randycupertino

> The marginal cost of one delivery is obviously not 2 man-hours, that'd be ridiculous. Why not? 1 hour to walk around the store and collect everything, 20 minutes to check it out, load the c…

There was a post on here recently that showed instacarts margins were double and triple what they claim. The delivery guy accidentally gave the dude the real receipt and he compared Instacarts prices…

> I would so gladly pay a reasonable amount for delivery, and I don't mean these bespoke pick-everything-and-deliver-within-an-hour services - I just want to be able to choose a time, pay mayb…

> Apparently we're all supposed to pretend that we're never going to leave the company / we owe them our undying loyalty. I've previously taken the honest route when asked why …

If they actually enforced their cords so they didn't fray and fall apart within 6 months, I would be happy. Their stubbornness to correct the cord situation is exasperating.

It's got to be embarrassing for the engineers who work there. It used to be a pretty prestigious/sought after place to work. Now it's tarnished.

I kind of disagree, I know several people who stopped using Uber entirely because of all the recent scandals.

I'm curious about this, too. If a guy wore a tanktop like this http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1liNdIXXXXXamXpXXq6xXFXXXs/201... . It would be equally non-work appropriat…

It's an area of SF where a lot of tech companies are located. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Market,_San_Francisco …

> They were perennially going to go public "in six months or so". Heh... I once worked somewhere that they promised to get us healthcare in 6 months, every 6 months. Their refrain was, …

Yep. They've churned most of the staff except for the CEO's college bros, but they're still going along... no outrageous IPO on the horizon but they haven't spent all the VC $$ ye…

> I've used the Arroyo Seco River Hike guide from another Stanford alum quite a bit: http://theory.stanford.edu/~rvg/arroyo/ Casual nudity! On a work website. Love…

The CEO/founder was into "The Game" and the Red Pill and he made all the male engineers go out in SOMA to try seduction techniques, as well as go to strip clubs. Our married and ltr en…

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

Oftentimes they're just exploiting uneducated and naive people who work these jobs because they don't know any better, not because they want to be contractors.

The whole thing reminds me of when Tommy Carcetti becoming mayor scene from the Wire. The old outgoing mayor is giving him some advice and he basically explains that when you're mayor you have t…

It would be nice if instead of wasting $20 billion on a wall we dont need to mexico we got actual public infastructure projects.

Workers cortisol levels raise when they don't face the door: http://cheryljanisdesigns.com/why-sitting-with-your-back-to-... …

Meta: We're like zombo.com, but for research.

I'd just be excited to have someone moderately rational, arguably not corrupt and possibly an atheist as president. I agree with eachro, though... he's sadly probably not likable enough to w…

The ole, "Which candidate would I rather have a beer with?" problem. The one you'd rather have a beer with wins every damn time.

" It is possible that that portion of the complaint — which appears to contain a detailed account of Pompliano’s brief tenure at Snapchat — could become public.” Sounds like a thinly veiled threa…

The mere implication of that would bring on predatory suits from disgruntled ex-employees looking for an easy payday...

One of the doctors I work with has his own PR person. He is routinely covered in "Best of the Bay" and other interviews for famous doctors, brought on to be a guest speaker on the news, etc…

"Vinod Khosla did not show up at TechCrunch Disrupt to be harangued by some smartass, know-nothing journalist." Thought for sure they were about to bring up his beach house blocking public a…

I heard she was spotted with Elizabeth Holmes at NY Fashion Week: https://twitter.com/JohnCarreyrou/status/775499356740943872 …

Agree. I had a garmin XT but it looks like a teenage gameboy on my wrist. The apple watch does the same thing but looks sleek and professional.

Interesting seeing him shilling for Infinity, I thought he was all about ferraris: http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-founder-sells-ferrari-... …

> The simple answer is that there aren't many incentives to spend money analyzing the data Except for when you want to cherry pick through it to help get your research paper published.