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by ryanianian 9y ago
I think you missed the point. The point isn't chat == text-only, it's that chat == natural-language-style UX. This could well be augmented with images (like is with Siri). Basically "is there a button to do what I want"
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Probably some convergence between the two. You're probably used to changing some syntax around to get Siri/Alexa/* to understand you. That puts some mental tax on you, but you get used to it. Devices will seek to lower that m
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by ryanianian 9y ago
I'm always skeeved out by reports like this. I know they're PR bits for the companies, but to me they're just another constant reminder that I'm just a data-point for any app that collects my data and all my data is thei
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by ryanianian 9y ago
If they have your name, you're in their system forever and staff can see notes from your stays in the past. Almost guaranteed that if you're a jerk you will be given the worst possible room/car/* on your next visit.
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by ryanianian 9y ago
> but isn't that straight-up corruption? My understanding is that check-in agents are given pretty wide liberties and that doing this sort of thing isn't really against the rules - I even do this with clerks whose nametags say
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by ryanianian 9y ago
You're right - shame on Motel 6 for being dirtbags and for not being transparent about being dirtbags.
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Shame on Motel 6 for not being transparent. But as a counter-point to how much hotels will cooprate with agencies, most hotels will also cooprate with their guests. You would be surprised what you can "get away with" if you'r
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Skimmed through the document. In most of the the case-studies it provides, a general-purpose tax was added to properties near transit. That is unfortunate since it means people who have owned their home for a very long time (and who thus ma
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Agreed. What I dislike about using general-purpose property-taxes is that everyone pays them, not just those close to the subway, and not just those buying new homes at $$$ market-rates. Long-time property-owners who bought in the 60s can
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Comments seem to focus on inefficiencies in the system, but I think that misses the point: the subway adds incredible value that only real-estate developers see. Sure there is waste/bureaucracy/corruption in the system, but the bi
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Not disagreeing with your point, but it's important for a new project to consider the human cost of ops in addition to the cost per request. Lots of "enterprise" solutions don't need more than a few hundred TPS and can t
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Good, balanced article. I'd love to see something similar for the competitors like AWS Elastic Beanstalk or the upcoming "App Engine Flexible Environment" that the author mentions (of course it'd be hard to get a "3
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by ryanianian 9y ago
The article doesn't really describe it being "abused," just perhaps too "easy" of an option for some who really could "just try harder". (By "easy" I mean prescribed or requested with the "s
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by ryanianian 9y ago
It's surprising how the different medications can affect people with seemingly similar symptoms. Ritalin (and Vyvanse) makes me feel angry and crazy. I've not heard of Focalin, but I may look into it. I've been on varying dos
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by ryanianian 9y ago
> I think the compelling question is why people feel so compelled to take a pill to sell their souls to a rat race? This seems pejorative. The reason why many take "a pill" isn't to sell their soul, it's to do the wor
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Same - for me the leading indicator of having "true" ADD is the inability to concentrate on the things I _want_ to do. I recently chatted with a shrink who said that ADD patients typically _can_ focus on the things they want to do
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Same. Adderall (plus welbutrin more recently) have been enormously effective at helping with the mild depression that have plagued me my entire life. (Adderall isn't indicated to treat depression but it doesn't hurt and is particu
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Yes NY subways are in a state of disrepair at the moment, but that misses the forest for the trees. Public outcry is already starting to force bureaucrats to address this. I hope people remain outraged here. But 99% of the time you can get
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by ryanianian 9y ago
That's effectively what this article does.
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by ryanianian 9y ago
Personally pretty excited about buying a bunch of sub-$30 drones and giving them as stocking-stuffers. Should make for a great family and friends holiday party.
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Show HN: A mongodb driver and minor-mode for emacs(github.com)
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and facebook has had to spend millions in making it work for their use-cases. it's not like facebook just enables the --scale flag for vanilla mysql and then walks away. not saying they'd be able to make vanilla mongo scale to the