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by vl 6y ago
Another interesting thing is how they managed to acquire assets - somebody had to transfer source code, art, specs, etc. Also, by this locally-optimized move they sacrificed ability to work with other independents in the future, ie top inde
782.
by vl 6y ago
Trump can’t send National Guard, state governors deploy National Guard.
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by vl 6y ago
> Go find a new construction apartment commanding top of market rent in your town, and I bet you can hear your neighbors through those paper thin walls and the appliances are new, but the cheapest ones possible. Not really true, I rented
784.
by vl 6y ago
Since remote workers cost less due to the lack of office expense, it makes sense for companies to encourage workers to work remotely. And what better encouragement there is than money?
785.
by vl 6y ago
FB should pay more to remote workers. Cost of having a worker in an office (even in the tragedy of a city Menlo Park is) is very non-trivial. Now remote work is the new norm, and companies make the worker pay for space, furniture, internet
786.
by vl 6y ago
AFAIK, Google pays the same in Seattle/Bay Area/NYC. This is why some people at Google transfer to Seattle from NYC and SF.
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by vl 6y ago
>a catastrophic global recession Is it catastrophic though? Market doesn’t seem to think so.
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James Dyson interview: how I blew £500m on electric car to rival Tesla(thetimes.co.uk)
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by vl 6y ago
Makita and DeWalt are more or less equivalent, but I’m using DeWalt 20V (and corded miter saw) for few (subjective) reasons: * Looks like DeWalt bundles are priced better. * Looks like DeWalt has better variety of tools in 20V. * DeWalt is
790.
by vl 6y ago
Bad advise for current tools: you need to settle on the battery system, since batteries are expensive. I.e. once you start replacing, it’s going to be a single brand, but the trick that you can get great set of batteries and tools as a bund
791.
by vl 6y ago
While such definitions are good for casual conversation, they are not good for scientific discussion. Or you end up with nonsense like “my doorknob has consciousness“, well, lets define what consciousness is first. With “consciousness” in p
792.
by vl 6y ago
But all organisms “get out of bed and get something to eat”, yet we don’t pretend that bacteria have consciousness. If you go down this road you’ll have to decide if apes, dogs, crocodiles, sharks and ants have consciousness and make arbitr
793.
by vl 6y ago
To your first point: it’s not true in US healthcare. To your second point: US has very low interest rates, money are cheap, nobody wants to work, thus services are expensive. To your third point: system is not corrupt, but over-regulated ga
794.
by vl 6y ago
The answer, of course, is that there is no consciousness: if you try to precisely define what consciousness is, you’ll end up with increasingly absurd “you know when you see it” kinds of definitions. Objectively there is no any “special” co
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by vl 6y ago
>Schools hold bake sales to buy supplies. Did you have a chance to compare US schools to other countries’ schools? By any other standard US schools are lavish. The only reason schools have bake sales to raise funds because of bureaucracy
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by vl 6y ago
If you think about it, then it’s clear that in free society healthcare will capture all excess money. Essentially you can spend unlimited money on life extension, and people are genetically pre-disposed to fear death. There are some nuances
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by vl 6y ago
What do you mean by “what is their path to making money on this?” Original founders cashed out very well (remember Lewandowski’s 120 millions?). I’m sure current management will manage just fine in the private round or some other “stock buy
798.
by vl 6y ago
But why do they have to make profit? Original founders already cashed out, current management and top employees will most likely cash out in the private round.
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by vl 6y ago
Or maybe they know Waymo is there to burn through cash without doing anything useful (like any other “research” project at any place that has infinite stream of money from oil or, let’s say, ads) and expect it to be overtaken by competition
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by vl 6y ago
Alphabet holding structure first and foremost is there to increase stock price. It’s specifically structured to separate and downsize risks. One of the investor’s concern is uncontrollable pouring of money into moonshots. Making them separa
801.
by vl 6y ago
It was more like a playground for Sergey while he was still involved. I’m not sure if he voluntary chose to do it or not.
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by vl 6y ago
I still mostly buy clothes at Eddie Bauer online - while there is a hit and miss occasionally, they have mostly consistent quality and sizing, and it’s easy to pass on inferior items by reading reviews. Easy return policy also makes it risk
803.
by vl 6y ago
Middle class doesn’t shop at Neiman Marcus though.
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by vl 6y ago
Nothing specifically malicious. Since Chrome is default browser at Google, it’s used as default development and profiling browser, and then it’s ported to and tested on other browsers, obviously not as much.
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by vl 6y ago
YouTube became possible because Google funneled billions of dollars from other divisions for many years until competition was completely napalmed out and finally it became profitable. No other company or private investors can do this kind o
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by vl 6y ago
> I think it's very natural to want to work. AFAIK, studies and history demonstrated opposite to be true, if there is an opportunity not to work and lead comfortable life, most people choose not to work.
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by vl 6y ago
No, of course it’s much better to traumatize kids by unreasonable many-month isolation. This will make them well-adjusted adults for sure.
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by vl 6y ago
To everyone paranoidly sitting is strong isolation I’m saying “What is your exit strategy? The virus is not going away, there will be no vaccine for many months. Are you planning on sitting it out for a year? Two? Ten? If not, you might as
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by vl 6y ago
Ah, covid-shaming on HN. Then they go to Costco in unfitted, unfiltering masks and bring home bunch of packages, pretending they avoided “social contact”.
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by vl 6y ago
One thing for sure this pandemics is going to demonstrate us if there is any value in American school education.

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