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by Dwolb 12y ago
Not necessarily true bc that assumes constant rain. Depending in the inconsistency of rainfall, the water flow downstream will be lumpier due to the resevoir requiring a certain level of water.
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I'd rather use another degree of freedom: how small can I make my battery?
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Ah great move. Capturing the scarce side of the market usually works unless there's some sort of market anomaly (legislation, etc). The platform sounds interesting and I'm working on a similar problem in a durables market. Would l
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by Dwolb 12y ago
There's a big opportunity to put people's bid/ask on a single platform, but it's always tough to build a two-sided market. Are you concentrating on building supply or demand first? What's in it for the incumbents
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by Dwolb 12y ago
The story I'm familiar with characterizes IV's business model as a way for firms to trade off the volatility of the pay-off for R&D work for a steady stream of recurring payments (or 1 lump sum). Through further analysis of th
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Interesting. From a microeconomics perspective, bundling is a form of price discrimination which is optimal for situations where the seller has multiple products, but buyers' wants are negatively correlated. e.g. Roger sells both cand
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I think you're not giving MS enough credit. The pieces of the story that are missing are IBM and Intel. IBM was the only firm in the world at the time that were able to integrate a working computer. To do so at a price that was appro
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I wonder what GoPro's end game is here. A partnership to deliver content isn't much of a revenue boost (in terms of #units sold). Seems like GoPro wins because of new market penetration via NHL (i.e. reaching traditional sports wi
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by Dwolb 12y ago
My girlfriend does work for her data management team in an industry which doesn't appear to pay well. Could I ask your advice on which companies or keywords she should search for to potentially find a new data management position?
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Perhaps search for Woodbridge. It's safer due to proximity to Wayne State, but still borders low income housing projects. The neighborhood is known for all the buzzwords that are making Detroit cool these days (e.g. urban gardening, a
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I'm not a hearing aid expert but the microphone and earpiece may currently be tightly coupled because it has to be. That is, human ears are very sensitive to phase shifts and time delays. Placing the microphone in a location that is no
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I realize MBAs have a bad rap (disclaimer, I'm getting my MBA), but I think they can bring a lot of variety to the start-up scene. The MBA class is chock full of students from almost every industry who know very well the problems these
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by Dwolb 12y ago
This description of the problem is very susceptible to framing. i.e. how you ask this question will determine the response you receive. A couple of reframes for example: Would you rather drive a road where you gain 5 minutes and increase yo
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Why does this firm have to grow? From the story, ''AnandTech has been profitable since its inception; it’s been on a great growth curve these past couple of years and we’ve always been able to do more with less, but lately there’s
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I think what people are hinting at, but not explicitly saying is the $10M vs. $1M tradeoff between hardening a database and notifying users is a very narrow perspective. They're not weighing the possible monetary losses to their users
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by Dwolb 12y ago
The author isn't arguing against maximizing shareholder value, he's highlighting the misunderstanding of what maximizing shareholder value is. Current intro-level schools of thought on how to value projects, raise money for those
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Another conjecture to consider is individual perception of time could be based on new experiences. That is, when experiences are mostly new, time feels slower. When most experiences are old (i.e. routine), time feels faster. This conjectu
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I'm not sure getting rid of insider trading laws makes markets more fair. The incentives are still unchanged and the situation is still unchanged. For example, let's take two worlds: one with illegal insider trading and one with l
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by Dwolb 12y ago
It sounds like the actions went something like this: Modern Settings places a large order for 100k oz platinum from BASF. BASF buys mined platinum stock at price Y and takes 1 month to produce the refined platinum order. BASF doesn't
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Maybe it's an AMOLED-like tech with pre-configured drivers? e.g. instead of software driving the display, when the switch is flipped to on the entire surface goes ALL ON
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I... I'm confused but I just don't know. There's a bit more info on the product in the video (note, the comments for the video are disabled, which is telling) [1], but the use cases aren't very compelling. It provides
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Agreed. It is a problem but you have to wonder if the market will be self-correcting. If there are no companies left to prospect, what will fill the gap? Maybe the major question is how long will a prospecting strategy last?
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I disagree. Traditional drug firms have proven they're unable to adequately innovate with internal R&D due to large bureaucratic overhead. Additionally, old blockbuster drug patents are rapidly expiring and these firms have nothing
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I feel like you're misunderstanding Fooled by Randomness. The results are supposed to look like steady gains in a tight distribution, but the super far out tails are fatter than the average person thinks. Therefore, typical traders ta
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I think you're right the value would change. However, holding value constant and replacing Apple with an open platform in the game would increase value captured by either developer or end user. One could probably argue the value of an
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by Dwolb 12y ago
Are any team members from automotive? This sounds similar to automotive head unit designs. Consumer-facing processor + OS and secure processor (or core) with separate OS. I'm nervous about the Android part of this product. I've s
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by Dwolb 12y ago
No this isn't the same. Stallman is referring to Apple's power over its suppliers (developers who sell software through the Apple store). Because Apple is a popular platform and switching platform costs are high (porting software
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by Dwolb 12y ago
I think I have some advice. At first glance, this doesn't sound malicious - the guy sounds like he's too much in his own head or has emotions at stake when he speaks. At the root, he sounds illogical - he follows your logical verb
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by Dwolb 12y ago
From ethnographic research, this is a good move by Google. People enjoy a blank slate or 'fresh start'. By starting from Inbox 0, people can enjoy that feeling. Contrast this with integrating into Gmail where people have thousan
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by Dwolb 12y ago
It's good that they got the 'bundles' in there, but much of this looks like it's a Google Now integration into Gmail. There's a ton of anxiety around information gathering, organizing, monitoring, and 'checking

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