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by hilux 3y ago
Lego is a fascinating case study. They've gone entirely corporate - so many of their expensive new products are branded partnerships. I guess it had to be done. There must be an HBS case study, or several, about this.
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Home-schoolers perform better on reading than on math exams(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by hilux 3y ago|1 comments
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by hilux 3y ago
None of this is surprising or even atypical for CEOs. OTOH, if Sam is so horrible, why did all the employees threaten to quit (we're told) if he were not returned to his CEO role? I've definitely worked for CEOs who did not inspir
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by hilux 3y ago
Have you tried tweeting CEO dara khosrowshahi @dkhos ? Something really basic: Can't use Über. App claims "unpaid ride," but @Uber_Support can't find the payment I owe. Please help me ride Über!
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by hilux 3y ago
I'm missing something. If you don't have any unpaid rides (according to Über), what seems to be the problem?
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by hilux 3y ago
I've always assumed that they were working on Leetcode Mediums, or maybe Hards in the case of the piggies.
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by hilux 3y ago
You are so lucky to have a family who cook together!
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by hilux 3y ago
You and I say that, but mistrusting strangers and being "anti-social" is the dominant paradigm - in America much more than in other countries, I think.
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by hilux 3y ago
The general trend is that people use money to buy "privacy," i.e. the freedom to not have to interact with "strangers." It's a glaring example of local optimization at the cost of global (your own life, viewed in it
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by hilux 3y ago
The author (Paul Oyer, Yale MBA) also has some entertaining videos, and a book, on the economics of online dating.
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by hilux 3y ago
That is incredibly interesting - thanks for the research! The cultural differences have persisted for a long time. But over time, they are progressing to their more extreme conclusions (in the US).
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by hilux 3y ago
MENTIONING race is not racist. Being white, voting for Trump, and claiming a Christian-evangelical religious exemption is core to these vaccine objectors' identity. If you're American and you don't know this, you should defin
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by hilux 3y ago
Oh, a second-degree sighting, and in that most manly of places. You've made my day. :-)
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by hilux 3y ago
You appear to be Norwegian. I have to ask my standard question: have you met Magnus Carlsen?? What's he like when speaking Norwegian? [I.e. is he different than his English-speaking persona?]
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by hilux 3y ago
Check out the tsunami of white American kids refusing to get even the most basic vaccines (because Jesus) ... polio and other long-forgotten diseases are about to make a big comeback. NY Times had a big story about this. "Insane"
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by hilux 3y ago
Ketamine can also cause severe and irreversible bladder damage. I've seen how much it can help deeply unhappy people, but the side effects are scary.
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by hilux 3y ago
Because ... cold causes shrinkage?!
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by hilux 3y ago
And have UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia achieved what Norway has? (Where did anyone say that social programs are the source of Norway's wealth?!) No one is acknowledging the US data I posted. Even if the US is not as rich per capita as
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by hilux 3y ago
My comment points out that Norway has done something amazing that other countries have not come close to doing. Look at what the US (I am American) has done with our wealth: highest healthcare expenditure per capita (50% more than #2), 47th
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by hilux 3y ago
This feels like over-analysis. Norway, with 0.07% of the world's population, has the world's best chess player ever. Two of the top ten bridge players. One of the very best soccer players under 25. And so on. Basically, it's
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by hilux 3y ago
Paccar? PPG? Textron? Clearly, I'm out of touch.
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by hilux 3y ago
Oakland, Bay Area, California Pros: Incredible weather, close to ocean and close-ish to mountains, wonderful outdoors and outdoor activities, great ethnic and cultural diversity, excellent food choices, lots of smart, educated, interesting
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by hilux 3y ago
Race absolutely enters into it - the states (in the US) and countries recommended in the Travel section are often much less friendly to non-white visitors. Basically, race is ignored, when at a practical level (for non-white people) it can&
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by hilux 3y ago
As with most travel and retirement articles in a US/UK newspaper, the target audience for this piece is white people with a US/UK or other rich-country passport. Which is fine. Just recognize these articles for what they are - par
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by hilux 3y ago
Presumably on some programming exam where they asked for this. Generally (in any field, not just sorting algorithms) I think there's value in understanding the step-by-step evolution of technology to reach the current state of the art,
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by hilux 3y ago
The title on the HN post was written by the poster; it is not the title of The New York Times article.
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by hilux 3y ago
This attitude of shared responsibility, taught from childhood, help to explain the difference between the cleanliness of subways and subway platforms in Japan, and in the US.
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by hilux 3y ago
Lacking substance is one thing. I'm talking about cynically spreading misinformation for personal financial gain - that's next level <insert favorite cussword here>.
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by hilux 3y ago
Congratulations on what you've accomplished through your positive attitude and hard work! It seems reasonable to me that diligent people with a positive attitude do better in the long run. And as far as I can tell, your positive attitu
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by hilux 3y ago
Super interesting read - I'm so happy your brother has found a way to make a living doing exactly "what he does best." I wish more of us could do that. As with many good ideas, the "hard work is more important than talen

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