BrianEatWorld
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Former gov economist with an MS in Econ. Spent a great deal of my undergrad as a EE and have since swapped jobs to software eng. Currently navigating my way through the Valley start-up scene working with data, both big and small. In my spare time I like to work on papers exploring econ topics in cyberspace, surf and work on my motorcycle.
What did you end up finding? I was given advice when shopping for a new screen to find the highest model range, as in the highest leading numbers, and then get the lowest number within that range as that usually trims…
I think part of that resistance is that by giving in to urbanization, they are subsidizing SF's resistance to the same thing. If SF relaxed their laws and allowed for more density, San Jose could go back to being a…
I find it odd that the baseline used is after the holiday sales period, in the doldrums of retail.Couldn't the lower price after the holiday season be explained by excess stocks due to insufficient demand relative to…
In your example, aren't you implying that landlords and other wealthy individuals aren't simply not spending, but actually hoarding cash? Most wealthy individuals aren't holding cash, they put the money in a savings…
Oakland is almost just as bad. I managed to make do with 50K a year, but I lived in San Jose and didn't have the expenses of car ownership. Living in SJ required a 20 minute walk to CalTrain and then a 45 minute ride to…
I wonder if a solution would be a payment to extend copyright. I think the strongest argument in the article is about the disappearance of works, but, as pointed out, this doesn't really apply to Mickey Mouse. Instead…
Not to downplay the seriousness, but that site is quite surprising. I grew up about an hour outside of DC and according to that site, greatly overestimated the danger of a nuclear blast in the nation's capital.
I used it for a solid year when it first came out and have recently switched to Android, so that I can use Project Fi. I found the systems to be pretty comparable. Google Now still creeps me out a bit because it assumes…
I think Scott addresses that critique in the article: HHIPP: “Radical candor is humble, it’s helpful, it’s immediate, it’s in person — in private if it’s criticism and in public if it’s praise — and it doesn’t…
I don't think they're going for that market directly. The housing market is connected though, so interest in these, which may be limited to singles or couples without children, will remove some of the demand on larger…
Watch out when shopping for this model. This specific model is tough to find reasonably priced and the current iteration doesn't have a built in USB cord. Instead, it connects via a USB mini-5 that is pretty weak…
I think the more typical behaviour is to buy on contract and thus upgrade on the one year or two year interval that coincides with the contract. A quick Google suggests that even two years might be a bit long for…
If you are in downtown Austin, this is actually playing at Alamo Drafthouse tonight(9/15).
I think some college campuses try to walk the line with under age drinking. A quick search shows Purdue has a policy that grants students amnesty in the event of alcohol poisonings [1]. I don't know if anyone has run…
I noticed the same thing. According to Wikipedia: On May 30, Stimson asked Groves to remove Kyoto from the target list, but Groves pointed to its military and industrial significance.[73] Stimson then approached…
This is why I switched to Wealthfront. I inherited an actively managed Morgan Stanley portfolio which has fees around 2-3% annually. I initially looked at managing everything myself, but didn't want to have to worry…
Poland is an even more interesting story as Windows Phone has close to 20% market share. http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-is-windows-phone-outselling...
The UI was what got me hooked. I was coming off of an iPhone and loved the Windows Phone home screen. Once you get hooked on live tiles, its hard to go back.
Could you go more in-depth on your experiences here? Your opinion seems to differ with the review, which refers to it as seamless. It is the main feature I am interested in as I get anywhere from two to zero bars in my…
I agree with the point about the benefits of physicals notes, but I still don't understand what is so special about Moleskines. Maybe it was just because I was an early hire and not a founder, but I actually preferred…
You can still get access to the QR feature/Bing Vision, you just have to look under Lenses. I was also bummed about this change, but used it infrequently enough that I don't mind it being located under Lenses. If you…
I initially read this as returning to work for Microsoft. I actually never left their tech realm. Even though both my work and home machine run flavours of Linux, I fell in love with Windows Phone back on WP7 and…
Local H has always been a duo and so Scott Lucas has had some really cool setups in the past. At one point, he had replaced the two strings on his guitar with two strings of a bass and then ran different sets of pickups…
I don't know if its the same in all cities, but in Austin I have actually had taxi services refuse to pick me up if I give an address that is a bar, regardless of my level of inebriation. Uber may not be a model…
Almonds originally came out of countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. All of which are members of the EU, which in most cases has stricter environmental policies than just about anywhere else in the world.…