subhero

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Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ(nytimes.com)
7 points by subhero 9mo ago|2 comments
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by subhero 9mo ago
“Affordability has always been at the heart of Instacart’s mission,” the company said.
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by subhero 3y ago
Because procreation is The be-all and end-all of people's existence?
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by subhero 3y ago
Commuting,as a neccessity, is also for the policy makers to fix imo, after they have put billions (trillions?) into road infrastructure. Channel it to public/mass transport if you are serious about decreasing carbon footprint of indivi
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by subhero 3y ago
Yeah, and at least halve the cost for the employer by rolling off office space, supplies, heating, insurance, etc. to the employee. And the decrease of the carbon footprint works “only if they take the necessary measures at home.” I am so
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by subhero 3y ago
Yeah, it was a business (model) war. Apple on their part juggled the constant names for hardware acceleration (e.g. video codecs) with every minor OS release for a time with Flash defaulting to software rendering. That’s why you could fry e
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by subhero 6y ago
That (“card by phone”) is a problem of trust. Whatever happened to that concept? I’ve given away my CC details probably hundreds of times in the pre-internet era (travel agencies, hotels, phone-order, etc.), because I had the details of and
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by subhero 6y ago
Yes, and times have changed, maybe because of the “market pressure” by those platforms or simply because they were just a minute ahead with their value prop for restaurants sleeping on the digital transformation. Lately (new) restaurants in
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by subhero 6y ago
So the “too much” benefit you are talking about is aiu basically a) “consistent layout” b) “payment processors”? Isn”t that just a single digit improvement in terms of convenience (aka the laziness factor ;) In terms of “insight as a consum
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by subhero 7y ago
Yes, those “facades” are super useful. Problem is that most are US centric and simply break for international users, since streaming rights by country is a nightmarish jungle.
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by subhero 7y ago
I know this is anecdotal, but... : I've been staying at a little fisher's village in Pelion (Greece) during summer for the last 13 years and yes, it is a dire situation, worsening year over year. Local fishermen are basically in d
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by subhero 7y ago
And to me as a continental european, Plaid always triggers https://youtu.be/LU8seZlfhw4 ;)
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by subhero 9y ago
or for for anything, really? (mandatory https://xkcd.com/538/ )