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by bluetwo 9y ago
Lots of our pharmaceuticals are made there due to favorable tax laws.
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by bluetwo 9y ago
Was just talking last week that the last thing any of these large internet companies wants to do is hire a large room filled with low paid workers to do anything, especially here in the US. If they are making this move they must see some la
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by bluetwo 9y ago
For the record, working with a company because they fill a need in which you lack expertise and then creating your own version that reduces your need on them is called a switchback.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I wonder what the most morally challenging assignments HN readers have been asked to complete.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I've always loved math, but as things get more complex I stop thinking in math and start thinking in code.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I would really urge the developer to identify the target audience for this and to define what needs they have that may not be met by the current crop of similar tools. I would also recommend finding some of those people, talking to them dir
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by bluetwo 10y ago
On one hand I think 'what the heck is wrong with these people' and on the other hand is the painting The Gross Clinic, which shows a complete disregard for the concept of hygiene during an operation, even though germs and their ef
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Sure but Uber has one big ace up their sleeve... they could go public anytime they want. The last best sucker is the stock market.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I know it was published in 2011, but to extend the logic in this article: To build a machine that can fly, we need to build a machine that can flap its wings. To build a car that moves, we must build a machine that can lift its two feet in
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by bluetwo 10y ago
There were three Trump policies I thought were good ideas (and pretty much only three). Transparency in healthcare, labeling China a currency manipulator, and reforming the H1B visa program. The first two have been discarded already. Curiou
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by bluetwo 10y ago
So in where is the market need where having too large of a network is a disadvantage? That's where you want to hit them.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Well, good luck.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
It makes more sense if you understand the old/new river formation and how they create one another (and oxbow lakes). Here is some more info. http://cbsd.org/cms/lib010/PA01916442/Centricity/Domain&#x
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by bluetwo 10y ago
If you look at the concept of disruption (not what most people think disruption is, but the actual definition from the guy who coined the term in The Innovator's Dilemma), it is a small competitor that arises that better serves a need
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I get what you're saying. A brilliant idea that someone isn't willing to put any effort into really isn't likely to be brilliant. I'll ask someone to write a one page summary of the project goals. Similar result.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I guess I do.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I actually meant to ask about MMOGs. Sorry.
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Interesting.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Related question: Do you think an all text MOOC would find a following?
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16 years since a domestic carrier has had a major loss of life in the US. Some might say that proves regulation is no longer necessary, but I would argue that it shows that it works.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
The answer to the question "why don't you re-write in X" is the question "what benefit to the client would this create and is it worth the effort?"
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I kind of feel that way about Von Neumann, too. Huge vision and influence but too normal to write a dramatic screenplay about.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
I, for one, love the idea of advertisers showing some backbone. About freaking time.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Their examples of other organizations that are largely owned by their employees skips the fact that these other organizations have great leadership, who in turn foster commitment by spreading around the wealth. Simply spreading around share
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by bluetwo 10y ago
The DARPA proposal the authors are working on is driven by the military. Consider the applications of an AI whose job it is to find hidden weapons caches from aerial photography of a city, or likely location for IEDs along a road. You could
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Yet in so many ways they don't act like neurons in the brain.
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by bluetwo 10y ago
The big difference is that you can buy a low-cost S&P 500 fund, and this is a perfectly reasonable thing to have in your retirement account. You will know, therefore, if the SP500 index goes up 1%, your retirement fund has done nearly t
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Was kind of hoping for some examples of novel applications no on has thought of. :-)
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by bluetwo 10y ago
Not yet, but I am hoping for good things. Trailer for previous movie by the director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUWZZC8RWYI
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AlphaGo Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival(tribecafilm.com)
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