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by basseq 11y ago
Same situation, same sentiment. Chrysler is apparently "on the list" for CarPlay compatibility, but across all marquees, there are only two cars you can buy today that have it installed, and both are Ferraris. (The 2015 Volvo XC
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by basseq 11y ago
I didn't say they were underpriced. An auction doesn't solve for accurate price without significant demand, which they didn't have. (The Hoover example elsewhere in this thread is counterfactual example.) Note also that even
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Password Sharing: Netflix, HBO Missing $500M in Revenue?(variety.com)
2 points by basseq 11y ago|0 comments
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by basseq 11y ago
Answer: experience is subjective: 1/10 of your life is less than 1/50 of your life. Appears to be mobile optimized: doesn't work on desktop (Chrome).
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Her Son Died by Lighting Fireworks on His Head; Now She Wants Stricter Laws(msn.com)
1 points by basseq 11y ago|5 comments
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by basseq 11y ago
This is UK-focused: the news in the US seems to be at least a little better. Where there are 15% of women in the House of Commons, there are 20% in Congress. In the UK, 45% of female MPs were childless; in the US, it's 32%. Here's
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by basseq 11y ago
It doesn't sound like they sold tons of tickets (e.g., demand wasn't that high), so unless they severely capped the number of tickets (which they probably should have done anyway ), an auction wouldn't have yielded very diff
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by basseq 11y ago
This sounds like a (bad) case interview question. Which are, of course, more about the approach and rigor of thinking than a "correct" numerical answer. Quickly, my approach would be something like: 1. Let's agree on a defini
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by basseq 11y ago
This is off-topic to the content, but I find it... interesting... that a State of the Internet report is a downloadable PDF (behind a registration, no less).
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by basseq 11y ago
1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are weasel words. What is "a lot"; what is "extensive"; how often is "on occasion"? They're not lies: they just mean nothing. 2 and 3 are firm statements: ask for them in writing. Even if
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by basseq 11y ago
> they usually start slow and build up a tremendous momentum over time, until they reach a frantic pace and then they just... stop That was my problem with Diamond Age . I was left wondering, "Where's the last 100 pages!? Is t
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by basseq 11y ago
I'm reading an ePUB, so hard to flip back and forth. Probably easier just to try to drink from the proverbial firehose until you can internalize it.
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by basseq 11y ago
That was my sense as well, so trying to gut through it. I had a similar problem with Infinite Jest (i.e., getting into it), but know the payoff is well worth it.
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by basseq 11y ago
Not really. The underlying currency—be it bitcoin, USD, yen, rand, or rupees—still requires lenders, payment systems, institutional agreements, and general technical enablement. At that point it's all 1s and 0s anyway.
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by basseq 11y ago
Same problem: worked in IE (!) though.
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by basseq 11y ago
This is a big thing in emerging markets—in some countries, even the people who don't have food, power, or water infrastructure have cheap Chinese smartphone and ubiquitous 3G/LTE data. In there market's in particular, there&#
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by basseq 11y ago
I'm just getting into Neal's work. I saw Snow Crash on a list of best sci-fi (maybe via HN) and started there. I then read Diamond Age and just finished Cryptonomicon (which I really liked—probably my favorite of the three).
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by basseq 11y ago
> "set up this thing which has lots of waiting on other people or long-running processes" It's exactly this in I-banking, from what I understand. A lot of the day is spent tweaking/waiting. Towards the end of the day,
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by basseq 11y ago
TMitTB (in his "mid-30s") seems in over his head. And he's not a "tech guy", but a "Scrum Master". And he spends so much time (and money) at conferences that he is specifically brought to task for wastef
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by basseq 11y ago
This is going to sound obvious and/or snarky, but: - Explore other investment types and vehicles (e.g., optimize for cash flow, real estate, increased risk) to accelerate asset growth. - Make more money somewhere else (including taking
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by basseq 11y ago
Oh agreed, but it's tough. And yes I have control over it: I chalk it up to weakness (inability to say "no") vs. being rude and selfish. Arguably, I'm not being rude and selfish enough !
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by basseq 11y ago
In my experience, I run late because I let other people take advantage of me. The doctor sees you late; your client starts the meeting 15 minutes late and wants to stretch the meeting past it's allotted end time; your mother calls as y
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by basseq 11y ago
I'll blame rounding. :) It's not easy, but it's doable. There are other ways to reach a million in 8 years, but this is a pretty sure-fire one.
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by basseq 11y ago
This is easy payment math. Assuming you start with nothing, your goal is $1M in the bank in 8 years, and you make average stock market returns (7%), you need to invest $7,800 per month ($93k/yr). That's approximately 1/3 of y
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by basseq 11y ago
This is a linkbait article for a financial blogger: of which there are several (Mr. Money Mustache being another that comes to mind). He publishes monthly updates, so you could go back and figure out the "how" and the curve over t
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by basseq 11y ago
I think it's non-obvious because it quickly gets into queuing theory. To simplify (and expose a flaw in the case[1]), assume a bank is open 9am to 5pm (8 hours). They'd expect to see 46(.4, but let's round) people in a day. S
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by basseq 11y ago
> I'd have to live in a tent with my family of 4 and eat ramen and the occasional squirrel. Or a "stone cottage in the Kumaon". We've been trained to maximize the curve: could you live an albeit different life on 60%
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Asian-American groups file racial bias complaint against Harvard(msnbc.com)
2 points by basseq 11y ago|0 comments
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by basseq 11y ago
I keep coming back to this. What I think a lot of the other comments are missing is: 1. This is a LATERAL move 2. You are being paid at MARKET RATES in BOTH COMPANIES: the business models just differ You are NOT being underpaid and this is
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by basseq 11y ago
You're distracted by the money. Take that out of the equation, then answer the question—then add the money back in and see if that changes your answer (it probably shouldn't). This will force you to answer questions like: "Do

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