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throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Uber and Lyft Suggest the Days of Cheap Rides Could Be Over

I'd say, once people stop dumping money into these companies and they can no longer operate at a loss, the real price of a ride/delivery will become clear.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: China due to introduce face scans for mobile users

I feel that better types of verification are dangerous. Sure it's convenient, to scan your face or fingerprint, but it's also a way of verifying that you were with your device at that place and that time.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub

Coinbase is big, but not the best exchange.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub

That stuff is all old, banks aren't giving people trouble these days.

Canada is likely to have a BTC ETF in January, so you could say Canada is pretty open to BTC at this point (it is treated like any other exchangeable currency).

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub

There is this guy I watch on YouTube, he had a Patreon account and a BTC address. I don't want to sign up for Patreon, so I sent him BTC.

The great thing about BTC is you can send it so easily without going through all the hoops other 'systems' need. Sure, it isn't so easy to get started with BTC, but once you are in, it is a breeze.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Pointless work meetings 'really a form of therapy'

I once talked to a manager about how meeting seemed like a waste of time, he said he loved meetings because it meant people were working together and getting things done.

That made me think, that meetings were about making people feel that their work was meaningful when it wasn't. Basically, if you do meaningful work, you don't need meetings, but if its the other way around, meetings make total sense.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Juul Labs CEO to Step Down

Could be, looking at my usual business news site, they got 4 stories about CEO's resigning. Very atypical, but could just be part of a abnormally on a normal distribution.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Juul Labs CEO to Step Down

I get how this is happening and is independent from other things going on in the world... But what is the deal with all these CEO's stepping down?

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Cryptocurrency trading bot in ~40 lines of JavaScript

It seems to be for a specific exchange that has $240 24 hour volume...

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is tiktok reading and uploading user contact as it is doing in China?

Don't western governments ask for the data, then tell the company they can't say anything to their customers or anyone else... Basically, the same thing, but with a different description.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is tiktok reading and uploading user contact as it is doing in China?

Being a devil's advocate here, but why would anyone trust an American company with there data?

I get China is the bad guy and all that, but American companies are basically doing the same thing, they just have different ways of describing the process.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Young adults have less to spend on non-essentials, study says

I don't live in London, but I live in my country's biggest city. All the jobs are here, so I can either live in the city or outside the city, with a 2-hour commute. It kind of sucks either way, but that extra hour a day, I spend with my daughter and that makes me happy.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Use of Bitcoin causes around 22 megatons in CO2 emissions annually

How much pollution does gold mining produce? How much pollution does printing money produce? How much electricity (pollution) does visa use? How much pollution does any service we take for granted produce?

I'm not saying bitcoins CO2 product is good or bad, just that there are so many things that create so much CO2 that we never question or consider.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Use of Bitcoin causes around 22 megatons in CO2 emissions annually

Negative press in anticipation of FaceBook-Coin?

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Nudging out support for a carbon tax

I think this sums it all up "but is controversial because it imposes costs on consumers."

A carbon tax is a way for all of us (people) to deal with the problem, while the corporations that created and caused it get a 'get out of jail free' card.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: A 500M-year survey of Earth's climate reveals dire warning for humanity

Looking at the chart on that page, it seems like the 'low' temperatures we have now are an anomaly rather than the norm.

throwaway857384 | 6 years ago | on: Is daycare bad for affluent children?

As a parent, sending my child to daycare is a necessary evil.

I've not liked it, but from a financial perspective, we have little choice.

throwaway857384 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to test accessibility of a website?

Finding a solution is the hard part. I've found, the few times that I've been able to sit with the developer and test their code as they tried to solve an accessibility problem was the best method.

throwaway857384 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to test accessibility of a website?

Good point, I'm not a fan of FaceBook but they do an amazing job of this.

If you tab out of the URL bar of your browser, Facebook has a huge accessibility skip links menu.

throwaway857384 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to test accessibility of a website?

I sort of agree, from my experience, I know what to expect when I see something, so seeing and hearing helps me quickly spot the issue.