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Also Costco has a really annoying "treasure hunt" strategy where goods are re-arranged around the store trying to get you to explore aisles (aka get lost and waste time) to impulse…

yes tons of businesses currently advertise their "family owned & operated" status in America. so in the future, seeing marketing around "not owned by PE" wouldn't be a surprise

> Maybe it's a cliche but my dad would say about Korea and other wars "no pics, no words, you had to be there". So that was a teenage trope in the 80s and 90s too for my generation…

just this week, I clicked on the 1st search result ad for "amazon" in google search. It led me to a windows-themed "Virus detected" amazon clone. I'm not using Windows. I was able …

Apple Watch app, widgets, Live Activities, new phone sizes... there are always things Apple wants you to add over time. Do you want meaningful updates or abandoned software? It doe…

Paul Graham (@paulg): I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened: > People have been claiming YC fired Sam Altman. > That's not true. Here's what ac…

It's entirely possible someone is cycling and has reduced vision (sunset, evening time, sun in your eyes, etc.) or isn't 100% focused for a few seconds (while thinking about someth…

> Then there's a 50% chance that the payment terminal won't work. where is this? In CA, almost all payment terminals seem to work in retail for me. Businesses would not stay in bus…

It's not trivial to do. You have to save rewards points, learn transfer partners (and their booking sites), and be willing to book ~330 days in advance for certain flights.

This is shocking to read. I tried the in store demo and my main take away was that the display wasn’t as crisp or sharp as I expected for a $4k device.

TIL Trader Joe's has a website with prices. (I shop their stores, but I don't use their website at all.)

If you're actually watching content (a whole movie, a series, etc), the total actual usage of the service easily eclipses any time spent bouncing around the UI?

Can you imagine having a hardware feature disabled during an unrelated service appointment? > Tesla is going on the offensive for select vehicles that still have radar units instal…

agreed. The loss of Apollo was a huge blow to the UX since the official Reddit app is hard to use and has poor design choices (in favor of business choices). Why would the official…

"Hallucinations" is too charitable of a term for making stuff up. It personifies "AI" which doesn't need help selling its "intelligence".

> I feel very disappointed that the laptops lack decent i/o. They spend all this time talking about how advanced the GPU is, but it's a $1,600 laptop that can only power one extern…

the discussion feels manufactured to me, but I can see how supposedly privacy first alternatives appeal to the HN crowd

> I think the solution to data privacy is to require companies to provide the receipts of where they obtained the data. In the article, Asher and presumably the rest of their indus…

Sure if your customers want to use discord and you're ok with putting your community there, then go for it. I don't think you can assume everyone wants to be on discord. I certainl…

Your experience and my experience vary a lot. My background is CA & NYC. I am able to get same day or same week (if less urgent) appts by calling my primary (PCP). In the event tha…

> I've posted this before, but I went to a new dentist one time and though I'd never had a cavity, the new dentist said I had nine, some of which were pretty bad and needed immedia…

Senior Software Engineer looking for a web developer or iOS role. I've shipped several iPhone & Apple Watch apps. On the App Store, my iPhone apps have 1300+ ratings with a 4.7 sta…

Shopping at Costco is frustrating. It's fine for grocery staples (dairy, fruit, veggies, etc). But when it comes finding specific items in stock (and which aisle in the store), Tar…

> The important difference from ICE refuelling is that you don't have to be by the car when it charges. That's a disingenuous take. ICE fueling takes significantly less time. So it…

The NYT article does a really good job explaining the difference between converting a prewar and a modern building. Also, TIL about loss factor: > As offices, these buildings can a…