dylanjermiah

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by dylanjermiah 11y ago
A survey of the drivers found that 70%+ didn't want to be employees. But no, you should decide for them right?
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2014 was 450. On target for 6x this year and 3x next year. Also, most of the early markets are profitable. Investing in growth > profitability at this point.
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If you like your doctor...
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Has already been tried countless times, and all have failed so far.
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I disagree that minitel itself played any significant role in France's current situation. It was the French governments inability to get out of the way. Minitel was also in the U.S. in the early 90s, but didn't last because compet
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My claim was not correct. However, a lot of blogs, journals, books etc. are used as references for Wikipedia. Regardless, this is a huge step up. We must not let perfection get in the way of progress. FB will not have any control, people
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by dylanjermiah 11y ago
Facebook is a business, yes. Does that mean they do not positively impact the world? Absolutely not. IIRC they are providing FB and Wikipedia (among other resources), those two resources alone will allow people the access to the entirety of
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by dylanjermiah 11y ago
I'd suggest anyone here seriously interested in the effects of Affirmative Action and similar policies read 'Affirmative Action Around the World' by Thomas Sowell. It's only 200pages, but incredibly sourced and well writ
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Many people said their product wasn't very good, in the last HN thread.
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You are assuming a lessened desire, why? There are no perfect options, only trade offs. FB can provide a service, and if people don't use it, fine. But, let them decide.
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Some internet > no internet
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Income. Money people make is being stolen by gunpoint. Irrespective of the proposed uses of the money is, stealing is stealing. I can put a gun to Bill Gate's head and demand 50% of his wealth and spend it only for 'good' th
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by dylanjermiah 11y ago
Rent control and outrageous zoning laws are _not_ a free market. It's funny, and sad, that the two cities who have the most laws in relation to accomodation, NY and SF, are both of the cities who have the highest prices.
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Dependant on where you live, 15-50% of the money one makes.
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I'm assuming you have no data to support your assumptions?
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Awful lot of assumptions from 3 sentences.
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"10-30%" Seems awfully high. Still, that leaves 90-70% legitimate entries.
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It is most certainly not. The inefficiency of USPS doesn't speak to the inherent inability for buses, trains, postal services and internet providers need to be subsidised. That it a huge claim you've made, one link on the ineffici
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Facebook is not monopoly. The real definition of a monopoly is the sole provider of a good or service, which has apparently been forgotten. FB is not the only social network, nor will it ever be. Who does have the ability to use force to c
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Why would that ever be the case?
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Irrespective of what the desired use of stolen property is, it is stolen.
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If an individual desires privacy, perhaps being on Facebook is not wise.
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You should vote for politicians, because that will definitely help. Democracy and all.
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Same. At the point they invested IIRC Uber was only doing 12m/year. Very impressive investment.
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I'm very skeptical on all three, do you have any supportive data?
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I've managed to read on my iPhone and my Mac, I've found it easier on the phone due to portability and the touch screen. But the i've found I can't sustain long periods on either.
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The real minimum wage is always 0.
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The public infrastructure which you've described didn't 'fail' because of lack of funding, it 'failed' because of lack of aligned incentives. Please specifically outline how Uber and similar services are good
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Which critical infrastructure cannot be profitable?
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by dylanjermiah 11y ago
Thinking of buying an iPad just for this use case. Most of my technical books are in PDF form, converting them to any other format ruins the readability, and the PDF on the kindle is terrible to navigate.

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