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by mattzito 11y ago
So - I do advisory work sometimes for institutional investors. They ask me to consult on technology companies and talk about their market prospects and what X means in a company's earnings report. Those folks, while definitely savvier
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Yes, but since you are the insiders and have a long-term vision of subsequent quarters, you often know (or suspect) what will happen and adjust accordingly.
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I'm not 100% sure this is what the GP was referring to, but a common (and totally legal!) technique to prop up a flat or trending downward company is to start a share buyback program. You take cash that you have no idea what to do wit
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by mattzito 11y ago
Your point was about their risking their lives in exchange for overtime and pensions. My point is that there are many jobs that have more risk and no overtime or pensions and maybe those are the jobs we should be talking more about.
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I come from a family of police officers, so I'm keenly aware of the risks police officers take, and I'm very appreciative of their service. But. I am tired of the automatic assumption that police officers and fire fighters are to
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Or have some sort of legal insider information. (Not that that's the situation for most people, but it's worth rounding out the discussion)
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So, I think you probably meant to reply to the GP, and yes, directors have a fiduciary duty, but I suspect the director was also an investor or preferred shareholder. Straight-up malfeasance is pretty rare in cases with professional investo
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You're always welcome to consult a lawyer, but odds are there won't be much you can do. It's not uncommon to wipe out common shareholders where the preferred stock and other debtholders take all the money out of the acquisit
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by mattzito 11y ago
> Twitter's core and unique feature is micro blogging platform Trust me, from many, many discussions with people at Twitter, they absolutely do not see themselves as a micro-blogging platform, and do not enjoy the comparison.
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This isn't my field of expertise, so maybe I'm missing something, but the article cites the paper you describe in literally the second paragraph.
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by mattzito 11y ago
That seems like a weird assumption, considering that even today, you can fly domestically without any ID at all, subject to additional screening. PreCheck is a good thing, and a good system, but it hardly incentivizes the government to make
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Product Managers vs. Product Owners(mzi.to)
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by mattzito 11y ago
I just meant it's yet another model where people set prices high because they want room to negotiate down. If a test was priced at $500, and insurance was willing to pay $800 for it, they've left money on the table. Far better t
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So the doctors have a list price, which is then negotiated down. They set the list price high for the same reason many sophisticated goods are set at a high price (cars, houses, enterprise software, etc.). However most, if not all, doctors
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by mattzito 11y ago
> data Citibike makes available is often inaccurate (shows bikes or open slots when there aren't any) I'm not certain if you're seeing the same thing I am, but I've tracked the inaccuracy of the data for citibike bac
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My bet would be that it was a placeholder title while they were finalizing editing the piece.
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Isn't it a different situation, though? Often companies move legal jurisdiction to save money on taxes, while leaving their executives, warehouses, assets, etc. in their original locations. In this case you're depriving the orig
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Shouldn't this be something that's proposed and implemented by the IETF, since BGP is an IETF standard? http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/idr/charter/
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Right, but there's three or four of those and you can only select one. The GP was describing filtering based on driver quality, on car style and model, etc. That could easily balloon to a pretty large number of elements.
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Right, but what would the UX look like for that? You're suddenly selecting multiple options, filtering based on your criteria, then having to reselect when there's not enough drivers that meet your criteria, etc. etc. Part of the
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by mattzito 11y ago
Maybe not! Entirely possible. How could I possibly know, though? I just try to focus on being kind and empathetic to people, supportive to my coworkers and employees, be mindful of how my actions affect others, and when I screw up, try t
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It's not that it doesn't matter or that he's not responsible for his words. It's that as adults, over time, you develop a sense of perspective as your worldview broadens, and the things you believe or the way you might
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by mattzito 11y ago
How old was he when he said that? 18? I look back on some of the stuff I said when I was 18 and it was a lot worse than this, and I think I'm a pretty decent guy overall. Big difference between a kid right out of high school and a 30
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It's an LLC, isn't it? That means that the LLC will pay capital gains tax when the stock is sold. The government gets its money either way. The estate planning part is more complex, I'm not qualified to answer that, but eve
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But traditional/non-SV companies can and do change the world with products all the time. IBM was a massive company when they created the PC. VW invented the beetle (and reinvented it). Vanguard changed the world of investing. None o
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I think it's important to differentiate between the effects the products these companies create have, and the effects the companies themselves have on world/US culture. Clearly the products have had a profound impact on culture, b
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The issue is that if the tax is successful, and revenues start to fall from that particular source due to fewer sugary foods, there may be an instinct on the part of politicians to make up that money elsewhere. A good example in the US is c
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For anyone who has lived in the American South or Southwest in the last 20 years, I don't think there's anything new in this article. Pretty much everyone knew that yes, of course, "killer bees" doesn't mean they&#
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It's still illegal to sell fake drugs, because you're contributing to the facilitation of the crime. I suspect this would be similar.
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I think obviously it depends a lot on your living situation, your personality, and the composition of your team. For me, working remotely was awesome, but there were significant challenges. I had to dedicate a room to being an office and

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