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by rkho 7y ago
> You could build a maglev and 100,000 people could make the trip daily in under 30 minutes. I don't think that's a good comparison. You'll come across as much regulatory battles to make this a reality, and then you'l
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by rkho 7y ago
300 in total comp is not unheard of for senior roles in the SF Bay Area market. 600 is a whole other story short of severe equity appreciation.
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by rkho 7y ago
Truly immersive VR experiences are great. The park I went to in Tokyo recently had some fun licensed ones: + A Shin Godzilla themed helicopter raid which required a customized "cockpit" to ride in with rumble capabilities, + A Dr
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by rkho 7y ago
I'd also like to see the inclusion of compulsory personal finance and budgeting education in our education system, both during high school and college/university years. A lot of the stress that encompassed my life back when I was
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by rkho 7y ago
In the city of Kawasaki, Japan there was an arcade whose interior was modeled to look like Kowloon Walled City. The builders supposedly flew in literal trash from the actual Kowloon Walled City to use in the arcade. Sadly, they closed perma
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by rkho 7y ago
I hated the Logitech driver, it's been a complete dumpster fire -- constantly disconnecting, disabling certain functionality, and just overall a pain to fight. Ended up switching to SteerMouse, the developer's been crazy responsiv
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by rkho 7y ago
Regardless of the crime committed, victim blaming is not the correct response.
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by rkho 7y ago
Hi I'm a short-term mentality shareholder and I'm also addicted to money
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by rkho 7y ago
Fascinating, have you ever changed addresses since then? Curious if the packages still found their way to you after a change of address.
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by rkho 7y ago
I attempted to purge my data from Doordash's servers. They refused, citing GDPR for some reason and saying the best they could do was to "deactivate" my account (while retaining my personal information).
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by rkho 7y ago
This is not correct. Verizon locks the phones themselves: https://www.verizon.com/about/consumer-safety/device-unlocki... > Devices that you purchase from Verizon are locked for 60 days after purchase. Device
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by rkho 7y ago
From the original screenshot in the post, it looks like it debuted at $0.99, I wonder if there's a way to look up App Store price history
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by rkho 7y ago
What I recall about Visible is that they were started by former Verizon executives, might be a long-term play for a boomerang-style acquisition target
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by rkho 7y ago
I'm absolutely baffled how the ghost of Jack Welch's stack ranking and forced distribution is still a thing in this day and age
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by rkho 7y ago
I've been hooked on No-Rush Shipping for a while now. The $1 digital item credit has helped me slowly build out my Kindle library, and it has the side effect of teaching me to wean off the instant gratification culture we have today.
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by rkho 7y ago
I think the meaning here is that the average American finds themselves unable to execute on the fact that they have the means to save an emergency fund and are instead too focused on the short-term dopamine hits that they can get immediatel
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by rkho 7y ago
This is the exact game that OrderAhead played a few years ago: https://www.geekwire.com/2015/orderahead-restaurant-website-... I'm curious what local pizzerias think about this
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by rkho 7y ago
I remember they added the "has Pokestop" tag when Pokemon Go first released. Was a fun addition.
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by rkho 7y ago
One of the problems with unsubscribing is that I've seen a LOT of marketers re-using old lists and importing me back into a new list from some obscure snapshot, often with names like "new-list-feb-2019". There's no guara
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by rkho 7y ago
I would be much happier knowing that these people not own any pets if they were unable to care for them in a humane way. Declawing a cat is the equivalent to removing someone's fingers at the individual knuckle level. It's impract
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by rkho 7y ago
I don't believe this kind of snark is welcome on HN
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by rkho 7y ago
Had a bad experience with a designer on Fiverr. They were "highly rated" and all. The task was a logo for a side project and we settled on a clean design that was just text and code brackets with a specific font and color scheme (
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by rkho 7y ago
The new Mac Minis are really powerful. What doesn't it have that you're hoping for?
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by rkho 7y ago
Somehow I get the feeling that building software is easier than changing laws around here
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by rkho 7y ago
I'm not in full agreement here. Having spent nearly a decade in customer service, I've found that it requires: + Lots of empathy + The willingness to learn and be wrong + A ton of training Even then, human-based customer service i
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by rkho 7y ago
Square leased it at the end of last year and if this[1] article is to be believed, they won't move in until end of this year at the earliest. [1]: https://sf.curbed.com/2018/12/21/18151762/square-upt
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by rkho 7y ago
> Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have Apple's supply chain used to have some really bad inventory turnover numbers. Unsold invent
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by rkho 7y ago
Going through this post and some of the other "X alternatives" posts on the site, I can't help but feel like these articles are just being content farmed by someone with no prior experience using these recommendations.
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by rkho 7y ago
While it's similar, I think there's hesitation since the customer might not know that it's similar in this regard. Plus the act of re-entering the credit card number and/or not being able to use a recurring PayPal bala
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by rkho 7y ago
This should be the link in the OP

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