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by ronack 6y ago
Dear Website, I wish you would put the "Read a message" button above the content so it doesn't jump around vertically each time I click it.
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by ronack 6y ago
Maybe it changed more recently, but in the first couple years after acquisition they (WM and Jet) had very different approaches to things like search and there was a lot of internal conflict over whose was better. I think they pretty much j
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by ronack 6y ago
Reminds me of Ghost Mouse from 20 years ago. I remember using it to automate Connect Four and win a few bucks from iWon.com.
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by ronack 6y ago
It's definitely a thing and prevent some SMS use cases due to this security hole. This new FCC doc only references tracing the original sender. "The FCC has also called on the industry to “trace back” illegal spoofed calls and tex
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by ronack 6y ago
Will this also prevent spoofed text messages?
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by ronack 9y ago
I'm a longtime subscriber to Launch Ticker (their tech/startup newsletter). It lets me very quickly be kept abreast of fundraising and M&A activity relevant to my startup. Saves me about 30 minutes a day of visiting several
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by ronack 9y ago
300k PAID subs is kind of a lot.
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by ronack 9y ago
I would not have expected Larry Page to have such a severe "I mean" verbal crutch.
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by ronack 9y ago
Two 1/4 lb. frozen patties are around $6. I've never been a fan of veggie burgers, but these really do taste excellent and the nutrition profile is great.
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by ronack 9y ago
But reading the above account, it sounds like Snopes has devolved into something of an outsourced content farm, and various parties are now squabbling over control of the cash cow.
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by ronack 9y ago
"not already a millionaire" When your company is where Snapchat was at the time there's a good chance you've already taken millions off the table as part of a round. Even if not, when your company has achieved that leve
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Google Home Breaks Up Domestic Dispute by Calling the Police(gizmodo.com)
14 points by ronack 9y ago|16 comments
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by ronack 9y ago
These are pretty well-worn arguments against chatbots. There's an overuse of bots for tasks that do not benefit from a conversational interface (checking the weather, surveys, promotions, etc.). But if you stop thinking of bots as sen
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by ronack 9y ago
Came here to say just that. I've seen entire living room sets put out in the alley and collected by Streets & Sanitation as if entirely routine. We did get a $10/month garbage fee added last year but it's still a bargai
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by ronack 9y ago
Sure, but what were the improvements to on-site search? More relevant results? Tweaking the display? I know from experience that improving search result relevance in e-commerce has a (sometimes drastic) improvement in conversion.
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by ronack 9y ago
This is interesting but I definitely question some of the results, for instance reporting a negative impact for changing search results. Many businesses have been built on improving conversion through search result optimization.
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by ronack 9y ago
I shared a cowork space with some of the founders when they were struggling with a previous soon-to-fail startup. It's inspiring to see how things worked out the second time around.
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by ronack 9y ago
Yes, I'd say the most obvious tell was the strict quantization. If they can transfer some of the timing information it might be more convincing.
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by ronack 9y ago
Huh, I had assumed this was dead for quite some time based on the lack of updates. Here's hoping someone will take this as an opportunity to revive the project.
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by ronack 10y ago
It is being represented as the answer to my question - visually on google.com and explicitly from Google Home. This is different than a forum, Reddit, etc. hosting a variety of content for which it is not responsible. Google is effectivel
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by ronack 10y ago
Yes, those are default search results and the same content that drives Google Home's voice responses when you ask it a question. Originally Google stuck to Wikipedia/Knowledge Graph types of answers but have expanded this in rece
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by ronack 10y ago
I've also wondered why Google isn't held responsible for publishing libelous claims and hoaxes as facts. Examples: Is Hillary Clinton a pedophile? https://www.google.com/search?q=is+hillary+clinton+a+pedophi...
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by ronack 10y ago
Yes, I recall seeing a ticket that referenced Gitlab using Azure because it was heavily subsidized. My company uses Azure for much the same reason, and my experience has been largely positive.
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by ronack 10y ago
Azure offers $500k for YC startups and $360k for "lesser" accelerators. It's by far the most generous offer out there.
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by ronack 10y ago
Does Microsoft use this for anything in production?
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by ronack 10y ago
Team up with someone who has a good idea but struggles with implementation.
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by ronack 10y ago
In my testing it struck a good balance between accuracy and performance. I was also impressed by the lengths the group goes to help people on their mailing list. That said, their licensing is not friendly so I generally have to rule it ou
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by ronack 10y ago
If you have the money MSSQL is a better all-purpose RDBMS. The tooling is in a completely different league and there are fewer surprises with regards to performance (like PG's slow counts, paging, etc.). I very much hope PG will clos
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by ronack 10y ago
This seems like a step backwards to me in some ways. I'd prefer to see them evolve Lambda to support containers, longer jobs, and better workflows instead. I thought we were moving away from EC2 with its slow provisioning, spot biddi
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by ronack 10y ago
Pairing Lex with Polly should get you there. https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

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