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Re:U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Expected Crowd of Small Inv... by notahacker on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:52PM (#14379265)
Much easier to develop a roughly accurate heuristic for assessing people's ability to afford to misjudge risk or liquidity than to develop a roughly accurate heuristic for assessing their ability not to make such misjudgements.
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Re:U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Expected Crowd of Small Inv... by Qub3d on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:17PM (#14379422)
How about a terms-based knowledge test, like getting a driver's license? The US loves standardized testing!
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Re:U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Expected Crowd of Small Inv... by lazyasciiart on Friday May 19, 2017 @07:07PM (#14379994)
Driver testing is run at the state level. The US hates federal organization.
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