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by ruswick 13y ago
I own half of a Bitcoin. I purchased about two weeks ago. In the intervening time, the value of Bitcoin has gone up 40%. I can't complain, and I'll probably buy more in the near future. It is somewhat disappointing that they can&#
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by ruswick 13y ago
Probably the same as if the officer hand't bought the shoplifter $100 of groceries with their own money.
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by ruswick 13y ago
I dislike the comparison that the OP draws between scholarships and the given example of the officer buying food for the shoplifter. In the case of the latter, the officer is providing an additional opportunity for the woman by purchasing g
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by ruswick 13y ago
That combined with T-Mobile's $30-per-month unlimited plan makes for a ridiculous value. http://www.gadgetreview.com/2013/06/t-mobile-has-a-secret-pl...
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by ruswick 13y ago
Not to mention people who are price-sensitive. The iPhone and leading Android phones are very expensive, especially considering that they are locked into an exorbitant contract with a carrier. The Nexus 5 allows people to get first-class ha
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by ruswick 13y ago
iOS 7 is pretty universally loathed among people I know...
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by ruswick 13y ago
I have been an iPhone user for upwards of three years, and used an iPod touch for two years prior to that. I hate iOS 7. The aesthetic is too bare and feels excessively simplistic, and the new animations have totally stripped me of the ab
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How the .0001% Made Its Money(priceonomics.com)
176 points by ruswick 13y ago|143 comments
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View Active Browser Sessions(github.com)
32 points by ruswick 13y ago|3 comments
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by ruswick 13y ago
It seems as though iOS 7 was inordinately buggy when it shipped. With iOS 6, apps would crash multiple times per day, but iOS 7 is an entirely new level of buggy-ness. Springboard crashes regularly. My lock button stopped working after upgr
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by ruswick 13y ago
I understand that conventional smoke detectors can be irritating, but I still don't see how an experience like that is worth an extra $110. I suppose the calculus is different for people with far more money, but for most people, I don&
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by ruswick 13y ago
More like 6x to 7x the price. The precedent for detectors seems to be $20. Local fire departments also routinely hand them out for free.
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by ruswick 13y ago
I have. I identify the detector and the batteries. It's not particularly hard.
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by ruswick 13y ago
Nest is very adept at charging large amounts of money for solutions to small problems. Dealing with the shortcomings of modern smoke detectors is a minor annoyance at best, and (at least for me) isn't worth anything even remotely appro
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by ruswick 13y ago
The parent referred specifically to "the school of your dreams," which implys elite schools. The situation is obviously different for schools outside of the top 25.
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by ruswick 13y ago
I'm currently 17 and have done internships for both of the previous summers. Although getting experience was both edifying and fun, there was still a huge opportunity cost. I would have preferred to spend a bit more of my summer indulg
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by ruswick 13y ago
> if the CEO can do it, then so can you That's not how it works. I doubt that the customer service reps have the ability to arbitrarily dole out perks with no justification other than that they felt like it.
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by ruswick 13y ago
On the one hand, it's nice to see that executives are receptive to their customers. However, the OP clearly states that they did not quality for a free transfer, and the fact that they got it seems sort of arbitrary. What if the CEO ha
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by ruswick 13y ago
This is so true. I'm currently a student and am sort of terrified to join the workforce in this industry. I really have no desire to surround myself with people who are so ignorant of and inured to the way real fucking people live. As
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by ruswick 13y ago
The average yearly income in the US is $43,000. The base price of a Model S is $63,000. There is simply no way to afford a Tesla as an average, middle-class laborer without making massive tradeoffs in quality of life elsewhere. If you can a
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by ruswick 13y ago
I disagree. The issue is not exposure to customers, it is the mindset of customers. The market has matured as smartphones have become ubiquitous and free apps have come to dominate the market. Direct sales have simply faded because they are
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by ruswick 13y ago
So people with occupational aspirations and a desire to be happy are somehow unworthy of working for your company?
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by ruswick 13y ago
Talent is a commodity and is pretty fungible. But you can't replicate the pre-existing ecosystem of companies, nor the funding apparatuses that are present in major tech hubs.
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by ruswick 13y ago
What's really appalling about that post is that the expectation was that people don't complain about working excessive hours. The implication is not only that workers need to work more than the internationally-accepted precedent
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by ruswick 13y ago
I've never understood the pure desire to give away one's money. In my book, parting with money is a significant thing that only comes after careful consideration and knowledge of clear benefits. Even then, I'm never happy to
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by ruswick 13y ago
This, like most pieces on Medium, is just an extended platitude. Having complete flexibility and ample free time is great. You know what else is great? Stable employment with a benefits. There's a reason that most people continue to op
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by ruswick 13y ago
One thing to note is that CFLs take time to "warm up," which is significantly irritating to ensure that I don't use them in most cases.
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by ruswick 13y ago
Unless there is some sort of significant impediment to changing a bulb (eg. a covered fixture), it takes 30 seconds to a minute maximum to change a bulb. It will probably take everyone reading this more time to read the article and partic
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by ruswick 13y ago
What happens when he stops supporting the original version and it ceases to work after an iOS update?
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by ruswick 13y ago
There's something very pernicious in this story. The fact that you almost feel obligated to give this developer money just so that he doesn't stop supporting the app seems disconcerting. Developers have an obligation to support th

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