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New comment by bksenior in "Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment from A16Z"

bksenior — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:44:21 +0000

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New comment by bksenior in "Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list"

bksenior — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:28:23 +0000

lol, This is such a bizarre hill to die. There is no evidence in this article of them saying this for any reason other than the staff and business. Could you imagine arguing that restaurants should let patrons who spit on their staff continue to eat there? I dont see what the problem.

New comment by bksenior in "Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state"

bksenior — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:28:49 +0000

What? If you make income on ip you get taxed. This point is strange.

New comment by bksenior in "SoftBank is still writing big checks"

bksenior — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:29:16 +0000

Hah! Everything is a ponzi scheme while in growth mode in the venture space if it's not profitable. There is most certainly a universe where the We brand isnt stained by greed, goes pubic, loses 15% early, but survives long enough to innovate survival.

The fault was that they killed the big story with Neumanns greed and it cratered confidence of the public markets and press.

New comment by bksenior in "SoftBank is still writing big checks"

bksenior — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:27:00 +0000

Not really. It's a thesis that if you own the top dogs in the most important consumer growth verticals that you will get both economies of scale and own sector growth. He might end up being very wrong, but it's not really more than that.

Good movie though.

New comment by bksenior in "Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages"

bksenior — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:01:52 +0000

Jefferson was staunch about the idea that the constitution should be rewritten every 19 years, so this idea of Originalism is conservatism draped in rhetorical clothing.

Founder intention is absolutely unknowable and it's a ridiculous argument.

New comment by bksenior in "Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. tech jobs: study"

bksenior — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:41:39 +0000

Also LA too

New comment by bksenior in "The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790"

bksenior — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:55:00 +0000

It would literally be a day. They pass the legislation and they would stop.

New comment by bksenior in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the next 50 years?"

bksenior — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:15:38 +0000

Ive long said that a good enough/affordable sex robot is more dangerous to the western civilization than literally any weapon of mass destruction.

New comment by bksenior in "Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO"

bksenior — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:16:16 +0000

The statement is self defeating. Absolute power is playing far less "a game" for the continuted hold of power than is elected. You're right that people generally do whatever it is they think they can get away with, but simply put a king doesnt asnwer to anyone so he is more likely to act in self interest than someone who needs to please others.

New comment by bksenior in "Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO"

bksenior — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:32:36 +0000

Your using logic to answer a question that is normally one of emotion.

A single non elected ruler is going to make decisions on whim not process. As long as there is one unchecked person, you can basically be assured that unpredictability will be the norm.

New comment by bksenior in "PG&E Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California for a Decade"

bksenior — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 06:00:17 +0000

Who are you talking to?

New comment by bksenior in "Snap Detailed Facebook’s Aggressive Tactics in ‘Project Voldemort’ Dossier"

bksenior — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:39:12 +0000

Its much simpler than that. Decision making at a big company is layered. Anti-trust considerations is about as C-suite a concern as I can possibly think about. Operational leadership even VP is singing for their supper on a project by project basis (to gain status and move up the company ladder). So you get these things.

It's almost certainly a reflection of a culture who's motto was/maybe still is "move fast and break stuff." I think the idea of existential consequences for actions is relatively new one for FB (and to a lesser extent Google) and your seeing a company not move fast enough and a CEO who is probably a little bit underarmed when it comes to really understanding the stakes of certain types of public perception.

New comment by bksenior in "Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard [pdf]"

bksenior — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:27:41 +0000

Yea, but the point is that its not necessarily causal. It would be like looking at people who died of cancer and determining weight-loss as one the best correlated culprits to ID it. It would probably catch a ton of people who were really sick, but it seems to ignore some of the deeper casualties.

The white thing certainly is problematic culturally, but it's not REALLY the problem its more of a symptom of previous power choosing future power.

New comment by bksenior in "Why Are America’s Three Biggest Metros Shrinking?"

bksenior — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:31:08 +0000

Because the first generation who was essentially denied the ability to comfortably afford housing/living are now having families are having to look elsewhere to commit and start a life.

There, I spared you a click.

New comment by bksenior in "WeWork Bonds Drop Below Par for First Time Since IPO Filing"

bksenior — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:25:30 +0000

Naw fam, you're ignoring the growing trend of short term leases and the value of a consistent repeatable brand in the space. It's not an industry killer, but they still do have a strong product.

New comment by bksenior in "WeWork Bonds Drop Below Par for First Time Since IPO Filing"

bksenior — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:39:13 +0000

yea, no. It's simply an overpriced asset and the market is concerned that without an adjustment there isnt much room to grow in value.

I dont think anyone think WeWork is not a strong business model. Id even take it one step further in that it's not the cash burn thats really killing people, it's the valuation. I know theyre connected as a larger company should hypothetically be able to sell less of itself for more money, but at 1/3 of the valuation I think the market feels different about the biz. Although the social signal of being forced to cut does some real bad psychological voodoo.

New comment by bksenior in "Verified by Twilio"

bksenior — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:54:54 +0000

Seriously?

Most corporations call from a featureless pile of numbers. Now you wont miss the important calls from numbers you'd otherwise consider anon spam.

New comment by bksenior in "Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets"

bksenior — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:00:45 +0000

Hah!

Jobs and Musk are walking shortcuts. Anthony's biggest mistake is that he got caught by a corporation motivated to pursue.

New comment by bksenior in "Small towns in much of the country are dependent on punitive fines and fees"

bksenior — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:29:18 +0000

If you've driven between LA and SF you'll most likely be very aware of Kings County. A notorious speed trap that requires you to be on site to contest their questionable infractions.