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by aorloff 11y ago
Good thing we also have the First Amendment. Citizens United v. FEC -- majority opinion essentially said that money is free speech ("Because spending money is essential to disseminating speech..."). And spending that money to fun
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by aorloff 11y ago
Assuming you really really really trust your partners, and that you completely see eye-to-eye on how future business matters will be handled and how cost structures will go as the business ramps up, use an LLC with everyone listed as a mana
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by aorloff 11y ago
There are 2 problems these days : 1. Companies think they are hot shit. 2. The interviewers are all pretty junior and actually have no idea what they are looking for, so instead they try to grill everyone in some perceived gauntlet. The r
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by aorloff 11y ago
I'm not an expert, or even a layman in audio encoding, but it seems to me that a solution could be found that couples an open source capture program with their backend. The open source (audited and only updated from the open source br
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by aorloff 11y ago
Or, are they programmers who have been burned by the arcane few instances where the absence of those relics can still bite you ? (as yet a third, very small distinct class)
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by aorloff 12y ago
Just don't give your TV an internet connection to report that data then.
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by aorloff 12y ago
Coding and associated work efforts are largely individual. You sit (or stand) at your computer and work alone. But in reality you are working in a group. The standup reinforces the team nature of the overall effort. Humans are naturally
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by aorloff 12y ago
Exactly what about that could possibly be "safe" ? Even if it were medically safe, how would you make sure that people used it in societally acceptable ways and that it didn't imperil the long term genetic pool of the human
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by aorloff 12y ago
On the contrary. Regardless of what people SAY they want when discussing ads on forums, when faced with the choice of getting content for free with ads, or paying and not seeing ads, people vote with their mouse and choose free with ads. O
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by aorloff 12y ago
Very interesting. Yes I agree these private communications can drive up prices.
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by aorloff 12y ago
There is a decent amount of information that the agent-to-agent communication around offer presentation delivers. Are the sellers more keen on price or on terms ? If its a fixer, is the buyer aware of that and is that reflected in their o
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by aorloff 12y ago
This is the biggest mistake that I see startups make. Startups ARE small businesses, they are just supposed to be growing faster than "normal" small businesses. But many people make the mistake of not being a "small" bu
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by aorloff 12y ago
When the wall is made of people, its hardly a wall. Even if Google doesn't use insider knowledge to copy Uber, unless Uber had no other possible investors it would later wish it had an investor who was out to kill the competition rath
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by aorloff 12y ago
If the startup is venture backed, the mission is creating shareholder value. The rest is just lip service. You should know as much too.
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by aorloff 12y ago
Its not just taxation that needs to occur with legalization of harder drugs. Its a comprehensive reaction from the social safety net - no more unemployment, no welfare, and CPS comes to check on your kids if you have them.
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by aorloff 12y ago
Columbia is far safer now than several decades ago. It is in fact a great example of a Latin American country that has really turned its economy around.