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by dharmon 9y ago
The original paper can get a bit dense at times. I recommend Petzold's "The Annotated Turing" for a guided tour.
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by dharmon 9y ago
It makes me wonder if they are trying to goose their revenue in order to sell the company sometime in 2018.
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by dharmon 9y ago
They haven't "gone bananas". Removing double opt-in means more subscribers, which means higher revenue for them. Their revenue is based on subscriber counts, no matter how they were obtained. I hope everyone else does what I
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by dharmon 9y ago
One of many fun parts in reading the BRK letters is seeing this "tweaking" of their underwriting through the 70's until eventually losses were rare.
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by dharmon 9y ago
BA beers have definitely gotten more popular down here in San Diego. Not just bourbon, but rum, and even gin! (Saw it at amplified brewing) Btw, logsdon is awesome. Probably the best saison I’ve ever had. He was the cofounder of wyeast (one
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by dharmon 9y ago
I know the author’s being a little tongue in cheek, but you could say this about anything that is an acquired taste: “stop pretending to like coffee.” “Stop pretending to like tea.” I personally think it’s amazing they can make beer that ta
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by dharmon 9y ago
What a strange article speculating on a Lyft IPO without adding any substance to the conversation. Perhaps lyft is putting out “feeler” articles to gauge public reaction to both an ipo and their relative valuation to Uber?
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by dharmon 9y ago
Specifically calling out the Deep Work book, I recall after the 6 months of promo, talks, and general marketing of the book the author wrote a blog post calling for participants to actually, well, you know, help test if the ideas in the boo
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by dharmon 9y ago
It wasn't a comment on HN, but during an interview (video) he did with MZ on YC. I don't have a link, but that may help. Zuckerburg was telling a story of how he built a "social" website to share notes for an art history
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by dharmon 9y ago
If you want a friend, get a dog. It's a cliche at this point, but don't rely on business partners to be "friends". It sounds cynical, but it actually makes life smoother for all parties involved.
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by dharmon 9y ago
While unfortunately not common in trains across the world, this idea is used in other safety-critical applications. The one that comes to mind is using defribulators. If you had a good CPR / EFR instructor, they will emphasize not just
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by dharmon 9y ago
You can change the default in Settings. A 3rd available option is multiple choice, but hide the choices until you click / tap a button to "show options", so you can think of the answer.
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by dharmon 9y ago
Looks pretty nice. I actually run a site that does something pretty similar [0]. The major difference is that I "group" verbs into sets with identical conjugations. I then use spaced repetition to generate the "flashcards&quo
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by dharmon 9y ago
Calling someone "pissed off" makes no value judgment about them being right or wrong, it just describes their emotional state. I would describe the citizens of Flint, MI as "pissed off", and rightly so. Would you say tha
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by dharmon 9y ago
I wonder how many are pissed off NetJet union members?* *NetJet (a Berkshire subsidiary) has been in a labor battle, with employees outside protesting the meeting this past weekend.
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by dharmon 9y ago
Yeah, this is what I was thinking with the "rebel" approach. A problem is that every budding internet entrepreneur thinks they are going to have a list of 10,000 in 6 months and be selling a $10,000 course to hundreds of people in
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by dharmon 9y ago
Ah, I see the confusion. The structural advantage is that they sell directly. They don't use the intermediate agencies who are collecting commissions. That, combined with specifically going after certain customers (originally govt. emp
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by dharmon 9y ago
That's actually a really good idea. Might also make me prioritize articles more if they contribute to a "page count".
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by dharmon 9y ago
> Low-cost leader can certainly be a sustainable competitive advantage. Think GEICO vs. All State. That makes my point even more dramatically, that being the low-cost leader doesn't have to be a race to the bottom if you have some
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by dharmon 9y ago
If I remember correctly he is also on their board, so there's a chance he has an equity stake as well. You're right about pricing. It's not a $30 / month product where they share the revenue, it's a $20 / month
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by dharmon 9y ago
One downside of tracking the books I read is that I have a subtle resistance to starting super long books, because I know for that month I'll only end up reading 2 books instead of 5. It's really stupid but a side effect of tracki
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by dharmon 9y ago
I thought a lot about entering this space as a low-cost alternative to the unnecessarily expensive choices out there. So if you want some unsolicited advice, here goes. In my opinion, one of your biggest problem in acquiring customers is th
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by dharmon 9y ago
While from an engineer's perspective it seems distasteful to do this, from a business perspective it can absolutely make sense. Low-cost leader can certainly be a sustainable competitive advantage. Think GEICO vs. All State. A lot depe
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by dharmon 9y ago
Be glad you hired savvy employees. Anyone who comes into a new company and starts enumerating everything they are doing wrong is a fool who will have poor career longevity. That's how we end up with shitty tech blogs from people who ke
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by dharmon 9y ago
Yes. I bought the same brand name (Ateco) that I was looking at on Amazon, but the Amazon products' authenticity was dubious, whereas I trusted I was getting the real deal from Michael's.
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by dharmon 9y ago
I think jet.com was a foolish acquisition (at a foolish price), and will be written off in 5 years. Having said that, I think amazon has left a glaring gap in their armor: you cannot trust your purchases from them anymore, and more and more
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by dharmon 9y ago
The whole idea of depreciation is spreading large capital expenditures (free cash flow = cash flow from operations - cap. ex.) over many years. Therefore, free cash flow in any single year does not say much, only when considered over many y
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by dharmon 9y ago
I would take the other side of that bet. I don't even need to work out the exact math: You pay me $722,000 over the next 50 years, then from years 51-??? (70? 80?) I pay you the equivalent of $966,000. I would not have to get a very hi
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by dharmon 9y ago
The last number I heard for here in San Diego was 140 breweries. Many of these won't meet the criteria for ratings, though. If you are in town, go to 30th street in North Park and you can walk between something like 10 breweries /
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by dharmon 9y ago
It is a little odd that Russian River doesn't show up in the "Top Breweries" list. I like Bear Republic, but I would go to RR any day over them, and not just for Pliny.

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