goelakash
Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong
on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:37AM (#18862783)
"About a third of what passengers pay goes to Uber for commissions and booking fees."
Holy shit. That's way too much commission for a company that uses software and not actual labor to connect drivers to riders.
Re:Unraveling a Tesla Mystery: Lots of Parked Cars
on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:14PM (#18124789)
Musk should've probably asked Bezos for Amazon's logistic expertise.
Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in maste...
on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:56PM (#18102119)
Is there such a thing as effectively massaging yourself? Or do you mean that your partner went to masseuse school while you developed a habit of running? :p
Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in maste...
on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:54PM (#18102109)
I think this is the most sage advice of all. There's a TED talk that also says the same based on an extensive study: "What makes a good life?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkKuTCFvzI
Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in maste...
on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:53PM (#18102098)
IMO, happiness is just a side-effect, and shouldn't be optimized, just like the taste of good food.
What needs to be optimized are ways to sustain happiness, and one of those is finding meaning in life.
Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in maste...
on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:39PM (#18102009)
Do less laundry.
Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in maste...
on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:31PM (#18101967)
I actually have a simpler solution which I've been following for some months now - drinking one tall glass of water everytime I feel thirsty. If you have small paper cups instead, then drink 3-4 of them. But drink enough so you may not need to drink for the next hour or so.
This way, I'm able to get in 7-8 glasses in a day (which is the usual prescribed limit).
Re:Ask HN: Why aren't I getting responses to my Who Is Hiring applicat...
on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:13PM (#16146804)
One thing I find is that you're description of your work-experiences is very curt. I know you want to keep it long enough not to bore the recruiter/manager types, but you may as well brag a bit more in depth so that they may expect the amazing things you are wiling to do for them.
Re:Secret Service Agent Sentenced In Scheme Related To Silk Road Inves...
on Friday November 10, 2017 @09:46AM (#15670149)
Offshore account? As in transfer his wallet credentials to some safe offshore vault?
Re:Cost of iPhone X in 1957
on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:04AM (#15264240)
I am not an iPhone user, or ever bought one. But from the perspective of novelty, I would prefer to buy an iPhone x over an iPhone 8, for the exclusive features. Otherwise I'd stick to an affordable and feature-filled Android.
Re:A Frameless Geodesic Dome (2013)
on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @03:07AM (#15173078)
I did not understand how it is completely waterproof. What if there is rough weather? And how does it prevent water from entering in case there is standing water around the base?
Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal?
on Saturday May 14, 2016 @05:26PM (#11698111)
Political correctness is correct as long as it is not directly related to the required class material. For instance, you can't teach history without talking about slavery. If that upsets a student, then that is definitely her problem, not anyone else's.
Re:An Ode to the Rice Cooker
on Friday March 18, 2016 @02:56PM (#11314005)
It basically boils down to a 2:1 ratio for general case, the same as my mother told me to do a few years go.