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by molsongolden 3y ago
Differences in racial health outcomes are absolutely concerning and the medical training issues you call out are unacceptable. However, examples like OBGYN diversity might outline a slightly different aspect of race and racial issues in the
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by molsongolden 3y ago
One more: Timezones Various platforms use: UTC, the user’s timezone as set in their dashboard, the user’s detected timezone, the timezone of the server that is generating the reports. Aggregating or reconciling data from different platforms
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by molsongolden 3y ago
Completely agree with the ideal situation you present. The problem is that this doesn't hold up under the pressures of small teams chasing high growth. Nobody is intentionally sabotaging anyone else (usually) but everyone stretches a l
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by molsongolden 3y ago
This reads like reasonably normal high growth growing pains. Miserable but common as everything is constantly breaking (not just the product but organizational systems and processes) as the company piles on new hires and new customer demand
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by molsongolden 3y ago
> Less moderation and more open speech would drastically improve most subreddits. This just isn't true. Subreddits without moderators get buried in spam (both thinly veiled self-promotion and outright unrelated spam link dumping). (
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by molsongolden 3y ago
^ This sometimes occurs with international volunteering programs (" voluntourism "). Lots of pitfalls and sad stories in that space. Most of the other comments here are discussing helping out with small local orgs which might not
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by molsongolden 3y ago
I’m not familiar with the French market but Intuit is still on track to keep crushing it in the USA. Intuit spent $2.35B USD on R&D last year (across all products) and QBO revenue grew 33%. Many startups in the space are building featur
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by molsongolden 3y ago
Even Plaid regularly fails to sync and they still rely on screen scraping for many banks. It might get better though, with the CFBP open banking initiative.
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by molsongolden 3y ago
Banks don’t all offer API access in the USA. It’s getting better but can still be a mess of needing to use Plaid, Yodlee, screen scraping, etc… for bank data access.
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by molsongolden 3y ago
This isn’t uncommon in suburbs. Some people care more about preventing easy access to their community than they do about having easy access to other communities.
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by molsongolden 3y ago
They are just not as good as QuickBooks and not many accountants are familiar with these other packages. The prices keep increasing but the QuickBooks online functionality is the best out there and it is the platform with which most other t
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Maybe. Starting a business does involve the classic “now you have all of your customers as bosses instead of just one boss” but it also unlocks much more autonomy and frees you from the loss of agency that the author felt in their corporate
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Skimmed the post and there aren't really any "trust me, I'm experienced" items in there. The opinionated bits have detailed reasoning. I have relevant experience pre-seed through C with a bunch of companies, the only thi
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by molsongolden 4y ago
A few companies have done this but calling it the stereotypical playbook is a bit over the top. Also, there are many startups building stupid junk to capture a piece of the pie but also many startups working on real problems. This whole com
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by molsongolden 4y ago
No disagreement here. Ignoring the other pros/cons of BigTech vs. startup work culture that some might mention, many startup employees would take BigTech jobs if they could. Not everybody can land a BigTech job though.
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by molsongolden 4y ago
The other thread was wild and the conclusions in this memo disagree with many of the assertions that commenters have been throwing around–accusing depositors of recklessly banking at SVB to chase higher yields and accusing SVB of playing fa
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by molsongolden 4y ago
If startup equity is worthless then that will usually mean the VCs make no return on their investment. If VCs make no return on their investment then they have just dumped millions of dollars into the pockets of startup employees and vendor
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by molsongolden 4y ago
All of those VC-backed companies are out there spending that VC money by paying it to employees.
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by molsongolden 4y ago
I hope this is what’s going on because the comments in this thread are wild. People cheering for thousands of businesses to lose funds and potentially go under just because they chose the wrong top-20 bank to hold their cash??
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Or… also to all of the people employed by the startups?
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by molsongolden 4y ago
SVB was a major bank and most businesses in the USA only have one bank. Once you have an established relationship it’s just easier to do all of your banking with that bank.
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by molsongolden 4y ago
It would be unusual to set up payroll and say “pull 50% from this bank account and 50% from this other account”. I don’t know if any payroll processors support that setup. Most of the time you just connect your checking or payroll sweep ban
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Has anybody seen a good guide like the "engineered" application mentioned above?
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Looked up the Steven Pinker article and it was an interesting read. Written in 1994 but could have been written yesterday. [PDF] https://stevenpinker.com/files/pinker/files/1994_04_03_newyo...
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Virtual relationships with NPCs or digital relationships with other humans?
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by molsongolden 4y ago
I don't understand why so much of the "social media is harmful" discussion focuses on social isolation and teen judgment. These are obviously important but none of the linked resources discuss the shift in expectations for l
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by molsongolden 4y ago
This is the shift from "capitalism efficiently allocating resources to fulfill needs" to "capitalism manufacturing wants". Would appreciate reading recommendations in this area if anyone has any.
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by molsongolden 4y ago
I'm not religious but I think about this often. I know multiple young families that aren't "very religious" but seek out a church as soon as they move to a new place, for the community. There are some secular community g
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by molsongolden 4y ago
Not communal idyll but a shift in expectations. The internet, social media, higher living standards, globalization, etc. all of these things have moved people out of their local bubble and into a global worldview. It's much easier to b
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by molsongolden 4y ago
That Bing gaslighting example is what 70% of my recent customer service interactions have felt like and probably what 90% will feel like after every company moves to AI-based support.

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