceived crime has been going up in downtown core, especially during the lockdowns. However, people have given up on calling the p
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Sleep deprivation is indeed considered a form of psychological torture [1]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31670701/
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This is the correct answer. The red tape seems to be a feature not a bug. I have first hand experience going through immigration/visa/crossing processes holding both Iranian and Canadian passports. The whole experience is vastly d

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