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Developers didn't insist for perfection though. One of the greatest product designers of all time did.

Sounds ripe for an MBA to take it and brand it as a hipster snack discovered from Mexico.

One thing I want to point out is that if I am reading the reports correctly, the JR system is actually a very profitable corporation.

What would it take to get a profitable train system in the US?

It's not sexy talking about how we have the potential to put millions of Americans out of jobs, and would rather handwave the discussion with a "Oh they said the same thing during the industrial revolution."

Smart fridge device, tracks what's in your fridge.

Just some hardware prototypes that I'm working on, using OpenCV and TensorFlow for food recognition. The fact that Amazon doesn't have an official product purchasing API is irritating, but makes complete sense.

Got a link to that story?

Rustacean, that's the first time of heard of that name. Absolutely fantastic

Got a link to your blog?

I know that go.com is older than that. I'm talking about what Disney is currently using it for.

It's Disney. Probably their own implementation of AMP.(Separate page that loads much faster for mobile sites.

Why they implemented it this way? Beats me.

That, and the fact that he wasn't meeting with the YC teams. If you're the CTO, it doesn't matter that you missed the initial meeting. The founding team should all go and meet.

"Only" 3% of the MBTA annual ridership is still 5 million + rides.

I'm surprised Warby Parker isn't mentioned at all in this article. Isn't their whole business model built on tackling this market?

17 person board. Are there other examples of startups that have been taken over like this with a successful outcome?

Is there any opportunities for internships at SessionM?

Don't worry too much. The American economy generally runs on 69 month cycles (on mobile, sorry for no source). In about 6-7 years you will be able to buy a home again.

I'll be 100% honest, I didn't realize Dropbox was still on AWS. You figure at a certain scale it makes more sense to run your own solution.

That delivery spike on 4/20 is amusing to see. I suspect it will become the equivalent of Christmas sales volume for Cannabis vendors.

Well, guess this doesn't work on Chrome.

MSG's health problems are greatly over-exaggerated. Ever had Chinese food? Most asian dishes have a ton of MSG.

To most white Americans that want to work in Thailand, Hispanic people are scarier than southeast asians.

So SC will focus more on driving towards profitability now instead of growth. I wonder if SC will stagnate, or this cash infusion + new leadership will provide much needed stability.

I don't think AirBnB is going to die, everyone has reported them as being profitable for nearly 2 years now. Agreed with the rest though.

I think AirBnb and Redfin are the big bets that have worked well so far.

Re: The ATM point. The evidence they cite is this graph [1]. I'm not sure that this is a compelling graph. Sure the number of tellers has been growing, but it's been very slow growth. Meanwhile, ATM's have been skyrocketing in popularity. One could easily argue that teller job creation was heavily impacted by ATM's, but offset by overall population growth.

[1]http://www.aei.org/publication/what-atms-bank-tellers-rise-r...

Without looking, I'm going to guess (in no particular order):

- Cambridge/Boston

- DC metro area

- Austin

- Bay area

- Seattle

- NYC

- Philadelphia

- LA or San Diego

EDIT:

Hm, got most right. I forgot about the Triangle entirely, but I'm surprised Baltimore outpaced Philly.

Why don't you like it?

Yeah, I usually will start my Google searches in the Omnibox, then use the search bar on the page when I needed to find something new. In those use cases, instant is incredibly useful.

HON stock did just hit an all time high.

I mean, you can give me the condescending response, or you could answer the question and tell me what I'm missing.

While I definitely have my issues with David Rose, I am floored that you think this business had a "clear path" to a large business.

They are essentially trying to become a web portal for every service imaginable, but need $2M to build a website to do this? There are just too many red flags. I don't understand what you see here.