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by bink 4y ago
His co-CEO donated $24 million to Republicans. Not that I think any of this has any relevancy. It's just more tribalism and distraction. I'm a bit sad that it's so prevalent on a site that values honest and open debate. http
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by bink 4y ago
It was the original comment that compared yearly exec salaries to an asset purchase.
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by bink 4y ago
Probably has to be treated as income by the employee as well.
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by bink 4y ago
Microsoft had something around 95% of the desktop market share in the 90s. Apple is not anywhere close that. I would agree it's similar in behavior but not intent. Microsoft was terrified of the Internet and applications that could &qu
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by bink 4y ago
Sure, for this round. Later rounds usually aren't so generous.
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by bink 4y ago
This is a pretty cynical take on the idea of retaining qualified employees during a downturn. When I hear people talk about doing what you can to not have mass layoffs I don't think what they mean is that the company has an obligation
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by bink 4y ago
Out of curiousity, why do you have Plaid? They were pretty aggressively recruiting over the past year and while I didn't respond I was tempted to at least look into them.
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by bink 4y ago
Check their username.
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by bink 4y ago
I keep seeing comments like this on HN and it's disappointing. His co-CEO donated $20 million to Republican causes as well. There is no conspiracy here. It isn't even proper to say that there's the normal favoritism shown to
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by bink 4y ago
Such as fleeing prosecution?
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by bink 4y ago
The last time I dealt with Apple's app store terms of service that was a critical part. You couldn't default people into pornography or hate speech. There had to be a login and an option to enable adult content. I think he'll
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by bink 4y ago
It makes me wonder if Elon finally got around to reading the parable about kicking the "nice nazi" out of your bar. https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromYourServer/comments/hsiisw...
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by bink 4y ago
That's what many have been saying for weeks now. But Musk has held to his "free speech except what's illegal" stance and accused advertisers who pulled ads of being against "free speech". If he's going to
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by bink 4y ago
Even forcing competing app stores has problems. It's Apple that will be forced to provide support for those app stores. If someone installs malicious software from one and it bricks their phone they're going to bring it to an Appl
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by bink 4y ago
Wouldn't a better comparison be 30% of the add-on fees that a bank charged you for a bank transfer? And that does seem like something they would expect if it were paid via the app.
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by bink 4y ago
The first example is oddly specific. I think you can find flaws like that with almost any software or hardware manufacturer, regardless of monopoly status. The second example is, I think, a perfect example of what most large companies do, w
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by bink 4y ago
Reed Hastings has just called Musk brave and the most creative person. Marc Benioff recently tweeted not to underestimate him. Normally I'd doubt any executive could look at what Musk is doing as a positive for anyone, but maybe you&#x
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by bink 4y ago
Watching movies seems like a different application of the tech. Doesn't that just simulate a movie screen several feet in front of you? That's probably not quite as sickness inducing as moving around a full VR environment.
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by bink 4y ago
What's even more flabbergasting is that this only brings them back to the same headcount they had 12 months ago. This is true of almost all the mass layoffs we've seen (twitter excepted). Companies were on a ridiculous binge over
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by bink 4y ago
It's always best to be laid off first in a downturn. These packages start to disappear later in the cycle.
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by bink 4y ago
Will he be paid for the appearance? Journalism usually precludes paying for an interview.
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by bink 4y ago
I remember complaints about Zuckerberg's announcement too, but they were more about the tone of the announcement than the fact that people were being laid off. His email suggested that some people weren't pulling their weight and
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by bink 4y ago
Are there not valves along the pipeline to seal off sections? I've done some small amount of work on above ground gas pipelines and I feel like the majority of the pipeline would be undamaged, assuming the valves were closed in a reaso
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by bink 4y ago
> it's more like Musk realizes he bought a company that was in a lot more trouble than anyone out in the public can understand Or he bought a company and by doing so placed it in a lot more trouble than it was previously.
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by bink 4y ago
It's fine for new management to have new business philosophies and want to implement them. But the way they are implemented matters as well.
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by bink 4y ago
He gets $1 in salary but his total comp is in the tens of millions.
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by bink 4y ago
I don't know many educated people who are surprised that countries are meddling in foreign elections. Money has been funneled to opposition groups probably since time began. What did surprise me was the effectiveness and return on inve
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by bink 4y ago
Which view was that?
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by bink 4y ago
"fiduciary obligation" (fiduciary duty) doesn't mean that if someone offers you above current value for your company that you are compelled to sell.
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by bink 4y ago
I'm not sure why anyone would stick around to assist with this cost cutting only to be told "thanks for all the hard work, you're fired".

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