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Raising rates signals things are "normalizing". It may be what's necessary to convince everyone that they really are. A lot of this is about the psychology of the market and sometimes the psychology has to lead the change.

When companies feel things are "normal" they will become less conservative with their investments. With a low interest rates, somewhat counter-intuitively, everyone has been in a fight or flight mode, sitting on troves of cash just because it seems too risky an environment to invest. My personal psychology here has been that if I can't get a good return on my investments I need to build them up rather than spend them. I am also concerned about exposing myself to bubbles. While in theory I should be encouraged to take risks in practice the risks in a low rate environment seem too high, especially if you consider one day the rates must go up.

Historically we've had high inflation with significantly higher rates so I don't think the argument that low rates are a necessary condition for inflation holds. If anything the low rates appear to create deflationary pressure. Wages aren't rising because people and companies are not spending. Japan had low rates for 20 years and that hasn't done them much good. The last 10 year we had unusually low rates and by all accounts other than keeping the ship afloat not too much to show for those. It's time to try something else.

Low rates inflate bubbles. Student loans. Car loans. Real estate. Stock market. Keeping rates too low for too long has many risks and those will grow. The current rates are still historically very low.
Same here. It's the only one that I've tried that actually syncs correctly with gmail and handles multiple accounts well.
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I think the author is missing one factor: people want to upgrade after 10-15 years.

Also seems like an odd business if you think used appliances are cruddy.
Well I tried inbox by google for a while and must admit i preferred it over normal gmail.

But recently I switched back to Mac own mail app and am very happy.

i do plan on giving ms outlook for mac a try sometime though after reading this:

https://blogs.office.com/2017/03/01/outlook-2016-for-mac-add...
> "You have probably paid many AC-3 license fees over the years. AC-3 license fees are part of the cost of TVs, game consoles, and other AV equipment sold in the last 25 years."

I'm curious ... what's the ballpark end-user license cost the public has been paying for the ability to decode AC-3 on their TVs and receivers and consoles and other devices?
I hope the "Increvable" ("Indestructable") washing machine project will end up being commercialized. "L'increvable meets precise specifications in order serve its user over a fifty-year period while guaranteeing a purchase price similar to or lower than that of a conventional washing machine."
http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-GB/projects/lincrevable/
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I disagree that it can bring a person too far away from their physical reality. On the contrary, it can bring to into such acute awareness of all of your senses in the present moment that those around you feel painfully distracted, or even creeped out by your expansive attention.

Not that this a state I attain very frequently :P
the Aga - https://www.agamarvel.com/aga/who-we-are/history-of-aga/ - that we had in our house growing up literally lasted longer than the house! It was a 1940s model that was still in use about 10 years ago when subsidence caused the kitchen to need a major rebuild! If my Mum hadn't wanted to update to a modern gas stove it would probably have still been going strong today...
Interesting...The FBI seems to be praising her for her actions in that space.

"Mayer exhibited 'great leadership and courage while under intense pressure from many entities,' FBI San Francisco Division Special Agent in Charge Jack Bennett said on Wednesday"
It's an innocent mistake, but you've inverted the meaning of OP – he's agreeing with you (and saying this is a huge red flag for any experienced execs Uber might want to hire).
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I think cold email only works when the email is to the point and has a personal touch to it. eg:- You tell the receiver how you adore his work or why this is the right thing for him to do. It requires you to be particular,honest and also needs a personal touch point. Otherwise I doubt cold emails will work.
I have attended many long meditation retreats and can say they transformed me into a better person each time. They helped me especially to be kinder to myself and accept myself as I am.

But after getting married, having kids, and founding a startup, my meditation practice has largely dried up. There is always something vying for my attention it seems (including Hacker News).

I aspire to go on retreat again to hopefully bootstrap a daily practice. Ironically my startup is Retreat Guru!
If OS News is correct it will be patent free on 29 nov 2027.

http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_M...
Exceptionally low rates means the cars that are picking people up are not the quality of cars people want to be riding in, nor the quality of drivers they want to be riding with.
If you're worried AI is having no impact at all, some of the places I can think of where it's already had an impact are Google Search, Palantir, and driver assistance (as in Tesla's Autopilot).

So the tools we have now aren't total frauds, and there's probably more to be discovered.

What all three of those examples have in common is that they involve an AI assisting human decision-making. I think that this will be the most lucrative area in the future as well. If you have a set of data a human can't even look at, like a million web pages, the AI doesn't have to be that good at processing it to be useful, since it has no competition from humans. On the other hand, it's rare that you ever need to come up with a million new concepts - you probably just need one. So humans easily outcompete AI at coming up with new ideas. Maybe it's a bit vague what "new ideas" means, but certainly if you're capable of generating new ideas, then you're at least generating turing-complete outputs. Nobody is even trying to do that right now. In the case of image recognition, there are some complex ideas needed to make it work, but at the end you're just outputting a label, getting your model to use the most basic DSL possible.
It's a self hosted system - so you as an institution have a copy of all of your patients records on your own servers, which you control. So analyse away.

What it provides is a way to replicate some or all of the record to other health institutions. Say, you share the patient's medication list with the hospital - they also keep a copy. When you prescribe a new medicine, the hospital's copy also gets updated.

And yes, arguably this is just another version of interoperability. However, if you want to share healthcare information, in a way which allows institutions to have freedom, it's unavoidable. The concept of interoperability isn't bad, just the implementation is.

The alternative is all patients records are kept, and accessed from the same place. However, this is very tricky. Many governments have tried to make national health record storage systems, which had immense budgets, and didn't really work out. Often with systems controlled by one party, it's hard to work on ideas which don't fit their goals. Say if you have this great idea for a new format to manage diabetes - that wont fit into their standard format, and you'll have to work outside of their system. Not to mention the control over the population this organisation would have.

Patient owned and controled systems are often suggested, and have been built, but I've never seen one work. Patients expect their doctor to manage their record - and they pay for them. It would be a huge challenge to get every patient to pay their yearly 'health record server fees'.

On top of that, heath records also belong to the doctors - legally in NZ they have to keep a copy of your record for 10 years since your last visit. For their own liability they need access.

In my mind only two models can really work
- Goverment run systems which are run better than current systems
- A better take on the interoperability model
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If you think 20 years is bad, wait till you see what Disney is pulling off.
Yeah. Example was copyright but I was thinking of patents...
I'm not sure what you're meaning when you're asking about all ports and protocols in relation to Slack. I haven't added file inspection but I plan to after an initial release.
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There is no night/dark mode as of now but it should be added somewhere around the next version.
In this case, it wasn't the voltage, which had been brought down to 5v by the motor controller, it was the 160+amps. Not milliamps, amps (3300 mah, 50c battery).

Drone batteries are nasty pieces of work...
i think the self driving car stuff is existential for uber because the drivers cost them too much money. it's a race against their ability to raise capital.
Equivalent on the side would be million of games in the past either simulation or real human ones, both of which such systems use
It's not better in every way.

Mildew. Having to leave it open so that the seals air out. Gravity - undefeated champion.

Replacement parts and repairs. Get ready to open up your wallet. Good luck working on anything yourself.
Robert Lang's tome Origami Design Secrets was my first non school related introduction into mathematics. I remember looking in awe at the equations in the back of the book, then I started taking math courses ... For awhile there I was almost able to follow what he was talking about, now 8 years out of uni, I can once again look in the back of that book in awe.
Came here to say the same thing. I am always skeptical when people use the phrase "they don't make them like they used to" because the reason they used to make them like that is either (a) they had to hand make them and it wa super expensive, (b) they didn't have cheaper materials so they used thick and strong stuff just so it wouldn't fall apart before being delivered, (c) they didn't have the infrastructure to repair or replace parts, or (d) there were no economies of scale because everything was a one off.

Take jackets. I guarantee you that a modern windbreaker is in every way better than an old school leather jacket. Lighter, cheaper, requires no maintenance, and lasts longer. But polyester is not as cool as leather and doesn't feel as sustatial so we have the sense that things used to be better. No way. It's just that synthetics like that didn't exist 100 years ago and leather was the best you could get.
It's the interest rate in real terms (nominal rate minus inflation rate) that spurs growth, so higher inflation itself adds a couple more arrows back into the quiver.

(That's also why deflation is avoided like the plague - in that event, even a zero nominal interest rate is a positive real rate).
Spam is unsolicited bulk email. Seems like this meets the definition of spam. A textbook example, even.
I see your point, but "abuse" is in the eye of the beholder. It might be time to retire the word Millionaire, but unfortunately nothing has arisen to replace it.
What makes gambling wrong but insurance right?
Sort of. The "zones" are just logical constructs. They can be one building or many tied together with fat fiber links. And you're right that my "A" and your "A" may be different. They are randomly assigned the first time you launch a resource.

Also, there are decommissioned zones that new accounts can't see but old ones can if they've ever launched something there before (if they haven't then that zone letter will be reassigned to a new zone with no one the wiser). Typically they won't let you launch new things in that zone, so it's in your bet interest to move out of it, lest your resources get out of balance.

Edit: Oh and old accounts can always see new zones as far as I know. They just show up as new letters. But it's rare that they add new zones -- usually they just make old zones bigger.
Stripe did introduce Stripe Atlas. Although this doesn't solve the situation totally, it's at least one of a number of helpful steps in the right direction.
He specifically mentioned that he had a bank account in the EU in the comments
Actually, an emoji is defined as "any of various small images, symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, e-mail, and social media) to express the emotional attitude of the writer, convey information succinctly, communicate a message playfully without using words, etc" (merriam webster)

So I think the icons seen in the graphic would qualify as emoji.
A deep freezer is a very different beast. It is a simpler appliance with very basic components. Far fewer things to break than your combo which has to precisely regulate the temperature and has auto de-icing. I grew up with fridges that needed to be de-iced every few months. Those didn't break much either.
> The moats in tech are mostly around IP and hardware

And network effects. That was true with most of the OS providers since the OS was an independent component, and obviously matters for some of the modern bigcos (Facebook, Amazon to some extent [third party sellers], Ebay).
I really hate that it's called "cold calling" or "cold emailing." Can't we agree to call it what it is -- spam? As for the question, spam definitely works.
Palantir doesn't do any machine learning (or AI).
That's a silly thing to worry about when you're developing Ruby or Java applications. My PC boots faster than the Rails console or IntelliJ.
It is so strange that high level executive says something like this about the company he is leaving.

Burning bridges like this?

Could it be that he was part of the problem and attack is the best defense? Because I cannot find any other reason why somebody would do this.

It is also strange to say that because he was no. 2 in the company and if you are no. 2 you should be able to fix things you do not like.
Hmm. We don't have any VPs. Maybe we need to add some.

Also should be noted that I guess the company I run isn't really a tech company. We do sports science stuff.
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Adding my experience to the chorus, my 'fridge is a GE TA-12S that I have owned for 34 years. It was 'old' when I bought the place, so my guess is that it is approaching 40 years of age.

Not a single problem in all that time, though I suspect it could use a new door seal. It is a manual-defrost model, which gives me the opportunity every few months (or when the door no longer closes :) to thoroughly clean it out.

The only other issue is that I have had to raise the temperature setting (rotate the 'wheel' away from "Coldest") from time to time over the years. It started at about 6 and is now past 3. If the trend continues, have a good 10 years left before it ices up completely.

Although it is true that it is not very efficient. A rough guess, based on having left it unplugged for over a month while traveling earlier this year, would be that it uses $0.65 (ConEd rates in NY) per day.

Enjoyed and agreed with the article, thanks!
Growth is a lagging indicator. By the time the economy is growing too fast, it's too late to yank on the brake.

Or maybe we need a little more boom and bust to stay healthy, like the occasional isolated brush fire that prevents the whole prairie from going up in flames. It could be that Greenspan kept us too steady for too long. Mini-crashes burn away the rotten companies. Ok, I've changed my mind -- you're right, let it heat up.
Aside from other taxi booking apps, has anyone other than uber entered or tried to enter the 'ride sharing' business in Australia?
My problem with the current market is that it's next to impossible to determine the quality of a machine. I would gladly pay $3000 for a washer if I could somehow tell that it will be better built, with higher quality metals, inner parts, and overall longer lasting. But it seems that the extra money these days just buys more flashy bells and whistles that just increase the chance of failure.

Sadly my strategy has been to buy the cheapest possible appliances, understanding that they will fail within 2-3 years no matter what we buy, and then just replace them with less hard feelings. Disposable appliances indeed.

Did this with a display model Whirlpool dishwasher from Home Depot which we bought for $200. Had some dings on the stainless surface, and I was sure it was going to have a short life given it was a display unit. But ironically at this point it's made it twice as long as the fancy Samsung unit it replaced.
> Many of the wealthy in San Francisco are newly rich, directly from their own work in building a business. Many of these businesses are public or run professionally and so there is less space for heirs and, with the continuing fast pace of technological change, plenty of space for new entrants - meritocracy, not connections are key.

Uhh not sure what SF you're living in
The essay actually addresses this right at the end, in the last paragraph before the conclusion:

> One additional consideration that I think about is the possibility that low rates are scaring people and causing them to save more and invest less, while conventional wisdom is that low rates should lead to more investment and less saving. It is not a crazy argument because negative rates seem to be having unexpected results in some countries that have adopted them. If negative rates can scare people into saving more, perhaps very low rates can too? This would be an argument to raise rates just so people can feel more confident. However, it is hard for me to see how high rates by themselves can lead to more confidence, more spending and more investment. Take Japan: Should the Bank of Japan increase rates dramatically to send a confident signal? Does anyone think that would work in jump-starting Japan’s economy? I doubt it. A signal of confidence from higher rates must be coupled with strong underlying economic fundamentals. When the data indicate that we are approaching our dual mandate targets, I do believe markets will take some confidence from our rate increases because those higher rates will reflect strong economic fundamentals. I don’t find a strategy of raising rates purely as a psychological tool a compelling argument.
In many states there is no requirement (or legal recognition) of the CxO titles - to be incorporated there you need to name only a Secretary. All other titles are for business focus reasons.
I hate our front loader. All our towels are moldy. I can never get the smell out. The machine emits a vile rotten egg smell during the spin cycle.

I hate all our appliances. Every last one of them. From the microwave that lasted a year to the freezer that leaks water and ruined my hardwood floors.

They're all garbage. Horrible, horrible expensive garbage.
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Also: cars. They are so plasticy these days.
> You still haven't explained why it's dangerous to make this prediction,

In literally the second sentence of his response: "We've seen worse companies last longer."

Now, Uber's current combination of all its troubles does not paint a pretty picture, but a resignation of a top exec and a PR nightmare simultaneously aren't really things that would definitively sink a multi-billion dollar company.
> to put glass into the recycling because it is no longer a profit center

And because recycling it is one of the most pointless things you can do. It's sand, we have unlimited quantities of it, the planet is made of it.
Depends on the job. We don't expect our software engineers in India to work nightshift or live in slums.
Short answer: Yes

However, here's my 2c (BusDev 2+ years): a cold call/email isn't worth a dollar in your case. If the audience (target market) is a group of let's say 1000 individuals, and I need 8 to 10 touches to get a single response... then I'm paying your service $10,000 to (in all probability) be told, "sorry, not interested".

It takes an immense amount time and energy 'beating the drum' to get anyone to notice you. I think it was Bezos who said that in this age, attention is the scarcest commodity. He's right.
Sure they are -- eg Ford, Chevy, Toyota, and Honda still sell cars. We're betting on getting to 250k and the maintenance costs: do you pick a Honda Civic/Toyota Corolla, or a domestic brand?

Miele sells dishwashers.

And better made things cost more money for lots of reasons -- better materials ($$), more coats of paint (time, materials), heavier duty metals or plastic (time, materials, shipping expense), more careful manufacture, tighter tolerances, and marketing.
> I've seen posts with 3pts get into the Top 10 for whatever reason
I always thought it was to inject more freshness into the front page, and that certain 'authentic' users (no single-domain or all-the-things upvoters) had the power to lend more credibility to a new submission.
This is a truly pathetic take. Your best example of "Fake News" is NYT reported on Trump making a gesture suspiciously exactly what one might do if one wanted to mock someone with Serge Kovaleski's disability?

My god the fact that you can think this and think you're being reasonable makes me despondent. If a kid does this in school the teacher makes them apologize and doesn't let the kid weasel out by saying "but I do it to everyone!!!" Actions have consequences. NYT and others holding Trump to the moral standard of a grade schooler is not "Fake News".
> Shocking nonsense is unlikely to be duplicated anywhere because it does not describe a matter-of-fact that could be accidentally rediscovered by anyone else and the emotional evocation makes it difficult for the creator to forget

The emotional take I haven't heard before.

I find it sad that this process of creating a password has been around since '93, but wasn't popularised until the xkcd comic.
I have a cast-iron rule that if a vendor has spammed me, I will never use their services.

I have the same rule for cold-callers. If a vendor cold-calls me, I take a note of their business name, politely explain that I am ideologically opposed to this marketing method, and that I will never use their services because of their use of that method.

I've been doing this since the mid-90's. I like to be the change I want to see in the world :)
>That's what media has you believe. And you fell for it,

No, being left stranded in the middle of nowhere because of Uber payment issues in the past has me believe this.
After repairing my appliances one by one, finding the schematics, diagnosing parts and then searching for replacements I discovered the cheapest model and the most expensive model of most appliances by the same manufacturer share all the same parts except the exterior and control panel.

That dishwasher or washing machine with extra modes for $1,000 more? It's the same as the cheapest model, they just didn't put the extra controls on the panel.
You're conflating two things - the low rate paid by the riders and the rate paid to the drivers.

As long as the drivers are getting paid well, whether it be from fares paid by riders or by VC subsidies, it will attract "quality" cars and drivers.

A separate issue is the sustainability of subsidizing driver wages from VCs by keeping rider fares artificially low.
People in general send attachments to the wrong people, add the wrong person on a thread fairly often, or add someone to a thread on purpose without thinking about what was in all the quoted stuff that shouldn't be shared with that person. It's totally believable that it happened on accident. It also could have been a plausible accident on purpose by the person at the supplier. Even if the supplier disclosed on purpose though, it doesn't excuse the apparent conduct that was discovered because of the disclosure.