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by ryanobjc 8y ago
surely the 2 orders of magnitude cost difference suggests they are more different than alike?
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
You're posting on hackernews with the dubious username 'jiveturkey' -- yes you are a dork.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
This is not what the author is talking about. In this case the scooter is a small item that weighs 10 lbs, not a mini-motor cycle.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
That article is long on fanciful rhetoric and short on actual facts and quotes. I’m still not entirely sure this is not just native advertising and wrapped front covers - common pieces in the free San Francisco paper here. I do feel like th
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Well later in the essay you write that google analytics is merged with ad data in an unqualified statement. That’s what I was reacting to. Remarketing lists is a feature that would be google neutral. I could imagine such a feature working f
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Except, you’re wrong. Ga data is never joined with other data sets.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
You're making an argument, but I think you take it for granted that everyone knows what "the problems" are. I'm still not sure what that is! Also, why is it important to trace the problems back to Larry/Sergey? Wha
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I'm sorry but your essay didn't get much attention because it is not particularly written well. I'm not really sure what you are arguing here, except that Google is bad maybe? You aren't clearly arguing an specific the
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
So what I am hearing is we should spend heavily on time machines?
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
This is the right answer, because ownership of property and rental income has become securitized and made in to these complex financial instruments. The real work has gotten very complex indeed.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Common myth of the 'free market' - the reality is the market is totally constrained in many ways by the political and legal system. There is definitely something very 'i am very smart'-like about tech nerds defending &#x
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I lived next to a major construction site. I came to hate construction workers. They constantly violated city wide noise ordinances. They started work as early as possible, to ease their commutes, which were vehicle based, in a neighborhood
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I also agree with the basic premise: new development doesn’t build livable neighborhoods. Consider San Francisco’s mission bay. UCSF is a bad neighbor - they have large unfriendly buildings that create a dangerous street environment. The ad
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Here's your simple rule: https://medium.com/@annevictoriaclark/the-rock-test-a-hack-f... Quoting: "It’s as clear cut as this: Treat all women like you would treat Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson." and "B
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Tyranny of the majority is a well known concept in political science. For example, initially the civil rights movement (both the civil war era, and the 1960s) and laws was quite unpopular. From a certain point of view, they were strong ar
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
This is the comment I came to write. I’m a father of a newborn. And I agree with people who say that universal advice doesn’t work. You find what works for you, and as long as it’s safe you roll with it. I also agree that generalized non st
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
While the central point about using things inherent to your structural position in life as a personal morality skewer is spot on, I find some of the buttressing arguments annoying. For example, the gluten-free shaming. While yes, not everyo
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
The problem with advice like this, which could be summed as “don’t use the snoo” or “avoid white noise” is the null hypothesis is worse than the mild application of your advice. The result is parents are over tired all the time and are wors
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Can you describe how the snoo is different from any other bassinets in this manner and what your control options are?
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Hey that was my Alma mater. My wife went to Berkeley and I am profoundly jealous of the quality of her education. UBC is fine but it has a local view and doesn’t deserve to be called world class imo. It doesn’t develop a worldly viewpoint i
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I think the thing that improves country wide healthcare outcomes in Canada is that everyone can go to a doctor. However, outcomes for complex cases are not as good.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Not everyone in my environment thinks as I do, but I can find enough that I can live a happy life. This is not so in other areas.
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
Pretty much. Which tells you what about those who remain behind?
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
It's not so much that people are paid better in the bay area, but the jobs are plentiful, more interesting, more opportunities. Endless opportunities in fact. Bay area best case scenario is top of the world. Founder of a world-wide re
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
So here's the thing, yes your percentage might be higher. But what's left over is in absolute terms huge. For example, if you have an extra $3000 a month after paying for housing, that's pretty powerful even if you are payin
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I eye roll at the "SV is a monoculture" as if somehow you could summarize 5 million people in a highly multicultural and dynamic region as a monoculture, but Toronto is so awesome. If you are finding your experience in the bay are
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
The liberalness of Canada is overhyped. The reality is Canada is deeply conservative. It's possible to have universal health care and be conservative, that's only a oxymoron in the US. To quote this excellent article[1]: "t
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
False dichotomy: either you have shit code or you coddle the feelings of your junior dev, which you helpfully outed as female for no reason. There is a way to have high standards, not be an asshole, and not "coddle" people. As th
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
The problem with the question form "why didnt you just do ___ here?" is it's loaded with the assumption that the other party should have known to do this other thing instead. A better approach is to use the less loaded "
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by ryanobjc 8y ago
I initially was bah humbugy about these scooters, but after reading an article that points out we have acres of space devoted to private automobiles, and that it really wouldn't be hard to accommodate these electric scooters, I changed

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