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by ssharp 10y ago
I've certainly seen stores that are in just terrible shape. They all tend to be understaffed. They have 30 checkouts available and most times it seems like 5 are open. I never understood the idea behind that, though I went in one time
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by ssharp 10y ago
It's almost absurd not to shop at Walmart or other stores that are "extremely successful in attracting" the poor. If I buy groceries at Walmart or another discount grocer, my bill is nearly half of what it would be if I shopp
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by ssharp 10y ago
I personally don't find roasting whole chickens to be all that much harder than cooking individual pieces. The entire process takes long because of the cook time, but it's passive time in the oven, not prep work or standing over a
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by ssharp 10y ago
Thanks to that extra fat, thighs have the added benefit of not drying out if you dare cook them past 165. A lot of breasts these days are also enormous and require extra prep work to make them reasonable to cook.
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by ssharp 10y ago
I should have said "want" or "find value in" rather than "need". Of course you don't need it but I get hung up on what benefits a smart refrigerator is actually providing. Maybe I've reached curmudgeo
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by ssharp 10y ago
Maybe this is 21inc's vision for the future. They install their Bitcoin chip into all your IoT devices and your devices can then automatically payoff ransoms.
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by ssharp 10y ago
I don't think there is much to say here that hasn't already been said about IoT security - like many commentors mentioned before, we're going to be going through a very rough period for some time where IoT devices just aren&
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by ssharp 10y ago
It's a completely ridiculous comparison. Imagine a high school team playing the Cleveland Cavaliers or Golden State Warriors. Poker is probably a better example since it's far more likely for bad players to play in a game against
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by ssharp 10y ago
It could be good fortune but I've been on Macbooks since around 2003 and have had substantially better luck with power adapters since MagSafe came out. I had a few pre-MagSafe adapters fail but the only post-MagSafe adapter I've h
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by ssharp 10y ago
Some ad networks are already taking in user data through hashed email addresses. There are other things that can be done though. Google Analytics supports User Id's, so you can do a better job at attributing to specific users across mu
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by ssharp 10y ago
If (CPC * ConvRate * CLV) > CPC then you can pay those prices. Granted, it's not entirely that simple with payback periods to consider, but big advertisers like insurance companies have plenty of money to fund acquisition until it p
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by ssharp 10y ago
I'm not sure if engine brakes cause the city braking noise though. I tend to notice more of the air brake sounds when the air pressure get released.
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by ssharp 10y ago
This will help reduce engine noise, as well as stink and heat from the truck's exhaust, both of which will be nice. Buses are also loud in city streets and both trucks and buses use braking systems that are fairly loud. I don't kn
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by ssharp 10y ago
In my experience, I've seen direct hiring tends to focus less on "x years of experience" but recruiters, especially larger firms with junior staff doing screening, is absolutely terrible with obsessing over it.
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by ssharp 10y ago
At the time of Mayer's hire, Yahoo had a pretty low chance at a highly successful turnaround. I think it's unfair to say she didn't have a strategy and that she purposefully let employees suffer. Whatever she did failed to tu
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by ssharp 10y ago
Tesla's spin control is backfiring. They tried to blame the driver. They're being sued by the family of the dead driver, and being investigated by the NHTSA (the recall people), and the NTSB. In comparison, when a Google self-dri
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by ssharp 10y ago
I can stop for gas, go in for a cup of Starbucks and be back to my car that now has a full tank in less than 5 minutes. Would I pay $15 a month for this even though my normal routine doesn't suck? Maybe. But what about the actual gas c
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by ssharp 10y ago
There is a Fortune 200 headquartered in my area that, by far, has the worst application process and software I've ever seen. Aside from REQUIRING you to type in information like your high school's address and your high school GPA,
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by ssharp 10y ago
Before the housing crash and subsequent credit tightening and lower interest rates, you could get 5% on a standard savings account. That, coupled with negotiating no fees on a 0% balance transfer check could was more lucrative. I can't
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by ssharp 10y ago
AMEX could negotiate their transaction fees down, right? Walmart is very well known for playing hardball with suppliers, so maybe they give credit card companies "take it or leave it" offers as well.
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by ssharp 10y ago
Podcasts are just platform independent .mp3 files. They're mp3 files referenced by an RSS feed. But apps like Stitcher and the Apple Podcast App read those feeds, add good functionality, present a searchable database, etc.
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by ssharp 10y ago
I think the article's ideas on advertising, particularly the idea that brand advertising HAS to come to podcasting because direct advertising won't scale is a bit flakey. Why won't direct advertising scale? Direct advertising
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by ssharp 10y ago
If the subscription price is $0.49, then you're effectively able to demo the product for one month and only risk $0.49. I'd hope "delete app" = automatic unsubscribe, which would make this type of trial pretty simple.
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by ssharp 10y ago
The giant graph showing the old revenue scheme vs. the new one was particularly unnecessary.
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by ssharp 10y ago
I think a fair majority of these exit-intent popins are designed and delivered by BounceExchange, or at least influenced by what BounceExchange has set as the standard. They specialize in implementing this kind of stuff and have a wealth of
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by ssharp 10y ago
For big sites, I have a hard time blaming it on a bad developer. Early in my career, I worked for a company that stored it's passwords in plain-text. I suggested on many occasions stop doing this and was always told no because the site
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by ssharp 10y ago
Was 538 that good at predicting outcomes of the 2012 primaries? I know it's well established that they did a good job on the 2008 and 2012 general elections. Primaries have to be harder because there is far less polling information com
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by ssharp 10y ago
> Because security is actually really hard, contrary to popular opinion. But some of the password hashing algos used, no salting, making all password characters lower-case in the background, etc. are not hard things to avoid. So when a s
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by ssharp 10y ago
I hear that argument in favor of Uber a lot, but what barriers to entry exist for potential competitors when there are autonomous vehicles? Currently, you can argue that Uber's competitive advantage and big barrier to entry is the driv
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by ssharp 10y ago
> Airbnb is the safer bet for growth because of the lack of competition Airbnb may not face huge direct competition like Uber does with Lyft, but there are still lots of alternative products going against Airbnb. I look at Airbnb as the

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