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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Could solve the problems you're describing by charging people to move to the front of the line rather than charging for immediate entry. Could even have people bid for next entry to encourage competition.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Maybe offer commission to bouncers to encourage them to "sell" the crowd on paid line skipping. Their earnings per person would be lower, but volume would likely be higher since I suspect more people would be willing to pay throug
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
The article treats the Windstream example like a smoking gun for market manipulation but the cited evidence is a little softer than he's suggesting. All the link really provides is Windstream's claim that Aurelius forced them into
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
IIRC the issue leading up to 2008 was because demand for CDOs grew to such a level that underwriters were struggling to honestly supply enough debt in the upper tranches (i.e. low risk), which introduced market pressure for agencies to over
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>increasing shopping conversion rates by 14 percent To your point on fit, I suspect the 14% conversion rate they're claiming isn't accounting for what could be a material return rate.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Cruel but brilliant.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>Why not take power that is available to you? I see your point but at the same time this can create an adversarial dynamic between managers and junior employees, which is toxic even if junior employees get what they want. >Management
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Completely agree with your perspective on existing social platforms and think it's awesome that you guys are trying to break from ad-generated revenue. Any chance you'd go with a freemium model vs. free trial?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Yeah, that settles the Unicorn vs. buy comparison but is Unicorn better than Bird/Lime in that case?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>If you can't get employed in one, develop/learn marketable skills to do so Tell this to a single parent working multiple jobs. When are they supposed to be brushing up on their web development skills? >If you want freedom f
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
I completely get the appeal from a user perspective. From a revenue perspective, are you saying deeper interactions could be used to justify more expensive ad buys to counter lower volume?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>Unicorn: Scooter companies that rent by the minute lose 2 percent of their fleet per day to damage and theft, and that means customers don’t have a safe scooter available when they want one. Is this really offering an attractive alterna
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>Basement: A social network for your close friends Seems like this would impose some serious limits on ad revenue generation (assuming that's how they plan to monetize). With only close friends the volume of friend-generated content
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Seems like they're trying to squeeze somewhere between pickup services (e.g. MealPal) and delivery services (e.g. Uber Eats). Cheaper than delivery thanks to reduced labor and logistics costs, more expensive than pickup services becaus
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Maybe fines offer more discretion for officials (easy to impose, revise, and target specific landlords) as opposed to a tax which would be more rigid (slow to implement, difficult to change)?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>steel / aluminum construction is dropping in price every year I'm not sure this is any better. Steel and aluminum production are both incredibly stressful on the environment. Brazil, for example, mines massive amounts of iron
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>Of course I am looking after my own interests. I am human, that's how we evolved, that's how we made it to the moon. So why the surprise that Spotify is doing the same? Yes, it's hypocritical for them to say "Apple l
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
But they're not just tracking them so they can reach out and seek further details as part of an investigation. They're gathering information in excess of what they would need for that purpose and using the information they have to
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
So the basis for tracking journalists and treating them with suspicion is that they were present during a newsworthy event (i.e. doing their jobs)?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Knowing the problem exists isn't the same as having granular data on the scope and nature of the problem. That said... I'd bet they have some data.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Seems like the article is going out of its way to make public transit sound attractive with phrasing like "Metro’s sprawling bus network". Anecdotally, nobody I know in LA considers public transit as a realistic option and they ro
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
When was the planet at equilibrium? This is not a rhetorical question and I don't advocate for the destruction (or indifference to destruction) of the environment. But what is the natural state of the planet?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
The events themselves may be reality but the subsequent written account, as with Bukowski, is a fragmented, curated snapshot with an intended purpose.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
It's along the same lines as the type of romanticizing you might see when certain addicts (recovering or otherwise) discuss their experiences with one another. It occasionally becomes a game of one-upmanship where each is discussing mi
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
"Glamorous" was maybe a poor word choice by the author/editor, but his writing certainly romanticizes his behavior just as drug abuse has been romanticized elsewhere across the arts. For example, reading about a legendary mus
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
I don't think the author is trying to say Bukowski's depictions are rosy ("He is coated in vomit and/or blood with the regularity of an E.R. nurse"), just that Bukowski skews things to lead the reader to "oh, y
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
The last few lines are spot-on: >Bukowski unquestionably lived a life much darker and hungrier and more desperate than that of most writers. But in his writing he paused at the black threshold and backed away. He was probably wise. Yes,
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>Trading stocks, or active investment is important for the ecosystem, and having people learn hard lessons like not to gamble with money they can't afford to lose is equally valuable. Free Markets depend on willing participants, and
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
I can't help but feel like these sorts of stories need to be reoriented as "Federal Government Fails to Tax Amazon on $11.2B Profits". If the law continues to enable it, companies will avoid taxation to the greatest possible
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
To combat the case presented in the article, I think you'd also need to cap applications at a relatively low percentage of workforce to prevent the flood effect rather than just capping the number of H-1B holders.

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