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by flightster 2y ago
I would happily pay one cent per email if it meant everyone else had to as well...including advertisers Think of how much better the signal-to-noise ratio of email would become.
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by flightster 2y ago
Bought a Peloton used on FB marketplace. I only use the "just ride" functionality and train with a separate heart rate monitor. Looks like I can't connect it to the internet or else they'll even take that away. Might nee
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by flightster 2y ago
Not if you look at them like insurance premiums — it's a monthly cost like any other
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I Buy NVDA Puts
7 points by flightster 2y ago|11 comments
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Ask HN: What's the best way to join on numerous fields with fuzzy matching?
1 points by flightster 2y ago|1 comments
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by flightster 2y ago
You forgot vets and dentists!
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by flightster 2y ago
Posting for my wife as she does not use HN! Location: Cambridge MA, Chapel Hill NC and Dorset England Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Maybe but only to either North Carolina, London or Southwest England, and not for six months Technologies
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by flightster 2y ago
Author would do great in HR, compliance or IT
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by flightster 2y ago
You are right, but in in his "cartel", everyone was working for him. Kind of a monarchy. I feel these cartels are more of an actual oligarchy where each player has a separate role that gives it power instead of just reporting up t
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by flightster 2y ago
Sounds identical to health insurers. We need a new word for this arrangement. “Cartel” probably comes the closest but doesn’t feel quite right. It’s like a cartel but it’s lead by one “extractor” (front of house, Ticketmaster in this case).
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by flightster 2y ago
> People don't buy the cheapest car, house, clothing, or food they could possibly get by with... Yet we constantly hear the refrain that you shouldn't spend a given amount of money on solar, house improvements, appliances, etc.
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by flightster 3y ago
Yes with heat pumps you're 100% correct but right now most of the US north does not use heat pumps to heat their house while the vast majority of the south US does use A/C which is way better per degree of temperature change than
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by flightster 3y ago
Go ahead and add a few years on if you're not fat
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by flightster 3y ago
It doesn't
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by flightster 3y ago
Cooling by a degree takes less energy than heating by a degree (not to mention it's electric). Cooling a house from 35 (outside) to 23 (inside) takes is better for "the environment" than heating one from 11 to 23.
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by flightster 3y ago
Dare I ask for the code?
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Show HN: FlyOnTime, a Chrome Extension that helps you book better flights(flyontime.app)
1 points by flightster 3y ago|0 comments