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>>> "But there is no place for it today, where better scholarship exists and the Internet provides ready access to a plethora of view points" Thats now how history works at all man…

Uber would set hours because they would only hire people to work at times when there is demand. You would not be able to "clock in" at will, because there might not be any rides fo…

I'm employed right now in a well paying job, and I have a small side project that I have been working on with a friend that makes a modest amount of money, of which I have not paid…

I dunno man, im getting kind of jaded as I get older. "True moonshot" to me seems more like cheap clean water for everyone, or a real way to sequester carbon, not a way for rich fo…

I mean, this is specifically accurate but a useless metrics. Its literally bullets/kill. Modern urban warfare tactics include a whole lot of shooting where the intent is not to kil…

Some 100+ comments on here and no mention of the horrible impact having more of these giant trucks around is going to have on the climate. This is technically interesting, but expe…

There are lots of self employed people that own nice trucks, but the primary sales target of the F150 is a wealthy office worker who lives in the suburbs. By far their biggest cust…

demand has changed quite a bit, lots of people are leaving cities, and fewer people, especially new grads from undergrad and profession school like business/med, are moving in.

how is this contradictory? Firms that are monopolistic are less competitive, larger, and slower growing. Reducing monopolistic tendencies increases capital growth, competition, and…

Vast majority of these offices are small hubs in tier 3 cities occupied by regional tems, or tier 1 cities with multiple offices.

"Uber is absolutely not on the scale of those companies, and most of the time they should probably be using off-the-shelf solutions when they become available." I agree, but I'd al…

IMO, there is a lot of hocus pocus going on in the "medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death" statistic, and the case they chose to highlight is extremely atypical. The vast…

earlier leak said 20% of employees across all departments

Solidarity must enter the equation because if you don't take care of those who are vulnerable, the economy will tank worse than it already has. People dying is expensive, and this …

They weren't selling a fantasy, they were selling real tech. Their block has been "consumerizing" it. My understanding (from sources who have experienced the demo) is that their fi…

Its in court, but softbank hasn't paid the corporate structures that controlled wework the money noted in their deal. Its pretty crazy that no one really talks about how weird the …

There are also lots of reports of confiscations of PPE: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-f... https://www.firehouse.com/safety-health/ppe/news/21133559/fe…

in the current moment, the "confederacy of southern states" is the federal government. I do not expect to see them different from a federal response due to their loyalty to trump.

yea, its def a risk play. Lets say they can make it 12 months with cash on hand, what does the funding env look like in 12 months? There is def someone with a big spreadsheet who h…

If the demand crash is transitive, then it would cost a lot to rebuild all of those things. They've definitely done the math. The reality is this is a very expensive crises for the…

I mean: apple is essentially a proxy with zero skin in the game. They don't manufacture the phones, screens, chips etc... airlines are proxies, most planes are leased not owned... …

They are expecting their revenue to basically go to near zero for the next year.

The issue at doordash is the following: (1) Drivers are paid in 2 factors, a tip provided by the user, and a per delivery fee provided by doordash thats variable, and generally in …

hospitalization rates are being shared. IIRC, they are generally around 20% of confirmed cases, but the testing rate is low here so hard to know the true numbers