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Category Archives: rants
Stations do NOT affect train speed
Bullshit from an email thread and repeated constantly by the California High-Speed Rail Authority: “Other potential benefits are also intriguing: a probable economic windfall for several cities along the route . . .” and “There will be as many as … Continue reading
Posted in environment, high-speed-rail, political, random silliness, rants, transportation
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VCs: stop the false dichotomies
What is with VCs and their false dichotomy when giving feedback about a company asking for funding: Say nothing about the team Be an asshole about how worthless the team is and their mothers should have had an abortion. VCs … Continue reading
Posted in amplafi, rants, starting a company
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Stop the privatization of social safety net!
Can we stop the bleeding heart liberal who sees the symptom but the wrong solution? Problem: In the Great Depression unemployment in the U.S. peaked at 24.9% in 1933. Imperial County today has an unemployment rate of 26.9% closely followed … Continue reading
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Email/Calendar : Missing features
Continuing my “broken” series of things that everyone uses but no one fixes. Many of these missing features are email and calendar integration. Email. Much maligned. These are the key “broken”/ missing features. For some reason, not one major email … Continue reading
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Ad networks: missing features
Ad networks missing features: Interconnection with bookmarking services Browser back button support Rich interaction Selective Memory Show different video ads Limit the ad selection Interconnection with bookmarking services You’ve interrupted me. The ad is interesting. Well-targeted. Good job. I am … Continue reading
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New media same as the old when it comes to getting facts wrong
Once again “new” media reporters on blogs has proven no better at getting facts right than “old” media reporters. Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch gets a cheap laugh at a proposal to “ban black cars” by the California Air Resources … Continue reading
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Cry me a river
[Crossposted from my comments over on Fred Wilson's blog] Sorry Fred — “Financial McCarthyism” ? McCarthyism was tarring the innocent with innuendo to ruin the accused lives. What is happening now is anything but. AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bank Of America, … Continue reading
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FAS157: VCs whining about what they have to do anyhow
So over at Techdirt, Mike Masnick gets all whiny about having to follow government regulations: And, now, FAS 157 has come into play — a new rule impacting many venture capitalists, forcing them to figure out what the “fair market … Continue reading
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