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by robobenjie 15y ago
click the link to watch the Twillio demo. It was fantastic magic. EDIT: here is the link: http://www.livestream.com/nytechmeetup/video?clipId=pla_8b03...
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by robobenjie 15y ago
When contemplating what jobs were going to be replaced by robots, I never thought of doctors, but it now seems quite plausible, even probable. (Not that doctors are going to be gone completely, just that their jobs will be forever changed t
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by robobenjie 15y ago
"They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfuly glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard." -Brave New World
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by robobenjie 15y ago
I recommend pointing people to this excellent comic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1995#c...
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by robobenjie 15y ago
I'm not sold on the 3D printer revolution. See: http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/215-Desktop-3D-printi...
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by robobenjie 16y ago
My school (Stanford) the teachers were required to leave the classroom during tests and we were supposed to use the honor system. I never cheated and I don't know anyone who did. Maybe his sarcastic comment at the end has more truth in
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by robobenjie 16y ago
For us, book as soon as you know you want it. We've had people book several months in advance and we make sure to honor them (the "worst" that happened is that somebody got the whole house to themselves for the last few days of their stay w
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by robobenjie 16y ago
That was a very unfortunate experience, but in some ways I'd count it as a win for Airbnb. You were going to stay at this person's house, but because of their messaging interface you were able to screen them and realize that they were, in f
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Ask HN: What's the next step learning Clojure?
2 points by robobenjie 16y ago|0 comments
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I think the issue is with prepared food (especially hot food) and I have to imagine that there are licenses, health inspections, etc that restaurants need to have, and if I could start a restaurant without one, then wouldn't everyone? Howev
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I am a very active host on airbnb (holson farm in Mountain View) and have been talking very seriously with my wife about branching out into restaurant-ing a few nights a month, so I am very interested in your start up. However in order to c
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Well, we like meeting new people, we probably would have to charge the roommate less and there are different social obligations for a roommate. (For example a guest that stays for a few days is unlikely to leave a mess in the kitchen). In a
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Aww shucks, Thanks, Randall. We really enjoy hosting, and it seems like an even better deal for us (we get paid to make friends). About the only downside Iv'e experienced so far is that I have to wash sheets all the time (most people stay w
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Its not that weird having people over. Its a lot like having friends over to visit, except you haven't met them before. We've never rented the whole place out while we were away, but we give out guests a key and they are often there while w
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by robobenjie 16y ago
As a frequent airbnb host, I wonder if this is going to increase bookings... It seems like a lot more people have heard of hipmunk than airbnb.
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by robobenjie 16y ago
The article was interesting, but using Google and Bing as plurals really disorients me. I had to stop and mentally substitute every time he said something like "Google are thinking".
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I love the Planet Money team. If you haven't heard their This American Life coverage of our financial crisis you really should go look it up. I recommend Return to the Giant Pool of Money as the place to start. http://www.thisamericanlife
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by robobenjie 16y ago
To be clear, we don't subject ALL our airbnb guests to 4loko. Jud was a special case. -Benjie
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I don't know enough about the technology to understand why I should be impressed, but the 8bit art is superb. Someone really knows how to pick a pixel.
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Rise of the Personal Robots(forbes.com)
2 points by robobenjie 16y ago|0 comments
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by robobenjie 16y ago
When I (caucasian) moved first to Japan for six months I had a difficult time telling Japanese people apart. By the time I had been there for 4 months this effect was significantly less. In addition I remember being startled to realize that
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Its a cool idea, but I am slightly dubious that you can learn an interesting amount of knowledge about any of those topics in an hour...
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by robobenjie 16y ago
In 2009 I believe it was 1) Game Marketplace 2) Indie Games
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by robobenjie 16y ago
My Company, Anybots is developing a video conferencing robot to help remote employees of mid-sized companies stay in touch with the main office more effectively. Also "parents who are female"? if only there was a short english word to repla
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Mountain View, Ca. Anybots Inc. We are looking for a generalist to help build our website, program robots, and be awesome. Anybots is a fun, casual and exciting place to work. Also we build frikking robots. We are small (<10 people) and
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Things Economists Agree On(gregmankiw.blogspot.com)
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Can you warn us if it is a video, especially since it auto-plays the ad and cannot be paused. Thanks
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by robobenjie 16y ago
Mountain View, Ca. Anybots Inc. We are looking for a rounded web programmer to help build our site, program robots, and be awesome. Anybots is a fun, casual and exciting place to work. Also we build frikking robots. We are small (<10 pe
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I use paperbackswap.com which works pretty well. I've mailed maybe 2 dozen books on the service and received maybe 10. It works quite well (though the design sensibilities are a bit off putting).
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by robobenjie 16y ago
I've jsut started using it. It would be nice if it were easy for my wife could email things to be added to my queue. (Then again, maybe that wouldn't be so nice...)

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