ABCLAW

46 ms·

481.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
1) I love the domain name. So relevant to the topic. 2) I fundamentally disagree with the premise and content of this article. It is ALL window dressing. Organizational Design is a field that deals with this issue in depth. The OODA loop is
482.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>Businesses that accept credit cards are already prevented from offering cash discounts by credit card companies’ merchant agreements. No lobbying needed. This is false in most jurisdictions.
483.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
No you don't. Because 1) on a personal level you won't be able to pay to avail yourself of the court system, and 2) on a social level the cost of doing fraud screening at the payment processing level is trivial in comparison to th
484.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Is alleging collusion actually an extraordinary claim? It is a very inexpensive and hard to punish play that produces a ton of value. We literally already CAUGHT these people doing the same in respect of developer salaries and yet you'
485.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
This is fairly common. Most severance payments are settlements, of which the first offer is made by the company. Employees can refuse the settlement, then sue their former employer under various wrongful dismissal/common law severance
486.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
It means that something being survivable doesn't mean that something is acceptable, favourable, or optimal. Everyone is just pointing out that your position is a restated version of the naturalistic fallacy.
487.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Oh look, it's an almost ideal market allocation scheme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_allocation_scheme Edit: I always find it interesting how when a FANG company is called out, an employee will provide a g
488.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
The planet isn't going to die if we irradiate ourselves into caves, but that doesn't mean irradiating the surface of the planet for shits and giggles is a good idea.
489.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Try searching for "USA inventors". Oddly, when your search isn't a substring of "African American Inventors" you don't get weird results. It's almost like the search algo isn't perfect.
490.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Do you recall Ms. Pao's time at reddit and the actions which took place at the time? She lived this. Directly. She dealt with this. Directly. It may be intractable to go 100->0 on harassment. Sure. But what if you could go to 50? To
491.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
There's something very genuine and uplifting about the quiet thankfulness and contemplation here. Thank you for this post.
492.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>Seems there's a nice financial incentive to find a partner and split the cost of rent. Which then puts you into a situation where your financial and housing security is dependent on a relationship working. No thanks. That's no
493.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
I think the EFF's note is a bit confusing, because it glosses over a key nuance in the evaluation. Here's a bit more information about the case: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/07/diagnostics-provi
494.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>It is incorrect to assert that the employees are creating all the value created by a company. This wasn't asserted, so it isn't really worthwhile to argue against it. Obviously other stakeholders can participant in value gener
495.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>You have to step back a few links in the chain to see the error here. What error? He isn't indicating that the mechanics of capital equity valuation are wrong, but that the sheer size of the value extraction from employees which oc
496.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
That's not the legal test to determine if someone is afoul of the legal test that Facebook is accused of violating. The wording of the provision they've run afoul of is elsewhere in the thread; it disagrees with you. My point is m
497.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Cool! Thanks for the clarifications. I'm looking forward to whatever comes next!
498.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Was Legal just sleeping at the wheel? This is a very well known piece of history. I wonder how this conversation went when they were drawing up this feature.
499.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
"User experiences" can also be "improved" by selling the usage data to advertisers for tracking. How's about "Our site collects usage data to inform us about how our site is used. We use only this data to infor
500.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Hi James, The algo to take Core + the best other section, right? As it stands, the test difficulty makes it pretty easy to hit 2 perfect scores, so you'll be competing against those pretty consistently. How does the CSPA help my interv
501.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Hey James. The issue you're having is that you're trying to test over 7 dimensions, with the majority of those dimensions being irrelevant to an individual taking the test to signal mastery of 2-3 of them. The standard method in t
502.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Because the wooden backing of the Japanese method was used across the board for conservation of most asian silk scrolls because it lends itself very well to conservation and preservation of the piece while also allowing display in museums.
503.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Netflix funnels people towards their own properties in the hope of raising the value of their new IP and network. Some are hits. Some are misses. People watching Bright doesn't mean people, on the whole, liked Bright. Making a Bright 2
504.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
How many major innovative companies haven't been headed by a visionary but toxic founder in the first place? If we're just looking into this question to understand how important neurosis is in creating greatness, I think we need t
505.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
They knew how the materials worked, and we've pieced together how and why the various steps taken in the aim of conservation were taken. Here's a 2014 paper on the history of the scroll, including a fairly detailed section on the
506.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
I don't think anyone defines an asshole as: >[...] someone who stands by their standards and does so firmly because they believe in their personal principles? That's integrity. Being stubborn and abrasive about it, however, isn
507.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>The author is right that most people will effectively become automatons, mindlessly obeying the little taps and chimes of their tech-addled existence. They wouldn't have a choice of course, unless they are one of the few capable of
508.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
>"Company builds tech needed to serve their business." From a tech worker's perspective, this seems super obvious, because that's how they generate their value in the market. But this actually isn't "News at
509.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
It's interesting to see how elements of a given political situation are extracted from their context, then dressed up emotively ("the EU is trying to take away our cuppa!") in order to herd people into supporting a position.
510.
by ABCLAW 8y ago
Is it though? 1) You can liquidate, move and bring your wealth with you to a new jurisdiction that would love the capital infusion. You can start a political movement and gather grassroots support to install a less corrupt administration. Y

More ›