argonaut

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901.
by argonaut 10y ago
> "in my lifetime" or "in the next few decades" is actually quite optimistic. You've put a definite timeframe on something extremely nebulous. I actually think the HN group-think plurality is quite more optimisti
902.
by argonaut 10y ago
Actually, the the facts show "this time it's different" for both. Every indicator tells us this startup boom is nothing like the past bubbles and is actually quite sustainable. (In fact your comment seems to indicate you hold
903.
by argonaut 10y ago
The fact is, liberal youth, students, and academia have traditionally made up a substantial portion of what is considered the "liberalism" movement.
904.
by argonaut 10y ago
The plurality opinion on HN seems to be that it's a startup bubble (or at least it's a very very common opinion) - but this is pessimism.
905.
by argonaut 10y ago
I thought this Sam Altman tweet is relevant: "not enough of us are willing to pay for news, so we get the click-bait ad-driven news we deserve." ( https://twitter.com/sama/status/736579483923156992 ). It c
906.
by argonaut 10y ago
Your first description isn't a Nash equilibrium because you're considering second-order effects (you're considering the reaction of other players to your changes), when Nash equilibrium only concerns itself with first-order e
907.
by argonaut 10y ago
What I find interesting is that Hacker News manages to hold the same mentality that there's a startup bubble, this time it's not different , while at the same time holding the mentality that AI is going to take over, this time i
908.
The Bandwagon – Claude Shannon(facebook.com)
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909.
by argonaut 10y ago
Honestly, the chatter among VCs on Twitter that I see is that Facebook is going to ask Peter Thiel to step down any day now. FB doesn't want to hurt its relationship with publishers.
910.
by argonaut 10y ago
It's not a dealbreaker in computer science, where the norm is for blind peer review. And in any case, you can just list your undergrad institution or a company.
911.
by argonaut 10y ago
One glaring difference is that aircraft pilots have substantially higher training requirements than car drivers. And the pilots of large aircraft that typically use autopilot, are all trained professionals.
912.
by argonaut 10y ago
This is a terrible argument from authority. You didn't actually look at the GTA data, did you? I did, and most of it falls into the categories I outlined in my original comments.
913.
by argonaut 10y ago
Yes, her situation is comparable to her husband's impeachment. It's 100% politically motivated.
914.
by argonaut 10y ago
Yes, that why I said "Ban wealthy people from financing lawsuits? That's never going to happen." Reinstitution of maintenance/champerty laws will never politically happen. It means banning donations to the ACLU or EFF or
915.
by argonaut 10y ago
I didn't say they would be exactly the same company. They would just be in the same position.
916.
by argonaut 10y ago
I know people who have worked at Twitter. Twitter's systems cannot be run, even in maintenance mode, by only a few people on AWS. Not only would Twitter crash / crawl to a halt on AWS, but that's not even enough people.
917.
by argonaut 10y ago
My point is, ICBM hyperbole aside, it's going to be very easy for Clinton to claim that she did not know something was classified if indeed it was not officially classified at the time, and only reclassified later . A suspicion that
918.
by argonaut 10y ago
You'll need a citation for that. If you're talking about this exchange: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-releases-more-c... , it was sent securely in the end, not over email. Also no part of that e
919.
by argonaut 10y ago
Google, Facebook, and Twitter all use monolithic repos (I'm taking monolithic to mean 50+% is in one repo, not necessarily everything in one repo), so no, not just Facebook. I'm going to assume there are very good reasons for do
920.
by argonaut 10y ago
One wonders why you're even bothering to complain. You realize that fashion, entertainment, movies, video gaming, female modeling, male modeling, and so on probably collectively make up more than $1 trillion of the world economy?
921.
by argonaut 10y ago
And nobody cares? Sexting is an extremely minor use of Snapchat nowadays, and everyone knows you can just screenshot.
922.
by argonaut 10y ago
I am aware of that difference. As a company Twitter is not a cash cow.
923.
by argonaut 10y ago
Now you're just moving the goalposts. VCs are out to maximize profit. If startups were funded by the government you would have a basis for complaining about how societal benefit is not being maximized.
924.
by argonaut 10y ago
1) That's because it's fact that none of her emails were marked as classified at the time. Not an opinion! 2) Her email exchanges are public. You would think they would have found proof of willful communication by now. They have
925.
by argonaut 10y ago
And the article lists various reasons why none of those would likely apply to her. The IG's report only shows incompetence on her part, not criminal intent.
926.
by argonaut 10y ago
Yes. By definition most people's day to day lives are average and not particularly special.
927.
by argonaut 10y ago
Yep. That's why they're actually even worse off. All else equal , the more employees a company employs, the worse of an investment it is, because costs are greater.
928.
by argonaut 10y ago
I don't buy this scenario. The failure scenario I have in mind is their monetized products fail to catch on, and they are basically like Twitter - no other products that directly compete in that niche, but not a cash cow either. Or Wha
929.
by argonaut 10y ago
Snapchat is not similar to any messenger I know of. There have been numerous failed attempts to clone Snapchat, however.
930.
by argonaut 10y ago
Yeah but I seriously doubt that will drive them to $1B in revenue. They need one big cash cow rather than a collection of trinkets.

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