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sickrumbear

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sickrumbear··on How to play board games online with your friends
That's great to hear! look forward to it
sickrumbear··on How to play board games online with your friends
this is really awesome, would love an option to play the games without requiring cam/mic access (if friends are already bought into another tool like zoom), which could also may also allow more players (e.g. bigger teams for codenames)!
sickrumbear··on Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers
I'm curious how MRR is $3.4K in december but actual 'revenue' is $2.2K?
sickrumbear··on The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017)
this looks really cool! any project write-ups online that show how it can/ is being used?
sickrumbear··on An Insulin Index of Foods (1994)
hmmm even if the response differs widely, wouldn't the index give an indication of the relative impact something would have? I've been reducing carbs and sugars, which aligns with lower GI foods, I don't really agree that its a hoax, it's helped me sustain energy levels throughout the day better.
sickrumbear··on Handbrewing Coffee
could you link to the filter and note your process? I'd be very interested in making my own cold brew!
sickrumbear··on A method for improving Milky Way exposures in light pollution
Resource limit reached, anyone have a cached version?
sickrumbear··on Emirates Has Invested $500M to Build a 'Fort Knox' of Wine
would love to hear your recommendations at the $10, $15, $20, $25, and $30 price points if you have any!
sickrumbear··on Machine Learning Crash Course: Part 1
Are there any resources you would suggest for someone in the same boat to get easily reacquainted and rebuild a good foundation?
sickrumbear··on A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees
Could you clarify your point about no downside if the company goes under? If the options are underwater then you get nothing, yet if you have RSUs, they'd be worth whatever a share of the company is worth (liquidity because of public/ private notwithstanding)
sickrumbear··on Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription
not op, but i assumed the 'upfront' would fund the rides as well, vs. just 'unlocking' them. i read it as more of an initial prepayment.
sickrumbear··on How Millennials Became Spooked by Credit Cards
I'd think of it in the sense that if you're going to spend that money over whatever length of time anyways, might as well get the $200 flight out of it as well.
sickrumbear··on Google Calendar for Android: Find a time for my meeting
could you do it on outlook for mobile? Think that's the true benefit here, is being able to schedule across calendars from your phone.
sickrumbear··on Google Shuts Down Picasa Web Albums
That's too bad, my experience with google photos has been great. You've definitely gotta do some work to clean up, but that's on the user to either not pull from folders they don't care about, or delete the photos they don't need.
sickrumbear··on Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the World
I don't see the value in commenting if you haven't read the article yet. company value in most cases is based on market cap (stock price x shares outstanding). It'd be more constructive to read and then ask any questions you might have!
sickrumbear··on April Zero v3
I don't quite understand why you're being so dismissive of this. By this logic, a scale doesn't have much actionable value because its just telling you your weight, its not getting you to lose any. Of course all the 'real hard work' still needs to get done, but a dashboard like this gives you a tool to visualize state and progress to help direct your 'real hard work' effectively. Personally, I think there's a lot of value in that.
sickrumbear··on Atlassian gets IPO share price of $27
prospectus: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650372/0001047469150...
sickrumbear··on Fiverr, a Microtask Marketplace, Raises $60M
Am sure you could unsubscribe from those emails if you wanted to though, right? It's not like they're raising the money specifically to spam people.
sickrumbear··on Uber Valued at More Than $50B
Slightly confused; are you saying they should say they're more than 5 years old? 2009 was 5 years ago, and if that's when the company was founded, saying they're 5 years old makes sense.
sickrumbear··on LAX becomes largest U.S. airport to allow Uber, Lyft pickups
Not sure if I understand this, I've had issues with cabs that refused to drop me off at a location that wasn't convenient to them, yet never had problems with uber picking/ dropping me off anywhere, so don't feel like that's a valid argument against uber. I'm not familiar enough with handicapped accommodations/ laws, but are you saying the argument against uber is that they're unable to pickup handicapped passengers?