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by kenneth 8y ago
This kit is absolutely genius. It's uncannily accurate. As a VC, I own, use, and love almost every single item in the first and second kit. I use Superhuman, wear Atoms, own a Patagonia fleece vest, occasionally read The Information, h
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by kenneth 8y ago
Note I didn't say state any opinion about how we should deal with juvenile violent offenders. What I take issue with articles making it seem like things are all rosy these days in California when I live in one of the wealthiest cities
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by kenneth 8y ago
There is still way too much crime in California and in the Bay Area in particular. Perhaps violent crime from juveniles is down; but my observation as a decade-long SF resident is that crime overall is certainly not getting better, and it c
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by kenneth 8y ago
That's pretty much the case. Fuel tanks are split into multiple smaller tanks in the wings, and most systems have one or multiple redundancy (multiple hydraulics systems, multiple flight computers, multiple black boxes, graceful failur
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by kenneth 8y ago
VCs will be fine. The real test will be after those companies go public.
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by kenneth 8y ago
There are 4[1] manufacturers of commercial jets today: Boeing (American), Airbus (European), Embraer (Brazilian), and Bombardier (Canadian). Embraer's Boeing deal is being termed a "joint venture" rather than an acquisition,
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by kenneth 8y ago
747s are not flying any passengers in the US. They are flying passengers to the US. No US carrier still operates the queen of the skies, though that's mostly due to fuel efficiency. Some US carriers had the 747-400 until a couple y
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by kenneth 8y ago
350+ 737MAX have been delivered
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by kenneth 8y ago
Flying American or Southwest is going to be an absolute shitshow in the coming weeks, if they are truly losing such a large portion of their fleets it's going to be hard to accommodate so many passengers at once.
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Trump issues order to ground Boeing 737 Max planes(theguardian.com)
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FAA to ground Boeing 737 MAX -8 and -9(cnn.com)
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by kenneth 8y ago
This is a great video that does a concise and understandable of the main theory for the issue that occured on the LionAir flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfQW0upkVus It was very helpful for me to understand exactly
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by kenneth 8y ago
If the plane is going to get grounded, the operator absolutely wants that to happen at home base, not at an outstation.
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by kenneth 8y ago
Plenty of US airlines fly the A320 and 757 domestically, and you'll even see the occasional 767, 777, and 787. AA's transcontinental A321-T is fantastic!
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by kenneth 8y ago
Various apps use Foursquare's API to query what is at a specific coordinate. Foursquare knows what queries were made by a unique device. That's it. Not sure why this is so controversial.
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by kenneth 8y ago
Thiel's problems weren't with SF the city, it was with the bay area's culture. As such, a move within the bay area isn't counter to Thiel's stance.
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by kenneth 8y ago
It's fairly common for startups based outside of the bay to take a fundraising trip to SF when they're raising money. Even NYC-based startups do it.
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by kenneth 8y ago
Not yet. They will be when they take delivery of new planes and reconfigure their 772LR, but as of right now they only fly 777s and 380s in 3-class configuration. Perhaps you're thinking of Etihad or Qatar or EK's partner flydubai
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by kenneth 8y ago
I put almost zero faith in Bay Area governments fixing the mess that is Bart/Caltrain/etc.
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by kenneth 8y ago
The math doesn't check out. Emirates offers first on their whole fleet. They have ~240 daily departures (best I can work out).We can assume they have 4+ pax per departure (their planes have 8-14 first seats and are have decent load fac
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by kenneth 8y ago
I think economic forces are party to blame for this. Business class has gotten so much cheaper and better these days that it's hard to justify paying for first. The amount of competition among airlines trying to outdo each other in the
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by kenneth 8y ago
Hyatt and Marriott I earned. Hilton and IHG I "bought." Hyatt: 80 nights in their hotels last year (5 from CC) Marriott: 105 nights in their hotels last year (10 from CC, 1 from birthday) + required $20k spend for Ambassador statu
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by kenneth 8y ago
If you live in hotels you earn status, status gets you upgrades to large rooms. Room size is a non-issue for me.
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by kenneth 8y ago
I make a SF-level income, and swapping SF rent for living in hotels full time doesn't break the bank if you enjoy spending time around the world, in many places which are significantly cheaper than SF. I could save a ton of money by re
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by kenneth 8y ago
So, I still have an unused apartment where I go collect my mail every month. Once I move out at the end of this month, I plan on sending most mail to a virtual mailbox. I may have more important things sent to friends in San Francisco. The
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by kenneth 8y ago
I live out of hotels pretty much full time. Really, it's not as expensive and as bad as you make it seem. My average nightly rate averages out to just slightly above my rent, and I have a lot more flexibility. At the end of this month,
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by kenneth 8y ago
SF during the recent wildfires caused by faulty PG&E infrastructure (local power utility) had the worst air quality index in the world, far beyond any Chinese (or Indian/Pakistani for that matter) city.
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by kenneth 8y ago
I have my (rather messy) taxes done by a professional accountant every year, and he saves me a ton of money by doing things like this. I'll have to see if this report can help him with a more accurate picture of my expenses. First thou
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by kenneth 8y ago
You can use it as a Mint replacement without any of their Wealth Management offerings? How do they make money? What are the hidden costs?
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by kenneth 8y ago
Using distilled water doesn't make ice much clearer. There will always be impurities (like air) in the water which get pushed towards the center of the ice as it freezes. Another issue is that ice is less dense than water, so in a part

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