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Solar and wind cant give us the power we need and its not cheaper because it will need backup from coal, oil, gas or nuclear. In fact the more wind and solar the more expensive it becomes exactly for this reason. Wind and solar provides les
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I thought the idea was that you were allowed to make money by furthering humanity? I've spent a lot of time on my app and I still had to pay people to help do the app.
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I had a customer openly admit to me that they had been using a pirated version of my app until now. Pretty crazy when you see your own app on torrent sites.
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What really interesting about Blurred Lines is that it was more the feeling of the music than the actual note for note, which was the center of the discussion. If you don't understand music and what it entails you could be convinced th
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This is amazing work. But please don't just go there to check if you have corona unless you have some of the symptoms. Otherwise you are going to flood the already strained system.
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I'm working on a task and field management tool for non-desktop workforce. We were supposed to launch it to the market next month but because of the situation we are in we are adding a few more features that will make it even better to
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As far as i understand a lot of people are working on this.
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If you actually listen to the hearing today you will realize that this is a systemic issue with the US healthcare system not something any politician can do much about. The US is not built that way the CDC can't just fix it. That'
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The opportunity is a generalized approach to solving these diseases which i think we are getting to finally. Thats the true promise of digital technology. Thats how incentives gets aligned.
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Does that include those still not fully recovered?
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I think the answer to that is the same as when did we become human. I.e. we are still getting more and more conscious and technology is part of that growing consciousness.
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It was just a comment, I thought that was implied :) But yes.
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So various physical and chemical elements can form ever more complex pattern-recognizing feedback loops and end up like the conscious beings that we are, but it's not possible for us to further evolve via/with technology? That doe
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First Principle | JavaScript Developer | New York, NY | ONSITE/REMOTE | https://www.firstprinciple.co We are a creative venture studio led by industry veterans. We help organisations and entrepreneurs fund, design, build an
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Well, in this case, it was about dancing when it started to rain (which is why they often danced for days)
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Would Facebook exist if Zuckerberg wasn't asked by the Winklevoss to develop for him? The bottom line is that luck is a big part of your success whether direct or indirect. Also there is a world of difference between building a success
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Yes just like other companies will be successful but ultimately fail because whatever was needed to make them become the biggest and most successful wasn't there. When it comes to digital products especially things with network effects
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Why are you assuming that a lot of companies that fail don't do that?
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MySpace just as one example.
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No its realistic. There are many well executing companies with great product market fit that wont be successful. Its very obvious once you actually build a company.
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Success is all about timing - Indian Rainmaker
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Because they benefit from the previous success which open more doors and make it easier to get press and clients.
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Congrats on the launch. My advice is to stay away from the "Like X for your Y". Define your own category otherwise, you will end up just copying way too much of Superhumans thinking.
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Yup India 3 is the rest.
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Hey, I am looking for the article that speaks about it. I first learned about it in this podcast https://technode.com/2019/01/28/71-the-chinese-takeover-of-t... But there is a more in depth article I am tryin
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Some about it here. I am looking for another repport i read a while back. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital... https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/busines
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115million approximately speak English sufficiently (India 1) India 2 is more a mix of some speaking a little English but mostly some regional language. There are 3-4ish big ones. India 3 (the remaining) is almost purely regional languages
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Its important to distinguish between internet users and internet consumers. Only India 1 (115 million) have the money to really spend, they are consumers. India 2(approx 450 mio and are those who in large parts work for india 1) have older
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Any good?
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Commodore 64 left outside for over a decade Could it still work?
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