Gargoyle

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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Would you hire someone to re-read what I posted? :-)
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Which job, existing or new, cannot be automated?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
The question is when does he become a liability for the IPO aka VC exit?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Yeah, good luck getting another career corporate exec after someone leaving says something like that in an official statement.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
One striking thing reading this thread- There are many people rushing in to explain every feeling you're expressing for rural people is invalid. It's the very definition of lack of empathy.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Of course that's not what he's saying. Can we please apply the Principle Of Charity as the hosts have requested of us here and not resort to these sorts of rhetorical tricks?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
I guess he's really not running for office.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
98 people have upvoted this story at this point. Part of an "intimidation campaign to silence free speech" or some people just think it was an interesting activity? Is it possible some/many/most of the people who actuall
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
>I am far more disturbed by someone who claims to be in the opposition but rather than publicly opposing continues to give every sign of being in fact a quiet supporter of the administration. Why should I have to worry that that's t
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
>It's table-flip upsetting. Then it might be a good idea to cool down before engaging in comment. Sam is providing a different perspective for looking at Trump's presidency, which he's made it clear he's not happy wit
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
I went without a car for a year, in Los Angeles. I lived near a subway, worked remotely, and used Uber when I had to. The one thing that was still annoying to handle was groceries, Instacart solved that. I only used them for stores where th
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How Movements Organize Now: Notes on Challenges of Rapid Growth(civichall.org)
1 points by Gargoyle 10y ago|0 comments
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Fewer out of state students at a higher tuition could yield the same funding. Do we know what the curve looks like?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
While I'm in the camp that thinks self-driving cars will be viable for many routes soon, I'm not in the camp that thinks they will be viable enough soon enough for Uber.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
"according to a four-page budget memo obtained by The Washington Post." Why not share that memo with the public since they have it? How is the public interest served by not sharing it?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
It does seem like it's adding up that way. Heck, it may be the best move for him financially. He has roughly 10% of Uber shares , and if his resignation make the route to an IPO easier and removes some downward pressure on the result
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
You certainly can.
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This site is making readers pass a quiz before commenting(niemanlab.org)
69 points by Gargoyle 10y ago|17 comments
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Polymath David Gelernter’s wide-ranging ideas about American life(theatlantic.com)
5 points by Gargoyle 10y ago|2 comments
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
It's not actually going on land they own, but near it. The argument is that it's an environmental risk to their land, not that in infringes their property rights.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Doesn't sound like anyone stole anything. Waymo/Google still had the documents, and copying isn't theft. Right?
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
It's varied over time. Sometimes I've talked to them on the phone as they shopped and it was indeed the same person that delivered to my door. Then for a while it wasn't, then it was again. From conversations with the shopper
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
I suspect a lot of the Trump voters agree. The "bomb throwing" aspect is probably a lot bigger than it first appears. They don't really believe Trump is going to fix things, but they know for damn sure he's going to brea
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
> they would consider miscarriages to be the leading cause of death (and thus in dire need of medical research funds) I think you probably could get a fair amount of evangelical support for this. I've never seen the argument made, b
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
If it's a universal basic income, it should just be automated as well. By the point automation has advance enough to require UBI, it's advanced enough to handle its administration. Pull the human governance aspects out of it.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Not just Uber, if this story stays high profile it could affect Uber's IPO and thus bring major cultural changes to many, many other startups in reaction. Which would likely be a good thing.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
The behavior discussed in her story includes stuff that's not sexual harassment, though. A sizable chunk of it is about poisonous office politics, something pretty much everyone would be aware of and which most people dislike. So it&#x
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
This is getting fast attention far beyond the tech crowd. There could be some serious fallout for Uber (well-deserved if the story is true).
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
Right. That concrete lip is holding back about 30 feet of water, which is what they feared could be released if it collapsed.
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by Gargoyle 10y ago
They didn't (and still don't) know the full extent of the damage to the concrete emergency spillway structure. If it failed, the areas evacuated would flood. It's still possible it might fail, they really won't know unti

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