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by methodical 2y ago
They most definitely have some BS in the fine print about how they're not responsible for their awful system, as CYA for things like this. Truly scum of the earth.
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by methodical 2y ago
My horror story of Ticketmaster; I recently bought standing-room-only tickets on short notice (<1wk) for an event near me, declining the additional fee to be able to refund my tickets. After more discussion with the others I was going wi
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by methodical 2y ago
Even after reading the article I'm a bit confused as to how $250mm is even enough to play ball in this industry, a single EUV lithography machine can cost more than their entire funding already. I'd be curious to know their plan t
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by methodical 2y ago
PPV Sales can't be compared to Super Bowl viewership numbers, considering there's a pretty significant difference between watching something included with your existing TV subscription versus paying another $50+ to watch a one-nig
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by methodical 2y ago
> there aren't enough boxing fans in the US to fill a single NFL stadium, much less 16 a week. Do you have any proof for this at all? The most anticipated boxing matches usually get over a million pay-per-view buys, not including th
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by methodical 2y ago
> There is nothing stopping us from doing the same thing. However achieving property rights for the land needed for the project is a much bigger issue in the US than in China, where I doubt they receive much dissidence from people affect
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by methodical 2y ago
I mean there are more maladies that affect the colon and rectum than just colon cancer, so I expect colo-rectal surgeons will survive, if with a decline in positions.
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by methodical 2y ago
Original HN post on this same subject from 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31630679
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by methodical 2y ago
Who in crypto is consistently profitable?
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by methodical 2y ago
Sure, if an idea was entirely unique and revolutionary, but wanting to build the umpteenth CRM SaaS startup is not. Nobody in regards to technology ever pays anybody for ideas, they pay them for their ability to execute or sell/market
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by methodical 2y ago
From my experience previously looking for a non-technical founder, I've run into a lot of people who think they're the second coming of Steve Jobs or something like that and so in turn try to hardball in equity and other negotiati
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by methodical 2y ago
Stocks are not completely nondeterministic games of chance, which is why most people who hold properly diversified stock portfolios have seen long-term growth instead of loss. That's probably why people don't call it gambling.
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by methodical 2y ago
I am a bit surprised that the DOJ is going after them but it seems like a necessary continuation of the changes that came about as a result of the EU action in this regard. I generally believe free markets are usually a positive thing but i
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by methodical 3y ago
Not that you're incorrect in all cases, but generally speaking, you do get what you pay for. SWEs who are charging $500/hr can charge $500/hr due to significant domain knowledge or overall experience, and as such their opinio
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by methodical 3y ago
Perhaps this comment is about to be an example of the classic "why not just rebuild XYZ technology to solve a simple problem already solved 100 times?" trope among engineers, but having used Hugo and a few other markdown-based doc
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by methodical 3y ago
Simply put, if he's not carrying his weight and doesn't seem passionate, kick him off of the project and return to doing whatever duties you assigned to him yourself. He clearly doesn't care much about it, and from experience
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by methodical 3y ago
An electric car isn't really a lower impact solution for a large amount of the US population. From what I'm able to find, the lowest priced EV (Chevy Bolt) starts around $27k currently[0], whereas the cheapest gas car (Nissan Vers
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by methodical 3y ago
Without being an expert in these matters it could be that while the earnings were good they may have already been "priced in"[0], so if the earnings weren't quite as high as expected or particular areas of revenue have contra
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by methodical 3y ago
Unfortunately no I didn't read the article you linked, I still don't see how this device collects any additional data over what is already available for other devices in the Apple ecosystem. Anybody who has used a Mac, iPhone, or
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by methodical 3y ago
What types of data exactly are you implying that this device may capture that would be any more extreme than the data which would be captured by any other existing Apple device? I would think the Apple Watch alone has the ability to capture
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by methodical 3y ago
As somebody else suggested just a share link would be a good way to allow sharing. Alternatively, for either a share link or as just a way to keep the state in the URL, I'd recommend B64 encoding the data as opposed to just directly es
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by methodical 3y ago
Does OTC status affect the process by which a product gets approved by the FDA, or only dictate the means by which it can be distributed? I'm unfamiliar with the distinction, but if it means these types of products are easier for consu
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by methodical 3y ago
Not that I'm particularly knowledgable on the subject but I find this a little hard to believe. I'd expect any first-world country around the world to have a reasonable demand and means to afford a product of this nature. The US o
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by methodical 3y ago
Out of curiosity, what made you target Taiwan first? Was it a geographical reason, or was it because of regulatory reasons?
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by methodical 3y ago
The US is probably the worst launch market. The FDA regulates hearing aids so any new product would have to go through the FDA validation process, which is expensive. Edit: I may have misread your comment, my apologies! I'm only loosel
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by methodical 3y ago
A bit presumptive but the answer to that is likely ads. Unless they try the whole premium subscription model like Twitter (X) and realize nobody cares that much to pay $5/mo for social media.
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by methodical 3y ago
Cost of entry is immense. As with anything medical or food and drug related, there are large (and expensive) obstacles to hurdle before any product can enter the market. It's a rather difficult market to get into without a large amount
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by methodical 3y ago
This may be a difference in learning preference, but I've always found the easiest way for me to learn about new topics was to jump into them directly. Supplemental reading could certainly help of course, so I apologize that I have not
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by methodical 3y ago
This may be a bad take but I'm always a bit surprised at how difficult it seems to be for people to host something that can take an influx of traffic. Are auto-scaling servers futuristic technology or something? Just about everything b
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by methodical 3y ago
It's incredible how many Rust packages are just wrappers around C++ implementations. That being said, as a weekend rustacean (I hate saying it but couldn't resist the urge) and current user of tch-rs (a rust PyTorch C++ wrapper) I

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