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541.
by robk 10y ago
The excerpt of Microserfs they published was for me the epitome of 90s silicon valley. Coupland hasn't impressed me since then but damn that was a perfect time capsule
542.
by robk 10y ago
I think you're talking about what gpuhash.me does now
543.
by robk 10y ago
I just sold a car and it took 120 seconds to do the government transfer. Kudos to that. https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle
544.
by robk 10y ago
Oh come on that's absurd. I fly weekly across the EU and few are very good and always more inconsistent than most USA airports. I'd kill for precheck in the UK.
545.
by robk 10y ago
That guy got fired yesterday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tsa-security_us_5743a892...
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by robk 10y ago
but from a consumer perspective who cares? you're protected either way. i prefer to carry a single card vs my phone if i'm running in the rain and want to stop for a drink. other times if i forget my wallet the phone is great, but
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PayPal My Cash cards store PINs in plain text issuer database, fraud ensues(igobyplane.com)
2 points by robk 10y ago|1 comments
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by robk 10y ago
I'm sure the spammers and hashtag abusers will be delighted at this change. More opportunity to stuff a tweet #with #all #sorts #of #extra #hashtags. /s
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by robk 10y ago
InDesign should read them I believe
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by robk 10y ago
This seems far less buggy than SwiftKey. Sad as the prediction is SwiftKey is second to none but I have to choice reliability over all else
551.
by robk 10y ago
Or just last three words "subsidizing customer fares" is probably the bulk of it
552.
by robk 10y ago
Black cabs can be truly vile, with horribly racist drivers and nasty attitudes. And I certainly wouldn't say minicabs are any more reliable than black cabs unless you're paying 2x the price of a black cab, and then your UberLuxe i
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by robk 10y ago
Why would anyone clean toilets when they could write/paint/sleep all day?
554.
by robk 10y ago
That's called a liberal by American terms
555.
by robk 10y ago
For paid products, Google is being silly. The easy way to fix it is throw a wad of cash at people plus replace. For the Revolv they should have proactively offered a $200 apology credit in cash and a Nest voucher for a similar product. The
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by robk 11y ago
This is a perfect scenario to test the demand will kickstarter
557.
by robk 11y ago
These kinds of things are cool but they usually last maybe 4-6 months then fall fallow as no one bothers to update them. The feeds are the worst since there's no UI interaction point - the feed just becomes quieter until people forget
558.
by robk 11y ago
And if you do need to leave at some point, good luck because you're going to have a huge cap gains tax bill for your startup equity!
559.
by robk 11y ago
Mavrx uses low flying aircraft to do the same analysis. It's surpringly cheaper to pay local pilots by the hour then to manage drones at this point although there's surely a point in the future when this changes over...
560.
by robk 11y ago
I think the issue is the UI with how it handles stock out. When amazon as seller runs out of stock it rotates the next best option which sometimes is a marketplace seller. The ui does not make this clear so people think they're buying
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by robk 11y ago
I did the same thing in high school. The best I could figure out was to call my dad at work which at least was considered "long distance" despite being only 50 miles away. I do not miss the old Bell pricing model.
562.
by robk 11y ago
I wish I could automatically block any account that has throwaway in its handle
563.
by robk 11y ago
Or like Intel a corporate jet to go between Folsom and Santa Clara. Works really well actually.
564.
by robk 11y ago
But surely for every number of founders like this there are Zukerbergs that turn down a $1B offer for FB by Yahoo in 2007 or whenever it was.
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by robk 11y ago
100% this! Older 4700 and 5000 series color laserjets are a tremendous value used and are totally serviceable with cheap eBay parts too.
566.
by robk 11y ago
How do you know they save them? What if they just verify and discard?
567.
by robk 11y ago
In principle these are all reasonable questions but I worry people are going to take this too much as a checklist. These points should come up in the discussion process I'd hope, albeit less directly than the list here.
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New Employee Questions for Start-Ups(jacquesmattheij.com)
8 points by robk 11y ago|3 comments
569.
by robk 11y ago
I have a hard time taking them seriously when one of the Blockstream founders is an avowed scammer and fraudster http://betakit.com/montreal-angel-austin-hill-failed-spectac...
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by robk 11y ago
I love this phrase Satoshi scheme! We should indeed be using it more

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