Should the Richest Person in America Automatically Become the President of the United States?
Should a super rich wealthy person be the president of the USA?
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What features contribute most to Twitter's growth?
Collection and Openness of their APIs (the MOST important)
75% of Twitter traffic comes from outside Twitter.com web propertyEcosystem of 100k apps (clients, analytics, media, ads, etc.)
Lists
Really got me hooked back when they launched in Oct '09For those who don't know who to follow, it was an easy first-step setup
Find Friends
Twitter is all about the network effectSee if your friends are on Twitter through Gmail/Yahoo/AOL emailsFacebook Open Graph under "Find Friends" would be welcomed
140-Character Limit
Easy, digestible real-time informationMobile was the first use-case for Twitter (rapid adoption on phones)
Annotations (to be launched in June 2010)
Gets around the 140-character limit and opens up all kinds of metadataMany more benefits to annotations TBD
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Was Babe Ruth good enough to make today's major leagues?Don't forget, before the Babe started playing every day, he was one of the best pitchers in the game. Ruth preferred to pitch but he was more valuable playing every day. Who else could have been one of the best pitchers ever or the greatest hitter ever. Also, to those who say the game has changed a lot: he was the man who revolutionized the game.By the way: Babe looks slow running the bases in the old films; he copied the running style of a coach who found he could be faster on the bases if he took quick short steps. That was just his style. Babe was fast enough to steal bases, even home.
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What is the worst part of being a VC?This mainly applies to venture firms and not to corporate venture arms.Clock - For most firms as soon as they have closed the fund, the clock starts ticking to make a return for their Limited Partners (High Net Worth, Endowments or Institutions that have invested in their fund). Usually, they have to build a track record (mergers and acquisitions) within the next hopefully 5 years or else they may face some serious issues raising the next fund.
Fundraising - Same as startup entrepreneurs, venture capitals also have to play the pitching game. Building relationships with family offices, Endowments and High Net Worth. Having an investment strategy that excites them.
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Can you feel the difference from eating more nutritious foods?Six months ago yesterday I stopped eating sugar. Nothing with table sugar in it, no maple syrup, no honey, etc. What helped was thinking of it as one item, not 50, like cookies, ice cream, cake, etc... Long story short...I've never felt better. I have SO much energy now, no more "blahs," much better mental clarity, and most importantly, my energy has gone through the roof. Most of my aches and pains are either gone or pretty well receded.
And, I've gotten more done in the last 3 months than I have in the entire last year. Some days I feel like I'm in my 20's. Oh, for the record, I'm almost 68. Wish you the best!
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Are all highly intelligent people creative?Everyone is creative to some extent even if they make bird houses out of popsicle sticks. The real link between the mind & creativity comes at the knifes edge of intellect, mental illness & artistic ability. I know because Im balancing ther now.The link has been well known, but anecdotal for centuries. Scientists are researching it now. Creating is wonderful, but the constant balancing act is enormously draining. Research the lives of creative people. You can even shortcut the work & google a list of creative people with mental illness.Yes, intelligent people can be highly creative. They can also be boring statisticians & bank clerk who doodle a lot
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What is your favorite "hidden gem" from Led Zeppelin? A song that was never very popular.My favorite Led Zep hidden gem is Tangerine from the album Led Zeppelin III. It is a seriously under-rated song that otherwise is brilliant.Here are the lyrics -Measuring a summer's day
I only find it slips away to gray
And the hours they bring me pain
Tangerine, tangerine
Living reflection from a dream
I was her love, she was my queen
And now, a thousand years between
Thinking how it used to be
Does she still remember times like these
To think of us again
And I do
Tangerine, tangerine
Living reflection from a dream
I was her love, she was my queen
And now, a thousand years between
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How did Jawaharlal Nehru die?For the sake of dignity of First Prime Minister, great freedom fighter Please don't believe in WhatsApp University (Social Media) Rumours. No , Jawaharlal Nehru didn't die because of a sexually transmittable disease.Cause of death is a heart attack (dissecting aneurysm of the aorta).
And yes, other rumours which should be condemned and ignored. These rumours are absolute rubbish.He was step brother of Sheikh Abdullah.He had get killed or did nothing about SC Bose. ( Please see and read declassified files about SC Bose. Everyone will get truth. Nehru had nothing to do with it.
)He was the reason India couldn't get into Security Council of UN as permanent member. ( You need history lessons)
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Has the United States ever had a Jewish president?Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon are both considered to have had Yiddishkeit by many people... a "Jewish Head" or Jewish way of thinking.Despite their similar ethical lapses, this was not an insult to either of them... it was a recognition of their ability to work with people from diverse groups with many different agendas, even ones that they disagreed with, and to achieve things that were unexpected - Recognition of China for Nixon, Welfare Reform for Clinton. They both bounced back after having been written off and were not boring or predictable.
Note that there are plenty of Jews that do NOT have Yiddishkeit - this is just a particular Jewish stereotype
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Was the theory of relativity invented or discovered?A theory is neither invented nor discovered. They are proposed from certain ideas and expressions. We test mathematically and try to implement it into different scenarios. Sometimes leading to great conclusions.
As far as the description for your question is considered about what you read in a book, that is also a theory. Though I am a strong proponent of that theory too that time is like a river which flows. But I cant understand how your question is concerned with that. Einstein himself was an entity in space-time. His coming up with a theory is a different thing.And yes your question might be valid in case of time travel. That he discovered a theory like that also exists; which is again a paradox
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Do American people have the right to walk in streets without being shot?No they don't. That's called Jay walking and it's illegal. You walk on the far edge of the street facing traffic or a sidewalk.Now while I'm driving I can tell you for certain under no circumstances do I want to shoot anyone, except idiot drivers. (/sarcasm)Even while my fianc is carrying (he has a license to carry concealed) I still don't want to kill anyone.So unless they threaten me or mine, they will never know we have another weapon on us. The car being the first weapon. It is a one-ton killing machine. People seem to forget that and drive like they are the only ones on the road.
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Why do Europeans criticize the US so much? (It's interesting, because I find Americans barely, if ever, think about Europe)Ive asked myself the same question on many occasions and I think that despite all the knee-jerk criticisms of the United States that one hears, the origin of it all is jealousy.There is much that is good in western Europe (whether all the largesse provided by France/Germany etc is sustainable is another matter). There is also much that is unfortunate about the US, chiefly its inability to provide a functioning health care insurance system for its population.
But there is a limitlessness to the possibilities of achievement in the United States that exists in few if any other countries. It begets aspiration rather than comfortable resignation and it is for this reason that Europeans continue to immigrate to the United States
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Why did Tsar Nicholas get executed with his whole family? Was it necessary? Why didn't other countries help?Because those who seized power were fanatic Bolsheviks. The Czar was politically irrelevant at that time. He and his family together with his retainers should have been released. Regardless of the faults of the Old Regime, this was senseless brutal murder that set the stage for Stalinism as well as Nazism and much of the wretched 20th Century,Regarding other leaders, Nicholas cousin George V was a coward. Pure and simple. If he was afraid to have them come to England due to the political climate and the workers attraction to socialism, he could have quietly had the family transferred to one of their many possessions. The Czar, for all his failings, was a loyal ally, unlike the Austrians whose royal family he did rescue.
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Why doesn't the US fear any other country?We do that's why we have destroyed so many that's why we have economic sanctions on countries that produce less GDP than our military budget that's why we have a trade war with China or in a simpler form that's why we have over a thousand nuclear warheads and revamping the program ultimately we trust in the ability of our media 2 demonize anybody that we fear and we lean on our military to carry out the execution. If you as a nation would destabilize and Destroy whole Nations to keep your economy homogeneous or to keep the world trading in your currency then you are afraid and inept
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If God is there, why are we having so much pain?Everything happens for a good cause.Pain is part of life,maybe if we consider pain as a test or challenge given by god,we would see the optimistic side of it and a brighter side of life.In fact,I believe that pain is God's way of showing us how strong we actually are;it is a way to show ourselves that yes,I am stronger than any pain or difficulties and I will overcome it,no matter whatWe should accept pain as a challenge and go though it with a smile,it is then that we will realise that pain leads to power and that it was all God's will
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Who was the best German general during World War II?Well my opions is gen walter wenck he was told to relive berlin in the final hours as he was a genius at retreats he disobeyed orders to relive berlin and save hitler instead he kept a corridor open so soldiers civilians and everyone could flee west to surrender to the british american and western allies in stead of the russians who really were not taking to many prisoners and were in fact raping any women soldier or civilian 8 to 80 they could find and after either killing them or keeping them for more rape he saved possibly 350000 people some bad most merely civilian and soldier he in my opinion is one of the best german generals not for killing but for saving lives
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Which is worse, physical pain or emotional pain?Emotional Pain.*TW SELF HARM*Physical pain such a sprained ankle or grazed knee goes away after a week or so and can hurt occasionally but emotional pain stays.Emotional pain stays. Words people have said and the actions people have done to hurt your heart stay forever. You think about them for months. They are the reason you cry yourself to sleep every night and slit your wrists crying without tears. They are the reason you drive yourself to cry in the middle of class, and feel lonely and empty everytime you sit by yourself. They are the reason you can never clear your mind because all of these comments and actions people have done.Emotional Pain is the killer of everything.
