adamio
Re:Uber is dropping rates for drivers down from 80 cents/mile to 60 ce...
on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:25PM (#19533102)
This must impact quality at some point. Either driver competence will decline or vehicle maintenance will be dangerously put off.
Re:Amazon Is Complicit in Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods: Report
on Saturday June 16, 2018 @12:54PM (#17328160)
Manufacturers selling on Amazon should include QR coded key that can be verified as authentic
Re:How One Sickle Cell Mutation Helped Protect the World from Malaria
on Sunday March 11, 2018 @06:11PM (#16565027)
>The whole reason for the African slave trade was Malaria as the European "slaves" (poor indentured workers) could not survive in the US south
Do you have any references for that?
Apparently the European slave owners survived
Re:The Tyranny of Convenience
on Sunday March 04, 2018 @10:50AM (#16515078)
Convenience is just another word for removing waste. Wasted movement, or time.
Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable uten...
on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:25AM (#16438135)
There's claims the plastic ban bag in San Diego led to a Hepatitis outbreak https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/sep/08/stringers-pl...
Re:How to Beat Amazon
on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:52PM (#16270201)
It's hard to beat Amazon on diversification, specialization would be the only way. Until they acquire you
Re:Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming ...
on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @07:01PM (#16227521)
To be pedantic dogs are pretty selectively bred by humans. Raptor vs Wolf might be more apt
Re:Amazon Go and the Future
on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:54AM (#16214506)
This same article could have been written 120 years ago about Automats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hovering VCs to ...
on Monday January 22, 2018 @07:50PM (#16209780)
indirectly with chip suppliers
Re:Amazon’s surveillance-powered no-checkout convenience store
on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:54AM (#16205281)
who is this hypothetical poor man who's so bad at managing money that an exact total of the amount he's spending will cause him to overspend ?
Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:54PM (#15857645)
Customers could really benefit if YouTube has some competition
Re:New Evidence Points to Icy Plate Tectonics on Europa
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:12PM (#15857426)
If we do find life there, it’s only a few assumptions away to find the great filter is ahead of us
Re:Don't Buy Anyone an Echo
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:04PM (#15853924)
Maybe survivorship bias
Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:48PM (#15802145)
Repressive collusion to fix salaries and restrict industry movement, doesn't really inspire your employees to try their best
Re:Paypal Horror Story 40k Frozen No Answers
on Sunday March 12, 2017 @01:38PM (#13851856)
You stopped advertising and still had passive income of 10k monthly ?
Re:The quest to crystallize time
on Thursday March 09, 2017 @10:39AM (#13829973)
how would that account for time dilation?
your argument would actually be improved by switching it;
That matter is an abstraction to measure comparative rates of time.
Re:No CEO: A Swedish company where nobody is in charge
on Friday February 17, 2017 @11:43AM (#13669571)
"Borg? Sounds Swedish"
Re:The Simple Answer to the Interview Question: What Is Your Greatest ...
on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @04:51PM (#13126588)
I usually re-frame the question to the chocolate cake context.
Like, I have a real weakness when I run into something puzzling, I can't help myself from solving all of it.
Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats
on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:03PM (#13015984)
"If you need to use Esc to force an app to close, you can switch to another app and try Option-Command-Escape. You can also choose Apple menu > Force Quit."
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207358
Re:Apple’s First Phone, from 1983, Never Made It to Market (2014)
on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:02PM (#12922646)
Yes but I'm thinking of the type of scheme people use to lose weight. "If I dont lose 3 pounds this month I'll owe you $10" but for email or media usage
Re:Apple’s First Phone, from 1983, Never Made It to Market (2014)
on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:54AM (#12921424)
A premium for checking email is an interesting concept, I could see people wanting to sign up for this now as a way to reduce the compulsive need to check for new emails
Re:Employees are faster and more creative when solving other people's ...
on Sunday November 06, 2016 @08:07AM (#12884899)
Most of the article is copied from this http://www.danpink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FLIP-Manif...
Re:The Steve Jobs email that outlined Apple’s strategy a year before h...
on Thursday November 03, 2016 @06:30PM (#12868622)
Customer lock-in is Apple's entire value proposition. Buy in to the ecosystem and we'll provide the best experience that gets better the deeper you go. But yes leaving it is starting to look good to customers as software quality has declined and now hardware options are misaligned and industry is reaching parity in UI and features
Re:Music from Earth
on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @10:28AM (#12796670)
target is intelligent extra-terestrials, not necessarily space cows
Music is patterns that intelligent beings could identify, even if they couldn't appreciate the aesthetics
Re:How Apple Scaled Back Its Titanic Plan to Take on Detroit
on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:47PM (#12726710)
I think Detroit and other manufactures are fearful of automation. If you ask them what the future looks like its driving assist technology. Fully automated driving kills the emotional experience that is used to sell cars.
Re:Apple is not a technology company
on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:31PM (#12516189)
Sort of reminds me of the UI from the movie Her. Fully integrated handheld and ear piece
Re:Baggage claim: Trading your excess airline luggage-allowance
on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @05:00PM (#12439258)
not with Airmule, with them the packages are pre-packed
Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About Previous Pay
on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @02:42PM (#12212193)
I've run into quite a few applications that won't let you continue past the salary history without entering something. Its definitely a dark pattern for job applications
Re:The life of American workers in 1915
on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:13PM (#11988652)
Related, car companies campaigned to invent "jay walking" and give cars the legal right of way
Re:Bots Are Hot (1996)
on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:54PM (#11725875)
Improved voice recognition maybe, also bots could be a benefit for handicapped HCI/accessibility. But mostly I think the popularity is just self fueled hype