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sashanna··on Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business
But those innovative taxi companies still charged a 10% surcharge for using your credit card. Which mysteriously dropped to 5% when Uber appeared on the scene.
sashanna··on [dead]
Nevermind one company keeping detailed maps of where and when you have been everywhere in the world (in addition to Apple and Google)
sashanna··on Mark Karpeles, former Mt. Gox CEO, started a new company
Kill it with fire
sashanna··on Our Work Here is Done: Visions of a Robot Economy
Am still waiting for a robot to do my job for me.
sashanna··on Judge Shoots Down ‘Bitcoin Isn’t Money’ Argument in Silk Road Trial
Breaking news: judge exercises common sense.
sashanna··on Prostitute kills Google exec with heroin
No she didn't.

A Google executive committed accidental suicide by heroin and she ran away - probably in fear for her own life.

sashanna··on We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us with your criticism
I can't decide whether this is trying to be a lightweight meme site, a high quality luxury magazine product review site or some evil spin off of Facebook that my friends are just going to share ads with me.
sashanna··on [dead]
In the Australian vernacular "yeah nah".
sashanna··on Bitcoin Foundation has $4,600,000 in assets and spends $150,000/mo
So apart from Gavin's salary what do they spend it on?
sashanna··on Pearls Before Breakfast (2007)
I assure Beyoncé would have drawn a crowd.
sashanna··on And then the machines came for the doctors
Legal automation faces one giant hurdle. As any first year law student knows most of the time there is no "correct" answer. This isn't Jeopardy where the correct answer is "who is Winston Churchill". Law is a negotiation about whether or not the wife gets to keep the dog, whether or not the seller takes the risk of the shipment being held up in customs, or whether or not the purchase of A tech company should be subject to an earn out. None of these questions can (as yet) be readily answered by a formula. I very seriously doubt Watson can answer any of these questions.

Don't get me wrong - legal automation is coming but it is only replacing the least skilled. Paralegals, procurement officers and law students have the most to fear.

sashanna··on Delivery By Drones
1. It's Australia. It doesn't snow here. 2. Almost all apartments have balconies. Good luck landing on the 10th floor during storm season though.