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by borism 15y ago
Wow, gives employees all the impression of co-ownership but none of the real co-ownership. Much like the Skype-SilverLake plan. 37signals sure has some good lawyers!
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by borism 15y ago
Technical debt is like fixed rate mortgage. Mess is like adjustable rate mortgage. You might be able to pay down the former, but you may go underwater if the latter goes way above what you imagined in your worst case scenarios.
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by borism 15y ago
His presidency has been centrist isn't this the only thing that matters? After all we're talking about President Obama, not Senator Obama (which is a totally different topic)
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by borism 15y ago
Moreover, any scientist could tell you that the left-right spectrum itself is a hideously handicapped model of political values. Left/Right spectrum - absolutely. That's why modern spectrum is 2-dimensional, and I totally for expanding it
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by borism 15y ago
original source sans "Reason"'s idiotic commentary [1]: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/are-smart-people-g... [1] Up to half the people alive in 1930, to use Kovács' insensitive phraseology, were mentally retarded? Really? That
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Nothing Will Ever Be AAA Again(dealbreaker.com)
2 points by borism 15y ago|1 comments
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by borism 15y ago
It may not be represented to the level that you would like it, but that isn't to say that isn't represented in any meaningful way. this, again, is not my personal opinion, but what I've read from political scientists. you or me can indeed
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by borism 15y ago
I was talking about perception average person receives from media, not my personal view on the matter.
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by borism 15y ago
I am very well aware that there is left wing in America, it just isn't represented in any meaningful way in political system in my and many others' opinion. Can you bring counterexamples? Here's an article that is shaping my opinion on the
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by borism 15y ago
Extreme right-wing is understood the same pretty much everywhere except maybe extreme right-wing itself. Now here in Estonia and I venture a guess in pretty much all of liberal democratic countries (and most notably USA) right-wing IS actua
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by borism 15y ago
he mentions CDMA, so I guess it's WiMax
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by borism 15y ago
The tech is definitely cool and a step forward in delivering a detailed and granular view of disease predisposition, but that view certainly does not give you the entire picture. 23andMe makes a very good job of notifying you about this p
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by borism 15y ago
In that particular case, yes. I don't remember him advocating corporate or estate tax increases though? Capital gains? Hardly applies to Berkshire Hathaway anyway.
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by borism 15y ago
The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free society Struggled but it died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner Hoping for some rain Looks like it's hoping Hoping for some rain
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Facebook+Skype Video Calling(facebook.com)
40 points by borism 15y ago|18 comments
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by borism 15y ago
This is called restructuring, not a default.
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by borism 15y ago
Thank you! MMT was very eye opening for me.
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by borism 15y ago
Blackmail != blocking money in many cases it's the exact opposite.
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by borism 15y ago
do you mean the complaint about illegal blocking of their funding by Visa and MasterCard? How would that be related in any way?
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by borism 15y ago
thanks!
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Investigation of the acoustics and ﬂuid dynamics of Tibetan singing bowls.(iopscience.iop.org)
1 points by borism 15y ago|0 comments
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by borism 15y ago
21: Skype - basically my first real job. Still here. What a ride!
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Tibetan singing bowls give up their chaotic secrets(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by borism 15y ago|0 comments
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by borism 15y ago
Zuckerberg is running around killing animals, just as usual http://theseattlesalmon.com/business-vs-cultural-news/busine...
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by borism 15y ago
It's sad Linus doesn't want to learn.
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by borism 15y ago
also wouldn't probably work well if you share your bed with another person...
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by borism 15y ago
analysis of the stock vesting expectations of hackers in Tallinn is more relevant to the story Stock vesting expectations of hackers in Tallinn is not any different than in any other part of the world.
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by borism 15y ago
I hear you.
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by borism 15y ago
wow, what an arrogant post! I hope young and old devels alike will think twice before going to work for a manager who treats skilled labor as a sweatshop commodity and totally ignores basic economics (yes, experienced devs might provide m
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by borism 15y ago
these numbers are audited and are subject to Sarbanes–Oxley AFAIK only if they're large enough to make a dent in overall AAPL financial picture.

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