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by thrav 7y ago
If there’s any truth in the fringes, this virus might in fact have been tailored.
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by thrav 7y ago
This is every car manufacturer. They’re either making these investments, or resigned to their own demise.
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Remember the London Olympics logo? Something like $700k.
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by thrav 7y ago
There’s also a lot of politics involved. Fox News pundits are insisting the escalating seriousness of the coverage is a plot to make Trump look bad, and shouting about how influenza kills way more people, and it’s no big deal.
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by thrav 7y ago
Twitter launched at SXSW. The interactive conference is a lot of things, and was historically a great place to get many eager first movers trying your thing overnight.
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by thrav 7y ago
I worked at an AI startup that pioneered modeling over inbound leads and Sales outcomes (most of this data is in Salesforce + Marketo/Pardot/Hubspot) and that application was hugely valuable for a few companies with massive inboun
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by thrav 7y ago
I’ve been to that club. The internet descriptions are overblown. When I got all up in my head and attempted to follow all of the advice, I got turned away. I felt like I was wearing a costume and trying to be someone I wasn’t, and that was
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by thrav 7y ago
This is not true everywhere. Forward thinking dealerships recognize the truth of this article and have adjusted their revenue models accordingly. As an example, I got to know the leadership at the DGDG dealer group in the Bay Area over the
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by thrav 7y ago
The focus on ROI explains why most of the shows are commercials in disguise these days. Time to start converting all of those captive eyeballs into cash, just like Youtube.
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by thrav 7y ago
I wouldn’t say everything. The whole point is not to rebuild security, and infra, and the data store, etc. etc. The first start up I worked for built a piece of software that was adopted by large enterprises in regulated industries with 3 e
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by thrav 7y ago
I bet someone identified this as a substantial line item that was trending up and they want to push Rings out into the world to try to deter future growth and losses. Who knows... the acquisition might have paid for itself in cost savings.
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by thrav 7y ago
Being on the other side, there are plenty of times that I have to tell the customer, “this world is only going to happen if you make the proper investment in setting this up specific to your needs...” and then they complain when an already
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by thrav 7y ago
This is why I use Prime photos, instead of Google photos. I need one, so I’ll take the paid one.
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People are basically the cells of a city.
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I agree, the power is a factor and that it's not about the company having a down year. This exists in Tech Software sales too. It's about not paying full price for a person who doesn't produce. It's about shifting the bu
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by thrav 7y ago
Not only do they only want to hire those types, but I've been in plenty of rooms where the stereotypical young engineer outright refuses to acknowledge the older people in the room, as if they're beneath him/her. They have no
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by thrav 7y ago
At 48, it seems highly likely that he's in leadership.
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"The only way that happens is through practice and painful failure." There are other ways to do this, but they require you to leave your world behind. For many, their environment is what built and maintains their unhealthy relatio
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by thrav 7y ago
Like losing weight, I think it’s much simpler than people make it. Eat less and not crap. Exercise more. Desire / Curiosity is #1. (Not “I want money” — I must do X, solve Y, create Z) Discipline is probably number #2. (This other fron
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by thrav 7y ago
I would agree that I haven’t found Pirsig’s work to be the most life changing. It’s much more life affirming, and ‘hey, that’s what I’ve been thinking, but not quite putting my finger on!’ The same could be said for my recent dive into Davi
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by thrav 7y ago
He studied at a Hindu University, so that makes sense. Yeah, there is a lot that you’re saying that’s a perfectly valid objection to my oversimplification, and maybe to his whole thing, but I’ll be the first to admit that it’s easy to take
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by thrav 7y ago
No offense taken at all. You may not have gotten it, because it probably isn’t explained fully (or even realized fully by him) until his second book, which I like much more. Whereas ZMM is an inquiry into values, Lila is an inquiry into mor
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by thrav 7y ago
I’ve been drinking tonight, so I apologize if I fail, but I’m going to do my best. Is quality purely subjective? Everyone has their own version? No. There are levels of quality that we can all agree on, even if we don’t always understand wh
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by thrav 7y ago
Agreed. Ghosts were anything but the conventional definition in the book.
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If you don’t mind me asking, which parts feel like nonsense? I hear this from people trained in philosophy every so often, but haven’t really seen anyone lay it out yet. They often just kinda say what you said.
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Anyone ITT who read his second book? I think it’s better.
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Tank of a Land Cruiser should do a bit better
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People like to have control over their investment?
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That was my thought, but I’m guessing the housekeeping staff would notice that pretty easily when they swapped the sheets. They see hundreds of that hotel’s usual mattresses per day.
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I’m not advocating for announcing completion and broadcasting your efficiency. I’m just saying, ensure you won’t fall behind working on your real job 32 hours a week. That shouldn’t be too difficult in most cases, given all the research on

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