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by eldavido 8y ago
Yes. And that is a feature in my view. You should read some of Larry Lessig's work on this topic. If every law was enforced strictly to the letter, the world would be a very different place than it is now. You would get a ticket for go
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by eldavido 8y ago
I wouldn't write this off so quickly. The analog is Visa. What would ordinarily be a huge lawsuit is settled by a private commercial arbitration process--namely, a chargeback--in case of dispute. Courts are tremendously expensive and b
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by eldavido 8y ago
Did you vote in the last election? I did.
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It's interesting that one of these things had a major financial meltdown last decade and the other is well on its way (student loans). Coincidence?
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by eldavido 8y ago
> The offer to bail out taxi drivers is an unforeseen twist in the years-long struggle by New York City regulators to contain the explosion of ride-hailing app drivers. City Council members have said they were partly motivated by the pli
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Cheapo heuristics: how small business gets by(davidralbrecht.com)
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CRS is an old term from when it was possible to take reservations without a computer. It can also mean "central reservation system", in the sense of "we operate above the level of a single property, aggregating all supply for
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by eldavido 8y ago
Ok, two questions. 1. What are the "social or political consequences" of this study? Can you explain those? Or perhaps clarify the asserted "collective damage"? 2. How do you weigh the benefits of better understanding ag
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by eldavido 8y ago
Sorry you were triggered... On a more serious note, I don't think personal sensibility is a good reason not to perform an experiment, or publish something. The main test should be, "is it true"? And, "What does the evide
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by eldavido 8y ago
I think you've gotta acknowledge that a lot of this stuff is just fashion. Anyone can buy a pair of pants. Look beyond the functionality to understand why people do things. It can be social signaling, wanting to be part of a crowd, or
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by eldavido 8y ago
I've been to several technical trainings, including one at my last company on iOS, and some Goldman Sachs training on slang, their proprietary in-house language. I got almost nothing out of either. I don't think you can really lea
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by eldavido 8y ago
Sometimes I ask whether people are "Willing to put that in writing" (important verbally-negotiated deal terms). If I get a no, that becomes part of the negotiation.
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by eldavido 8y ago
Doctors expect to be catered to. They're at the top of an entire apparatus designed for their convenience, that starts by making people come for appointments on their schedule, and ends with it being acceptable for them still to use pa
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by eldavido 8y ago
Very true. I'm just tired of being called the bad guy. We might not see eye-to-eye on this issue. I think it's about 90% the fault of those who've lived here for decades and 10% the fault of new people like me (7 years here s
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by eldavido 8y ago
Read this: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/06/21/in-praise... And this: http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research-areas/affordability There's a lot of conflation going
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by eldavido 8y ago
I think there's some truth to this, but the big story is simpler. Prices have doubled in the past 5 years. Because of Prop 13, if you've been an owner through this, you just stay where you are. Then the whole question becomes maki
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by eldavido 8y ago
That's true. I think Oakland has something going for it, though. SF increasingly feels like a museum: the whole place is so preservation-focused and static. Whereas Oakland has always seen itself as a place where anyone can live and do
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by eldavido 8y ago
I think people dramatically overstate the case for automation. It may be that certain jobs get automated. But look at what Tesla is going through; they're using more people, not less, and basically admitted they screwed up trying to au
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by eldavido 8y ago
Your view on this broadly aligns with mine (33-year old, live in Oakland). We bought a cheap (for the area, about 670k) condo just off of BART. It's a pure consumption expense in that I expect to get 1-2% appreciation/year while c
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by eldavido 8y ago
1. Do you have a citation on this? I don't think that's true based on my own looking around. 2. Even if that is true, it's not as bad as it looks. There are many, many couples here with incomes in the 200-300k range, as almos
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by eldavido 8y ago
I've been thinking about this a lot as someone who recently bought into a condo building. I think SFR neighborhoods do tend to be better on average, than renter-dominated ones. Alameda (city next to Oakland) is instructive. Walk across
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by eldavido 8y ago
I think this is a common misconception people have, that that's the choice. Go to Paris. SF needs Parisian-level density. This means six-story buildings, a few on each block. That's easily 10x the density of single-family homes, w
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by eldavido 8y ago
This is what's happening in SF. The eastern side of the city is the high-density zone, and as prices get higher and higher, it's pushing farther west, into Cole Valley and the central Mission. What's stopping the process is (
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by eldavido 8y ago
Keep the needs of the audience in mind. More: http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/tags/engcomm.html
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Disruption at Microsoft: A front-row seat (2009)(davidralbrecht.com)
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by eldavido 8y ago
Re: your #2. This is also something I've been thinking about. I jokingly talk about "The Fear". The Fear is what makes people work hard. The Fear that your company might not exist, that it might all come to an end, that you&#
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by eldavido 8y ago
Your suspicion is well-founded. Here are some thoughts on this topic--I wrote an entire blog post on it: http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/2018/06/primus-inter-par...
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by eldavido 8y ago
I have every reason to want this thing to succeed. I used to work at Microsoft, I want more competition in the space, I even develop software for Windows. But good lord is Microsoft hardware just utter trash compared to what Apple is puttin
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by eldavido 8y ago
I find it interesting that it's accepted in our culture, that "Having money" means "Someone worth listening to". I see this all the time and just wanted to point it out.
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by eldavido 8y ago
All good points. What this city really needs is restrooms. Agree with you on that. Yes, people would do drugs in them, but it would certainly help with some of the smells.

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