thetli8

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by thetli8 4y ago
if the goal is having high speed transportation while minimizing cost burden to the taxpayer, palmdale and other similar cities would have been skipped. likewise, i'm not going to stop using LAX because it's in Inglewood and not k
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by thetli8 4y ago
california regulations mandate prevailing wages for all public works projects [1]. it affects the total cost because, the government should be looking to save taxpayers money by offering the contract to whichever GC that can get the project
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by thetli8 4y ago
you're right that labor is only a part of it. but part of the reason why the CA project saw huge rises in costs is because of project planning and scope increases in the planning -- both of which are politically driven. part of the pol
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by thetli8 4y ago
not to make this political but this is more political than not. people vocally want certain things (eg. prevailing wages) more than they want efficient costs so there's little incentive to make things cheaper. a good case is always cal
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by thetli8 4y ago
my (limited) understanding is that, most of the time, the problem lies in aggregating demand vs owning the supply. it's harder to figure out demand. it is a good thought experiment here (and HBS business case-worthy) to see who truly h
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by thetli8 4y ago
My understanding is that Binance can step in as a potential savior because Binance is safe themselves and the company doesn't fear a liquidity crisis themselves. But, their whole premise of consumer confidence is based off of SAFU[1] w
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Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse(vanityfair.com)
3 points by thetli8 9y ago|0 comments
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by thetli8 9y ago
Honestly, banning lobbying from Congress might solve the multitudes of issues we're handed down from the government. http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-... I'd suggest
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by thetli8 9y ago
Not sure where the article is but this ASAPScience video gave a quick run-through relative to what I was talking about: https://youtu.be/BPJ0729NVjw
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by thetli8 9y ago
A while back, I read an article that discussed the differences in people and how, during the hunter & gatherer era, some humans evolved to be night owls and some humans evolved to be early birds. It determined which person would keep wa
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by thetli8 9y ago
1. Yes, we sell a back-house automation subscription service for restaurants. 2. From the US! Grateful to have been able to be a part of the beta, even in the US. 3. Nope. You don't need to be generating revenue to work with Stripe Atl
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by thetli8 9y ago
Hey lkki, I'm based in the US and we got access to the beta!
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by thetli8 9y ago
We incorporated using Stripe Atlas during the beta. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. Would be happy to provide another perspective on incorporation.
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by thetli8 11y ago
Do you think hardware IoT companies should eventually open source their hardware to solely focus on the software? (Based on the belief that if we can make it, there's always someone who can make it better for cheaper). How would we go