blevo

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by blevo 7y ago
you make a good point. I think the 'vibe' is part of the problem. It's somewhat dishonest. Why do all companies need to be 'family?' Can't we just respect each other as we get the job done and go home to our ac
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by blevo 7y ago
what the commentor said, may not be true, but you didn't actually make an argument or at least back it up with anything. as far as I can tell, your comment boils down to 'hiring internal compliance employees/consultants is no
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by blevo 7y ago
good point. I wear my seatbelt everyday when I drive my car because I'm expecting a car accident. Strangely enough, it has yet to happen and I have yet to need my seatbelt. What a waste! I think I'll just stop wearing it.
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by blevo 7y ago
RE: Reversing Transactions - I'd call it a necessity for any currency. Cash works this way. It's a middleman or escrow who performs this service. Credit Cards and banks act as the middlemen to reverse transactions. No reason cryp
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by blevo 7y ago
concerning 'controlled by a non-democratic entity' I'd say it's a step sideways. The USD or any fiat currency is not controlled democratically or by a democratic entity either. When was the last time we heard of a vote b
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by blevo 7y ago
>I think the most important thing is not using Slack or avoiding Slack, it's building a culture that allows people to opt-out of it, without any sort of penalty, perceived or otherwise. The new book "Indistractable" makes
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by blevo 7y ago
How does moderate inflation counter money clustering at the top? It seems to me that it exacerbates the problem as 'the top' are fixated on assets and inflation tends to inflate those: "The rich get richer." The working
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by blevo 7y ago
I suppose it depends on how those programs are funded/achieved. If they are funded via something that acts as monetary stimulus (just print the money to pay for it) then I imagine there would be a heavy burden of resulting inflation.
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by blevo 7y ago
wages seem to be the last thing that rise with general inflation, and as such don't rise as much as other prices, especially the ones mentioned: housing, schooling. I think the data bears this out, looking at 'real wages' vs
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by blevo 7y ago
>inflation erodes ... wealth a good thing? > inflation has a cause that was #1 in my comment: monetary stimulus as for other causes: you are arguing minimum wage benefits the poor but raises prices as does increase in union power. I d
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by blevo 7y ago
The FED did something different the last recession. The "last 15 years," as you say, have been different because the FED started paying interest on excess reserves. This is the reason for the new money to just sit. It provides inc
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by blevo 7y ago
>implying that moderate consumer inflation somehow helps the rich at the expense of everyone else, when in fact, it's just the opposite. it is? so: Moderate consumer inflation helps 'everyone else' at the expense of '
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by blevo 7y ago
I think service for any of these companies is highly variable and dependent upon locale. Perhaps it's a culture thing. The USPS worker never rings my doorbell for left packages and just yesterday a package was delivered damaged in my m
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by blevo 7y ago
>paying the competitor it's a good point, yet many still use Amazon/AWS regardless. Netflix, for instance (AWS). Then, on the micro-scale: FBA[0] sellers (Amazon Marketplace). I assume it has to do with the ultra low barrier to
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by blevo 7y ago
>"strange side-effect" reminds me of McDonald's single-handedly bringing down the price of beef
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by blevo 7y ago
hm, being 'more efficient' would be true if the ideal way was known. Waterfall would also be 'more efficient' if we knew the right product to make and way to make it. If agile has taught us anything it's that we don
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by blevo 7y ago
One may not think in a common language used to communicate (e.g. English) but the way one thinks could be considered a language regardless, only specific to one's own mind. Take for instance Google's translation AI. It developed i
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by blevo 7y ago
to build/combine on two comments in the thread before mine: word position matters in English as you demonstrated. "A dog bit my friend" has different meaning than "My friend bit my dog". In other languages, differen