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by sgustard 10y ago
He's already threatened businesses with penalties if they build plants outside the US. He's going after free trade agreements that help a lot of companies build products more cheaply and access overseas markets. Sure, protectionis
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by sgustard 10y ago
The richest eight people now have the same wealth as the poorest 50 percent. Most of that wealth comes from investing (rather than labor). There is no probability model that would lead to this result; eventually someone on a "hot strea
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by sgustard 10y ago
The status "Use the Camera - Allow - X" can be confusing. Is the site currently allowed to use the camera, or not? The word Allow could either mean "currently allowed" or "click to allow." The X could mean eith
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by sgustard 10y ago
I'd love to see that cost comparison. I lease a Fiat 500e for 100/month and insurance plus electricity costs the same for 1000 miles of monthly driving as one Uber to the airport and back, and I don't live in a remote area. O
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by sgustard 10y ago
Hm, to me the "on demand" economy, which Uber and the like are part of, is the ultimate pursuit of self-interest. The entire model is built on getting exactly what you want when you want it, with no downsides. Once there are robot
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Feed Your Kids Peanuts, Early and Often, New Guidelines Urge(nytimes.com)
1 points by sgustard 10y ago|0 comments
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by sgustard 10y ago
More money enters when the market is hot. I expect the contribution percentage closely mirrors the price of the S&P. The graph doesn't show the 2007-8 crash but I'd also expect contributions dropped at that time, also providin
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by sgustard 10y ago
This is great, and now let's say I want to productize this "sponsored by X" feature so other sites can use it. I can't assume every site owner wants to deal with figuring out who's the sponsor each week, so we'
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by sgustard 10y ago
Humans have some success in changing their behavior, for example in moving from 5-6 children per family to 2. That change has staved off much more catastrophic effects of population growth and its impact on climate. But it needed technology
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by sgustard 10y ago
How would you propose making a list of "99 reasons 2016 was a good year" without "sampling bias"? The entire premise of the article depends on your definition of the word "good". I agree this article is viewed
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What’s the argument for not shutting down Yahoo Mail immediately?(qz.com)
1 points by sgustard 10y ago|0 comments
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An interactive word map of the 100,000 most common words in America(qz.com)
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by sgustard 10y ago
The lead has changed to: "David Sacks confirmed he is stepping down as chief executive of Zenefits, less than a year after taking over the troubled health-benefits broker." The "still the CEO of Zenefits" quote from his
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by sgustard 10y ago
It's not the "startup" label that's a problem, it's that VCs breed a monoculture. There are lots of startups that don't secure funding because they don't fit the VC mindset. This is a survey of "what
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Harvard research suggests an entire generation has lost faith in democracy(qz.com)
32 points by sgustard 10y ago|38 comments
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by sgustard 10y ago
OMG I found a website that requires javascript and cookies – the nerve of people to demand that I enable some 20-year-old browser features just to view their content .
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by sgustard 10y ago
Is "steer into the slide" the same thing as the above comment to "steer where you want to go"? I literally don't know what steering into the slide means. If my front end is sliding right and my back end is sliding l
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Why a President Trump Could Start a Trade War with Surprising Ease(nytimes.com)
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Managing Humans, Third Edition(randsinrepose.com)
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Is Samsung cheating with its Galaxy Note 7 recall?(bgr.com)
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by sgustard 10y ago
Benz makes over 50 distinct models, BMW over 40. Tesla has 2 or 3 models and can focus all its attention and expenses on one big thing. It's a classic fast-moving competitor upsetting the dinosaur uber-brands with their huge legacy fac
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by sgustard 10y ago
My father-in-law had an S class which I drove from time to time. I hated the driving experience; it felt like driving a 5-ton tank. It had so many features that I counted nearly 100 buttons within reach of the driver. He had it in the shop
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by sgustard 10y ago
The EU does not "govern" Britain in any meaningful sense, but I agree the "independence" strawman was a strong motivator for the separatist movement.
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by sgustard 10y ago
I thought from the title this article would be about the myriad of ways that startup employees can get screwed. Remarkably, all he does is propose another way to screw them. Silicon Valley with its sky-high cost of living is nothing more th
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by sgustard 10y ago
The service department is a huge profit center for dealerships, enough to make up for the minimal margin they make on new car sales. Some people may be more sensitive to that cost than others.
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by sgustard 10y ago
As quoted, "Edens acknowledged the amount is "seemingly high" and the judgment "may seem extreme for the breach of contract for the purchase of a printer." But he wrote that he's constrained by how the Supreme
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by sgustard 10y ago
Don't worry, HN is my go-to source for comments about LinkedIn, Facebook or Google informing me that I should never do business with them.
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Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?
111 points by sgustard 11y ago|94 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
Uber was warned about this driver, but didn't act on it. After calling 911 on their driver: "In the end, all they were left with was an Uber bill for the $5."
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by sgustard 11y ago
The flip side is parents who delay their kids so they are the biggest kids in class and get to dominate at sports. This is also nuts! The right answer is evaluate what's right for the child. Different kids have different maturity level

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