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Yeah agreed. It’s something my wife and I have discussed a lot in the past few years esp. coming from families who actually worked with proper goods/materials. Working in/with soft…

Just did. Thank you for the reminder.

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Couldn't agree more as a Torontonian. It didn't help that they conducted most of the discussions in bad faith with the whole "trust us with your data" approach when these were geni…

> Most people do not realise how much data Google et al. collect about them, and are genuinely shocked when it is shown to them (even though, yes, it's an existing feature well kno…

>There are still so many things that are ridiculously expensive in Canada for no rational (long term) benefit to either party assuming it was a real market. I cannot find the link …

That's what it's become for me and my circle. Got my parents the older iPhones (6S) late last year and got the same for myself this month. I miss being able to access the local sto…

Of course you are and that's fair. Would it also not be fair to have these privacy settings available with any of the deceptive tactics mentioned in the report?

Android users are pushed through a variety of techniques: Deceptive click flow Hidden default settings Misleading and unbalanced information Repeated nudging Bundling of services a…

Thanks. We had a free trial version for about three months and then started paid plans based on customer demographics around last summer. So it's been less than a year. Note that I…

Correct, close to $1000/month.

Great suggestions here so far and a common thread I noticed is leveraging platforms such as Slack/Gmail/Trello/Shopify etc. - essentially an B2B platforms. My friend and I currentl…

As the article mentions, there are many players in this area and time will tell how Kickstarter leverages their brand to succeed, especially as it is an invitation list only (for n…

Yeah, Beck's been fighting a losing battle. Once I called them to give it a shot and they made me wait for 15 minutes. To be fair, the taxi did arrive and I was not in any rush so …

Agreed. I fly YYZ-LGA route frequently and notice the differences. Would love to have Lyft (or any other competitor) here in Toronto.

With recent investments in both Lyft and Uber, it will be interesting to see how Lyft executes on it's international expansion. > John Zimmer, Lyft’s president and co-founder says …

I did a short analysis on the all the different types and sizes of meteorites if you are interested. The data is based on the meteorite dataset provided by the US Meteoritical Soci…

Thanks for the detailed info and context. Just signed up for my first edX course.

So soon we forget about this last discussion "Ai Weiwei Is Living in Our Future" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8824691