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by flybrand 3y ago
These companies feel like parasitic house guests, you let them in and things start disappearing.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Yes! So much of the recent nuttiness worldwide is due to embracing a rebranding of ‘central planning’. It doesn’t work.
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by flybrand 3y ago
This is just propaganda by the Pro-Rat lobby.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Airframe certification? Regulatory over sight? Lack of competitors? Alternate use of their assets / personnel?
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by flybrand 3y ago
This is a misrepresentation of ‘focused protection’ and Bhattacharya supported - and still supports - a vaccine strategy, which you insinuate he did not.
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by flybrand 3y ago
That is explicitly not what they argued for and is a misrepresentation of ‘focused protection.’ Plus, wouldn’t a reasonable critique not matter who wrote it?
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by flybrand 3y ago
Yes, this is the right issue - it's their fief. They're farming money off the students. Don't mess with the crop, even if you are the crop.
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by flybrand 3y ago
because that Dean is likely responsible for receiving payments - maybe not personally, but to the school - from that same business.
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by flybrand 3y ago
It’s certainly written by the literate.
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by flybrand 3y ago
There's a great YouTube video that shows how the first attempt to make a sequel to F-Zero is what turned into Mario Kart! So every time you play super-accessible Mario, that is in fact a sequel.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Splatoon is an amazing franchise. Advanced Wars also has real potential. I'd buy a sequel to Arms. There's a great video out there on the history of Mario Kart, where they detail how they set out to make a two player version of
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by flybrand 3y ago
Is the drought blow back from the previous boom? There’s no mystique once you’ve done that awkward climb over your fellow passengers.
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by flybrand 3y ago
2023: Articles about transparency hidden behind a paywall.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Brought to you for your convenience!
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by flybrand 3y ago
AI imagery destroys our pre-conceived notions about the rigid nature of history. It enables us to question the concept of history as we’ve been taught.
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by flybrand 3y ago
For the sales team it’s an easy way to see multiple buyers at once, much easier to see them if they’re spread across a wide area.
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by flybrand 3y ago
I feel like we’re living in the age of an unidentified, “Committee to Stop Maintenance of Civil Infrastructue.”
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by flybrand 3y ago
it’s the grey goo of software
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by flybrand 4y ago
My wife and I’s favorite game when meeting new people is to try and go as long as possible without talking about our work or asking about theirs. It makes it so much more interesting when careers / jobs finally enter the dialog.
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by flybrand 4y ago
“If you think [X] about the pandemic and [Y] about the response, then that is WTW.”
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by flybrand 4y ago
The claims don’t match reality; the issue with so many products. The failure mechanism always happens on the most difficult dimension to prove - here it is longevity.
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by flybrand 4y ago
And for those of us who played around w 2nd life, I’ve yet to see a meta verse demo that was much different than what I remember.
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by flybrand 4y ago
“ Shanghai Gold Exchange denies report on 'doped' gold bars from Australia” https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/shanghai-gold-exchange-denie...
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by flybrand 4y ago
I’d worked in technical fabrics for 15 years when c19 came out, and my personal blog allowed a balance between the chaos of the n95 supply chain at work and the flood of inquiries. There were a lot of non-monetary positive things we got don
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by flybrand 4y ago
… and for us non techies it shows we can at least try and RTFM.
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by flybrand 4y ago
The platforms age out, change, censor, etc. also, you may go through periods over time where you are less active - and the long term persistence of your writings is more valuable if in one place. Having something you own allows for drift i
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by flybrand 4y ago
I’m always shocked to see people who build up a huge portfolio on LinkedIn - especially after their censorship.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Once I found a theme - detailed reviews of manufacturing books - I get calls all the time that lead to consulting gigs that are fun. https://fredlybrand.com/2018/10/15/goldratts-the-goal-chapte... The counts
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by flybrand 4y ago
Harder to have future startups if your current portfolio dies.
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by flybrand 4y ago
We had a high end home rental for a vacation a few years ago that had multiple dishwashers that were just being used as cabinets! It creates a whole new set of clean/dirty problems.

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