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by dibstern 10y ago
What 'real issues' are you talking about? What was anyone else scared at all to touch?
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by dibstern 10y ago
Lol what are you on about. Plenty of countries have a very multicultural society, and they do great. Look at Melbourne, Australia, we have huge immigrant populations, and all the different cultures have made this an awesome place to live -
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by dibstern 10y ago
So the world's most liveable city is Melbourne, Australia, we're very far from Trump, much further than Canada, VC firms and tech startups are more than welcome to come on over and enjoy the best quality of life on offer! Hehe
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by dibstern 10y ago
What restrictions are you talking about?
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by dibstern 10y ago
Parties are likely notified of other party's offers, unless the offer prohibits it, which LinkedIn likely wouldn't have accepted as it had a hot bidding war on its hands.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Awesome, thank you!
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by dibstern 10y ago
Dude it's his duty as a representative of shareholders. Shareholders deserve to have all offers for the company heard, and all possible acquirers notified so that the shareholders get the best possible offer. Boards focus on representi
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by dibstern 10y ago
Doesn't being in SV mean the top talent is all hoovered up by Google, FB, etc? What about huge rent costs? Would love to be able to start a startup in Melb, Australia, because it's the most livable city in the world, but the tech
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by dibstern 10y ago
That's the same as saying it's too complex for you to understand so you're not going to bother. It'll hurt you in the long-run, your own relationships depend on your ability to understand people. Furthermore, if you don&
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by dibstern 10y ago
That would make me turn down their offer, I don't appreciate anti-competitive business practices. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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by dibstern 10y ago
ITT: Anti-west propaganda commenters, somehow relating censorship issues in Turkey to the "evil west"
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by dibstern 10y ago
Except democracy relies on freedom of the press in order to operate. Brainwashing a population into supporting one guy and holding elections every so often to confirm the brainwashing is working isn't democracy.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Do you even know how the UNHRC works or how much of a farce it is? Member states are rotated every 3 years. The council is heavily controlled and influenced by middle eastern and African nations, supported by China, Russia and Cuba, which p
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by dibstern 10y ago
Dude he's a billionaire, of course he invests huge amounts of money in things. To suggest the US wants Saudi investment in its stock market that has the sole impact of pushing up one cable company's stock price is absurd and obtus
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by dibstern 10y ago
Does that not depend entirely on the size/stage of your business, the size of your customers and your industry? I don't think it's unusual for an email list to be managed by one dude at an early stage tech startup.
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by dibstern 10y ago
The point zdkl was making was that you're not running what people describe as a startup - that is, a high growth, early stage business. And that if you're not running a startup then it is only logical that you are much less likely
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by dibstern 10y ago
In other words, he's 100% wrong.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Religion has brought none of those things. If anything, religion has inhibited scientific and economic progress.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Demonisation and labels are the death of thought and discussion.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Disagree. Counterexample: looking down the barrel of a gun "I wonder what this trigger thing does..." That quote is far too easy to find counterexamples for, because ignorance does indeed harm. There's a reason we have Dar
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by dibstern 10y ago
Statistical bullshit aside, even if his stats were on point, you'd have to say Trump is a Black Swan of a candidate, breaking models generated by past data.
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by dibstern 10y ago
If you're aiming for a failed company and a pile of cash that makes you feel empty inside, or just a failed company, you're on the right track.
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by dibstern 10y ago
Means nothing because it doesn't differentiate positive engagement from negative. Trump is so widely hated and mocked around the net that I'm not at all surprised he has a very high level of engagement.
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by dibstern 10y ago
It's difficult to be sure about George. He spoke so derisively about other companies that failed to deliver, and now because of the inevitable paperwork that comes with a product that takes over your car for you at times (level-3 auton
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by dibstern 10y ago
Hi Marco. I disagree with you for a couple reasons. (1) Seek to understand, then seek to be understood. If we want to eliminate misguided beliefs, convince anyone who thinks sexual assault and racism is okay, etc., you need to first under