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"People said they were 14.2% more likely to buy this chocolate bar when they were shown the version with a cost breakdown." What people say they would do and what they actually do …

Could this theoretically put an end to China's firewall?

Every single day, 90,000 packages a day go missing in just NYC (per the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/nyregion/online-shopping-... .) We built this product to let you rec…

Yes, we have locations in Europe and Australia as well!

Thank you!

Thanks! Hope to see you as a user.

You can use any of our 1000 locations...even a different one every time :P Travelers love the product (your use case) as well as locals.

We are in about 100 cities in the US so try us out wherever you are!

Everyone has a story of getting a package stolen! Esp if living a big city. Let me know what you think of the product, if anything is confusing, etc!

90,000 packages a day go missing in NYC per the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/nyregion/online-shopping-... We built this product to let you receive your packages at a nea…

This feels similar to the "MBA cofounder" profile of someone who has the mindset: if I just had an engineer to build my idea then this would be big. Every engineer knows it doesn't…

Thank you for sharing your perspective.

It is recommended to use "dollar cost averaging" while selling your shares. This means selling your shares gradually (assuming you are seeking some diversification). That guards ag…

Police actively try to resist this. I saw something really interesting when getting pulled over by the police a while back (on a boat). When they saw us recording them while they w…

Where's our comment from HN user "dang" to tell us all the related articles?

Good points. The most direct answer is that in the last 2 years they invested heavily in Airbnb Experiences. If they skipped this, they would probably be profitable.

Would you rather invest in a $1B / year company that has a 10% profit margin and is growing 10% YoY or A company that is doing $1B / year with a 10% loss due to investment in growt…

It's pretty obvious that collecting a binder full of maxed out credit cards is a bad idea that most would avoid. The point PG is making is one of contrast - despite how dumb this i…

This is such a healthy perspective in a world where it has become fashionable to hate on wealth creation.

For the same reason gold is an "investment." It's a store of value and a hedge against government controlled currencies such as the US Dollar.

Can we talk about how the Airbnb founders managed to hold onto 45%+ of the company after $5B+ in funding?

Amazing, thanks for sharing a source!