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by btian 10y ago
His next article - "Why Google failed to build a $1T+ business"
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by btian 10y ago
It's not politics if he actually looks into it. There is no shame going back to find out more when you don't have all the facts at the moment.
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From the Bloomberg article - > In 2012, Uber Black cost riders $4.90 per mile or $1.25 per minute in San Francisco, according to an old version of Uber's website. Today, Uber charges $3.75 per mile and $0.65 per minute. The least a
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by btian 10y ago
Then the board should remove him, and his lieutenant Emil Michael who threatened to stalk journalists.
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Not dumb money. Just doesn't justify the fees that they demand.
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I'm interested to hear why people listen to terrestrial radio though (especially for people in the United States). I stream BBC Radio 1 when I drive to work and I live in Bay Area, but I haven't found a terrestrial radio station t
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by btian 10y ago
The answer depends on source of electricity. I live in California and charge my Tesla with electricity from solar. The emission profile will look very different if electricity came from burning coal.
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They're not DOA if they allow fleet operators to not hire drivers.
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In general availability is defined in terms of time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability Five-9s means 5 minutes of downtime per year.
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No because health insurance usually only last one year, and person with unhealthy lifestyle would statistically cost more than person with healthy lifestyle in one year at the same age.
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IMO The Economist subscription is worth every penny.
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And for many big and successful companies that don't use the cloud, the only reason is because cloud didn't exist when they built their services. If you're starting from scratch today, cloud is a no brainer.
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Where did you get the 35% number from? You know Google is a global company, right? Corporate income tax rate in Ireland is 12.5%. Have you seen any global company paying 35% income tax?
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Mean reversion? 5% is very unusual.
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Your premise is wrong. Watching an ad on Youtube is considered a click, but advertisers pay less than search ads. Cost per click just reflects a change in where clicks are from.
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What do you think it's doing with Google Cloud, Waymo, etc.?
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False. Most companies provide guidance. They under perform if they do worse than guidance. Alphabet on the other hand does not provide guidance. And frankly it's quite silly to call 20+% growth a miss.
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And for some reason you don't think some programmers are building ML models to classify all diseases known to man kind?
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It's like the difference between Zurich and Hamburg - one is a lot more homogeneous than the other. I don't think it's that easy to "live big" in the midwest too. Where is the nearest Ferrari service center if you l
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I own a $1MM townhouse in SV. I used to live in Back Bay, Boston, where prices are well over $1000/sq ft, so I'm not shocked by the prices at all. Weather is nicer in SV. Not everything in life is about financial decisions. Living
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by btian 10y ago
Why don't you buy a 2 bedroom condo in Santa Clara or Milpitas for ~half of your budget.
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by btian 10y ago
That is ridiculous. It's trivial for a someone on H1B to switch employers.
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People living in big cities in China and India can't breathe. Let's deny them the opportunity to contribute to the US economy. Next up - "don't let anyone import anything from other countries because I didn't raise
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I think he's saying the money client pay to investment banks is a small compared to size of the deals bankers advice / underwrite etc.
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That's incorrect. Car was in autonomous mode when it ran the red light.
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You're comparing two different things. If your house explodes, fix the source and rebuild the house. Maybe it's time for a major remodel anyway. If there's a nuclear incident, what are you going to do?
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Yes. Government regulation didn't cause Uber's car to beat red light.
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Because there's something to gain by not following all laws? Sometimes it's a simple cost-benefit analysis - if benefit exceeds cost, you should do it.
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Waymo is not Google.
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Demand for new cars will fall off a cliff. People will still buy Rolls-Royce or Mercedes S-class for the comfort, but most Toyota customers don't care if they're car pooling with 3 other people or sitting in a car that's not

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