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by sebleon 10y ago
Ha, I actually lived in one of the early iterations of the Negev. There were 15 of us in a 2 bedroom loft. 10 people shared a single room filled with bunk beds, and paid about $1k/mo each. Shitty conditions helped form strong bonds bet
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by sebleon 10y ago
Why hide behind a throwaway account? Seems like a genuine, thoughtful response.
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by sebleon 10y ago
much snark.
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by sebleon 10y ago
Top comment
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by sebleon 10y ago
There's no way to prove or disprove this guys' predictions about the future. His main assertion, Uber is doomed, is not based on fact, instead it's an opinion based on publicly-available information.
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by sebleon 10y ago
To the contrary, there's huge barriers to entry in every two-sided marketplace. To retain drivers, Uber needs many passengers; and to attract passengers, they need many drivers to keep wait times low. If you don't believe me, ask
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by sebleon 10y ago
tldr; a doom and gloom piece from someone that's never started a startup
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by sebleon 10y ago
I think (s)he is saying that most angry commenters will display outrage online, and then unthinkingly call an Uber within the next 24hrs to go eat a burrito.
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by sebleon 10y ago
Ah right on - didn't realize Instacart would be taking a portion of it... and it looks like it would be taxed, effectively making every dollar into a $0.70 tip...
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by sebleon 10y ago
Seems like Google/Waymo has known about this for a while, funny how they timed this lawsuit announcement during the Fowler blog post uproar
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by sebleon 10y ago
Pooling tips is quite common place in the restaurant industry, this isn't exactly a new way to f * over workers. While this move will reduce the pay for some shoppers, it will help many shoppers that earn less in tips for structural r
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by sebleon 10y ago
this is actually pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. didn't realize that upfront CAC represented the lion's share of E[cost] in renter's insurance...
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by sebleon 10y ago
There's always non-zero work involved with open-sourcing stuff. How would Apple benefit from this move?
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by sebleon 10y ago
As someone that has dabbled in Android development, I have to say that Xcode is light years ahead of its competitors re: developer friendliness. It's realistic from a complete novice to setup their environment and create a full app in
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by sebleon 10y ago
Ha, classic straw man argument
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by sebleon 10y ago
Ha, this is part of a well-known phenomenon where people are promoted until they're bad at their job. Decoupling pay from title definitely makes sense!
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by sebleon 10y ago
What do you guys think Google Cloud's margins are like? Presumably, Google is able to run a data center more efficiently than Snap could, meaning that the savings of running their own data centers will be strictly less than GC's m
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by sebleon 10y ago
Agreed, education is probably the most high leverage investment out there for society. That being said, I'm highly skeptical that it will be fixed by a profit-driven, venture-backed business. Much like healthcare, education's goal
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by sebleon 10y ago
This is cool! On a related note, someone should make Sketch files collaborative in real time =D
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by sebleon 10y ago
This seems like technology for technology's sake, with zero consideration for ethics.
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by sebleon 10y ago
I love how this article focuses on the challenges faced by an individual. It's really great to see this perspective. Sometimes it's hard to grasp how policy change will affect everyday life when we're presented by simply stat
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Scientists created human-pig hybrid embryos(theguardian.com)
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by sebleon 10y ago
Was it ever?
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"When William Prout isolated the big three macronutrients, scientists figured they now understood food and what the body needs from it; when the vitamins were isolated a few decades later, scientists thought, O.K., now we really unders
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by sebleon 10y ago
More likely: subdermal implant that monitors nutrients in your blood.
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by sebleon 10y ago
Ah, looks like you're right: USDA: "Wages, salaries, and contract labor expenses represent roughly 17 percent of total variable farm costs, and as much as 40 percent of costs in labor intensive crops such as fruits, vegetables, an
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by sebleon 10y ago
> You keep throwing the phrase "petro-chemical fertilizers"... Given that most fertilizers are composed of chemicals derived from petroleum, it's accurate. I don't use the term "conventional farming" because
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by sebleon 10y ago
Right, I've heard the Western narrative on Norman Borlaug and the "Green Revolution". I'd highly encourage you to read through the work of Vandana Shiva. [1] She'll provide a well-researched, critical view as an act
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by sebleon 10y ago
He's pointing out flaws underlying the question. Definitely relevant.
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by sebleon 10y ago
This comment is spot on. There's good reason to believe that the low-hanging fruits in improving agriculture are non-tech changes in farming. For example, a province in India was able to improve rice yields by 45% by transplanting seed

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