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Comment · 9 years ago
Maybe a fallback, not that you need one yet, when/if discarding is an issue, make a ring that has less functionality but isn't as obtrusive. The cool kids keep their Jewelbots in their bag but a ring lets them know of some activity.
Comment · 9 years ago
I have an answer... of course they're work but the language detection isn't automatic. You have to run the app first but if you have a Pixel 2 phone, it will run the app for you when it detects a different language. Or so the ad reads...
Comment · 9 years ago
Pardon if this was asked but it's not clear to me, since they are Bluetooth, wouldn't they work with any device that also runs Google Translate?
Comment · 9 years ago
As I'm local to you, I'll add that a Nob Hill Foods is in Alameda, a higher rent location, with a Foodmax on the Oakland side.
Comment · 9 years ago
I used to be frustrated that I would go to work, code for the better part of the day and not feel my project was moving to the end.

I dedicated myself to finishing this sentence: "Today I accomplished....". Basically the same as finishing or doing one thing a day. Just like you I usually ended up with more than one thing, but I wouldn't leave for the day until I could finish that sentence.

It changed my life.

Comment · 9 years ago
Would you agree or disagree that YC looks for high value potential more than just a successful start up? I'm thinking of the top post here and that's prompting my question.
Comment · 9 years ago
Thank you. You got it exactly right, I knew I would have to look at myself in the mirror every day. I remembered what my mother, an amazing manager, taught me... the 5 most important words when managing people: "Never FK with people's money".
Comment · 9 years ago
I came back to CA for a job. I quit after 3 weeks when I was told that a big part of my job was to lie to the employees about their paychecks being secure.

I took a part time contract but it was cancelled in 2008 do to the economic downturn. I couldn't find work. I moved all my stuff into storage and lived in my car.

I now own a home in Oakland with a great job at a great company.

Comment · 9 years ago
I have noticed over the years that good customer service comes from the top down. If the CEO doesn't give a crap, that attitude slides downhill to the people actually talking to customers.

I'm not sure which which service for finding cheap airline tickets was posted here, HN will jump on this for me I'm sure, but I recall them saying from day 1 that CS was their focus.

As I set up my own service based business I got a CS phone number and when asked why before I have customers, I said: "We need to be ready to respond to issues long before we're needed".

Comment · 9 years ago
There are a lot of these types of services and if I were at one, I would make customer service my hallmark. This seems like a no brainer to me, and yet it seems farther down the priority list for most of these delivery companies.

Is there a reason why they all seem to have the same blind spot?

Comment · 9 years ago
I'm sure we're not, but Twitter still feels like it's at the 1.0 version of the user experience.
Comment · 9 years ago
I can't catch that before it triggers a "call" to Apple to very the code and do something else? I'm thinking of rerouting to a feature inside my app that's special to users of that code.
Comment · 9 years ago
Am I right in assuming that we could use this in our apps to do different things other than a promo?
Comment · 9 years ago
Meetings and sub-committee hearings on Space Command... but no time for the same on healthcare... Not trying to start a discussion, just noting the irony.
Comment · 9 years ago
I agree with the value you're talking about, but they don't help evaluate how hard a game is.

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