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>The drivers learned that Juno’s commission was ten per cent, “guaranteed for our first twenty-four months.” (Uber typically charges twenty-five per cent or more.) >Juno was also offering twenty-four-hour support for its drivers, wit
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Ten people, ten colors/ways/tastes/opinions. "To each their own."
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When investing, first-time investors don't choose between all startups that exist in the entire world, or even just their city. They choose between those startups they have access too, which is a much much smaller number. So what the b
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Enterprise organizations are like machines: They need to be serviced and maintained. That is what these "pointless jobs" are for, but they're not pointless. They're vital for the function of the organization and therefor
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The effect of QE on inflation can be seen on Bay Area housing prices. Isn't it roughly a 20% increase YoY? That's the inflation rate.
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That blog post is written and published by Facebook on their own website.
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Has nothing to do with my comment.
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>And I think the question we should ask as a society is, is this how things should work? Civil society has no say in this. It is a politically created system and if you ask those with political power if this is the way it's supposed
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... is torture.
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This is a false dichotomy and just not representative of reality. There can never be self-driving cars because the type of generalized intelligence that would be required is impossible to achieve. The fact remains that a computer program
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The Ownership of Enterprise talks about different types of organizational forms (corporations, cooperatives, etc.) and how the form affects its function, and vice versa.
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It's not a problem but a feature that increases Facebook's revenue by not insignificant multiples.
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You seem to think that paying off debt is not important. Why?
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I know this well and the key is yo design a process that provides a sense of completion as well as feedback. For example, instead of writing one long post per month, you write one small one each week. The long monthly post is more difficult
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You completely failed to substantiate your initial claim. This has no content whatsoever.
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Does not sound sketchy at all. Standard talent agency model.
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By institutions they mean rule of law, law enforcement, a banking system, etc. Quite different from what you're saying here.
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Start a company yourself and see how you find that rule.
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What if it's not a simulation?
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>The railway mania wikipedia page even blames low interest rates for it! Personally I'm of the opinion that the government can set its bond coupons to whatever it likes and investors are not owed a minimum return, but there we go It
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People are promoted and given new opportunities based on business needs, not performance, beyond some table stakes level. Overtime is not what gets you promoted.
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They don't need it because they have sustainable businesses regardless of the press, so they don't do it. Musk wouldn't have a business without constant coverage and a strong brand (brand equity helps him cut deals no one els
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>However, schools play a huge role in social development, and I doubt we'd be willing as a society to give up on that, even if it is potentially viable. An example of how schools shape social development is redirected aggression, al
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Your worldview informed by contemporary scientific theories is faith-based. What we believe in today will eventually be proven fundamentally flawed and we'll look no better than the average church goer.
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Plot twist: You start off telling someone about the ways in which they're right to then proceed to telling them they're wrong, and realize that they are actually right and you are wrong.
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Where's the substance? What do you know that makes you think it's fact?
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Ivan Illich's To hell with good intentions is applicable here: http://www.swaraj.org/illich_hell.htm
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How their local representative responds is troubling: >They find it "hard to believe that a new organization like GiveDirectly would give roughly a year's salary in cash, unconditionally," Le writes. "As a result, man
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What makes you think there's no strings attached in this case? For one, these Kenyans are being experimented on .
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Lenses collect a greater amount of light and direct it to the sensor. You will always need lenses regardless how good your software is.

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