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Re:Bill Gates says world has "no plan" on AI in new essay on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:32AM (#49447884)
Munger talked on this.

“Disliking distortion. Bias from that. The reciprocal of liking distortion and the tendency not to learn appropriately from someone disliked.”

Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:37AM (#48959093)
It’s not just the cash flow, it’s the margins.

Redbulls gross margins are probably 90%. It’s basically just water, sugar, and caffeine sold for $3.

You can do a lot of great promotions if the cost of your product is a rounding error.

Re:Mag 7 starting to underperform [pdf] on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:23AM (#48720484)
Markets are obviously, rationally, not happy about the overspending.

But what gives me pause is that a some of the mag 7 (think Meta) could change their mind on AI build-out tomorrow, and 1-year from now have the same amazing free cash flow they always did.

Re:Mag 7 starting to underperform [pdf] on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:17AM (#48720393)
Markets generally love buybacks.

The market is both happy that Apple didn’t spend all its cash on AI build-out, but also at the same time angry that Apple is “missing AI”.

Not to mention the grumblings that Apple has peaked.

Are you trading collectibles? I’m just genuinely curious what someone would buy with 2-3 transactions a month.
Re:Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree? on Monday July 11, 2016 @09:11AM (#12070775)
In Hong Kong Braintree made it so incredibly difficult to get an account started that we ended up abandoning it. When Stripe finally opened up their HK beta I tried again and the process to get approved took all of 3 minutes.
"WITH its estimated one million security cameras, London is pioneering a new area of detection". - Insane, and scary.
Re:Stop Looking for a Cofounder on Saturday August 15, 2015 @12:16AM (#10064286)
I'll add to that http://www.microconf.com hosted by Rob and Mike.
This was just painful to read about how little the author understands about basic economics and the privileges afforded to that ONE tiny nation.
Re:YC S2015- invited to interview or not? on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:09PM (#9358291)
Very well said
Re:Ycomb interview invites 2015 on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:04PM (#9358271)
Not trolling. I know 2 others who also received them too. Hoping that the delay for you is an acceptance!
Re:Ycomb interview invites 2015 on Friday April 10, 2015 @10:17PM (#9358141)
They were just sent out.
Re:What Books Could Be Used to Rebuild Civilization? on Saturday February 21, 2015 @02:47AM (#9085019)
Antifragile - To help keep civilization from needing to rebuild itself a 3rd time. http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incer...