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by ybot 6y ago
It can vary a lot depending on location, but here's a search on zillow to give you a sense of the market in California: https://bit.ly/3gEqOkw (bitly link, because the URL specifying the search filters is unreasonably
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by ybot 6y ago
They all do this now, to one degree or another. [1] [2] The economics are even worse (because they don't get a cut from the restaurant), so these types of orders are either very high fee for the consumer, a loss leader, or both. [1] h
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by ybot 6y ago
I don't actually think the celebrities are contributing purely out of an altruistic desire to 'give back'. I think that's _great_ marketing by Masterclass, but the primary thing celebrities get by associating themselves
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by ybot 10y ago
A lot of these restaurants _do_ have a PC + printer in a back room or office somewhere. If the restaurant is owned by a group (or small chain), that setup may only exist at one location. They can (and do!) put the fax machine right by the k
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by ybot 10y ago
The short answer is 'yes' — fax machines are actually a pretty great solution to this problem. If you think about it, there isn't really that much overhead for having a fax line and a $40 fax machine vs running a full compute
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by ybot 13y ago
This has only ever been true for MMS received from Sprint users. Google Voice & Sprint's current FAQ indicates that MMS no longer works, even on Sprint [1]. [1] https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1205
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by ybot 15y ago
As a former Bloomberg intern, you're right – you try very hard to make sure interns are working on real projects that are deliverable over the course of the summer. That said, the projects are often completely isolated from what will have r
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by ybot 15y ago
You were really stretching on some of these. Sure, there will be software to assist any of these professions but that doesn't mean all the people in the profession should become programmers. You're conflating the need of an individual pro
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Ask HN: Historically Important Code Snippets?
4 points by ybot 15y ago|2 comments
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by ybot 15y ago
There's a lot of really great support in the robotics community. ROS, Robot OS, works great in ubuntu and makes it really easy to get data out of the kinect. http://www.ros.org/wiki/kinect
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by ybot 15y ago
From Jeremy Stoppelman's written testimony, as posted on Yelp's blog (here: http://officialblog.yelp.com/2011/09/seeking-a-level-playing... ): "In 2010, Google began incorporating the content that it indexed from its competitors into Googl
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by ybot 15y ago
Is there something about this page that I'm missing? Why is this on the front page of HN? There are plenty of other websites to post interesting internet miscellany, but as far as I can tell, this post contributes almost nothing of value to
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by ybot 16y ago
Whoops, so I did. Fixed.
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Engaging Recruiters with Hacker Trading Cards(blog.hackthology.com)
52 points by ybot 16y ago|32 comments
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by ybot 16y ago
TI's new uC platform is the MSP430 LaunchPad. They're only $4.30 shipped! Not as user friendly, though, so if you're new to this kind of thing, the Arduino might be a better place to start. http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_La
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by ybot 16y ago
I get the same thing on Chrome (Mac, 5.0.375.125) if the window is too narrow.
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by ybot 16y ago
Interestingly enough, Bloomberg has started offering "Quant" tools to MLB teams: http://www.bloombergsports.com/proofferings/ They specialize in providing data and analytics on financial data. Clearly they didn't think it was too much of
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by ybot 16y ago
The article mentions Google Font API and Typekit as sources of fonts online, but there's another option that's worth looking at: The Open Font Library ( http://openfontlibrary.org/ ) The fonts hosted there are free (both as in beer and as i
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by ybot 16y ago
The issue people are upset about isn't what Verizon was willing to commit to -- obviously any concessions from them that move toward an open and neutral internet are a positive step. The problem lies in the commitments Google appears to be
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by ybot 16y ago
It doesn't quite fit the bill of replacing TechShop, but you should check out Alpha One Labs ( http://www.alphaonelabs.com/ ). It's a community hackerspace in Brooklyn that follows radical inclusivity – anyone is welcome to join, and as soo
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Ask HN: Value of a second MS?
2 points by ybot 16y ago|2 comments