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ornornor
3y ago
If you’re a prominent VC that’s exactly what you want to happen though, it will let you spread your bets even more. But like you said, this is peak SV. Luckily there is a whole world outside of SV where the rest of us operate :)
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ornornor
3y ago
Like I said, actual numbers vary I was just illustrating with an arbitrary 1/3 and 150%. Generally speaking, tend towards 0 rather than infinity.
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ornornor
3y ago
Sure, I was saying you can live on a third of a paycheck or you can live on 150% of a paycheck. One gives you quite a bit more freedom than the other (numbers arbitrary but you hopefully get the idea)
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ornornor
3y ago
And this habit is what keeps us on the treadmill of work work work because we can’t afford to stop: we think we need all this crap and the only way to get it (and replace it every 3 years) is to work more.
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ornornor
3y ago
> forgetting what's come before. Its totem animal is a Nobel laureate goldfish Goldfish have good memories it turns out: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63242200
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ornornor
3y ago
Most of them are glorified salespeople. I sometimes look at their work history to gauge whether it’s even worth answering. The ones that were sales rep before this job and will move on from this one to be another kind of sales rep in 6 mont
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ornornor
3y ago
I’m on the same boat. Non clue what I’ll do next. But the thought of writing code for money again makes me ill. To not be cliche at all, I’d love to find a good SaaS idea and bootstrap that solo but it’s kind of a running joke amongst devel
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ornornor
3y ago
> the assembly for ikea stuff is usually perfect.. everything aligns to the last millimeter... What? How? I’ve moved a lot in the last 15 years and always defaulting to ikea for convenience. “Fits together well” isn’t what I’d use to des
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ornornor
3y ago
Crazy what we had to do before fully digital circuits. Also, that GO/STOP traffic “light”!!!
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ornornor
3y ago
But what would be your odds of success? ;)
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ornornor
3y ago
> algorithmic megaphone Stealing that one, thanks!
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ornornor
3y ago
> That would be like saying that people who post classified ads in the newspaper should own the newspaper. I don’t think this is fair. When you publish an ad in the paper you’re not also responsible for the moderation, ensuring the newsp
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ornornor
3y ago
For this benchmark I get 12.0 in FF and 13.9 on safari. I’m glad it’s not so big of a gap as I already pay a penalty for not wanting to use safari on iOS (in terms of integration with iOS and usability from Apple’s artificial limitations on
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ornornor
3y ago
On Firefox iOS: open in a new window because you won’t be able to press back to come back to this discussion easily.
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ornornor
3y ago
Before I quit using Amazon altogether,camelcamelcamel was pretty handy. Maybe it’s work for you too?
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ornornor
3y ago
> I find my morning "business" is the perfect time to this sort of reading using the Kindle app on my phone. Beware of hemorrhoids later in life if you’re spending too much time sitting on the throne.
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ornornor
3y ago
So that’s what happened. I was wondering why they were having so much trouble. Their wording was evasive and I thought I til now that it was Covid closures related somehow without really understanding how covid would have that impact.
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3y ago
Indeed, my limited experience with German trains is awful. There are lines in Switzerland where some of the trains doing it are DB trains transiting through CH and going from or to Germany. These trains also pickup and drop off passengers i
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ornornor
3y ago
if you didn’t enforce RTO mandates, how else would you do your 15% layoff without paying severance or worrying investors?
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ornornor
3y ago
I think more research is needed. Happy to help.
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ornornor
3y ago
They’ve already been invented and you could probably buy one to make your dream come true! See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motocrotte
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3y ago
I wonder if the problem is that it would lift grates up or rather pull the trailer down/crushing the wheels or just immobilizing the bike from the attraction to the grates while not being able to lift them up.
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3y ago
Weekly or twice a month (depending on the season) for all streets and sidewalks here.
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3y ago
How often is that the case though? I don’t think it should be an excuse to do nothing about it on the one in a million chance there is priceless artwork under. I’m also skeptical about how priceless it was if it was on a street wall just li
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3y ago
> For now, it’s up to individuals to keep the streets clean. Nice.
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3y ago
> because there is likely to be more financial benefits? I don’t think this is true for the vast majority of startup employees though. Maybe the founders get some crazy return 10 years down the line if they’re lucky. Most everyone else w
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3y ago
> Steelcase Leap is an expensive work throne that commands respect from your allies and instills fear in your enemies. That’s why all startups use them and why the rest of us mere mortals lust after them. FTFY :)
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3y ago
That was my understanding as well, since I signed up for MetLife years ago up until this very moment.
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3y ago
Not sure about the privacy ramifications if that though.
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3y ago
I don’t think galaxus publishes their safety track record. We’ve established that Amazon is worse than most companies in terms of safety, worker abuse, union squashing, environment, and quality. It follows that most other companies are bett
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