mrtron

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   by mrtron 10y ago

   With the carnival ride analogy, you know a carnival ride has a physical strain that could cause problems to certain types of people, like pregnant women. How are you supposed to know the set of topics that could potentially trigger a large
2. 62.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   So far I have $0 a month in maintenance on a Subaru, with 20k miles.
3. 63.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   I havent looked in detail lately - but I believe they issue bonds and the bond holders would be covering the impact of a market crash. You would prefer if there was not such an insurance system required for home owners putting less than 20%
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   by mrtron 10y ago

   I get what you are saying, but so far things are going very well. By 2010 CMHC had an annual financial surplus of more than $2 billion.[6] CMHC is the largest Crown Corporation in terms of assets with some $26 billion in holdings as of 2008
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   by mrtron 10y ago

   Exactly. The school rankings are the driver here, not french language.
6. 66.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   They made more money than the markets expected.
7. 67.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   I think you are dating yourself - I seem to recall being part of a Microsoft Great Plains rollout in 2002, and a Salesforce rollout shortly after. Wikipedia confirms - 2001 acquisition for 1B. Probably a profitable one!
8. 68.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   23andMe is not currently sequencing individuals.
9. 69.▲
   by mrtron 10y ago

   Bleeding money and need to raise capital constantly? -> Investing in infrastructure to meet the huge demand for their next generation electric automobiles, using common stock sales.
10. 70.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    And wait the rest of the lifetime to see if any additional defects were added. Unless models are accurate enough.
11. 71.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    Have you driven a Tesla? Their product is very good.
12. 72.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    He is saying the government will be ready to approve them then.
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    by mrtron 10y ago

    Great metric to establish that seems reasonable and is heavily skewed in their favour.
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    by mrtron 10y ago

    And everyone who communicates with people in Taiwan. Sticker sets are shockingly popular with the 40+ crowd.
15. 75.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    Yes, so pretty amazing. And potentially a really high ceiling from here.
16. 76.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    Electric.
17. 77.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    It creates enormous social pressure to increase cigarette and alcohol taxes. In Canada both are quite high and the general population supports it due to the public healthcare burdens. For health issues I think this type of pressure is a pos
18. 78.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    If the 'bubble' pops now, prices will still be higher than they were 5 years ago. That makes your prediction extra bad. Unless you normalize by currency, in which case its just a fairly bad prediction.
19. 79.▲
    by mrtron 10y ago

    Everyone already has one of two options in their pocket.
20. 80.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    Part 2: Some sort of heads up display in the windshield? Could work well with self driving mode on highways.
21. 81.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    3D was never really there as a technology, it was pseudo-3D. VR tech is actually quite impressive, and as a result people will figure out how to apply it to humans.
22. 82.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    HTC?
23. 83.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    tesla.com is a better primary domain than teslamotors.com, as they have the powerwall available as well as autos. I wonder when they will make the full switch?
24. 84.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    The true taste of coffee is black coffee, prepared in a few different ways. Latte, etc are all their own drink. They contain coffee.
25. 85.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    Starbucks has 0% the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks.
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    by mrtron 11y ago

    1. You could gain a few hours a day of leisure with an autonomous car. 2. Sounds like you won't use that train in this scenario. 3. I am sure someone will figure out safe autonomous kids->school delivery. 4. Perfect case for hittin
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    by mrtron 11y ago

    Sounds like you are in the late majority. http://a5.files.readwrite.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,dpr... Maintenance becomes easier, not harder, with a car sharing service. You would have winter tires instead of
28. 88.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    Someone who didn't pay me for some outstanding invoices for contract php work in 2002 just endorsed me for iOS dev. I haven't spoken to him since 2002.
29. 89.▲
    by mrtron 11y ago

    Google is trying quite hard to stop the download ads. The people running those ads are trying even harder. It has nothing to do with CV, it is not an engineering problem.
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    by mrtron 11y ago

    It isn't clear what we should optimize on. Do people sit around and play video games, or do they create new things? The "idleness" seen in playing video games seems very close to most jobs. Many factory jobs have mor