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by esoteriq 15y ago
Most people are decent human beings. But you have to watch out for the minority who are not - they can destroy your business. I would say that one scenario where you should consult a lawyer at the begfinning of a startup is if the startup e
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Confessions of a Perfectionist(spandextroll.com)
2 points by esoteriq 15y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Yep, I have backup plans galore. I even have a backup plan to my backup plan. All good here.
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Well, one other tip would be - hold it on when you ahem pull out. You don't want any spillage. Also, make sure you use the right size. If it's too tight or too loose - increased risk of breakage or leakage. Ok, now I'm a bit weirded out b
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Wow, these women are the height of irresponsibility. Here's my theory about why people think that women are more responsible for birth control. 1. They are more directly affected by pregnancy. They are the ones who would have to bear the ch
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Sometimes, when my life isn't going well, I like to revert back to my favorite books. Re-reading particular books that gives me a specific feeling - usually happiness, wonderment, etc. - can be relaxing. It takes effort and focus to get int
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Well, if this is true... I can't help but to feel like this is not a good PR move.
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Oh, good ol' days of the internets... You know, your question got me thinking. I've been trying to imagine a open platform for social networking and I just...can't...conceive of one. Maybe my mind is too limited and uncreative, but I just f
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Yes, I see where you're coming from. Let me refine my point. Niches will probably get smaller and smaller. Facebook may lose market-power to smaller, more focused networks. I'm just not sure if that will weaken Facebook to the point that Fa
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Agreed 100% and I would just add this one point. Social networks are a winner-take-all game. You're either dominant or nothing. Nobody wants to use a social network with only 400 other people on it. That would defeat the whole purpose. Of c
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by esoteriq 15y ago
I looked at the cited page ( http://www.humorwriters.org/startlingstats.html ) which is a weird writing workshop article that gets its information from a site that "helps writers get published." I smell something fishy here. I also searched
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by esoteriq 15y ago
Also, we sit in many more contexts: driving, work, watching TV, eating dinner, etc. That being said, I'm a bit overwhelmed nowadays with all of the health scares. Sometimtes I feel like whatever I do, I'm killing myself. So I just give up a
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(Real) Reasons to Incorporate Your Startup in Delaware(spandextroll.com)
4 points by esoteriq 16y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Yeah, I can see how that kind of behavior would result in resentment. You're right that a founder cash-out can have a lot of negative consequences, but one should make it clear that alignment is a big part of investors' concerns as well.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Admittedly, I'm a cynic, but I'm a bit suspicious of the investors' motivations behind their alleged concern. Sure, it may loosen the founders' ties to the company, but it also loosens the founders' ties to the investors. Investors cannot i
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Microsoft Asks SCOTUS to Reduce Burden of Proof for Patent Suits(arstechnica.com)
1 points by esoteriq 16y ago|0 comments
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by esoteriq 16y ago
I'm not sure if Amazon's policy of 70% royalties for 2.99+ books will make any difference. Expectations are dramatically lowered (and reviews are inversely related) for 99 cent books compared to 3-dollar books. I was amazed to read the over
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by esoteriq 16y ago
IN a way you're right. I assume it's because once a monopoly exists or once antitrust practices occur, the damage is irreversible. A company wiped out because of some other company's illegal actions can never return to its "former glory". A
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Well, the legal sector isn't doing too well right now. Perhaps DLA Piper has too many idle lawyers right now - at least this is work. Not saying that this is the case, but it's possible.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Ah, but by the time the tech-savvy law students become judges, they may not be tech-savvy anymore. This is only from my own experience at law school. There were relatively few truly tech-savvy folks out there. Almost everyone I knew still u
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Maybe, maybe not. David Kerr, the defense laywer, was going to file numerous motions to dismiss/ change venues. That would have ran up the copyright troll's legal bills. I suspect that the judge would have happily gone along with Kerr's pla
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by esoteriq 16y ago
It's interesting to note that one of the defendant's decent laywer ended up scaring off the copyright troll. Apparently, the IP lawyer involved was going to argue RightHaven into the ground, by raising many motions, running up the copyright
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by esoteriq 16y ago
That would imply self-awareness, which does not seem to be their strength.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
No - this is an appeal, no juries involved. Judges rule the appeal-land. But I'm sure Kozinksi (sp?) saw the social Network. Heh.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
That's certainly one way to do it. The Federal Rules of Evidence is pretty flexible on ways to authenticate different documents. If you look at Rule 901, a party who offers the document as genuine can authenticate it by witness testimony, e
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by esoteriq 16y ago
This may just be me, but the article did not answer the question at all. At the end, the author basically washes his (her?) hands of the question and says that there is no reliable data to make a decisive statement. So, I'm not so sure abou
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Thanks for that - I shouldn't have said that what I said about IT departments. You're right - there are a lot of external factors that comes into play whenever these types of decisions get made. I'm pretty sympathetic with the need to cut c
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by esoteriq 16y ago
It amazes and shocks me that colleges still don't check the accessibility of their educational tools. Ever since the ADA and the Rehab Act of 1973 (Rehab Act only applied to schools getting federal grants), schools have been required to pro
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Well, I'm not sure about the partisan thing... But, when I worked on the Hill (yes, I was one of those) as a staffer, we did look on the internet to gauge the public reaction towards a particular issue. If (and only if) it matched with the
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Yes, excellent point. I was thinking about that as well. Just to expand on your comment, it's interesting to think more about the generational differences. I know that my generation (I'm in my mid-20s) was one of the first generation that h

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