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by jomamaxx 10y ago
These kinds of analysis tend not to work because GDP is really not a very objective measure or anything. Value is very relative. It's entirely possible that 100% of those people are sad living in the city and would rather live elsewher
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A) Yeah, uh, in Science, when we refer to 'things that exist', we usually mean 'materially' and not 'in fantasy'. So no, that it is an 'idea' does not mean 'it exists'. B) Prove to me that d
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I think the camps might work in some situations, if they are properly run. The missing ingredient, is 'something to believe in'. The reason that 'disciplinarian' measures work in the forces, is because you're doing
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At least 4 things: 1) Apple had iPod and iPhone, 2 massive hits, most companies are lucky to get one. The hangover will be long. 2) There doesn't seem to be a lot of 'meta' thinking. Watches have been around. Cars - definitel
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There is a serious misrepresentation in this issue. These companies already have 'equal pay' for 'equal work'. Google and Amazon have published their figures at 99.6% equality. Ergo - the 'pay gap' - does not e
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Google cloud services nearly kills DocGraph(businessinsider.com)
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" Now astronomers can study dark matter with less interference from the regular matter background" There is no such thing as 'Dark Matter' yet. Would you people please stop talking about it as though it exists? It is, at
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Nobody even hinted at this. The point is, if something doesn't work as claimed, it adds real 'cost' which is often much more than the relatively cheap cost of buying something that is more reliable. That it is free is almost
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It's an issue of credibility. I'd much rather pay for something that works than get something for free that doesn't.
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"> First impressions are everything. They're not." They definitely are - it's part of human psychology, and it happens to those of us even aware of the fact. We start making judgements quickly. It's the way we wo
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That's really cute.
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" Where as Slack is company only. " This problem is easily solved with a filter, no?
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Folks, I suggest that while Slack may have some mechanical advantages over e-mail, the 'problem of too many emails' will absolutely not be solved by Slack, or almost anything else. 'Communication discipline' is the key i
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Every companies copy other companies innovations. Smartphones would not exist unless BlackBerry created the market for them. But they are secretive not for that reason - they are secretive because they want to announce and present things on
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Of course you can. But in some languages it's a pain. And you can't do python on both ends. Using JS on both sides is nice if the architecture is suited for it.
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First - super cool. Second - I'm at a loss for exactly what it does. Sorry. I get the 1000 mile-high view, and I get some of the super specific examples. But I'm not sure how it applies to most js progamming which is much more mun
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"real question is why they avoid the research community so strongly." I think it's within their DNA. They are a very secretive company for a lot of historical reasons. Company culture is what companies are ... they are the so
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"If they were serious, they'd provide objective evidence for their claims." I disagree - they are not making any claims that they care to be validated. They don't care to be 'known as #1' in whatever field. We
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"Major concerns that count against the presence of life are related to the closeness of the star." I think the 'major concerns' are that we don't exactly know what 'life' is, and that since we have no info
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If anyone has details on the transaction, it would be cool to know how this went down.
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I concur. It looks like a great idea, and we've been waiting for years for someone to do this. 'Serverless servcies' is a big deal. That said - there's too little information regarding how it works. For server side stu
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Maybe they could give an x% baseline inflation increase, and then y% bonus for quality of work.
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"VCs are not heroes. We are just one part of the startup ecosystem." Funny, 'hero' never crossed my mind! When you start with a statement like that, you're saying a lot about 'self awareness' within this g
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I would argue that Eastern European countries did have a 'collapse' and a 'massively pivotal event' which afforded them the opportunity to toss the communists from power and start anew. Nobody in Eastern Europe would eve
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" I think the corruption needs to be sorted out," The 'Communism' needs to be sorted out.
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I beg to differ. I've worked closely with M&A teams for Fortune 50 and watched these kinds of acquisitions time and time again, and more often than not - they go sour. To your own point - yes, GM was probably panicking that they we
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
I'm definitely not ignoring the fact that YC has invested in startups 'worth $80B'. However - my last statement is correct. Most YC businesses will NOT IPO, not even close. Most of the 'success stories' from YC will
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YC startups are not the 'end all'. It's a special program, but it's not that special. Go and build your thing and make it good.
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"I call it buying more lottery tickets and it's not a sound investment strategy." It is definitely a 'lottery ticket' strategy and it is definitely worth expanding. If YC can establish itself as 'the place you
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That was a crazy anomaly. It's hardly even a startup. Some guys with some tech - and a 'maybe gullible maybe paranoid' M&A guy at a massive car company dolled out money. It's almost an IP play more than anything. It&

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