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Why not filter the analysis only to profiles with keywords like"engineer" or "operations". Otherwise the analysis is unlikely to be directionally correct.

It's hard to imagine what alternatives the board has, now that the best candidates have all refused. Curious to see who else is in the running...

Could you provide links to the debunking research?

While not required, engaging with the manifesto's author openly might help convince others like him. He is certainly not alone in this mindset, and if it's easy to point out the faults in this line of reasoning, we should be able to correct this once and for all.

Right, as much as i disagree with many points in the manifesto, i don't think Yonatan Zunger actually read the manifesto before replying.

What's the big deal? Now that we know these price manipulation tactics, it should be straightforward for traders to ignore these false signals.

Give up control of the company to short-term minded public investors vs. losing access to passive funds? Seems like an easy choice.

I believe Snap has what it takes to grow another 10x under its current leadership, while S&P could prop the stock up 20% without actually creating real value.

Glad Snap is going down this route.

> The [video of manufacturing evidence] one is from Pueblo, Colorado, in which an officer staged a drug-find in a vehicle. Charges were dismissed against the suspect, but no public action was taken against Pueblo Police Department Officer Seth Jensen.

Sigh.

> Really what have any of them accomplished by being on the board?

They provided high-level guidance of a company that went from non-existent to $70Bn valuation in 7 years.

I'd be very curious to know what boards you approve of.

Dropbox has 2 founders [1]

[1] https://www.dropbox.com/about

Looks great - I'd even be willing to spend some time training it to help it distinguish voices of people I tend to meet with!

well played

> it is actually winning everywhere

nice try, trump

> It is unclear what Kite’s business model is

Their business model is to sell subscriptions to a premium version: https://kite.com/pro#business

> I'm going to take these examples whenever someone asks "what's wrong with marketing? "

Doesn't this reflect more on society? I personally don't find the above examples to be evil, but it's interesting that these are the tactics needed to win in this world.

One would hope that a car ban would be done alongside heavy reinvestment in public transit. Best of both worlds would be car-less city center with fast access from the suburbs.

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> If I can't find them while living in Downtown SF

That's the beauty of their roll out. Keeping it out of the hand of SF techies during launch helped create a cool brand for these in a mainstream audience. Google Glass' association w geeks helped cement their failure in the broader market.

The deal terms for unicorn investment rounds are less about company fundamentals, and more about the scarcity of great startups.

There's more money than there are good deals in Silicon Valley, so later stage investors are forced to offer more money for less equity in order to beat other term sheets. This ends up looking like sky-high valuations, since investors that offer fair-market-valuations are unlikely to get picked. Founders naturally gravitate towards minimizing dilution.

> I'm a believer that happiness is generally internal. If you can't find a way to be happy with this job, I suspect you'll have a hard time with a different one.

This.

Your job is unlikely to be the root source of your depression. Meditation and introspective thinking will likely tell you what's wrong.

Interesting, I hadn't heard that defense before. It seems like Uber's app-based hailing is the reason why poor neighborhoods are able to get serviced.

Previously, no taxi driver would drive around in those areas - because of opportunity cost of higher fares in richer areas, and fears of getting robbed when there was tons of cash in the car.

The flip side is that they can also predict what's the minimum pay an individual driver is willing to take.

The airline industry has been doing personalized pricing for years - if you don't believe me, redo a flight search in incognito mode. It's interesting how Uber's other transgressions have place a magnifying class over all their other activity.

What you described is a short term savings scheme that would destroy the company's long term reputation. Who would want to work for a management team that screwed employees like that?

It's hard to imagine that the cost-savings justifying the long-term consequences of losing of the best employees + candidates to competitors.

Uber is likely keeping a low profile with its autonomous initiatives until the Waymo lawsuit blows overs.

I'm sure we can expect big things from them as soon as that lawsuit ends.

Yes, that would be terrible. It would be even worse if every CEO replicated every mistake done by all other CEOs = theta(n^2) mistakes

Ha, of course this makes the homepage of HN. It's interesting to see what kind of mistakes create outrage in this community.

They're not ignorant. They either don't care, or don't see source of revenue as the defining quality of their work.

Fb employees likely see their work in a much more positive light, i.e. fostering community and strong social ties between billions of people.

Tldr; eat fruit and smoothies, don't drink juice

"Pulp" left behind during juicing contains the most wholesome parts of fruits, which prevent glucose spikes and contain most micronutrients

At first glance, I think this measure makes a lot of sense - profits from mines mostly leave the country.

That being said, I'd expect this will lead to a surge in illegal mining operations, which will likely be a lot more environmentally hazardous.

The US electric grid is widely considered to be at risk: http://wapo.st/2qd2gFQ

Internet infrastructure is decentralized in nature, making it hard to control. Though rogue individuals can have outsized effects: https://www.wired.com/2008/02/pakistans-accid/