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by zebrafish 7y ago
It sounds like HN readers could stand to spend a little time studying microeconomics. I would love to see a Valley solution to the problem of sourcing raw materials including energy, storing raw materials, sourcing packaging, storing packag
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Well, I think the claim that worldwide capacity will drop to zero is absurd. But after enough price erosion, domestic capacity will dwindle significantly and these companies' goal is to remain in business. I love low airfare as much as
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Retailers will never take less profit in the long run. Especially in industries where ROIC is extremely important. The retailer will always squeeze the manufacturer and the manufacturer, depending on the volume of the account, will typicall
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Your point contradicts itself, does it not? Movement to the edge necessitates edge hardware and edge personnel to manage the hardware. Network effects are THE factor in software because the marginal cost tends towards zero with each increme
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Why Windows drive partitions are named starting from the C: drive(quora.com)
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by zebrafish 7y ago
I'm thinking probably not because the investors, who are either High Net Worth Individuals or investment banks, should be hedging their tax exposure appropriately.
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Read an idea in American Affairs in support of taxing buybacks. The logic goes that if all companies have a fiduciary duty to shareholders because the market is the most efficient capital allocator, AND all companies are giving their cash b
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Pretty fascinating and also sort of "no duh." Thinking about how those with access to information networks have leveraged the technology throughout history, it seems like it is always used for the purpose of "moral grandstand
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by zebrafish 7y ago
So if you're saying hand-carved woodblock printing should be considered a "press", sure the Chinese had a "press." If you're going to tell me that the printing press could not have been the important factor bec
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Well... it's not just about military technology. The ages are named for advancements in tools in general. But a good bit of human history is dictated by natural resources and a societies ability to exploit them. Military technology ena
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by zebrafish 7y ago
I'm interested in reading this. I think I disagree with the main thesis though. The most important forces in history are geography, demographics, and information flow, probably in that order. I would propose that the history of the wes
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by zebrafish 7y ago
The ages are named for the technology that made the most significant difference in history. Not because the archeologists are male, but because you can do things with iron that you cannot do with stone or wood or bone. I will grant that tex
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by zebrafish 7y ago
The paper isn't the point, the press is. As is evidenced by your dates, linen paper in and of itself does not move the needle much. Asia Minor and China never produced a press. The idea of cheap, disposable paper that leads someone to
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Agreed. Procedures are like products. From a hospital administrator's perspective, you should have a good idea of your cost of goods sold for standard procedures. Lipid panel costs $X in materials (needles, vials, bandages), $Y in cost
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by zebrafish 7y ago
I will say, it would be helpful to see a call stack.
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Furthermore, Apple's entire business plan goes out the door if this does indeed take place.
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by zebrafish 7y ago
Sure it does. US consumer demand rises after WWII because of GI bill & repurposing of capital -> competition drives prices down -> Securities & Exchanges Act essentially mandates firms optimize for returns to capital as a fidu
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by zebrafish 7y ago
All publicly trade companies have a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders. That means different things to different companies and is not a hard and fast rule. Amazon did not prioritize short term profits for a long long time and Bezos fa
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by zebrafish 7y ago
At least with LotR, the fiction is intended to parallel Christianity which is an organized religion. Tolkien was C.S. Lewis’s primary introduction to the religion and inspired him to write fiction also based on gospel principles.
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Agree with you. Disagree with article. Reformed thinking says that God created work, and thus work is good and it is intended to fulfill humanity. However, work, money, status, career progression, are idols. Two laws since the resurrection:
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Disagree with you. Parent seems to be conflating the modern male experience with anti-sensitivity. Expression of all emotions by males should be encouraged. I think the idolization of stoicism is detrimental to men's health. Men should
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Manufacturers have large minimum order quantities, are slow to integrate with, and have business policies like chargebacks, business rules, fees, etc. that the retailer will have to negotiate around. The little guys have none of that and wi
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by zebrafish 8y ago
IMO, this is only applicable to smaller players. Amazon still wants to play in the private label space and they're not going to delist Tide or Bounty or Crest. They're in true supplier relationships with those brands and will cont
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Seems like Ben Thompson's aggregation theory could be useful to look at here. Netflix & Spotify are aggregators, they own the consumer and distribution. Acquisition of movies costs either royalties to a studio or cost to produce th
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by zebrafish 8y ago
What I find interesting about this is that the agents naturally become "pacifists". To optimize for survival, they try keep their neighbors at arms length and avoid conflict. I wonder what would happen if they took the 8 species m
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by zebrafish 8y ago
This is not a new program. It has been around for vendors (not sellers) for a long time. It’s a good way to get reviews on a product which has none. Reviews are necessary for an item to perform well in Amazon’s search algorithm. Yes you pay
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Typically in organizations this large, trouble makers are "promoted out" so as to minimize the damage they can do to the organization while minimizing the risk of any legal blow back from an outright firing. I think the author her
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by zebrafish 8y ago
Yes, however the burden of success on the platform is placed on the vendor, much like it is with sellers. Those sellers have access to many more tools which makes being successful much easier and allows for automation of most tasks on the p
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by zebrafish 8y ago
It may be a new written policy for certain categories, but I haven't been exposed to such a policy. A VM would have scoffed at the idea of allowing their vendor to sell the same product through Seller Central for years now. A vendor co
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by zebrafish 8y ago
This article is mostly alarmist nonsense. Vendors would welcome the addition of Seller tools to Vendor Central. Vendors do not have access to the Marketplace APIs, get watered down reporting, and are generally treated like suppliers where S

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