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"Remote" means to most people that the work can be done from anywhere in the world. Consider rewording it to something like "work from home possible" or similar.

Ever since I creepily got an unsolicited email receipt after swiping a brand new credit card (new account), I started paying cash whenever I see a Square console.

I always wonder, are the people who work on these features totally oblivious to the creepiness? Do they think every human with a credit card (or a phone, or a face) should be tracked at all times, in all situations?

Anecdote only - My friend recently moved from New York to Berlin. She is from California originally. She is beyond thrilled with the decision. She said the quality of life and social fabric is exponentially better, and she is trying to get us to move or at least visit and see what we're missing. She is not someone who typically gets excited like this so I'm guessing it's a very noticeable difference.

I’m not the above poster, but I did babysit for several families in my grad school years a few years ago. The parents would not generally communicate with me when they were out. If they did, it would be to let me know they’d be early or late, and suggestions for food or activity if they were late. There wasn’t a routine check to make sure their kids were alive & well.

On one hand, (mostly) new residents complain about lack of housing, on the other, an "innovative" company disincentivizes keeping that housing available for an increasing population.

Investment groups that buy troubled assets are beyond my scope of understanding, but is that what is happening here? It sounds like Theranos is purporting to have a functioning product/business plan in the near future.

I work in medicine so my colleagues and I have been following this farce for several years. When so many advancements and biomedical research can benefit from such funding, why throw money at this fraudulent company?

Edit: Many thanks to users hkmurakami and ukulele above for explanations/clarifications.

They pay rent on Page Mill Road and have multiple lawsuits pending, last I heard, so I'm wondering how far that cash would actually take them. Also, if Elizabeth Holmes insists on the same level of control without any biomedical credentials, how realistic is a reboot? I would very much like to know the reasoning that any funding providers would use to justify their support.

How is this company still operational? Do serious people believe that they will have a functioning and profitable product in the future? Does Theranos still have salaried employees, and if so, what are they working on? The article mentions a "box that diagnoses diseases", which is a meaningless description. They've gone from "running on fumes" to ...what, exactly? I'm extremely puzzled.

Interesting argument. Isn't the product being "flipped" the loans, and not the autos themselves?

Doesn’t matter. I have an unusual name. If you google my first name and my city, you will find my full name (and my workplace, etc). If you google my full name, you will find my entire family’s names and addresses. Someone who views my profile on okcupid would literally be able to show up at my work or home and I would be none the wiser. This is a terrible move, and I’m going to be forced to delete my account.

“I want to buy some Lucky Charms but I only want to pay for the marshmallows because I don’t eat the other bits.”

“I want to rent this apartment but I don’t use the oven so I dont want to pay for that portion.”

“I want a whopper from BK on a bun from Mickey D’s, And I only want to pay for one burger with that combination.”

“I want iOS on my new Galaxy.”

I’m sorry for mocking you but I find your stipulation for paying for journalistic content absurd. However, this is not the first time I’ve heard similar conditions requested for things that are not the speaker’s to place conditions on. I’m wondering where this line of thinking comes from. I seem to hear it from the younger generation (20s/early 30s). (I’m not tying to be purposefully ageist or overgeneralize.)

Like I said, that may not have been the exact link. I was just showing you the product. I was doing a quick price comparison and did not investigate who was offering it at that price back then. That link shows an even higher price than I remember seeing at the time.

How many newspapers do you need to read in order to be well informed? I subscribe to two newspapers and a magazine. I don’t feel like adding more would give me additional value. Surely you wouldn’t feel the need to read every newspaper in existence to feel well informed. I encourage you to subscribe to one or two that you feel provide a valuable product to you.

Do you feel that quality journalism should be free to you? Did your parents subscribe to a newspaper when you were growing up? Not sure why one would feel entitled to a work product without compensating the creator for it when it clearly has value to that consumer.

That’s not an accurate way to view this particular situation. I went to the store to look for a toy in a broad category (gender, age, price range). I saw this one that fulfilled my requirements, and I did a quick price check online just to compare, having little experience with this type of purchase. If I had been primarily shopping on amazon to begin with, I wouldn’t have even considered this toy due to it being out of my price range; and I would have gotten less value for the money spent. The point is more that Amazon can often have an unreasonable markup and people may not be fully cognizant of that. If they were, would their habits change?

I don’t remember if this was the exact link as this was several weeks ago. This was the toy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OYJNKJG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=...

I am much more wary about buying from Amazon than most of my peers, who easily click and buy on a whim or out of habit. I went to buy a toy at a brick and mortar, and compared the price to Amazon while there - $12.99 in the store and $27.xx at Amazon! I think they've marketed them to be the low price leaders but that's definitely not the case.

I'm also concerned about counterfeit products - I don't care as much about reviews because I'll usually have researched beforehand or already know what I want. However with brand name items, I always wonder if it's the real thing and as a result have stopped buying shoes, etc from Amazon. I also don't buy anything from Amazon that goes in my body or on my body (supplements, cosmetics/hygiene, etc). I stick with brick & mortar or the online storefront.

It's unfortunate, because Amazon is fantastic as a concept, unfortunately my trust in them does not extend to most items. I'd rather pay more and be confident in the product. I think whatever they are doing is working for them and they have no incentive to change because the vast majority of customers are not so discerning.

1) The vast majority of working people do not have much (if any) vacation time, nor the job security/financial security to take it.

2) Even if they do, they may have young children, which would prevent them from taking trips of this sort. Not just practically (where to leave the kids?) but also, many parents are reluctant to go to far flung places and participate in relatively risky activities that would increase the likelihood of their child(ren) being left with a disabled parent or worse, without a parent.

3) Requires a big chunk of disposable income, also less common than one would surmise.

4) Many people are simply not interested in adventure travel, preferring, well, normal travel (sightseeing, local cuisine and culture, etc).

There is certainly a market for adventure travel companies (why "startup"?) and they do exist. However, to be mainstream, the product would need to be useful and accessible to the masses, which for the above reasons it is unlikely to be.

Moving out of SF proper if one works in SF would be adding at least 45 minutes to the commute. I sincerely wish I could move to Oakland without tripling my commute. I guess every startup has to establish themselves in the already packed-to-the-brim city of SF?

I would rather never be a parent rather than be a parent without a partner. The logistics of infant care alone would wreak havoc on my physical and mental health. Working full time to support said infant and time commitments such as doctors appointments and enrichment activities associated with a growing child sounds like a complete nightmare. If one has extended family to help out, that’s a different story, but ageing parents or others with their own lives can’t be excessively burdened for my choices.

I’m a subscriber, started at $14 a month, and now I pay about $7 a month after calling to see if they’d let me latch on to a promo rate.

I don’t understand this hostility toward paywalls or paying for a subscription. Just a generation ago, most households paid for newspaper subscriptions, and even some magazines. I am happy to pay for the journalism from what I consider to be a high quality news source. It makes me a better-informed individual.

Many of the users of HN are attempting to monetize a service or product using a subscription model. Yet you don’t want to support a newspaper doing the same thing? Do you feel that the journalism should be free, or free to you? If so, why do you feel that entitlement?

News sources such as WSJ, NYT, Economist provide education and value to individuals and society, and people who earn enough to get a Starbucks on the way to work and go to the gym on the way home (also a subscription model) should not have this level of disdain for the idea of paying for content from a reputable newspaper.

I just say “I’d rather not give you my personal information.” The transaction is completed without issue. Try it, it’s much easier than cutting your own hair and growing your own food.

Hmm. Why wouldn’t I go to the library and borrow them for free? The max fine for overdue is $5.

Edit: Also, if they are available as e-books, they auto-return so there is no fee at all. One can always re-borrow.

My friends and I used to frequent Etsy to find unique, handmade or independently made accessories and home goods. We haven't been customers for a few years now. The most obvious and notable reason is that the site is full of stuff that does not meet the above criteria. It mostly has garbage from China/Alibaba with mass-produced jewelry/accessories and trinkets purporting to be handmade, as long as you don't look too closely. What is the point of Etsy anymore? It's become a small, pathetic clone of Ebay, Amazon, etc. I hope someone can start another company like what Etsy used to be - a marketplace for indie designers and craftspeople to sell a small volume of unique goods to people who are interested in supporting them and their work. No need to go public or raise massive capital. It can function perfectly well with a small crew to run the site and a tight marketing/publicity team. It would be nice if companies were okay with staying small, private, and making a modest profit consistently instead of getting into the growth rat race.

In my pricey metro area, there are many such "low-skill" jobs advertised in restaurant windows. (Side note: can we use another qualifier? Restaurant jobs in fact require quite a bit of skill - social awareness, customer service, observational, strategic time management, etc. Maybe it's not programming, but it's not really data entry either.) These jobs, even while paying $15 an hour, remain unfilled because there's nowhere within a 2 hour commute that an adult can rent a room and have money left over for food & life on that wage.

I’d encourage you to read a book called Drug Dealer, MD. It details how pain was made “the fifth vital sign” and doctors could lose their board certification and license if patients filed complaints alleging that their pain was not adequately treated by their provider. Even today, surveys that are sent out following hospital encounters ask people if their pain was addressed to their satisfaction. It’s difficult to withhold opioids when your livelihood is on the line.

Amazon doesn't have to set this up. I know a handful of people who bought a durable plastic trunk for their porch, and leave it open with a padlock available. There's a sign on it instructing for deliveries to be placed in the trunk and then padlocked. They have the key and are able to retrieve it when they get home from work.

I work with prisoners. I have a unique name. My family members and I are the only people with our names in the country, and possibly the world.

If you google my name, you will find my family (parents, sibling), their home address, phone numbers, ages, occupations. It is local.

Upon release or through veiled communication, I or my family members could easily be targeted for harm by inmates or former inmates.

This is a very real concern for me. I have found no way to permanently remove this information from search results.

I encourage people to think more creatively when they cannot think of potential disadvantages of easily searchable personal information.

What part of his deportation was illegal? That would give you a starting point.

That's nice, but you were commenting on workers who would potentially need BART to get home after being released from work at a late hour. We are able to do so.