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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> In Baltimore taxis routinely refuse to make pickups in various parts of town either because they are out of the way or because they are perceived to be "bad". And Uber is solving this how? Bad neighbourhoods are bad neighbo
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> the official inflation numbers excludes some items and incorperate others and was different 20 years ago then now. Yes. It no longer includes weaving looms, and now includes consumer electronics. You have an issue with that? We don&
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> The benefits on human society at large here are so significant that there is no room for caring about the feelings of greedy old white men. So insurance, oil and car companies are filled with stodgy, greedy, old men who we are not to
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> Musk is more interested in saving the human race You know, I watch his talks (because I'm interested in the work his company's do) and listen to the investor's quarterly conference calls (because I own a small stake in
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> their current clientele seems to be motivated enough Their current clientele is a small population of wealthy trend-setters and early adopters. It's unlikely Tesla will ever sell 500,000 units per year over the internet, without
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
I'm not talking about the Gigafactory itself being marketing. They've been talking about it for the past two quarterly conference calls. It looks like something that is going to go ahead, somehow, at some point. What is full-b
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
Not much there. The TSLA marketing machine is in full effect.
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> I'd love to see the entire financial system operate under a meritocracy such as this. It does. Banks fail every day. Hundreds of banks since 2008. Oh, I'll bet you're talking about the TBTF banks, that were kept afloa
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> Tesla will reach $500 per share within 3 years, if not sooner. And what valuation model are you using to arrive at this price? It seems odd that you consider it overpriced now, when the growth in the future that you're attributi
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
No matter how many times this is pointed out, people will continue to demonstrate their complete lack of understanding behind the "bail outs"; essentially asset swaps that earned the US Treasury a small profit.
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> Bonus paid to GoldmanSachs' employees Goldman Sachs has over 30,000 employees and earns over $8BB in profit a year. That's real money in the pockets of stakeholders. But, as seems to be common on HN, I'll bet you t
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
Personally, I think citing user growth numbers is an unsophisticated perspective. Engagement doesn't directly translate into money.
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> Can't someone write a browser extension that tracks what you like/have liked " The issue is that most of don't want to click like, like, like on everything we "like", just to see that content. I don&#x27
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> Bitcoin has no such restriction and in that way really was/is a one of a kind opportunity. I disagree. No more than getting in as an early employee at Microsoft or Facebook or Google, or in on their IPOs, or even in early after
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> I almost bought 1,000 btc Are you just as bitter that you missed Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Priceline, Intuitive Surgical or CNR? Point being, these opportunities are everywhere, always. You're surrounded by them right now, they&#
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> It's also about gearing. True, but gearing and power are two sides of the same coin. You can't have tall gears if the engine doesn't have enough power to move the vehicle or sustain speeds on the highway.
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> sucking up the wealth of the rest of the country to line up the pockets of themselves while creating no real value. Genuinely curious where you draw the line between "wall street" and the "rest of the country", esp
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by hnnewguy 13y ago
> Fiduciary duty trumps morals. That's an anti-corporate fallacy.