Denzel

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by Denzel 9y ago
No, I'm saying the cost to her was $37.5MM, not $150MM. For shares that she couldn't accept in good conscience anyways. Note: She was an active Google board member when they bought her company. That's not how boards are suppo
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by Denzel 9y ago
Yup, $150MM tax write-off. My mistake, I was in a rush.
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by Denzel 9y ago
TL;DR It looks like she donated $150MM when in actuality she only donated $37.5MM Can you imagine the optics of an active board member, of a multi-billion dollar company, profiting from said company -- she's on the board of -- buying t
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by Denzel 9y ago
For an extra $30MM in tax write-offs... because clearly she stands to make more taxable income than the $150MM in stock she donated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10844592 .
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by Denzel 9y ago
Exactly this. Using a phone/website/app while I'm lifting weights in the gym is the last thing I want to do. So, I use pen-and-paper and copy over to Google Sheets weekly. That way I have the raw historical data: I can trac
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by Denzel 9y ago
Indeed, you are correct, I agree.
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by Denzel 9y ago
Maybe YMMV -- I'm not going to pretend I'm a professional nutritionist even though I am a certified personal trainer: but if you're consistently sore past the first 2-3 weeks of working out, then you may not be eating enough.
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by Denzel 9y ago
I'm afraid you don't understand what rapport is with such a sweeping statement. But, I'm not here to convince you. Honestly, it appears this type of team wouldn't be a good fit for you and that's okay .
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by Denzel 9y ago
I agree that a lot of the information is perfectly suited for a wiki page. (And I bet Mailchimp has those too.) However, I feel that wiki pages should be treated as secondary sources in the case of onboarding, not primary sources. It feels
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by Denzel 9y ago
I'm open to hearing detailed alternatives. Company architecture -- specifically, ensuring autonomous strategic alignment while minimizing synchronous communication -- is close to my heart. It'd be especially helpful to hear how to
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by Denzel 9y ago
What's "inane" (defined as: silly, stupid) about these meetings? Be specific, because I'm curious.
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by Denzel 9y ago
Haha the sibling posts don't understand what company architecture is. Like software architecture, it's a skill unto itself. What Mailchimp is doing is fantastic. Disclosure: I've never been affiliated with Mailchimp. I just t
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by Denzel 9y ago
I think it'd be better for them to find another place to work. Not every employer-employee relationship is meant to be. Mailchimp believes onboarding is company-critical. And their turnover rate speaks for itself. There are plenty of o
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by Denzel 9y ago
Yes, it really is special. As you said, a few companies in tech do it. And they have a tremendous advantage. My overwhelming experience at companies ranging from small $1-5MM revenue shops to >$100MM startups has shown onboarding to be a
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by Denzel 9y ago
You're probably thinking of when Peter Norvig said: "Design patterns are bug reports against your programming language."
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by Denzel 9y ago
Just because I own my own house doesn't mean I can blast a jet engine I'm testing inside it... there are rules and laws that exist in the world. If you think those rules and laws have a negative impact, then work to fix them.
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by Denzel 9y ago
I fail to see how showing links to search results pages from other companies is better for the consumer either. So why does Google do it? Google is really smart, right? They've done some amazing things with search. Do we believe that G
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by Denzel 9y ago
There's a clear difference between what Bing and Google are doing. Please don't mistake the facts: 1. The EC is not asking Google to make their user experience worse. 2. The EC does not have a problem with sponsored search r
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by Denzel 9y ago
You are correct. See: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisi... . Ad spend as a % of U.S. GDP remains relatively constant since the 1920s.
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by Denzel 9y ago
Usually SpaceX does share the video after the fact, so there's some precedent. Although on occasion they have opted not to share the video as well. So time will tell. :)
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by Denzel 9y ago
> (like a better video recovery system [...]) I can't tell by your wording, and I was similarly confused about their video recovery system, so maybe this will be helpful for you. The only thing SpaceX hasn't invested in is a be
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by Denzel 9y ago
These are potential golden parachutes. As in they have not received this compensation... because the majority of them are still running their companies. Your comment reads a little disingenuously, or maybe you didn't understand the
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by Denzel 9y ago
They've already made historical accomplishments several times over. To each their own hype.
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by Denzel 9y ago
Time will show whether that happens, no? SpaceX has been methodically derisking. We're 10 days out from the 2nd launch and landing of a previously flown Block 3 rocket. Their 1st relaunch and landing ended with a happy customer. Custom
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by Denzel 9y ago
Sure, the government based space missions won't use SpaceX. That's a non-issue. SpaceX's launch manifest is filled with ~70% commercial customers anyways from the likes of: France, Japan, China, Canada, Bulgaria, Luxembourg,
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by Denzel 9y ago
You'd probably like the show Person of Interest written by John Nolan -- Christopher Nolan's (writer and director of Dark Knight trilogy, Intersteller, Inception, etc.) brother. It loosely follows this premise of multiple AGIs g
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by Denzel 9y ago
This is simple and cool. You'd still need some way to authorize subscribers on your website, no? Therefore, you couldn't create a serverless subscription blog/website... unless I'm missing something.
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by Denzel 9y ago
Awesome, thank you, that makes a lot of sense. So basically, if I understand correctly, it looks like munifiber would reorganize high-capex costs (buying and laying the fiber) into more manageable opex costs (renting/leasing capacity o
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by Denzel 9y ago
I'm very interested in and motivated towards mounting an attempt to bring munifiber to my city. Few things have been bugging me though: what vectors do ISPs compete upon if they're all renting the lines at the same price? How woul
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by Denzel 9y ago
Funny, you're certainly speaking adversarially while I'm seeking an earnest answer. Just like speed is relative given your frame of reference, wealth inequality does not prove a decrease in prosperity. Not by a long shot. So, if t

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