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Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by balls187 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:40 PM UTC

balls187 wrote: post #177

jaredklewis wrote: post #176

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Despite the regulations, I’ve been food poisoned by restaurants around half a dozen times in my life. And despite regulations to the contrary, for the entire 7 years I lived in Chicago, not a single cab driver ever accepted a credit card (this was a ways back). Not to say that regulations are bad or that I’m against regulations. Just that they are not magic. Further, due to the centralized enforcement mechanism, most…

> Despite the regulations, I’ve been food poisoned by restaurants around half a dozen times in my life. Did you wash your hands before you ate?

For the downvoters, the #1 cause for food bourne illness is people not washing their hands before they eat.

Usually if a restaurant is to blamed, there are multiple cases of illness outbreaks.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by sah2ed » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 10:02 PM UTC

balls187 wrote: post #181

balls187 wrote: post #177

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> Despite the regulations, I’ve been food poisoned by restaurants around half a dozen times in my life. Did you wash your hands before you ate?

For the downvoters, the #1 cause for food bourne illness is people not washing their hands before they eat. Usually if a restaurant is to blamed, there are multiple cases of illness outbreaks.

I didn't downvote but I guess your question was a bit condescending since the narrator is likely not some helpless 10-year old still learning personal hygiene.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by balls187 » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 12:29 AM UTC

sah2ed wrote: post #182

balls187 wrote: post #181

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For the downvoters, the #1 cause for food bourne illness is people not washing their hands before they eat. Usually if a restaurant is to blamed, there are multiple cases of illness outbreaks.

I didn't downvote but I guess your question was a bit condescending since the narrator is likely not some helpless 10-year old still learning personal hygiene.

Over 20 years my dad investigated claims of restaurant food poisoning, and there was a never an outbreak due to negligence; it was always deemed isolated incident attributed to not washing hands.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by crispinb » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:39 AM UTC

Santosh83 wrote: post #178

crispinb wrote: post #157

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For the record, I slightly regret my tone here. I stand by an extremely negative opinion of hypergrowth ideology (and the role played in it by tech). But this needs to be seriously argued for (which can’t be done in a comment para or two), and personal attacks are only irrelevant and unpleasant noise. Not that Mr Yegge will know or have any reason to care, but it does pollute the atmosphere on HN.

No need to regret. As you said, the living planet is irreplaceable and infinitely more precious than artefacts of technology which can be built again and again, yet our thoughtless species largely pursues trivialities and in the process squanders what cannot be regained. But comments like these are not well received so I seldom say them out loud.

Sure, I don't resile from the basic point at all. Ecosystems are collapsing, and will take the dependent virtual worlds of business and tech with them if we don't change course. But the case isn't made any stronger by bagging individuals. I'm all for speaking up against mainstream myths, but it's usually worth taking a pause before being pointlessly combative.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by willempienaar » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

okr wrote: post #116

willempienaar wrote: post #89

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Good point. I work on the Data Science team, but I will pass along your comment and suggestion to the relevant product team.

Do i see results of Data Science in the App? Never been on the driver side. Like, do you distribute drivers to busy places and things like that? Do you also block drivers in certain areas? What are driver's common problems? OOh, so many questions. Dont you want to write a blog post as well? :-)

Best bet to learn about our ML systems is at (and after) talks we do in Singapore.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by jessaustin » Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

magic_beans wrote: post #138

masklinn wrote: post #16

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Actual permalink to the tweet: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/940058014886780928 The previous tweets in the thread seem more relevant here: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/940010649010233344 > I'm generally skeptical of anyone who makes a week-long trip to China and comes back awed by 'how advanced they are in X.' In my experience Chinese academics and firms lie their ass off to visitors. https://…

Her profile pics are basically NSFW...

Is it all the belly buttons? Where do you work, that pictures of belly buttons are a problem?

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by lookACamel » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 3:08 AM UTC

sah2ed wrote: post #171

notyourday wrote: post #80

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High profit margins imply very immature industry. As industries mature the profit margins drop.

Not always. High profits largely depends on the kind of competitive advantage (trade secrets, patents, market share etc) that can be deployed in one's sector, it is independent of industry. A few counter-examples that illustrates my point: 1. Having a trade secret that allows only you to manufacture a good exclusively with high margins. The best known example is Coca Cola. They enjoy average gross margins of 60%. htt…

1. If by trade secret you mean Coke's branding, marketing and historical dominance.

Re: Why I left Google to join Grab

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Post by sah2ed » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 1:48 PM UTC

lookACamel wrote: post #187

sah2ed wrote: post #171

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Not always. High profits largely depends on the kind of competitive advantage (trade secrets, patents, market share etc) that can be deployed in one's sector, it is independent of industry. A few counter-examples that illustrates my point: 1. Having a trade secret that allows only you to manufacture a good exclusively with high margins. The best known example is Coca Cola. They enjoy average gross margins of 60%. htt…

1. If by trade secret you mean Coke's branding, marketing and historical dominance.

1. No, I meant Coke's recipe is a secret known only to a handful of anonymous employees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula#Current_ingr...