adamio

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by adamio 7y ago
This must impact quality at some point. Either driver competence will decline or vehicle maintenance will be dangerously put off.
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by adamio 8y ago
Manufacturers selling on Amazon should include QR coded key that can be verified as authentic
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by adamio 9y ago
> The whole reason for the African slave trade was Malaria as the European "slaves" (poor indentured workers) could not survive in the US south Do you have any references for that? Apparently the European slave owners survived
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by adamio 9y ago
Convenience is just another word for removing waste. Wasted movement, or time.
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by adamio 9y ago
There's claims the plastic ban bag in San Diego led to a Hepatitis outbreak https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/sep/08/stringers-pl...
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by adamio 9y ago
It's hard to beat Amazon on diversification, specialization would be the only way. Until they acquire you
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by adamio 9y ago
To be pedantic dogs are pretty selectively bred by humans. Raptor vs Wolf might be more apt
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by adamio 9y ago
This same article could have been written 120 years ago about Automats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
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by adamio 9y ago
indirectly with chip suppliers
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by adamio 9y ago
who is this hypothetical poor man who's so bad at managing money that an exact total of the amount he's spending will cause him to overspend ?
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by adamio 9y ago
Customers could really benefit if YouTube has some competition
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by adamio 9y ago
If we do find life there, it’s only a few assumptions away to find the great filter is ahead of us
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by adamio 9y ago
Maybe survivorship bias
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by adamio 9y ago
Repressive collusion to fix salaries and restrict industry movement, doesn't really inspire your employees to try their best
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by adamio 10y ago
You stopped advertising and still had passive income of 10k monthly ?
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by adamio 10y ago
how would that account for time dilation? your argument would actually be improved by switching it; That matter is an abstraction to measure comparative rates of time.
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by adamio 10y ago
"Borg? Sounds Swedish"
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by adamio 10y ago
I usually re-frame the question to the chocolate cake context. Like, I have a real weakness when I run into something puzzling, I can't help myself from solving all of it.
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by adamio 10y ago
"If you need to use Esc to force an app to close, you can switch to another app and try Option-Command-Escape. You can also choose Apple menu > Force Quit." https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207358
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by adamio 10y ago
Yes but I'm thinking of the type of scheme people use to lose weight. "If I dont lose 3 pounds this month I'll owe you $10" but for email or media usage
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by adamio 10y ago
A premium for checking email is an interesting concept, I could see people wanting to sign up for this now as a way to reduce the compulsive need to check for new emails
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by adamio 10y ago
Most of the article is copied from this http://www.danpink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FLIP-Manif...
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by adamio 10y ago
Customer lock-in is Apple's entire value proposition. Buy in to the ecosystem and we'll provide the best experience that gets better the deeper you go. But yes leaving it is starting to look good to customers as software quality h
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by adamio 10y ago
target is intelligent extra-terestrials, not necessarily space cows Music is patterns that intelligent beings could identify, even if they couldn't appreciate the aesthetics
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by adamio 10y ago
I think Detroit and other manufactures are fearful of automation. If you ask them what the future looks like its driving assist technology. Fully automated driving kills the emotional experience that is used to sell cars.
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by adamio 10y ago
Sort of reminds me of the UI from the movie Her. Fully integrated handheld and ear piece
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by adamio 10y ago
not with Airmule, with them the packages are pre-packed
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by adamio 10y ago
I've run into quite a few applications that won't let you continue past the salary history without entering something. Its definitely a dark pattern for job applications
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by adamio 10y ago
Related, car companies campaigned to invent "jay walking" and give cars the legal right of way
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by adamio 10y ago
Improved voice recognition maybe, also bots could be a benefit for handicapped HCI/accessibility. But mostly I think the popularity is just self fueled hype

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