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by majani 5y ago
Inheritance doesn't start and stop at money. There are other inherited traits that may influence the scores of the people in the study.
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Surely GDN and Play Store are generating billions in profit?
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In a world where Activision is worth $70b, Valve would be worth similar. And you would have to leave them alone post acquisition because of their eccentric organizational style. And hope that Gaben maintains and Mike stay centered despite r
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by majani 5y ago
If you followed the Winkelvoss trial, it's clear that even Facebook itself was a stolen idea, so Facebook have never innovated anything, ever
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by majani 5y ago
A million won't do much in maybe 10-20 cities across the world. Outside of that, a million dollars liquid is still life changing, retirement money
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The internet brought with it constant updates, and with that, we have now entered the age of planned obsolescence. Now the majority of users with spending power are forced to upgrade to the latest devices, which has removed the hardware con
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by majani 5y ago
You have to look at it relatively. Fine the ref is getting paid $200k, but the owners in the box seats are worth billions, the gamblers in the front row seats are worth hundreds of millions, and the players are worth tens of millions. Any o
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by majani 5y ago
Referees in all the top leagues still get paid average salaries yet they are the most powerful person on the field. They are the point of failure in modern sports
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by majani 5y ago
My conspiracy theory is that if the US ever makes the World Cup Final, it will 100% be thrown
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Yeah, I can only remember Rashford and Lingard trying that approach earlier in their careers but they quickly stopped it once their performance quality dipped
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by majani 5y ago
Yup, especially in games like basketball where no draws are allowed
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They were probably taking advantage of the rush of companies into the US market. It's a common market penetration tactic to offer odds that are wildly favorable to the punters for the first few months.
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by majani 5y ago
This should have been the case from the beginning, but I think maybe Apple thought that the app store was always going to be many indie devs and maybe a few slightly more organized outfits making some millions. I don't think they ever
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by majani 5y ago
It's gone to a new level where some people just want to appear as not being in the echo chamber, so they label themselves uniquely, but when you listen to them, they are just part of the larger groupthink. For example I have started se
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by majani 5y ago
Yup, it's certain traits that lead people to go for certain degrees and we use the degree as a quick and fair signal for those traits. If you have a problem with that signal, try develop another one which is at least as quick and fair
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The overwhelming majority of apps can be turned into websites instead, unshackled by store regulations. Devs should vote with their feet if app store costs outweigh the benefits
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Yup, nowadays I see most MVPs and at first glance I am amazed at the quality. Back in the day, a well put together MVP was probably enough to make your product go viral
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by majani 5y ago
Yes, only a few super ambitious games hit the 48MB max allowed. Most SNES games were under 10MB
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by majani 5y ago
Yup. This is also happening in gaming, where 2D pixel art platformers are now above 1GB in size https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/Celeste/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castl
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by majani 5y ago
I live in Kenya, so yes. And my girlfriend was a coffee picker before she moved to the city
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I'm convinced that Google's massive push into NLP has a lot to do with this shift. Their next chapter is turning the search engine into a smart assistant and they seem to be willing to sacrifice quality in the short term for this
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by majani 5y ago
In your position, you have so much leverage in the job market, the most sensible route would be for you to maximize on that. Get a silent auction going of companies bidding for your talents, then get a job that is fully on your terms
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In my experience living in a poor country, most of the issues brought up against globalized supply chains are either made up or sensationalized by people in developed countries who lack perspective. Low wages? Actually they are a really goo
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Jack up the price, reduce the free content, develop b2b packages
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Yes, Europe has some tech areas where it is number one. Gambling is one I can think of. All the major sportsbooks, casino sites, poker sites and gambling backend companies are European. Also in porn many top sites are European. Onlyfans, Xv
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by majani 5y ago
Have you had multiple significant business successes?
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There are personality types that don't mind the extra risk and also personality types that put high value on being at the top of a hierarchy
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Something tells me that TikTok has somehow managed to get people to forget their country of origin
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For the last point : Facebook bought all the potential Facebook replacements
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by majani 5y ago
old.reddit is destined to be nuked after the company goes public.

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