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by roin 13y ago
The key point that is likely tip the scale in one direction or another is the positive externalities of converting a driver to a rider. This externality will differ by city, line, time of day, etc, and it would include external costs of tra
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by roin 13y ago
There are so many contradictory stories and explanations of this program, I really don't think we know enough yet to pass judgement (or at least informed judgement). Personally I'm going to give it a few weeks to shake out before
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by roin 13y ago
Should we infer that the NSA or some other government organization used a FISA request to read a German girl's Facebook messages about her upcoming au pair work in the US? This seems very unlikely, and I believe would be a clear violat
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by roin 13y ago
I work with an army of very smart people who need to build incredibly complex models to drive our business. Like most companies, we turn to Excel. It's the only widely used application with a low enough barrier to entry that "non-
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by roin 13y ago
A friend from MIT is doing something similar with a great team. http://www.fitbark.com/
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by roin 13y ago
This is a real shame. Shai Agassi is a great visionary, but perhaps Better Place bit off more than it could chew. I had the pleasure of seeing him speak at MIT in 2009, and I think all of us left the room thinking that Better Place was goin
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by roin 13y ago
As you noted, the problem is that the government bought debt, not equity, so they don't share in the upside that would make this a financial home run that makes up for other failures. That being said, the government isn't in this to make mo
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by roin 13y ago
There is nowhere near enough information to make a judgement here. I doubt Marissa Mayer will be answering any awkward questions about this today, or anytime in the near future.
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by roin 13y ago
Teams that are bigger than necessary to get their job done create huge problems in large corporations. People without enough to do aren't just wasting money and other resources, they also create politics. It's difficult to figure out the op