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by cudgy 4y ago
So you don’t think it was wrong to assume that the prosperous and highly unusual scenario of the Covid effects would be around for an extended timeframe that legitimately would impact future cash flows that validated the huge increases in t
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by cudgy 4y ago
Higher interest rate was the catalyst to recognizing reality, not so much a fundamental shift of financials. Many of these companies were losing money and their future imaginary positive cash flows were wishful thinking given their business
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by cudgy 4y ago
It is the case for most code that the original author is gone. However, there are likely to be other developers around that have encountered the code or maintained it in the past. Rewriting and submitting code mainly because one does not un
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by cudgy 4y ago
> Why should I spend time understanding the current system that was developed on yesterdays hotness? Simple. Because that is your job: to solve problems for the company using the current technology that the company has the resources to h
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by cudgy 4y ago
> In some ways, rewriting a piece of software is the best way to understand it deeply, and/or to uncover the gaps in one’s understanding. Fine, so long as your rewrite is not checked in. Otherwise, this approach will surely lead to
786.
by cudgy 4y ago
… “I’d rather make up my own shit in a marketing career.”
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by cudgy 4y ago
Step 5 should include grooming capable executives to take the reins of the company so it is not solely dependent on a single person.
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by cudgy 4y ago
“React might not have all the answers after all” Let the newest, slickest, shiniest batch of Javascript web frameworks commence! Oh boy.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Bingo. This does not bode well for their future which will be full of legal costs and result in content creators removing their content from publicly available methods that can easily be scraped by these data aggregators.
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by cudgy 4y ago
One major flaw in jurist system is the deliberation phase where jurists argue with each other and sometimes bully / browbeat / shame one another into voting a certain way. If jurors could simply vote after hearing the case with no
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by cudgy 4y ago
Agreed. There are definitely adverse effects to the markets from these practices. Could it be that the conglomeration of the startups controlled or at least heavily influenced by a few dominant VC firms essentially creates an oligopoly in t
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by cudgy 4y ago
One could also call it a “cash bonfire”
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by cudgy 4y ago
Startups are likely the most hard hit by this next recession, no matter the industry, mainly due to the higher interest rate environment clobbering discounted future cash flows of these largely money-losing startup companies. No more magic
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by cudgy 4y ago
Why not move into the truck or take other drastic measures like a side job now? Sounds like you have already reached a critical state.
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by cudgy 4y ago
These study techniques ought to be introduced even earlier like during middle school grades. Time management and information processing are key to a successful educational experience. The fact that this is not generally taught is a major de
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by cudgy 4y ago
Question for any archaeologists or zoologists. Do seagulls using the coastal rocks to break open oysters and clams by dropping them from the air qualify as using tools? If not, what is this type of activity considered?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Try crawling around in a 2 foot high crawl space amongst spiders and snakes while ripping out old, stinky, dripping plumbing with a sabre saw or arc welder and tell yourself it is not “back breaking” or dangerous.
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by cudgy 4y ago
A business degree makes the candidate over-qualified for managing a mall store is the likely reason. They are afraid of the employee using the position as a stepping stone to a higher paying, higher status job.
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by cudgy 4y ago
By imaginative, do you mean restrictive?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Good luck building a new home to replace many older urban homes in US cities with the same quality of building materials and workmanship. Also, it is typically much cheaper, easier, and quicker to utilize existing structures by expanding or
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by cudgy 4y ago
Perhaps your employer received money from the pandemic “corporate giveaway” bills that were passed? Or perhaps they are a rare breed that choose to willingly lose money? Either way I see no evidence that there are “a lot of companies that d
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by cudgy 4y ago
Perhaps, but that approach didn’t work out well for Apple when Steve Jobs was ousted for John Sculley. It did work out for Steve Jobs though with the diversion only making him stronger.
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by cudgy 4y ago
> … which therefore included fighting misinformation. I fail to see how this conclusion is automatic or helpful in action. Educating people and providing best practices is harmed by taking direct action to shut down criticism and debate.
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by cudgy 4y ago
So long as the workers are paid fairly and treated reasonably (which of course these Arise employees were not), why does it matter if they are actual employees? Actual employees can be treated poorly too.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Unfortunately, being on the other side of these calls was the only positive side to this terrible gig.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Not so simple. What societies have done this? How do they count the crimes? What was the composition of their demographics and religion? Was this accomplished with a great loss to people’s freedoms?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Don’t ChatGPT and other scrapers at their core essentially steal information from content creators and present it as their own content without attribution in many cases? Whose politics does that represent? Are they thieves or freedom fighte
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by cudgy 4y ago
“Paying people for results works very, very well in the private sector.” Can you provide evidence of this? CEO compensation is a terrible model that encourages short term tricks like stock buybacks, front-loading revenue, and other tricks t
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by cudgy 4y ago
Had a good friend that started a small business and used comcast for their phone and internet service. She explained the deal to me (as explained by the salesperson) when she signed as being a one year contract. One year later she attempts
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by cudgy 4y ago
> Cost of labor goes up, and now the business owner no longer has any profit, and it is earned by the masseuses. This assumes the incremental cost of labor has eaten up all the profit, which is rarely the case. When it does happen and in

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