fuzzybeard

"They exist very well on subscriptions and donations. "

I would argue that all platforms like those start out that way. The content creators are the passionate ones. Once the big money comes in, the payment model shifts and we end up with what YouTube is doing now.

Let's not forget when Howard Stern went to satellite radio. That deal was worth $500M.

I purchased an item directly from a manufacturer's own website, so there's no middle-man and no fees lost to selling on another platform. The price difference between that and Amazon was so staggering, I returned the original purchase and re-purchased, this time from Amazon. Same product, but it was significantly cheaper on Amazon.

Certified first responder here. It was drilled into our training that our safety comes first.

Imagine you rush to help someone and get hurt. Now, you can't help that person AND now there are 2 people that need aid instead of 1. So that 1 ambulance you called out is no longer sufficient.

The lack of an export feature is rather common among smaller services. What Google and Facebook are capable of doesn't scale down to other service providers.

> This is quite a visible moral panic as we can see people glued to their phones in public places, e.g. on the train or bus.

The part that disturbs me the most about these conversations is how everyone assumes (and I'm guilty of this too) that when people are "glued to their phones" it's for something superficial like social media. When I'm glued to my phone, I'm checking work email, photos of my kids that family is sending me, paying bills online, researching some side project, making plans for an upcoming vacation, etc.

I don't think people would equate the vacuousness of 'doing it for the gram' with managing your finances. But when we see people on their phones, we just sort of assume they're doing something wasteful. That shouldn't be the default assumption given that you can run your entire life, business, etc from a phone.

On a related note, this is why when I search for a person, film, or other thing, I'll take the Wikipedia result every time over IMDB or some top ranking site. With Wikipedia, I know how the information will be formatted so I can find what I need quickly.

That sounds like a great outcome, but it's predicated on having been hand selected by Medium to share your specific story. 99% of posts won't get that same treatment. Would your outcomes have been similar without that boost? That is, just by posting on Medium, would you have achieved a reasonable level of reach otherwise?

I use a regional bank and their app is only usable for minor day to day things. For that it's fine. But I can't do anything "serious" in it: checking account transactions are limited to only the last 2 weeks; I can't search transactions for a specific amount or merchant or date; I can't view past payments I've made for bills, etc.

For any of the above, I have to use the desktop site. These are not technical limitations either and should all be in the app if we want full parity with mobile.

They should be more honest about their other funding sources. They accept advertising, but couch it as "underwriting".

I've asked gift givers to instead give contributions towards my kids' college funds. They have too many toys as it is. But from their point of view I can understand not wanting to show up at a kids party empty handed. Compare that to the experience of watching a kid open up a present excitedly and play with it during the party. So I can see why givers prefer that option.

As far as retention goes, that's going to depend on which data. The rules are different for different data. For financial information the general rule is 7 years. But that varies wildly on circumstance.

I read that the unions, especialy SEIU, wanted a promise from Amazon against interfering with future potential unionization efforts. Amazon probably doesn't want a domino effect happening where their operations in NYC get unionized and then it spreads elsewhere. But these jobs were tech jobs, so I'm guessing there was also going to be a distribution center or something else that would unionize? Because the tech workers certainly wouldn't.

One would think so, yes. But in practice people can be utter assholes when borrowing a neighbor's power tool. Now imagine with a trailer.

Plex and Roku do this. They give you a simple one time URL like plex.tv\U23SL That URL asks you to log in (on your computer) and once it's authorized, the Roku or Plex on your TV gets the signal and continues. Easier than typing on a TV device.

That's how we got the Salem witch trials and why mere accusations aren't usually enough.

Which is what blockchain does. We're experimenting with using it to create audit logs of data, which can't be tampered with.

Slack is multi-tenant hosted SaaS. Single point of failure.

The problem of course being that the "brain capital" in those areas doesn't compare to Boston, which has more universities in a small area than anywhere else.

Amex offers 1 extra year of warranty coverage beyond what the store/manufacturer offer. So after your warranty ends, and you're within that extra 1 year with Amex, they'll reimburse you the cost of the item. Many Amex cards, the ones with better benefits, charge you an annual fee to use. Hence, the reimbursement you get from your item can offset the fees.

Great idea. That's basically what a desktop laser cutter does. They start at $400 for the Chinese versions that require a little elbow grease to get working, or around $3K for a well built desktop cutter that works and is supported.

Don't any half decent sites strip that out anyways? Some ecommerce sites have actually failed to accept that string, inadvertently thinking it's invalid. The rest, or any marketing CMS, would simply remove it.

The industry isn't built to support market based solutions which is why providers couldn't give you a price even if you asked. That's what parent poster is trying to say. There just isn't pricing transparency so you can't get pricing. Where it's been shown to work is with smaller doctors offices for routine procedures like a flu shot. If you ask for a price and offer cash, they can work with customers on that.

But after 15 years my house is paid off. With renting, you're paying for the rest of your life. After my mortgage I only pay taxes and upkeep which is a fraction as much.

Not always True. I'm in Boston and the Harvard alumni network is strong. You see connections all the time throughout various events and industries. For example, I'll meet someone in biotech (our state's largest industry) and talk about venture funding for his startup when he'll mention his friends from Harvard that can help get the right introductions.

> women _working at Google as engineers_ are less interested in tech than their male colleagues

I wonder if this argument could be made? Stats show that men work more hours than women whereas women prefer a more of a work-life-family balance. So given that, you could say that the women in tech there are less interested. At least, in terms of hours and dedication to the job. I don't think it holds too much water. You can be interested in the subject matter but not work as much. But there is some truth to it in a way.

The cost difference between a moderately sized washing machine and one that's a few cubic feet larger isn't that much. Over the lifetime of the machine it pays off.

And if you have the extra capacity, you'll use it more often than you would if you had to go to the laundromat for the annual duvet cleaning.

Does this only make sense for small machines? I bought a gigantic washer/dryer and have no problem working through a large buildup that results from some disruption in life.

Borrowing from your analogy, I have large on-prem servers so I don't need the scalability of the cloud.

As some experts have said, this is a terrible idea. The moment you say you have nothing on the phone to the agent (because you're a l33t clever haxor who can encrypt and hide it), you've committed a federal crime. Best not to have anything on the device, and then you're not lying when you say there's nothing on there.

Some apps won't let you access any of your content without authenticating with their servers. So even if it's local content, not having an internet connection would deny access. I can envision CBP saying they need to crack your phone to get to the local stuff.