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petersouth
Joined 13 years ago
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Comment · 10 years ago
I've been trying to research something similar to your alkaline natural substance recently. Did you ever come up with a good substance? One of the only things I can find with minimal side-effects is baking soda.
Comment · 11 years ago
Does anybody worry that people will just subscribe for one month out of the year and watch everything and then cancel?
Comment · 11 years ago
I like this thing -
https://airtable.com/
Comment · 11 years ago
I think there's gonna be alot of teenage pranks and destruction. People setting the landing spot in the water or people stealing them with nets. Not sure if much recourse unless there camera footage or gps locator.
Comment · 11 years ago
Every city water utility has this same problem. Having close knowledge of the problems, I don't think this is a good solution. Many of the customers get shut off and then immediately pay their bill along with the penalties (approx 3/4). This is often cyclical with the same people getting shutoff every couple months. Appears to me to be administrative. Should have financial people show them how to budget or organize their bills to prevent getting the fees so it doesn't happen again in the long run. Another thing the article points to is a $250 fee for turning on the water. Often when the water is turned on without authorization the utility equipment is damaged. The fix can involve calling out trade workers to saw out parts of streets and sidewalks and replacing expensive brass lead-free parts. $250 would be in the neighborhood of the cost.
Comment · 11 years ago
I recently started a similar service and quickly got out of it. Even though I was offering to negotiate deals for free there was lackluster interest. Buying a car from a dealership is painful it seems people still want to do it for the experience, or think they can do better themselves (paying a higher price in the process). I would like to know if these people are licensed brokers or how they will handle that in states that require it. Truecar has a decent system in place (although there are problems too) and I think it's hard to beat the out especially taking fees from both sides with a significant portion on the buyer.
Comment · 11 years ago
I bought one of these for my little kid to play with. Does anyone know of a way to make it so he can't dial 911 or disable the call capability?
Comment · 11 years ago
sweet, we need to use these things to pollinate when the bees die out.
Comment · 11 years ago
-Right now our area has a special - 10 for $1.39. Last year they had 4 for $1.00. Regular price here is $5.00 for 20 piece and around $3.50 for 10 piece. People have been buying alot more nuggets but I still see poor people like me buying the expensive burger option. I think the crumbs users are just buying the 10 piece because they don't realize the 20 piece is the same price.
Ask HN: Advice for my phone project
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petersouth
11 years ago
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Comment · 11 years ago
I don't know if any studies have confirmed this, but it seems that smarter people are more susceptible to severe depression.
Comment · 11 years ago
Even if you did fail, the experience gained may be worth it. Have you learned most of what you can learn in your current position? I would think you have within that two year span.
Comment · 11 years ago
1. amendor-account created 2hrs ago-wondering if maybe you have previous ties to this person and just trying to haunt him? 2. Is he actually delivering the goods? I'm not sure if whence employees do it or a third party. As CEO i would be surprised if he is handling any of the transactions by hand. 3. As a previous Coast Guard Academy student, I question the validity of the findings and take any punishment sentencing with a grain of salt. The barracks are tiny and highly-populated with 2-4 people per dorm room. Doors have to be open all the time during daylight hours unless changing or sleeping and there cadets on duty monitoring the areas. You were not allowed to have closed doors in rooms occupied by opposite sex so that would be caught and investigated immediately. Just seems highly unlikely to me especially with 4 different people. During my stay, we had the campus locked down because of a rapist and something like six months later the female cadet admitted she made the whole thing up - so there's a history of false positives. Lastly, they over-punish. I had one friend get discharged for verbally hitting-on another cadet while he was drunk and another friend discharged for getting help from a classmate on a homework assignment. 4. I have a friend who is a registered sex offender and constantly goes through shit for it. If he did something legit wrong I would have no sympathy for him, but the details of his case in particular opened up my eyes alot to how someone can get screwed. Web Smith jumps out to me as one where it may not be the severity of the label or even true.
Comment · 11 years ago
Something I didn't understand is that if Sonar had millions of downloads is that just due to hype and marketing or did the users just plateau? Did they have a thing that nobody really wanted with alot of churn or dedicated users with slow growth at end?