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by ativzzz 7y ago
The best thing you can do for yourself is ignore comments like that on the internet, or simply treat them as constructive feedback. Meaning, ignore the "I don't trust any writing advice" and just note the typo, fix it, and mo
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Can we even define what a "proven" executive is? > There is almost no persistence in CEO performance [1] Meaning that a successful performance as a CEO does not indicate that future stints will be successful. [1]: https:/
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by ativzzz 7y ago
You underestimate how much higher this value proposition needs to be for people to switch, and you overestimate the amount of savvy web users.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Stop getting sick and having to use the healthcare system. So no, not really, unless we change our living habits as a civilization, but then we get old anyway.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
You must have not read the article considering it mentions at best > eliminating “regulatory barriers” that White House officials believe increase the cost of building new housing. Developers have said these restrictions drive up prices
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by ativzzz 7y ago
The author's last key implication, > Finally, and perhaps most ominously, the digital revolution has the potential for a pernicious effect on the very legitimacy and thus stability of our governmental and societal structures. But th
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by ativzzz 7y ago
It says it right afterwards because they have federal gambling licenses, they don't want federally illegal substances. > regularly do cocaine. Illegally doing drugs is different and has been done in Vegas for just about forever, but
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by ativzzz 7y ago
It's progress built on top of an assumption of never-ending, unsustainable growth. Unfortunately for everyone else much of the world has been dragged into the rat race along with us.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
While we should generally just be nice to each other and we should discourage harassment, this article doesn't seem to present much in the form of evidence of harassment and is mostly tweets of people apologizing for things, and as som
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Classic 80/20 rule. I've used several of these in the past, and they always work great until you need that 1 thing that they don't support out of the box and then you have to spend half a day figuring out the JS hackery the b
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Powerpoint is great for assisting presentations, and like other posters in the thread have said, it's for assistance, and not the main source of information. Think pictures and very concise bullet points. I know the consulting industry
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by ativzzz 7y ago
I think this makes a lot of sense in large organizations, particularly because these different units you speak of are not incentivized to work together, but to compete with each other. They fight each other for the budget so their leaders c
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by ativzzz 7y ago
> Given the orders of magnitude between the two, there's a strong incentive to only cater to the 10% of players, at the expense of the other players This model is prevalent in mobile gaming as well. Many popular games have IAP of $5
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by ativzzz 7y ago
I would say that this topic is more political and less > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity per the guidelines, hence it got flagged as being off-topic.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Rails + postgres!
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by ativzzz 7y ago
> The google map slowly switches into proactive mode and solicits photos, ratings, and reviews. Funny, I hate when google asks me this. It feels like an invasion of my privacy, a reminder that they are tracking everything I do.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Using parental controls is a great way to get kids to become hackers and learn to break said parental controls.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Retail has been doing this for a long time. Every single retail store seens to have their own credit card.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
The first article mentions specifically weaker sales for smartphones (as well as US/China tensions) as the culprit. Makes sense that this industry is underperforming no? The (high-end) smart phone market has become saturated, and there
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Next step: programatically determine which state has more "regulation" based on text analysis.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
You also have to remember that our brains have millions of years of evolution to learn from, so we have had far more than thousands and thousands of images and other perceptions recognized by the DNA of our ancestors, which gets passed down
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Is not the freedom to be productive not one of the unwritten tenets of capitalism?
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Sounds similar to IT. If it works, nobody knows you are doing anything, but if something happens, you're the first to get blamed.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Isn't this analogous to IT security policies in pretty much any company? They get blamed for abridging worker productivity in trade for purported safety.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Craigslist is the one site that comes to mind that matches your description. Looking at their jobs page I see this: > a tech nirvana, no VCs, MBAs, sales, marketing, biz dev, or pivoting Looks like the trick is to ignore capitalism and a
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Sounds like the Houston airport where people complained about waiting too long at customs during international travel, and the successful response was to simply elongate the walk to customs. Nothing changed, except the customer perspective.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Be careful what you wish for, as you might get AMP or some propriety Facebook format as a standard instead.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
To some extent, doesn't Google already do this? Meaning that based on your location/Google account/other factors such as cookies or search history, it will tailor your results. For instance, searching the same query on differ
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Actually it's both. As well as pharmacy benefit managers, doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies. They all inflate prices. See http://truecostofhealthcare.org/conclusion/ (scroll to the "Where is all thi
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by ativzzz 7y ago
I use USB overdrive to bind the swipe up motion to one of the extra buttons on my mouse. I'm using a basic wireless ergonomic mouse. I have a magic trackpad but I absolutely hate it compared to a mouse.

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