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by kolbe 8y ago
Just because people don't tend to do it doesn't mean you as an individual are incapable of doing it. His advise is the rational approach, and people on Hacker News tend to be smart enough to understand how to estimate probability
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by kolbe 8y ago
https://outline.com/eSPVU9
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by kolbe 8y ago
'It feels unfair' can describe myriad aspects of our tax system.
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by kolbe 8y ago
I'm not sure I agree with the reasoning, but I agree with your result. I've had a kindle for about six months, and I've been reading a ton. I'm usually more of a 3-5 books/year type of guy, but I've gone throug
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by kolbe 8y ago
https://outline.com/gnTpbH
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by kolbe 8y ago
The current price is the market's expectation of value throughout the existence of the company. The market believes that these past cash flows are not indicative of the company's future ability to create accounting value. And you
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by kolbe 8y ago
If you had a billion dollars, would you immediately give away $900mm, since you appear to be arguing the difference is meaningless? Just because they're both a lot of money doesn't mean it's not important to the people who ha
818.
by kolbe 8y ago
Lyft has enriched its investors far more than any baseball player could even dream of. You're just looking at accounting losses. But when this IPOs, early stage investors will have all made billions.
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by kolbe 8y ago
I know you have faith that taking large doses of vitamin d isn't dangerous, but there is very little evidence supporting its value. We all have to make serious decisions every day without scientific support, so I don't begrudge yo
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by kolbe 8y ago
https://outline.com/ZUGZzz
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by kolbe 8y ago
Can we please, please, as a culture, quit treating the idea that someone was 'roasted' or 'embarrassed' or 'wrecked' as if it's news? If you're a news source, tell me the facts supported by salient an
822.
by kolbe 8y ago
I'm on your side. I've found very little use for most improvements since C# 4, but I always use literals now. Things like value tuples and string literals are huge improvements to my code's readability and flow.
823.
by kolbe 8y ago
>If someone tries to cheat (or spam or whatever), you kick them out. Or, if someone doesn't pay for access, you kick them out? Or if someone is your competitor, you kick them out?
824.
by kolbe 8y ago
Can you explain? To me, it seems like control is what matters. And the DTCC controls access to its databases, whereas JPM controls access to its blockchain. Whether the parent organization is adding a +1 to a database or a +1 to cryptograph
825.
by kolbe 8y ago
> The same applies to tax avoidance. It might be legal but it's still wrong. Why? I'd argue that the US federal government is mostly immoral, and thus paying taxes is wrong. I only do it because I'm coerced into acting imm
826.
by kolbe 8y ago
Ditto for goons. While goons may not be the most moral of creatures, I'm not sure it's fair to say their job is pointless and psychologically destructive.
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by kolbe 8y ago
It was a funny book in that he introduced very few facts about the world that I didn't already know, but that he tied all of it together so well. I find that I'm a much more empathetic and rational person whenever I try to frame m
828.
by kolbe 8y ago
It's 'strange' because the richest cities were generally also the richest 100 years ago. That meant they were the first to be able to afford it, and used the technologies available at the time. And it's simply not worth
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by kolbe 8y ago
I hate these comparisons. What's the marginal benefit to New York for gutting its public transit system to build one as nice as Bangkok? What's the marginal benefit to Chicago of gutting O'Hare to build a new airport comparab
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How Uber Makes Money(cbinsights.com)
19 points by kolbe 8y ago|9 comments
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by kolbe 8y ago
A six minute video of two anecdotes cannot possibly (and did not) answer the question in this title. This is click bait garbage.
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by kolbe 8y ago
If you live under a system where the justice department cannot be trusted to find truth in good faith, then that is the problem. Not the tools at their disposal. It doesn't matter the tools. Every tool used to date can be abused. But i
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by kolbe 8y ago
I think by definition, they'd fail to be a criminal, and simply be immoral.
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by kolbe 8y ago
They didn't even show that women are outperforming men. I'm very familiar with races under 200 miles (length) and/or 50km (vertical), and women are not outperforming men at those levels. While the gap between men and women is
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by kolbe 8y ago
Just because the bar is low doesn't mean its height is in any way related to its discernment of quality. Say, for example, the bar was simply based on the institution that the author is employed by. That may be a low bar in that anyone
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by kolbe 8y ago
Disparate outcomes do not imply disparate treatment. Maybe the real reason that Oracle favored hiring Asian students is that they are more talented than domestic alternatives?
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by kolbe 8y ago
This seems like a particularly dangerous linear extrapolation in a nonlinear world. Shouldn’t you all have just had a minimum engagement time that you wanted customers to hit? Like ten hours a month should make you feel comfortable enough t
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by kolbe 8y ago
Dell went private at a low value, and public at a high one. This means they're doing the opposite of what you say: liquidating index shareholders at low prices, and then going public again at high ones, forcing index investors to sell
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by kolbe 8y ago
You notice they put it up at CES and no where else. That's because those attendees are part of the minority population of people who care. Tim Cook talks about privacy to programmers and investors, but just has celebrities dancing to s
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by kolbe 8y ago
He understands the forum's quoting conventions. He referenced programming. He responded quickly, and got several up votes quickly but few afterwards (i.e. it looks like he extinguished his alt login voting power). Lazy username. He&#x2

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