tjmaxal

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by tjmaxal 16y ago
Patents are really just like prostitutes. You can have all the sex you want you just have to pay for it. This doesn't hinder the level of sex it just raises the cost from zero to something a little higher.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I would like to see this data overlayed with an obesity map.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
they aren't exactly a very serious site
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I don't think you guys get the joke. They were being sarcastic about the whole "tragedy" they even said so in the first comment.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
Try the congressional committee tasked with investigating Insurance company profits prior to the latest health care bill which was really just insurance regulation. Low profit margins compared to what exactly? Is it right for any company to
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
you seriously think that a man who has made millions as a professional liar (actor) is just as good as a army of public health officials who are dedicated to improving the lives of everyone? I think not trusting public health recommendation
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
could you give a more specific example?
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I think it is silly how people are so quick to blame the doctors and the hospitals, when the prices are set by the insurance companies 90% of the time. Where is the public outcry that insurance companies are price gouging and making million
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
That's like saying it's trendy to sexually abuse your children. These are real diseases that actually kill people. Appalling.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
This is a little hard to read but is the basic point programmers are making their lives harder by using the wrong languages?
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
How many people at YC have proposed starting a ferry company I wonder?
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
The same sort of thing is happening here in the US as well.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I remember in high school I had a teacher who taught us the hierarchy of communication. In person is first, by phone is second and written is third. This is because more of the message is transmitted in person ie you get words,voice and bod
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I'm a HUGE fan of Microserfs
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
deliberately? Maybe subconciously
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I remember in college how all the English professors we certain that hypertext novels with interweaving plot lines would replace the novel as we knew it. Even with the adoption of ebooks it still hasn't happened.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
man it's been a long time since I heard anyone use the phrase "killer app" it just seems so 90s
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
ok fair enough.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I'm glad you guys did some digging on this one.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
It it just me or is this just a secret ad for Sokanu?
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I don't think they are saying that creativity and schizophrenia have the same mechanism but rather that there is just a partial correlation.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
The real term is lateral thinking.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
So you can have a Theft policy that says don't pursue or prosecute but you can't pay for one in cash? That seems crazy. Of course using an ipad as your only computer is probably not a good idea either.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
Maybe it's my firewall but this just lead to an error page for me.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
Do as I say not as I do? That doesn't work on 2 year olds so why should it work on adults. Shame on you Zuck.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
It depends on whether you work in company that rewards age over innovation or innovation over everything else. In a pure meritocracy it's what you do that matters not who you are. However every large company I've ever worked for has rewarde
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
I think this applies more to larger companies than startups. Because startups are small they are also nimble and can change faster, whereas large companies can't adapt fast enough to keep up with the pace of change and so a gap occurs.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
And yet with all their errors, the majority of his students still pass and presumably go on to be leaders or at least high earners. So even though it's a "crisis" no one will do anything meaningful to fix it.
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
VC = TC-FC FC is always in the long run equal to zero, so VC = TC Marginal cost Which is what is seems like you are talking about is MC= d VC/d q where q equals quantity output. So in this case q would be the number of copies of the softwa
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by tjmaxal 16y ago
He fails to mention that in the long run, ALL COSTS ARE VARIABLE! So his whole premise is just an explanation of a very brief moment in time. Also software does wear out. As Technology increases it eventually becomes obsolete.

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