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by simplecomplex 8y ago
You think that’s a good thing? And that the government is needed so Facebook can give users a little confirmation dialog?
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Is it illegal to sell phones with google play services? Which law? Which case is this?
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Anti-trust is vague and arbitrary. Companies can’t avoid violation because it’s not clear what a violation actually is.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
> The competition regulator ruled that Facebook would now have to obtain users’ permission before merging data from other sites. So, more useless warnings like the cookie permission pop ups littered all over the internet. Who actually th
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
In my experience, bugs do not happen “most of the time” (OPs words). I’ve been a software engineer for 12 years. High quality software is software that works, for the required use cases and devices. > ... most of the time > ... for
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> bugs tend to happen most of the time. They do? Software not working most of the time is indicative of poor quality software and untested requirements. Yes, poor quality software has lots of bugs. Yes, many companies are selling poor qu
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
In the event of Alzheimer’s, who do you think makes the decisions? Communicates with the nurses? Checks on them? Family. Not sure what your point about poor people is...
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
This disingenuous rage bait doesn’t belong here. Carryover is a pretty basic aspect of corporate taxes, and it makes sense. Previous years' financial performance (losses, debt) can carry over into the current year.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Who do you plan on taking care of you when you get older? You’re going to pay nurses, and maybe live in a retirement home?
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
You say rigid, I say professional.
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Isn’t that just business competing? If I open a burger stand, and the sandwich shop next door starts selling burgers, they’re competing for the same customers. The government stopping the sandwich shop from selling burgers would be anti-com
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> but is harmless to humans and animals. > harmlessness to livestock and humans would have to be further investigated "appears harmless" would be more appropriate.
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There's absolutely nothing stopping competition. Switching from Facebook or Google to a competing service is as simple as typing a URL into the web browser. They maintain their business position by providing an excellent product, not b
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
So, Google and Facebook suck up lots of personal information and some people don't like that. Splitting them apart wouldn't change their business models. Arbitrary destruction of their business doesn't do anything to protect
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Only in a culture that does not value family or charity, which all of history proves otherwise.
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And who has actually been materially harmed by using Facebook, because of Facebook’s actions? No one, as far as I can tell. > investigation of “existing allegations,” though the report does not mention what those are. Okay...
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Read through Seth Godins top 100 posts on Seths.blog He’s focused on marketing which is a big part of sales tactics. That said, the best way is to practice selling stuff.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Stop building and start selling. Sell before you build.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
The author really doesn’t have to move to undeveloped countries to stop posting online and developing tracking software... It’s not that black and white. We have a lot more freedom than he’s making it sound. If you use a computer 24/7
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Yeah. You don't think that's a goal? Uber desperately needs to show additional revenue streams as the (un)reality of self-driving cars and food delivery sets in. Muni tickets is big business. Look at Cubic Transportation Systems.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Getting into the Municipal ticketing racket won't dig Uber out of their massive money pit.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Best co-working spaces are cafe's with WiFi and no time limit. It costs ~$10 to use a cafe in coffee/tea. At 20 days a month, that's ~$200/month. WeWork is $50 a day, or $350 a month. WeWork has no cafe with food and dri
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A few things to consider: - If the money is not in the bank, then the company has not raised $100M. Until the money is wired, it can fall through. - Without a liquidity event you cannot make any money from your equity. It doesn't matte
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
And that’s what houses are to Americans as well. Much of the real estate in the Bay Area is an investment purchase.
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
I think you mean app not platform. A platform is a business that makes money by other business building on top of it. Apple App Store/iOS is a platform.
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Glancing at the graphs, I thought it was weird his alternate CPI exactly tracks BoL CPI changes. Turns out it’s because he’s just adding a constant. From Wikipedia: > Shadowstats does not actually recalculate BLS data, rather, the Shadow
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Tips are so incredibly stupid, unnneccessary, confusing, and a waste of everyone’s time and energy. Just imagine... paying the price that’s advertised. How practical and convenient that would be! The obvious solution is a law banning the so
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The price is what people will pay for. What you charge should depend entirely on the clients budget and competing bids. You should charge as much as they can bear.
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How will flying cars drop people off? How will quantum teleporters avoid collisions?
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> shouldn’t we prioritize on skill instead of using a lottery Why? It's not a prioritization based on employer needs or what employers want. Obviously if one has a degree they enjoy being a protected class, and if they don't ha

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