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by girmad 12y ago
> Technology provides leverage on ability and luck, and in the process concentrates wealth and drives inequality. I think that drastic wealth inequality is likely to be one of the biggest social problems of the next 20 years. [2] We can
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by girmad 12y ago
To make this work, you need to get the avg LinkedIn user to opt out. I bet this page is not very effective at achieving that right now. To get the average user to change their behavior, you must show them: - why doing nothing will be bad fo
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by girmad 12y ago
Yes, scheduling is better done by machines than people, and we as a society will be better for it. Ironically, this will eventually lead to "higher end" shops, which retain the human touch. This process happens over and over as te
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by girmad 12y ago
Come on guys, let's not downvote the dissenting opinion.
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by girmad 12y ago
I think the point was the UX of mobile devices is very different from that of 'traditional computers'. Cars have also become more and more ubiquitous throughout the years, but I would not say that the % of population willing to op
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by girmad 12y ago
I'm guessing Raleigh / Durham
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by girmad 12y ago
Slightly off topic: are there any good solutions for keeping localdata and a rails back-end in sync? If the device is offline save locally, otherwise sync with the rails app.
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by girmad 12y ago
A couple off the top of my head: Gov't nationalizing private pension funds (=stealing): http://www.ipe.com/nightmare-in-hungary-as-government-nation... Corruption scandal over tobacco stores (where shops were required
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by girmad 12y ago
That's very Yahoo purple.
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by girmad 12y ago
Trading at 2x Sales still seems a little high. They bought Zappos for 1x Sales and Zappos was profitable. Now the cloud services will have different multiples, but from my understanding that's not where most profits can be forecasted i
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by girmad 12y ago
The API looks great! Is there any way to include yellow & red cards, as well as timestamps for these events?
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by girmad 13y ago
Like others said, you can't go wrong. Visit all three, talk to students and faculty, and decide with your gut.
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by girmad 13y ago
You're right of course -- to a certain point. Half baked products will not succeed. Still, law of diminishing returns is in full effect here. When to launch? When is the MVP ready? I don't know the right answer.. Some say earlier
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by girmad 13y ago
Actual business advice: creating a really good game is a black swan ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory ) and multiple attempts will yield better results than a first big one (think very low probability as o