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by gozur88 9y ago
I realize that, but it doesn't make it a bad example. Certainly the shareholders were taking the long view when they allowed such a massive R&D program to go forward. The fact that it didn't work out is neither here nor ther
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by gozur88 9y ago
Yes, because the people with voting shares gave you money in the hopes they would make something from their investment.
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by gozur88 9y ago
How many centuries ago was that? Do we really want to go back to a world where the biggest threat to your life was starvation?
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by gozur88 9y ago
Well, yes. That's the entire point of a corporation.
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by gozur88 9y ago
Being publicly traded never necessarily meant you focus on short term. If that were actually true you'd never have seen Intel shelling out $15bn for a fab, or Westinghouse designing nuclear reactors.
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by gozur88 9y ago
I think it would be far more correct to say "Mr. Musk faces potential competition from another billionaire." Though ULA is buying engines from BO.
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by gozur88 9y ago
Investment? How so?
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by gozur88 9y ago
In theory a company's expected poor performance is already priced into the stock.
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by gozur88 9y ago
https://www.cnet.com/news/zynga-to-employees-give-back-our-s... If I stayed at a place a few extra years in anticipation of an IPO, this would have me seeing red.
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by gozur88 9y ago
There was an article linked on HN awhile back about getting bacteria to evolve resistance to antibiotics in just a few days.
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by gozur88 9y ago
The USG probably already has it, particularly if security is as important to these people as it seems to be. If Sweden isn't part of NATO, would it be correct to call Sweden and the US allies? I don't see it.
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by gozur88 9y ago
The theory behind splitting the check evenly is if you go out a bunch of times it all evens out. But that doesn't happen if you split the bar tab over non-drinkers.
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by gozur88 9y ago
>"It’s making people less generous and chivalrous,” Ms. Pennoyer said. “It used to be you’d go to a restaurant, and you’d put down your credit cards and split it 50-50, even if one person had steak and one had chicken. But now peopl
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by gozur88 9y ago
You do, but not as many.
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by gozur88 9y ago
If you leave parks open at night you have to provide quite a bit extra policing. Otherwise they get taken over by hookers and junkies, and normal people won't go there. That kind of policing is the first thing that gets cut when citi
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by gozur88 9y ago
I don't think it's completely unreasonable, particularly in the case of bathrooms. Larger bathrooms (to a point) are nicer than smaller bathrooms, and that should be reflected in the square footage.
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by gozur88 9y ago
You'd think you could just collect all the numbers and then translate, i.e. if I add some things and get XXVVVVVIIIIIIIIIII, I know that's XXVVVVVVVI = XXXXXVI = LVI. The problem is IV isn't 6, it's 4.
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by gozur88 9y ago
I agree. His skills as a salesman will never actually be obsolete, whereas if he becomes a coder he'll be on the skill upgrade treadmill like the rest of us.
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by gozur88 9y ago
With bacterial and viral infections, is the problem that your immune system doesn't recognize the invader, or is it just that it gets overwhelmed?
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by gozur88 9y ago
Yeah, that's pretty much it, and it's not just tech companies. Prior to about 1990 or so, if you spent less than about five years at a company before moving on it was considered a black mark on your resume. If it was a regular p
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by gozur88 9y ago
I imagine if they could make a $4k car that's as safe as what you find in the US and Europe they would be sold in the US and Europe.
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by gozur88 9y ago
I fully expect in 30 years few people will die from cancer, but instead we'll be dying from things like antibiotic immune staph and strep.
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by gozur88 9y ago
I agree. On the other hand, at least now we have something that seems to mostly work, and that's a good start.
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by gozur88 9y ago
The treatment is pretty brutal. Even when it's available for most cancers there's still lots of room for improvement on the tolerability side.
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by gozur88 9y ago
>Rapid and full rocket reusability is a basic necessity for making Mars missions viable, Musk later commented, which is why it’s such a crucial part of SpaceX’s pipeline. I'm not sure I agree with this, unless he's positing the
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by gozur88 9y ago
Dota was my first thought when I read the article. Good Dota players pay attention to their crits, and if they haven't had one in a few hits they adjust strategy with the expectation of higher damage, something you would never do if i
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by gozur88 9y ago
>This intersection is 4 lanes plus a left turn lane in all directions with constant traffic. Hand signals were absolutely necessary because 12 people were all approaching the intersection simultaneously. There is a set of rules that desc
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by gozur88 9y ago
But also generally useful things like container shipping and jet engines.
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by gozur88 9y ago
Developers would include parking garages if it was something that raised the rents they could charge. These kinds of rules are usually enacted by people who have lived in a city for a long time and always parked on the street for free. The
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by gozur88 9y ago
I would have talked to the landlord. He probably could have rented out the space to one of the other tenants and given you a break on the rent.

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