powera

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   by powera 10y ago

   This. Nobody ever said "my creation is intended to be seen only on this one type of display screen, and not another type that hasn't been invented yet". I think "excessive verisimilitude" is the term for this anno
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   by powera 10y ago

   Get a job. There's no way for you to reliably make even 20k in the next year off of an investment of 50k unless you are going to be personally involved in it. You will also almost certainly make at least 20k at your job in the next ye
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   by powera 10y ago

   Do you have any evidence for your claim?
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   by powera 10y ago

   TLDR - things have names, isn't that terrible?
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   by powera 10y ago

   I feel like this is another sign the Internet of the 90s is dying.
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   by powera 10y ago

   Here's my take from a few months ago: https://medium.com/@8a42aa2c33c2/870d096a64e5 Very roughly: 1) Stop abuse. 2) Find something new for engineers to work on. 3) Sell to a media company. 4) Don't waste time
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   by powera 10y ago

   This seems like a textbook case of "governmental risk". Very specifically, whenever the Saudi monarchy falls, Saudi Aramco is likely to be worth literally nothing, as the oil reserves are seized by whatever new government comes in
8. 398.▲
   by powera 10y ago

   Uber, up to and including the CEO, have admitted publicly that they're working to resolve internal issues.
9. 399.▲
   by powera 10y ago

   Patents, or Trade Secrets?
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    by powera 10y ago

    This is a corporate crisis for Uber. Right now, Uber is very clearly following the playbook that historically leads to dead companies. It needs a truly credible response, not one that happens to use some celebrities they have on hand.
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    by powera 10y ago

    As an investor, I'd never give money to a founder who exhibits this sort of attitude. Uber is facing a catastrophic crisis. This could kill the company, or at least cause massive attrition. If Uber isn't willing to take advice o
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    by powera 10y ago

    Why is this on Hacker News?
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    by powera 10y ago

    Verbal testimony IS a kind of evidence.
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    by powera 10y ago

    There is no pressure to change when they can continue to get billion-dollar handouts from Saudi billionaires no matter what happens.
15. 405.▲
    by powera 10y ago

    IANAL, but this screams "you will win a lawsuit, and Uber is such a terrible company it's worth the considerable personal inconvenience to you that you should file the lawsuit".
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    by powera 10y ago

    > But what would the world look like if the search engine giant had started selling capacity on its vast infrastructure back in 2005, before Amazon Web Services launched, and then shortly thereafter started selling capacity on its high l
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    by powera 10y ago

    TechCrunch should be ashamed of themselves for reporting such puffery.
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    by powera 10y ago

    You say that he opposed slavery personally, and it was eliminated in America during his term. What more can you possibly want from one man?
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    by powera 10y ago

    I know a bunch of people in Utah who would disagree with you.
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    by powera 10y ago

    This is a prime example of where "serverless" means "someone else's server".
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    by powera 10y ago

    This is fake news. The author doesn't understand Quantum Computing or the research paper he's (ostensibly) reporting on.
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    by powera 10y ago

    Ad hominems are frowned upon here, so I have nothing to say about Scott Adams.
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    by powera 10y ago

    This is still the most likely way World War III could break out in the next two years. Economic shock leads to food shortages. Food shortages lead to food riots. Riots lead to unrest. Unrest leads to war.
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    by powera 10y ago

    http://www.emergedigital.com/ is a parked-website landing page. I think the company was actually an ad agency rather than a "technology" company. But I can't even tell. Regardless, I don't see any re
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    by powera 10y ago

    "In light of the fact that following the Closing the Company will operate as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940" - this is why. It will let Verizon save billions of dollars on Alibaba stock if it can g
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    A set of principles does not make a strategy(hackernoon.com)

    1 points by powera 10y ago|0 comments
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    by powera 10y ago

    Quite possibly "trolling Hacker News".
28. 418.▲
    by powera 10y ago

    I call shenanigans.
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    by powera 10y ago

    It's not venture capital. It's the standard reason 150-person organizations die; they have no revenue of note and no plan to get more.
30. 420.▲
    by powera 10y ago

    Hah. Not even the people who think it does work think it works that well.