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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> HR bureaucracy and a cover-your-ass attitude? Most folks don't realize it, but the phrase above is redundant. Intrinsically, the function of HR is CYA for the company. By the time you have full-blown HR, CYA is present. One exampl
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> Also, caffeine-free. You had me going until you wrote that.
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That is a great response. The next thing that entered my head is: How does the reading speed of deaf-from-birth compare to those who learned to read and then became deaf?
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I had always equated sub-vocalize and "hear" the words. What is the difference?
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Combined with "In the long run, we are all dead", the implications are stark.
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Almost certainly. It is a rare employee employment letter that will have such a thing immutably set in stone. The most likely scenario though is a layoff package. Even at a few weeks pay, it's still less than the legal costs.
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> Plants are usually charged negatively and emit weak electric fields. On their side, bees acquire a positive charge as they fly through the air. ... > How then do bees detect electric fields? Why is the answer not as simple a
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Or never gets lower than 6x, as another example.
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> No, he says explicitly it does not get near 4x. I chose a phrase as an example (hence the abbrev "eg"): You chose a different phrase. If you want to instead parse the phrase you chose for half-truths, we can do that. It will not c
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Oh for chrissake: Just release the funding docs and term sheet. The letter was full of possible half-truths(eg: 'There is no "4x liquidation preference"' does not preclude 3x or 5x or any other number besides 4), so smart employees should
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> greatly loved for his eccentricity, etc. FTA: "John was a little strange and Jobs felt better staying away from him," says Mr. Wozniak Was I the only guy to find that line amusing?
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Please please do 1,2,&3 year followup posts. Interesting experiment, I'm pessimistic as to the outcome, but would enjoy being wrong.
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Someone has to be that guy: LZ opened for Spirit, so JP heard this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sdbg2is2zQ
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And did it serve its purpose?
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> Corporate Federal income tax on $100,000 if you and your partner had a C-corp instead and took 40k salaries then left $100k in the company. > Roughly $22,250 (About 22%) I think your shot-in-the-dark about getting "unexpected
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Great list on that site, but I'm surprised they missed one of the granddaddies of such reports: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree_hoax
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> "They know what our margins are and they won't let us make any money," he said. Wow. When you depend on your customers to "let" you make money, you simply don't have a business. Come back when they need your service, and then for
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Because it is inevitable that an exec will be in a position where it is expected that (s)he knows something but does not. There are many execs who will then react with a "willingness to stand up for themselves", and god knows that culture e
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
I'd add: Watching the reaction of a person when they don't have one or more factoids at their fingertips is also useful for measuring the temperament of people. The fact that he torqued a candidate so badly that it resulted in a letter to
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> The founders are farmers. Then how do they have time for starting a company?
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Yes, Folks like Calpers sometimes differ in opinions. But rarely do they take the opposite viewpoint.
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> And are these estimates coming from the major holders? No, they are coming from brokers and analysts. That is correct, and if the OP had asked a different question, then that would be a good answer.
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Because 68% institutional ownership and <0% inside ownership means that they are owned by Wall St, literally and figuratively. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=AAPL+Major+Holders
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
> Also, what is "impaired cognition"? Compared to what, exactly? How about this for an operational definition: When you open your eyes and are seeing shit that isn't there, you're suffering from impaired cognition. It's really not
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
I note that "It's like tripping your balls off on LSD" is missing from the list. But, funny thing: It's the most accurate. Instead you get a bunch of gobbledygook about death, eternity, and direct messages from god. The fact that you mig
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Egotistica. (ld;o)
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> You’re going to have to trust your doctor. Good god this is bad advice, especially in the US which is nowhere near the top in world rankings for quantitative medical performance like longevity or infant mortality. The first thing yo
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by jpdoctor 14y ago
Your reply makes sense. I'd note also that running 4 parallel encoding jobs would expose the CPU difference.
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> The thing I love about stripe is that they're so focused on building the best customer experience and software that solves customer problems! As long as your customer problems are not about low fees or ACH, that is.
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> but dont allow yourself to get used to the finer things you love, because then you wont love them any more and you'll expect them and they wont be special any more. I agree with most of your comment, but the last one causes me to as

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