The TL:DR is: Rich people (what he calls Westerners) are fat. Poor people (like afghanis) aren't. Rich people get more diabetes which costs them money. Poor people don't. He's cut both types of people open and looked at their fat.
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Despite all the equations, it seems to me that your work didn't require any real mathematical sophistication. Did I miss something?
Yes.
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Isn't this just a straightforward extension of an old result by Hartmanis?
Which one?
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Am I missing something here? Can you identify any deep mathematical content in this work?
Yes you are. Next question.
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Wasn't all this done years ago at Xerox PARC?
No, only several of the underlying technologies. Can you identify which?
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Have you tested this on the chip Intel got running last week in their lab?
No, but I'm sure it will work because I helped design it.
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Am I missing something? Isn't it obvious that there's a bottleneck in the system that prevents scaling to arbitrary size?
Did you miss that function isDebugOn(){ return false; } is O(1)?
Bryan E. Kuhn, Counselor at Law. P.C, Denver, Colorado.
http://employment.findlaw.com/employment/employment-employee...
In general, if you lie on your resume, you cannot later sue your employer claiming you were wronged. For example, if you were terminated for cause from a prior position and fail to disclose it you lose your right to sue your employer. This is called the "after-acquired evidence" theory or doctrine.
A few other examples that constitute lying:
Not putting a former employer on a resume
Making false statements about education, experience or holding professional licenses
Concealing or failing to reveal a former felony conviction, and
Making up a college degree during an interview.
EDIT: Someone asked for a source. Here are two:
http://employment.findlaw.com/employment/employment-employee...
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_treatment#After-Acqui...
Many more available from Google:
Extract from the Disparate treatment entry on wikipedia:
If an employer takes an adverse employment action against an employee for a discriminatory reason and later discovers a legitimate reason which it can prove would have led it to take the same action, the employer is still liable for the discrimination, but the relief that the employee can recover may be limited. McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., 513 U.S. 352 (1995). In general, the employee is not entitled to reinstatement or front pay, and the back pay liability period is limited to the time between the occurrence of the discriminatory act and the date the misconduct justifying the job action is discovered. McKennon, 513 U.S. at 361-62.
In Silicon Valley, the correlation posited is between investment ritual and an expected benefit or recompense.
Twitter and Color are startups with no clear business model. Groupon and Google are going concerns.
As per the blog entry: "A bubble is a decoupling of asset prices (valuations) from their underlying economic fundamentals". [Agreed!]
Throwing $45 million at Color with nothing more than an idea and the hint of an app is evidence of a bubble. So is Twitter's recent $7.7 billion valuation based on a predicted $150 million in 2011 revenue.
I know it hurts - hell it's going to hurt all of us - but you better believe it. Prepare to be profitable or die.
One wonders what internal neglect MySQL is suffering behind the corporate veil.
* Add a way to delete previews you've made.
* Add more viral hooks. FB wall post, email, etc.
* Do the same concept but with javascript.
* Load each website in a frame with a 50px bar at the top or bottom with your branding and more options. This is where you'll monetize. I know you're focused on usability right now, but if it goes viral you need it to pay you or it will go away.
* Don't bother with premium features until you have a working viral loop providing consistent growth.
Best of luck!!
For now they have cash, a great network and PR buzz that can kickstart traction.
In terms of product development, it's unfortunate they've raised so much money so early in their lifecycle. A cash surplus can really muck up the natural evolution of a product. e.g. you hire too fast and and up with a staff of 100 people all trying to justify their existence by pulling, pushing and shoving the product. No matter how strong a leader you are, it's tough to control that situation.
My prediction, and I don't feel good saying this, is that Bill and his team are going to do a lot of innovation that won't evolve into a business but will provide much inspiration for other businesses that will succeed.