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by menzoic 4y ago
This paper has less credibility than the tokens they talk about. The definition of scam as they defined if "underperforming"
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by menzoic 4y ago
There could be multiple pickup and dropoff points distributed throughout the city. Check-in could be streamlined through an app.
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by menzoic 4y ago
After year 1
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by menzoic 4y ago
McDonald's sells blueberry muffins
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by menzoic 4y ago
> Using SQLite for a network service when the app runs on the same machine as the SQLite file is perfectly fine If preventing data loss is important for your app then this would be more hassle than using a networked db because now you ha
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by menzoic 4y ago
They find you a new place now https://www.airbnb.com/aircover
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by menzoic 4y ago
WeWork either owned or rented all of it's properties. Airbnb is a tech platform that doesn't own any properties so by definition it's a tech company. I hear the same argument about Uber not being a tech company but they are t
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by menzoic 4y ago
A lot of horror stories in this thread. The worst I had was the listing said it had a hot tub but it was being repaired. The new AirCover would probably solve a lot of issues in this thread https://www.airbnb.com/aircover
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by menzoic 4y ago
This is based on a common misunderstanding of Blockchain. Yes transactions are immutable, but reversing is not necessary. All fiat backed stablecoins run on decentralized infrastructure but they also operate on smart contracts that give the
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by menzoic 4y ago
It only works until it fails. There's no real difference in the reality of what it is. The only difference is operational.
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by menzoic 4y ago
Monetary policy is based on fiat money which is backed by faith. The military doesn't back the money supply. No military can prevent hyperinflation.
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by menzoic 4y ago
Uber started out as a black cab service for high end customers with high end workers. UberX came out in 2012 well into the recovery of the global financial meltdown, at a time when Facebook IPO'd for $100 Billion
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by menzoic 4y ago
>Renting your information infrastructure is a great way to reduce startup costs, but down the road, that information infrastructure runs your company. Trying to outsource it is like trying to outsource upper management. This isn't a
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by menzoic 4y ago
Uber isn't trying to be a solo player. That would be bad, gov would just break them up. Uber is trying to have #1 market share
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by menzoic 4y ago
Maintaining a large system like Uber requires redeveloping a large chunk of it constantly to keep up with the growing demand as the app scales. On top of that, Uber is constantly working of features to maintain regulatory compliance And the
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by menzoic 4y ago
Copycats don't operate at nearly the same scale as Uber. Even Lyft operates on a significantly smaller scale than Uber.
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by menzoic 4y ago
The most important factor that is completely lost in this argument is "scale". Simple looking things are very complex at large scale. Even if no new features were built, the current api and apps won't scale to meet the demand
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by menzoic 4y ago
>Uber is nothing more than a rent-seeking middle man and no one cares about how complicated their rent-seeking activities are behind the curtain The term rent-seeking gets thrown around a lot more lately, mostly from the web3 crowd. Most
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by menzoic 4y ago
Books weren't the end goal. He named it Amazon because he wanted something generic to expand into. I don't think third party sellers were in the initial vision but selling other items was
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by menzoic 4y ago
> As usual crypto in practice is the opposite of decentralized Binance is a centralized exchange. There are both centralized and decentralized exchanges. > people. Will. Not. Run. Their. Servers. Moxie nailed it People don't need
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by menzoic 4y ago
Why does he think he needs to work 70+ hour work weeks? He mentioned he couldn't sleep knowing user adoption was low. I think the biggest problem here is that he felt pressured to over work himself to solve a highly visible problem. Th
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by menzoic 4y ago
Sounds better than burning the funds into a startup failure
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by menzoic 4y ago
> The rest of the team kept their day jobs. That was fine. It made my final decision easier.
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by menzoic 4y ago
They didn't need to since they bought WhatsApp
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by menzoic 4y ago
The pages are gone... That was too fast.
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by menzoic 4y ago
I wonder if Zero Knowledge Proofs can help this situation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof
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by menzoic 4y ago
This applies to new hires too. Pay tiers are now country level.
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by menzoic 4y ago
The author understand the usefulness of blockchains. The point is that there are technologies which are components of the blockchain that are really all you need to implement a lot of use cases. For ex pub/priv key alone.
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by menzoic 4y ago
>The platform puts most of the financial risk on the labor side (drivers owning the cars if you're driving Uber, owning the house if you're Airbnb'ing it, etc.) Actually people already owned the cars and already owned thei
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by menzoic 4y ago
There's massive efficiency gains. The countless one man businesses have no overhead side from owning a car they already have. They don't need to do anything else besides install and run an app. No need for marketing, managing paym

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