btian

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by btian 9y ago
This is called vertical integration, same for SpaceX. Horizontal integration is like making computers, and also making elevators (e.g., Samsung) EDIT: that wasn't a correct example. Horizontal integration would be company making mobile
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by btian 9y ago
Also Android
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by btian 9y ago
Where's the evidence? Oh, you don't have any.
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by btian 9y ago
If he wants to leave handiwork he should be an artist or something. Don't be a surgeon.
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by btian 9y ago
That's not how any of this works. Boeing makes a profit, but how much money will it cost to design and make a plane from scratch?
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by btian 9y ago
Yeah get a job at a startup first, get some industry experience, then you don't need a degree to get into Google. Notice the requirements say "or equivalent work experience"
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by btian 9y ago
Anyone who has a US passport and/or born in US? Or are you referring to America the continent?
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by btian 9y ago
Why does Apple not credit individuals who worked on the project?
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by btian 9y ago
How much do you make? If you make $50M a year it's trivial. If you make $100k a year it's impossible.
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by btian 9y ago
no. that's why most corporate lawyers prefer you call them instead of email
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by btian 9y ago
Communist vs capitalist
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by btian 9y ago
Karl Marx vs Adam Smith
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by btian 9y ago
> akin to the argument that using encryption... That's quite a stretch. If you read the document, it says they use self-destructing apps to not leave paper trail. That is akin to saying you used encryption so that DEA won't cat
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by btian 9y ago
I hope you're not CEO of a publicly traded company
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by btian 9y ago
I thought they interviewed Evan Spiegel. I guess he would be Facebook head of product.
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by btian 9y ago
That was the old Broadcom. The new company was formed in 2015 from acquisition by Avago Technologies.
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by btian 9y ago
Then how do you explain Apple making their own SoC?
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by btian 9y ago
An audiophile quality DAC costs 20x what you see in smartphones. You also need an amp for audiophile quality headphones. Do you know any audiophiles who use phones to listen to music?
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by btian 9y ago
No. Same age as Google.
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by btian 9y ago
For a bottle. Or in a German restaurant, 500ml. 1 liter of beer goes for $16-18
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by btian 9y ago
Which regulators? You don't read safe harbor statements?
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by btian 9y ago
Because Amazon.com is already popular in Europe. It's not that big a jump to also buy groceries from Amazon.
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by btian 9y ago
Why would they do that? If they want to run stores into the ground, they would have closed them all by now.
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by btian 9y ago
Are you suggesting you can drive a 1900 electric car for 300+ miles on a charge and go from 0-60 in 2.5s?
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by btian 9y ago
EV that you can drive >300 miles on a single charge - completely novel. EV that accelerates from 0-60 in under 2.5 - completely novel.
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by btian 9y ago
That will be fixed long before fossil fuel cars are banned.
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by btian 9y ago
That is up to further debate. Tim Cook's tweet means what he says - eliminating DACA is un-American.
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by btian 9y ago
Why don't you operate in places where it's legal? Like Germany, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands etc.
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by btian 9y ago
Why is it conspiracy? Not everybody lives in conservative religious countries.
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by btian 9y ago
ISO standards are pretty good I would say.

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