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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
"their economic model doesn't work if they have to pay their workers fairly." Bingo. Enjoyed reading your take on this. You should consider publishing an essay on this.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I don't think existing competition law or theory applies to this new phenomenon. The delivery companies are essentially selling at a loss to obtain an overwhelming network effect to become a long term monopoly.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
It is possible to do this profitably. However the app companies are more interested in spending marketing dollars on discounts with the end goal of becoming a monopoly over the market. The end goal is to restrict customer and restaurant cho
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Defence equipment isn’t useless. In the event of war it becomes essential. Spending has to continue on these programmes in peacetime to retain capability.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Apple's iPhone is now systemically important to commerce, business and consumers unlike Playstation and Tesla. Given their size and scale they should be subject to higher standards.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
You hit the nail right on the head there.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Perhaps search engine should be opt-in rather than opt-out. Interesting thought.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
What you've described is very common among the startups I work with. The founders/executives would have received payouts as the board or acquirer agreed a package to keep them onboard and smooth over the acquisition. Very common.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I actually don't even get this. Surely this problem is solved with Liquid Stock or a voluntary buyout (if allowed) at the next funding round? Most institutional investors don't want anyone cashing out until a liquidity event like
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Totally agree. I grew up in a detached house about 1 mile from the town centre. We had fast internet, good schools and good neighbours. After moving to London I lived in apartments for a few years but decided to move back to suburbia as it&
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Digital Ocean is great, but my needs are fairly limited.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I've used excel and python in lots of business contexts. For most tasks involving domain experts, excel usually wins hands down. An excel spreadsheet is usually easily auditable. The visual presentation and layout lends itself to revie
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
In reality more modern communication techniques will be in use now. The legislation is in effect setting a minimum standard for implementation.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
This is a repost and the key takeaway is that changing this legislation from the prior version from 2008 would be counter-productive to moving forward and require further EU law changes. When the EU updates their own 2008 legislation then I
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
It's small relative to other industries but its still a multi-billion dollar industry. Each of the largest companies will have PR agencies, personal contacts within the FDA, revolving door of staff between the FDA and the corporates, p
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Not sure how much experience you have working with business or government but what you'll find is that large corporates will have 'access' to regulators and legislators who can legislate or enforce on their behalf. The senior
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
The writing was brilliant. Reading it was like quenching a long thirst. It reminds of me reading the New York Times or Financial Times 10 or more years ago.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Actually this thinking is incorrect, at least for company valuations. You're discussing shares being exchanged for arbitrary random values. In a regulated market prices will always be at the marginal level where buyers and sellers exch
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Lots of advice but none seems to have a basis in law and how this will play out in reality. You have an employment contract and rights. Your co-founder cannot fire you without cause (in most legal systems). Continue working and fulfilling y
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I use excel a lot and I think I'll struggle to find a use case for this. As others have mentioned, this is essentially a user-defined function. I generally shy away from these as it will make it difficult to share spreadsheets with oth
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
You raise a good point. The problem with early-stage high risk investments is that investors take a lot of assumptions from the public markets and project them on to private markets where the same rules don't apply. I have seen many ve
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I had limited experience with Frontpage but I remember using Dreamweaver to design my first websites. It had a great tool for automatically rendering the page being designed in preview mode. All back when it was owned by Macromedia before t
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
This is incredible and I can only imagine how much time this took to create. Definitely also worth taking a look at their previous investigations at https://forensic-architecture.org/ .
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I'm also curious why the author doesn't simply sue Disney. It seems like a pretty clear case.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I have to agree you. It's intolerable that Apple has been allowed to lockdown their device for 10 years, completely control the market for apps and when it looks like regulators will take action they reduce their price and claim to be
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
I would disagree on this point. I believe the constitution and judiciary have been very effective against Trump's attempts to go around Congress. Lots of people are criticising the USA's political system but remember it is the UNI
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
European Courts are the ultimate court of appeal in the EU. In this instance I'd say the European Court of Human Rights would absolutely find shutting down these servers as a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
It's easy to develop conspiracy theories around why this madness continues. I think the real truth is ignorance and an element of cognitive dissonance from policymakers. Manipulating the cost of debt is the only instrument debt they re
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
The fundamental issue with this article is that the inflation number is a lie. Housing costs are the key cost for every consumer but are excluded from CPI. Western countries have been running fiscal deficits consistently for decades, QE and
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by kqvamxurcagg 6y ago
Been using Brave as my main browser for several months now. It's great.

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