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by panabee 9y ago
monopoly analysis feels outdated. most government policies are rightly evaluated on how they impact society overall, not a single issue group (SIG). for instance, it benefits society overall to tax cigarettes even though it harms employees
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by panabee 9y ago
Thanks, do you agree/disagree? Received downvotes so it seems the crowd felt like it didn't belong, but couldn't delete the comment because the option vanished.
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by panabee 9y ago
Already noted, just wanted an excuse to hear discussion on this topic since government intervention is gaining steam among many circles. Didn't mean to distract from the article. Better to delete the comment? Thanks for the reply!
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by panabee 9y ago
Unrelated to this article, but concerning the government's anti-monopoly crusade against Microsoft in the late 90s (which is relevant because many circles are unfortunately exploring government intervention against tech) ... One common
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by panabee 9y ago
this debate is extremely informative; thanks for sharing and engaging so clearly and politely! since you felt a smaller plane would be more desirable for most routes, could you elaborate why you felt airbus was going to win at the time? tha
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by panabee 9y ago
facebook allows people to connect and communicate with friends across the world. profiting from ads is one intent, but it feels biased to say it is the only real intention.
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by panabee 9y ago
does beyonce exploit human psychology to make addictive music? does j.k. rowling exploit human psychology to make addictive novels? does steven spielberg exploit human psychology to make addictive films? could downvoters explain why it&#x27
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by panabee 9y ago
thanks for digging into the details and analyzing results in a balanced way! if DAUs increased, perhaps the average user also used snapchat more often, which would increase costs. this is pure speculation, of course, so please share if you
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This Startup's Artificial Voice Sounds Almost Indistinguishable from a Human's(forbes.com)
3 points by panabee 9y ago|1 comments
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Startup uses enzymes to manufacture chemicals and cleaning wipes more cheaply(forbes.com)
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Startup sues Warby Parker for allegedly stealing its online eye exam(techcrunch.com)
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3D Printed Rockets: These Giant Printers Are Meant to Make Rockets(bloomberg.com)
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by panabee 9y ago
where is your favorite in the bay area?
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by panabee 9y ago
from past headlines, wework seemed puzzling. $20B valuation from some of the sharpest investors for a startup that rents office space to other startups? most notably, won't the leases become lethal financial anchors once a downturn hit
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WeWork's $20B Office Party: The Crazy Bet That Could Change How We Work(forbes.com)
1 points by panabee 9y ago|1 comments
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by panabee 9y ago
if you're in the retail supply chain, you're at risk of destruction by amazon. lower prices mean more commerce flows through amazon, which strengthens the company. bezos evidently wasn't joking when he claimed, "your mar
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SpaceX plans to use spaceships for Earth passenger transit(techcrunch.com)
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by panabee 9y ago
the echo buttons seem potentially very interesting if paired with an API. they could effectively generalize the amazon dash buttons, which let you shop with one press of a physical button. maybe the buttons will also one day display editabl
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Amazon announces $20 Echo Buttons(theverge.com)
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Is Firebase a good option to build a web app back end?(quora.com)
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Solutions for scaling blockchains(hackernoon.com)
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by panabee 9y ago
thank you for the contrarian view. this is helpful in finding truth. while bitcoin historically was not the main instrument of capital flight, would capital flight not be much easier with bitcoin, especially for the average user? one exampl
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by panabee 9y ago
one of the best ways to monetize education is with student investments instead of student payments. YC is doing this with startup education.
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Other reasons besides education for why women are underrepresented in tech(medium.com)
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by panabee 9y ago
innovation is one benefit. as an aside, this is an understated benefit of jeff bezos' API edict. by forcing APIs throughout the company, bezos made it radically simpler for teams to experiment and innovate without permission.
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by panabee 9y ago
excellent straw man. :) killing a person and killing a competitor are very different. if they were identical, jeff bezos would be serving 1000 life terms. :) the desire to dissolve monopolies is based on frameworks defined decades ago. the
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by panabee 9y ago
Agreed that measuring a hypothetical world is impossible, but what do you suggest as a more fair and balanced analysis of monopolies?
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by panabee 9y ago
It would be great to see more balanced discourse on monopolies, especially in a software-dominated world. Most analyses and articles fixate on the costs of monopolies. Let's assume the worst of Google and conclude they abused their sea
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by panabee 9y ago
mind sharing what you felt were his most valuable new insights? thanks!
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by panabee 9y ago
thanks so much! keeping whatsapp simple and focused on replacing SMS/MMS seems like the key differentiator. was there ever internal conflict about making whatsapp more complex or "instagram-y"? do you mind also sharing what t

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