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by blobbers 7y ago
It really does sound like a utopia. I was part of that community as well. Perhaps when things are small and the people can relate to most of the people directly, they're able to act in a more altruistic manner. When we explore this th
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by blobbers 7y ago
Nobody sells perpetual licenses anymore.
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by blobbers 7y ago
The large group of strategy executives that had hubris related to touch screens. RIM got killed by the iphone AND android. Perhaps it was inevitable - the iphone is the only real premium smartphone on the market. It's a zero sum gam
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by blobbers 7y ago
The CEO does not deserve all of the credit. American compensation mechanisms for executives are completely broken. The concept of WAR (Wins Above Replacement) needs to be brought into the business world. An sub par player on the Yankees wi
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by blobbers 7y ago
CK was recruiting in the bay area a few months ago. Did anyone go to their recruiting pitch nights in SF or PA? Apparently Travis was going to be speaking.
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by blobbers 7y ago
https://amazon.com/Set-Phasers-Stun-Design-Technology/dp/096... This book covers Business in Bhopal as well as a variety of other design related disasters (Therac-25) etc. Not a bad read.
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by blobbers 7y ago
for reference: E-mini future contracts trade in the range of 1-2 million per day.
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by blobbers 7y ago
California is a place where you can make 300-400k on a single income. Not many states where that's the norm.
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by blobbers 7y ago
Why do all the real manufacturers have very precise numbers yet Tesla has an estimated number?
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by blobbers 7y ago
Perhaps missing out will create a forcing function in your life where you start to focus on the people that are important to you - whether that's your children, neighbors, parents. Maybe you'll move locations to be closer to the p
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by blobbers 7y ago
Regarding SF house prices in particular: San Francisco prices go up => only tech bros can afford rent San Francisco rent prices get capped => tech bros still need place to live and win rental application lotto Artists can't affor
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by blobbers 7y ago
The scale of this article seems to not be 'crisis' worthy. Criminal organizations, governments or oligarchs laundering 50 million dollars is nothing new or noteworthy.
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by blobbers 7y ago
It was all about the MAU, and that's not a GAAP metric. Evaluate the company based on your own metrics and make your own conclusions. If this person wants to short facebook because they don't think it will maintain earnings 26 ye
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by blobbers 7y ago
Thanks for sharing! I'll give it a listen on my long commute. Generally speaking, I find the 'intellectual dark web' to be a bit repetitive - they seem to have their talking points and they just keep hitting on the same thin
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by blobbers 7y ago
YES. The minute we accepted garbage as a fact of life, we started down the incorrect path. Hoping society can start correcting it.
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by blobbers 7y ago
I would encourage you not to google it. Google is full of worst case scenarios. https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/05/26/free-range-kids-the-u...
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by blobbers 7y ago
Great root cause analysis. Wish more people would think like this.
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by blobbers 7y ago
I definitely sympathize with what you're saying, but 4.5 hrs (on avg!) still seems like a lot. But there are alternatives. That said, I see working involved parents that hand their kids an iPad the minute they get home from daycare so
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by blobbers 7y ago
"The average 2-5 year old is spending over 1,600 hours a year watching television." This seems nuts to me. That is 4.5 hours a day! For a 2 year old? Who are these parents...
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by blobbers 7y ago
The average 2-5 year old is spending over 1,600 hours a year watching television. This seems nuts to me. That is 4.5 hours a day! For a 2 year old? Who are these parents...
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by blobbers 8y ago
Also have jobs related to sysadmin and cyber security.
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by blobbers 8y ago
Consider the opposite - if San Francisco allowed building. Your charming San Francisco would get demolished in the same way the Pudong in Shanghai did. Housing prices would level out a bit as developers cashed in on the gold rush and the
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by blobbers 8y ago
I think the bigger question is why they're losing so much money - from an operating perspective I'd expect costs to be really low.
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by blobbers 8y ago
Same boat friend, same boat.
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by blobbers 8y ago
Sorry - is this paper bullshit? Can't tell if they're just funking with us.
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by blobbers 8y ago
What do you think the chances are that some city IT department screws that up?
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by blobbers 8y ago
Interesting - we're contemplating buying our forever home in the bay area. Currently living in a 3 story townhouse style that's very walkable to whole foods, parks, caltrain etc. with a modest mortgage but considering moving into
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by blobbers 8y ago
Also of note... don't most people use Uber Pool to save a few $? Just a guess but if the route planning models are good then an uberpool with 2 passengers + driver qualifies for 3+ carpools and will be much faster than a car that doesn
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by blobbers 8y ago
Pretty sure Los Angeles had bad traffic way before Uber and Lyft arrived. I distinctly remember staring out of the Hilton at Universal City in 2006, on my first visit to California, with a group of Canadians marveling that there could be a
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by blobbers 8y ago
That seems like a pretty good idea. Federally mandated breach investigation when more than X people are compromised. Guidelines are put in place that can be audited.

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