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by robryan 11y ago
Of which PHP 7 now equals/ surpasses in performance in a lot of areas.
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by robryan 11y ago
The numbers on valves own streaming platform for dota are usually 10% or less of the numbers on twitch for major events. If you include people watching in the client itself it is a bit closer but still Twitch would be double or more.
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by robryan 11y ago
I think 2 would result in worse outcomes. The people getting partial refunds probably won't be happy. The people remaining will probably be disappointed as well as a run on refunds will probably kill any chance there was of delivery.
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by robryan 11y ago
https://twitter.com/PayPal/status/659927504543551488
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by robryan 11y ago
They might be putting up $10 million a year. In the context of a $22 billion dollar endowment this seems minor. All that money has to be invested somewhere, this isn't drawing it down.
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by robryan 11y ago
So they keep their current fee structure as long as possible to build volume then switch over to something that will make money when there is no way to further raise funds?
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by robryan 11y ago
Without knowing the breakdown I assume that there are a lot of people working in marketing type roles where they are working with big business and celebrities to get them using the platform.
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by robryan 11y ago
Twitter isn't going anywhere, it just might not fulfil the high expectations of the later stage/ public investors. Worst case for Twitter is probably a massive acquisition by Facebook/Google/Microsoft.
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by robryan 11y ago
This is by no means the norm though, pretty much the best rate on offer currently (excluding things like limited time bonus interest). Australia also still has a 2% official rate vs near 0 in the US.
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The world changing part might be getting them to the mainstream. Which is a combination or funding infrastructure, lowering prices and spurring competition from the other car makers.
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by robryan 11y ago
As long as there is enforcement, so your competitors can't simply ignore or not properly implement changes and gain a pricing advantage.
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by robryan 11y ago
Yes, unless you are have a really novel concept that will make people see past early bugs (such as ARK: Survival Evolved) you are competing with some games that set the bar very high. For example something like Ori and the Blind Forest, not
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by robryan 11y ago
I think goodreads is good enough. If a website gets popular enough there are no shortage of people that are willing to share their thoughts on books for free.
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by robryan 11y ago
They mean the original Dota.
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by robryan 11y ago
I suspect most people don't have much of an interest in the actual job of being an astronaut. Simply want to experience a trip into space.
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by robryan 11y ago
The raw image resolution isn't that bad [1], just that at that distance the planet is still pretty small. The LORRI instrument actually has an 8 inch mirror which is the best ever ever carried to the outer solar system. As for receivin
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by robryan 11y ago
Looks like they have gone into some detail on a potential mission like this[1], appears that it would take 17 years, at least with this particular launch window Jupiter alignment. [1] http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/doc
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by robryan 11y ago
I think what they mean is not that they didn't have the text available digitally, rather that the text is a collection of essays and there was no way to automatically pull out data they needed.
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by robryan 11y ago
eBay is also currently making product identifiers (UPC/EAN etc) compulsory, another step in a long line of steps to slowly turn themselves into something more like the amazon marketplace.
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by robryan 11y ago
At least in terms of the esports streaming component people will go to wherever the big events are happening. Fro a Dota perspective competition like MLG, Hitbox, DailyMotion and Azubu have gone down the path of getting exclusive events and
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by robryan 11y ago
It is also true of those who do have well reasoned arguments as to why they failed. They could be totally wrong, there are just so many internal and external factors that influence a business.
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I think they would be much better off with the Spotify model. I would happily pay a monthly fee for a collection of all the major newspapers.
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How often does the end offer end up being outside the range that you are initially considering for a position?
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by robryan 12y ago
I agree, this video makes it look like there was a strong chance that it could have been a success if the random variables on the way down aligned better. If it had of been they may not have learned and iterated based on this possibility an
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by robryan 12y ago
"but there isn't much coming out of google thats pushing the envelope these days for me." What about things like the partnership with spacex and self driving cars?
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by robryan 12y ago
Isn't that the responsibility of the suppliers? Why should a customer of the suppliers also foot their bills to be more environmentally friendly.
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In Australia the government has bought back vast amounts of water from land owners allocations to save a river system.
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by robryan 12y ago
Yes, I think most people would agree that creating a record of as many languages as possible before they die out is a good idea.
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I would imagine that a lot of them have jobs that may be from home but require frequent meetings in the area. Other than that it might be for networking, or they might have all their friends in the area.
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by robryan 12y ago
I wonder with these arrangements, is there any pressure or implied pressure on people to accept a larger equity amount? Similar to the issue with unlimited vacation time.

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