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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
'“Strict procedures are in place within these technology demonstration centers to ensure that no software source code is released, copied or altered in any way,”' So... if I were an IBM shareholder (I'm not), I'd certain
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
It doesn't matter what their legal systems are like. The important thing is that they don't have any assets in Washington (nor anywhere else in the US, most likely). So when they don't show for trial, a default judgment wil
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
You may be right about Amazon's intent, I don't know. But Fiverr is no threat to Amazon's business model. Even if Fiverr's purpose were fake reviews (it isn't), reviews aren't a key component of Amazon's
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
What is their relationship with Amazon? In most cases, they won't have any contractual relationship, which I would think makes it harder to obtain a cause of action. They could still sue for false advertising, but they'd have to
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
It's common in the US, sure, but it rarely works. It's not that we don't all know a few people we'd be glad to work with again, it's that they're mostly happy and well-compensated where they are. Offering me
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
It wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable to read, for one.
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
He's not commenting on the in-house recruiting staffs at the major corporations, he's commenting on the third-party (usually contract) recruitment industry. They're not the same; the lack of knowledge and perverse incentives
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Apparently the people doing it are gaining something from it, else as you note there would be less of it. I don't know whether it's value-creating or not as a whole; there are different types and classes of HFT operations and alg
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
It's moot. Veterans know there's another round coming no matter what, and tenderfeet will freak out no matter what. Since this is their first round, it probably consists of an accumulated RIF list that's been made up mentall
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Lesson number one of corporate life: there is always another round.
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Well, really, the world doesn't need any. But I'm curious why you think the world would benefit from fewer.
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
> By "computer" I meant "personal computer" It's not 1992 any more. At the very minimum, it's reasonable to assume that "computer" also includes mobile devices and servers, two additional markets
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
There's a lot of stupidity here (or perhaps one might charitably call it excessive glee, or even plain old clickbait), but it's been a long time since 95% of computers ran Windows, if that was ever true in the first place. You&#x2
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
The real reason Oracle is still making money (though never nearly as much as analysts forecast) is none of the above. It was mentioned in the article and has been discussed here many times in the past as well. For example, https:/&#
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
> Lift? You asked if I've ever owned a residence. This sounded an awful lot to me like the classic trolly put-down "do you even lift?". See http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/do-you-even-lift . I don&#x2
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
> time spent stirring a pot or slicing vegetables is hardly quality family time Teaching one's offspring what is and is not good to eat is perhaps the oldest and most fundamental task associated with raising young. It predates huma
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Maybe none? It's television, not sewerage.
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Yes although 9 times in 10 it's wherever the corporation is headquartered. That's usually their home turf, not yours, so it may help them, but mostly it's that they don't want to be bothered associating local counsel 10
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
While this is almost certainly true relative to the (as yet unknown) true value of most corporations, that doesn't change the fact that most people now living will never again see 3% dollar interest rates. So while the dividends you g
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
The title and thesis don't match the data. This has nothing to do with whether a corporation is privately or publicly held, and everything to do with where it is in its lifecycle. The actual assertion made, which the evidence does ma
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
We'll have to agree to disagree. To me, bad neighbor behavior is the problem, and I've seen nothing here to make me change my mind.
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
I'm not contorting anything. I'm saying that whether there are 50 or 5 million short-term rentals is irrelevant, and you should stop looking for a convenient corporation to attack and start solving a problem that existed long bef
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Seems to me that your complaint is about a lack of noise ordinances (which does not apply to SF, the subject of this article), a matter that should be fairly easy to correct and much less controversial than this whole airbnb kerfuffle. I do
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
> Have you ever owned a residence? Yes. Do you even lift? This article is about SF, which is a city. Most of the busybodies who get up in arms about airbnb are residents of cities as well. Cities are densely populated places with larg
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
I find it very easy to not have an opinion. Whether my neighbor wants to rent out part of his property via airbnb, craigslist, or not at all makes no difference to me. It does not affect my quality of life, does not interfere with my enjo
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Pensions (especially) and life insurers are going to need/want bailouts regardless of medical changes. The combination of global ZIRP and absurdly optimistic assumptions about investment returns have led to extreme underfunding for ne
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
But they're probably wrong, too. Insurers have a lot of money riding on the actuarial tables, but they're still just a wisdom-of-crowds best guess. No one will know what the true life expectancy was of everyone born this year un
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
> And I should probably look into life insurance. Why? What exactly is it that you think "life insurance" does? If there were a product that would reduce the variance in remaining life length, that might be interesting, but t
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
But it seems that such a treaty would fall afoul of EU law, no? That's the basis of this position if it were to become a final ruling. The AG's position here is that data privacy is a fundamental right that cannot be negotiated
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by fredkbloggs 11y ago
Right. That's why I suggested Groupon be wound down, not that they continue operating at a loss but invest their cash differently. This does raise an interesting question, though. There seem to be a lot of corporations out there that

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