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by mathattack 13y ago
There are always outliers. You should feel blessed!
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by mathattack 13y ago
I have to admit that I was surprised at the dollars per person: $480 million/3 million people = $160 per person. Perhaps that because each person pledges to multiple campaigns? It seems like only 80K backed more than 10 projects thou
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by mathattack 13y ago
Exactly - are we hoping for Firefox to win, or just to survive?
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by mathattack 13y ago
The irony of all these procrastination articles appearing on HN is not lost on me. :-) For better or worse, the "Just get started" approach works best for me.
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by mathattack 13y ago
This type of relationship is common with firms and their largest leading edge customers. It helps both, and it pushes the market.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think it depends on how much they pay for it. If the price is high, then they want the product. If the price is low, they want the people. Of course even if the price is high, sometimes companies muck it up anyway.
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by mathattack 13y ago
He has absolutely maxed out these 15 minutes of fame. Subway at least has other ways to make money. :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
I viewed Lethal Weapon as one of the early movies to glorify torture to get what you want out of bad guys. On TV the Shield took it to a much higher level.
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's all in the context. If there's even a small chance that it's worth that, then a VC is smart to walk away from a $3 billion sale. Of course the CEO may have other incentives too, but from a16z's perspective it&#x27
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by mathattack 13y ago
Rightfully so. Imagine if that crook became head of homeland security!
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by mathattack 13y ago
The bull case on Snapchat is that there's a company in China called Tencent that's worth $100 billion. And Tencent is worth $100 billion because it takes its messaging services on a smartphone and then wraps them in a wide range
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by mathattack 13y ago
If someone doesn't accept the blame, perhaps they're less likely to make sure the problem doesn't repeat.
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by mathattack 13y ago
And frequently the # is negotiable, though it can require a lawyer to do the negotiating. Some work on contingency. (I've never been through the process, but have seen enough layoffs to have watched people negotiate their #s)
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by mathattack 13y ago
It seems strange that they talk about 2.3% raises. 2.3% may be the mean, but it's probably not the median or mode. Very few people actually get 2.3% raises. The good people do a lot better. The less skilled folks get downsized, repl
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by mathattack 13y ago
With all due respect I can absolutely see why many people would no longer be interested in your opinions after such a self-centered post. This might be the path to achieving something big, but it also the path to loneliness. If you can&#x
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by mathattack 13y ago
My impression is that if we lose some capacity to make our own planes, and have to rely on some of our allies, it's not the end of the world. We're already spending more on defense than most of the rest of the world put together.
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by mathattack 13y ago
In this case, it is totally normal. In return for a payment, you agree to keep quiet. I don't know of any other firm that gives severance without this. What is abnormal is that someone is being asked to sign it for 2 weeks of salary
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by mathattack 13y ago
Exactly. And can sometimes open up follow-ups with, "Can you tell me why not?"
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by mathattack 13y ago
That's usually how it works for internal transfers. If the person is well known enough, then the team (or manager) may decide without as formal an interview process.
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Want better returns? Hire a good-looking CEO(cnbc.com)
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by mathattack 13y ago
My view on the "Learn to Code" movement is similar to music or other arts. Not everyone has to get good at it, but it is worth exposing everyone in school. If you're not exposed, you may not know that you have a talent for
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like their counterpoint to the idea that you have to dump all the managers. It really is about managerial effectiveness. I also like their idea of a free market for transfers within the company. This is a big departure from many large c
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by mathattack 13y ago
It is tough to comment on MIT, since there may be parts of their side of the story that we don't know. On the surface, it is hard to view 35 years as anything but excessive. It is certainly well above anything that fits the crime, an
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by mathattack 13y ago
My first thought is cryptography, my second is language translation, my third is language recognition. Perhaps understanding word frequencies can also be used for linguistics, seeing how vocabularies change over time. There is a growing f
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by mathattack 13y ago
My 2 cents... The non-disparagement is a trade. You trade not saying anything bad about them publicly, and they agree not to say anything bad about you during a reference check. You get a positive (or perhaps generic "He worked here
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by mathattack 13y ago
I don't know all the legal issues, but intuitively it seems strange to require one employer of a contractor to be required to ensure they have insurance for non-contracted work. If a doctor delivers a baby at a hospital, would that hos
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by mathattack 13y ago
Thanks! This makes some sense. It's basically saying that the uncertainty (if it still exists) is caused by something else than a disturbance from measurement?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Makes me wonder about time decay to account for changing tastes.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I am not a VC, so take this with a grain of salt... I know some VCs who are happy to fund 50 year olds with track records and traction. That said, there is a lot of negativity here. 1 - By stating you age you are already implying defeat by
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm interested in seeing how this works. If it's a success, will it percolate up to the mothership?

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