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Re:Launch HN: Modern Realty (YC S24) – AI Real Estate Agent for Home B...
on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:05AM (#41647697)
I've bought multiple homes in my life and my buyers agents always did that type of thing and more.
Re:Launch HN: Modern Realty (YC S24) – AI Real Estate Agent for Home B...
on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:02AM (#41647660)
Sure but the first real estate agent I met is the one that was most highly recommended by my friends and colleagues, and has stellar online reviews. It wasn't some random person...
Re:Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing'
on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:04PM (#39935785)
I really do want smart home devices! My biggest issue so far has been stability and interoperability issues between each vendor and system. Those things have gotten better, but are still a headache. Apple is in a pretty good position to solve those pain points (at the cost of buying new devices (Apple brand or Apple Certified maybe?). Or maybe I need to dive deeper into HomeAssistant...
Re:Apple is turning William Gibson's Neuromancer into a TV series
on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:19AM (#39549568)
Nueromancer, and the Sprawl trilogy, will always have a special place in my heart. I was pleased with The Peripheral, and am excited for this news!
Re:Did Reddit just denylist all IPs?
on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:25PM (#38269208)
Broken here (USA) as well.
Re:Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:04PM (#36885792)
Anyone have recommendations for what will kill goat heads that isn't glyphosate? I'd love to use something less awful, but so far the goat heads seem unaffected by anything else I've tried.
Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admi...
on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @02:22PM (#35805837)
This is wonderful for when you're on a motorcycle going somewhere new. Absolute game changer!
Re:Show HN: Stadai – Your virtual study buddy powered by ChatGPT
on Friday April 21, 2023 @03:55PM (#35659125)
I don't see any demo, just asking for my email for a waitlist? No screenshots, no videos, stock photos for your presumably fake "testimonials", no info on the team behind this, etc..
Re:BetterHelp Barred by FTC from Sharing Data with Facebook
on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:20PM (#35002902)
Counter-point, they make it easy to try different therapists until you find one you feel comfortable with and you feel is helpful to you (not an easy task) with no additional costs, all from the comfort of your home. I think I was paying ~$60/45 minute session with a great provider, who was always able to get me in schedule-wise, provided great benefit, and saved me from an hour+ drive each way.
I know several people, myself included, who have found their service very valuable.
Re:BetterHelp Barred by FTC from Sharing Data with Facebook
on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:18PM (#35002876)
No one does. LICSW is the common license for therapists (the SW stands for Social Worker). They aren't psychologists or psychiatrists, but they are therapists.
Re:Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate
on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:08PM (#34888294)
None of my team is in the same state as me. In fact I haven't interacted with anyone based in my state so far.
Re:Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate
on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:01PM (#34888179)
The issue is that Andy Jassy letter isn't clear on this, or many other specifics, so there's a lot of concern due to lack of clarity.
Re:First signs of spring have arrived in parts of south 3 weeks sooner...
on Friday January 27, 2023 @07:44PM (#34553824)
Coldest and snowiest winter where I live in Colorado for many years.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:26PM (#34548871)
https://thechillypony.com
Allows you to configure a zip code and alert temp, and you'll get an email if the forecast temp falls below that alert temp, so you can know when you need to blanket your horses. Built it to scratch my own need. Makes $0 :)
Re:Swiss retailer Galaxus now displays warranty score and return rate ...
on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:35PM (#34539165)
With BenQ you can ask for a swap, they will put a hold on your credit card, but will ship you a new display, you can send your old one back in the new packaging, pre-paid shipping label, and once they receive it, they release the hold. Costs nothing and you don't have to go without a display.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that to Gen Z
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:18PM (#34268399)
I'm mostly using small companies where it's the owner and maybe his son or 1-2 employees doing the work. Likewise my BIL has his own company that's just him and his best friend. So yeah those guys are all taking 100% of the rate. Granted they have to pay taxes and insurance, and all that like I do, but they're doing well overall.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that to Gen Z
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:27PM (#34263280)
Where are you finding small wage plumbers or carpenters? All the trades here (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry (perhaps more on the finish side vs framing though) are extremely expensive, with hourly rates between $80-$150/hour. (source - did a lot of renovations on my house, and my BIL is an electrician).
Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?
on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:50PM (#33715350)
You'd probably be surprised by the number of folks who have tens of thousands of rounds. When ammo prices started going up, pretty much everyone I know who shoots at all started buying in bulk. Not saying everyone who has a gun is trained or mentally prepared to shoot trespassers for months on end, but I think a lot of people who think farms and ranches will be easy pickings haven't spent enough time with the folks who live out here.
Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?
on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:48PM (#33715333)
most city natural gas systems are powered by gas powered generators spread around. Multi week outages due to ice storms in the north east have rarely (if ever) caused outages of the gas system.
Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?
on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:37PM (#33715239)
IMHO it's better in the country. We have a backup generator setup that will run everything for a month or so 24x7 or much longer if we only run it a few hours a day. Well water. Propane heat. Deep freezer in the garage full of food. Fully stocked pantry. Our neighbors all have similar setups and we're all very supportive of one another. Our neighbors have large gardens, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, chickens, etc....
People living in the country are both more used to being self reliant, AND more willing to to help our neighbors (in part because out here emergencies can easily become life or death).
Re:WeatherKit
on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:59PM (#32022160)
It's really not - https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/
temperatureHigh, temperatureHighTime, apparentTemperatureLow, and dozens of other fields that were in DarkSky have "NONE" listed for the Apple API.
Re:Let's Encrypt swag is here and I love it
on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @02:37PM (#32005005)
Same! UnderArmor XLT shirts are so nice....
Re:WeatherKit
on Sunday July 03, 2022 @12:39AM (#31965120)
AFAIK there is actually LESS data than DarkSky (no daily high, low, feels like, etc..).
Re:Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me over Selfie Data
on Thursday May 19, 2022 @12:00AM (#31430563)
True but that's less than 1% of firearm purchases. Normal 4473 purchases don't require fingerprints or photos or anything like that.
Re:Inside the longest Atlassian outage
on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:58PM (#31022977)
Most of the multi-tenant SaaS products I've worked with do NOT have per tenant databases. I'm sure some do, but the bulk of the multi-tenant products use one (or several) larger databases.
Re:Apple introduces new version of iMovie featuring Storyboards and Ma...
on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @04:16PM (#31007741)
Do it. CaptureOne is the only thing I've found after Aperture that I like. Still miss Aperture, but CaptureOne is great, and they improve it frequently.
Re:How to pick a good monitor for software development
on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:10PM (#30237526)
For me, 4k @ 32" native resolution is perfect (not pixel doubled). I drive two BenQ displays from my MBP and absolutely love the setup! I can't stand 4k or 5k at 27" as it's too small with native, but way too big when doubled.
Re:Internet Movie Firearms Database
on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:16PM (#29643834)
Not the referenced folk, but I have the licenses. They are not extremely difficult to get, but you need to be running a real firearms business, not just for yourself as a hobby or collection. ATF has cracked down on people using the licenses as a cheap way to avoid tax stamps and paperwork.
Re:Log4Shell Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) – cheat-sheet refere...
on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:35PM (#29544275)
It was being exploited in the wild at least as early as Dec 1st (based on log analysis I've seen). The rate of attempted exploits went WAY up after the 9th.
Re:U.S. Senate Democrats roll out draft bill to legalize weed
on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:08PM (#28237221)
I'm not sure the federal tax revenue is the big motivator here. Currently most (all?) cannabis operations are paying MASSIVE federal taxes under rule 280E. Federally legalizing should substantially reduce the effective federal tax rate on the cannabis industry.
Now, you might offset that by having MORE cannabis business revenue nationally, instead of just in the legalized states, but don't think the IRS isn't getting their piece of the pie already....