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Comment · 7 years ago
> Even with better economics and larger scale the larger question looms, which is how do these businesses turn profitable.

With self driving cars much further away than previously thought, this is the real danger for a company like Uber, who is bleeding money through their standard taxi-like services, quarter after quarter.

Comment · 7 years ago
If Katie was a man, there would still be a large question as whether to praise one person, except as the leader of the effort.
Comment · 7 years ago
At the same time, it's totally common for professors to ride on the efforts of research students under their direction, to the point of being ethically questionable.

You might as well credit the Linux operating system to only a single man, whose effort is certainly largely responsible, but for who also does not in any way represent the whole of effort.

It's the ship of Theseus all over again.

Comment · 7 years ago
Why not both?
Comment · 7 years ago
I concur.
Comment · 7 years ago
So... Step one, raise funding to run a revolutionary company. Step two, ditch original idea for being revolutionary once funding is obtained. Use interest bearing bonds and other investments. Step three, profit.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Reporting things falsely as a terrorist action IS a terrorist action!!!!!!
Comment · 7 years ago
It would be nice if the article writer realized that SELinux was not responsible for the specific error that was being displayed. Additionally, anyone that does linux should know that a permission error is either file system perms or selinux 9 times out of 10.

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