seagullrific

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   by seagullrific 4y ago

   > FTX’s list of investors spans powerful and well-known investment firms: NEA, IVP, Iconiq Capital, Third Point Ventures, Tiger Global, Altimeter Capital Management, Lux Capital, Mayfield, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank, Lig
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   by seagullrific 4y ago

   Sadly this would not satisfy - the point of Brexit isn't to make Brexiteers happy; it's to make Remainers unhappy.
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   by seagullrific 4y ago

   Ah yes, the "if only people behaved differently from how they've always behaved" school of limiting easily-preventable deaths.
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   by seagullrific 4y ago

   Battery-powered scooters are heavily geofenced in the cities I've used them in. Ride down one street perfectly fine. Cross into an adjacent park, the brakes go on, the motor is disabled or limited, and an alarm might sound. As a soluti
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   by seagullrific 4y ago

   Had the exact-same experience in a previous role: pressured to rush to release to meet a(n arbitrary) sprint deadline and then - the deadline not met - the work left unreleased. Super frustrating and almost caused me to quit at the time.