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   by devfeed 13y ago

   It would clearly be a different path than Elon's startups. But it's impressive that YC is willing to do the funding legwork for such an ambitious company, if they believe in it.
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   If you want to pay dividends with that money, you have to repatriate the money first.
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   what's the latency like, since they use some amount of microwave wireless infrastructure?
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   But PG wasn't an established authority back when PG was writing fast. I remember reading PG in 2006, and you'd read lots of snarks on the tech forums of the time (Slashdot, Digg): who is this guy, and why should we listen to this
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   MSR is only "R" (and that too only a subset of the total research that happens throughout the company - the stuff that can be classified as "basic science"/longer-term), the "D" happens all over the compan
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   I can't answer your first question about why left-handed people exist, but I can provide some clues about the proportions: Left-handedness is a disadvantage in society where everything is designed for the right-handed person. However,
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   by devfeed 13y ago

   This makes sense. Just as iTunes started cutting out record labels and making direct deals with artists, Amazon can do the same. The real question is: how will Amazon go about replacing the work that, today, gets done in publishing houses?