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by ggg9990 9y ago
OpenTable is not just reservation software for diners... it is also the software that the restaurant uses in-house to manage their seating.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Because trade secrets are virtually impossible in non-biologic drugs, the entire funding ecosystem around pharmaceuticals is driven by patents.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Most modern pharmaceuticals would not exist without patents.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Basic income is probably not going to do the trick.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
While observing this run-up in income inequality and the unwillingness of the rich to do anything about it, I’ve concluded that we haven’t really learned anything and are going to have a French Revolution or Russian Revolution style “shoot
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by ggg9990 9y ago
I think a doctor did come in but on school grounds. And there was a meeting with my parents where they told him to fuck himself. This was also 30 years ago
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by ggg9990 9y ago
There’s no obligation for entertainment to be political — nobody is asking why films about poverty don’t sell more tickets. But there is an expectation that award shows like the Oscars bring some values to the table. And if you accept that
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Got hauled to the school psychologist in elementary school for calling my teacher an idiot. Was prescribed Ritalin. My parents told them absolutely not and I've had a great life without it. I'm sure there are some people who need
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Basically, 1) People who enjoy gambling only enjoy it when they're betting amounts of money that actually matter to them. There are billionaires who love playing really high stakes poker against the best players in the world. Doesn&#x2
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by ggg9990 9y ago
The US needs laws and a DOJ that can put an end to this kind of market power abuse. What Google and Amazon do to each other publicly they do daily to millions of individuals and small businesses that are too weak to retaliate.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
I wasn’t really into the idea of having kids but I had one because my wife wanted to and I liked being with my wife. I went completely bonkers for the kid and now want to have as many as possible.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
There are different ways to be a developed country. Canada and the US are similarly developed but Canada has a vastly higher quality of life.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
There isn’t now, but there should be.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
No problem with this, but then art donations to the museum should not be federally tax deductible. Donations should be tax deductible only if they benefit the entire tax base — if the Met only offers free admission to New Yorkers, billionai
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by ggg9990 9y ago
No, I mean being outcompete by other businesses, in China and locally.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
This is why the public ownership model is bound to fail, and already the most successful companies are avoiding it as long as possible or entirely.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Classic techbro. Knows virtually nothing about selling on Amazon; happy to accuse a retailer and author of a detailed blog post of not knowing much about selling on Amazon.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
This is why after having a kid I shifted my purchasing 90% from Amazon to 90% from Target even though I have to drive 15 minutes to the Target. Amazon was the lazy mans approach.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
I mean sure, if it deceived me into thinking that it was a jam session app, I could certainly be fooled.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
My mom never used to let us order pizza delivery because she didn’t want a pizza delivery guy to know who we were and where we lived. Remember going out to the pizza shop in 5 degree F weather with my dad.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Yes, but many more unimpressive things are correctly assessed as toys. Your argument is like someone saying, “he sucks at basketball, he was cut from his high school team” and responding “that’s quite the compliment, Michael Jordan was cut
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by ggg9990 9y ago
The point of these analyses isn’t to say “arrest this man he’s a criminal” but rather “closely observe this man and ascertain whether he’s a gangbanger or an outreach worker.” Of course it doesn’t even need to get that far since it’s trivia
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Because popular culture is created by former waiters. In movies and TV, the classic sign of a villain is that he is a bad tipper. Most screenweiters / directors / etc. got their start while waiting tables in Los Angeles.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
As a musician looking for jam sessions I can say that I may try an app designed for jam sessions but would never try a generalized app that offered to “find nearby people for things together”
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Whatever. Investing is a probabilistic game. A mistake in either direction is no evidence of a bad approach to investing.
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by ggg9990 9y ago
1000? More like 1000 times that!
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by ggg9990 9y ago
How can someone who reverse engineers an algorithm know that they got it right?
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by ggg9990 9y ago
Despite how ridiculous this sounds it is actually very strategic. The industry has appointed Pantone as a sort of random number generator that will pick a color for next year. The only requirement for this color is that it is different from
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by ggg9990 9y ago
That’s like the Cleveland Browns saying “Looking for a quarterback. Must have won 3 Super Bowls and have a career passer rating of at least 85.0. Must be willing to sign for a maximum salary of $10 million per year.” And then complaining th
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by ggg9990 9y ago
I don’t know about Android but Apple manages this quite effectively by nagging users to upgrade their OS, thus encouraging app developers to save money by targeting only the latest OS, thus making older iPhones unable to run most apps.

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