idiotdummy

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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   So "not a minority" means you're a white man?
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   > Didn't Wozniak give out stock to people he felt bad for? Yes. And I think, as opposed to Jobs, his legacy will be rewarded.
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   > They're decoupling the price that the rider pays from what the driver gets. And this is somewhat transparent, right? Everyone loves getting middle manned, I'm sure neither drivers nor passengers will mind. Getting a lift is
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   > Yeah... Uber is doing fine. Okay, let's see them raise prices 6% in an environment with increasingly hostile regulators, increasing competition and a shallow moat and see what happens. "Just raise prices" demonstrates a
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   > no way of truly accounting No way to predict , sure. But if my memory serves me correctly, the entire theme of Taleb's Black Swan was about accounting for such events. For example, financial hedging; you won't know what
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   > Commoditization, i.e. driving the costs down. Commoditization is about goods being of indistinguishable quality in comparison with each other, such that the consumer doesn't care which is purchased, ie one barrel of oil vs anothe
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   by idiotdummy 9y ago

   Here's Paul Singer warning us in 2014 that "the threat of a widespread blackout from an electromagnetic surge the "most significant danger" in the world": http://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/29&#x2