stephengoodwin

Joined 15 years ago

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Member since
Oct 10
Entrepreneur and engineer

www.stephengoodwin.net

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Comment · 5 years ago
Welp, I specifically bought a Roku device a few months ago just to use YouTube.

I ran into major issues using Fire TV's YouTube app. The app would fail to get past the initial loading screen and hang forever. It would typically require 2-3 device restarts to work again, and even then it would only work temporarily. I tried completely resetting my Fire TV, relogging in, etc but never managed to get it to work properly). YouTube is the only app I've had issues with on Fire TV.

Google also discontinued YouTube's great web browser experience, which was almost identical to the app, that you could load in Fire TV's web browser.

Comment · 7 years ago
Correction: Should be Long Call for the first scenario: defined risk protection (for shorting), not Long Put.
Comment · 7 years ago
Not that I'm aware of. The only alternative would be to permit shorting if the user has a Long Put for defined risk protection.

You could always to a synthetic short through buying a Long Put, but time (and often volatility) decay become a factor (for shorter term trades).

Comment · 7 years ago
Seattle permits retailers to charge 5 cents per large paper bag.
Comment · 8 years ago
When you say that you clean with a steamer, do you mean something like a garment steamer?
Comment · 9 years ago
I tried to sign up for Coinbase back in July and kept running into problems during the id verification step (at some point, they thought I was under 18). I tried to work through their customer support, but only received automated messages.

Eventually, I gave up and went somewhere else.

Comment · 10 years ago
If you're looking for something new to listen to, 99% Invisible is also a fantastic podcast.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
The YouTube channel WonderWhy has a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtLxZiiuaXs) on complex international borders wrt enclaves and exclaves.
Comment · 10 years ago
I love Takeout. Given how much of our lives is invested into digital platform, I wish every Internet company had something similar to Takeout for user data.
Comment · 10 years ago
This is why I started giving businesses and retailers my Google Voice number, instead of my personal number.
Comment · 10 years ago

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