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by deelowe 5y ago
It’s more common now bc sap buys huge cloud contracts.
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by deelowe 5y ago
> Microsoft is not a monopoly. Neither is Google, Facebook etc. They are dominant in their niches. This is why the more appropriate term is anti trust. Businesses don't need to be monopolies what matters is whether their position is
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by deelowe 5y ago
They have been steadily moving towards recommendation engines that rely more on inferred behaviors than direct feedback for a long time. I'm surprised they didn't just completely eliminate dislikes. That aside, timing sure is inte
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by deelowe 5y ago
The problem with the metaverse is that people don't actually want to live a virtual life in a virtual world for significant periods of time. I honestly think the only people who are interested by this are grifters.
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by deelowe 5y ago
Odd stance given how much google has historically encouraged the blending of personal and professional lives. Are they reversing this position in earnest or simply desperately trying to get back to the “campus” mode they pioneered?
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by deelowe 5y ago
I see. This different than what I thought it was. If it is indeed a simple NTP server, this makes sense.
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by deelowe 5y ago
I was referring to the amazon time sync service which I imagine has pretty tight timing requirements (similar to spanner), not NTP. Also, how exactly would GPS work at scale for 10,000s of servers within 1000s of racks within a DC?
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by deelowe 5y ago
Amazon time sync likely also requires extremely accurate clocks on the system board as well to prevent there from being too much drift.
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by deelowe 5y ago
Come on. You talk about SV types not knowing what they are doing and then offer this up as an explanation? Real estate is going up in value for the following reasons: - Almost 2 decades of QE and cheap loans - More people working from home
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by deelowe 5y ago
Since when has SV startup culture relied on the whims of the market to generate their profit? I believe Zillows end game is to become the market. Once the scale is large enough, it's no longer an issue. hey just mistimed it or had some
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by deelowe 5y ago
I think there's more going on here than simply RE speculation. Most importantly, Zillow is building capability. Capability to buy & sell quickly through processes, tooling, networking, and brand recognition. There is a long play he
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by deelowe 5y ago
The CEO and the workers are not in competition with each other for similar jobs. Their pay is not at all connected in any way what so ever. Each person's pay is determined by what the market rate is. The politicians in Washington have
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by deelowe 5y ago
I thought some form of reciprocity/incentivization was implied.
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by deelowe 5y ago
Yep. The push for zero inventory, just in time, outsourced manufacturing created a traffic jam when there was no buffer to absorb the shock.
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by deelowe 5y ago
I mean the isolation of basically wearing a helmet for hours. It's exhausting to have your vision and hearing constrained to the digital world in this way for long periods of time. To me, VR is like a roller coaster. It's super fu
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by deelowe 5y ago
I hope they have serious plans for changing how VR works today. VR quickly loses it's appeal after a few hours. The isolation it brings with it is a huge issue. AR holds more promise in terms of mass appeal but I'm not sure we hav
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by deelowe 5y ago
Maybe not an entire drilling apparatus but what about the bits? What about bolts and nuts that won't cold weld? Bearings that work in a vacuum? I'm sure there are plenty examples. Going further, what about launch systems? Surely t
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by deelowe 5y ago
It's a bit naive to assume heavy industry doesn't already have solutions to most of environmental challenges in space. I'm constantly surprised by how dismissive high tech is of dinosaur industries.
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by deelowe 5y ago
Even consumer level boats are starting to get this technology. You can get nav systems now which have fully autonomous control (I believe via garmin). They are extremely useful when fishing. You can set a waypoint and have the boat drive yo
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by deelowe 5y ago
Seems to work for me.
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by deelowe 5y ago
It seems like all that's left around me is stinging/biting insects. Plenty of mosquitos, wasps, fireants, and carpenter bees but that's about it.
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by deelowe 5y ago
My understanding is that the definitions are fuzzy and every country has their own methods for measurement and reporting back to Interpol. The prostitution case was not made up. Some countries count all prostitution cases (including volunta
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by deelowe 5y ago
The term "Human Trafficking" has a fairly broad scope and ranges from coercion to outright slavery. I tried to find a breakdown of the various types of trafficking, but couldn't find details. I've recently become somewha
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by deelowe 5y ago
Google certainly didn't design all of the IP blocks from scratch...
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by deelowe 5y ago
Right. I used to think that Amazon was just supremely incompetent, but my opinions have shifted in recent years. I truly believe Amazon is intentionally causing brand dilution to strengthen their value of their on in house brands. It makes
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by deelowe 5y ago
100% agree. I used to avoid walmart or lowes for things that fit into the category of "I need something to do x, but don't have the time to research it properly" and instead use amazon as I would generally end up with a bette
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by deelowe 5y ago
Because business continuity is an important aspect of running a business. Who's to say what is hording and what is simply risk management?
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by deelowe 5y ago
This only applies in the very limited scenario where you personally own the shares. What's to stop someone from setting up a trust, shell company or similar and then giving them all of the "wealth" while maintaining a control
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by deelowe 5y ago
Not all of it will float or float immediately or hold together well enough to burn effectively. This has been proposed for previous disasters.
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by deelowe 5y ago
Are they? I got the sense that this is the issue.

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