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by mathattack 13y ago
Could they be thinking of something even bolder than vending machines? Something like RFID on steroids?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Can any physicists comment on the article?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Without using Mailbox, by name that's not surprising. The other 3 are a surprise.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I have a lot of sympathy for the individuals involved. One question... Does an insurance market exist for student loan paybacks? If not, perhaps it's time. If the market doesn't exist (or can't exist) and we have sympathy
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by mathattack 13y ago
I've learned that the big thing that makes something a non-profit (aside from legality) is they have to disburse their profits. The NYSE was a non-profit until they found legal way to sell themselves. (This is rare - it's actual
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by mathattack 13y ago
I get a kick out of the genre names. My wife and I both use the same account, and each rate movies ourselves. Whenever something comes out of left field, we say, "Look at your movies..." I wonder if Netflix can tell if multiple
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by mathattack 13y ago
Very good questions to ask, though I'm not sure it's a valid premise. Can we measure or track morality similar to technical progress? How could we really know that we're on a "right" or "wrong" track on m
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by mathattack 13y ago
They are too big and mature to be reinventing the future. For better or worse, the modern AT&T came about by Southwestern Bell being the most disciplined of the baby bells. While other telecoms invested in pie in the sky projects that
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by mathattack 13y ago
This seems less likely than time travel is impossible, no?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Does this make the issue a critique of RMS's management style, or of the FSF licensing that is unable to back out of a failed project?
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by mathattack 13y ago
I wonder about the predictability of this. There are 100s of millions of sharks out there. (Maybe more?) How much can the location of 300 predict? Is it that sharks travel in packs, so where there is one, there is many? To the extent th
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's also fun to imagine someone 50 years from now looking back on us. I wonder which of our societal trends will survive 50 years? It's an interesting game to try to figure out which of our current beliefs are crazy even though
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by mathattack 13y ago
For better or worse, having a vision is a very different skillset from having the management skillset to make things happen. Sometimes people deride management when talking about the importance of vision and leadership. There is also the
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by mathattack 13y ago
Wow! Can you share what those 4 were?
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by mathattack 13y ago
With a cursory look, I couldn't figure out if this was serious. Assuming it is, I'm convinced that Time Travel doesn't exist because casinos and sports betting exist, and casinos would go broke if time travel existed. (Unle
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by mathattack 13y ago
The OP decries the lack of deep learning. I don't think that was ever the intent. Neither was community. The intent was crowdsourcing a body of knowledge. For this they succeeded. I've also switched to being a provider to user
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by mathattack 13y ago
And add the value of some learning along the way for masses of non finishers. One could argue this is still better for non-graduates as it still doesn't leave them in debt.
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by mathattack 13y ago
And it's smart of them to change direction.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Fair point
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by mathattack 13y ago
Don't worry. Kids get more awesome every year.
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by mathattack 13y ago
From an economics point of view (and paraphrasing the Economist ) legalizing gay marriage is the quickest and cheapest way to increase total happiness for the population.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I disagree with all this negativism that is taking over lately. I think that there are several very positive trends for the tech sector: 1 - Big data is coming age. People are becoming more realistic about what it means, Data Science is b
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by mathattack 13y ago
I was thinking the same thing. The website appears to be making it very easy to aid and abet (not in the strict legal sense) piracy. It's very shaky ground.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Indeed. There are two forces pushing against each other in this discussion of the arts. On the one hand, tech money does find it's way into the hands of artists. (In NY there's a saying that "Every financial services job p
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by mathattack 13y ago
Great story. Thanks for sharing. While others are focusing on the $s, 2 non-cash things jumped out at me. And then… taxes. Which are brutal. I suspect it's the administrative overhead, rather than the taxes themselves. This can t
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by mathattack 13y ago
I've seen exact scam before. Young people flying on private jets with so-called hot shot young entrepreneurs, only to find all the expenses on their credit cards. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like the story of the graph a lot more than the graph itself. The two things I would like to see are: - Per capita debt per person who attended college. (Or perhaps who graduated college) This would answer an implied question of "W
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by mathattack 13y ago
My 2 cents on vaccines... Scientists are sometimes wrong. (Perhaps too frequently in medical science) Scientists sometimes fabricate evidence. (And when they do, they should go to jail, but that's another story) Usually the system
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by mathattack 13y ago
What people (entrepreneurs, other investors, the public market) respect about PG is his judgment and pattern recognition. This comes from starting a few companies, and more importantly having the best seat in the house for watching new com
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Where are people respected the most?(marginalrevolution.com)
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