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by pbourke 6y ago
> For some reason, theres this streak on HN of people that think that VC's are just complete idiots, and are completely just pissing away money. Some of us think they're hypebeasts in search of a greater fool.
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by pbourke 6y ago
What about when this is over and you have access to your regular childcare? I imagine a thoughtful approach to “everybody WFH” would include a coworking space credit if needed, a stipend to equip one’s home office if needed, etc. “My home i
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by pbourke 6y ago
> So, why do we just keep forcing it? Because hyperlinked documents are the whole ball game. Web technologies are a pain in the ass for developers but a boon for the advancement of human knowledge and connectedness. The great islands and
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by pbourke 6y ago
> What is economic reality? Employment and GDP contracting at historic rates. A pandemic that is not close to being over. > One thing I do agree on, the market needs to stay up so as to secure the future of many. So, this is a new thi
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by pbourke 6y ago
I removed this sentence from my comment 30s after posting, but here's what I meant by it: Myths, despite being wholly or partially fictional, can contain some elements of truth. They can also provide insight into the values, aspiration
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by pbourke 6y ago
The Fed’s actions are the only rational explanation. Many large companies who had access to the investment-grade bond market were locked out and having to raise as if they were junk quality. Then Jay Powell said the Fed would buy corporate
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by pbourke 6y ago
When these workers return to work, will they have customers? Especially for those in travel, hospitality, events, personal services, etc.
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by pbourke 6y ago
It’s part of the Amazon mythos: “it’s still day one.” It’s intended to keep the company flexible and responsive to new opportunities.
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by pbourke 6y ago
Yeah a lot of advertising nowadays is just a keepalive between brands and your hippocampus.
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by pbourke 6y ago
seriously?
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by pbourke 6y ago
As far as I know, Tim Bray is the first person of his level (VP/DE) to walk away from Amazon for ethical reasons, and talk about it publicly.
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by pbourke 6y ago
>>If Amazon starts to lose top talent because they can't treat their employees with respect and dignity hopefully it will force them to change, and if it doesn't, hopefully it'll cause them to fail. >I personally thi
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by pbourke 6y ago
We have this today - McDonald’s, Chipotle, Jimmy John’s, Dominos, etc. Sure there are some humans, but there is also an optimized supply chain and in the case of McDonald’s, a fair bit of automation. > Restaurant cooks/servers are t
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by pbourke 6y ago
This will no doubt be an unpopular opinion, but I’m not a fan of food trucks as an everyday dining experience. Not super impressed with the average food quality, and the “stand around waiting for 20 minutes” experience is also not ideal. Cr
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by pbourke 6y ago
Yeah I’m not calling this out as the ideal system - it’s the system of a restaurant that had to start doing takeout overnight in order to survive. That being said, I would be interested in the number of “card over the phone” transactions th
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by pbourke 6y ago
Under the proposed model, wouldn’t you just need the platform to break even? It’s a common tool for all restaurants or all area restaurants.
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by pbourke 6y ago
I saw that you had similar thoughts in your comment. I think the challenge is that the capability needs to work seamlessly across the Google and Apple platforms, without becoming chat app n+1. I don’t know the history of WeChat - curious ho
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by pbourke 6y ago
We’ve been ordering from one of the best fine dining restaurants in our town. Before the pandemic they were dine-in only. They advertise their regular menu + specials on FB. To order, you send a text in the afternoon with your order + picku
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by pbourke 6y ago
Tab and registration fees on the turnover of vehicles.
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by pbourke 6y ago
Alcoholism? Enemies? You got all that from a joke about how much stress Elon creates for his own people with his inanity?
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by pbourke 6y ago
How much whiskey is there in the world right now and how can we get it delivered to Tesla’s compliance department?
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by pbourke 6y ago
Canada has the Tax Free Savings Account, which can be used like a Roth IRA (long-term investing without taxes due at withdrawal) or like a regular savings account. It's an after tax account, but earnings are, as the name says, tax free
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by pbourke 6y ago
You have provided an example of the above approach: > There is a name for the third position where government works together to guide industry without centralizing everything SpaceX's customer is NASA.
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by pbourke 6y ago
This is the reason why the US made so many advances in aerospace, computing and networks during the midcentury. Not to mention the basic research that is funded (insanely cheaply) by the grant-making apparatus of the NIH, NSF, DOD, etc.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Government is far worse than the private sector at long term planning. How many public companies have needed bailouts after spending most of their profits on stock buybacks, again? > Mostly, governments optimize for things to look g
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by pbourke 6y ago
I agree with you. They both seem to be a worst-of-all-worlds approach.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Meanwhile, plenty of randos on the internet did the straightforward epidemiological math in January/February and correctly deduced what was coming. Plenty of epidemiologists did the math and were talking about the situation on Twi
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by pbourke 6y ago
> The market recovers on its own, because it reflects the wants and needs of the population. What does a successful recovery look like? There are a large number of market-distorting policies in effect today. I'm talking about both p
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by pbourke 6y ago
State and local governments: you know all the talk from Mitch McConnell about state and local governments using bankruptcy rather than receiving federal assistance? It’s because the budgets of many of them, which rely heavily on gas, proper
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by pbourke 6y ago
> people are already back in the streets, they aren't so paranoid about the virus. Photos of crowds are one thing - economic stats tell the real story. It’s too early to tell how people’s behavior has changed.

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