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Maybe we can have someone from the credit card companies chime in with their thoughts. From my experience, I was shocked to hear cashiers at Walmart going to the Bahamas and staying at 4 star hotels, while I stayed on couch of an Airbnb that I split with my ibank and tech friends.

As a PM, I don't think remote can work for me. Any PMs who work remotely? Curious to your thoughts.

"I am now racking my brain to recall where I used to be a dissenter of highly remote teams. No more."

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That's cool! Thanks for sharing

I recall Genghis Khan's kids were pretty underwhelming too.

thanks for the support!

Thanks for making it! Looking forward to trying it out

I'm actually working on a startup where my business interested on aligned with users. We are monetizing mostly through trips, so we can't have fake users and send fake messages. Those won't result in real trips.

This aligns our financial incentives with our user's incentives to have amazing experiences with someone they like. We also have a product for couples, so we won't lose 100% of our users.

More info if you're interested: https://blog.fairytrail.app/2019/09/reinventing-online-datin...

I'm actually working on a new type of dating app that addresses this conflict of interest.

Most dating apps want you to be addicted (single and swiping) to their screens so that they can keep earning billions of dollars from subscriptions, power-ups, and ads. Even if you aren't paying, they want you addicted to their platform for their paying members. There is a serious conflict of interest.

We are different. We understand users want to find someone, so they get on with their lives-- to have amazing life experiences with someone they like. We give our users exactly that and our main revenue stream is tied to that. Just like Uber and Lyft sell rides because customers want rides-- we sell adventure dates because our users want breathtaking dating experiences.

We also hate screen addiction. We want to be in the background, so people can focus on living in the moment. And every day, we'll sprinkle their lives with like-minded, kind people and travel opportunities.

Would love your feedback on it. Here's more info I wrote about our business model:

https://blog.fairytrail.app/2019/09/reinventing-online-datin...

Also I am happy to share my user data with the community too.

Great point! We could do a population radius for 1 hour driving.

r= 1 hour driving range @ 60 miles per hour (no red lights!) area = 3.14* r^2 = 11,304 sq mile US density = 92 people per sq mile area * population density => 11,304 m2 * 92/m2 = 1,039,968 people

This is still less than the population of NYC which is 8,398,748. With this calculation, remote dating would give an improvement of 3146%.

Density source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-200-years-of-u-...

The idea is people are hyper mobile now due to the changing landscape of work. I shared some data here: https://blog.fairytrail.app/2019/08/why-i-made-fairytrail.ht...

I re-did the calculation with a focus on intra-USA dating. For the average city, it increases by 26531%.

1. Open to dating range 25%. That's a guess though.

2. Regarding the 5% instead of 20% attractive, that's already factored due to the 25% open to long distance variable. We want to see how many people are open to dating, not 100% all targeting marriage. Turns out many people use dating apps because they want more fun and friends in their lives: https://www.toptal.com/finance/business-model-consultants/on...

That's an interesting article. The insight is every city has its own type of people and in LA, I guess that's the type.

Thanks for the comments!

1. I got a rough 40% from these sources [1][2][3]. I know for [1] it's not directly saying 40% of single adults use online dating but a decent proxy.

I don't really trust Statista as I was doing research on total users and it was pretty off from other sources. Do you trust that Statista? If so, why? I think it has good SEO because of how the site was made, rather than its accuracy. It doesn't even tell you the source of the data unless you pay. There's no decent way to see the methodology, so hard to say about the 19%.

I am already filtering for age and single, so I thought 50% would be fine. The 19% doesn't care about if they are single or married.

2. Yeah it isn't 50-50. But that would be across the board, and I'm trying to determine the effect of remote dating. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-male-to-female-ratio-on-Ma...

3. Haha-- thanks for that number. I'm a product person and feel dating apps suck because of limited diversity and poor experience. (It's optimized for matching.)

4. That's what I'm trying to determine-- if the negative effects of the obstacle can be offset by the positive effects of greater exposure. It is interesting how people are open to jobs outside their city but don't really think about dating outside their city, especially given the increase in mobility and remote work.

So I did some polling myself and hired a research company to investigate. We found people are very open to dating outside their city, but can't be sure until we launch and see if people do what they say.

I'm going to ask a couple friends for feedback and then write a conclusion!

[1] https://qz.com/1546677/around-40-of-us-couples-now-first-mee... [2] https://www.eharmony.com/online-dating-statistics/ [3] https://www.surveymonkey.com/curiosity/dating-apps-and-sites...

Pretty well designed machines

Thanks!

Thanks! Working on Google login at the moment. Should be ready in a week :)

I think side projects and businesses are a great way to learn and have an interesting life, so I am usually doing something outside of work. My friends write plays and do standup which sometimes pays. I used to teach swimming after work because it got me to the gym and I could develop my communication skills.

Currently, I have a hobby map business that generates some money (https://www.wellingtonstravel.com/). Recently I created a matchmaking app for people who travel. It's not making money yet, but I expect it to be able to generate income too (https://www.fairytrail.app/).

I believe it's about finding what interests you first. Money is a nice bonus.

Fairytrail lets people match on a group tour by Airbnb or TripAdvisor. It's a fun, safe, and economical way for people passionate about exploration to date.

Having lived and worked in 4 countries (also traveling frequently), I figured dating doesn't have to be local. In today's world, people are no longer tied to one location. With the rise of globalization, remote work, and technology, the world is ours to explore.

I wanted to bring new people, cultures, and adventures from around the world to people's lives.

Local dating has very limited diversity and number of singles. First dates are often repetitive, a waste of time, and difficult to plan. There's no effective dating app for frequent travelers (e.g. consultants, sales engineers, flight attendants, digital nomads, truckers, sailors) or people who are open to dating outside their cities.

We want to solve those problems with Fairytrail, a dating app that combines matchmaking and group tours.

Fairytrail lets you: 1) Meet singles outside your city’s bubble. 2) Save time by pre-screening matches by video chat before investing in a date. 3) Enjoy fun, hassle-free adventure dates powered by Airbnb & TripAdvisor in a safe, social environment.

Unlike other dating apps, Fairytrail puts people first, not location. Dating like traveling could be a lot more rewarding when we step outside the backyard.

Please reach out if you have any thoughts or want to chat!

Google Play Music and Apple Music also do this. I don't think I'm able to move any of my playlists off their services.

Thanks for the link!

Rome2rio did a new version for 2016 in the same style, which is juxtaposed to the 1914 version to show how travel times have changed. It was big on Reddit a couple years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3ztqqr/a_2...

Since Rome2rio had no interest in selling it, I licensed it and have it for sale on my website: https://www.wellingtonstravel.com/isochronic-map.html

I'd love to sell the original one too but couldn't determine the copyright owner and get a high quality version of it.

I did that too! Blue Arrow? Interesting to hear your story. I'm having flashbacks.

Interesting fact - "Lobster was also commonly served in prisons, much to the displeasure of inmates. American lobster was initially deemed worthy only of being used as fertilizer or fish bait, and until well into the 20th century, it was not viewed as more than a low-priced canned staple food."

Perception is key.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster

Is this a template or app I could use as well?

Shipt | Product, Data Science, & Engineering | SF | Full time | https://www.shipt.com

Shipt is an on-demand grocery delivery company. I've been there for 10 months. Great company culture and growth.

Let me know if you have any questions. All roles here: http://grnh.se/h7w21b1

What's the original Prius issue?

Thanks for the details! Interesting the touchscreen still works.

Could you elaborate on its impact on how you do development? One reason I still have a mac is because it's so developer friendly. Linux is very time-consuming to make things work with and is incompatible with various hardware. Also some mac software is great.

Why free delivery?

That's a problem... Can you elaborate?

Radar?