Plough_Jogger

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by Plough_Jogger 10y ago
Also, worth noting that he was born in South Africa.
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by Plough_Jogger 10y ago
Google is currently doing this today. They have a fleet of autonomous cars driving around Mountain View / Palo Alto without any assistance on a daily basis.
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by Plough_Jogger 10y ago
It appears that we have reached a tipping point on this issue: https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=tsa%20precheck
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Agreed.
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Homejoy is Back(homeaglow.com)
1 points by Plough_Jogger 11y ago|0 comments
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
The surfer in the main slider has had his fins completely adblocked. https://www.brave.com/assets/img/sliders/revolution/surfers_...
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The way you sound affects your mood(eurekalert.org)
2 points by Plough_Jogger 11y ago|0 comments
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Empirically, the transition of American workers from large corporations to smaller ones described both here and in PG's 'Refragmentation' has not taken place. If one considers a firm employing > 500 workers to be large (as
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
> thus shifting the cost from the state/government to the employer. This would simply shift the cost from the state/government (read taxpayer) to end consumers (read taxpayer).
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Just ship something.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Not strictly related or necessarily unbiased, but Ray Dalio (Bridgwater) provides a concise explanation of the levers that control the economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Though this isn't the proper forum for this discussion, Ayn Rand wouldn't have objected to the CEO choosing to pay his employees an above-market wage.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Additionally important is the fact that the minimum required volume varies based on the feature that is being measured. This seems incongruent with Theranos' focus on a few standardized sample containers.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
I agree with your assertion that the increase is at least in part due to the fact that the feature is new, but I think this would more aptly be classified as the novelty effect. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
This is a clear example of survivorship bias. Buildings from 100 years ago that still stand today necessarily must have been those that were most carefully constructed or those that have been thoughtfully preserved. This creates a biased co
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
A humorous and insightful PG post on Segway: http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
What are the benefits of this over something like Bokeh?
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
It's important to note - these events happen on MST, not PST. That's 'Musk' Standard Time.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
The average lifetime of a smartphone increased last year from 18 months to slightly over 24. Analysts expect carrier and Apple leasing options to drive this back below 2 years.
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Workers in a world of continuous partial employment(medium.com)
5 points by Plough_Jogger 11y ago|0 comments
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
> "Declarative blanket statements are worthless", he declared, in reference to all blanket statements.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Building and stockpiling solar panels would certainly be disastrous.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
>Its been proved scientifically that people encounter diminising returns past 40-50 hour work weeks. Sure, but I don't think there have been any studies that find negative returns after 40-50 hours. If we are optimizing for maximum
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
The analogy to Tesla is a poor one; this product is easily reproducible, and the homeware space is rife with imitation products that are notoriously difficult to protect with IP. I feel this product is more suitable for an infomercial than
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
The sun, albeit indirectly.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
No, software is far more modular and rides on the top of a whale.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
Longecity has a really good forum as well.
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
What about Doughbies?
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
I think the long-term hypothesis of many of these companies is that you can hit a critical mass where your logistics can be made significantly more efficient. The current efficiency bottleneck, both in terms of cost and time, results from t
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by Plough_Jogger 11y ago
It would be helpful to know more specifically what the final green line is actually representing; 'shows the influence of greenhouse gases' is a pretty major divergence from the specific quantitative measurements used in every oth

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