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vpears87

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    Comment #46970291

    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 tha…

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    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]

    Doge sits in on a product team meeting and listens as a new strategy is introduced.

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    Comment #40197460

    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 transi…

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    Comment #25364204

    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 b…

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    Comment #24452874

    That's it right there, business models which align with (or are constrained by) society's values.

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    Comment #22622930

    Applies well to political involvement of any kind. Or just any social organization supporting a cause

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    Comment #20495457

    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. Com…

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    Comment #10971181

    Agree. React is a library. Meteor could complement React as a framework much like angular.

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    Block the Comcast – Time Warner Merger

    It is time for us to act; Take a position and stand by it. I propose that we block the impending Comcast-Time Warner Merger. Sign my petition : http://wh.gov/lvuPH It is irrational…

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    Comment #6669823

    110 times a day? Wow! The user interaction and ongoing connectivity that mobile provides is incredible.

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    Comment #6639325

    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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    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 l…

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    Comment #6639234

    Cats would cost less people to assemble the product. Beef up those margins.

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    Comment #6609833

    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 su…