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by jmpman 7y ago
What about allow a passenger to request a driver who has undergone a background check, US citizenship check, etc.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Although these tax systems likely poll well, all tax systems are just transfer functions. Any tax system which results in significantly reduced taxes for the >1% raises my suspicions. If you couples this system with an inheritance tax
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by jmpman 7y ago
“Oracle had put in place an entire system to bring men from India over to the US on work visas and pay them less while rejecting qualified people from everywhere else.” - when people complain that the immigration system needs to be fixed, I
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by jmpman 7y ago
I always wanted to drive a Honda Element for Uber... one with hydraulics... pick up people from the bars, and “expedite” their vomiting. The element is designed to be hosed out, so 5 min of cleaning, and you’re back on the road.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Do TikToks cross the great firewall? Maybe TikTok will allow dissent outside the great firewall?
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by jmpman 7y ago
We would have the product in inventory for about 5 days before it was sold. What’s the interest on $100M for 5 days? From that, we then made $25M.
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by jmpman 7y ago
I read that it results in an extra inch or two in other places as well.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Prisoners have the right against cruel and unusual punishment. They certainly aren’t protected by the 4th amendment. Do they have 1st amendment rights?
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by jmpman 7y ago
I agree. My theory is that it was partially our MBAs and partially the stock analysts MBAs. In our industry, normal margins were 60 points, so when our company was generating 36 points, it looked wrong to the analysts, so it needed to be f
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by jmpman 7y ago
I’ve argued that Gross Margin Dollars is more important than Gross Margin percent. Most business school grads are focused on the percent because it’s good for the stock price, when it’s the gross margin dollars which pays the light bill. I
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by jmpman 7y ago
Just noticed this on toothpaste from Costco.
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by jmpman 7y ago
As a resident of Phoenix, I can see this working 9 months out of the year. But, June can reach 120f, and I’m cursing just by the time I walk from the grocery story through the parking lot to my car. July and August have random monsoons wh
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by jmpman 7y ago
Extend the roofline back, add a third row of seating and charge +$10k... I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Why don’t they just find the other three people with similar fingerprints. Confirm they exist, and call it a day.
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by jmpman 7y ago
I’m not underestimating America’s elites grip on anything.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Would be interesting to see these charts based upon the actual degree. A CS degree will likely have a better ROI than basket weaving. Society shouldn’t be creating more basket weavers, and the first step is to have solid data.
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by jmpman 7y ago
My understanding is that I’m not allowed to discriminate based upon the country of origin of my employees. As long as they have the right to work, they must be considered equally. Should that be altered for Chinese citizens?
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by jmpman 7y ago
So, you have a calibration target on the tower, along with the actual power generating target? Allow each mirror a brief time slice to hit the calibration target to ensure alignment before returning to the power generating target? Maybe y
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by jmpman 7y ago
I get the free software principle issue. But that’s like people who won’t use Uber/Lyft and still use Taxis because Taxis have the legal right to sell transportation and Uber/Lyft are/were operating against the law (if not t
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by jmpman 7y ago
Have you worked with people who willingly (not forced by their employer) use Linux on the desktop as their primary desktop?
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by jmpman 7y ago
The existence of this survey is evidence that Linux on the desktop is flawed. There should be one answer. Instead, Linux desktop users are using Linux on the desktop because they can’t be satisfied by Windows or OSX. So then they try Lin
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by jmpman 7y ago
But the more dense the city, the more expensive the housing costs.
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by jmpman 7y ago
I’d like to see city design which is cost optimized around travel time. Let’s say that you are building a city such that you want everyone to be able to get to the center 10% within 30min during rush hour. What is the cheapest solution (fo
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by jmpman 7y ago
Let me guess. They’re collecting the data, but hashing the cellphone unique identifier into some form that cant be reversed without a warrant?
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by jmpman 7y ago
Fantastic. Thanks. This will be my next project.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Ok, a combustion engine for an F150 plus transmission is $3k? I’m off by $2k? That doesn’t really change the overall equation much. Just pointing out that an electric pickup is viable with today’s battery prices. The inflection point for m
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by jmpman 7y ago
At $100/kWh, a 200kwh battery pack is just $20k. I expect the motor is approximately $5k. An F150 runs anywhere from $28k-$70k. Which means that the base F150 without gas engine is around $23k. Add in the electric, and you’re up to $
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by jmpman 7y ago
My Verizon bill is $200/month and my Internet bill is $150/month, so the numbers seem about right.
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by jmpman 7y ago
A built-in HDMI port, and all my requests would have been fulfilled.
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by jmpman 7y ago
Could we get carbon credits for paying these ships to go slower?

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