bobbygoodlatte

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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Agreed. I think Silicon Valley has an unhealthy culture of driving folks towards taking un-necessary risk. We glorify "hustling" non-stop, and overlook how destructive that advice can be to individuals
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Surprisingly TGI Fridays is fairly popular in Norway and Sweden. I thought it was a joke when my Norwegian friends suggested we meet up there
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Because both companies believe that owning proprietary self-driving systems will be a big competitive advantage. If one company beats the other to mainstream adoption by 12-18 months they'll have a shot at dominating the industry.
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Some people buy them used too...
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
I think this is mostly correct, but I see it a bit differently. This initial wave of speculation is slowly building up network utility. Use cases like micro-transactions or Web payments become more and more viable as the network size grows.
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
A lot of landlords & HOAs disallow window units. They also can compromise your home security
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Wow. The comment box on every LateStageCapitalism post says "Do not defend capitalism. You will be banned."
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
I'm not the OP, but I'd argue that Reddit's voting system discourages a diversity of opinions within a given thread or sub-reddit. Although moderators discourage the practice, most Redditors down-vote opinions they disagree w
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
While entertaining, No Agenda is far too conspiracy-theory laden to be taken seriously. They frequently talk about "chemtrails" and mock scientists who believe in climate change. Not too far off from Alex Jones.
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
Disney does offer a VIP service. It's $400-600 an hour though. I'm not certain what the maximum group size is, I think 6-8: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/vip-tour-serv...
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by bobbygoodlatte 9y ago
I'd argue Javascript has largely 'un-broken' the Web. It transformed it from a static, pageload-based medium to something far more dynamic.
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
I think it's incorrect to lump the internet together as one medium. The messages that propagate over Reddit are different from those that propagate over Hacker News, which are different from Facebook. Why draw a distinction? Because th
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
I agree that Google and Alibaba pouring on hundreds of millions adds credibility. But my skepticism is more banal: I've never seen a successful technology startup built this way. Startups need to be nimble. When you raise 1.4 billion f
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
Not sure what this solves. I'm a huge proponent of Bitcoin/Blockchain, but how is this a better solution than say, one centralized national database? Blockchains are useful in situations where centralized trust can't be estab
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
Yep. The Information did a ton of deep investigative work on this. If you find this article interesting you should consider supporting them by subscribing. Sadly the way journalism works today is one outlet does a ton of time-consuming, exp
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
You might want to look into Exponent. They're a YC startup that build a framework on top of React Native. https://getexponent.com/ The team is made up of a few React core devs and some ex-FB folks. They actually helped
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
They really don't though. Right now I have these apps open on my Mac. I don't want to settle for sub-par alternatives. I want these specific apps: Spotify, Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, iMessage, Apple Numbers (I'd settl
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
These are all entirely fair points. I agree ThinkPads offer better value for the money in terms of hardware. But I care a lot more about the OS and the software I use than the relative price value of the hardware I'm using. OS X is a f
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
Carbonvote is an informal vote. It has no consequence in reality. That's why there was such a low voting rate. As of now, the amount of ether you hold doesn't increase your ability to affect a fork. That's entirely controlled
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
I like to imagine randomly clicking "Enter" and having today's Drudge Report pop up
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by bobbygoodlatte 10y ago
Coinbase 2-factor auth plus their long-term Vault storage is plenty secure for the general population.
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Would love to read more about this un-used railway line. Big fan of the GGB and its history
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Yeah, I think everyone is pretty skeptical when they see HoloLens demos shown from 3rd person. The TED demo in particular felt like it was substantially exaggerating the capabilities of the device.
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Yep, I agree with your nuance. FWIW I think integrity is a pretty okay company value. Depending on your industry, valuing integrity may be a trade-off that other companies are unwilling to make
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Chamath wasn't in charge of the food. I'm sure he told the relevant person within the company and I'm pretty certain that problem didn't last very long.
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
I think this post misses the point. Company values are only meaningful when they differentiate that company from others. Everyone wants to "Move Fast and Not Break Things". "Move Fast and Break Things" was a value judgem
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
The talk wasn't 'banned'. Many of the talks from TED never make it online. They only post one a day, and have a huge back-log of great talks to post. Nick's original talk just didn't make the cut. I genuinely believ
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Typically a VC fund does not re-invest profits back into other startups — the profits are disbursed to LPs VC funds tend to dislike small exits: they're not enough to return the fund and they can't re-invest the capital.
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
Open source voting machine software and hardware. The status quo here is embarrassing. Diebold & the like should not be trusted with such a cornerstone of our society
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by bobbygoodlatte 11y ago
I take him seriously. The slow carb diet from 4 Hour Body has had a huge impact on how I eat. It works and has helped 1000's of people improve their lives.

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