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New comment by helpPeople in "The best Cyber Monday deals according to Alexa: any Amazon-owned brand"

helpPeople — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:23:07 +0000

Stop shopping at Amazon. they are no longer consumer friendly like they were a few years ago.

New comment by helpPeople in "The best Cyber Monday deals according to Alexa: any Amazon-owned brand"

helpPeople — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:22:26 +0000

Hope this doesn't get flagged, hn weirdly hides posts that mention-

Apple marketing.

They likely bought themselves into the top spot. Now that you are in the Apple ecosystem, you will be buying Apple stuff.

New comment by helpPeople in "How to Make Toast: Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science (2001)"

helpPeople — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:00:04 +0000

Since we are comparing in this thread, why are computer science grads often afraid of math based solutions?

For example, I had a physics problem and a computer science buddy was opposed to solving it ourselves. He insisted we needed an expert. When at worst it needed differential equations that ended up cancelling out. It wasn't a hard problem, it just took some effort.

Is this a rare experience? Or have other people found a reluctance of math in comp sci?

New comment by helpPeople in "How to Make Toast: Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science (2001)"

helpPeople — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:56:12 +0000

Wait... The computer scientist is not an engineer.

New comment by helpPeople in "The world needs more search engines"

helpPeople — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:18:55 +0000

Google is getting bad, but I want a decent competitor to Windows/Android.

Apple is not competition. They serve a lax customer base.

New comment by helpPeople in "The world needs more search engines"

helpPeople — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:17:29 +0000

The search results have gotten noticably worse in the last year.

When a Wikipedia/encyclopedia article is what I'm looking for, why is Google showing articles?

Wikipedia used to be the top result.

New comment by helpPeople in "Cybersyn and Allende’s Semi-Automated Luxury Socialism"

helpPeople — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:42:59 +0000

Many believe those protections you describe is the cause of inequality.

For example,when only 300k/yr physicians can give you access to medicine, it's not capitalism.

New comment by helpPeople in "Cybersyn and Allende’s Semi-Automated Luxury Socialism"

helpPeople — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:40:49 +0000

The literal definition of socialism is an impossibility, power always gets concentrated among the few.

"This time will be different" crowd hadn't been compelling. Human nature hadn't changed.

New comment by helpPeople in "Calculus Explained with GIFs and Pics (2014)"

helpPeople — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 21:20:15 +0000

Functionally I see many non math people struggle to understand rate of change.

I find integrals useful.

Also I see my computer science pals have a lack of faith in math. I don't understand why.

New comment by helpPeople in "Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors"

helpPeople — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:41:34 +0000

Sell on their website? They get traffic

New comment by helpPeople in "Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors"

helpPeople — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:02:55 +0000

Electrical engineer here.

What is hard about these?

For a few dollars I can convert 120v to whatever I want.

Sell a different version to Europe

New comment by helpPeople in "The Real Class War"

helpPeople — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:20:53 +0000

Sounds like automotive suppliers.

It works though

New comment by helpPeople in "Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't come true"

helpPeople — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:52:40 +0000

Maybe in a few years it will be easier. After 2 years she's only made 6k profit.

New comment by helpPeople in "Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't come true"

helpPeople — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:18:26 +0000

Not sure your area, but unskilled labor goes for 15$/hr in metro Detroit.

You cannot get people to show up for less than that.

Source, wife owns a business and that's going rate to answer phones.

New comment by helpPeople in "I Wasn’t Prepared for Work (2013)"

helpPeople — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:07:52 +0000

Chase the extreme pleasures by experiencing much pain.

Or be an Epicurean and enjoy the neutral state most, pleasures but not at the expense of pain.

Or be a Stoic and find comfort in realizing you aren't invading Russia in the winter.

New comment by helpPeople in "Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished"

helpPeople — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:02:14 +0000

My question, are there innocent stupid people?

Or did every investor want a get rich quick sheme?

New comment by helpPeople in "Predicting Next Recession"

helpPeople — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:24:29 +0000

My hypothesis is that we are experiencing high inflation and that's the recession.

And before anyone says "fed reserve 2 percent", the federal reserve is known to lie.

New comment by helpPeople in "Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut"

helpPeople — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:09:56 +0000

For years I've described bugs in Apple's iPhone apps and have been told "it's just me" or to expect long delays between actions.

Or that constant updates and logging in are good things.

I'm no fanboy so it's easy to spot flaws. It blows my mind how quick people are to defend poor quality.

New comment by helpPeople in "Apple has locked me out of my developer account"

helpPeople — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:27:09 +0000

Plenty of people fall for marketing.

I'm not sure how that is relevant.

New comment by helpPeople in "Apple has locked me out of my developer account"

helpPeople — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:44:54 +0000

Apple deleted apps for China, gets hacked by the FBI, locks out developers, sells broken keyboards, overcharges for hardware, uses proprietary software.

Evil company, their fanatics cling to the "privacy" marketing.