DowagerDave

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by DowagerDave 2y ago
look at what's happened/happening with Red Lobster. They had lots of loser locations, but now the winners are losers too.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Having been through more "classic" VC a couple of times and now PE as well I agree. PE is so much more nefarious and damaging. When you take 100+ M of VC gasoline and pour it on the fire everyone can see what's happening. PE
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
sounds like every Vet practice as well. There's lots of things wrong with Canada's public health care system, but the downsides we see with private dental and vet care should be alarming as well.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
I grew up without any dental coverage and you are right; if you say first thing "I have no coverage and pay for everything out of pocket" you typically get a very different experience. It's not just the dentists that are perf
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
or the final panel of an xkcd comic!
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
the reason that property is so expensive is because that's where the people are. There's no point in avoiding the biggest cost of air freight - getting goods to consumers who don't live near the limited freight hubs, if you l
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Yeah my initial reaction was you're comparing today's air freight in a static state with your envisioned optimal airship model; that's not realistic. The alternative to spending big on an entire new industry isn't doing
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
>> after my death or dishonor honest question: why do you care?
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
it also indirectly (and unlikely unintentionally) increases your personal value. Triple win!
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
It's likely maple-flavoured corn syrup, so rest easy :)
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Saying I'm punk, and you are not punk, is about the least punk thing you can do.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
A lot of punk has always had an anti-success edge, which seems really unfair. It should be more about DIY and freedom outside what was (in the 90's) a very restrictive, fixed business model. NOFX are the best of example of the punk aes
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
It's very catchy, but not super-impressive musically IMO, however it had a huge impact on the scene and entire ecosystem at the time. Many other bands piggy-backed off their success, which I'm not sure happens as much in today&#x2
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
I was just thinking this morning about email as the integration interchange, and how TripIt did the best job of this I've seen. It is really, really hard to do right but an awesome feature IMO. I wondered if this is because I'm ol
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
If it comes down to an old guy who loves trains and a younger west coast lawyer I think I'll stick with the trains. They're all politicians first though, so does it really make a difference?
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Everybody seems to love Crypto these days - when they're willing to spend 10's or 100's of Millions of $$$ against your election campaign.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
How can Amazon not be an obvious target? Many people say "it's just a website/store/marketplace". This is obviously wrong, but even if that was all they had I believe they use their monopoly position to crush any po
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Google workspace is expensive and a big money maker on any scale - except compared to the Google ad machine. This would be a very successful independent business and killing free gmail would not necessarily be a bad move.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
>> Google subsidizes them with money from ads. if this is true, it's very temporary and very fickle. It is well known that Google rewards (1) big, new initiatives over maintaining long-running projects, and (2) things that power
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
considering the publication, pretty disappointing. I guess even IEEE has to chase the clickbait headlines :( consider this amazing piece of advice: Q: What advice would you give to inventors looking to integrate AI into their creative proce
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
it's hard to compare without a control, but a few key points: * none of the Baby Bells failed * because they segmented regionally, integration was super important and you could argue paved the way for the modern internet * consumer ser
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
One of my earliest memories when I started working in O&G many moons ago was seeing the hilarious daily report "Pig stuck in pipe". From a technology perspective it's an amazing industry, combining old-tech and human expe
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
yep - my old moto phone was fine, and I didn't add any new apps or desire new functionality, but performance got so bad over time to the point where it was unusable. There's really no attractive business model today in maintaining
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
I agree - he's facing a lot of criticism for reducing diversity or difference of opinion, but you don't promote this in context of your core values and conceptual integrity. You have private debate, reach a decision and then every
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
we do this in Poland. While they're technically contractors everyone is treated like employees as much as possible. Hiring globally is really expensive, slow and risky for all but the largest companies. It's hard to be an expert i
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
Well, IMO you were a big part of why the WWE was successful, and they're declining while your career in movies is really taking off, so your personal success should provide you with a lot of validation.
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
if you've worked at the management level you've seen that GOOD attrition for a software company is maybe around 10% annually (we saw well above 25% coming out of Covid). There's always around this number leaving, looking to l
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
And, while I'm not invested in this in any aspect, I feel: About time! I appreciate an executive with the passion/guts/ignorance to push a direction that's controversial and not safe. I'm really sick of working for
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
there's another comment above from someone who appears to work there, stating approx 80% of total staff work on WP and 20% on the other properties, so the percentage seems inline across the company & "divisions"
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by DowagerDave 2y ago
if you've got the resources this is a great way to clear out the dead wood. Most orgs either make life so unpleasant the person leaves to escape, or do nothing and let the poison kill other parts of the company.

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