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by ojbyrne 6y ago
I don’t think you meant what you said in the first sentence. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_negative
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Seems related - California floated the idea of starting next year early: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/28/newsom-school-may-sta...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
"Performance was strong during the first two months of the quarter, but then in March we experienced a significant slowdown in ad revenues. We are sharpening our focus on executing more efficiently, while continuing to invest in our lo
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/employers-and-workers-i... Says most states. Without much searching I found at least 3 (AK,WA and CA).
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
If it becomes a condition of employment people will opt in. Just like peeing in a cup.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
My understanding is that it’s easy to start deflation. But it’s hard to stop deflation.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
It seems more likely at this point that they have a low infection rate because they aren’t testing.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The article is somewhat unclear but it says the new measures apply to foreign nationals. The part about Japanese nationals seems to refer to an earlier restriction (14 day self-quarantine).
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Pershing Square (Pshzf) Makes the Biggest Turnaround in Corporate History(thestreet.com)
1 points by ojbyrne 7y ago|0 comments
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Seems like an underestimate.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Dogs seem to be super picky about where exactly they’ll poop. Ours when he has to go will only go in the nearby park (not on the sidewalk or the street on the way there). And then he sniffs around for five minutes or so before finding the p
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
I feel like the “bosses” Should work 4 day weeks. The rest of us would get more done on the 5th day than the other 4 combined.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto, Doug Ford is premier of Ontario.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Still being paid millions to be CEO. Being on a board is nowhere near a full time commitment.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
I am generally of the philosophy that all "disruptive" technologies end up looking basically like slightly modified versions of what they replace, mostly achieved by pushing at the regulatory environment a little bit. Uber/Ly
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
How is the luck different from the luck involved with being an early employee? Labor is cheaper than capital.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Another upside to working at a tech giant: you make enough to be an accredited investor. Which means you can do angel investments, which is an arguably better way (Than being an early employee) to get those “outsize” returns from startups.
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Thank You California(sbnation.com)
5 points by ojbyrne 7y ago|1 comments
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/business/drunk-driving-br...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Given the above quote referencing https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rule-10b5-1.asp that seems unlikely.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Mods: Please put (2010) in the title.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Maybe alcohol first. In California at least, they are well stocked.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
From uscis.gov: ‘Have education, training, or progressively responsible experience in the specialty that is equivalent to the completion of such a degree, and have recognition of expertise in the specialty through progressively responsible
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
One of the things that stopped the Quebec referendums from getting even 50% + 1 is that once you bring up separation, there are seemingly endless ways you can subdivide regions. In Quebec you had English-speaking and aboriginal communities
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
I am sympathetic to your sentiment, but the reason for the disdain is Professionalization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalization It's natural to want your job not to be turned over to the CEO's 14
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The US government just finished loosening regulations around methane: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-just-loosened-me...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
I also love my MBP. In addition I sometimes have to use a 2015-ish MBP and it feels really clunky (thick, heavy) to me.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
All of California. And people went to jail (Enron): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisi...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The thread inspired by my off-the-cuff comment is impressive. I don’t advocate dogs should be allowed in supermarkets, restaurants or anywhere really that they can cause health issues, but a museum devoted to their species and their owners
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
From their website: “Out of courtesy to our neighbors, only service dogs and invited demonstration dogs are allowed in the museum” :-(

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