1. heliodor Jun 26, 2025 parent

   The vast majority of roofs in Puerto Rico are flat and the vast majority of buildings are made of cinder blocks and concrete.
2. heliodor Mar 18, 2025 parent

   "not being able" is just another way of saying "stranded" again.

   Please read up on the details of this adventure and you'll come to realize that whoever is putting this phrasing into the media is trying to lie to you!

3. heliodor Jan 31, 2025 parent

   How can you possibly say it has no fundamentals?

   Here are some use cases that give it a non-zero value:

   It competes with Western Union for money transfers.

   It provides ways to transfer money to places and for things the US government doesn't approve of.

4. heliodor Jul 10, 2024 parent

   You can pin yourself to the top of Whatsapp and write to yourself. Explain that to her. It's what I do and it's been phenomenal.
5. heliodor Jul 9, 2024 parent

   It could just mean he never tried to analyze it.
6. heliodor Jun 12, 2024 parent

   You don't have to limit that first statement to telecoms.
7. heliodor Mar 30, 2024 parent

   A lot more people would be interested in bidding for a domain name than for a company that owns a domain name.

   The domain name should be auctioned off separately but the bankruptcy court is more interested in completing the task in the easiest way possible for them instead of doing things right.

8. heliodor Feb 8, 2024 parent

   It cuts through all the SEO junk. Ask it for a recipe, for example. Night and day UX compared to a recipe site.
9. heliodor Jan 29, 2024 parent

   Have you adjusted for inflation?
10. heliodor Jan 20, 2024 parent

    I've noticed that sometimes Google Flights finds a cheaper international fare if using the airlines site in the local currency instead of USD. Clicking the button at the end in Google Flights takes care of all the settings to get you to the price they showed.

    I've also noticed Google Flights prices being outdated sometimes.

11. heliodor Jan 13, 2024 parent

    from Costco
12. heliodor Jan 8, 2024 parent

    What does it mean to have cryptocurrency on the spacecraft, physically?

    Sounds like a marketing falsehood to me.

    I can't imagine what a statement like, "there was 1 bitcoin on board the spacecraft" would mean. It is nonsensical given what bitcoin is, and cryptocurrency in general.

    You can have the keys printed on paper and placed onboard but that does not mean there was 1 bitcoin onboard.

13. heliodor Dec 30, 2023 parent

    If employees are purposefully isolated from the company's expenses, they'll waste money left and right.

    Also, they don't care since any incremental savings aren't shared with the employees. Misaligned incentives. In that mentally, it's best to take while you can.

14. heliodor Dec 30, 2023 parent

    The interesting question is how did you arrive at this site layout where the pricing is hidden in the sign up page when every single SaaS site on the internet has a pricing link in the header and in the footer. Genuinely curious.
15. heliodor Dec 30, 2023 parent

    I wasn't asking for an explanation. Just pointing out it feels wrong.

    Same way, it would feel wrong to have copyright protection and have it go away if the item is sold to someone else.

16. heliodor Dec 30, 2023 parent

    You're trading the copyright itself. But you're proposal would ban that.
17. heliodor Dec 29, 2023 parent

    You talk about moral but I don't see in your proposal what's moral about not allowing two entities to trade things fair and square.

    To see what I mean, it rubs me the wrong way when I buy a used car and lose the warranty by doing so.

18. heliodor Dec 23, 2023 parent

    Amazon too.
19. heliodor Dec 20, 2023 parent

    Step 1: make sure it's not on the New York Times bestseller list.

    That list is quite manipulated. Makes for fascinating reading to see the dynamics of it explained.

20. heliodor Dec 7, 2023 parent

    There are two processes at play:

    - refuse the updated terms of service

    - refuse the arbitration

    The previous version of the TOS had arbitration too, so I'm not sure what all the stink is about.

    Both versions tell you that you have 30 days to opt out of arbitration by emailing arbitrationoptout@...

    As usual, the journalists failed at the job and are spreading misinformation.

    Current version: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/

    Previous version linked at the bottom: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/...

    Go to both and search for arbitrationoptout@ and you'll see they both have the 30-day opt-out.

21. heliodor Dec 7, 2023 parent

    "Hostile?" That's quite a loaded word. How about just "tougher?"
22. heliodor Dec 2, 2023 parent

    What do you base this belief on?
23. heliodor Nov 16, 2023 parent

    A big desk. A bunch deeper and longer than the bare minimum. And L-shaped so that I can rest my hand on it.

    Having an external monitor behind my laptop screen allows me to change the focal distance of my eyes back and forth, so that's probably good for the eyes.

24. heliodor Nov 10, 2023 parent

    I didn't read it well, I guess. "Protecting people's public image" sounds much broader than whether an arrest or conviction is public record.
25. heliodor Nov 8, 2023 parent

    Are you saying that every crime punishment should automatically include loss of privacy? Cause that's what your statement sounds like.
26. heliodor Oct 22, 2023 parent

    Maybe because most people can't afford the top private universities. But would have liked to go there.
27. heliodor Oct 22, 2023 parent

    Blackmail

    Threaten physical harm

28. heliodor Oct 22, 2023 parent

    Talking about "public" and "in-state" is not the point.

    College is mostly about the private institutions at a national level. That's where people would like to go.

29. heliodor Oct 18, 2023 parent

    The article's point doesn't seem right.

    It's measuring a random quantity in the bigger picture.

    Retention percent doesn't matter as much as number of users retained, which leads to total revenue. But then you have to factor in the cost of acquisition. And the cost of infra to serve non-paying users.

    My take on it: they took a multivariate analysis, plugged in the details of their business model, came up with a result, and then publish it as if it's advice applicable for all kinds of companies.

30. heliodor Oct 11, 2023 parent

    This! Google has shown many times they can't be trusted.

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