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Facebook built a version of Messenger specifically for children(recode.net)
2 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 9y ago
Reply All did a great episode all about Minitel, for those interested: https://gimletmedia.com/episode/french-connection/
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The History of Sears Predicts Nearly Everything Amazon Is Doing(theatlantic.com)
2 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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The Media Has a Probability Problem(fivethirtyeight.com)
3 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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The Deadliest Industrial Disaster in American History(theringer.com)
8 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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The Most Important Basketball Game in Silicon Valley(theringer.com)
2 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 9y ago
> “Rent, groceries—everything is costly,” says Kervin. “You get your paycheque, and you don’t know where it goes.” This quote really stuck out to me. It wasn't "just poor financial planning" it was absolutely no financial
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Tiny Jumping Spiders Can See the Moon(theatlantic.com)
5 points by gavman 9y ago|1 comments
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by gavman 9y ago
Came here to post that link. RadioLab also did a good episode on the difference between what doctors vs regular people say they want in terms of end of life care: http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/
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by gavman 9y ago
> "Comparing hedge funds and the S&P 500 is a little bit like asking which team is better, the Chicago Bulls or the Chicago Bears. Like the Bulls and the Bears in the Windy City, hedge funds and the S&P 500 play different sp
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The Long Fight for the Future of the Internet(theringer.com)
2 points by gavman 9y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 9y ago
The article ignores the fact that while the wealthy may be living longer, they also disproportionately fund social security. They may be receiving benefits for more years, but while I don't know the numbers, I would guess their ROI i
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Restoring the Constitution at Customs Checkpoints(theatlantic.com)
3 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Batteries Suck (2015) [audio](npr.org)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
Thanks for the details regarding the budget, I didn't realize the pension budget shortfall was separate from the state budget. In that case stupid question: if CalPERS owes much more than it can afford to pay, where is the rest coming
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by gavman 10y ago
Vermont tried this a few years ago, they had to cancel it since in the end it wasn't financially feasible [1]. CA is already dealing with severe budget issues [2][3], so while it sounds nice in theory I'm hesitant to believe the f
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Uber to hire a COO to help Kalanick(cnet.com)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
> Hardly identity thief material. True, but potentially very dangerous material in other ways. It's not hard to image kidnappers piecing together stolen audio clips to create fake messages as part of a ransom attempt. Or scammers cr
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by gavman 10y ago
Recent grad here (technically ECE not CS, but obviously lots of overlap)--still very much a thing people take very seriously.
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Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly(bloomberg.com)
204 points by gavman 10y ago|137 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
Looking back, the thing I wish someone in middle/high school pointed out to me is how temporary it is. Day in and day out it's your entire life and you think it goes on like that forever, and then one day you graduate and poof
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How Backpage.com Became a Haven for Sex Trafficking ... and Free Speech(theringer.com)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
HawXeye ( http://www.hawxeye.net/ ) | Pittsburgh | Full-time or Part-time | ONSITE or REMOTE | Project Leader/Full Stack Engineer HawXeye was founded in the summer of 2014, spinning out of the CyLab Biometrics Center at
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The Extinction Crisis(cnn.com)
3 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
>Asked to study differing scenarios for the financial markets, Seeling told the CalPERS board that if the pension fund’s investments grew at about half the projected rate of 8.25% per year on average, the consequences would be “fairly ca
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The End of Silicon Valley Idealism(theringer.com)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
From everything I've read, the handshake deal on the show is meaningless. After the show the investors do real due diligence, and not every deal works out. "First of all, the handshake deal that happens on the show isn't anyt
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T.J. Miller: Silicon Valley Can't Take a Joke(cnet.com)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
By "we want to shut you down" I meant the NHTSA isn't presenting him with so many regulations and requirements that meeting them is impossible, effectively ending the product. They are definitely using the fine to force him
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by gavman 10y ago
Exactly. The NHTSA memo seems extremely reasonable to me. If you're going to put to market a product where the smallest malfunction could easily kill many people (both those using your product and those around them), answering a couple

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