scottkduncan

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by scottkduncan 8y ago
> Economists, board members, bankers, c-level execs - the shot callers of the world are much less clever and equipped to lead than they collectively think they are. I completely agree with this, but disagree that Musk is constructively c
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by scottkduncan 8y ago
legal != smart
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by scottkduncan 8y ago
Agree with Jacques M on solar, and would also add that much of the battery tech is Panasonic's and self-driving is a long ways away from being road-ready.
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by scottkduncan 8y ago
"Shorts" didn't cause the CEO to invent a $420/share offer for the company out of whole cloth, nor did they force him to smoke a blunt on video. The mental gymnastics you have to do not see the red flags here, completel
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by scottkduncan 8y ago
"Wall Street" is not betting on them to go bankrupt. Collectively, investors value this company that produces, at best, 7K cars a week at $45 billion. The idea that one quarter of profitability achieved through slashing capex to
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by scottkduncan 9y ago
Yes, it was what passes for a joke attempt on a Friday afternoon.
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by scottkduncan 9y ago
I'll pick one up in the liquidation sale.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
"Most of the other units are Airbnb rentals." Now there is some fodder for the anti-short term rental crowd.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Protectionism would benefit some U.S. farmers, but certainly not all. The U.S. is a net exporter of corn, soybeans, dairy, etc. to Mexico and they are our third largest agricultural export market.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
The US air system also used to be much more expensive and served far fewer routes, pricing out a significant portion of consumers: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/how-airl...
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Definitely sarcasm. Bone dry delivery.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
I'm not sure they vision you're describing is the direction private equity would take it, but with the major tech buyers shying away it does seem like a private exit is the most likely way this ends. John Hempton summed up this vi
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
It turns out Pew found the opposite in their 2016 poll of global opinion of the United States. Favorability of the U.S. increased from 50% favorable to 57% in Germany from 2015 - 2016, while unfavorable views declined from 42% to 38%. ht
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
> Yeah he is controversial, but is he worthy of so much attention? He is running to be the most powerful political figure in the world...so yes.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Cool. What do you call RT and Fox News?
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
If you haven't seen "a shred" of NYT coverage of Hillary's email scandals then all that means is you haven't looked for it. They covered it ad nauseum.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
The argument that someone was wrong about something once and thus should no longer be listened to about anything is both pervasive and dangerous.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Please, the media covers Hillary extensively and it is almost always negative. This story is a great example - tantalizing headlines about impropriety but then actually nothing that really indicates wrongdoing. People that ran charities g
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
While there is certainly a credentialed labor issue in higher education, we don't exactly have a shortage of PhDs and it's not like there has been a rapid ramping up in compensation for professors. In fact it has been the opposit
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Deep Dive into WeWork’s User Base as Hundreds of Members Cancel(medium.com)
2 points by scottkduncan 10y ago|0 comments
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How China Took Center Stage in Bitcoin’s Civil War(nytimes.com)
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
“Over the past two years we’ve been focused on growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction with a primary focus on profitability,” AptDeco’s co-founder Kalam Dennis told TechCrunch. “We have spoken with Move Loot regarding the
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
If you are interested in political participation one place to start would be state and local races - you are more likely to find unconventional candidates at those levels that don't fit neatly with either party. I also find it much mor
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Per your second point, there is certainly a strong profit motive for keeping terminally-ill patients alive longer than they otherwise might want on the part of health-care providers. End-of-life care costs are no joke.
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
But it is still an auction, right? As in, if the starting price is less than the market price it should still get bid higher and there won't be a market irregularity?
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
Very true, I guess the distinction I'm trying to draw though is between having articles talk about men's clothing vs. having comments on an article about a company with a female CEO quickly go to her physical appearance when the s
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
I'm not sure if this is the thread you were thinking about, but I don't see much about the appearance of the founder; rather it is all rightfully focused on his miserable failings and running his company into the ground: https:&
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
I hope similar attention is paid to men's wardrobe choices next time a corporate scandal article involving a male CEO is posted to HN.
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The unsettling truth about the tech sector’s meritocracy myth(washingtonpost.com)
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by scottkduncan 10y ago
It still costs time...

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