loki540 · HackerTrans

hace 11 añosdiscuss

No, that's not it - of the people 20-24 who "don't have a job and aren't looking for them", the number of people who said it was because they were retired doubled. Other answers were "disabled" and "staying at home". That being said, I don't see how anyone can retire at 20-24 - if it was 30-34 it'd make a lot more sense. . .

loki540

hace 11 añosdiscuss

This sparked a debate in our office - clearly designers look to other sites for inspiration, but at what point does it actually become illegal? If the user didn't copy / paste and instead reverse-engineered the code, would it be legal? (but still immoral, of course).

loki540

hace 11 añosdiscuss

Well, they will be a fraction of what they are today when the taxi company no longer has to pay an hourly wage to the taxi drivers

loki540

hace 11 añosdiscuss

One issue with this scenario - once Uber is no longer paying drivers, it should become a lot cheaper, making it viable for a lot more people to get rid of their cars and just rely on Uber. So that'd decrease the pool of people to loan their cars to Hypercar. Effectively everyone would be "ride-sharing", but through Uber.

loki540

hace 12 añosdiscuss

Just curious - what do you usually use Chromecast for? I got it specifically to stream Youtube on my TV, and found that there was usually a > 1 second lag between the image on the TV and the sound on the TV. This has given me a pretty negative view of Chromecast - basically that it's just good for streaming visual-only things like slideshows etc. Have you found this not to be the case?

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

The most frustrating thing for me with Hulu Plus is that even when you're paying for it, it still shows you commercials. So my solution was to get Chromecast and just stream normal Hulu via a Chrome tab. At least that way I'm not paying them to watch commercials. . .

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

If you're looking to cut cable now, I'd highly recommend Roku. It has Hulu+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. (Aereo is also awesome for showing broadcast TV, although that only works in a few markets). The only thing Roku doesn't do well is Youtube, which is why I also got the Chromecast. As an aside, is anyone else noticing synching issues on Chromecast? When I play a Youtube tab the sound and picture aren't quite synched up, which is really frustrating.

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

you can decide, you just have to train gmail a little. When you drag an email into a new tab it'll ask if you want all email in the future to go into that tab.

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

I think this is a really cool concept, but it seems to be a mish-mash of two ideas: 1) incentivize users to do a bunch of other tasks by identifying an even more daunting one. 2) help users tackle the biggest thing on their list by adding extra motivation (a time-sensitive security deposit). Personally, I like the latter more - I've tried similar things by adding pointification to my todo list, assigning notably more points to tasks that are the most important, but I think adding actual $$$ and a deadline would be even more motivating. I think the product here needs a bit more clarification, but it's a neat idea! I'd also think it's a good idea to drop the actual price of the tasks, but keep the deposits large - I doubt someone would pay $50 for motivation on a huge task, but they might pay $5 and risk $500.

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

Really cool idea - definitely like the idea of using it during a talk / presentation as a way to answer the most popular questions, rather than randomly picking people who are raising their hands.

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

I'd add another market category - people who are interested in a diet that has the correct ratios of fats/proteins/carbs (and the other nutrients) that will optimize one's energy. I've always been intrigued by the zone diet's claims that following the appropriate results in feeling much healthier and having more energy, but have found that cooking meals following that ratio is too tedious / time consuming.

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

Really awesome idea, I can see this coming in incredibly handy during talks / presentations. Quick piece of feedback on the site, though. At a glance, it's a little tough to see right away what AskMore's main strength is - it's not until the 6th bullet in "How it Works" that I see "Ask the questions your audience wants to hear" and get that the main use is real-time question-asking for presenters. Maybe add a tagline like "real-time questions for presenters" (except worded better) on the homepage?

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

This seems like a really good way to invite a lot of 1-star reviews from angry players with jailbroken phones...

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

I bike commute in Boston (Live in Somerville, bike into Boston), and while there's definitely a risk, I feel pretty safe doing so - there are a lot of good bike lanes that make it possible. I definitely agree with your recommendations - need to be very aware of the cars around you (assume everyone in a car is an idiot/out to get you), and I wear a neon jacket, along with lights when it's dark. I definitely feel like it's only a matter of time until I get doored, though. . .

loki540

hace 13 añosdiscuss

what is this, 1998? weak sauce

comments