Judgmentality

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by Judgmentality 10y ago
My guess is it's just there are more people and proportionally fewer jobs. Wealth and power concentrate into big players who have more leverage. I think one reason we see more entrepreneurs today isn't just because it's easi
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
> Uber still has another 10B in the bank. Seeing as how leaked financials have reported Uber losing billions each year, I don't think they have nearly that much money left. https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/21
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
> There are just as many failures as successes There are way more failures than successes - at least an order of magnitude difference
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
I haven't read the article, but around 5 years ago I had a great experience with OkCupid. I've never had trouble meeting girls in real life though, and I guess that carried over to the internet. I almost never initiated the conv
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No — not so that chance shall decide the affair while you&#
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
> My point wasn't that Google doesn't have data; my point is that they want to use it as evidence.. but said evidence has been created by themselves! That's like saying the police created their own evidence by performing a
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Here's another comment from an HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12558078 "Otto was designed to be sold to Uber before it was created, there's a reason it was self-funded despite having near
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
I think it's because he doesn't take himself too seriously.
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
With your sleep schedule constantly shifting, how do you manage day-to-day activities? You must have a job with very flexible hours for that to work. But even things like going to the store and seeing a doctor must be slightly more diffic
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/theocho ... Weird and wacky sports you've never heard of - funny and genuinely interesting https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyrobots ... Fairly self-explanatory - makes
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Another thought - insurance companies could organize it. And they have enough leverage that large automakers would have reason to compete.
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
The point of the competition wouldn't be a cash prize to encourage innovation. The point of the competition would be a public display of competing technologies so the winner gets bragging rights which it can likely turn into sales. Y
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
I don't think anybody knows for sure how this technology will reach the public, but after Ford and GM each committed around $1 billion to develop the technology in-house and own it, it seems like they want to have total integration int
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
I meant receptive! Thank you (edited my original comment).
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
It's been 10 years since the DARPA Urban Challenge. Maybe it's time for another self-driving car competition? One possibility is an automaker that wants self-driving car technology would agree to acquire the winner for a certain
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Renaissance Technologies has consistently beat the market for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
There's no reason an IQ couldn't be negative. Granted, I don't think the IQ test is properly calibrated for this and I don't think real world data perfectly fits the bell curve as designed, so it's kind of moot p
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Specifically for the IQ, isn't the average designed to be the median? It's a normal distribution after all.
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
Once your customers build a relationship with one of your mechanics, what's to stop them from contacting them directly? I know Homejoy had this problem where customers would just contact cleaners directly to avoid the service fee. Or
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
> the real issue was our debate related to computer vision Oof. I feel like computer vision is a particularly misunderstood field. In a way, it reminds me of statistics - I feel like people purposefully obfuscate things to make their r
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
The review system for AirBnB has gotten more complicated over the years. https://qz.com/410264/you-should-never-trust-an-airbnb-revie...
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by Judgmentality 10y ago
If you can raise money on great terms, it's usually in your best interest to do so. Maybe they want to build up their war chest as they see increasing regulatory hassles, more competition, and a possible downturn in the market. I&#x2