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by dsinsky 11y ago
One of the big issues here is that once employees start selling common stock, the strike price of the options can no longer be set at a large discount to the latest valuation as it can when the only transactions are the preferred stock shar
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by dsinsky 11y ago
I agree it sucks for anyone to lose their job, but using that as an excuse for xenophobic policy is a non-sequitur. Do you honestly think there would have been a national uproar against Disney if they'd asked their employees to train o
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by dsinsky 11y ago
>> Private companies have a greater motivation to maximize profits than public entities do. Corrections officers unions have strong motivations to keep prison populations high as well and unions tend to be stronger in the public secto
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by dsinsky 11y ago
This doesn't really answer the question since I could point to hundreds of scandals at publicly run prisons ( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/nyregion/even-as-many-eyes... ) Prisons are cesspools of
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by dsinsky 11y ago
Is there any reason to believe that private prisons are significantly worse than publicly run prisons? I agree that the U.S. is badly in need of major reforms in its criminal justice system, but is there any reason to believe that society
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by dsinsky 11y ago
Why should hiring managers be required to give you preferential treatment vs. someone born in a much poorer country who happens to be willing to do the same (or, likely, better) work for a lower cost? Its a cute fact that you and the hiring
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by dsinsky 11y ago
Maybe not, but even if not, why are you so sure that would be bad? Let's say the foreign workers would have made the equivalent of $20k in their own country but will now make $60k for Disney in the U.S. vs. the American workers who mad
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by dsinsky 11y ago
Why does your cost-benefit calculation not include the benefits to those foreign workers who are allowed to compete for jobs in the U.S.? The academic literature* shows much, much larger productivity and income gains to those who migrate to
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by dsinsky 11y ago
I'd be open to hearing your criticism of policies that allow Disney to have [American] workers train their foreign replacements that don't invoke any sort of xenophobia or racism. The whole idea that it would be wrong or humiliati
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Similarities between the Learn to Code Movement and Online Poker(bplesser.com)
12 points by dsinsky 13y ago|5 comments
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Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.(enginehere.com)
41 points by dsinsky 13y ago|26 comments
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Is Blue Apron the most exciting e-commerce startup in NYC?(dsinsky.wordpress.com)
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