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by mattrp 7y ago
Does meetup have a revenue model?
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by mattrp 7y ago
That’s the aws of 2008. If you think that’s still what they do I would suggest revisiting your view. It’s not a very good comparison. I’d prefer to think of wework in the same ways that some might of thought of Enron.
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by mattrp 7y ago
Ive long held the view that there’s zero reason for them to be valued any higher than a REIT. Of course Reits typically generate a dividend and I don’t see we work doing that.... ever? Ps, I’ve also held the view since at least 2010 that
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by mattrp 7y ago
Just remember what the article said - if you’ve met one, you’ve met... one. Everyone is different and what bothers me is the assumption of autism the instant someone does something unintentionally awkward. “Oh he’s on the spectrum...” I
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by mattrp 7y ago
Let’s face it someone who has deep frustration pretty much only cares about cya so in a way these two cases are in fact highly correlated. You might also want to question why you need a cya if you don’t harbor or anticipate “deep frustrati
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by mattrp 7y ago
As a manager I typically open the conversation with hey hows it going, followed by taking genuine interest in the response. Then I will say hey we have a request from so and so to do x by y, how do you see it from your angle? They will us
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by mattrp 7y ago
I sure hope not. I’ve had a lot of managers who are women in my career and I prefer them to men because they are more direct. Could you please and it’s derivatives have almost always exclusively been a male trait unless the person was Bri
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by mattrp 7y ago
My wife used to assign important tasks in the form of a question until I told her if it’s a question don’t be surprised if I say no. However if you really want it done just say so and I’ll gladly do it no questions asked. And the whole “
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by mattrp 7y ago
I’m under the impression - perhaps incorrectly - that a big portion of foreign goods are related to mobile phone services purchased from overseas vendors. It’s possible some of this can’t be substituted...but I don’t know what percentage o
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by mattrp 7y ago
I agree - Everything was cool right up to the point where Japan started buying skyscrapers in NY then they became evil. But I would also agree before this gained any real traction, the Japan era was over. I think the issue with China is d
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by mattrp 7y ago
I’m curious what happens when Africa defaults on all these loans. Who picks up those pieces and acts as the backstop?
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by mattrp 7y ago
If this interests you, look at the number of casualties in the days after d-day. D-day itself gets commemorated not because it was the highest amount of casualties but because it signified both the resolve of the allied world and the stren
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by mattrp 7y ago
Thank you!
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by mattrp 7y ago
network operators already use a sort of var strategy — Where there’s actual value at risk, the value customers pre-empt general bandwidth in the case of an outage. That’s kind of the TE principle the authors were claiming to improve.
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by mattrp 7y ago
Did I write my comment that poorly that you think I care more about social activity than my kids fun? I didn’t think I did but maybe I’m interpreting your comments incorrectly.
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by mattrp 7y ago
2.b the number of parents who feel it’s important to tell me my kids shoes are on the wrong feet. Yeah I know... how many times do you want me to put them back correctly only to have my kid switch them around?
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by mattrp 7y ago
With five kids of my own, I can certainly say that an hour of play would reduce the perfectly groomed worlds of most people to rubble while leaving them in tears. That’s not to argue against play it’s just that you have to accept that it’s
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by mattrp 7y ago
The more comparable products are Sam’s “President’s Choice” and Costco’s Kirkland. Both of which have long developed brand promises that represent at least above average quality and some level of curation. Choice is a specific word chosen
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by mattrp 7y ago
As a measure of fiber distance, it’s roughly 75 o/w from LA to HK via AAG and the balance lies between LA and NY. That’s before any delays created by layer 2,3 and up.
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by mattrp 7y ago
yes well... that was a consequence of the last failed attempt to create backdoors with clipper thankfully.. but you could argue encryption is a munition in practice if not by current statute. For instance one could argue without encryption
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by mattrp 7y ago
How’s this for provocative: if you don’t have a right to a 2nd Amendment, what right do you have to encrypt? After all, encryption has long been classified as munitions by the US government.
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by mattrp 7y ago
Perhaps... but when you walk into a US company there’s typically not a “party” office on the first floor and I’m not talking about the place where everyone eats cake.
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by mattrp 7y ago
In this case it seems Microsoft at least is striking the right balance by leaving open the free version. They are not profiting from sanctions yet they are leaving open an information service that could be used to organize dissent within t
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by mattrp 7y ago
Two things I remember from the webvan era- 1) how benchmark navigated / debated their investment (chronicled in https://www.amazon.com/eBoys-Inside-Account-Venture-Capitali... ), 2) at the precise time that webvan was f
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by mattrp 7y ago
Create a list of the people who know the most on the topic and what they are saying / what position they have. For ex. If I want to learn about what Lidar is I start with What does Elon Musk think and then try to find all the people
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by mattrp 7y ago
Good idea for a personal sprint retro.
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My kids left Alexa outside over a rainy weekend. Cest la vie!
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We've used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons with 4 of our 5 children (the 5th is 2 years old). Starting at 3, they generally completed the book by 4-4.5, one took until he was 5. After they finish the book, the authors have a
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by mattrp 7y ago
Oh I don’t know... “star-star” is pretty cool... I tend to agree with the others who think this is a little too much bellyaching.
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Exactly. All these comments about how rude cloudflare is forget this style of public shaming of AS’s that can’t perform basic hygiene on their own network has been the norm rather than the exception for over twenty years. And further, all

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