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Actually a general policy that "businesses that deliver things pay sales tax per jurisdiction that they deliver thins to" (the way "online stores pay sales tax" is implemented) benefits Amazon vs small local retail stores that deliver.

Where I usually live in the US, there are at least 6-7 tax jurisdictions within 20 min. by car. For businesses in Wenatchee that may deliver within an hour's radius, there are a very large number of tax jurisdictions. Most brick-and-mortar businesses ignore the rule and figure if they don't tell the state they are delivering things, they won't get looked at too closely, but it means they are in violation of the law.
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There is an issue with the audio getting out of sync that we are working on. Understandably that would be confusing.
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>The lack of sales tax hurts local tax entities far worse than it hurts Amazon's competitors.

Except that proposals to collect online sales tax would hurt local retailers even worse if they followed the law.
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In almost no category that I've sampled has Walmart ever been the absolute rock-bottom cheapest compared to several places (Big Lots, Dollar General, local grocery chains, Amazon... even Target, believe it or not). People, however, can't go to Amazon to get infant formula, a car battery, ammunition, and a jar of pickles at 1AM and have it in hand immediately.

Walmart used to be about "made in the USA", then it was "always low prices", now it's about "live better". It's Walmart's ubiquity, convenience, and momentum that keeps them dominant (and their ability to loss-leader competitors out of business).
I suspect this is a uniquely American thing.

Similar to Dell's failed entrance into Asia, Americans are uniquely content with purchasing plenty of merchandise without ever physically examining the product.
Did the creators of this use any of the tools in this domain? How does this compare to mcollective/capistrano/vlad the deployer/fabric/ssh and a for loop? It's a web app, how is that superior to something CLI based?

God, its Matriu AS (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/naterockhold/matriu-as-l...) all over again.
Ironically, the complaint goes the other way at Google. We have in-house chefs that source the best ingredients and design the healthiest meals possible, and then people complain about the food being too healthy. (Lately the pendulum seems to have swung in the other direction, however. Last night I had waffles with whipped cream, bourbon butter, and syrup for dinner. Oh well, you only live once...)
We've just dispatched a courier with a big bag of Kale. ETA 7 minutes. I am not joking.
The problem is this is hacker news, and that post looks like it was intended for a more general audience. Thanks for providing those links, and maybe this is something you should look into: giving off a better impression on the web to fellow open source devs, persuade us to help out. /2c.
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Who's gone from a full time job to an incubator? I could use some perspective.
I think lots of people have made this argument in the past three years. Very similar transitions from Friendster to MySpace, MySpace to Facebook. The cool place to be moves on, but I'm not sure it necessarily will affect Facebook's bottom line
Also, it might explain why youth unemployment is so high in Europe.
I expect to eventually see big retail outlets where there is only stock for trying things out. No buying at the store but you could complete your online order while at the store and have it same day/ next day.
That is an interesting question and I can see a couple of reasons why that could happen.

It's "SMS" + links + pictures + video

Now that isn't in itself a reason why they wouldn't choose FB when they got to a little older but it's sure something for Twitter to think about IMO.
I'm happy to see that many occurrences of the word "native."
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I'd like to see what your background is etc..

but, with the .de I assume you're german and not in the SFbay? If so, are you compelling enough to do this?

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Do you want to make a statement but have weak or non-existent evidence to back it up? Do you want to present wishful thinking as a fact? Do you want to make generalizations from anecdotal evidence? Why not phrase your statement as a question? Who can blame you for lacking evidence when you are merely asking a question?
Well, it appears that episodes are no longer visible through thedailyshow website. But...
http://www.hulu.com/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart
Seems to work fine.
No way to have it be self-contained within my environment? Depends on an external third-party to work? Good luck, but no thanks.
Isn't that what he is doing? The headline is a question.
That was my take, too. I've been hearing about commercial memristors for at least a couple decades now, and they're forever on the cusp of showing up on my desktop.
You're very right on all of this. Amazon is a tough competitor in any environment.
In retail, 7% is usually higher than gross margins.
You know, I thought I was a funny guy before I started posting on Hacker News.
There is no reason to think that prices elsewhere will get worse. If they could get away with charging higher prices in non-metro areas now, they would do it already. It is likely, however, that non-metro areas will fail to see the price lowering that other areas do.
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Why wOuld I feel the need to inspect a book before buying it? I am working under the assumption that no pages will be missing. It's worked out fine thus far. You do realize that purchasing items over the Internet has been working well for some time now, right?
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Seems like a lose-lose situation for two old media firms fighting for relevancy.
True, there will always be a need for immediacy in shopping. However, on three of the four you listed (Not sure if I want to know why you need ammunition at 1 am...) Amazon carries them, and at a reasonable to very low price. Most of the time I know I'll need something a couple days before. Instead of "I'm out of coffee, better go to the store" it's "I'm running low on coffee, better order some and it will be here in two days". Personally, I find that to be more convenient most of the time.
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The Zappos (owned by Amazon) model is kind of interesting too. They actively encourage you to return shoes that you don't like for any arbitrary reason, thereby making it easier at least from the consumer's perspective of avoiding the situation where he/she would be stuck with a purchase that doesn't fit them or something.
Perhaps version 2 of this will turn on your mike and web cam to record your reaction to the post?
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i doubt an idea you sent to google in in april/may was ripped off in 2 months. They probably were working on it already.

I have enough friends at google that when I say "the product you are working on should have feature X" they smile knowingly at me, but say they can't talk about that. Many times it shows up later.

the response you got, of “there’s some lively conversation internally at Google" is exactly the same thing. They have been talking about it already, but they cant tip their hat to tell you anymore.
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I don't know about that. In Chelan, WA (population 3000, plus tourists, whole valley population maybe 10000 + tourists) 2 supermarkets, 3 if you count the fact that one of them has another location the next town over), prices aren't any higher than they are in Seattle, and both supermarkets have amazing deals occasionally.

I once bought a whole beef tenderloin for $5.99/lb during one of the specials. One supermarket has themed specials every 2-3 weeks during the summer and reasonable prices the rest of the time. They also really focus on meeting needs of everyone around, so you can find goat meat, intestines, tripe, cow feet, and shank for sale in their meat department, and the shank is about half the price that they originally quoted me when i requested it.

The fact is that if you are in a rural area, you already end up with lower housing prices and some other benefits. So I wouldn't be surprised if that compensates for the increased shipping efforts.

I am not saying I like the supermarkets. I wont do business with the local Safeway because of ways they have treated family members. However, I wouldn't say prices are higher.
Generally (in Australia anyway) government software also has to meet a series of strict accessibility guidelines before it is considered complete.

Things like high-contrast modes, adjustable font sizes, naming conventions (for screen readers, etc) all have to be taken into account on EVERY dialog.
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Totally get it. Would rather die than give up and dedicate myself to a job for the rest of my life.
I think the implications of emerging technologies are greater than most people realize. Between driverless cars, voice-recognition systems, and the Internet, it doesn't seem far-fetched to imagine saying, "Computer: deliver one large pepperoni pizza and a Sprite", and having it appear on your doorstep within 15 minutes. All without human intervention.
"I have no idea how Amazon made any money on my order (the whole bill was less than $30) but several people on Twitter told me that they’ve experienced similarly delightful service."

Therein lies the problem. At some point there will have to be revenues to justify the company's valuation. I suppose their goal is to initially obliterate all competition in entirety and then have everyone purchase from Amazon. I'm doubtful this will work. Of late, there has been a trend towards experience stores - with manufacturers creating their own stores instead of distributing to retailers. Many luxury brands do this and even some non-luxe ones, such as Samsonite, have been getting into the game. There's some value added here, and it's something Amazon won't be able to directly compete with.
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You've obviously not tried purchasing things in a 3rd world market, such as in China
isn't it annoying how adblock screws with hulus ads? it's almost harder to watch the thing without ads than with them. eww, did i just say that? shudder
I applaud what you're trying to do, but I think you hit the nail on the head in your last sentence. You need more iteration in order to find something that sets you apart. I wouldn't contribute to this kickstarter because I don't see anything here that really differentiates you from your competition in a way that would make people want to pay for your service.

If you missed Alex Loddengaard's "One Year, Six Products," you might want to check it out. http://alexlod.com/2012/07/10/one-year-six-products-what-ive...
TL;DR: "Amazon's going to wreck retail now that they're giving up their unfair advantage and relying solely on better service."

Boo hoo.
I don't shop local any more unless it's for a premium item and the customer service is beyond average. Not when Amazon can deliver consumer items the next day.
I'm sorry but you call this an automation?, imagine you have 200 nodes, lol.
I hope this doesn't spread to Events too... it'll be harder to flake out of stuff. Or maybe that's what they're going for?
I find this "double-dipping" nature of TV networks somewhat offensive. First, 50% of the programming is advertising (20 minutes content, 10 minutes ads). Then, they make someone pay for the privilege of delivering that advertising to my house? It's completely nonsensical because DirectTV is providing Viacom with a valuable service: fucking satellites orbiting the earth! And then Viacom wants DirectTV to pay them. I just don't get it.

(My bank started doing the "double dip" thing too. Every item in my Bank of America statement now contains a "relevant" ad. I don't know why this bothers me, but it does. I already pay transaction fees and interest. Must you also try to show me irrelevant ads?)
> 1) The best way I know of is if you're referred to a company by someone you know and can trust enough to tell you about the warts beforehand.

Another issue of course, is that the other person's baseline estimate might be screwed up. For example, a friend of mine who worked in the east coast where you had to wear a tie to work every day for a code job, finds the idea of dressing up in whatever he pleases at his startup amazing. That colors the perspective of how he looks at things.

> 2) Failing #1, if you find a company you're interested in and who's interested in you, ask them for a contract-to-hire position with a 3-6 month or so contract. It's a great way to really get to know the culture without a huge commitment. They'll do it if they want you, but if they balk you should be able to convince them it's in their best interest as well. Just don't do anything drastic like relocating until you're full-time.

This is probably the best way to do it. The problem then of course is what if things don't go well? One has a resume with a collection of three to six month long positions which makes HR people nervous. I guess one could essentially mark all that as time spent "consulting" but I don't know how that would fly with prospective employees.
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There's no reason why this would be "big retail outlets" and not smaller boutiques. When you don't have to stock 5-15 pcs each of 30 flatscreen TVs, the local high-street enthusiast who actually knows stuff and can give you advice could see a renaissance. He doesn't even have to stock one of each, as "That one, but in 32 inches" is a viable order.
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Memristors have "been around" in laboratory settings for a few years now. The research is done, now it's time to figure out how to market it. Seems pretty reasonable to me. This is actually very exciting to me, because the concept of a memristor, that of a large amount of small devices storing chunks of a larger piece of memory, is supposedly the same or a similar way that your brain's memory works.
I like to flip a book open that I'm considering at a store to random sections. Not one of 20 pre-selected pages offered in some online shop, but just random places, so I can see if it's my speed. This has saved me from purchasing many (seemingly) awful works.
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You can also get TweetDeck via the Mac App Store. Not as full featured as the old AIR one though
Using javascript on the serverside is madness. We have Python and Go and C++.

This app will suck.
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Nothing is wrong with Test::Unit or Rspec or any other testing framework. I happen to like Minitest and want to use it in my Rails app. Also, the testing infrastructure in Rails 4 is built on Minitest and so minitest-rails enables its use in Rails 3.

I dislike where Rails places the tests by default, so I wanted something to support a more discoverable structure.

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You're failing to account for the fairly sizable chunk of the world that's both not the US and not the third world. Such as Germany, where people do seem to prefer physically inspecting items.
Sort of. Some of it will be controlled by the website more than anything else, but anything that comes over ultimately as text/plain can be handled nicely by Sight: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/epmaefhielclhlnmjo...
When Amazon lets me physically try out the feel of things while browsing them, see how well built a tool is, or how a piece of clothing fits, it might have a chance of killing local retail.

Until then, I like to see which pants fit best, which knife is most comfortable in my hand, which tablet is most responsive. Yes, if I already know what I want, I'll go to Amazon. But if I'm not entirely sure and I want to compare things, I'll go to a local store.
And I thought I was good with language :)

Sorry I got it now.
I can't help but think that for a tool like this you are trying to sell to a crowd of command like jockey's. For this crowd, there is no better interface than the command line.

There are cases where I do prefer web interfaces to command line. The AWS web console is an example of this, but for me this is a case of balancing control vs convenience. Installing the AWS libraries to use the command line is a greater PITA than the need to use the command line.

With Git, I prefer the power of the command line over a graphical client. However, in this case there is little or no convenience in the difference because I have to install Git either way.

The only usage I would be able to get out of this would be to give my non technical managers, clients, co-developers, etc a way to do deployments if I'm not available. One scenario would be for contractors to be able to setup their own dev servers. So, I can see a situation where I could use it, but it's a bit of an edge case.
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RTW (round the world, I assume) may have some special meaning in this context, but to the lay person, that itenerary does not cross all degrees of longitude and, notably, not the dateline.
Thanks for the feedback. Right now, since Commando.io is so young I'll admit its not the most advanced tool. However, recipes are versioned and every execution and response is logged and stored for compliance and accountability.

When GitHub first was released, I am sure there was a skeptical group of developers who asked the same sort of questions.

Also, Matriu asked for $250,000. :)
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Makes sense if you look at it that way, but as a potential consumer of your product every move now looks like Facebook wants to track my actions on the Internet and then tell others about it without my explicit permission.

Zero friction, sure. I'd call it zero consent. Most Internet lay users don't have the mental capacity to understand the legalease of a TOS, so to me saying they agreed to it is thin moral ice to stand on.
When Zappos first came out I thought they'd tank. I purchase new basketball/running shoes every 6months, and never ever make a new purchase without trying it on. Playing basketball or running with an even slightly uncomfortable shoe can lead to blistering, back problems, ankle sprains, etc.

But my gf at the time thought it was brilliant. What I learned was that a lot of women's shoes are purchased based on anything except comfort. The quality can be shoddy, the wear can cause excruciating pain, yet some top brands sell for hundreds and even thousands a pair. Swing by the Nordstrom's women's shoe dept sometime and take a look at the quality of build. Eavesdrop a bit and take inventory of the questions the clients ask about. (Zappos is started by a bunch of ex-Nordy folks).

To this day I've only purchased 1 pair of shoes on Zappos, and that's after I had bought it previously at the dept store (New Balance 993, imo best shoes for walking/running in case you're wondering).
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I've taken three cross country trips and countless trains to NYC, Boston, or Philly, all on one charge. No longer need a laptop for travel.
Thanks for the insightful response.
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My apologies, I should have replied to you:

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Sorry to be pedantic, but 20min content, 10min ads would be one third, not one half, of the programming.
Then I'd say fuck events. Stop trying to change my behavior by holding me responsible by being a creepy web application I'm forced to use due to network effects.

I still file this one under fuck Facebook.
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Purchasing from the Internet works fine until you have problems. Here in Romania you can't inspect the contents of the package until you sign for its delivery. Then if it's broken you get to keep the pieces, unless the merchant is nice. Of course, there's also the option of arguing with them, but it doesn't guarantee anything.

I bought a couple of years ago an LCD monitors from today's Romanian Amazon wanna-be and they assured me that if the monitor has any broken pixels I can have it replaced. The next day after the delivery, I discovered I had 1 broken pixel. I called them back only to find out that they can replace it only if it has 3 or 4 broken pixels as specified by some ISO standard. After this, I regretted that I didn't buy the one that I saw in a regular store and worked fine.
> Physical retailers have long argued that once Amazon plays fairly on taxes, the company wouldn’t look like such a great deal to most consumers.

I love the audacity of "If you can't beat them, find some other way to beat them."
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I hate this. I feel fine lurking in a group I've been added to unless or until I want to engage. This also gives an inappropriate amount of data to the creator of a group, who isn't always the person who is supposed to be armed with that information.
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