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Comment #18456224
It's more like owning almost every cafe in the world, having billions of unique customers per month, and trying to prevent the mob from meeting at any of your locations.
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Comment #18455860
So if I spend $250 on UberX rides I get $5 in credit? Hmm, that's going to be a pass on my end. In my city a local taxi company created an app similar to Uber, and it's typically 1…
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Comment #18383999
What about going back to the notebook idea? You give them a notebook that's called 'Passwords' and it sits on the desk beside their computer. They only write passwords in that note…
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Comment #18379182
It seems like almost everything Google related is sluggish. The new Google AdSense, the new Google Analytics, the new Google DoubleClick for Publishers, and to a lesser extent, the…
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Comment #18332954
"Outline is for reading pages that: * you own the rights to, * is in the public domain, * constitutes fair use, or * you have consent of the copyright holder." They claim their sit…
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Comment #18323499
We allow strangers that haven't had their driving or eyes tested in 50 years drive us down the highway (Uber). We allow strangers to operate hotels out of their homes (Airbnb). How…
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Comment #18321832
I wouldn't have a trust issue assuming there is a rating system. If people are getting sick from someone's kitchen, they're going to leave a bad review. Think about taxi drivers co…
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Comment #18296569
Cash creates the same conflict of interest. If someone shows up at your door with a "free" wheelbarrow full of cash, you're going to feel like you owe them in return. This could be…
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Comment #18239558
Agreed. For a service that is about security, it honestly leaves me feeling very vulnerable, and I wouldn't consider it for that reason. I'm concerned about my emails being deliver…
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Comment #18200978
What if the object was already traveling in our rough direction and aliens decided to simply take advantage of the free ride? They tweaked the direction with a few thrusters to pas…
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Comment #18175028
Do the links ever expire? Or, if i get access to a single Facebook email belonging to someone, I can access their account for life, regardless of whether years have passed, and the…
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Comment #18162453
I think people overestimate the concern of fake videos. Consider photos for comparison. There have been fake photos of well known people for decades online, many of which are indis…
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Comment #18161001
Oh, my mistake, it's been a while since I wrote the code. I use it to style the linked comment. So, the browser automatically scrolls to the appropriate location, and then jQuery a…
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Comment #18160557
I use it for linking to comments on my site. Users can copy a link to a particular comment, and the link directs people to the appropriate topic and location on the page. I'm assum…
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Comment #18102106
This seems to be the case for most Google services. I use Google DoubleClick, AdSense, and Analytics, and they seem to get slower, and more clunky with every update. I was using Do…
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Comment #17945454
We always hear that we're social creatures, and as you said, that human contact is built into our DNA. But, almost everything you mentioned is successful by choice. If we're that s…
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Comment #17945374
I had a Gmail account for a secondary email address that I used at times. One day I logged in with my email and password, and Google said I needed to further verify my identity. We…
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Comment #17716914
As always with Magic Leap, I'm still not seeing a single compelling use case. Sea turtles swimming around the air, or a T-rex on the desk is fun for a few minutes, but it's not wor…
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Comment #17653599
There definitely needs to be some kind of balance. For example, when I was in Asia, one city had random holes in the sidewalk at least every 100ft. They looked similar to the below…
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Comment #17567190
Similar to a lot of people in this topic, I recently visited a Best Buy for the first time in years, and was impressed with the new interior and layout. I ended up leaving and buyi…
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Comment #17430007
> Therefore, if mortality stops increasing with respect to age at a certain point, but we know the body is accumulating additional wear that makes it less resilient, there must als…
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Comment #17219304
Social media, YouTube, Twitch influencer? I was one of those kids born in the mid 80s that grew up wanting to be a video game developer, while spending time online during the early…