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by gnopgnip 7y ago
There is still a fiduciary duty to the minority shareholders by the majority shareholder
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
There is a difference in how this affects the broader economy. A business failing and going through bankruptcy still generally continues to exist if the business can be profitable long term, and the shareholders lose money.
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Authentication means blocking any calls with spoofed or no info
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
There are three big issues. Robocalls and spam were not as severe an issue until relatively recently. Political robocalls in the US are an important part of how some politicians get elected and raise funds. And these solutions cost a non tr
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
This is about the contention ratio, and service delivery. When you have many users you can still deliver great service even if the contention ratio seems higher. There are two main factors for planning the bandwidth needed, the average data
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Leverage does not work the same way for real estate. There is no margin call like there is with stock. Even if you are upside down on the mortgage in many cases you are still cashflow positive and can ride it out. And if you are not, even i
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
If you mean you sold your home and invested in stock market just before this all happened, you probably lost 20-25% as of right now as opposed to just holding on to the property. A bear market doesn't mean anything about real estate pr
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Some museums do sell prints of public domain art, or licensed reproductions including oil painting reproductions. https://shop.famsf.org/collections/monet-the-late-years-art-... Not quite the same thing as an accurate
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Common.net is planning on gigabit wireless service in Alameda and San Leandro later this year. And they offer 300mbit service now. The technology is there to do this without laying fiber or other traditional infrastructure. If there are man
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
The Intelligent Investor and Howard Marks The Most Important Thing
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
It is common for ISPs to have 2000+ customers sharing a 1 gig line. Regardless of the speeds offered end users use about the same amount of bandwidth. End users all get "full speed" until the link is 95%+ used.
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
If more people can work from home, or attend classes online because teleconferencing and online classes are functional, and not unusable and stuttering it means more people stay home.
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
This is literally what the military is now. Under the berry amendment a lot of what the military buys needs to be 100% domestic. A significant fraction of military spending is to ensure that the logistics are in place in case of a greater n
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
US government spending is 38% of the GDP. But don't call it socialism, it's economic stimulus.
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Being able to collect social security early is not as big of a negotiating tool as you would expect. It just doesn't pay enough to be an alternative for a lot of people, and it wasn't designed to be
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
> Fair use is an affirmative defense against copyright infringement. This is a misnomer. Fair use is an authorized use, and consequently is “distinct from affirmative defenses where a use infringes a copyright, but there is no liability
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Generating revenue alone does not make it commercial use in the context of copyright
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
The root of this problem is that copyright lawsuits in the US are solely handled in federal court, and it typically costs $100k+ to pursue this kind of lawsuit. As a result of this there are significant penalties for infringement, with stat
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
There is a lot of discussion on the visa aspect, but not as much on the general advice relating to raises and promotions. Is he currently under paid for the position and responsibilities relative to others in the company? Or more generally
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
If everyone can get to what they need within 15 minutes, traffic as a whole would be greatly reduced
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Fedex weighs packages at multiple stages and this is accessible for the shipper. I suspect USPS and UPS weigh packages at least once and this could be requested if there is a dispute. These don't do a lot to prevent fraud, and it would
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
In many cases small businesses can take on non accredited investors. Like a rule 504 offering if less than $1m is being raised. And if you are raising more than $1m, a 506 offering allows for up to 35 non accredited investors. If you are ra
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
The new rule for the Olympics is being GA for four months
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
This is incomplete. A bronze family plan will typically have a deductible of $6k for an individual, and 13k for the family, but it also has an out of pocket max of slightly over that, so once you meet the deductible that is all you pay. Als
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
This depends on the state. Many states have passed surprise billing laws, and limit what an out of network provider can charge
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
Typically the attorney fee assignment clauses go both ways, and the prevailing party has their fees paid. In some jurisdictions one sided clauses can be thrown out
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You should get all the closing docs three days before closing so you do have time to read them
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
A comparison to TSA is flawed. Captcha is not a pass fail system, it is a score that is passed on to the web host and they decide what to do with it. Really any similar product to block malicious users would have the same problems, and the
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
The parking lot would just tow you then
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by gnopgnip 7y ago
It is not that straightforward. Generally you cannot be compelled to testify against yourself. But you can be legally compelled to perform certain actions, and held in contempt if you fail to do so. Whether or not disclosing a password is s

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