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bwilliams18··on “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards in New York
Well if we successfully get a Congestion Charged passed in NYC the UK consulate here can just offset charges with the US embassy in London.
bwilliams18··on LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown outgoing connections
would love to see whatever you end up with! -B
bwilliams18··on GPU Fluid
If you have a liquid cooled GPU then GPU Fluid is a real thing...
bwilliams18··on Intel CEO’s Stock Sales May Warrant SEC Examination
Insider Trading is illegal. That’s what he’s being accused of here. He cannot trade on information that is material to the stock price before it is made public. A vulnerability of this magnitude is unquestionable material non-public information. If these trades were the result of his learning about the breach, this is a pretty easy case for the SEC. I really doubt that he executed these trades, as that would be the dumbest thing an executive has done in a while.
bwilliams18··on Uber’s Losses Widen as SoftBank Launches Bid to Buy Shares
There's an enormous opportunity in UberEATS if they can get the unit economics right. They could also retreat into already profitable markets .
bwilliams18··on A Founder Salary Calculator
And that should be reflected in the equity split, not in comp.
bwilliams18··on TransferWise announces $280M investment
I'd guess it's US AML regulations about sending money to Cyprus.
bwilliams18··on What Do IBM Mainframe Computers Look Like Today?
I found it fascinating to see this. Ally is really pushing this new product hard.
bwilliams18··on Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from grace
Currently studying arbitration. Do you have a source on Levandowski’d arbitration already having been completed? Interested to know more there...
bwilliams18··on China orders N.K. firms to close down within 120 days
He'd be destroyed for sure, but he'd do a lot of damage as he goes. If he feels backed into a corner, why wouldn't he just take as many people with him as possible?
bwilliams18··on Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022
It's interesting to see that much of the tech described in the article come from Formula 1's latest engine formula. There was a lot of complaints about Road Relevance, clearly it has born fruit.
bwilliams18··on The Holder Report on Uber
You don't want either kind. Both prevent you from building a sustainable business.
bwilliams18··on Auto-Play Policy Changes for macOS
Websites I'd certainly whitelist.
bwilliams18··on Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
Probably because it's a subsidiary of Google, an LLC is a simpler structure, and probably allows for no taxation and straightforward financial pass through , but I'm not a lawyer and I don't know any more specifics.
bwilliams18··on Startup CTO – Premature Scaling
I'd submit it's important to always be able to behave scientifically and boldly. Product-Market fit isn't a one time solution. Markets move and change, Facebook, Apple and Google have been successful because they've changed their products as the markets have changed.
bwilliams18··on Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight
If you're motivated by money, you're really motivated by having the most of it. And in that sphere, $120MM isn't actually that much.
bwilliams18··on Berkshire Hathaway of the Internet
Don't forget about the time-value of money. If in 10 years the company is worth 100,000,000 it's only worth 67,000,000 today (assuming 4% interest and monthly compounding)
bwilliams18··on Tesla to raise $1B
I've heard just such rumblings from large banks who specialize in auto loans.
bwilliams18··on Tesla to raise $1B
Don't shit on fraternities, they're not all that bad.
bwilliams18··on Container Tabs
you could even just whitelist oauth/openid to work across all sites.
bwilliams18··on China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
China's effort to reduce shark fin soup consumption was incredibly effective. I hope this will be equally successful.
bwilliams18··on Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often
And I could just not use a computer, then I wouldn't be supporting big brother either....not supporting big brother is not an excuse to have shitty results, at least for most people.
bwilliams18··on The NHS's 1.2M employees are trapped in a 'reply-all' email hell
This is actually being actively questioned in court. MCD provides significant technology to it's franchisors with regards to scheduling employees. Unions are asserting that this scheduling means they are a primary employer, and thus a Union would be able to collectively bargain with the entirety of MCD.
bwilliams18··on Hyperloop Freight is a Joke
Maybe I'm totally unaware, but don't trucking, air freight and sea freight have the same problems w/ regards to weight requirements and movement of goods in transit? Is this not a solved problem? Build Hyperloop Freight to fit a ULD and we're all set no?
bwilliams18··on Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
There are a ton of good T-Bolt 3 dock options out there, none provide power at the moment, but I'm sure someone will have one on the market shortly.
bwilliams18··on Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
You'll be able to use a single thunderbolt 3 port to get power, monitor, ethernet, and USB accessories, sit down, plug one cable in and you're off to the races.
bwilliams18··on Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
You can now get four DisplayPort outputs from two ports: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F81EIBC/ref=ox_sc_act_t...

And they can all be 4k.

bwilliams18··on Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
while I 100% agree the next iPhone SHOULD switch over to USB-C I'd be very surprised if it actually does...Apple isn't going to want to go through a second port transition in such a short period of time (30 pin to lightening) and certainly won't want to change anything after the headphone port this year. Especially b/c next year is the 10th anniversary, and it's understood that they really want it to be something special,
bwilliams18··on ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History
What's going to happen here is you won't be paying ESPN for $SPORT_I_CARE_ABOUT you'll be paying $SPORT_I_CARE_ABOUT for $SPORT_I_CARE_ABOUT.

MLB's already built out the technology, and people to make this happen in the form of MLBAdvancedMedia, (some smaller market owners suspect their ownership stake in MLBAM is more valuable than their team). It will be interesting to see if the other sports come to MLBAM (WWE, PGA, and even ESPN have done) or if they will each roll their own platform.

bwilliams18··on Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
Look at Thunderbolt 3 docks instead, theres a better selection of options...and I'm sure in the next few weeks there will be even more.
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