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by gabaix 6y ago
Facebook internal memo by Andrew Bosworth, VP June 18, 2016 The Ugly We talk about the good and the bad of our work often. I want to talk about the ugly. We connect people. That can be good if they make it positive. Maybe someone finds lov
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by gabaix 6y ago
I came across Ainu culture while driving through Kuchiro in Hokkaido. We stayed one night in the city, unbeknown to us it was the night of their yearly Marimo festival [1]. Marimo is an extremely odd moss ball that only grows in their lake
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by gabaix 6y ago
Youtube is in a tough spot. They will be blamed: - if they don't take down speech some consider hateful - if they take down speech some do not consider hateful 共匪 is seen as an insult by a group, but others do not. If Youtube bans noth
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by gabaix 6y ago
The Before trilogy is a gem of modern cinema.
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Thanks! I am in California (Bay Area)
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by gabaix 6y ago
Can you elaborate? I am interested in knowing about these programs for my son.
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by gabaix 6y ago
Hospitals around me are at half capacity. San Mateo is at 56% capacity in ICU beds.[1] Covid cases were doubling every 3 days (up to 5). Would it be correct to say that had we waited another week, hospitals would have been overrun? If that&
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by gabaix 6y ago
Thanks for using Bayes theorem. Although it does not provide evidence, it should guide us to where we should look for evidence. I am also very surprised at people throwing probabilistic equivalence between foreign-agent conspiracy, and an a
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by gabaix 6y ago
Lack of evidence isn’t sufficient to label a theory as conspiracy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
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Silver Lake, Sixth Street Partners Invest $1B in Airbnb(news.airbnb.com)
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by gabaix 7y ago
After the 2008 financial crisis, and for 3 years, applications did not reach the quota. Requests for evidence were frequent, as each application was carefully reviewed. Once approved, the H1-B was granted.
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Facebook is shifting its Libra cryptocurrency plans after regulatory pressure(theverge.com)
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by gabaix 7y ago
Why are there no US vendors? It is rare to see a cutting-edge sector without the US.
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by gabaix 7y ago
In Paris scooters need to be parked in small designated areas. The apps won’t allow you to park unless you stop in one of them.
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by gabaix 7y ago
Thank you for sharing! Fulfillment at work is about many intangibles beyond pay.
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by gabaix 7y ago
What radical changes would you like to see? I don't live in Paris but I may be living there in the years to come.
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by gabaix 7y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. Their first argument is that because state laws exist, there should not be a federal reform. I thought federal laws were there to set a default law for states. If they don't agree with the abuse they shoul
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by gabaix 7y ago
According the restaurant owner the lawyer was suing hundreds of small restaurants in the Bay Area. Also they didn't seem to care about the restaurant at all, and were only interested in finding out all violations. There was a bipartisa
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by gabaix 7y ago
did you end up settling?
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by gabaix 7y ago
I have met a restaurant owner who had exactly the same issue. A lawyer came into his restaurant alongside someone in a wheelchair. They noticed paper rolls were not at a correct height, threatened to sue, and let them settle for less. For t
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by gabaix 7y ago
“When Facebook notified the acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014, it informed the Commission that it would be unable to establish reliable automated matching between Facebook users' accounts and WhatsApp users' accounts. It stated thi
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by gabaix 7y ago
I ride every day in SF and I gave up on Scoot. There are too few of them. A lot of them are out of service. It’s not even worth checking the app. I would like to see more scooters. There is a shortage of scooters and ebikes in the popular C
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by gabaix 7y ago
Trying to confirm your point: because the company was careless in letting an employee walk out, this was a lesser theft? I haven’t heard a case where a burglar gets a reduced sentence because the house was left unlocked. The fact that this
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by gabaix 7y ago
I visited a Don Quijote for my first night in Japan. I went for a stroll at 3am as I was jetlagged. I stumbled upon one Don Quijote. The music was playing very loud among the empty aisles. I stayed there for a while, completely bemused by t
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by gabaix 7y ago
Thank you for the perspective. As someone who grew up in France I find solace in witnessing a new chapter.
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by gabaix 8y ago
Redbooth | Frontend, Backend, Android Engineers | San Francisco | Onsite or Remote (US/Canada only) | Full-Time We help companies organize their work. We provide tasks, chat, video, file share, and timeline. More than 3,000 organizatio
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by gabaix 8y ago
In Yekaterinburg lies the “Church on the blood”, an impressive edifice with portraits of the Romanov. The museum beneath the church has many details of their lives and how they got executed. It is a place not to miss and a traumatic experie
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by gabaix 8y ago
Redbooth | Frontend, Backend, Android, Software Engineers | San Francisco | Onsite or Remote (US/Canada only) | Full-Time https://www.redbooth.com is a collaboration platform providing tasks, chat, video, file share, and ti
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by gabaix 9y ago
It seems you are both correct, and the disagreement lies on the meaning 'personal': - They use 'personal' as 'private', or 'information about you'. e.g. I have a fetish, I wish no one to know, it&#x27
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by gabaix 9y ago
I also lived in College Terrace in Palo Alto, where one of the superfund is. At the time very few residents knew about the issue. I believe it is the same today. My neighbor Aaron Greenspan (also known for fighting his classmate Mark Zucker

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