infecto

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by infecto 8d ago
Easy is relative but someone in his position with decades of experience working with talented individuals, yes. Nothing is perfect but I have seen other foundations structured where it’s a mixture of descendants and leaders that worked with
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by infecto 8d ago
Sure that is the typical way to donate your wealth but there are many other ways than giving it with control to your children. I have no judgement but doing it this way is a nice way to move money within your family. Everyone does it differ
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by infecto 8d ago
Isn’t that the usual loophole though? He definitely continues to donate large amounts but I always question setting up a trust that the kids run.
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by infecto 9d ago
Most of the attributes don’t matter. Most people would be much better off with a $50 Victorinox that they kept sharp and a wood cutting board they maintained than upgrading the knife. If you are using it all day there are definitely looking
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by infecto 11d ago
Tried to think of a less harsh way to say this but they are basically a Fox News/Buzz Feed but for anything anti-tech or AI. Cannot say I have read through all of their articles but the ones I have had are light on the data but have a
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by infecto 11d ago
Their style/level of journalism is pretty much the case study with what’s wrong with the internet. It just happens to align with some cohort of HN types. So not sure why 404 would be above using AI. Not saying they are but don’t think
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by infecto 11d ago
Disappointed on upgrade I still have to opt in and wait to get added to the Siri beta.
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by infecto 11d ago
I would not be shocked if nothing happens and pleasantly surprised if something does.
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by infecto 11d ago
Yet you keep missing the point. “Was”. I am not saying prices today or equal. I am simply saying when I did the math pre Covid the cost of living was very similar all things considered. Like I already said the link you provided looks like a
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by infecto 12d ago
Typically R&D is not part COGS. It’s absolutely part of the bottom line when you will typically recognize the cost over some period of time to try to get a true picture of the business. It’s also easier to strip it out of the picture to
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by infecto 12d ago
Too many strange datapoints in that comparison. I never paid that much for utilities in CA but who knows. It’s anecdotal but at the time which this link does not cover it was simple math of taking a 2x paycut (not counting RSUs) to have rou
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by infecto 12d ago
Sorry I don’t understand why you need to be rude. Historically when I have looked, salaries were drastically lower while having materially similar costs of living. That may have changed though as I have not looked at it in the past years po
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by infecto 12d ago
Sure. My point was historically Canada was pretty bad from a QOL perspective. Low salary and high cost of living. Not sure what you are trying to argue but have at it!
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by infecto 12d ago
Good to hear. I just remember looking at big tech postings at the time with salaries around 60k but then looking at rents that were more expensive then SF and thinking no way.
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by infecto 12d ago
Nope, cost of living is what matters and at least at the time major Canadian metros were as if not more expensive than SF/NYC and got you a 1/4th of the pay. I am sure that’s attractive to some but sounds pretty miserable. Chile I
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by infecto 12d ago
Canada historically is also one of the worst places to work in tech. Maybe it’s changed but I remember a decade ago tech jobs were paying a 1/4th of what they were in NYC/SF.
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by infecto 12d ago
I think I would reframe the OP less about cost cutting and more that the company has an unrealistic cap on salary. Would be interesting to see where geographically your experience was. Having worked in the Midwest the problem I have found i
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by infecto 12d ago
At least in America the greatest hurdle imo is both the cost of labor and the local/state red tape that has been pushed from local grid operators. Balcony solar should be available in all states across the country. I know on my state t
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by infecto 13d ago
What is your point about electricity? Enron was cooking their books by controlling other companies they said they had no control of to improve their own financial health. I think there questions for the commitments your talking about but th
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by infecto 13d ago
How? Two very different things but because we don’t like AI we make bad comparisons?
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by infecto 13d ago
Just wrong. It’s a superficial comparison at best. Enron was cooking books using entities they controlled but making it look like they did not. You could make an argument that maybe this is similar to oracle (I think?) in the com bubble fin
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by infecto 14d ago
They don’t want that association and it’s definitely not a boatload of PR. This Skyrim mod works because it’s hilarious sounding.
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by infecto 15d ago
Life is always changing. HN has gotten more popular over the years and at least it feels materially different in comment quality. Bots are always a problem but that’s not why you see different things on the front page, that might be your no
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by infecto 15d ago
> Hmm, yeah, good and condense version of what my previous comment said. I'm much impressed by your reading ability. 10month old account with 20k karma. Low value rubbish postings as a professional user. Sad.
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by infecto 15d ago
The front page is a reflection of what folks want to see. AI is certainly mentioned a lot but it’s also top of mind for every industry atm. I still see a lot of diversity in posts though. After all this is a VC forum for startups.
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by infecto 16d ago
These become such silly arguments. Why are you arguing against autonomous vehicles in America? Your examples on a base general case are not applicable and while I agree there are areas where things can be improved, for most American cities
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by infecto 16d ago
I did a poor job with my example. My point is that your example is just a cherry picked anecdote from an extremely small country that has the luxury of a handful of dense cities and a large number of smaller towns that sit on the couple of
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by infecto 16d ago
They also always hand wave the last mile problem. Last time this came up some folks were adamant that you could solve public transit and specifically last mile in a city like Dallas. I welcome the car overlords like Waymo or related compani
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by infecto 16d ago
Good for your country but also your country is quite small. I think a better analog is taking a trip from Zurich to Madrid. You could do it via train but it is probably going to be filled with lots of transfers and take 20 hours or you coul
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by infecto 16d ago
Next couple of decades? No way the scale/sprawl for most US cities already exists, 20 years is not changing a thing.

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