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whymsicalburito

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Jonathan Preston Senior Front-End Engineer at Ontraport

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whymsicalburito··on Phone Addicts Are the New Drunk Drivers
No. But if you need to change your directions, or search for something in the GPS, your eyes won't be on the road and you should pull over. If anything you're doing in your car is taking your focus away from operating a multi ton killing machine, then be an adult and stop it.
whymsicalburito··on Phone Addicts Are the New Drunk Drivers
Because it's dangerous!! Figure out where you're going before driving off! If you get lost PULL OVER! It's really not that difficult and it shows that you actually care about people in the world other than yourself.
whymsicalburito··on The MacBook keyboard fiasco is surely worse than Apple thinks
"much" is a strong word. They are still so so much louder than the older models.
whymsicalburito··on Electronic music reduces host attack and mating success in dengue mosquitoes
Maybe this is the real reason they moved the Ultra Music Festival to Virginia Key haha
whymsicalburito··on California declared drought free for first time in seven years
Tell that to my water bill, the drought surcharge is still over 50% of the bill...
whymsicalburito··on Oregon expected to enact first state-wide rent control law
All the reasons listed in the article...
whymsicalburito··on Oregon expected to enact first state-wide rent control law
I'm going to predict that governments go this direction because of all the problems the housing market economy has caused.
whymsicalburito··on De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard
We obviously haven't talked! I absolutely hate the new butterfly keyboards, it's bothering me as I type this! It makes me feel like I'm one of the attention seeking mechanical keyboard users... Apple has been going downhill for quite a while now. Loud keyboards and giant phones...
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
Even with some of them being in constant use, the math still doesn't work out.
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
How do we short it??
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
That's possible, but with a range of only 15 miles and they're most likely only getting charged at night, that's a max revenue of around $35/day for a scooter. I doubt there's enough scooters maxing out each day to offset the losers.
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
Santa Barbara and Goleta
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
This article says these scooters make $16/day in revenue?! Where are they making that kind of money? The scooters in my city just sit in the same place for DAYS without moving... I don't buy those numbers at all...
whymsicalburito··on Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
They covered my city with them recently and I'm yet to see anyone use them for actual transportation. I tried Bird out over the Thanksgiving holiday with my parents for fun. The app was a bit complicated but overall were pretty fun. Riding the scooter felt a bit dangerous and I wouldn't be able to bring anything back from a store on a scooter, so I'm not sure when I would use one. Also you can't ride them at night, so they're in no way an uber replacement. Also my city is meeting tomorrow to discuss banning them. The writing seems to be on the wall for all these scooter startups. If anyone knows a good vehicle for shorting these companies, let me know ;)
whymsicalburito··on The next recession
Isn't a basic premise in finance that past results don't guarantee future returns? Why does their past predictions invalidate their current argument? Sounds like you just have a bias...
whymsicalburito··on Apple Special Event [video]
This is how apple will lose me as a customer. These giant phones are horrible. All their products are getting progressively shittier. No real Pro laptop, horrendous keyboards (even the new "quieter" ones), borderline unusable phones. What the actual fuck.
whymsicalburito··on Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
My house in the US has an amazon store less than 5 miles away and I still can't get same day delivery!
whymsicalburito··on Apple will unveil its new iPhones on Sept. 12
I hope so badly they build a phone that actually fits the human hand. This used to actually be a selling feature that they produced TV ads around. All the arguments for large screens on phones are always so lame. Use a laptop if you need productivity or watch an actual TV for video, I want a real mobile device that fits in my pocket.
whymsicalburito··on Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
I agree, but why no credit cards? Just keep them on autopay and get free points right?
whymsicalburito··on Instacart raises another $150M
Is there really a parking problem, or is it more of a walking problem? I've yet to see a costco parking lot that doesn't have tons of empty spaces if you're willing to walk 2 minutes
whymsicalburito··on Instacart raises another $150M
Are the costco prices based on their warehouse pricing or their online pricing? I've seen lots of items that are up to 50% cheaper in the store than what they advertise online.
whymsicalburito··on Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B
Yea the radio features are pretty cool!

Another thing I really enjoy about spotify is their app's ability to pause a song on my laptop at work and press play on my phone when I get in my car and the song picks up right where I left it. And the remote control functionality during parties is great. They're also experimenting with some "auto-DJ" features which don't do too bad of a job for an algorithm :)

whymsicalburito··on Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B
It's the music discovery aspect of Spotify that is their game changer. They are constantly adding new ways to find new music.
whymsicalburito··on Show HN: SpotifyTelevision – easily watch music videos for Spotify playlists
Yes, please. There's not even a written description of what this does.
whymsicalburito··on Introducing Airbnb Plus
This offering looks nice, but half the bullet items listed as benefits were things that I already thought were guaranteed by AirBnB... This seems like an excuse to lower their standards on non-Plus listings.
whymsicalburito··on Snap Revenue Surges 72% on User Growth, Advertising Gains
I've been trying to get into snapchat for the past 2 months and I still just don't see the appeal. Every interaction I've had with someone on the platform could have just as easily happened in any other messenger platform (pick one of the 1000s out there). I'm only 29, but I feel way too old to be using snapchat. Maybe I'm missing something, but I see myself deleting the app this year.
whymsicalburito··on Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Say No
My experience with those dispensaries is that they don't last too long. The ones I've seen stay open for years are all cash. I'd be curious to know if yours is doing something special to be able to accept credit cards.
whymsicalburito··on Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
It literally just did stop me from using this product... Just because some people choose to trust some companies with some of their data, doesn't mean that it isn't a valid issue.
whymsicalburito··on Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
This seems like it would really help solve my time tracking needs at work, but having this sending that data to their servers makes it a non starter. Time tracking is my #1 pain point at work right now and would signup today and pay if an offline version was made available.
whymsicalburito··on Draggable JS – a lightweight, responsive, modern drag-and-drop library
That's because Safari is the new IE
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