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by hockley 8y ago
Yes. Television is in the midst of one now.
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by hockley 8y ago
They are optimizing for posts that generate revenue. Since users don’t pay, the news feed is optimized for advertisers and the user posts that lead to more advertiser engagement.
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by hockley 9y ago
The dismantling of the Fed Gov is decades in the making. While there may be recent foreign influence on the margins, the Kochs, Adelson, Mercer, and the rest of the GOP donor class are the originators of this GOP agenda.
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by hockley 9y ago
This is 100% Driven by Americans. See “Freedom Caucus.”
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by hockley 9y ago
This is just a focus group of one, but I really want to see two problems solved in email: 1) Trusted identity assertion: I want to know with confidence (at a glance) that the sender is who I think they are. 2) Secure communication: I want t
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by hockley 9y ago
How does this keep people from using your ssn and other stolen information to get a credit card or loan in your name?
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by hockley 9y ago
Step 1) Become indispensable in your current job. Step 2) Move.
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by hockley 9y ago
Marketing is a fool me once scenario. Quality products earn repeat purchases. You don't become the world's most valuable company with one-and-done sales.
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by hockley 9y ago
There were provisions that addressed cost containment (ACOs, Quality-Based reimbursement models for Medicare). In fact, medical cost inflation has come more in line with general inflation since about 2009/2010. But, you're right,
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by hockley 9y ago
It was a problem before ACA; it's a problem now. The law didn't really change that aspect of the system.
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by hockley 9y ago
Do you have any price comparisons between for-profit and non-profit hospitals?
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by hockley 9y ago
The ultimate reason behind hospitals attempting to charge exorbitant prices is that you have no choice but to pay.
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by hockley 9y ago
Payors are healthcare wholesalers. They can buy health services from physicians and facilities at about a third to a tenth of the cost you can because: 1) It's not life or death for them; and 2) They can buy in bulk
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by hockley 9y ago
This kind of proves the thesis. EV is a hobby for the legacy guys that competes with much more powerful (by revenue) business units in the company. It's like expecting Kodak to compete and win with their own digital camera.
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by hockley 10y ago
I wonder if this a a compromise for tuition free education? Start with medicine.
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by hockley 10y ago
The margins are much higher in Rx. About 8% for payors, 12% for providers, and 20% for drugs.
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by hockley 10y ago
Man, I'm going to miss Gwen Ifill.
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by hockley 10y ago
Don't confuse being known with being trusted. One is a prerequisite for the other, but they are not the same thing. It's not so much who you know as it is who trusts you.
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by hockley 10y ago
I think the large compensation helps the CEO act on what he/she feels is in the best interest of the company. When you make enough in one year to retire, you can make decisions with a lot more courage.
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by hockley 10y ago
Having an effective strategy to skirt regulations probably requires just as much knowledge of the regs as a company who complies with them.
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by hockley 10y ago
Also known as: "Works well with others."
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by hockley 10y ago
If you want to get maximum compensation for the value you create, become a founder.
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by hockley 10y ago
They could be like Marvel. Tons of characters and story lines to license for film and games.
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by hockley 10y ago
Space/Mars could start to be in play before the century is over. That's one example of a (literal) new frontier for growth.
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by hockley 10y ago
I think tough shit works for everything but healthcare. When even the private solution (health insurnce) is essentially needs based, it's pretty hard to escape some kind of policy-driven rationing.
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by hockley 10y ago
The Chinese government could certainly come up with an excuse to block Uber in China.
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by hockley 10y ago
Don't we all want to hide our payment information when we buy stuff online? Modern commerce is built on identity assertion and securing payments between two parties over the wire.
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by hockley 10y ago
Gotta pay the testers, trainers, contracts team, and sales commission.
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by hockley 11y ago
This is not surprising given IBM developed the Consulting Industry Complex standard for blaming the client for failure: The Rational Unified Process.
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by hockley 11y ago
It would work if you organized globally. Masonry guilds did it 700 years ago.

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