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by dougSF70 5y ago
Along these lines part of me wants to introduce a random feature in to the self-driving cars data set. I thought if I wore a piece of clothing that was highly visible to LIDAR detectors but looked like regular clothing to the human eye I co
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by dougSF70 5y ago
Karl Popper would be disappointed with this journalistic approach.
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Imagine how this would change if they were paying $100k+ for their degree in the USA.
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by dougSF70 5y ago
Moved yes, lost no. That prince will spend it. Unlike Grandma's couch, known to have consumed $000's in its life time.
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by dougSF70 5y ago
Cheap money forces it to find a home that generates a 7%+ return. Cheap money reduces the number of asset classes that can guarantee (within reason) those returns to Housing and Stocks (and Crypto of course). Buying a home becomes out of re
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by dougSF70 5y ago
From the interwebs: In the U.S., the money supply is influenced by supply and demand—and the actions of the Federal Reserve and commercial banks. ... More money flowing through the economy corresponds with lower interest rates, while less m
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by dougSF70 5y ago
I think that using cash makes money expensive which adds some base load inflation - this will help reduces homelessness and other societal ills (such as wealth inequality). Electronic money is never lost, not like those pounds, pennies, do
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by dougSF70 5y ago
Posting comments on the internet can be a high risk activity - which is my cat memes are so popular - it is not the right medium for a) bragging about unethical behavior or b) denouncing others. I understand the freedom of speech arguments
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by dougSF70 5y ago
What I find baffling is that PG is so against cancel culture. Approx. 1 in 10 of his tweets are railing against this phenomenon. Yet in the YC community cancel culture is permitted. Admittedly they are not one and the same (YC and PG) but i
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by dougSF70 5y ago
I once visited and saw in a realtors window a water meter for sale for $300k dollars. No land. When I enquired why this water meter was so expensive the realtor said you can only connect a property to Bolinas water using an approved water m
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by dougSF70 5y ago
Exactly, if you making money it suggests there is a market , that means there must be competitors....even though every unicorn start up ends up with many competitors...and if there are competitors it's not venture fundable..
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by dougSF70 5y ago
It seems that VCs are either following the herd or buying the vision. The latter is a safe risk to take because the timescales of some projects are 10+ years which means the VC can delay the inevitable (firm goes to zero) with a slim chance
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by dougSF70 5y ago
YouTube's profiteering from this is sickening.
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I agree. I think there is some analysis to be done looking at the cost of living versus different states tax regimes. For example, Oregon has no sales tax, are everyday items more expensive. Same for Florida, zero state income tax might c
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Glass Bridge Design Flaw(theguardian.com)
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by dougSF70 6y ago
Exactly! Airbnb is rent-seeking. Not adding any value just controlling and asset for yield. Same as Bitcoin and other crypto, pure speculation and the product of a decade of government money presses keeping inflation low.
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California DMV services going online are 100x
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by dougSF70 6y ago
Surely this will attract those developers least likely to answer questions that cannot be/ haven't been answered on SO.
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To understand California today requires psychedelics.
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I have the same wifi issue. At 3pm (approx) my comcast business wifi drops for a minute or two.
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by dougSF70 6y ago
Agreed, early stage start ups are experiments in business models: "is there a market for x, can I charge $y for it and accept z as payment". In edtech start ups most folks forget who the customer is e.g Altschool, a software comp
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by dougSF70 6y ago
I suspect they set out with noble intentions and then realised it is a conversion-funnel game where they absorb the cost up front with the hope of recouping cost and profit later on. If 100% students passing through landed a job then the un