adamio

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by adamio 12y ago
At least then you have an excuse to not work, being 25 perpetually for most people could simply mean an eternity of work
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by adamio 12y ago
because of Luxottica's monopoly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica
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by adamio 12y ago
Would you say this only applies to certain industries? Also what if the startup is only patent rich, is there anything to lose by talking?
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by adamio 12y ago
I suppose they need someone with a clean name to run the company. And he's probably also serving as an abstraction layer between them and online gambling issues.
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The King of Online Gambling(forbes.com)
39 points by adamio 12y ago|12 comments
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by adamio 12y ago
This used to be the case, but Lyft now takes 20% of the total fare, including surge
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by adamio 12y ago
Apparently in the article it's mostly fueled by surface life; but there is also life around geothermal vents
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by adamio 12y ago
Isn't drone a buzzword and this type of craft is just a radio controlled plane. This tech is ancient. I thought drone implies it's self guiding.
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by adamio 12y ago
This is the first step towards outsourcing the presidency
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by adamio 12y ago
"Uber for genetic testing" is what I imagine the startup version of Resident Evil's Umbrella Corp would call itself
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by adamio 12y ago
Do you plan to offer phone support?
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by adamio 12y ago
I'm referring to the SME term used in business scope. Where a SME is proven through some standardized way, that makes it impossible for someone not so vetted to have input. Amateur being someone who has interest and knowledge but doesn
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by adamio 12y ago
"It was amateurs who made the progress" This is a great way to explain why the term <subject matter expert> irritates me so much. Sometimes knowing nothing is a good thing.
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by adamio 12y ago
What about rent or mortgage? In most major cities low rent could be easily 35% of after tax income already
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by adamio 12y ago
Your calculation seems flawed. A 5% efficiency boost isn't just direct labor cost savings
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by adamio 12y ago
You could say our consciousness (and imagination) is a simulation running on our brain
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by adamio 12y ago
This is a related effort http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO
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by adamio 12y ago
What are you using for OCR?
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by adamio 12y ago
I did work in a company that set its work schedule entirely based on Lotus Notes calendar. Hour-long meetings anytime but "lunch hour". Phone calls asking why I didn't respond to accept the weekly status update meeting invite
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by adamio 12y ago
Just lock the door before you enjoy the industry's oculus offerings, to avoid someone untowardly bursting in and finding you unaware and wearing only a cinema strapped to your face
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by adamio 12y ago
Email the whole blog post to jeff@amazon.com for higher level support
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by adamio 12y ago
If AI needs only be better than these responses, this could be a huge opportunity
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by adamio 12y ago
It would not be spam if this startup was only giving it's customers links to great matching OkCupid profiles
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by adamio 12y ago
"Our Premium Matchmakers will contact someone if they have someone they want to set them up on a date with." This is unsolicited spam. And likely against OkCupid's terms of use.
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by adamio 12y ago
Apparently he also said "That's good karma. It will come back," Nadella said. "That's the kind of person that I want to trust, that I want to give more responsibility to." http://www.theverge.com&#x2
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by adamio 12y ago
Some smaller casinos in Nevada offer one or two +ev VP machines on the floor
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by adamio 12y ago
you knew how to survive a civilization destroying world war tho
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by adamio 12y ago
Yea try booting up with half a CPU.
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by adamio 12y ago
I suppose ideally if you do code you'd have a repository of work to show and wouldn't be expected to code so much in an interview
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by adamio 12y ago
I think taxi's are naturally commodities. Uber and Lyft are basically dispatch and payment processors. Similar perhaps to a credit card processor.

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