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A sort of build the thing approach, then worry about all the complexity that comes with scale.
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It's already replaced a bunch of search for me. I don't use it to make my own work, but I use it as a really fast q/a tool for straightforward answers absent of ads and clickbait
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Excellent points. I think we are viewing "fundamental" differently. Instead of fundamental to the universe, I see counting as fundamental to the usefulness of math, which in itself is just an abstraction of the real world. (Whole
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Income inequality is ultimately a public policy problem, not a productivity problem
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From what I've heard it's been incredibly difficult to get a new hire approved in some divisions for some years now, despite wide spread acknowledgement of being understaffed.
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I think sets are fundamental to counting. An example: how many trees are in the forest? It depends on where you draw the boundary for tree. An Aspen Grove, for example have many stems of one large interconnected tree.
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What do you think the hiring process looks like? I'd guess it's a bunch of 3rd party consultancy or operator vendors
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Can't speak to Canada's situation specifically, For your comment on housing as a government responsibility. You're correct that housing, for the most part, is privately financed and constructed. However the limiting agent in
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Just curious, what tools other than AI would accomplish this? Wouldn't pulling information from chats require contextual understanding (NLP)? I guess maybe it could auto-tag messages rather than summarize content?
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Such is the issue with any business connected to a single large and private infrastructure provider. Of course this is, in part, why we have anti-trust laws.
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What is IBM's competitive position? I always assumed they were in the assurance business. I.e. they have well tested systems with close support. Anyone with more insight?
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I think they sort of project the current state of affairs, drawing attention to the issue, which may have significant developments in the future. They ran an article about COVID during the earlier days of the pandemic, where they suspected
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You are correct, however a more practical read is: In the short run, precluding net growth and change in supply, a rise in salary implies a redistribution from capital (shareholders) to labor.
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I'm curious what your reasoning on PE is. I know the space is struggling, (I'm not exactly rooting for them), but could you give a little context on what bubble and potential regulation is called for?
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Atlas Obscura: Loretto Stair Case, Santa Fe NM(atlasobscura.com)
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Thought HN folks would enjoy this engineering marvel, a helix staircase built in the 1800s with no nails or central support column, under mysterious circumstances. * A short piece on the engineering: https://nanoten.com/trav
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How do you guys find the "best" stuff? I find it impossible to use product reviews on places like Amazon. Otherwise I rely on familiarity with the category, but am unfamiliar with more product categories than I am familiar.
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Chaebols are sort of the product of a centrally planned economy. I.e the government backs a "winner" - so Korea can more quickly compete globally at scale. (competitive markets, but does not quickly industrialize an economy). The
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by wnc3141 3y ago
Replying to my own comment. If you are wondering why healthcare is specifically a market failure related to 1) Information asymmetry. Patients do not generally know how to select and shop for their treatment without medical expertise. 2) Ad
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I think there are markets where competition creates wealth and markets where supply and demand is inherently dysfunctional. I recommend reading about "market failures" where a free market does not leave participants better off. (T
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Anyone knowledgeable with an opinion on whether China has a mismatch between relatively high college attainment while remaining manufacturing oriented economy? In reference to this article: https://www.theguardian.com/world&
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Intelligence is unrelated to integrity, at least by common wisdom. A common Warren Buffet quote passed around : "We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we look for initiative or energy, and we look for
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by wnc3141 3y ago
My view is that the role of government helps regulate maximizing value for society as a hole (wherein externalities are not reflected in private market transactions), which requires coordinating some form of collective action. The guiding p
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I used to work in the industry. My understanding is that the vast majority of private jets (not including general aviation) is owned by or managed by firms that charter out their jet. (Like a taxi business). Of course there's nuance be
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Writer Scott Galloway (former brand strategist) notes that essentially noone will ever wear something that doesn't add to their self image or presentability to others. Trillions in commerce has happened on this premise.
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It's bad in the sense that it indicates artificially restricted output such that either fewer people can participate in the market or that people have to do with less than what a competitive market would allow.
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I'd be curious to hear about lessons learned from your experience, if you ever were to write a blog type post of your experiences.
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This is a very interesting angle on a trade off that I (as an American) have not considered and be interested to read about.
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I agree that I perhaps poorly framed my comment earlier. By reflective, I think I was really thinking of a cyclical relationship. Where lack of transportation compounds inequality, I also believe that inequality is at the very least, co cyc
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I think what's being noticed here, as in many urbanist conversations, is that our urban conditions are primarily reflective of the vastly unequal socio-economic structure we have at large. In places where the working poor are the most

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