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by hristov 13y ago
Google makes plenty of profits out of smartphones. They just don't make it from selling hardware. But a big part of their revenue comes from mobile (they do not tell you what part, unfortunately) and android is very profitable for them
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by hristov 13y ago
Sorry I don't believe this. If it is true that we are close to maximum employment, there would be more pressure for wage inflation and more overall inflation. In places other than the bay area (which is its own world) inflation is real
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by hristov 13y ago
Sure. Having a government backed monopoly is usually the better business model.
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by hristov 13y ago
Not true at all. Observation is very legitimate and valid scientific pursuit. We will not be able to explain the human brain for a long time but that does not mean we should not make observations about how it behaves and find repeating patt
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by hristov 13y ago
Gee, no wonder they all sound the same.
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by hristov 13y ago
Lets hope so, because IBM and Intel are actually laying off people again.
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by hristov 13y ago
Each Uber user benefits when there are more Uber drivers. They can get rides faster and more conveniently. Each Uber driver benefits when there are more Uber users. They can get clients faster and closer to their current position and thus m
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by hristov 13y ago
That is not only morally wrong but it is flat out stupid. Uber is the leading firm in a growing market with network effects. They should be worried about growing as fast as possible first and above all and not about competition. The network
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by hristov 13y ago
This is interesting, because the social concept of charging is being formed. Will charging be like a gas station, where you are only allowed to be at the charger while using it, or will it be like parking, where you usually have an implied
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by hristov 13y ago
You may be right but this is a moot point for the present discussion. Regardless how or why, there is a monopoly and it will be very difficult for any party to provide a competing service. The idea that a new competitor will jump in and mak
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by hristov 13y ago
To have a starting salary of 300k/year is very difficult. But if you are a star you can perhaps get to that after a couple of years. But it is pretty much impossible to get to that point if you do not live close to your job. There are
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by hristov 13y ago
Only his first point (about getting a fair number of senators) makes sense. Senate representation is a big problem for our country. Things have gotten to the point where many small states can flat out extort the US population as a whole. (O
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by hristov 13y ago
The grand central train station in LA is well connected to the local light rail network. It is also in downtown LA, so there are plenty of business, pleasure and cultural destination just a short cab/light rail/bus ride away.
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by hristov 13y ago
They are not very smart. I do not know much about kids shows, but it seems like japanese shows always have a girl character with some tiny screeching bouncing talking pet animal which seems specifically designed to be purchased by girls as
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by hristov 13y ago
There is nothing wrong with demanding low prices. And paying high prices in no way guarantee fair treatment of workers. That Bangladeshi factory that collapsed used to make some relatively high priced clothes. What we need is legislation th
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by hristov 13y ago
I agree, he is like Dave Berry. Absolutely horrible.
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by hristov 13y ago
It is not a grey area. It is a completely black area. Completely and totally wrong.
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Fat Chance - the sequel to Dr. Lustig's popular lecture on sugar(youtube.com)
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by hristov 13y ago
I completely agree, i do not know why you think this is the devil's advocate position. The murders were imaginary as far as they only existed in his mind. But he probably believed he was really killing people. This is what makes this w
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by hristov 13y ago
Through a brutal reign of imaginary murders.
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by hristov 13y ago
I do not know about ideology but there is definately a political angle to all of this. Bitcoin is only worth anything as long as people are willing to give things or services of value in exchange of bitcoins. For now people have because bit
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by hristov 13y ago
I think it is stealing and it is pretty bad. Intellectual property can be misused when it is used to capture something (whether an artistic expression or an invention) that is not very unique or inventive or creative and would have been eas
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by hristov 13y ago
People still do that in chess.com. It is really annoying, because even if you are good enough to beat the computer, playing against a computer is very boring.
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by hristov 13y ago
If you think there is a logical flaw in my argument say what it is. If you do not feel like saying what it is, then do not post. You must be very proud of yourself for composing a sentence with several big words in it, but it means absolute
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by hristov 13y ago
MSG is not in beef chicken spinach or tomatoes. There is a difference between the glutamic acid that is in these foods and the salt that is msg. Furthermore, MSG is manufactured using chemical processes which means that there are plenty of
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by hristov 13y ago
I very clearly mentioned in my original comment that there are other studies that show no effects. My point was and still is that if there are some studies that show negative effects and some studies that show no negative effects, the latte
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by hristov 13y ago
Cyclists running red lights are a big problem in LA. I am very much in favor of cycling, but you have to follow the laws. I know it is a pain in the ass to stop at every stoplight when you have to use your own muscles to accelerate, but you
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by hristov 13y ago
So the moral of the story is that first I have to get a personal assistant and then I get a Tesla.
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by hristov 13y ago
Did you read the article this discussion is attached to? It said in part: "Initially, researchers had success proving both the short-term and long-term dangers of MSG: mice injected with the additive showed signs of brain lesions, and
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by hristov 13y ago
I really do not like these articles that say "science says not to worry, you must be a very stupid and uneducated person to be worried about this." Any honest scientist will tell you that science does not know exactly how the huma

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