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Comment · 6 years ago
Don't forget to cancel the supermarket, post office, Chipotle, gym, planes/trains/buses, movies/theater/sporting events, the sidewalk, etc.
Comment · 6 years ago
"In late October, Ashley Johnson, a single mom and seasoned gig worker in a quiet Seattle suburb, tweeted about the decline of lucrative work on Shipt, the Target-owned grocery delivery app."

"An hour after tweeting, Johnson received an email from Shipt telling her that she had been “deactivated” and was not “eligible to reapply” for her job, according to an email reviewed by Motherboard. The letter provided no explanation for her removal from the app. (On gig economy apps like Uber and the like, “deactivation” is the same thing as getting fired.)"

Comment · 6 years ago
Sounds like a PR PR.
Comment · 6 years ago
Just sit and watch the trends roll in, and fizzle out. Choose your wave. (HN-driven decision-making has existed since nearly the beginning as well.)
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Perhaps they weren't so bright after all.
Comment · 6 years ago
Interesting, I didn't know they permitted that. Thanks!
Comment · 6 years ago
I'd assume that grass was brown and dead. (But no state taxes would be nice.)
Comment · 6 years ago
Not sure why this was down-voted, but this has been one of my concerns about ever moving to CA in the first place--I wouldn't want to be stalked by this predatory creature for the rest of my life. (And have already experienced this to a lesser degree with a couple of other-coast states.)
Comment · 6 years ago
"4GB RAM sounds terrible even for browsing and basic tasks."

Yes, it does.

Comment · 6 years ago
Why does every disgruntled user/client/restaurant-goer feel the need to start a movement?

Is it something about this generation, that must constantly have its feelings validated by others?

If you already failed to heed others who never used the site, or quit it long ago, does that say something about your character, that you would want others to do now, what you hadn't done before?

Comment · 6 years ago
I'm always curious about this, too. For anyone who's gone this route (as described in saluki's response), how long have you been able to put off business formation?

The concern I've always had is, what happens if you get some corporate customers, and they ask "Who is Johnny Blades, and why is he billing us $99 a month?"

For those who've encountered this situation (and aren't just speculating), were there any problems?

Comment · 6 years ago
Thanks, for me $3k's a barrier not worth crossing (excepting FAANG-level remuneration?), and that seems workable considering the salary difference I see there.

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