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by rexreed 5y ago
So then how would Joby's service be any different than the above? Seems like the same problems to me. Gotham Air attempted this sort of service but went bust, and now the website just bounces to google.com
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by rexreed 5y ago
So the economics of the point-to-point air ride hailing industry comes down to the cost of the flying equipment? Given Uber is operating at a substantial loss, is this the primary reason why their Uber-Air service isn't working out? I
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by rexreed 5y ago
How will these planes succeed when point-to-point helicopter service has not proven to be a widespread success? What is the key difference between what Joby is planning and Uber's helicopter service (using already FAA approved helicopt
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by rexreed 5y ago
And also, the article says "don't buy a house". I put both of these into the principle of save more than you spend. Some of us consider those necessities in life, however, and we're willing to make the necessary tradeoff
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by rexreed 5y ago
The reason why I think these articles score poorly is because I think my reaction is like most reactions (not all, but most). I read the article, saw the salary table, did an eyeroll, and then skimmed the rest. The article can be summed up
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by rexreed 5y ago
They needed something high profile to boost their stock and rope in more investors.
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by rexreed 5y ago
Nice. More random unprovable FUD. Fake it till you make it eh? Laughing all the way to the bank.
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by rexreed 5y ago
The amount of bandwidth being used isn't the concern. It's the lack of control and consent over what is being transmitted. How would you feel if the car you bought granted someone the right to come over once a month just to open y
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by rexreed 5y ago
Much of the problem stems not only from the limited understanding capability of voice assistant devices, but also from the lack of trust we have in the big tech vendors backing them. I have multiple voice assistant devices, a few from Amazo
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by rexreed 5y ago
AGI is a pipe dream. It certainly is a moonshot goal to aim for, like long-term population of Mars, but the likelihood of achieving that goal in the short term is about the same as the likelihood of a sustainable population on Mars in the s
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by rexreed 5y ago
No need for plastidip, and no need to apply directly to the laptop. I got these transparent covers for my Mac: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0009/5354/8852/products/cm... Then I made a
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by rexreed 5y ago
So how did you solve your manufacturing and logistics challenges?
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by rexreed 5y ago
I'm starting to change the way I'm sharing YouTube links to avoid continuing to feed that beast. I replace with the Invidious yewtu.be link. So for example, the above is: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3D8TEJtQRhw . De-G
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by rexreed 5y ago
Which SPACs don't have a sponsor? In which SPACs do non-financial sponsors take less than 20% of the total company value? Would you invest in a company that has no defined product, service, or business model, and puts all their eggs in
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by rexreed 5y ago
So what's to stop a VC firm from juicing the returns they provide their own limited partners by simply standing up a series of SPACs which they in turn use IPO proceeds to acquire some of their own poorly performing companies that coul
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by rexreed 5y ago
Can you clarify what you mean by issuers in each of the examples above? And how exactly one becomes an issuer if this is even a practical matter?
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by rexreed 5y ago
What defines "good" and "bad"? From the market perspective "good" would be defined by its medium to long-term return to the investor that holds for a long enough period to cover the short-term loss. Whereas &qu
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by rexreed 5y ago
This is honestly why so many of the large megatech company products are slowly grinding themselves into feature decay, automated and algorithmic decision making with very little human oversight, and just so much away from what people expect
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by rexreed 5y ago
What am I missing? Other than the sponsors, what are people getting out of it? Going "public" and selling shares on the public market without having to disclose anything first? This feels so bubble.
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by rexreed 5y ago
Why are you shilling articles for sifted.eu? Every comment is a pointer to an article on sifted.eu. @dang is this normal user behavior?
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The Great SPAC Scam: SPACs a Great Deal for Sponsors, but Not Others(mergersandinquisitions.com)
108 points by rexreed 5y ago|55 comments
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by rexreed 5y ago
Yes that's the definition, but the way it's being used seems to be abused: https://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/great-spac-scam/
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Ask HN: Why do SPACs seem so shady? Are they market scams?
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by rexreed 5y ago
Looks like the Twitter account is now restricted and the tweets themselves are gone? As the kids say, very "sus".
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by rexreed 5y ago
Yewtu.be seems to work for me
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by rexreed 5y ago
While it is possible you could use an Apple AirTag in this way, there are a number of facts that don't add up in the story. Supposedly the AirTag in question was "thrown away" so there would be no hints as to how it was attac
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by rexreed 5y ago
There is a similar initiative to turn invasive fish species such as Snakehead fish into "fish donuts". Solves two problems at once. Probably would work as well as fish sausages: https://designawards.core77.com/spec
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by rexreed 5y ago
Step 1: Don't take advice from people on HackerNews Step 2: Why are you still listening to me? But seriously, there's a million ways to lose money and not as many ways to make it. Find the thing that gives you joy and that you&#x2
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by rexreed 5y ago
Yes! I was about to say that this is the actual title of a very popular Dale Carnegie book, and having also read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (a true classic), I think the advice is timeless! It comes down to not worr
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by rexreed 5y ago
Yes text is indeed devoid of context and sentiment. But to the main point, I fear that the comments on tone are a bit beside the point anyways. So let's move past that to talk about what I really wanted to comment on. To be direct - ye

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