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    Comment #39760573

    While thats true they did fund Airbnb which is 100B. So while they haven't funded anyone that big yet, they have come 1/10 of the way.

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    Comment #39063103

    None of the above. They are actually cheaper than most alternatives. I believe their "trick" is to maintain accounts in each country such that a cross country remittance doesn't ac…

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    Comment #38649279

    The UK rolled probably rolled out free SMS texts later than the US; the US was one of the first markets that rolled it out. I don't know when whatsapp rolled out there but I'm gues…

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    Comment #38648848

    SMS is very popular in the US for historical reasons. Many users in other countries (like India) moved to products like Whatsapp because their cell phone plans charged per message …

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    Comment #38524263

    I'm pretty sure Doordash tracks that and will boot drivers that don't deliver quickly as that affects their bottom line.

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    Comment #38195032

    It clarifies this in the 2nd paragraph: "sites in Texas have emitted double the amount of the gas than in New Mexico, per unit of production, since 2019"

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    Comment #38100755

    > and there hasn't been any material change to their business. Their revenue has halved. That's pretty material.

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    Comment #36788423

    Google has a search index. Apple has hardware & manufacturing IP.

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    Comment #36788406

    postman was essentially built as a easy GUI version of curl. Once it went the VC route it kinda jumped the shark.

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    Comment #36412711

    My mom is an architect in the US and said the same thing

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    Comment #36412707

    I moved out of a scientist role into software engineering specifically because I hated the long feedback cycles. My research feedback cycle would be 5-10 years.

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    Comment #35707901

    Can anyone suggest something that is there anything reasonably priced? I'm willing to pay 5-10x IKEA prices, but most of the products here are 25x IKEA prices. Room and Board is th…

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    Comment #35707865

    I have stuff post 2018 which lasts well too but I agree that you have to check the materials list; however, I remember having to do that in the 90s too.

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    Comment #35707530

    Almost all of my ikea stuff has lasted longer than I wanted it. I have a Poang from 2010, a table from 1998, a bookhshelf from 1994, and a dresser from 2006. Their classics last lo…

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    Comment #35459346

    You forgot to mention that the dependency injection library, Guice, that you were asking about was created by Bob himself! CashApp's monolith is still called Franklin today.