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jak92··on Pinterest to price IPO below last valuation
Get out at any price?
jak92··on CityBound – An open source city simulation game in Rust
Any way to play without installing locally?
jak92··on Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costing Apple $900k
> Apple records showed Jiang was associated (by name, email, address or computer) to 3,069 iPhone warranty claims

Geeze, you'd think Apple would have some sort of internal controls?

jak92··on The Streets Were Never Free. Congestion Pricing Finally Makes That Plain
I've personally switched bus trips to uber trips, depending on a bunch of criteria.

The major one being cost. IME uber most definitely increases the number of vehicles on the road.

jak92··on Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exceeding Apple
Right? Didn't all the peak oil fanatics say we'd run of oil years ago?
jak92··on Lyft pops 21% on its first day of trading
Might be a bit premature to write these headlines? The day isn't over.

At least that's a benefit of printed papers.

jak92··on FTC Seeks to Examine the Privacy Practices of U.S. Broadband Providers
Good. It's disgusting the contempt that telecom companies have for American's privacy.
jak92··on Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
You'll probably be locked out shortly if you haven't yet.
jak92··on Apple announces Apple Card credit card
doesn't say GS won't mine the data themselves for marketing.
jak92··on Apple announces Apple Card credit card
> I just trust Apple more to not be sleezy with my transaction history.

For now. They are all still collecting and storing all the data. The only solution is lack of data collection to begin with.

jak92··on Apple announces Apple Card credit card
How is it private? Seems like all the metadata is still there...
jak92··on Ask HN: Why does Paypal still exist?
how does that compare with a typical credit card company?
jak92··on Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again
What specific issues with new bands would some of the unlocked versions have? Say Verizon on Sprint, vice versa, and T-Mobile on AT&T?
jak92··on Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Facebook
It's difficult to buy online without a card...

Why no try to limit the universe of data collection by being selective with sites purchasing from.

jak92··on Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Facebook
Yes, it is a chore to shop on Amazon.
jak92··on Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Facebook
I am using Amazon less and less these days, buying elsewhere if given a reasonable choice.

I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company.

just let me make a purchase and let that be it. at least other retailers give you the option of using a 'loyalty' card if you want to be tracked.

jak92··on A few simple steps to vastly increase your privacy online
Firefox mobile on android is a vastly better experience. The number one reason is you can run adblock which turns many mobile sites from ad-filled disasters to readable sites.
jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
> These people have been enabled by dirt cheap Airbnb prices.

Also, look at sites such as Hotel Tonight. Personally seen < 50 a night rooms.

jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
The carnival like open air entertainment district on ocean drive.
jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
> I run a vacation rental in a small town in the mountains of Colorado. I'm quite happy to pay the taxes the town demands.

Do you collect the same taxes as hotels do? Have you registered as a business with your city?

jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
There are hundreds of hotel units under construction in Miami Beach right now. I would certainly say that it's not a supply problem.
jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
> Here is a story about Miami Beach:

> I moved there 9 years ago and have spent the last 8 years > living on Ocean Drive in South Beach.

Hello neighbor! Interesting connection - I never linked the two together but it's certainly possible.

The story of Miami Beach the last 5 years is so true and so sad.

jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
> the hospitality business

but they're a technology company!

jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
Airbnb is legal in most of Miami Beach. However, there are pockets of residential areas where short term rentals are prohibited.

Flamingo Park being one of them.

jak92··on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
Just look at the havoc being reigned on some neighborhoods in Miami Beach during spring break. Specifically the low-scale, residential flamingo park neighborhood of south beach.
jak92··on Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5,200
OK - apples price, while crazy isn't as bad of a markup as I expected.
jak92··on Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5,200
What's the street price for that much ram?
jak92··on Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs
Honestly, in terms of house hold waste, aluminum is the material that makes sense to recycle.
jak92··on The AWS EC2 Windows Secret Sauce
Shared windows instances? What could go wrong?
jak92··on LIGO gravitational wave detectors that hunt for ripples in space-time upgraded
https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=701498785&rid=1002
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