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China's NetEase invests $100m in game developer Bungie(engadget.com)
2 points by kosei 8y ago|0 comments
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‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley(theringer.com)
2 points by kosei 8y ago|0 comments
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The Midwest Is Getting Drenched, and It’s Causing Big Problems(fivethirtyeight.com)
2 points by kosei 8y ago|0 comments
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by kosei 8y ago
"To my mind though, the question is not how to get 1% of readers to pay an exorbitant price, but how to get say 20% of your readers to pay you a cheaper price. It’s not about exclusion, but about participation." A noble idea, but
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by kosei 9y ago
Doesn't this create a big conflict of interest in their Zestimate algorithm that's core to their business? If they provide lowball Zestimates, that allows them to buy homes for cheap. Or if they own the home, they can increase the
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by kosei 9y ago
How do you think it all plays out if everyone decides to block ads and not pay for content?
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by kosei 9y ago
If nothing else, this company seems to engage in a troubling number of blatant lies. > "Among its claims was the promise of a “proprietary eight-point safety harness system.” A pilot who has worked with FlyNYON said that the company
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Steam (sales and usage data) in 2017(galyonk.in)
2 points by kosei 9y ago|0 comments
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by kosei 9y ago
That’s like making the argument for abstinence vs. birth control. Yes, the only 100% solution is not to ever post anything publicly. But there is still value in making things more private/less permanently persistent for the people who
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by kosei 9y ago
Some especially troubling stats considering pensions and social security is likely to be gone by retirement age: * A lot are in real trouble: "66 percent of working Millennials have nothing saved for retirement" * People aren&#x27
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95 Percent of Millennials Not Saving Adequately for Retirement(nirsonline.org)
1 points by kosei 9y ago|2 comments
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by kosei 9y ago
Couldn't you make that same argument about news or TV organizations? Tremendous power to sway elections and public opinion, run by a few who aren't afraid to use that power for their own devices?
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by kosei 9y ago
Yes. This is a witch hunt right now.
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by kosei 9y ago
If ever there was an example of Betteridge's law of headlines... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
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by kosei 9y ago
When someone makes a mistake, that's an incredible investment in them. I'm always surprised* when people try to throw it away by firing them or making them want to quit. Help them learn from it and apply that knowledge moving forw
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by kosei 9y ago
So, is the NTSB staffed/staffing up to accommodate the massive increase in these types of investigations that are likely to crop up over the next few years?
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Where fat goes when you lose weight(cnn.com)
2 points by kosei 9y ago|0 comments
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by kosei 9y ago
> “Improving public safety has always been the emphasis of Arizona’s approach to autonomous vehicle testing, and my expectation is that public safety is also the top priority for all who operate this technology in the state of Arizona,”
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by kosei 9y ago
Okay, let’s all settle down here with the pitchforks. It is totally reasonable for Facebook to a) sell politics are and b) want to tout their effectiveness. It is even reasonable for them to c) pull the pages down in the midst of this PR ni
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by kosei 9y ago
A firecracker also requires actually being in the audience and taking the risk of being shot.
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by kosei 9y ago
The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening.
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by kosei 9y ago
If you think Zuck has knowledge of even 1% of what his 25,000+ employees do and the code they're writing, you're dreaming. He is still ultimately accountable, but it is unreasonable to assume that he is personally directing the
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by kosei 9y ago
This is usually the big issue I've seen/experienced: funding $10k isn't as hard as 2-3 people deciding to quit their jobs and take no income for 1-2 years.
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by kosei 9y ago
Based on the blog article, it seems like the main thing they're trying to solve is the payment system (use Google payment to easily subscribe). If that's true, it's a much different and less exciting offer than the OP's
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by kosei 9y ago
Asking employees to work long hours in order to meet deadlines is not unique to the games industry.
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by kosei 9y ago
"This study compares the accuracy of human and computer-based personality judgments, using a sample of 86,220 volunteers... Computer predictions based on a generic digital footprint (Facebook Likes) are more accurate (r = 0.56) than th
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by kosei 9y ago
I don't think this is "obvious" at all. There are all sorts of laws that punish larger companies more than smaller companies or base the punishment on the impact to the party. Laws are made to regulate behavior and to keep or
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by kosei 9y ago
I think I'd take the other approach than exorbitant fines for the rich. Perhaps they should grow (a $3,000 fine for a billionaire isn't unreasonable), but the more important part IMO is here: "For people living on the economi
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by kosei 9y ago
I think some people still don't realize quite how expensive it is to truly build out a national Telecom network. I remember when Clearwire raised ~$7 billion [1] and still wasn't in many markets and rural areas, ultimately selling
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by kosei 9y ago
He's a lightning rod of political opinions where pretty much all others (wisely) stay quiet. He and Mark Cuban should have their own reality TV show.

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