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georgeott··on Cancelling Dropbox Pro is hard
Ahh, that's why it's $4. I kept waiting for the low price to expire.
georgeott··on Cancelling Dropbox Pro is hard
I do a search for canceling that business, before I sign up. If I see a bunch of horror stories, then it's time to walk away.
georgeott··on Fatal Tesla Crash Raises New Questions About Autopilot System
How did the car not even apply the brakes? How could it fail that bad?
georgeott··on Congrats Dropbox
This may be the most civil discussion I've ever seen on the web. Spread out over 11 years! Amazing. I love HN.
georgeott··on Acne Vulgaris: A Disease of Western Civilization (2002)
Steve Gibson did some research on this topic.

https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm

georgeott··on Uber’s board wants Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO
Expedia? The #1 Dark Patterns? Wow, this should end well.
georgeott··on Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
I think weight limits would be a good start. Do we really need 400 pound linemen?

I also think game play would improve with lighter, faster players.

georgeott··on Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee
Not if I have to allow untested 3rd party Javascript / malware onto my system. No thank you.
georgeott··on Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure
Will Snap exist in 5 years?
georgeott··on Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps
What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
georgeott··on ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History
Also, 30 for 30 was another Bill Simmons idea...and he's gone.
georgeott··on ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History
30 for 30 is by far the best ESPN original content in the past 10 years.
georgeott··on Yahoo investors rankle at spin-off plan, one suggests laying off 9,000
I don't get it. Why shouldn't Yahoo pay the taxes? They invested in Alibaba, and have made HUGE gains, and if they want to realize those gains, they need to pay the taxes.
georgeott··on Git Cheat Sheet
Here is my daily git workflow:

1 - Clone the repo (only need do this once)

2 - git checkout branchname

3 - Make some file changes

4 - git add filenames

5 - git commit

6 - git pull (make sure you are up to date BEFORE you push to remote repo)

7 - Build and TEST

8 - git push

That's 90% of what I do.

Merging branches is simple.

1 - git checkout destinationBranch

2 - git pull

3 - git merge sourceBranch

4 - build and test

5 - git push

Cheers!

georgeott··on Nexus 5X Teardown
I hope they fixed the damn broken power button issue that my 16 month old Nexus 5 died from. Damn that phone broke my heart.
georgeott··on ESPN to lay off nearly 4% of workforce amid changing pay-TV landscape
Who will pay the majors the billions of dollars then?
georgeott··on Why Tipping is Wrong
How do we change this? It's so ingrained in American culture, I'm not sure we can.
georgeott··on The One Interview Question You Should Always Ask, but No One Ever Does
Link is down for me.
georgeott··on LogMeIn acquires Lastpass
Confirmed - 39 comments. All negative.
georgeott··on Netflix is raising the price of its main plan to $9.99 per month
As long as there are never any commercials, I'll be a customer forever.
georgeott··on AWS Re:Invent 2015 – Netflix and AWS (real use case)
It must be fascinating and challenging to work on the Netflix CORE team.

37% of evening web traffic under your control. Wow.

georgeott··on Ask HN: How do we solve the email problem?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion
georgeott··on Pandora acquires TicketFly for $450M
Pandora Radio has $450M laying around?
georgeott··on Show HN: Cancel your Comcast in 5 minutes
The first thing I do before signing up for ANY new service, is search for "How To Cancel".
georgeott··on Why are little kids in Japan so independent?
They removed all the "Yield / Unprotected Left Turn" lights in my town, just for this reason. People simply don't understand. It's a bummer to sit and wait, but it does save lives.
georgeott··on The Evolution of a Software Engineer
LOL!

I can only dream of code that cleanly formatted.

georgeott··on RIAA CEO: Piracy Notices Are Costly and Increasingly Pointless
Correct. But none of the most popular sales channels were created by the record industry. (iTunes, Spotify, etc)
georgeott··on RIAA CEO: Piracy Notices Are Costly and Increasingly Pointless
15 years later, the RIAA finally realizes this...

How about you build a platform that let's us purchase the music we want?

georgeott··on Musk Says Tesla Cars Will Go 620 Miles per Charge in 2 Years, Autonomous in 3
Exactly this. Minor collisions should move to the side of the road ASAP.
georgeott··on Musk Says Tesla Cars Will Go 620 Miles per Charge in 2 Years, Autonomous in 3
Serious question:

What do these cars (with no steering wheel) do, if involved in an accident?

How would the owner / police move the car to the side of the road?

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