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by btian 12y ago
Do you know how the .4% gets split? I watched a Khan Academy video quite a while ago, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRzTaWZ6ebs and Sal says the interchange fees charged by banks is on the order of 2%.
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by btian 12y ago
It's a separate company, not Google.
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by btian 12y ago
Self-signed is worse than not having one. Don't do that.
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by btian 12y ago
Let me guess - bad product-market fit?
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by btian 12y ago
Yeah, just like selling alcoholic beverages on Sunday morning is a victimless crime. I think governments can be pretty illogical at times.
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by btian 12y ago
Well, in the US you also get $7500-$10000 worth of tax credits depending on the state that you live in, and you also save on maintenance and fuel. I can see the Model 3 selling in California for $35k after tax credits (which is $45k before)
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by btian 12y ago
I'd be very surprised if that's the case because the car would then be way cheaper than BMW 3-series.
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by btian 12y ago
I wonder how much it costs... My guess, 2-3x Youtube.
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by btian 12y ago
Just describe what you do. Web designer / front-end programmer etc. Please don't call yourself web architect unless you're involved in W3C standards...
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by btian 12y ago
You forgot #IEbloggers
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by btian 12y ago
Also subscribers who want to watch those artists. It's a lose-lose-lose situation.
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by btian 12y ago
No. If maximizing next quarter/year's profits is Google's primary goal, then the logical thing will be to slash R&D, cut back on benefits, eliminate CapEx, basically what Mark Hurd did to HP. If you mean Google has to mak
433.
by btian 12y ago
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. There's nothing in the mission statement about making money...
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by btian 12y ago
If only my bike powers and steers itself
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by btian 12y ago
Why surprised? Daimler only makes luxury models.
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by btian 12y ago
It makes perfect sense in Mandarin, and since it's a Chinese site, I'll call it a reasonable choice of word.
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by btian 13y ago
It doesn't make any sense for ads team to lie. If the accusations are true, relevant employees can simply become a whistle blower, and collect bounty (i.e., a percentage of fine that Google will need to pay).
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by btian 13y ago
what?
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by btian 13y ago
$60000 is basically after tax income if your pre-tax income is $120k. Also 8% growth a year is quite a stretch given that risk free rate is 2.64% (10-year treasury yield), and inflation eats 2% a year...
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by btian 13y ago
No, just pointing out that processed silicon does not cost Intel anything close to $1000. Also I doubt R&D cost for an electric motor is high because the technology is mature.
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by btian 13y ago
It doesn't cost $1000. What you're paying for is R&D. Just like a Windows 8 DVD doesn't cost hundred of dollars to make
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by btian 13y ago
Yes because an electric car lasts much longer than ICE ones
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by btian 13y ago
Safari and Firefox are also blocking Wired.
444.
by btian 13y ago
What? Police (ordinarily) cannot throw you in jail without probable cause. If you're taped committing a crime, members of the public can just forward the tape to the police, and you'll end up in jail anyway.
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by btian 13y ago
I don't think there's anything wrong with police recording the streets though. At least in the US, anyone has the right to record in public places. Why shouldn't the police be able to do the same?
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by btian 13y ago
First, I think wearing cameras protect law enforcement persons from wrongful complaints that can damage their careers. It's still better to have them wear cameras. They can definitely "lose the recording", but what do you thi
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by btian 13y ago
NJ residents are still able to take delivery at their home address.
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by btian 13y ago
Nothing. Just as there's nothing stopping an NJ resident from buying a Tesla on the Internet from her home. It's just to annoy people who don't know what they want. They can still do test drives in NJ, but can't talk abo
449.
by btian 13y ago
Buy a motorcycle. 10k probably won't get you any new car, and certainly not a luxury sedan.
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by btian 13y ago
680MM estimate was non-GAAP, Tesla's actually non-GAAP revenue was $761MM

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