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by RV86 12y ago
Agreed. I found the article's body did not support its thesis for two main reasons: 1) The scenarios in which Uber becomes worth 17B or more based simply on its role in the transportation market didn't seem all that unlikely to me
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by RV86 12y ago
I could be wrong, but I think that's $11bn in revenue, not value. $17bn valuation for Uber makes a lot more sense with this lens -- they are rapidly accumulating a large share of that $11bn/year market.
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by RV86 12y ago
Calling Snowden a 'traitor' is a very ill omen for us as a country. There are many parallels to Ellsberg, but I feel that he had more public defenders/support than Snowden. We've moved even farther to the stance that any
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by RV86 12y ago
Is MightySpring mostly geared toward helping technical job-seekers?
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by RV86 12y ago
Awesome! Just needed to log in to see it. I'll contribute. Nice work!
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by RV86 12y ago
If you really want to improve the base of katas, allow fellow HN writers to submit their own for you to review and add to the pool -- I'd love to add some!
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by RV86 12y ago
Best case scenario is that we find a way to get back in front of the mutations, but even that would just be buying time before the bacteria adapted again. On a long time scale, it's hubris to think we can stay in front indefinitely. We
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by RV86 12y ago
Just bought this per your recommendation and I'm excited. My girlfriend and I have just been keeping a bunch of the receipts for shared expenses in an envelope -- this is way better.
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by RV86 12y ago
Inflated Tech valuations are the least of our economy's problems. This article is riding the wave of anti-tech sentiment in an otherwise stagnant, slow-to-recover economy. It's click-baiting and we're all reinforcing this s
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by RV86 12y ago
Is it possible that the highly affluent individual Trov seems to target would be too busy being highly affluent to use Trov? I don't mean to sound glib or naysay -- I just mean that that someone who's reached that level of wealth
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by RV86 12y ago
The runaway success of AirBnB has to largely be viewed as a reaction to the alarming trend of increased % of income spent on rent. What used to be a standard of 25% has approached 45%+ in a very short amount of time in cities like NYC, San
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by RV86 13y ago
Harvard has always been and still primarily remains a boys club. My father got a high-paying job he wasn't qualified for simply because a fellow alumnus/friend needed a "Harvard Man" at his side. I hope she gets the help
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by RV86 13y ago
It may be inconvenient to keep as much of your holdings in cold storage as possible, but it's much more convenient than assuming the third party service you're using is secure/not a bad actor.
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by RV86 13y ago
Love this so much.