missedthecue

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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   According to various online calculators, the average operating cost for a Prius is about $0.11 per mile. Includes fuel, depreciation, repair, maintenance, etc... Uber drivers are doing way better than $0.11 per mile.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   By "fussing with an app" you mean about three clicks?
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   Well plenty of fliers will live in the DC suburbs. Only the visitors will be going downtown.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   I think you're underestimating the number of global ride sharing companies.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   Companies like eBay have a global footprint and send/receive money in dozens of countries. eBay has apps for all devices and a website. Uber has 3x the headcount as eBay.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   If everyone clicked "sell amazon" in their brokerage account right now, Amazon would still have millions of people log on to their site and buy stuff tomorrow.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   What's the point of a tax write off if you lose $200 million a year?
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   I don't think the important thing is necessarily profit, but margins. According to Bezos, Amazon had positive contribution margins from day 1.
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   by missedthecue 4y ago

   I don't think Twitter makes money at all.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    HP bought Autonomy which turned out to be a total fraud.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    I can't imagine a world where there's an economic recession but AWS does better. I'm sure they'd slow hiring too. Companies of all industries will scale back spending, including cloud spending.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Way too much counterparty risk in crypto markets. If there is an epic tether crash, I can't be confident that I'll get my payout. Compare this to established markets. I could log into my Charles Schwab account, make a short bet th
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    99.999998% of the population has no idea and doesn't care how much yacht prices have inflated over the last several years. They care about toilet paper, food, energy, clothing, and other essentials.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Is inflation caused by the ultra rich? How much ground chuck does Jeff Bezos buy? Probably not much more than I do.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    How much AWS revenue dries up when thousands of crappy startups fold? Maybe a material amount, maybe not, but there's always a ripple effect.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Are there any profitable players in this space yet? As far as I can tell, the business model seems like extending credit to people who are too risky for credit card companies. Sometimes, the hubris of fintech is so blatant it's almost
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    I want to know what Clubhouse is doing with the $110 million they've raised.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    The silent gen preceeded the Boomers, and as they retired, Boomers moved up the career ladder. It's not as if Boomers expanded into a void.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Aren't high valuations the definition of cheap money? If you can only raise some money in exchange for a boatload of equity, money is expensive rather than cheap.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Can you explain what "subsidize" means then? Because that's pretty clearly what it reads like to me.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Different metals have different melting points, don't they?
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    So in other words, states with lots of high earners disproportionately fund welfare and social security. I don't see what's wrong with that. Does the parent comment not like progressive taxation, or do they not like welfare?
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    What do you mean by "subsidize"? Are you referring to the general progressiveness of the US Federal tax code, or are you insinuating that Oklahoma's state budget is X% funded by California in addition to Oklahoman tax receipt
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Wouldn't fees go down as a result of more competition in the sector?
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    I don't think that giving everyone a vote makes them suddenly driven to inform themselves. For instance, in your average co-op do all the guys on the bottom rung understand what Return on Equity is and its relevance to long term strate
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    As far as I can tell, there seems to be a great deal of competition in the messaging app space, in addition to Whatsapp and Messenger, you have Hangouts, Signal, Viber, Telegram, Wire, Skype, Slack, Discord, and of course good old SMS. And
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    See, from my perspective, democracy isn't a very good form of governance, and I don't understand why it should be applied as an end in and of itself in every area of life. This is in relation to co-ops, but also to the recent &quo
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    What would carpentry work have to pay before the demand is satisfied? It is my view that many people don't want to do trades at any reasonable rate. I would imagine most people my age would rather make $60k a year answering emails and
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Horses eat grasses which are part of the carbon cycle.
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    by missedthecue 4y ago

    Maximum possible energy density and resource efficiency are not really considered when designing grids.