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RRL
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Comment #44574876
We largely stopped growing avocados in the US when water rates went up. With the increased rates, and NAFTA, US avocado ranchers could not compete. There is speculation that Mexica…
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Comment #42939625
Yeah, this is straight up f.lux 2.0 where Apple saw an idea take off, and unlike 'Nightshift' where they connected it to their new 'Health' product to stimulate Apple Watch purchas…
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Comment #33455404
The layoff was leaked on Blind 24-48hrs ago
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Comment #31332288
I've heard this used as the line of thinking for why we still have zoos as well. To help conservation. If animals are out of sight and out of mind then they're out of my concern. S…
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Comment #31329651
This (subset) of the people who attack Airbnb and gentrification at home.
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Comment #31329305
Ref final note: Exactly. I have quite a few friends who regularly fly/travel to these scenic ocean/river systems, but will absolve themselves of concern because they're using some …
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Comment #26856756
Same same. I feel your points really communicate to the attendees that you value their time and input. I can't stand meetings with no purpose/agenda/end goals. In my experience the…
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Comment #24370422
Back in 2015 I was pitching Optimizely internally. We already had an in house barebones A/B testing tool. Once I got over that hurdle our CTO let fly how his only experience using …
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Comment #18624638
Thanks for the context. So the Chuo Shinkansen = ~ $253,218,691/mi.(9 stations) Est. CA HSR (Stage 1) = $190,384,615/mi (15 stations)
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Comment #17245319
It's better to think of Search as less of a historic plain text input field on a landing page, and instead to open it up to where people discover new ideas, products, and opportuni…
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Comment #17116735
Yelp has a point. Google, and largely Larry Page's insistence on shortening the time between query and answer is starting to stumble under the reality that the source data Google u…
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Comment #16863070
They're motorized vehicles largely operating on pedestrian sidewalks. They're also parked aimlessly on pedestrian sidewalks. That's two steps too far on the 'get use to it' scale.
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Comment #13442611
Google has tried repeatedly to challenge Yelp. Every attempt fails, but they insist on hurting Yelp and businesses like it that have provided value over many years. This goes back …
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Comment #13313091
Saw the same exact thing happen at OldChella. Ticket sale starts at 10am. I enter line. Sit in virtual line for 3.5 hours. Get to the front of the line, the tickets I wanted were s…
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Comment #13173971
Look at it this way, There is at least one lane on either side of the road at full capacity. Always bumper to bumper. But, the cars do not move save 2% of the time when their opera…
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Comment #13173762
My parent's house has an orange orchard in front of it, a wilderness area behind it, but Uber rides from downtown are still only $11, and everyone I know who lives in that town now…
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Comment #13111557
Location: San Francisco Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, SQL, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Git Tools: Sketch, Invision, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Sp…
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Comment #12860893
Location: San Francisco Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, SQL, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Git Tools: Sketch, Invision, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Sp…