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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> just gets tossed aside because some celebrity 'feels' like there's a connection that isn't there, The anti-vaxxers may be wrong, but boiling it down to a "celebrity's feels" seriously underestimates
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> IMHO I think the Touch Bar disappointment is probably over dramatized by developers, it's not too bad a couple years in The touch bar still sucks, but eventually all design decisions Apple makes are justified by users.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> It's a wake up call, or at least an attempt at that, for the likes of Amazon that if they are looking to have reputable people, like Tim Bray, associate themselves and their name with you, there are certain standards that have to
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
Where do you get the idea that Tesla has a low cost of capital? Both Ford and GM have substantially lower WACC than Tesla. The figures are public.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> What's the purpose of scientific funding: to progress science or to make money? What's the purpose of scientific progress if the people can't share in the benefits? > but a corporation came in with deep pockets Deep
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Personal experience with my model 3, two cases Hackernews takes pride in being a data-driven, scientific community, except when it comes to Tesla self-driving, in which case everyone leans on personal anecdotes.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> But I think a self driving car could do a lot better. 1 accident every 50,000 miles is not a good record. I don't want 'self-driving' cars on the road that are only marginally better than the worst drivers out there.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
For one, accounts payable is almost $4B.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
These are non-GAAP numbers. The real numbers are closer to 17%, which is still pretty good.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
You're claiming victory a bit early.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
Solar City installed 10x the megawatt capacity in 2016 as they did in 2019, with this quarter installed capacity down again. The business is non-existent.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Search is to Google what Windows was/is to Microsoft then, their core business, but all other efforts/products/services seemed fringy. How did the rest of the story go, though? Microsoft now has a growing suite of grea
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> All politicians have their respective owners. Who owns you, or do you consider yourself immune?
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Blanket propagandistic statements Blanket implies "all". Are the OP's following statements incorrect?: "no evidence of Human-to-human spread" when they had evidence, "no evidence of asymptomatic spread&q
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> but some other model that better ensures the institution will serve the public interest Your social concerns are completely detached from reality if you're shedding tears over people with jumbo loans that are unable to refinance
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> I think a business that sells something for a small markup but makes it up in volume does something like this. Define a "small markup".
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> is literally the justification given for why free and competitive markets are good. If you think "price that minimizes default" and "lowest economic price" are equivalent, you need to brush up on your Econ 101.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> You directly implied that people are buying Apple products for the logo. Apple makes kick-ass machines, but I see Macbook Pros everywhere . How many people in the real world need a $2000+ computer? If these people aren't buyin
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Has anyone ever criticised a bank for lending to someone who needs it most at a rate they are likely to afford to minimise chance of default? Does any business operate this way, including the one you work at? That is, selling things
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Some companies foster cordial relationships with their partners by staying strictly in their lane. That happens to be ARM's business model at the moment. It isn't guaranteed to be their model tomorrow, nor are they doing it
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
Patio11 seems like a good dude, and I have a couple of his consulting articles bookmarked that I reference regularly. But "Silicon Valley" are the worst offenders when it comes to believing that smart people can be experts in ever
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Maybe I'll have to wade back into actually owning a vehicle if the prices absolutely tank. I would assume that if used car prices plummet, residual values on leases will fall, making the leases more expensive. Lightly used vehicl
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> why aren't people buying at $2 a barrel now and storing for one month, selling the June contract at the same time and collecting a $20k profit per contract? Good question. The answer is because they don't think it will be p
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> I asked why they weren't prepared on Friday. What, exactly, do you expect them do to "prepare"? Friday they had more time to unload the contracts, and today they have less.
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> I disagree, who says "shirt without stripes"? That's an unusual word choice, not one that our ML algorithms would be optimized for. If your "ML algorithm" doesn't understand straightforward language, how
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Ubër has also built a service that I, for one, strongly prefer to traditional transportation services. This is a big reason why things are the way they are: despite all the obvious externalities Uber (and AirBnb) foists on the public
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> FB, had 100,000 apps in less than 1 year. First of all, Facebook had to start "regulating" those apps in the early days, because they threatened to overrun the platform with spam. Second, there's a long, long history
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> GOP put party win before a nation by agreeing to nominate an unfit individual for office. They failed as gatekeepers. Why do we want corrupt politicians as "gatekeepers" to anything? The Democrats did a fine job "gatek
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> Berkshire has always held a ton of cash for just such an occasion. Perhaps the occasion hasn't presented itself yet...
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by aguyfromnb 6y ago
> If there was ever a crucial moment for Boeing to play dirty, this would be it. Yeah, Boeing is going to sabotage this launch, just like Big Oil, Big Auto, Big Media and Big ShortSeller sabotage Tesla. These companies have a delusional

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