I am technical and I am not sure how to become confident that withgoogle.com is a trustworthy domain. I guess I would look for official links from Google.com to it. But why bother?
I think an important part of being secure online is knowing when to be careful. This site doesn't ask for any real information, so it doesn't really matter that much if withgoogle.com is a trustworthy domain or not.
I think it would have been better if this quiz made up a name and e-mail for the user instead of asking for one though.
Very good point. I actually got the link a while back from someone from Google. But what you're saying makes 100% sense! You wouldn't know unless there is a concrete method to verify ownership of the domain.
To see where new behavior (by the platform) is needed, they should look at what breaks incipient good discussions, and how to prevent that.
(I'll also note that the HN conversation on this post seems quite different in tone from the usual HN.)
Heh. It's a longreads.com article, which should be a hint.
Basically it's about marketing firms trying to convince supermarket owners that inefficient layout and cute themes will save the day. All sorts of stuff is to be feared: millennials who prefer restaurants or Amazon (and won't age out of it by starting families), the giant Walmart monster, etc.
So make the customers zig-zag around a store, kind of like shopping at JCPenny or Macy's, or maybe even a casino. Take up space with weird stuff, like corrugated steel around the milk to evoke farm nostalgia. Create a mock up of an urban deli, complete with an awning that is hopefully useless under the supermarket's roof.
Evidently people like me are undesirable customers, because I hate all that stuff.
Joining your camp. I go to the grocery to buy food, not cutesy-pootsy marketing kitsch that somehow turns a chore into an "experience". And if the store does stupid stuff to make an identical list of items take longer to buy and transport back to my home than it took before, it is adding time cost to the money cost, while also making the store seem more crowded. It is reducing the value of me going there in the first place.
One thing that really irritates me is "lifestyle aisles". I do not organize my shopping list by whether the food is "ethnic" or "health-conscious". To me, hoisin sauce is not "Asian foods"; it is a condiment. It's the same as Worcestershire sauce, barbecue sauce, ketchup, or mustard. Canned frijoles negros are exactly the same as canned black beans, so why are they in different aisles? If I want Cap'n Crunch and also a gluten-free hippy cereal with a happy gorilla on the box, they should both be in the same aisle. Put the lo mein next to the spaghetti, and the golden syrup next to the sugar, and the matzoh next to the Wasa. I shouldn't have to bounce between different random aisles to complete a shopping list organized by the type of food, rather than by the type of person who typically eats it.
This is exactly why I don't shop at my local grocery/supermarket except when needed. TJs + Sprouts with occisional stops at Asian stores when I need more than hoisin/soy.
You'll probably want to avoid a stop at Stew Leonard's[0] in Norwalk, CT then. Ol' Stew pioneered the concept back in the 60's and it's definitely not for the short on time. The whole store is full of kitschy displays, animatronics, a petting zoo for the kids!, free samples, etc. etc.
But then again, it's the best grocery store to visit if you're a kid (or a kid at heart) and people make it a point to visit from across the country whenever they are in the area.
What about cheap functional vitamins? It used to be that the pills were small and you could buy a year's supply in one spicejar-sized bottle.
Is there anything like this still available?
Curiosity, and wondering if I'd stumble upon something useful (to me or to someone I know), and wondering if 'make money' eclipses 'social-good'. But also apprehension, about misuse cases.
