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by nroach 11y ago
Right, so raising the minimum will actually drive up or preserve US wages. It's a win-win. H1B workers who do accept positions get paid well, and there's no incentive to companies to hire H1B just because workers will be cheap.
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by nroach 11y ago
And if you get sued all your personal assets are on the hook for the business debt. If you die, your entire estate is on the hook for any business issues not fully resolved before you passing. If you are young and don't have dependent
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by nroach 11y ago
It's called tortious interference with contract and the standards vary state by state. However, the common elements are (1) the existence of a contract subject to interference; (2) the occurrence of an act of interference that was wi
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by nroach 11y ago
not accessible without sign-in.
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by nroach 11y ago
The team feature just totally hosed my reputation. I sent a team invite (because it was implied that this will be needed for Paper) and it's taken over a bunch of our team members' drop boxes, disabled 2FA, and permalinked people&
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by nroach 11y ago
color temperature, not backlight level.
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by nroach 11y ago
Except in this case it's not just a local phenomenon. My company does business in several markets outside the valley (and outside CA) and we are hearing the same thing, often with the same lack of evidence but no direct connection bet
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by nroach 11y ago
anecdote: my wife has had exema her entire life. after a particularly bad episode, we eventually we tried an elimination diet methodically eliminating one food category at a time. it took about 2 months to rotate through all the possible s
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by nroach 11y ago
Have you tried https://openzfsonosx.org ? I use it daily on my primary desktop for my home directory and with an external time machine backup drive and have had zero problems.
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by nroach 12y ago
Interesting that there's no step in the flowchart for an investor to exit the flow after a verbal yes. A 100% close rate may be normal for a YC company but in my experience it's not typical. You want to get a "No" as f
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by nroach 12y ago
TARP? GM? AIG? It seems like private organizations under a certain size threshold have the ability to fail if someone else can do the same job better and cheaper. Beyond a certain size, they are indistinguishable from government.
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by nroach 12y ago
Why?
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by nroach 12y ago
What is Walmart's % of US retail market?
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by nroach 12y ago
Plus, if you're on a larger plan the upgrade is to 10x your current space. So 2TB.
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by nroach 12y ago
The leading case on this is Feist, a telephone book case. http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm As an interesting note, the phone company had been introducing fake listings: "Four of thes
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by nroach 12y ago
While I appreciate the cynicism that this embodies, it shows a gross misunderstanding of constitutional law. There is a deep divide in constitutional jurisprudence between commerce and police powers. One of the leading cases is Printz v.
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by nroach 12y ago
Yes, and the article reads like an advertisement. I generally like reading AVC posts because there's often some thought-provoking questions or other insight with broader application. Not so on this one. I guess the take-away point wit
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by nroach 12y ago
The federal flood insurance plan carries some of the blame by disincentivizing responsible construction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Flood_Insurance_Progra...
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by nroach 12y ago
Corporations generally don't do civil disobedience but individuals do. The chief reason is that corporations are responsible to their shareholders and disregarding the rule of law makes for a very easy shareholder suit if profit is im
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by nroach 13y ago
It looks like Plex is available at launch, so my local media library should be playable (with transcoding) on day one.
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by nroach 13y ago
Another explanation is that such carelessness was a form of willful blindness. If Gox had cratered (relatively) silently then perhaps the coins would not have been 'found' until much of the fracas passed. But because legal process
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by nroach 13y ago
I was surprised that the victim didn't get an attorney involved. This is an example of a situation in which a court could very swiftly (same day, usually) issue an injunction to preserve the status quo while the merits get sorted out i
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by nroach 14y ago
The G&S description for their mark is board games, parlor games, war games, hobby games, toy models and miniatures of buildings, scenery, figures, automobiles, vehicles, planes, trains and card games and paint, sold therewith. The mark
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by nroach 14y ago
Interesting, I wouldn't have thought that #5 would be one of the "top lessons" but it makes sense. I often struggle with the cheerleader function that is inherent in promoting a business and part of that is acknowledging that there are exp
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by nroach 14y ago
But it _could_ issue reminders, set appointments, and send messages if channeled through google's servers couldn't it? I'm sure there are many iOS users like myself who point the default apps at Google's calendars and mail. If the app cal
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by nroach 14y ago
Check out Ross-Whitney Corp. v. Smith Kline & French Labs, 207 F.2d 190, 99 USPQ 1 (1953). Might provide some support for your position if you have to argue with the lawyers ;)
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by nroach 14y ago
The trademark symbols can provide constructive notice of the registrant's ownership of the mark, and can be used to support enhanced damages for willful infringement which may not be available in the absence of marking.
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by nroach 14y ago
How do you know whether the increase in downloads is due to "good design" vs. confusion with an official instagram product? The new icon bears a strong resemblance to the instagram icon (particularly at small sizes). Isn't it possible tha
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by nroach 14y ago
Congrats guys! I'm really pleased with the openness about your hardware and configuration. Not a whole lot of providers who openly disclose (or tout) their uplink stats and brand of equipment, even when it's good stuff. I need to visit wit
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by nroach 14y ago
The OP wrote that "I prepared a DMCA and sent it via fax to Softlayer. I never heard back and finally gave up on the whole thing." This is probably not the most effective way to handle a DMCA notice. While it would be nice if every company

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