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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Creativity is absolutely a team sport. It's just not a timed sport.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Jeff Bezos meetings are extremely high processing contests of wit. Everyone reads a long document at the same time at the start of the meeting and then immediately starts debating and asking pointed questions. Only the presenter has time to
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
This is indeed known in the psychological practice in general (it's called "processing speed"), but most lay people aren't aware of it. Ask your friends if they ever got a professional IQ score and if they got the the di
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It's great for legit companies, but it also opens the door to the far greater number of malware providers, as seen throughout the history of Windows.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
The free market has democratic power the government lacks.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
In most of the USA outside of San Francisco, authoritarianism is frowned upon. In China and SF, the government is more free to tell people how to speak and live. It's a cultural difference.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
What if the computer is somehow compromised, before or after manufacture?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
I don't think A&F is the right name for this effect, because A&F intentionally sells products that fit big muscular guys, and tries to avoid selling products for and to small guys. (see the related comment about FitchTheHomele
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Usually it would be off topic and rude, but this is a thread specifically dedicated to the use of scientifically studied use of sex appeal in marketing.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Why would you use a million and a billion instead of 1 and 1000?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
What does it mean to say something "exists" but is not "observable"?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Googol isn't the estimated ambition for Google's database, it's just the biggest number with a cute, short name.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Society doesn't really care whether there are 10 megabillionaires or 100 minor billionaires.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
VC funded startups also subsidize product development and marketing.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Google Photos was horrendous for years, and they aquihired several best-in-class companies (Picasa, and then a few mobile photo editing apps) and killed their products.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
That's a strong accusation. Can you provide any more information (URLs) to investigate?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Did you get hired?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
You'd trust then more if they told you an obvious lie: "we'll never make a mistake in the future"?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Was that this thread? https://support.google.com/inbox/forum/AAAAg4HSpy4qi4kQLXV6w...
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It says that they'll give a 5-day warning when they detect the abuse.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
In your extreme example of 100k valid stolen credit cards being burned simultaneously in one attack, you've got 1PB which is only $25k/mo online, $7k/mo coldline, retail, so even less wholesale or on tape backup. That's
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Atlassian is not a "large" tech firm. By any size metric it is 1% of the others you mentioned.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Ignoring the terrible effects of carbs on health also misses the point. Parent didn't say anything about forcing.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Doctors have to wrestle with insurance companies as much as you do.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Italy is 5x as dense as the USA. There is no equivalent to rural USA in Italy.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Assuming that Christian laws apply to an Islamic country is a strange stereotype.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
So? We don't require a prescription for fruits and sandwiches.
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It's like https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oopsie-woopsie Warning: turn on your adblocker
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
AWS got built over the objection of he Chief Executive and majority owner of the company?
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by fjsolwmv 8y ago
For high income a people like amazon engineers, WA is crazy low tax burden. CA income tax could only match WA sales tax of you spend 100% or probably more of your income on taxable items.

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