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lancewiggs
3y ago
3 people in a car is not at all efficient compared to busses, trains and bicycles, so there should be no real reason to reward that behaviour.
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3y ago
Meanwhile the advertising is clearly deceptive and the company will do whatever it can, including an extensive PR campaign that many will be exposed to, to delay the obvious result.
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3y ago
The rankings are made by people (employers, academics) who often went to those same universities. I suspect what's happening in China is invisible to many of them.
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lancewiggs
3y ago
The article states the median income for tech warders is static since 2021, but it is perhaps more insightful to look to New Zealand's official quarterly employment statistics, which show "Information media, and telecommunications
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3y ago
From the article: "Although wool was associated with high bacterial counts, the odor intensity ratings were the lowest for wool"
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3y ago
Sadly it is an over-funded (1) company that, it seems, didn't know how to pull back to cash flow positiveness when the music stopped. The bikes, meanwhile, are pretty but aside from the online tracking etc. (now an issue) there are far
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Australia has poor incentives to buy EVs. New Zealand is doing very well with 30-50% of new/all vehicles registered in June being EV/PHEV or hybrid. India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh all want a word. They, with Japan, ar
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3y ago
I invested and helped with something very similar to this in New Zealand. We found the model is difficult to make work for several reasons. Firstly for most people buying and selling a house it is the biggest transaction that they ever do,
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3y ago
It's fine on Apple Maps.
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3y ago
Their job is to make sure that the IPO document discloses everything material so that investors can make an informed decision. That’s it. In this case they would’ve been content with the disclosure that the entire business was at risk of be
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3y ago
Plenty of disturbing stories here. But let's remember that the alternative is often pregnancy, and that the risk, pain and ongoing implications associated with pregnancy and childbirth are much much higher than vasectomies. Take respon
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3y ago
Others have talked about your legal (just no) and not-so-legal (a quiet side agreement) avenues. Another approach is to try to push the issue harder with the controlling shareholders and Board. Perhaps get together with your peers who also
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It’s transformed businesses and the business of accounting down under. Accountants are focused on helping the companies and tougher questions rather than bookkeeping. Most accounting work is automated and companies have constant control and
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3y ago
We do, however, drive on the other side of the road from those in the USA.
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4y ago
I’m disappointed that so many YC companies had all their cash with one bank. It’s boring stuff, but good governance includes things like risk management policies, and treasury policies. Too late the lesson is re-learned - spread your banki
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McKinsey's Marvin Bower, the person who truly created the firm, made the critical decision to walk away when he was done without extracting anything. He thus set the standard for future generations of partners, and the result was the c
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4y ago
That’s due to US securities laws, not AML. The real reach through for Australia EY al. is FACTA, where any person with US citizenship invokes extra and onerous reporting requirements.
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You Are Going to Set the World on Fire
(braff.co)
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4y ago
Good starter tips for using Chat GPT for helping you figure out if a business idea is viable.
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Netflix Spatial Audio
(youtube.com)
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However this personal decision comes at a tremendous cost to the rest of society, and we are not pricing that correctly.
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4y ago
That’s some pretty poor investment decision making.
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4y ago
See MGA Thermal for a way to store heat at high density and temperatures that can take steam to drive gas/coal turbines. https://www.mgathermalstorage.com
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Oh - all good.
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Perhaps it would be better to say "you might also like to contact /u/filmgirlcw, who is also in the market (and here is how)" You are not in competition - you are both tiny versus the size of the market, and can work tog
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Can you imagine this email from Steve Jobs? Where is the end user? Where’s is the joy? Where is the reason why people are going to love this technology? Where is the practical example? Instead it’s all business, but that business is worthle
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The short answer is yes. (1) Optical saves a heck of a lot of power, and is obviously much faster than copper, so that's the way it's all going. The longer answer requires reliable and appropriately sized/cost transceivers to
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How do you feel your blockchain/etc history is impacting potential recruiters?
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This is the approach that all the other forecasters have fallen into and that this article is trying to address. Just as many people thought the irrepressible growth of Internet data, processing power and memory would slow or cease, so is
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Inaction could lead to no society or economy to speak of. These reports are not grounded in science, and the science includes potential outcomes that, driven by continued inaction, create an environment where humans and other creatures and
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