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melvinram

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About melvinram

Email: mr@melvinram.com

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    Comment #47905973

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    Comment #47354764

    This service is provided "as is" without warranty. MalusCorp is not responsible for any legal consequences, moral implications, or late-night guilt spirals resulting from use of ou…

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    Comment #39351619

    Jack Ryan and Reacher are pretty good.

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    Comment #35420461

    Would you still need more financing if you cut costs enough? Are you able to cut costs enough to become profitable, cashflow positive and still grow revenues?

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    Comment #32757811

    It wasn't omitted. It was covered in the keynote. It's also on their website: Let friends know how remote you go. If you’re on an adventure without cell service, you can now use Fi…

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    Comment #31961241

    When they don't charge money for it and you're not using it (so no views for ads), they aren't getting paid and it's costing them storage money. How is it hard to see that they are…

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    Comment #30676440

    > Apple with settings ads Say more?

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    Comment #26638310

    Imagine telling someone in 2003 that this was going to happen. It would have been seen as a joke (as some are seeing it today) or something that absolutely wouldn't happen. If this…

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    Comment #25043215

    Why is this on "Hacker News"?

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    Comment #25005933

    There are numerous comments that essentially are saying "he shouldn't be doing this." That's shortsighted. You don't have insights into how this is working in practice for them. He…

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    Comment #23649575

    > Of course we are ... more involved in ad tech Not all tech is ad tech. Please don't lump all tech into your statement of "get paid to sell out those beneath us for a dollar".

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    Comment #23155279

    To be fair, it's not just for delivery. It's for bringing the restaurant customers/revenue.

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    Comment #22926784

    `shirt -stripes` gives the type of results one would expect. I guess we haven't reached that level of natural language processing yet.

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    Comment #22855016

    Without "sales leeches", many very successful companies would not be able to employ the large amounts of engineers they employ. Not all sales professionals are used-car slime-balls…

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    Comment #22640241

    Yes, but the goal should not be to treat everyone fairly. The goal should be to help people get through this crisis.

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    Comment #22529046

    > anyone on here has good recommendations for this area Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

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    Comment #22465366

    Pardon my ignorance on the topic, but why would moving a business into new areas be considered lucky? I wouldn't consider Apple moving into phones as lucky. Would you?

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    Comment #21875573

    Similar site: https://jobshadow.com/complete-list-of-interviews/

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    Comment #21529768

    Give me an ad-free option. I'd rather pay a monthly fee to fund the BAT that gets distributed to content creators than to view ads.

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    Comment #19523647

    It says that right on the page: > Keep in mind, keyword searches return only ads related to politics or issues of importance. You can try your search again and select from the Page…

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    Comment #18391656

    > AI+Humans Sounds like just marketing bull . It sounds like they have libraries and they are using them to spin up apps faster. That might have value if the libraries are good but…

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    Comment #18011791

    You likely could to a limited extent but artistry would not be their core competency.

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    Comment #17351492

    Resources, even at a semi-large company, are finite. Teams have limited head counts and usually an ever increasing list of asks from Product team. Being efficient is not optional.

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    Comment #16950318

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15098643 Did you end up going to some conferences? There are serious problems with many conference apps. Even AWS Re:Invent's app had major pro…

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    Comment #16950300

    Sounds like you need to talk with these users.