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by redm 9y ago
Perhaps.. but Dropbox is not without its own issues. I tried diligently to get Dropbox after hearing statements like yours. I signed up and added my dataset, 600GB of ~670,000 objects. It never would sync, used 10GB+ of memory while &quot
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by redm 9y ago
It seems to me at the point you decide to hire an entire team you are entering the contracting model instead of building a team per say. Just outsource; it's more flexible with fewer issues than integrating a new team.
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by redm 9y ago
Maybe. A few thoughts: 1) Automobile efficiency has moved dramatically since the 70's and that's due to government regulation. That regulation continues to push the industry as a whole. 2) The regulation goes beyond automobiles,
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by redm 9y ago
I've read plenty of traditional manufacturers working on self-driving cars too. They just don't seem to be as visible as Google/Uber/Tesla etc. I've been following Audi for some time. [1] [1] http://www.
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by redm 9y ago
I just don't see Tesla becoming mainstream before traditional manufacturers fill the potential market opportunity. Volvo just announced they will only produce Hybrids in the future. [1] All the major manufacturers have hybrid program
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by redm 9y ago
I wasn't sure what to expect from the title but I agree with this post more than almost anything else I've read. Carving people up by gender, race, religion, just divides us more, even if it's to solve a problem just divides
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by redm 9y ago
"Mr. Stoppelman feels he has no choice. Like a lot of small internet companies, Yelp lives in a world where one company, Google, accounts for an outsize share of its business, and could destroy it at any time." That sums it up for
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by redm 9y ago
I too used Be-os in the late 90's. Our application was a stand alone internet browsing device. Lots of potential in the OS that was never realized, maybe if Apple had bought it over Next. Today, I don't think we need another und
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by redm 9y ago
I have a two-year-old, five-year-old, and seven-year-old. All boys. These are my personal opinions. I find that treating them like people instead of subservient goes a long way. I.e. a bit of latitude in their own life goes a long way.
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by redm 9y ago
I believe you misunderstood my point/opinion. The original comment stated a murderer (alleged in this case) is tried and found innocent of Murder by a court of law and then, due to this ruling, may take down information to the extent i
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by redm 9y ago
"court somewhere rules in the favor of a person found innocent who is suing to keep as many details of a particular murder off the Internet on the grounds that his or her constitutional rights being violated" "Murder is the k
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by redm 9y ago
I used to live in SF near a camp at 10th and mission. I saw the homeless daily; it's very sad to see and people just walk around them. I moved out of SF because it is so damn expensive and I didn't have to be there. $275 million
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by redm 9y ago
This was rumored to be coming for some time. The most interesting part to me: "Vestager said the EU might also need to take a closer look at Google’s behavior concerning maps, travel and restaurant reviews."
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by redm 9y ago
Blockchain technology goes far beyond "currency" replacement. Most of the new ICO's are using it for varied applications that benefit from its distributed and verifying nature.
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by redm 9y ago
Kitchens are undeniably more important today than in the past. Their increased and expanded uses have driven larger sizes. As you suggest, too larger of a triangle is inefficient. To deal with this, the concept of Kitchen Zones has been
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by redm 9y ago
This story reminds me of ION Storm [1], John Romero's cash rich baby that failed miserably with Daikatana. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Storm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai
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by redm 9y ago
After reading the comments on HN, this response is so flawed and disliked that the next post may be: 'Offical Response to the flawed "Bancor Is Flawed" Official Response'
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by redm 9y ago
I love the implementation for C++, I'm just waiting for more language support.
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by redm 9y ago
"Regardless of whether anyone else did it, do you think these are examples of Uber making the world a better place and breaking rules that shouldn't exist?" You're not really asking a question, you know that anti-competi
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by redm 9y ago
That's tough to say, I don't know enough about the entire situation. I think it's safe to say that Lyft and Uber wherein a street fight and were both doing "questionable" things to each other. It reminds me of Thom
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by redm 9y ago
"Uber makes an app that lets you hail a cab, or lets you drive people around without buying a medallion." If you used Taxi's for primary transport and now use Uber, it changed your world for the better. "How about gun vi
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by redm 9y ago
As posted, the trade data was available, I got it yesterday after this occurred.
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by redm 9y ago
Just a slightly different perspective from the mob. "The culture at Uber is Toxic." I keep hearing this. Yes, there are clearly some sexual harassment issues, I'm not sure it's systemic. I lived a couple of blocks from
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by redm 9y ago
"CNBC has been unable to verify the screenshot posted by DeMasie." It just shows CNBC is not ready for the crypto world. The whole point is the trade info public and distributed. There was a trade for 3809 as the screenshot shows
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by redm 9y ago
Perhaps but that's how these services get so popular in the first place. There are mechanisms where free image hosting makes sense. Remember when we used to pay for email? There are always ways to monetize products indirectly, or hav
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by redm 9y ago
This is not really a surprise, this cycle happens from time to time, i.e. Photobucket, ImgShack, etc. As soon as Imgur took funding the die was cast. They have to show more ads, get more traffic to their pages, and drive engagement. Imgur
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by redm 9y ago
It's amazing how quickly technology is changing. I remember paying $350 a month for dual ISDN lines and getting a whopping 128Kbps. People were literally moving to certain apartments that had "high speed" 100Mbps connection
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by redm 9y ago
I did actually get a response from Brian's email indicating I would get transferred to priority support. We'll see what happens.
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by redm 9y ago
That's crazy growth however if they can't handle the growth, they shouldn't tell them to wire them money. They should update the site instead of noting turnaround times in hours instead of days and weeks.
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by redm 9y ago
I had a very similar experience getting my bank account verified. It took 3 weeks and two attempts. Through it all, I too never got a response from Coinbase customer service. I guess that should have been an indicator but I've heard

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