rockarage

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by rockarage 4y ago
Yes, I'm just going to quote my previous comment from 7 years ago (about a similar startup) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10707049 "This is a business I know well. Jukedeck is an example of how founders and
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by rockarage 4y ago
It can turn a profit, but not the sort of profit the investors and top stake holders want i.e. Microsoft and Google type margins and profit.
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Ask HN: Has anyone recently had their Dropbox disabled?
16 points by rockarage 4y ago|3 comments
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A Cloud Storage Horror Story
5 points by rockarage 4y ago|1 comments
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Autonomous vehicles will be an overnight success(theweeklyburn.com)
1 points by rockarage 6y ago|0 comments
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by rockarage 6y ago
Really? If we are being candid, many software developers helped crowned the Tyrant king. The majority of developers focused on building for iOS and treated Android as a second class citizen. Developers set the prices and in a race to the bo
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by rockarage 6y ago
What can be mechanically detected is limited to how the data is collected. You missed this part: "Moreover capturing Black/Dark skin and features require more accurate light metering & lighting because dark skin absorbs more l
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by rockarage 6y ago
When you sample from a smaller pool you will make uninformed statements like this. Black/Dark people of the world are not limited to Black people in Atlanta. Bet many people here do not know that there are Black people in this world, s
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by rockarage 6y ago
Yes, which is why I said willing & able . Able in this context means: you have the resources and circumstances to do so. Moreover, you will only resign once you have secured the job.
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by rockarage 6y ago
Yes. This incident shows AWS engineers have significantly more leverage than their coworkers in warehouses. If you are an engineer who works for Amazon and you want to see real changes here's a suggestion: In an ideal world, you will n
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by rockarage 6y ago
Yes, food was and is a major focus for Uber, it's part of their pitch for growth: they just don't do taxi/rideshare, they do deliveries one of the reasons they're valuation dwarfs Lyft.
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by rockarage 6y ago
There's significant demand, DoorDash, Instacart, and others are hiring drivers to meet demand.
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by rockarage 6y ago
UberEats was founded in August 2014, easy to Google.
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by rockarage 6y ago
This is a failure in leadership at UberEats. Uber has more than one revenue source and delivery is in high demand, UberEats is severely losing to DoorDash in food delivery, despite Uber having significantly more resources than DoorDash. Ube
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by rockarage 6y ago
Another reason not mentioned: An increase in Crime in the City, here's just a few https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-is-proposing-r... https://www.ebar.com/news/crime//291784
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Uber may have to pay Waymo or redesign its self-driving software(engadget.com)
20 points by rockarage 7y ago|9 comments
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by rockarage 7y ago
That lease start fee has gone up about 3x, to about 6k, so obviously it was not enough. And at that rate people are better off getting a new car via a typical lease agreement.
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by rockarage 7y ago
Read the companion website, the authors cherry-picked their findings, good thing they link to another independent study: https://elifesciences.org/articles/48224 “Surprisingly, we find that frequently observed adaptive
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by rockarage 7y ago
Or this: It should come out your R&D budget because it is critical tech, and some marketing funds should be diverted to R&D.
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by rockarage 8y ago
Do you expect more automation in the workplace from Amazon or less? Cause the numbers only work if the jobs are created, however Amazon has about a decade as a cushion. A few years from now, Amazon could conclude that it may not be worthwhi
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by rockarage 8y ago
You have to acknowledge the point he is making, he said you don't have to get to $30 to find the right spot, moreover making it a franchise will definitely take away the lore of the place and quality control. Better to raise the price
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by rockarage 8y ago
Interesting enough, he did not have to make these concessions, Amazon wants to come to NY, regardless. "This will be New York or it will be DC - Prof. Galloway, Feb 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3baKe4B3eyI
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Denmark has fined four Uber drivers for every ride they’ve given(reuters.com)
2 points by rockarage 8y ago|0 comments
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by rockarage 8y ago
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by rockarage 8y ago
You're right, perhaps the worst headline ever, the company actually wants to do the opposite: "Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone" – TechCrunch at: https://techcrunch.com&
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by rockarage 9y ago
> If a pedestrian suddenly rushes out into the street or a cyclist swerves into your path, the deciding factor is often simply the coefficient of friction between your tyres and the road. This only true for the uninitiated, never let it
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by rockarage 9y ago
Maybe you should try reading the article? from the article: "Many stations like this one are not prepared to accommodate a larger volume of passengers, even if a new traffic control system allowed trains to come more frequently."
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by rockarage 9y ago
Not so astonishing, when you understand the business of venture capital. When you raise too much venture capital and try to grow faster than the market dictates, this sort poor decision making tends to happen.
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by rockarage 9y ago
A good software service company does not need to raise so much money to accelerate their growth. Raising more money won't prevent them from being disrupted by a competing implementation. We can argue their action can invite competition
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by rockarage 9y ago
If they are growing faster than the current cash flow can handle, there is a problem with their business model. Growth for this type of service business should bring profits not losses. This is not exciting news for the creators on Patreon,

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