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by rexf 3mo ago
Also Costco has a really annoying "treasure hunt" strategy where goods are re-arranged around the store trying to get you to explore aisles (aka get lost and waste time) to impulse buy more stuff. Other stores (Target, Walmart, et
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by rexf 1y ago
yes tons of businesses currently advertise their "family owned & operated" status in America. so in the future, seeing marketing around "not owned by PE" wouldn't be a surprise
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by rexf 2y ago
> Maybe it's a cliche but my dad would say about Korea and other wars "no pics, no words, you had to be there". So that was a teenage trope in the 80s and 90s too for my generation, if you were trying to be cool just say &
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by rexf 2y ago
just this week, I clicked on the 1st search result ad for "amazon" in google search. It led me to a windows-themed "Virus detected" amazon clone. I'm not using Windows. I was able to close the tab, but it left a bad
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by rexf 2y ago
Apple Watch app, widgets, Live Activities, new phone sizes... there are always things Apple wants you to add over time. Do you want meaningful updates or abandoned software? It doesn't take a full time job, but it's significantly
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by rexf 2y ago
Paul Graham (@paulg): I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened: > People have been claiming YC fired Sam Altman. > That's not true. Here's what actually happened. > For several years
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by rexf 2y ago
It's entirely possible someone is cycling and has reduced vision (sunset, evening time, sun in your eyes, etc.) or isn't 100% focused for a few seconds (while thinking about something else). Putting any physical obstacle in the mi
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by rexf 2y ago
> Then there's a 50% chance that the payment terminal won't work. where is this? In CA, almost all payment terminals seem to work in retail for me. Businesses would not stay in business easily if their payment accepting device
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by rexf 2y ago
It's not trivial to do. You have to save rewards points, learn transfer partners (and their booking sites), and be willing to book ~330 days in advance for certain flights.
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by rexf 3y ago
This is shocking to read. I tried the in store demo and my main take away was that the display wasn’t as crisp or sharp as I expected for a $4k device.
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by rexf 3y ago
TIL Trader Joe's has a website with prices. (I shop their stores, but I don't use their website at all.)
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by rexf 3y ago
If you're actually watching content (a whole movie, a series, etc), the total actual usage of the service easily eclipses any time spent bouncing around the UI?
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by rexf 3y ago
Can you imagine having a hardware feature disabled during an unrelated service appointment? > Tesla is going on the offensive for select vehicles that still have radar units installed and unplugging the sensors from customer cars during
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by rexf 3y ago
agreed. The loss of Apollo was a huge blow to the UX since the official Reddit app is hard to use and has poor design choices (in favor of business choices). Why would the official app have TINY up and down vote buttons? There are countless
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by rexf 3y ago
"Hallucinations" is too charitable of a term for making stuff up. It personifies "AI" which doesn't need help selling its "intelligence".
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by rexf 3y ago
> I feel very disappointed that the laptops lack decent i/o. They spend all this time talking about how advanced the GPU is, but it's a $1,600 laptop that can only power one external display or a 2,000 laptop that can only powe
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by rexf 3y ago
the discussion feels manufactured to me, but I can see how supposedly privacy first alternatives appeal to the HN crowd
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by rexf 3y ago
> I think the solution to data privacy is to require companies to provide the receipts of where they obtained the data. In the article, Asher and presumably the rest of their industry has many legal avenues for acquiring data. Such as di
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by rexf 3y ago
Sure if your customers want to use discord and you're ok with putting your community there, then go for it. I don't think you can assume everyone wants to be on discord. I certainly loathe adding yet another discord or slack commu
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by rexf 3y ago
Your experience and my experience vary a lot. My background is CA & NYC. I am able to get same day or same week (if less urgent) appts by calling my primary (PCP). In the event that my PCP has no availability or it's late in the da
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by rexf 3y ago
> I've posted this before, but I went to a new dentist one time and though I'd never had a cavity, the new dentist said I had nine, some of which were pretty bad and needed immediate treatment lest they require a root canal. On
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by rexf 3y ago
Senior Software Engineer looking for a web developer or iOS role. I've shipped several iPhone & Apple Watch apps. On the App Store, my iPhone apps have 1300+ ratings with a 4.7 star average. * Location: Los Angeles, CA * Remote: Ye
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by rexf 3y ago
Shopping at Costco is frustrating. It's fine for grocery staples (dairy, fruit, veggies, etc). But when it comes finding specific items in stock (and which aisle in the store), Target and Walmart are way ahead of Costco. Ordering somet
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by rexf 3y ago
> The important difference from ICE refuelling is that you don't have to be by the car when it charges. That's a disingenuous take. ICE fueling takes significantly less time. So it's not an advantage that you can take a 20
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by rexf 3y ago
The NYT article does a really good job explaining the difference between converting a prewar and a modern building. Also, TIL about loss factor: > As offices, these buildings can also rent 100 percent (or even more) of their total square
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by rexf 3y ago
I'm able to backup my files with a similar organization structure. The problem is that this doesn't scale for immediate or extended family members. I guess the realistic option is for them to pay for cloud storage indefinitely, bu
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by rexf 3y ago
It's been playable on next (aka current) gen hardware for a while now. So PS5, Xbox series X, or a powerful PC can handle the game fine. I played after patch 1.5, which contained a lot of bug fixes, and the game was ok. Still minor gli
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by rexf 3y ago
Agreed. Both scenarios are similar. I wouldn't say one is inherently better than the other: 1. grab wallet from pocket, find card, align card to tap to pay target 2. grab phone from pocket, double tap phone side button while looking at
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by rexf 3y ago
It's mentioned. > Balwant Singh, 32, runs a grocery store in New Delhi with his mother. He bought a Paytm Soundbox in 2020 after realizing digital payment receipts could be doctored. “[Before sound boxes], people were using apps to
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by rexf 4y ago
Yeah, I enjoy writing blog posts, but not on a routine schedule. My blog has some light traffic, but it has not been game changing as some other commenters have experienced. It can be an issue of topic/depth since I blog about a variet

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