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by gersh 9y ago
It is probably possible to design systems to avoid access, but they will get more complex. Engineering has to debug bugs. For example, suppose there is bug where the rate calculations aren't working for certain types of routes. The eng
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by gersh 9y ago
I worked on a grocery store inventory system a while back, and it was very hard to get it rolled out. Produce can go bad, and get thrown out, so it is very hard to accurately predict how much you will need. Further, your predictions depend
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by gersh 9y ago
That's oversimplistic. It is also depends on the quality of the city. Companies want to locate their best people in cities that are safe, have good airports, good schools, and reliable transportation where people want to live. This req
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Could genetic engineering take us back to living cars?(medium.com)
2 points by gersh 9y ago|0 comments
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by gersh 9y ago
It seems useful as way to keep records in poor or very corrupt countries without stable institutions. For example, if you don't have a very stable government, it seems like it is a good solution for keeping property records or storing
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by gersh 9y ago
He merely makes the point that you need a central bank. You can have a democratically-controlled crypto-currency central bank. For example, http://makerdao.com/ does that.
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by gersh 9y ago
People seem to have some misconceptions. If we assume the cost of the mining hardware becomes negligible over time, then the cost of mining bitcoin is the cost of the energy. The amount earned by miners is: mining reward + transaction costs
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by gersh 9y ago
Are they selling the reservations now? Is this about getting more cash to keep funding their operations?
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by gersh 9y ago
You need to weight the law enforcement need for encryption against the security threat of hackers stealing your data. Hackers including foreign state-sponsored hackers appear to be a major threat. People need the tools to protect their data
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by gersh 9y ago
What happens when you lose your wallet, or someone steals the peace of paper with your private key? Credit cards and atms get stolen all the time.
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by gersh 9y ago
You gotta be careful with commission-based sales people. They will promise the sun, the moon, and anything to close the sale. While this may work for some products, it can lead to pissed off customers. Commission can encourage a short-term
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by gersh 9y ago
Isn't the code open source? Can he fork and start his own company?
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by gersh 9y ago
So, if you are hiring for diversity, does that mean you should hire whoever solves the interview problem in the most unique way?
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by gersh 9y ago
What was the underwriting criteria? What percentage of the loan applications got accepted? It looks they were looking to back entrepreneurs of color, but the criteria beyond that look unclear. Were there specific criteria, or was it just at
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by gersh 9y ago
I think Angel's list requires a range to list jobs on there.
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by gersh 10y ago
Can a defense attorney in Georgia argue their client couldn't obey the law because they couldn't afford to know the law?
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by gersh 10y ago
I had a terrible experience with a Lyft driver. I took a Lyft home after a long flight where I wasn't feeling well. I mentioned something about not feeling well. The driver decided I was going to die and mess up his car. Then, he tried
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by gersh 10y ago
I'd take this as a sign the fossil fuel industry is dying. Trying to ban your competition is usually a last resort for dying industries.
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by gersh 10y ago
Does the data include high-ranking government leaders and leading businessmen?
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by gersh 10y ago
How could I meet these gifted, socially-isolated people? I'd be interested in Skype or Google Hangouts. Email me.
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What do exploding cellphones presage for self-driving cars?(medium.com)
1 points by gersh 10y ago|0 comments
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by gersh 10y ago
Can high-frequency traders replace active investors in an ideal world. Ideally, the price should be the best estimate of the value of the company based on all publicly available information. When new information is released, high frequency
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by gersh 10y ago
I don't think I really get how to have relationships. It seems a lot of developers fail bad at relationships. I see beauty in math and algorithms. I'm sick of people, who just see such things only in dollar terms. However, I think
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by gersh 10y ago
I'm sick of the conformist 'hacker'-wear in the tech industry. You gotta wear designer clothes to rebel against the techy t-shirt, hoody uniform.
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by gersh 10y ago
He is looking at obituaries of startups for advice. If you look at successful startups, did they face early technical risk? Google won early by having the best algorithm. Facebook's early competitor Friendster died due to technical iss
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by gersh 10y ago
Can't you just say the decision was based on a random forest trained on the following parameters with historical data. You could get more specific on how the model was trained or even show model if you have to. I'm sure you can cr
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by gersh 10y ago
It may not be profitable to a full-time Uber driver, but I think Uber can be a good part-time job. You can driver whenever you want, so you can work when no other work is available. Further, I've heard you can deduct car-related from y
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by gersh 10y ago
4.45M Tesla shares trade ever day. You could liquidate $300m in Tesla stock at less than one day's average volume.
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by gersh 11y ago
Yes, but how much of real estate is owned by REIT?
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by gersh 11y ago
According to the author, the passive investors are buying into indexes regardless of valuation. However, we know the private unicorns have gotten higher valuations than public companies, which is the opposite of what we'd expect. Furth

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