spaceflunky

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by spaceflunky 11y ago
Oh cool! Let me check my address to see if it's available in my area... Nope. Never? ok then. thanks.
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
So I've actually worked on a couple of aviation projects in career as a biz dev person. A usual development technique is to build at small scale and then work your way up. The problem is that when you get closer to 1:1 scale, new alway
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
> We're building our prototype now—and will fly late next year. Will fly late next year? Where have I heard that one before...
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
At that kind of volume, would it make more sense to have MB develop a bespoke car for Uber? The S-Class is a great car, but I'm sure there are Uber-specific improvements that can be made. Why would you order some many of something &#x2
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
> The institution itself, as it's currently structured, does not require an outside source of funding to prop it up: the business is a closed loop, and the incentives are aligned. This is categorically untrue. The BSC receives large
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
Don't fool yourself, the student run co-ops are no different from the venture capital that runs any other co-living/"nomad house" you speak of. Because, in a way, the student is the "start-up" and the money pai
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
> Work-related travel means seeing the world on someone else's dime, and getting paid to do it. LOL I once went to Nairobi, Kenya for work... Didn't see one god damn animal. No time. Who goes to Kenya and doesn't see ANY a
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
Marissa Mayer doesn't know shit about this either, most CEOs probably don't. There are probably 50 different consultants, lawyers, fund managers, industry experts, etc, etc, that are all feeding her options. Plus all the other inv
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
$271MM in investment and a $250MM purchase price. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gilt-groupe#/entity Does that mean that the investors got all the money and anyone holding common stock was basically screw
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
There are some really good jokes in here somewhere... "ISIS [x] - The power of 10x jihad thinking"
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
This is a good point, I think the better point to make is that when you have a big company that's been around a while there have been a lot more opportunities for things to go wrong, which leads to unhappy current or former employees,
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
The problem is that Airbnb has about two thousand employees, all of whom for the most part, are on the cusp of getting a very nice payout from an IPO. So I would say company vigor and enthusiasm is at peak levels. Google on the other hand h
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
Thanks for snapping this back to reality... I don't see how Sprig is any different from a multi-national pizza delivery chain. Really the only difference is that Sprig is solely available as app, whereas you can walk-in or call a Domin
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
The whole "safety" issue is a bit of red herring, used to just keep surfing exclusionary and to accuse others of malfeasance if they get in someone's way. The serious risks in surfing are relatively low provided you're a
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
I surf frequently (live near a select coast and all that). Waiting in the lineup for waves gives you a lot of time to think. I often think about the fact that I might spend 2.5 hours in the water, but my total standing time might only be 5m
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by spaceflunky 11y ago
I don't know much about this guy's story, but I do remember from my time as a UC Berkeley undergrad that being a popular lecturer with the students is a sure fire way to get yourself unpopular with the tenured staff. The brass pro