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751.
by subpixel 5y ago
A thriving city that is also home to major universities is not a college town.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Combine all this with a plan for Walmart to be fully employee-owned. Then millennials will be lining up not to shop there but to work there. While this is perhaps impractical in the case of WalMart, I think you don't compete with Amazo
753.
by subpixel 5y ago
Not only that, there is real money made in in-store product placement (end caps) etc. Less foot traffic, less money.
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by subpixel 5y ago
I think the interesting question is: will there be college towns like we know them in a decade or two? I'm not thinking of places that are essentially also (or adjacent to) large metropolitan areas. Austin and Durham will be fine. I&#x
755.
by subpixel 5y ago
If I could edit I would say "this overlooks the impact that thrift stores have on their communities" or something similar.
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by subpixel 5y ago
> I don't care about constantly climbing a ladder. I empathize with this but many organizations are, essentially "up or out". You are either seen as growing and rising through the ranks or as awaiting some sort of release.
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by subpixel 5y ago
> The charity aspect of thrift stores, at least historically, has been the money that you give them when you buy stuff there. That's actually completely backwards. The public good that a thrift store provides is to make cheap, essen
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by subpixel 5y ago
I found it. “But the real secret to Depop’s success is that it allows users to amass two of the most valuable modern currencies: money and clout. Becoming a top seller on Depop is a springboard to fame on YouTube or Instagram. It also provi
759.
by subpixel 5y ago
I’d be interested in reading about how Depop did what dozens of other startups have tried to do: build a giant business around the used clothes market.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Of all the downvotes I have received on HN, these puzzle me the most.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Apparently 15% of our countrymen believe the QAnon pedophilia hoax/theory [0]. That gives me a certain thirst. [0] https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/05/31/qanon-poll-americ...
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by subpixel 5y ago
Me as well. I smoked a bit for a decade and change, but I very rarely even finished a pack of cigarettes. There were circumstances during which I smoked, but I never enjoyed smoking much, and certainly never for its own sake. Which is a sha
763.
by subpixel 5y ago
We live in a paradise that is closer to a puffin colony than the nearest streetlight, so we accept the rough edges.
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by subpixel 5y ago
It sounds like you're the mythical full-stack developer. My actual advice is that you may be happiest continuing to kick ass as an IC or technical lead. But I think the advice you're looking for is how to move into product managem
765.
by subpixel 5y ago
When you're 35 you can pass for 27 if you do what you gotta do. 10 years later is when things grow on your cheeks and forehead (especially if you're pale-skinned) that you can't do anything about short of plastic surgery you
766.
by subpixel 5y ago
I recently committed to a 40m commute for the next three years to take my young child to our chosen school. I rented a desk near the school b/c of course 40m is too far for multiple round-trips each day. I used to commute an hour pre-p
767.
by subpixel 5y ago
Is it impossible to filter content marketing off of Hacker News?
768.
by subpixel 5y ago
To be clear, this is a _per post_ selection, that defaults to off. So, any potential impact here seems to be throttled, intentionally.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Different problems, as in Philadelphia these are not retirees but people trying to escape the street. How bad is the street in Philadelphia? So bad that drive-through videos of Kensington are their own _genre_ on YouTube.
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by subpixel 5y ago
> I doubt that will ever happen in America. America is way too organized and professional of a government to ever let things get that out of hand. This seems written from the perspective of someone who has just come back from a six month
771.
by subpixel 5y ago
Oh ignoring the cleaning staff is utter kindness compared to what WeWork did: costumed them in outfits featuring slogans like “Do what you love” etc. while refusing them $10/hr pay.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Yeah, I don't want my manager to see what app I am running at any time. Hard no!
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by subpixel 5y ago
"The creativity tools of the app can prove very useful, the simplest idea that comes to my mind is a recruiter creating a TikTok video and says something like "Show me something that you learn in your career as X that isn't t
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by subpixel 5y ago
The trailer includes the Stevie Wonder Sesame Street appearance that is a hit with my toddler, and me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8lUnI35Sd8&t=39s
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by subpixel 5y ago
A friend of mine is a genre fiction writer and he makes good money the hard way: by getting his books optioned for film & tv. He has no kids, is married to someone whose family has a lot of money, and spent twenty years achieving very l
776.
by subpixel 5y ago
Luckily there's no BUY NOW button on that page.
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by subpixel 5y ago
> I don't understand why anyone would pay that kind of money to get stuck in a proprietary ecosystem with a monthly fee. Because they believe they are getting value through the some combination of equipment, exercise, leadership and
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by subpixel 5y ago
All sorts of fires contribute to air pollution and barbecues are not an exception. The compounding factor with woodstoves is that they are indoors and they are often the primary source of heat for months on end, meaning they they emit smoke
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by subpixel 5y ago
Agreed.
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by subpixel 5y ago
Old wood burning stoves are also quite unhealthy, and perhaps even dangerous. My wife won't let me use ours, which is only 20 years old. The EPA issued new regulations such that all new stoves manufactured after 2020 emit far less smok

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