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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Companies evaluate ROI for projects against the "risk-free" interest rate. When that interest rate rises, fewer projects are viable.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
The weird scaling is what's called in accounting the "half-year rule." Any depreciable expenses are assumed to have been incurred halfway through the year, so the first year you can only deduct half of the normal amount (and
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
As I understand it, it's because they could pass "temporary" tax cuts with only 51% in the Senate through the "budget reconciliation process. The Republicans at the time did not have the 60 votes necessary to defeat a fi
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
The fact that the same legislation capped the SALT deduction lends credence to your argument.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I was going to spend some time criticizing/ridiculing this ("analog scroll wheel" in the feature list made me lol) but then I saw the price. $200? Maybe.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I don’t think it’s uncommon for people to use their phone AP so as not to use the corporate network. There are even legitimate uses like checking external connectivity.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Also interesting because once upon a time Microsoft did that with Apple.
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I was forced to read Catch-22 for a college course (“The American Novel”) so maybe that helped, but I loved it. I remember walking through the hallways of my alma mater with the book in my face and suddenly succumbing to fits of laughter.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
As I read this, I felt like its message was...I should stop reading this. Reduce cognitive load and all that.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
In San Jose for me (as of last year) off-peak was midnight - 3pm.
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This doesn't seem like a great site anyway. The link to the WARN notice at the bottom doesn't work, they use the phrase "corporate welfare" somewhat excessively, i.e. they definitely have an ax to grind, and they don&#x
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I do PreCheck as well. Perhaps I could have phrased my comment better. Currently the only non-automated/non-self service part of it is the person checking your id and boarding pass.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Goodwill impairment (writing down stupid acquisitions): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38630475
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I’m going to guess they’re mostly laying off the people from the acquired companies that resulted in that goodwill impairment.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I get the impression you don’t grasp what the word “inflation” means, I think you are confusing it with the word “prices.”
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
So for PreCheck, as far as I can tell all they do is scan your id, and compare the name to the name on your boarding pass, and your face to the face on your id, and you just put your bags (and coats sometimes) on the conveyor belt. So it so
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
It’s too bad that this New Brunswick isn’t in California, so we could get the full match like Ontario, Ca.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Las Vegas Pros: LCOL, great scenery, good food. Cons: July.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
A recent income statement is here (on page 6): https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/e... tl;dr Margin (operating income / total revenue) is about 15%.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
I suspect this blog does not usually get much traffic.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
"creative license" in plain English, means essentially "don't worry too much about constraints, do what you feel will is best." I don't think it has anything to do with software licenses.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
This didn't even apply in World War II. You should google "Marshall Plan."
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Probably in a much shittier jail for those five months too.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Somebody missed the memo: https://bwiggs.com/notebook/queens-duck/
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
It was mentioned in the show, in a good light, much as you describe.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
There's also a small herd in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-24-mn-791-st...
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
They definitely buried the lede, but it is there in the conclusion: "...car travel is much cheaper in the US than in many other countries, making high-speed rail comparatively less competitive"
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
Source?
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
A side theme of these articles is a rebuttal to all the “why does this company need so many people?” criticisms. Because if you’re successful there are Y people (where Y is large) working to exploit your product for their own means.
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by ojbyrne 3y ago
This article has some details that aren't present in the axios article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/16/microsoft-owned-linkedin-lay... - "LinkedIn is now ramping up hiring in India, according to th

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