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by torgian 8y ago
Personally, I see no problem with Airbnb and I think the government forcing you to be licensed is bad. Airbnb has a review system for a reason. If it’s a shitty place, you write a review and other people will be less inclined to rent. I’ve
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by torgian 8y ago
I call bullshit. Take housing in China. You can buy a place in China, but making money off of it with rent? Good luck. It’s a common problem that people who can afford to buy a place, can’t rent it for a profit if they are still paying a mo
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by torgian 8y ago
This is interesting. I’m a veteran and know first hand how terrible the system can be. I’ve taight myself JavaScript and have recently learned Django with my current position. I don’t have any plans to leave the company now, but working on
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by torgian 8y ago
I’m glad I live in east Asia. Busses and trains are almost never late
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by torgian 8y ago
Same thing has been said about guns. And data collection. And the government using data to spy on us. It doesn’t matter if you have mortal enemies, or if you aren’t doing bad things, or if it matters if the government spies on you. What mat
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by torgian 8y ago
I’ll check it out. I’m still trying to find a way we can protect ourselves though. The best I can come up with is (at home) a droppable net that covers your windows that has a current running through it. Maybe something similar for a person
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by torgian 8y ago
I’m gonna have to say I disagree. We are already making tiny drones the size of bees. And you don’t need that size to make a reliable, one shot bomb to kill someone. Anyone with time, a bit of money, and a plan can make a swarm of drones to
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by torgian 8y ago
I’ve brought up this eventuality countless times in the past couple of years (including recently mentioning this in my software company). I don’t think people are realizing the dangers to minitrization and ease of manufacturing small drones
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by torgian 8y ago
Damn. This makes me gain a bit more faith in apple, even though I can’t see myself buying a new Apple product anytime soon.
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by torgian 8y ago
Bah. Dumb article. All phones are hard to use. Nothing is really mechanically intuitive anymore, except for some well-designed mechanical things. Phones can only go so far to give use good, mechanical intuitiveness. Press a button, see what
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by torgian 8y ago
Ugh. If I ever get a car again, it will most definitely not be a new one.
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by torgian 8y ago
Big pc towers are awesome, but bad for the common traveler like myself. I move every year depending on the contract, and I try to keep the luggage to a minimum.
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by torgian 8y ago
Your biggest hurdle is lack of collaboration, as pointed out in your own words. I’m a semi-freelancer. I have a long term contract with a company , and it’s my first big contract. I get the feeling of being an imposter. I overcome it by con
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by torgian 8y ago
PCs are becoming smaller even; you can make one the size of a PS4 now.
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by torgian 8y ago
So it’s like going to job interviews! :)
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by torgian 8y ago
4 billion muslims and christians don't live in China.
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by torgian 8y ago
I think this is kinda funny. Talks about this "hidden debt", talks about the huge debt the USA has, and so on and so on. And what happens? In the end, I really wonder if any of it actually matters. The people suffer because of thi
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by torgian 8y ago
Well, you are correct. GDP alone isn’t going to make people happy. Different policies, etc help. America has so much discontent because of certain policies that have made our country worse over time. Health care, world view, etc.
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by torgian 8y ago
Yeah this is pretty on point. They don’t hate the religions, they just want to minimize any gatherings that could potentially set off a movement to up-end the current rule. Funny thing is, a lot of students that I teach here talk about how
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by torgian 8y ago
Not surprising. Product managers are typically part of the Profit section of a company. Software engineers are a Cost, even though without them a company wouldn’t even get off the ground these days.
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by torgian 8y ago
This is why I’ll stick to old cars for as long as possible
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by torgian 8y ago
Nothing will be done because it’s not profitable. More people will die from water shortage in the coming years before starvation.
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by torgian 8y ago
Gotta agree. Although I love what his space division is doing. With Mercedes getting into electric cars now, I think people will go for a Mercedes instead of a Tesla, especially if the price is right
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by torgian 8y ago
You’d think so, but a lot of stuff still comes from outside the States. I was an electrician on aircraft in the Navy and got to see a lot of the electronic stuff. Some stuff comes from overseas
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by torgian 8y ago
They aren’t targeting people like you and me. They’re targeting the next generation who won’t grow up with repairable things, and China is their target market right now with several hundred more million people than the West. India manufactu
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by torgian 8y ago
Well, this isn’t exactly true. You can repair your own phones, you just need the right tools. China is well known for this. Repair shops that have the right tools (vacuum heating chambers, etc) are able to take apart and repair phones.
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by torgian 8y ago
But there are also a ton of people using real or just as good parts to repair their macs. Those people, who can’t afford a non-warranty repair at Apple, will be hurt the most. It’s especially true in east Asia. Yes, there are plenty of coun
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by torgian 8y ago
Funny how this story comes out shortly after Apple announced you can’t fully repair the newest MacBook pros and iMac pros without their software for “security sake”. Coincidence? Yeah probably, and very tin-foil hat, but who knows?
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by torgian 8y ago
Upon thinking about this more, I think they’re going to alienate a lot of their Chinese and other East Asian customers. Many of them have their computers fixed locally and not at the Apple shop.
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by torgian 8y ago
Don’t worry. The wizards in China will figure out a way around this.

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