vpears87

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by vpears87 7mo ago
Lol unhinged. I read a book in undergrad written in 2004 that predicted 2032...so not too far off. John Archibald Wheeler, known for popularizing the term "black hole", posited that observers are not merely passive witnesses but a
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by vpears87 11mo ago
At least MSFT is consistent: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ is down as well
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Show HN: DialDoge – Product Team Meeting [video](youtube.com)
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Navigating the Path to Management: Tips for Software Engineers(blog.zeitvice.com)
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by vpears87 2y ago
Making the leap from being one of the folks in the cubicles to the one steering the ship can be as thrilling as it is daunting. Here’s how you can strap in and navigate this transition smoothly, armed with your technical prowess and a newfo
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Steve Jobs and NeXT: Navigating Computer Markets for Product-Market Fit (1991) [video](youtube.com)
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Leaders Must Listen to Thrive(blog.zeitvice.com)
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by vpears87 6y ago
Just eyeballing this, but trading at $180 gives DoorDash a market cap of $60 billion. The IPO priced it at $30 billion. Uber's market cap is $95 billion. Lyft's market cap is $14 billion. UPS's market cap is $120 billion. De
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by vpears87 6y ago
That's it right there, business models which align with (or are constrained by) society's values.
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by vpears87 7y ago
Applies well to political involvement of any kind. Or just any social organization supporting a cause
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Pentagon to Test Hypersonic Missiles at Five Times the Speed of Sound(bloomberg.com)
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by vpears87 7y ago
Wealth is relative to others in society. If the pie grows, I maybe better off in absolute dollars. But if the percentage of the pie I control decreases, I am relatively poorer. Comparing how much wealthier/happier/successful&#x2F
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Building a Food Computer(medium.com)
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Show HN: Roxie – React Native and Arduino and Music(github.com)
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by vpears87 11y ago
Agree. React is a library. Meteor could complement React as a framework much like angular.
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by vpears87 13y ago
110 times a day? Wow! The user interaction and ongoing connectivity that mobile provides is incredible.
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by vpears87 13y ago
I agree. Labor is viewed as a cost rather than investment. You can find this paradigm in many econ/business courses. You invest in capital; you pay for labor.
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by vpears87 13y ago
Unemployment is primarily caused by monetary policy and secondarily by fiscal. And due to structural issues of an economy, there is a natural rate of unemployment. Lending is the lifeblood of any economy. If you play around with the rates,
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by vpears87 13y ago
Cats would cost less people to assemble the product. Beef up those margins.
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by vpears87 13y ago
Theoretically though, you are in a market where individuals have specialized skills and learned how to perform their skill at the highest efficiency level. Each person along the supply chain has competed against and put out of business som