MegaButts

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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   You clearly like Instacart, and that's fine, but I strongly disagree with you that they've built something better than the grocery store. For starters, right now they depend on grocery stores existing for their business, otherwis
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   Of course I can't find the source for it now, but during Instacart's last fundraising round they did some really weird stuff. For starters, the investors were only allowed to view their financials in a printed book in a room, and
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   Here's a secret: most investors lose money.
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   I'm aware what you were doing, but you still seem unaware of what I was doing: asking a question. You're disparaging me for my curiosity. You seem to know everything already, but I'm not that sure of myself, so I ask questio
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   It seems to me "the problem" is being criticized for asking a question. How can I expect to understand someone with differing views if I am unable to ask questions?
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   What does Trump deserve credit for?
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   "It was my decision to change how we work with AMAs and the transition was my failure and I hope we can keep moving forward from that lesson." I guess the quote is a little less concrete than I remember, but given the context I do
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   > I've also always had a bit of trouble reconciling the Pao controversy being about sexism with her most controversial move: firing a well-liked female staff member. OP mentioned that it was not Ellen Pao who fired her, but Alexis O
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   by MegaButts 10y ago

   I've heard nothing but awful things about Uber since before they tried to recruit me years ago. Everybody I know who's met the CEO specifically used the word 'sociopath' to describe him, along with a litany of other unp
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    I was terrified when I saw the picture of the dog before I read the caption.
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    VC's main goal is for their investments to grow and grow fast. They know most of their companies will fail, and they don't want to waste their time on the companies that will only net them a modest return when they can focus more
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    To assume there is a disconnect between a company and the investors that fund it is pretty naive. For starters, major investors almost always get board seats, which means they have a direct say in managing the company. Besides that, there
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    I think it's only most criminals that get caught that are stupid. That aside, you're assuming that because most criminals (that get caught) are stupid, that most people accused of crimes must be guilty. What if we consider an alt
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    > Well, most people arrested are guilty anyway, statistically. But aren't those statistics based on a system that's incentivized for them to be guilty? That's like trusting an environmental study funded by an oil company.
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    It might be more useful for brand awareness. Car companies don't advertise their products expecting to get a sale - they're doing it to strengthen their brand with consumers in general (more often than not for the people that alr
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    Until companies actually launch their products, I think nothing is a foregone conclusion. We don't know that Volvo's technology is just going to work flawlessly. People assumed that about Tesla and at least 1 person died (there
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    by MegaButts 10y ago

    VR sales aren't just lagging, they're bad enough that no company will give official numbers for sales. The current estimates for sales are roughly an order of magnitude less than the previous expectations (admittedly dictated by