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by davinic 7y ago
Nathan For You proved the lengths that people will go to claim a rebate: http://www.cc.com/episodes/z5sar1/nathan-for-you-gas-station...
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by davinic 7y ago
And those reward card purchases pass a much higher interchange rate to the retailer (the US Mint in this case).
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by davinic 7y ago
One thing rarely discussed with a Gmail hack is that it isn't just email, it's location history, search history, backed-up photos, app store history (on Android) AND browsing history. With that data almost anyone could be a blackm
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by davinic 7y ago
In my area of the US, calling dispatch would get you a ride only when things are not busy whatsoever. Once there is any level of demand, the service will send the call to the fleet but no one is required to fulfill it.
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by davinic 7y ago
I learned early on that there are two roles that the software development team can play in a company: a cost center, or a profit center. Company life is far better when your department is a profit center.
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by davinic 7y ago
And I'm pretty sure the VC model takes failures into account.
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by davinic 7y ago
I believe the economic term for this would be "adverse selection".
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by davinic 7y ago
You've left out the critical component between the battery and the bldc motors: the motor controller. These deal with the most difficult thermal issues and fail frequently. On a quad there a 4 motor controllers on board, and only one n
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by davinic 7y ago
Shill bidding is illegal in most places, and if not, would definitely be under the fraud umbrella, although IANAL.
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by davinic 7y ago
Technology is already in use for #3: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-49151042
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by davinic 7y ago
"The best example of the danger of focusing on a single measure came when I first started my own consulting practice in California. My second client was in the fast food business and had a chain of fried chicken restaurants that was g
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by davinic 7y ago
This 100%. "What gets measured gets managed" is a 70 year old quote by Peter Drucker and it is no less true today. It reminds me of a great anecdote by Mark Graham Brown about "chicken efficiency", which is a great term
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by davinic 7y ago
Yes, and the highly-valuable rights of way which were later monetized by telecom,etc: SPRint (Southern Pacific Railroad), QWest, etc.
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by davinic 7y ago
I use a lot of music software and DAWs created by German companies. Any idea why Germany has been so successful in that specific market?
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by davinic 7y ago
But you're making the assumption that "work/life balance" must happen at the daily level. I'm perfectly happy to work my ass off for a couple months and then take a month off. To me that's a far better balance
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by davinic 7y ago
Why would they care about self-driving if most of their drivers are making little more than the cost of operating their vehicle?
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by davinic 7y ago
This is terrible advice. Never talk to the police without a lawyer present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
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by davinic 7y ago
I'm a former marketplace seller. There is a way brands can accomplish this: marketplace items must contain all the features that the original brand provides. So the brand can create, say, a warranty that only applies when purchased for
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by davinic 7y ago
The whole point of money laundering is to get it in the bank as legitimate income. This accomplishes that.
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by davinic 7y ago
But once you know that this is a specific attack surface, it's far easier to limit the surface (fix the problem) rather than build a dashboard that a human has to monitor perpetually.
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by davinic 7y ago
As your quote shows, it's not simply a matter of saying your group is superior, but then using that view to "justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion".
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by davinic 7y ago
I enjoyed the book Old Masters and Young Geniuses which explored this subject in relationship to art and creativity.
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by davinic 7y ago
Except the economies of scale aren't there to benefit much from replacing a train driver who is carrying multiple thousands of people per day.
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by davinic 7y ago
It's okay to be a value-based consultant or contractor. There is no ethical requirement that your work be priced by the hour. You've potentially spent thousands of hours (25k in my case) honing your skills, and those skills could
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by davinic 7y ago
I would never bid a fixed amount with a client like this. The only way to do a fixed-bid is if a) the requirements are 100% defined, b) appropriate controls are in place to account for scope changes and roadblocks, and c) the price of the o
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by davinic 7y ago
If you've signed a contact for a fixed period, demand that they raise your rate at each renewal. Don't give them the entire benefit of your flexibility without some concession on their end. If they want you month-to-month, your ra
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by davinic 7y ago
After the hours in the initial estimate were used, I would have renegotiated and charged a nonrefundable retainer in order to be on call to deliver the project as soon as the assets were ready. This retainer would be my normal rate, and the
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by davinic 7y ago
Why block the caller? Subsequent calls will have the same promise returned and notification will happen for all once the promise is resolved.
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by davinic 8y ago
The major benefit of the acting unions is the ability to limit the labor supply. In a growing industry like tech, this isn't necessary as the demand has always been greater than the supply of talent.
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by davinic 8y ago
The point is that they won't be repaid for the costs incurred from being without any income for months. These include late fees, high interest rates on loans, long-term damage to their credit, etc.

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