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by mbesto 4y ago
Furthermore, they're trying to convince someone else (usually a boss) of a theory/idea/strategy that they might have but don't have the resources/rapport/etc. to demonstrate it's effectiveness.
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by mbesto 4y ago
None of which is the problem the author is characterizing. FTA: For example, last December, all Faculty of Arts and Sciences affiliates received an email from Dean Claudine Gay announcing the final report of the FAS Task Force on Visual Cu
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by mbesto 4y ago
"So anything that would allow the US CLOUD act to access a EU customer's data is a GDPR violation" Which is essentially the argument and is a huge legal grey area right now. Similar situation here: The EU’s data protection s
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by mbesto 4y ago
> which is the case both for Shopify and here - automatically disqualifies you from being GDPR-compliant: It doesn't automatically disqualify you. No reason to spread this FUD. From your article: > The Chamber found that, cont
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by mbesto 4y ago
> I believe using Amazon AWS already disqualifies you from being fully GDPR-compliant. AFRIK - There is nowhere in GDPR that says your data ought to reside in EU server per GDPR. However, if I understand the Shopify legality complaint it
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by mbesto 4y ago
> There are already things that solve choice, e.g. brands and reviews. Agreed with this, which is essentially why Amazon's e-commerce is probably doomed. Reviews have become unreliable and brands lack consistency on their site (is i
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by mbesto 4y ago
No, I'm not. The parent made the point "is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition". Lexus (レクサス, Rekusasu) is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota. [0] [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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by mbesto 4y ago
> The price of a Lexus is nowhere near that of a Ferrari. This is exactly my point. Lexus is sold as a "luxury" car. > A Mercedes is also essentially a Toyota with nicer interior and more gadgets - if you want to put it that
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by mbesto 4y ago
> $5 in a supermarket is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition Nor is buying a Lexus (by Ferrari's standards) since its essentially just a Toyota with a nicer interior and more gadgets. People are dumb.
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by mbesto 4y ago
> SV thrives on trust, not on deceipt. Depends highly on the who the deception is against .
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by mbesto 4y ago
I'm sorry but thats not how it works. This investment was made out of their venture fund which deliberately makes risky bets, but is a small amount of the overall pie. OTPP is fine and is going to produce returns which are favorable, l
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by mbesto 4y ago
Based on an interview with SBF, he made a ton (billions?) early on in the crypto days by arbitraging BTC/USD exchanges (e.g. one exchange was selling BTC at $200 and another was selling BTC at $210, so he took the difference). It'
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by mbesto 4y ago
Weird, I totally had the opposite response on everyone one of these dimensions. Actually what became clear is that the author has a specific use case (sharing with students) that Raindrop doesn't fit well for (individual bookmarking),
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by mbesto 4y ago
He lost $90B. I'm not sympathizing with Zuck, but what you're suggesting literally happened.
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by mbesto 4y ago
But the free market dictated that they do because that's exactly the downside of their use of a crypto coin. How many exchanges will need to go under for the market to decide that isn't a great way to operate one? How much educati
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by mbesto 4y ago
Seems like more and more outages are happening every day...tsk tsk Shameless plug - we're helping orgs fix this and get better clarity: https://www.awareops.com/ Shoot me a message mb @ awareops dot com or go ahead and
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by mbesto 4y ago
Fyi - Vanguard is only good for simple, long term holding. If you are interested in a little more day trading type activity, then Schwab, TD, and Fidelity are much better.
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by mbesto 4y ago
So your point is "we visibly saw the cost before, but no longer see the cost now with tech. Therefore we can conclude that the invisible cost now outweighs the visible cost...because ummmm it's not longer visible?" Explain th
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by mbesto 4y ago
> the "perfect" moderation, even if possible, will turn it into nice and cultured place to have discussion and that doesn't bring controversy and sell ads. That's not a solution though since every for profit business
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by mbesto 4y ago
> In other words, we're only supportive of an asymmetrical risk:reward ratio that favors management. Actually we have, the risk:reward ratio is generally consistent across founder/management vs IC. Are you simply saying that be
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by mbesto 4y ago
So what should they avoided doing? Hiring those people in the first place..?
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by mbesto 4y ago
> Are they expecting their subordinates to cut their arms off? Do you expect company management and subordinates to have symmetrical work obligations?
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by mbesto 4y ago
> Giving out millions in severance, while commendable, isn't a personal sacrifice. Do y'all expect them to cut their arm off? I'm not defending pc but the OP's comment wreaks of corporate SJW. > but I think what th
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by mbesto 4y ago
And hilariously he starts with "How do you solve the content moderation problems on Twitter?" and never actually answer it. Just rambles on about a dissection of the problem. Guess we know now why content moderation was never &quo
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by mbesto 4y ago
> The problem with Twitter is that it needs high engagement, so it strongly recommends posts that are low on quality but high on emotion. Which is not a technical problem and is exactly the OP's point.
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by mbesto 4y ago
Hilariously that wikipedia page mentions nothing about productivity. In fact an article that talks about Jevon's paradox says this: According to the Ford Motor Company, its fuel economy ranged between thirteen and twenty-one miles per
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by mbesto 4y ago
> The degree of bullshit paperwork every white-collar worker has to deal with nowadays is a direct consequence of computers making it possible to make us do that work, and for the recipients to process it. These are bold claims backed up
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by mbesto 4y ago
> easier information retrieval is smaller than the time spent in increased paperwork What paperwork creation increased as a result of digital record use? I'm beginning to think y'all are conflating the increase of documentation
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by mbesto 4y ago
> if the person just knows if the procedure is covered because the insurance companies have stable standards and trust the medical providers rather than having it all be JIT decisions based on rules that either constantly shift or are so
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by mbesto 4y ago
huh? if the records are "standard, digital and transferrable", it means all of the work associated with those records is sped up. - Need to retrieve past doctor visits about a patient? person at front desk no longer needs to walk

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