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I'm glad that Uber was able to revolutionize the livery business by allowing me to order a cab with my phone.
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Discendo Vox posted:Gabe Newell's an incredible businessman. Has he ever invested in anything that wasn't a huge suc Gabe Newell is a huge success.
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cheese posted:It will be interesting to see what happens when a moderate to severe tech "bubble" bursting leads to the outsourcing of some of those six figure engineering jobs that are occupied almost exclusively by middle/upper class white and Asian men. Those aren't engineering jobs.
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Feb 21, 2016 23:17
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Hughlander posted:Like what? I honestly wasn't paying attention then. rounded corners
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Mirthless posted:Old Spice figured out how to sell perfume to men by putting a ship on the bottle. They didn't try to shut out the competition by patenting all ships or the idea of scents aimed at men. that would be trade dress and something completely unpatentable, which really aren't germane to design patents
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Republicans posted:Speaking of, I wonder how Soylent is doing as a company. I looked them up recently and apparently they've improved their product significantly (no more chalky texture or separate bottle of oils it mix in) so I went ahead and ordered some because I always thought the concept was neat. The owner killed all the bacteria in his stomach so he wouldn't have to poo poo. This is the man you want to take health advice from.
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Mar 17, 2016 13:23
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Subjunctive posted:Corporate veil is probably enough to keep her safe. Hogan pierced the corporate veil against Gawker.
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Mar 19, 2016 00:19
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Subjunctive posted:What? The judgment was rendered against Gawker, not against Denton. That's exactly the corporate veil protecting him. That was the report I had gotten from Bixenspan, who's been following this trial since Day 1. I'll see if he issued a correction.
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wateroverfire posted:
Yes, we need to disrupt the ability for the citizens of California to feed their families.
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May 19, 2016 15:18
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wateroverfire posted:What about the ability of citizens of Slovakia to feed their families? They continue to not work for Tesla?
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May 19, 2016 15:30
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Slovakia is an entirely separate country theb Slovenia.  American education at its finest.
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May 19, 2016 15:53
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JamesKPolk posted:http://qz.com/710126/a-massive-79-million-heist-just-happened-and-its-threatening-the-future-of-blockchains/ dont tell me someone stole millions of dollars from bitcoiners
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Jun 18, 2016 21:52
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Lady Naga posted:Again, literally Discord with some yuppie paint. technically if you go by release cycles, discord is slack for hipster gamers
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Aug 14, 2016 01:42
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Plorkyeran posted:Discord is Slack with a much less plausible business model. Discord's business model is to sell cosmetic skins to gamers.
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Aug 14, 2016 04:02
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computer parts posted:I don't think it's about endless growth, it's that diversification is never a bad strategy, especially when you have as much capital as they do. Prodigy, Discover Card, Allstate, Coldwell Banker, etc?
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Aug 15, 2016 18:08
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Aug 15, 2016 18:10
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hobbesmaster posted:They were the only ones to show it in its entirety. The racist part is possibly newsworthy, everything else, not so much. the racist bit was never seen by Gawker until the trial and never made it into the article that started this the FBI did an investigation into the tape years ago, and got the full tapes. Gawker sued the FBI during discovery and got their records including the full tape. then a few days later, the sealed evidence started circulating through the media. 
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Subjunctive posted:I know what all of them mean. None, with the exception of Compaq, convey to the layperson whether they are search engines, phone makers, pharmaceutical companies, or toys. Please see the post to which I was replying, it is relevant to my point. Yes, the photocopier company that names itself after a photocopying process to the point where its name became just as ubiquitous as photocopying has no bearing as its name as a photocopying company.
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Nov 5, 2016 18:21
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Subjunctive posted:Nobody knows what Xerox's name means, it was just a sequence of syllables to virtually every human who encountered it. That it became a generic sort of inverts causality, no? Yeah if Xerox was founded or named in 2016 I would totally agree. But it was named 60 years ago and it wasn't genericized at that point so ignoring causality is idiotic. I don't disagree with your point all that much either, Apple has no bearing on anything that Apple did, other than the fact that Jobs was on a fruit kick.
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Nov 5, 2016 23:42
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boner confessor posted:just in case you're not familiar with the calculated insanity of the dahir insaat corporation disrupt the earthquake market by buying your own coffin bed
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Feb 3, 2017 23:54
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BarbarianElephant posted:You kinda need to shop the edges while in line, otherwise you can't reach the milk. So you can't get milk unless you're waiting for checkout. That's a wonderfully lovely system.
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Feb 8, 2017 19:25
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Stew Leonards, which arranges it's stores such that it is basically one giant lane/maze, even breaks out into like two dozen short lines to move people through checkout when people get to the end.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Why does 'Reply All' exist in the first place? because its a lot easier to CYA the more exposure something gets
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Feb 25, 2017 04:12
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pr0zac posted:Dude almost def committed corporate espionage but please don't imply claiming the fifth means the person is guilty. It's become a really common fallacious assertion in the last decade which is noticeably eroding one of the basic protections of our legal system. The evidence appears damning enough on its own. The actions taken thus far has been civil, and as such invoking the fifth meant that the case has now possibly escalated into the realm of criminal, which is what I believe axeil was trying to emphasize.
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Apr 5, 2017 20:46
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Condiv posted:a ride hailing app with surge-pricing!!! Last week I was on business travel and got stuck in Atlanta because of Delta and the weather I took a taxi to my hotel and spent about $30 in a flat fare from the airport to downtown Atlanta. When I checked out in the morning, a guy and his family saw me dial the cab number when I was in the lobby, and asked if they could share a ride. I told him that I was probably getting a sedan and I couldn't fit 4 more people into it, but I gave him the # of the company and the cost. He was shocked the fare was so low. He spent like $55 on getting an Uber driver the night before on his trip to the hotel, and was about to order an order, but surge pricing kicked in and bumped his ride to $40.
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Apr 14, 2017 21:05
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boner confessor posted:i'd imagine you expensed the ride but lol if family man doesn't take marta from downtown to the airport. hartsfield is one of the few airports in america that's actually more convenient to get to by mass transit than car from downtown eh, I don't blame him. I was only in Atlanta to transfer planes and I was supposed to be flying back up north with an hour layover if my original itinerary went as planned. There were lots of people in my situation and I can't fault them for not taking public transit if they had no idea where the hell their hotel actually was or how to get back.
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Dirk the Average posted:They're recalling cars at a lower rate per 1000 cars than other car companies. If it seems odd to you that you can recall more cars than cars that have been sold, remember that cars can be recalled multiple times, and that a car recall is generally one system or part that needs to be fixed or replaced; the car itself is back on the road once maintenance is performed. With the new recall, they're now sitting at 2nd worst on that list.
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Apr 21, 2017 18:24
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Shugojin posted:Isn't autopilot as this point basically a slightly more advanced cruise control that does stuff like slow down to maintain safe following distance? it also lets you watch movies like Harry Potter so you keep your cool and don't let you lose your head in traffic
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Apr 22, 2017 01:15
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Had anyone discussed Uber stalking people who cancelled their service and uninstalled their app.
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Apr 23, 2017 22:38
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Okan170 posted:Does this belong here? (Elon Musk's Boring Company) what will dahir insaat come up with next
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Apr 28, 2017 23:09
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FlamingLiberal posted:There is a Twin Peaks like 5 miles from my house. What did your log see.
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Klyith posted:56k bandwidth limit that's ok, that'll block their citizens from seeing their leader in a crop top.
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May 21, 2017 22:15
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Keurigs don't necessarily make espresso, it's mostly semi instant coffee.
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boner confessor posted:keurig is a drat goofy and wasteful device but it does solve real but minor problems So does having an office linebacker Actually that solves a lot of other ones too.
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May 22, 2017 21:05
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White Rock posted:Okay i guess i confused the two because then i have no idea why Keurig exists. I guess convenience wins every time? They originally were made to target the worst coffee supply imaginable: the communal office coffee pot. They cornered the market in office coffee supply and were bought out by a coffee roaster and distributor, and rode a vertical integration boom. They had managed to nab a technological edge, supply chain advantage, and a brand name. Then they moved into the residential market where it targeted similar issues and played up more of the convenience angle. Juicero kind of decided to jump to where it took over a decade for Keurig, with ignoring what it took Keurig to get there, and that's not touching the advantages that coffee has over juice in terms of popularity, production, and health impact.
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trucutru posted:Yes, but the operating word is "can". In reality 99.99% of them go into the landfill, including the ones sent to the recycling facility for PR reasons. they burn those
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Discendo Vox posted:Is there a good resource I can use to learn about the blood market? It's a subject I've always been curious about from a few different perspectives. I though that as a lawyer you'd be an expert at stuff like this
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