tomekjapan

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by tomekjapan 5y ago
Since I came to live in America I have been constantly shocked by how much different contractors are trying to screw you up. The spread in quotes can easily be as much as 5 times from the (already expensive) cheapest to the most expensive o
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by tomekjapan 6y ago
Yes, this is the right way to solve it. Forcing DST on everyone in winter without adjusting school starting times is a horrible and selfish idea.
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by tomekjapan 6y ago
Still would be interesting to know whether it's more likely for a Google project to survive than it is for a startup.
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by tomekjapan 6y ago
It's like Google is running its own business incubator. I wonder how Google practices and success rates compare to VC funding for startups. What is the distribution of lifetime of VC funded startups before the money supply gets cut off
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by tomekjapan 6y ago
Getting users to opt-in will be very hard given the current partially justifiable negative vibe, so that will likely not happen at scale unless opting in results in a clearly better experience. However, if the majority of users jump into th
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by tomekjapan 6y ago
Apple some time ago recognized that they won't be able to compete on software with other BigTech giants so they are building an environment where certain software advancements are crippled. User activity data will be important to tune
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by tomekjapan 7y ago
Lots of negativity in the comments here, but I personally will love to have a way of interacting with the phone even when my fingers are wet or dirty.