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by pxeboot 8y ago
People are doing it, but building a home is a lot of work and usually ends up costing far more than anticipated unless you really know what you are doing.
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by pxeboot 8y ago
Since you can buy tickets in advance, people were buying tickets on different days for a future showing.
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by pxeboot 8y ago
Windows Update is in need of a massive overhaul, but these 'feature updates' are actually an entire new OS that gets installed. While it normally works great, when it doesn't, it's very difficult to fix in most cases, as
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by pxeboot 9y ago
This wasn't a leak, it was a feature that existed on Facebook for several years before being removed.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Insane, yes, but 2k/month is still a lot more then most American families live on after paying their rent/mortgage.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Probably not common, but still possible for those with professional degrees in many places in the US. After all, the median home price is still around 200k. Student loans are probably more of an issue then housing prices for new graduates i
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by pxeboot 9y ago
There are companies like cigarette makers who's entire business is generally considered unethical, and others like big banks that could be ethical but often aren't. I would expect this to make a big difference in the type of worke
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by pxeboot 9y ago
WhatsApp and Instagram seem to be much more respected than Facebook proper right now, so it kind of makes sense. I also haven't noticed a decline in usage of these apps among my friends, but posts on Facebook itself have really dried u
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by pxeboot 9y ago
It doesn't seem like the average user cares about social media privacy at all, let alone Facebook politics and forced apologies. The current privacy settings available on Facebook are actually very extensive, but totally overwhelming t
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I agree, it seems crazy to buy now. But will we actually see a crash, or just a period of stagnation?
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Hopefully it has been fixed, but last time I used iOS, the phone/messages app seemed to mix up contact info from identical numbers with different area codes. So if I had 206-555-5555 in my address book, and got a call or message from 5
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Wasn't there a Black Mirror episode about this? Seems like a terrible idea, but will inevitably end up being required by many companies, just like credit scores.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Carriers like Verizon demand locked bootloaders.
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How ad-free subscriptions could solve Facebook(techcrunch.com)
4 points by pxeboot 9y ago|1 comments
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I have never seen a US carrier offer Apple Music. T-Mobile does provide a Netflix subscription with some plans, so it's certainly possible though.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Of course they do, but it's a much bigger issue when it's done with taxpayer money. I don't really care what Apple or BP waste money on, but I hate seeing important services degraded/cut in order to keep spending on wast
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by pxeboot 9y ago
This type of waste occurs in all levels of government. My last employer was spending over $1,000,000/year maintaining some horrible SharePoint sites that were rarely used.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
If you go back and look at some 3rd party testing done on this, it was clearly shown that an iPhone could operate at the expected speed with a new battery and much slower when an older battery was reinstalled.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Except that the software changes were made to hide the fact that these batteries were inadequate to begin with. This wasn't about making phones more reliable, it was to keep them functional at the expense of performance.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I am happy to see this issue getting so much attention outside of tech circles. Apple has mostly gotten a pass for their anti-consumer behavior recently and I hope the negative publicity from this forces them to improve things.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
It doesn't cost $12k. The insurance company likely ended up paying less than half that amount.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
This is an extremely common tactic for insurance companies. Deny claims first, then reverse that decision for the small number of customers who dispute the denial.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I have seen signs advertising $15/hour starting wages for their Bay Area restaurants. Not exactly great pay considering the cost of living.
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'Serial stowaway' arrested for 10th time after slipping past airport security(foxnews.com)
3 points by pxeboot 9y ago|2 comments
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I have experienced the same disorganization the few times I have visited an Apple store. Simple signs or different color shirts could go a long way towards directing people to the right employees.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
Sam's Club has an app like this for some stores. Works really well for large bulk items.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
At least in the US, you can still buy cigarettes really cheap on Indian reservations and states like West Virginia.
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by pxeboot 9y ago
That is definitely the motivation where I live. People seem to be willing to spend a lot of money to live closer to others with similar economic status. Where I live, you can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more for an almost identic
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by pxeboot 9y ago
I wonder what city will be the first to ban private cars and allow all streets to work this way.
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Amazon Chooses 20 Finalists for Second Headquarters(nytimes.com)
2 points by pxeboot 9y ago|0 comments

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