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by triviatise 8y ago
He has always said he doesnt understand technology and has resisted investing in it. While the value is fluctuating heavily due to speculation, over time it will stabilize. Bitcoin will resist inflation and is somewhat out of control of gov
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by triviatise 8y ago
you dont understand his strategy if you think it is out of date. 1) he buys equity in the private markets not in the public markets 2) he has capital to buy entire companies 3) he can evaluate a company based on the people, not based on fin
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by triviatise 8y ago
when the touchbar macs with only usb c ports came out I went to the used market and bought the best used macbook pro I could find that still had hdmi, thunderbolt and USB. I love my macbook, but mainly I love having a *nix based operating
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by triviatise 8y ago
my kids are watching shows like backyardigans, creative galaxy, daniel tiger etc. There is no violence and they are filled from top to bottom with (boring) wholesome lessons. The shows I watched (tom and jerry, loony toons, brady bunch etc)
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by triviatise 8y ago
it goes to show like the netflix prize, x prize etc. Is that contests cause 10X the investment of time, energy, and money as compared to the prize. The expected value on these contests is very low. Instead of government grants, we should ha
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by triviatise 8y ago
not entirely true. Socializing medicine has reduced their power significantly. Even in the mid 90s my father was friends with many doctors who wished they could switch into computer science. My GP just quit medicine because she was basicall
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by triviatise 8y ago
this is one area where blockchain could be useful. When you cant trust a single entity with your data, blockchain would allow a distributed database and give you control over who can see your data. A distributed repository of data, with mu
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by triviatise 9y ago
I think the author completely misunderstood the Boz quote. I interpret it as him questioning the core belief that connecting people no matter the consequences is right.
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by triviatise 9y ago
in my area, our rail proposal was 1 billion for 9 miles of trail. Good luck putting everything on rails. Ridesharing algorithms will 100% solve the problem of underutilised mass transit. Self driving isnt necessary. Imagine shuttles that h
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by triviatise 9y ago
lamarckianism is not nonsense at all. It has been known in microrganisms for at least 30 years and is one of the foundations of molecular biology research. Plasmids are genetic structures that can be acquired by a bacteria and then passed o
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by triviatise 9y ago
moment motors is an austin startup that converts classic cars to electric. Here is a porsche they did https://www.momentmotors.com/porsche/
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by triviatise 9y ago
one of the meta challenges with socialized medicine is that there is virtually no innovation due to price controls (please no anecdotes). The US essentially funds medical innovation for the entire rest of the world. If the US goes socialize
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by triviatise 9y ago
I graduated in 1992 and my state school (UIUC) cost around 4K year + 10K housing, easily worth it. Today it is 30,000. Still probably a pretty good deal. Over 25 years, the cost probably rose by about the same as inflation. For schools that
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by triviatise 9y ago
the hardware is great. I still have ipod minis that are in use playing music everyday in my kids' rooms. However the 1st gen ipads are basically bricks as most software wont run. Existing games work and we can run netflix, but not amaz
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by triviatise 9y ago
Just be aware we are awash in guns. We have open carry, suppressors, full auto, no magazine capacity limits. There are AR15s everywhere. The state has overridden cities' ability to regulate shooting on large properties (over 10 acres).
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by triviatise 15y ago
We would love to have someone like that for 3 years. I would then try to pitch them on how we might help them to accomplish that.
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by triviatise 15y ago
I ask this question to better understand whether we can provide an environment that will be right for the candidate in 5 years. I dont want to hire someone that wont have a shot at achieving their long term goals with us because it wouldnt
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by triviatise 15y ago
this is absolutely true. almost 100% of job ads are terrible. They are focused exclusively on what the company wants. Instead the ads should be marketing to attract the best. The ads should explain why someone great would want to work there
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by triviatise 15y ago
http://railsforzombies.org/ Gamifying rails learning
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by triviatise 15y ago
I would be interested in seeing your resume and the actual emails you are sending. Perhaps you should be doing some more formal A/B testing with variations on your resume/cover letter. This could be an interesting startup opportunity :)
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by triviatise 15y ago
We use a company that has their accountants in India. They access our quickbooks file via a cloud server. It costs about 3K/month for a full time accountant (that is 40 hours a week). Keep in mind that most accountants are actually tax guys
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by triviatise 15y ago
you dont pay SS tax but you pay two income taxes. Regular corporate income tax then personal income tax on any distributions.
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by triviatise 15y ago
one large payment is not cheaper than periodic payments. You can use company money for non business expenses but the IRS may catch up to you at some point. The penalties are not that stiff, but I wouldnt do it. It would be better to put you
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by triviatise 15y ago
inside sales. Google, facebook, groupon etc all have telesales organizations even though each transaction is small. growing an inside sales team is hard. You most likely will have to hire a manager and could blow your whole cash reserve on
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by triviatise 15y ago
Maybe you are adding up all of the great discoveries throughout all of history and comparing them to a 50 year period. Another issue is that many of the "great" theories were considered to be crocks at the time. It took decades for them to
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by triviatise 15y ago
I have a chaos tower in my office http://www.chaostoy.com/ We just got a wii (team has been playing mario kart) Thumbprint scanner for the lock instead of key cards - not installed yet, hope it works Thinking about foosball table, massage
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by triviatise 15y ago
I really like microsoft outlook
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Navy Crowdsources Pirate Fight To Online Gamers(wired.com)
1 points by triviatise 15y ago|0 comments
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by triviatise 15y ago
The one thing you can do is replace the soles. My shoes are about $150 and replacing the soles costs about $30. The uppers pretty much last forever.
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How apple stock is manipulated(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
5 points by triviatise 15y ago|0 comments

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